What was Prince Naseem Toughest fighter he faced?

[ShamrockXpress]

Wayne McCullough ate some great shots and didn't stop coming forward. Then again that can be said about most of McCulloughs fights.

16 defences of a world title, unifying 3 of the 4 titles, stopping Vasquez who had just been stripped of the only title he didn't win. 36-1 with 31 kos. Wasn't afraid to travel, came to America to fight. This is overrated?

[Weebler I]

Co-sign!

This thread starter must be English or something. Naseem is probably the most overrated fighter in the last 25 years. He didn't even bother to redeem himself. Naseem talk is a cred killer. Next thread please

Barrera said Hamed was the best pure boxer he fought so go tell Marco, I mean you would know more than the guy who was in the ring with him.

[Teddy Brenner]

Soto was the dirtiest, meanest, toughest fight for Hamed.

Anyone seen it?

[Stuntman Mike]

He never came back from that loss. Its not about just losing, but the fact he never came back. He wasnt 35, but in his late 20s and didn't take severe punishment in his career, so why not?

Alot of fighters retire on a losing note like Kosta Tsyzu retired after Hatton, but he had come back from a loss previously. This was Hamed's first one and he never came back except for that tune up.

Yeah I wish he fought more I guess but he had a lot of mental problems and the guys heart just wasn't in it anymore,even prior to MAB the guy was just too full of himself and his power and you can't blame him,probably why he hung them up actually because the tune up fight after MAB was probably planned as a ko victory but he couldn't get the guy away if i remember so that must have took his heart entirely ..I'm just stating he is not overrated on boxingscene but he is actually more underrated..

[Ragnar Lothbrok]

reading some of the answers in this thread just reinforces the notion of how grossly overrated hamed was.

[Stuntman Mike]

reading some of the answers in this thread just reinforces the notion of how grossly overrated hamed was.

go back to school DBZ lover ,big boys are talking

[mneronava2k]

reading some of the answers in this thread just reinforces the notion of how grossly overrated hamed was.

It borders on mental illness. I agree. It's astonishing. My favorite is the guy comparing The Prince to Ali (a legend who fought nearly 20 years). And MAB is such a petty dude, I wouldn't be suprised if he spoke highly of Nasseem just to NOT give credit to Morales and Marquez or Pacquiao

Come on guys. What's the point? Let's let some of this stuff go and scrap all the fanboy biz. You may learn something

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Naz fought once more after Barrera. I don't understand this myth that Barrera "retired" him.

Naz was clearly not even interested in the sport before the Barrera fight. He'd made a **** tonne of money and invested it well. He had bad hand problems and decided not to fight again.

It's a nice story to say Barrera "sent him into retirement" but it's not really the truth.

Also, Barrera boxed a smart fight. He didn't "eat punches and keep coming" as the TS specified. He was very wary of Naz's power and did his best to avoid it the whole fight.

Wayne McCullough is probably the answer to the question.

[LacedUp]

Naz fought once more after Barrera. I don't understand this myth that Barrera "retired" him.

Naz was clearly not even interested in the sport before the Barrera fight. He'd made a **** tonne of money and invested it well. He had bad hand problems and decided not to fight again.

It's a nice story to say Barrera "sent him into retirement" but it's not really the truth.

Also, Barrera boxed a smart fight. He didn't "eat punches and keep coming" as the TS specified. He was very wary of Naz's power and did his best to avoid it the whole fight.

Wayne McCullough is probably the answer to the question.

This is the truth.

Naz had problems dating back to when he left Ingle's gym. He had problems with weight, concentration, professionalism, hand problems, motivation - everything.

I love how some people are also claiming MAB gave Naz a beating or punished him, when in reality he boxed and moved and stayed out of harms way. It was also not a shut-out but a pretty competitive fight, where MAB just nicked a lot of the rounds by being more active.

It was what it was, but Naz wasn't himself by that stage.

[yuppie]

This is the truth.

Naz had problems dating back to when he left Ingle's gym. He had problems with weight, concentration, professionalism, hand problems, motivation - everything.

I love how some people are also claiming MAB gave Naz a beating or punished him, when in reality he boxed and moved and stayed out of harms way. It was also not a shut-out but a pretty competitive fight, where MAB just nicked a lot of the rounds by being more active.

It was what it was, but Naz wasn't himself by that stage.

Exactly, there's a highlight video of the fight on youtube which is pro Marco so it looks like Naz got a beating. I think people just watch that and think he got a sound beating instead of watching the whole fight.
There was a recent documentary about Naz and the Marco fight he was out the gym for about 8 months with hand injuries. Then he got a call for the fight and had 2-3 months of basically trying to lose weight.

ps, i love how someone can win multiple world titles, be entertaining and still be hated on by b*tchy boxing fans.