Where do you rank Naseem Hamed all-time?

[mickey malone]

not too sure, I guess it sounded good.

Hamed said it in a book called 'Naseem Hamed and those he left behind" its a really, really boring book but the last chapter is great.

***...That was one of the stories that enlightened me..

[lyrical]

What'cha think of Naseem saying he'll be back later this year, or next year?

are you serious, he is only joking, he says that every year.

he could possibly get a job with Sky that would be entertaining but there is no way he will ever fight again, he has been talking about coming back since 2004 and gets bigger and bigger

[donkim]

he wanted Junior Jones.

He was supposed to fight Junior Jones in spring of 2000 but Jones pulled out when he remembered that he had a glass jaw.

As for the fight with Marquez that didn't materialise, Marquez wasn't the star he is today, he hadn't beaten anyone really of note on the world scene before Freddie Norwood in 1999.

Hamed offered Marquez a shot in summer of 2000 and amazingly...Marquez turned down the career high payday claiming that it "wasn't enough"

[Dynamite Kid]

He was supposed to fight Junior Jones in spring of 2000 but Jones pulled out when he remembered that he had a glass jaw.








Hamed offered Marquez a shot in summer of 2000 and amazingly...Marquez turned down the career high payday claiming that it "wasn't enough"

Im not trying to pick an argument with you by why are their two interpretations of this? first i heard Steward advised Hamed to avoid JMM and that he ducked him then i heard it was JMM who did'nt want none.

[Bright-Eyes]

Juan Manuel Marquez conceded Friday that he turned down a fight with Prince Naseem Hamed, the World Boxing Organization featherweight champion.Marquez, of Mexico City, will meet Daniel Jiminez of Puerto Rico in the 10-round featherweight main event Sunday at the Union Plaza. The six-bout card is scheduled to start at 11 a.m.

After being turned down by Marquez and reportedly others, Hamed went on to knock out Las Vegan Augie Sanchez in the fourth round Aug. 19 at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Conn., in an HBO-televised fight.
"I had been waiting two years," said Marquez, speaking through a translator. "Now they want the fight. I wasn't prepared. They did not give me sufficient time to get prepared." Marquez had been the No. 1 WBO challenger for almost two years and did not get a shot at Hamed during that time, according to Fernando Beltran, Marquez's Mexican promoter.


Marquez, who turned 27 Wednesday, said Hamed is difficult to fight.
"Hamed is like a wrestler," Marquez said. "He will toss you around if he can. It is almost the same way with fighting (Freddie) Norwood. You have to knock him out to get the victory." Marquez lost a decision to Norwood, the World Boxing Association featherweight champion, in a title bout at Mandalay Bay on Sept. 11.Marquez said he would like to fight Hamed as the champion of one of the other sanctioning bodies. Otherwise, Marquez said, fighting Hamed "is not on even terms." Nacho Beristain, Marquez's manager, criticized the Hamed camp's negotiating tactics. "They want to get us when all of our energies are gone (from negotiating)," Beristain said. "They are only playing with our heads. We never want to fight (Hamed). Who do they think they are? They came out with an offer of $400,000. It is not worth it." Beristain said he thought it would be better to sign a contract with Top Rank to promote Marquez Beltran offered some contradiction, but it is probably a matter of semantics."We never turned down a fight with Hamed," Beltran said. "We knew they were only (BS-ing). We said, `Forget about it.' "

Beltran said he was working on a rematch with Norwood. Marquez is 31-2 since turning pro in 1993.




http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_ho.../14250555.html





There may have been some mind games played on Hamed's part,but I still think that Marquez should have took the offer.

[Dynamite Kid]

Juan Manuel Marquez conceded Friday that he turned down a fight with Prince Naseem Hamed, the World Boxing Organization featherweight champion.Marquez, of Mexico City, will meet Daniel Jiminez of Puerto Rico in the 10-round featherweight main event Sunday at the Union Plaza. The six-bout card is scheduled to start at 11 a.m.

After being turned down by Marquez and reportedly others, Hamed went on to knock out Las Vegan Augie Sanchez in the fourth round Aug. 19 at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Conn., in an HBO-televised fight.
"I had been waiting two years," said Marquez, speaking through a translator. "Now they want the fight. I wasn't prepared. They did not give me sufficient time to get prepared." Marquez had been the No. 1 WBO challenger for almost two years and did not get a shot at Hamed during that time, according to Fernando Beltran, Marquez's Mexican promoter.


Marquez, who turned 27 Wednesday, said Hamed is difficult to fight.
"Hamed is like a wrestler," Marquez said. "He will toss you around if he can. It is almost the same way with fighting (Freddie) Norwood. You have to knock him out to get the victory." Marquez lost a decision to Norwood, the World Boxing Association featherweight champion, in a title bout at Mandalay Bay on Sept. 11.Marquez said he would like to fight Hamed as the champion of one of the other sanctioning bodies. Otherwise, Marquez said, fighting Hamed "is not on even terms." Nacho Beristain, Marquez's manager, criticized the Hamed camp's negotiating tactics. "They want to get us when all of our energies are gone (from negotiating)," Beristain said. "They are only playing with our heads. We never want to fight (Hamed). Who do they think they are? They came out with an offer of $400,000. It is not worth it." Beristain said he thought it would be better to sign a contract with Top Rank to promote Marquez Beltran offered some contradiction, but it is probably a matter of semantics."We never turned down a fight with Hamed," Beltran said. "We knew they were only (BS-ing). We said, `Forget about it.' "

Beltran said he was working on a rematch with Norwood. Marquez is 31-2 since turning pro in 1993.




http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_ho.../14250555.html





There may have been some mind games played on Hamed's part,but I still think that Marquez should have took the offer.

I think it was during the JMM vs Norwood telecast that Larry Merchant was making out Hamed ducked JMM.

[Bright-Eyes]

Marquez was Hamed's mandatory challenger from 1998-2000(i think).The argument for Hamed avoiding Marquez is there but what the likes of Max Kellerman(who should know this anyway) always fail to mention is that Hamed did turn around and offer him a shot,and for good money too.

[Sugarj]

Hi Donkim, your quite right there. Hamed didn't duck those guys.

[lyrical]

Has anybody read the Mi Vida Loca book by Johnny Tapia?

He said that Hamed pulled out of a fight with him too.

I am a Hamed fan though, he bought alot of fans to the sport

[Silencers]

I think Hamed deserves more credit than he gets now but I don't think he's an ATG.