Prince Naseem: hall of fame!

[UmarImranKhalil]

Not to mention that that fight was only a few months after 9/11 and all the anti-****** feeling that followed from it, which I'm sure screwed him up, given the way he had promoted his religion previously.

Interesting point, certainly a possible contributory factor.


One thing I'm sure of is that the winding down of his career was attributable to the combined weight of a variety of pressures/factors and had little to do with his fighting heart or a perceived lack of one.

[DARKSEID]

If Jermaine Taylor, Jeff Lacy, Paul Williams etc only fought the type of fighters hamed fought, then they should be in the hall of fame too.

[UmarImranKhalil]

^^ Williams? Lacy?






Examine Hamed's run more closely, is all I can say.

[prinzemanspopa]

If Jermaine Taylor, Jeff Lacy, Paul Williams etc only fought the type of fighters hamed fought, then they should be in the hall of fame too.

Problem is,you don't know "the type of fighters hamed fought".And this isn't the fault of the fighters themselves;you simply don't possess knowledge of the featherweight division of the 1990's.If you did,your type wouldn't be so hasty to question Hamed's opposition.


And you sure as hell wouldn't be throwing Lacy,who was given an easy ride throughout his rise and beat just one single credible opponent his entire career,in there,either

[DARKSEID]

who was given an easy ride throughout his rise and beat just one single credible opponent his entire career,in there,either

sounds familiar

[DARKSEID]

Problem is,you don't know "the type of fighters hamed fought".And this isn't the fault of the fighters themselves;you simply don't possess knowledge of the featherweight division of the 1990's.If you did,your type wouldn't be so hasty to question Hamed's opposition.

you must be lonely

[UmarImranKhalil]

sounds familiar

you must be lonely

Great comebacks, filled with insight.



So, he was right, then. You don't know anything about Hamed's opposition.

Others in the thread do and award him the deserved credit for beating the fighters he beat, with extra merit for the fashion in which he typically did it.

[prinzemanspopa]

you must be lonely

Is that why you just gave two short responses to my one post? And the two responses coming within eleven minutes of one another.




Your pitiful responses are an acknowledgment on your part that your knowledge of this sport is limited.You're a newb that is not only incapable,but also simply has no business discussing such advanced topics as this.You can't dispute anything I said because you lack the knowledge of the topic at hand to do so.




Now f^ck off and stick to posting in Pacquiao topics with the rest of your kind in future.

[Dave Rado]

If Kostya Tszyu can make it on the first ballot,Naseem Hamed most certainly deserves serious consideration or a spot.Hamed's accomplishments,at the very least,are on par with Tszyu's.Considering Tszyu failed to avenge his loss to Phillips and retired after his loss to Hatton,Hamed pretty much quitting the sport shouldn't be held against him.

Hamed does get consideration - he has been in the poll every time since he became eligible. He'll almost certainly get in eventually. But you can't compare the quality of opposition Tszyu faced during his defining run with the opposition Hamed faced - Tszyu's was much better. And it's silly to compare retiring at the age of 35 when well past his prime with retiring at the age of 28.

[PrinceNaz88]

All I will say is anyone who thinks it was a prime Hamed who faced Barrera that night, does not know too much about his career.

There were signs long before the Barrera fight of Hamed starting to lose his love for the sport.

There are many other top fighters who lose fights past their best and those defeats get completely ignored. But, due to the dislike of Hamed by many on here, the Barrera fight is always held against him with the rest of his impressive victories totally disregarded.