Why did Naseem Hamed retire at 28?

[-Lowkey-]

Love him or hate him boxing needs people, characters and talent like nas

2.19 = pure entertainment

[musiol]

he should of rematched barrera

[gingeralbino]

he should of rematched barrera

and fought morales, jmm and eventually pac.

Robbed us of some great fights.

[The_Demon]

Because he wasnt dedicated enough by that point of his career

[Rudie Cant Fail]

Anyone tell me anything about this dude?

He has stated recently that both his hands were shot to ****,which given how hard he hit with either isnt surprising. I think money was a major factor as well. Can you imagine what having £100,000,000 in the bank at 28 years old must be like? I'm f.ucked if I would wanna be going to work with that kind of dough in the bank.

[GoogleMe]

Great question. I've been wondering the same thing. But my conclusion came to him, losing his motivation.

[GoogleMe]

and fought morales, jmm and eventually pac.

Robbed us of some great fights.

Why fight without motivation?

[GoogleMe]

This is very true. It's too bad when fighters lose that spark that make'em good fighters.

The thing is, I don't think Naseem had much of a killer instinct. I think he was more of a showman like RJJ.

I agree. But his hands very heavy as rocks, he was the Tyson of his weight.

[lfc19titles]

He lost his desire to train, like steward said during the barrera camp that the prince isnt training right. even before the barrera fight naseem was just a one hit ko guy because he didnt even train well to box smartly anymore.

he had so much money that he just didnt care

[stefjonno1]

Cuz he actually belived he would never get beat, once he shared a ring with Barrera he knew it was all in his mind, and his confidence was gone.