Is Prince Naseem Hamed overrated?

[Forza]

how did i know when i saw this thread it would be overrated, the guy is far from overrated and one of the best boxers ever and he was ****ing about half the time and wasting energy dancing before he had fights so please tell me someone who does this apart from hector cumacho?

Who has he beaten? All that dancing and flashy stuff did nothing to help him when MAB beat his ass.

[BigStereotype]

Ok, all time P4P puncher, no doubt about that. But you can't deny that his resume leaves a bit to be desired. The four great featherweights of the early 2000's (MAB, Morales, JMM and Pac-Man) were all light-years ahead of him.

[Tyson.]

Ok, all time P4P puncher, no doubt about that. But you can't deny that his resume leaves a bit to be desired. The four great featherweights of the early 2000's (MAB, Morales, JMM and Pac-Man) were all light-years ahead of him.

His resume is very good. 10-1 against titlists with 8kos.

Ability wise no they werent light-years ahead of him.

[BigStereotype]

Maybe not talent-wise (especially JMM), but certainly accomplishment and skillwise. Prince Naseem was the most athletic fighter of the last 20 years outside of Roy Jones and maybe Pacquiao, I don't dispute that. I also don't dispute that he was a blast to watch. But can you argue that any one of those four wouldn't pick him apart? Pacquiao might get caught (at featherweight, pound-for-pound, prime-for-prime, it's no contest), but other than that, they would all destroy him.

[Steak]

Who has he beaten? All that dancing and flashy stuff did nothing to help him when MAB beat his ass.

his wins over Steve robinson, Manuel Medina, Tom Johnson, Kevin Kelley, Wilfredo Vasquez, Cesar Soto, Paul Ingle and Vuyani Bungu were all top wins at the time.

he more or less cleaned out the division. Only guys he missed out on were Espanoza(who was beaten by Cesar Soto, who Hamed beat not long after) and JMM(who dropped a decision to Freddie Norwood halfway up the rankings, and wasnt that highly rated at the time)

throughout the 90s, during his title reign, these guys were the best out there. not until 2000 did Morales, MAB, and Pacquiao move up to featherweight.

and although I loved the performances, Barrera didnt quite dominate Hamed. clearly, obviously won...but not dominate.
I think Morales would have definitely won, but I can see both Marquez and Pacquiao having trouble with Hamed at featherweight.

[talip bin osman]

when he was still active, he was...

but now we should now better...

[talip bin osman]

Ok, all time P4P puncher, no doubt about that. But you can't deny that his resume leaves a bit to be desired. The four great featherweights of the early 2000's (MAB, Morales, JMM and Pac-Man) were all light-years ahead of him.

i actually rate brother nazeem higher than jmm @ 126 in terms of accomplishments...

[BigStereotype]

Hamed =/= Brother Naazim...

Naazim Richardson is Sugar Shane's trainer, the one who said that Floyd would turn into a dragon. Incidentally, he was totally right, Shane just couldn't step on his tail or dodge the fireballs, haha.

But you might be right, but I still think that Marquez is greater than Hamed at 126. I'm a little biased here, but I feel like his performance against Pacquiao proves that he could get up off the floor against Hamed and outbox him MAB style.

[talip bin osman]

Hamed =/= Brother Naazim...

Naazim Richardson is Sugar Shane's trainer, the one who said that Floyd would turn into a dragon. Incidentally, he was totally right, Shane just couldn't step on his tail or dodge the fireballs, haha.

But you might be right, but I still think that Marquez is greater than Hamed at 126. I'm a little biased here, but I feel like his performance against Pacquiao proves that he could get up off the floor against Hamed and outbox him MAB style.

i know what u are talking about man... but u must understand im a ****** too... i call these guys brothers...

anyway, in a P4P sense, the quartet uve mentioned may well be ahead of brother nazeem... but at 126 its just right hamed should be ranked higher than pacquiao and marquez...

[BigStereotype]

Oh, alright. Didn't mean to bust your balls or anything and I might agree with you about featherweight rankings. H2H though, Pac-Man and Marquez hand him his ass.