The Greatness of Naseem Hamed

[STEELHEAD]

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 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......

all these lackey brit stats that don't mean nothing on the world scene. the guy put on a good show but he never was world class. just a clown on an island with craving fans. JEEZ get a life!!!

[Left Hook Tua]

all these lackey brit stats that don't mean nothing on the world scene. the guy put on a good show but he never was world class. just a clown on an island with craving fans. JEEZ get a life!!!

uh huh.....

yes because naseem only fought brits on his island.

thank you for enlightening me.

[the_godslayer]

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 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......

The man is a legend Tua, nice post

prince was more of a circus clown with power. He only beat bums or over the top fighters.

He fought like ameteur, and was exposed. The problem was that people thought he was better than what he was, but he was entertaining

see the record above that totally disproves your point.

all these lackey brit stats that don't mean nothing on the world scene. the guy put on a good show but he never was world class. just a clown on an island with craving fans. JEEZ get a life!!!

WTF are you talking about man? he beat world class opponents as Tua has detailed above.

[Solomon Mbae]

Best Hamed Video is always:

Haha
Good fighter, 10x the **** Mayweather ever was

[Silencers]

People should also give Hamed for bringing attention to the lower weight classes, before Hamed came along, not many people knew who the Barreras and Morales' were.

[Left Hook Tua]

i need to study all these new boxing definitions mr. steelhead just taught me.

world scene. world class. lackey british stats.

so just because you fight fighters from around the world doesn't mean it means anything on the world scene.

just because you are good enough to beat a bunch of world champions and former world champions doesn't mean you are world class.

even if you have 1 or more world title for about 6 years and fought other beltholders and contenders from other countries means nothing if you're british because it's just lackey british stats.

got it.

thank you mr. steelhead.

[Ray*]

People should also give Hamed for bringing attention to the lower weight classes, before Hamed came along, not many people knew who the Barreras and Morales' were.

Thats what gets me upset with a lot of this clowns on here, NAZ was singlehandedly the only reason people started paying any attention to the lower weights, He was a small guy that could HIT hard...I have all the respect in the world for barrera but Barrera came into his fight with Naz very cautious, Which shown how much Barrera respect Naz's power.

[Silencers]

Thats what gets me upset with a lot of this clowns on here, NAZ was singlehandedly the only reason people started paying any attention to the lower weights, He was a small guy that could HIT hard...I have all the respect in the world for barrera but Barrera came into his fight with Naz very cautious, Which shown how much Barrera respect Naz's power.

He also enabled the lower weight class fighters to headline PPVs and make millions of dollars per fight, before he came along that's almost unheard of.

[Ray*]

He also enabled the lower weight class fighters to headline PPVs and make millions of dollars per fight, before he came along that's almost unheard of.

Definitely..I was one of the guys who never bothered with the lower weights, I only watch the light-welterweight (The Tsyzu) up to Heavyweights(Tyson) back in those days, Until this little guy shows up with his entertaining style, Ring entrance then KO'in power.

People like Mayweather,Barrera,JMM and even Morales were desperate to fight him just to headline a massive PPV event.

[Addition]

Thats what gets me upset with a lot of this clowns on here, NAZ was singlehandedly the only reason people started paying any attention to the lower weights, He was a small guy that could HIT hard...I have all the respect in the world for barrera but Barrera came into his fight with Naz very cautious, Which shown how much Barrera respect Naz's power.

Naz was even the favourite right?

If Naz took the fight seriously the fight would've been a lot, lot closer and the outcome may have been different.