If Prince Naseem Was Still Fighting He Would Be The Biggest PPV Star ever
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Nas was already the biggest PPV star in the UK back in the '90s. His UK PPV record was unbeaten up until Lewis vs. Tyson in 2002.
But as soon as Nas made the crossover to US PPV, he was beaten by Barrera. However, even before the Barrera fight, Nas was already losing interest in the sport, because of how much money he had made back in the UK. And Nas was no longer with his long-time trainer Brendan Ingle.
In some ways, the rise and fall of Nas somewhat parallels AJ. They both became the biggest UK PPV stars of their time, but got too rich too quick. By the time they made the crossover to the US, they had already started losing interest, and eventually got beat by a hungry Mexican on the rise (Barrera and Ruiz).
Marvin Hagler once said, "It's hard to get up at 6am when you're wearing silk pyjamas." That's what happened to both Nas and AJ.
stop making excuses.
funny how he only lost interest once he had to start taking real fights.....Comment
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Nas was already the biggest PPV star in the UK back in the '90s. His UK PPV record was unbeaten up until Lewis vs. Tyson in 2002.
But as soon as Nas made the crossover to US PPV, he was beaten by Barrera. However, even before the Barrera fight, Nas was already losing interest in the sport, because of how much money he had made back in the UK. And Nas was no longer with his long-time trainer Brendan Ingle.
In some ways, the rise and fall of Nas somewhat parallels AJ. They both became the biggest UK PPV stars of their time, but got too rich too quick. By the time they made the crossover to the US, they had already started losing interest, and eventually got beat by a hungry Mexican on the rise (Barrera and Ruiz).
Marvin Hagler once said, "It's hard to get up at 6am when you're wearing silk pyjamas." That's what happened to both Nas and AJ.
Just imagine Prince Naseem Hamed linking up with Eddie Hearn, he would be the most popular boxer on the planet.
Prince Naseem Hamed was one of the last icons of the sport, last real fighter to transcend the sport in my opinion.Comment
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If that's true why wasn't he that big a star when he was fighting? You are living in fantasy land when it comes to him. He was good but not great. He got humiliated by Barrera and quit boxing. He is a very wealthy man but he needs to lose about 100 pounds or he may shorten his life.Comment
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Not a PPV star anymore than TUE was then. Keep it real, will you?Comment
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I'm not sold on any lil guy being a PPV star.
There's not been any PPV in boxing history with under 147lb guys that did 500k+ buys.Comment
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