should naz be rated alongside or above Barrera and morales as ATG

[MBE]

Naz put the featherweight division on the map, did more for the sport than any other and was only defeated by his own lack of motivation. of course he is a greater ATG.

[boxinggod101]

I put Naz right up their with them and he was also a better, more dominant champion

Morales beat Manny Pacquaio and some good fighters

Barrera beat Naz and Morales and some good fighters

Naz cleaned out featherweight from 1995-2000....neither one of them dominated a weight class

Why do people act like MAB and Morales beat a bunch of hall of famers and great fighers...they didn't


they are not levels over him....if it wasn't for MAB win over Naz he would even be considered a great fighter

My man... just Morales win over an ATG like Pac ****s on anything Naz did. I mean come on lol MAB and Morales are higher ranked than him whatever u try to say. Everybody is telling u, what more do u need? Only ones agreeing with what ur saying are UK guys, biased opinion is not even the word...

And btw I still watch some Naz fight.He was incredible and so fun to watch fight.

[therealpugilist]

My man... just Morales win over an ATG like Pac ****s on anything Naz did. I mean come on lol MAB and Morales are higher ranked than him whatever u try to say. Everybody is telling u, what more do u need? Only ones agreeing with what ur saying are UK guys, biased opinion is not even the word...

And btw I still watch some Naz fight.He was incredible and so fun to watch fight.

Why do you rate them higher

One win or loss doesn't make or break a career

Its the body of work n they guys they fought overall were not better imo

[therealpugilist]

either way im glad I got to see the lil guys hold it down

[BOXEO _]

Alongside? Maybe. Not above.

[jas]

How about clearly and unquestionably below

[therealpugilist]

Alongside? Maybe. Not above.

I think he is alongside them....Naz dominated his era in the 90s...MAB, Morales, JMM, and Pac had each other in the 2000's at 126 for a short time but Naz was the more dominant champion.

He deserves to be mentioned right up there with them...He dominated a very good era at 122-126...beat a prime kevin Kelly, Wilfredo Vazquez who will be in the HOF one day, Vuyuni Bungu was very good at the time, Manuel Medina went on to win versions of the featherweight title after his loss to hamed, McCullough was a tough cookie.

In a short amount of time he did a lot of good work

IMO he doesn't get the respect he deserves in America because he is a foreigner, talked trash, and was brash


IMO Naseem Hamed was the best featherweight since Salvador Sanchez

Id take a prime, motivated, hungry Naz of 1995-1998 to beat Azumah Nelson, Lil Red Lopez, Bobby Chacon, and a host of others who get far more mention and respect

[FeFist]

But "He has the heart of a lion"

I will always remember him saying that after the Kelly fight.

"He has the heart of a Lion, but not as big as mine."

[Tyler_Durden]

Naseem was just your average fighter with a padded record full of careful cherry picks. When he stepped up to Barrera he got embarrassed, and had he fought Morales, the same thing would've happened, if not worse. Naseem belongs nowhere near Morales or Barrera and really shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence because he doesn't belong in the same conversation, specially one regarding their greatness.

[creekrat77]

Naseem was just your average fighter with a padded record full of careful cherry picks. When he stepped up to Barrera he got embarrassed, and had he fought Morales, the same thing would've happened, if not worse. Naseem belongs nowhere near Morales or Barrera and really shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence because he doesn't belong in the same conversation, specially one regarding their greatness.

Naseem was obviously not the same athletically gifted and dedicated as he was when he was younger and at lighter weights. He is as great as people believe in him. Sure it was kind of dodgy to just pretty much retire after the Barrera loss but in some cases it's good for boxing. Every dog has his day and Naseem went out when he knew his time was up. It's something more fighters should keep in mind rather then fighting on into their 40's trying to prove themselves just one more time.