The Greatness of Naseem Hamed

[Dynamite Kid]

Hamed had way more skill than Hatton and styles make fights. I think Hamed should of kept on fighting, he was too unique to go away

agreed

especially the part in bold

[WhoreUs]

Someone posted a funny Hamed video earlier this morning and I got annoyed with a few of the posts on that thread. I saw Naseem called everything from JOKE to BUM to HEARTLESS. I wanted to do one of my GREATNESS series threads on Naseem but I wasn't really in the mood this morning......but I'm in the mood now.

NASEEM HAMED 36-1-0 (31 KO's)

WBO Featherweight Champion 1995-2000
IBF Featherweight Champion 1997
WBC Featherweight Champion 1999-2000

Please note that Hamed beat every beltholder at 126 in his time , the only reason he didn't hold all those belt and wasn't the undisputed , unified champion was due to WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO politics.

Let's take a closer look at this BUM'S resume. Here's a list of his notable wins , his opponents , their record at the time they fought Naseem and all the titles they held.

TKO11 Medina (52-7-0) IBF/WBC/WBO126 Champion
TKO7 Vazquez (50-7-2) WBA118 , WBA122 , WBA126 Champion
KO4 Kelley (47-1-2) WBC/WBU126 Champion
UD12 Soto (54-7-2) WBC126 Champion
TKO8 Johnson (44-2-2) IBF126 Champion
TKO4 Sanchez (26-1-0)
TKO11 Ingle (21-0-0) IBF126 Champion
UD12 McCullough (22-1-0) WBC118 Champion
TKO2 Molina (27-0-0)
TKO8 Robinson (21-9-1) WBO126 Champion
KO2 Liendo (42-4-3)
TKO6 Cruz (44-6-6)
KO2 Perez (37-12-2) IBF115 Champion
KO4 Castro (43-17-3)
TKO4 Bungu (37-2-0) IBF122 Champion

Not bad for a HEARTLESS JOKE of a fighter. But then again he's still a BUM because his ONE loss was to Hall Of Famer Marco Antonio Barrera right? Because not too many guys lost to Marco......

i don't know who this left hook tua guy is.....but he's a smart , knowledgable boxing fan.

shame he got banned.

[Flawless 2]

i don't know who this left hook tua guy is.....but he's a smart , knowledgable boxing fan.

shame he got banned.

I should make an alt, Right Hook Hopkins

[WhoreUs]

I should make an alt, Right Hook Hopkins

hopkins don't throw right hooks.

i wanted right hand kostya but it was too long.

at least bigpoppapump approved the account.

don't know why he banned me though.......

[Flawless 2]

hopkins don't throw right hooks.

i wanted right hand kostya but it was too long.

at least bigpoppapump approved the account.

don't know why he banned me though.......

The right hand against Tito

How long you banned for

[WhoreUs]

The right hand against Tito

How long you banned for

'til end of january next year.

bigpoppapump called me a troll.

mr. pump was grouchy today.

[Arka]

i supose a 34 year old Holyfield was past his prime when whooped Mike's ass

makes no difference to me Douglas whooped a prime Tyson ,Lewis beats him all day every day as does Holyfield and he should of had enough left to beat the likes of Williams, if he was the champion he was made out to be you dont see Holy getting whooped by no Danny Williams

Tyson quit like a dog against McBride cause the fight got too tough for him

Eh??!! I like both Mike And Naseem!

[Clegg]

Who the **** did he beat compare to the fighters Mayweather beat?? He took a real challenge in Barrera and we all know what happened after that

How is that relevant?

My point was that one set of fans accept that their guy should not be rated above the opponents that he chose not to fight.

The other set of fans act as if it's an indisputable fact that Mayweather would beat all of those guys that he never faced.

[Austin Drage]

Had Vazquez not been (deliberately) stripped by the WBA of his belt (they did not want their featherweight title unified with the WBO) Hamed would have the distinction of being the first boxer to hold all four world titles in a division. This is an overlooked accomplishment of Prince Naseem. The WBA would not grant him a subsequent shot at their championship.

I cant believe people still claim Naz had no heart. He had been boxing since 7 years old and his fight with Barrera he was around 27 (not sure exactly). That's 20 years of boxing. He got beat and wanted time off to spend with his family and enjoy his fortune.

Nobody can deny Naz's greatness. Probably the 2nd best British boxer of all time.

[Austin Drage]

Who did Hamed beat compared to Mayweather?

Hamed viciously knocked out Augie Sanchez, the last man to ever beat Floyd Mayweather .