Prince Naseem Hamed: Floyd Mayweather Jr Asked My Advice On How To Get Paid In Boxing

War prince. He's the first fighter I remember watching

I don't believe a word of it. Floyd is American with far more role models to look to...no need asking some arab or whatever he is. Prince Naseem was given one of the largest and most lucrative HBO contracts ever at the time. He was making obscene money. Most Yanks were envious of how much he was getting - Kevin Kelley made reference to it. He was making far more than Floyd at the time.

Floyd was nicknamed Pretty Boy because of his defence - after fights he never had a mark on his face. Not because of his looks. That's partly true, but also it comes from Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd the bank robber. I'm just saying that "Pretty Boy" obviously has a double-meaning - 1. the defensive prowess, and 2. the ability to maintain your "pretty boy" looks because of your skills.

I don't believe a word of it. Floyd is American with far more role models to look to...no need asking some arab or whatever he is. Not sure what race/ethnicity has to do with it? Are you suggesting that Americans are only influenced by Americans, Brits only by Brits etc? That idea is a bit 17th century. Floyd saw Naz was successfully penetrating the US Market and was naturally curious how he, as a Brit, was able to do that. He saw that Naz' was a boisterous, outspoken character and he realized that it helped draw attention to him. You got to remember, Naz was hated by a lot of people during his reign because of his persona - just like Floyd, a lot of people wanted to see Naz lose.

We're talking about the fundamental braggadocio persona - at that time Naseem Hamed was by far the most famous active fighter for bragging (and ring entrances) and Floyd, along with a lot of other boxers, were influenced by Nas' bragging. Floyd just came at it recently from a different angle with the Money but let's not forget Floyd's original nickname wasn't "Money" it was "Pretty Boy" and what was one of Nas' most famous lines?? "Damn, I'm looking good." Floyd was nicknamed Pretty Boy because of his defence - after fights he never had a mark on his face. Not because of his looks.

Here's a great radio interview with The Prince from earlier this year. There's a very brief part where he talks about when Floyd met him back in the late 90s, he was a big Hamed fan and many say Floyd's persona is borrowed, at least in part, from The Prince himself. I guess that's somewhat self-evident. "Me and Floyd were good friends back in the day. I used to see him when I first went to America in 97. He'd turned pro in 96. So at the time, he asked "how the hell you coming from your country to our country getting on HBO/Showtime and making all that money and we aren't?" That was the kind of vibe at first but now he's just taken over, he's the highest paid athlete in all sports" 26;00 http://boxingnewsmagazine.podomatic.com/entry/2015-01-29T05_19_54-08_00 I'll tell you avoid elite fighters in their prime and fight them when their a shell of themselves. Make people hate you, act stupid well you don't have to act you can't read

Watched Naz-Kelley yesterday. Great fight. That entrance literally always makes me burst out laughing. I remember Floyd calling out Naz at a catchweight after the Corrales fight. Incredible fight with the multiple tit-for-tat knockdowns, plus with the crazy ring entrance and classic interviews at the end it was probably one of the most entertaining fights ever all things considered?

Here's a great radio interview with The Prince from earlier this year. There's a very brief part where he talks about when Floyd met him back in the late 90s, he was a big Hamed fan and many say Floyd's persona is borrowed, at least in part, from The Prince himself No way did he copy that ''persona.'' Naseem talked about his looks and bragged that his style was the best, and never talked about money like Floyd since by fact he was never close to those figures.'' Floyd's persona was fueled because nobody ever wanted to give him credit, and so after the De La Hoya fight he took boxing on a whole different direction to his benefit and taunted his opponents mentally. Floyd and Naseem are miles apart, just like Tyson and Floyd in character were miles apart or Ali vs Floyd were miles apart. Ali was the biggest talker of all boxers. Mayorga was one of the funniest and failed talkers of boxers. Naseem probably got his character from Camacho. We're talking about the fundamental braggadocio persona - at that time Naseem Hamed was by far the most famous active fighter for bragging (and ring entrances) and Floyd, along with a lot of other boxers, were influenced by Nas' bragging. Floyd just came at it recently from a different angle with the Money but let's not forget Floyd's original nickname wasn't "Money" it was "Pretty Boy" and what was one of Nas' most famous lines?? "Damn, I'm looking good."

Watched Naz-Kelley yesterday. Great fight. That entrance literally always makes me burst out laughing. I remember Floyd calling out Naz at a catchweight after the Corrales fight.

Very interesting, it's a shame Naz had chronic issues and lacked discipline in between camps.

Did he say "avoid Marco Antonio Barrera like the plague because that guy ends careers"?