Is/was Hamed the most charismatic fighter since Ali? i think this is an interesting question, of coarse you have the likes of Ray Leonard, Roy Jones, but Leonard, whilst coming across like a nice guy, was not particularly characteristic outside the ring, personality wise, not like Hamed anyway, Hamed's entrances and interviews were worth the admission alone Lol, then we have Jones, but Jones was a bit too cautious in the ring to be charismatic imo, he fought too safe too much of the time imo.
What do you think?
Ali was hated back then. Personally, I couldn't stand Hamed. I don't think charismatic is an apt descriptor really. NSB would have hated Ali. An African American boxer who talks about how great he is? NSB just adores those figures. Coward runner Ali he ducked the draft it proves he is a coward.
If only Ricardo Mayorga spoke English or I knew Spanish...
Great smack talker from the looks of things, I'm assuming this would go under your charismatic ideals?
Hamed was Entertaining, not Charismatic
This ^^
He was great for the sport though. It's down to Naz that all these little boxers are getting well paid.
Hamed was Entertaining, not Charismatic.
His antics outside the ring polarized boxing fans.
For me, I found his ring entrances and posturing amusing.
I found his interviews often irritating and rambling.
And his fighting style / technique (for me) was just damn ugly.
But overall, he was a positive influence on the sport - just not as big or important as he actually believed he was.
Well Sugar Ray Leonard was everyone's pal except Hagler and Pryor.
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Hamed was quite charismatic but so is Emmanuel Augustus. In other words, he's not even in the conversation. He wasn't ever close to being the sport's biggest star.