Warren: "Amir Khan, The Next Naseem Hamed"

[Dynamite Kid]

fair enough, whats your prediction on prime morales v naz?

i dont know how how to call this without seeming like a Naz a nuthugger cause IMO Naz would have still been a major factor in the Featherweight division if he had returned straight after the MAB defeat ,Morales was a great fighter no doubt but Naz hit like a middleweight at Featherweight if he caught anybody clean they would more often than not go so IMO he still had a lot to offer

you can make a case that Morales was a more skilled Boxer than Barerra but that does'nt mean much fights are fought in the ring not on paper and Hamed always had the equaliser so its a tough call but 1 thing is for sure he was 1 of the best Featherweights of all time IMO even though you could argue he did'nt have longevity ,that should not detract away from the fact he was a great fighter

[ophqui]

i think warren is thinking of the money khan/hamed earn for him rather than them as fighters. i'd imagine he's already made a pretty healthy packet off khan, esp bearing in mind the entire itv deal was based on amir, lord knows the british public couldnt give two ****s about the rest of sports networks fighters (yes that includes calzaghe, way more people know who khan is, somewhat bizzarely)

[realheavyhands]

naz beat alot of faded ex-world champs, as soon as he went to the u.s he was exposed, although stopping both, he got bashed up by kevin kelly and augie sanchez. hameds power saved him on both occasions. tiny wayne mc pushed him close and then of course he was made to look like a complete novice flapping around v barrera (who never really had to get out of first gear). khan already has the fame and money in the bank and this will hinder his progress, if willie limmond can put him over imagine what katsidis would do. khan would benefit from a stint in the states and getting in some top quality sparring, maybe even getting rid of oliver harrison

wayne said hamed was the hardest puncher and was physically the strongest fight hes ever fought

[MightyMikeA]

Soooo, it's being stated that Khan is being slated to be the next over-hyped bum who will eventually be exposed, is this what is happening here? Wow, what a compliment.

[big paulie]

i dont know how how to call this without seeming like a Naz a nuthugger cause IMO Naz would have still been a major factor in the Featherweight division if he had returned straight after the MAB defeat ,Morales was a great fighter no doubt but Naz hit like a middleweight at Featherweight if he caught anybody clean they would more often than not go so IMO he still had a lot to offer

you can make a case that Morales was a more skilled Boxer than Barerra but that does'nt mean much fights are fought in the ring not on paper and Hamed always had the equaliser so its a tough call but 1 thing is for sure he was 1 of the best Featherweights of all time IMO even though you could argue he did'nt have longevity ,that should not detract away from the fact he was a great fighter

no way was morales a more skilled boxer than barrera,see barrera v enrique sanchez and jesus salud in his two fights preceeding and proceeding hamed, its during these bouts that barrera made the transition from fighter to boxer and believe me v sanchez is some of the purist boxing you've ever seen (as commentator emannuel steward would testify).morales was a wonderful boxer, just not as technically proficient as barrera. yes naz hit like a middleweight but jmm, mab and em were on another level where naz power was rendered innafective, as barrera showed naz was barely able to land a single power shot flush, the ones he did land were greeted with a shrug of the shoulders, they remain superior to any other fighter naz faced. morales by ko-ref would have to intervene

[big paulie]

i dont know how how to call this without seeming like a Naz a nuthugger cause IMO Naz would have still been a major factor in the Featherweight division if he had returned straight after the MAB defeat ,Morales was a great fighter no doubt but Naz hit like a middleweight at Featherweight if he caught anybody clean they would more often than not go so IMO he still had a lot to offer

you can make a case that Morales was a more skilled Boxer than Barerra but that does'nt mean much fights are fought in the ring not on paper and Hamed always had the equaliser so its a tough call but 1 thing is for sure he was 1 of the best Featherweights of all time IMO even though you could argue he did'nt have longevity ,that should not detract away from the fact he was a great fighter

wayne said hamed was the hardest puncher and was physically the strongest fight hes ever fought

i should imagine he was, wayne was a bantamweight and hamed a big feather

[circleinsidebox]

i dissagree that hamed got dropped due to an unorthodox unbalanced style, he got put down coz he got smacked **** on the chin and didnt have a solid enough defence to avoid/block these shots, yes he fought good fighters but only one great fighter. he avoided morales and marquez.

the night he fought augie, in the interview
he talked about how they made offers to all 3 of them
marquez, barrera, and morales
and all 3 turned him down

[circleinsidebox]

barrera didnt be naz as bad as everything thinks
all he did was a counter a one punch throwing naz
naz wasnt busy at all, just looking for one shot
he didnt get BEAT UP by any means, just simply countered
with flurries every now and then, im tired of people
making such a big deal about barrera's win, he didnt do ****
really, but he did WIN so o well

[-Antonio-]

Hamed was still a HOF level fighter, and from what I've seen from Khan, he has a lot of work to do.

[-Antonio-]

barrera didnt be naz as bad as everything thinks
all he did was a counter a one punch throwing naz
naz wasnt busy at all, just looking for one shot
he didnt get BEAT UP by any means, just simply countered
with flurries every now and then, im tired of people
making such a big deal about barrera's win, he didnt do ****
really, but he did WIN so o well

I disagree with that, Barrera was switching up his combinations beautifully, and had Naz stunned a couple of times. He was landing plenty of hard blows. He won 10 rounds on my card. Made a great fighter look ordinary.