Comments Thread For: The World According To Naazim Richardson

[Blue Heffner]

this guy is the x-factor for the fight.
As Floyd adapts to whatever Naazim and Shane try, Naazim will notice it.

We've all seen Roger's version of "coaching". "this guy ain't ****", "this muther****a too slow for you, little floyd", etc.

Naazim talked Shane through the Margarito fight:
rd. 2 - "believe in that left hand we developed....You could pick him apart up top with it, and you could stab him with it....then bring the right hand over". then in the highlight, Shane did exactly what Naazim asked.

then later

"you're settin him up with that body shot. see this guy ain't used to gettin it back at the body. take that jab, keep piling them up, STAB HIM IN HIS HEART!!! Rip around them sides!! We gonna show him how he gotta slow down. When he hits the pedal, there ain't gonna be no gas at the end of this".

And the fight resumed and ended exactly as Naazim described it. Just an extremely gifted trainer.

Hahahaha, Roger cracks me up in the corner. BTW he does give instructions when needed.

[switchsouthpaw]

By Thomas Gerbasi - Naazim Richardson saw something. As he followed his son Bear up the steps into the ring before a Junior Olympic bout he eyed the young man shadowboxing in the opposite corner. He and his son had a rock-solid gameplan, one he made sure was going to be followed to the letter.

“We’re gonna box this entire tournament, we’re not gonna fight,” Richardson told his son. Dogs can fight, roosters can fight – only man can box.”

Bear Richardson was on board with this strategy, but in the time it took to walk up four steps, everything changed.

“I saw the other kid in the corner do something,” said the elder Richardson. “So I said ‘Bear, you remember what we talked about? I need you to step right to him, double the jab, step over, right hand – we’re gonna get him out of there.’”

He laughs at the memory.

“He (Bear) looked at me like ‘man, you just beat me to death for two days about this, and now you tell me to go out and fight.’ But I’ve always informed him that sometimes in a boxing match, a fight breaks out. So at any moment, it can get funky.”

The son did as the father instructed, and as usual, the father was right.

“He stepped to the guy, hit him with the right hand, and what I thought I saw turned out to be accurate. He hit him with the right hand and sat him down. The kid got up and he pretty much never recovered from that first shot.” [Click Here To Read More]

Naz plays chess, Floyd and his fam play checkers.

[switchsouthpaw]

I like Naazim, but he likes to talk **** on the sly. Shane is lucky to have him though.

The smart ones always do, they never let you see them coming.

[deuce_drop]

classic stuff, richardson plays angles others don't play in his position, he gets his point across while being humble and cunning about it making his points.

[ThePunchingBag]

I got mad respect for this man.

He is a part of Mosley's intangibles that may help push him over the edge.

[jthoang]

Naz plays chess, Floyd and his fam play checkers.

Wtf? Floyd is the smartest in the game.

[switchsouthpaw]

Wtf? Floyd is the smartest in the game.

What game...World of Warcraft?

[Hannibal Barca]

As I've said before, I have tremendous respect for this man. It's almost at the point where I don't want to se Mosely lose.

I can't wait till May 1st.

[Mr. Philadel]

now people are starting to see why I'm so fond of Naazim.....the man has a passion for the sport that MOST can only dream of......hear how excited he gets between rounds in the B.Hop-Tarver fight....hear how cool he instructs B.Hop's systematic breakdown of Pavlik......hear the passion in his voice as Shane is on the verge of upsetting Margarito.....Naazim is a ***el in the corner and May 1st he and Shane will shine!!

[switchsouthpaw]

now people are starting to see why I'm so fond of Naazim.....the man has a passion for the sport that MOST can only dream of......hear how excited he gets between rounds in the B.Hop-Tarver fight....hear how cool he instructs B.Hop's systematic breakdown of Pavlik......hear the passion in his voice as Shane is on the verge of upsetting Margarito.....Naazim is a ***el in the corner and May 1st he and Shane will shine!!

Naz is the truth, hopefully he can bring the best out of Shane.