Naseem Hamed... love him or hate him???

[ianwigley]

I don't like Hamed for denying Floyd his shot at his 6th (second at the time) divisional weight class by not accepting a fight against him.

Define this. I'm not disagreeing with you, it's just something I may have missed.

[Lucky13]

Hamed IMO was the most entertaining boxer of all time, impossible to hate him in the ring.

[Jim_Davis]

I don't like Hamed for denying Floyd his shot at his 6th (second at the time) divisional weight class by not accepting a fight against him.

Hamed wanted Barrera or Morales. Floyd was/is a piece of **** that wasnt worth the hassle.


You should be thankful that he never otherwise your boy wouldnt be undefeated.

[SkillspayBills]

Define this. I'm not disagreeing with you, it's just something I may have missed.

Floyd called out Hamed for a match against the two right after the beating he gave Diego (R.I.P.). What's funny is that Merchant said "Hamed isn't going to want to fight you after this performance" and look what happened. I actually made the statement to get some insight from Naz-Fan as to why the fight didn't happen. Floyd of that would fight ANY big name while he was working his way up the ladder.

[SkillspayBills]

Hamed wanted Barrera or Morales. Floyd was/is a piece of **** that wasnt worth the hassle.


You should be thankful that he never otherwise your boy wouldnt be undefeated.

Floyd wasn't worth **** after just dismantling an undefeated p4p top 5 fighter in Diego Corrales? Sounds like ducking to me. We all know what Floyd would have done to Hamed.

[Jim_Davis]

Floyd called out Hamed for a match against the two right after the beating he gave Diego (R.I.P.). What's funny is that Merchant said "Hamed isn't going to want to fight you after this performance and look what happened.

Merchant was being a fa.ggot cos hes on Marco's nuts and Hamed had been calling him out for years. Floyd said he'd like Prince Naseem to move up and fight him but that was it. He wasnt serious. He saw what happened to the last guy that beat him (AUGIE SANCHEZ) and knew deep down Hamed wasnt worth the risk.

[Randall_Hopkirk]

Floyd wasn't worth **** after just dismantling an undefeated p4p top 5 fighter in Diego Corrales? Sounds like ducking to me. We all know what Floyd would have done to Hamed.

Got knocked out in 8.

[SkillspayBills]

Define this. I'm not disagreeing with you, it's just something I may have missed.

[SkillspayBills]

Got knocked out in 8.

I can respect that opinion. That being said it wasn't really arguing the outcome of the bout, more about the reason it didn't happen when as Floyd was trying to make a name for himself he wanted to fight every big name that would face him.

[Liaison]

I disagree. It was leaving/not listening to Ingle.

Leaving Ingle was a huge mistake no doubt as only he knew how to work with Naz’ style, Naz was narrowed down to effectively becoming a hitter with no fundamentals. The split from Warren aloud the lunatics to take over the asylum which made him train less and get even more caught up in the celebrity lifestyle. Ok I’ll go with a 50/50 there.

And Floyd wasn't a big enough name for Naz in 2001. Naz was the main event, pretty boy wasn't.