Naseem Hamed....Underrated Resume & Overall Just Plain Underrated?

[Perfect Plex]

I often hear people say Mr Hamed's resume of wins seriouly lacks and is overrated. But is this true? Lets look at Hamed resume a little deeper.

-Steve Robinson (7 Defences Of WBO FW Title. Wins over John Davison, Paul Hodkinson(World Champion), Duke McKenzie(World Champion)

-Manuel Medina (A 5 Time Feathweight World Champion. Wins over Steve Cruz, Troy Dorsey, Tom Johnson x2, Victor Polo, Scott Harrison, Kevin Kelley)

-Tom Johnson (IBF Champion. Made 11 consective defences of Title & reigned for 4 years)

-Billy Hardy (3 Time World Title Challager, Took prime Orlando Canizales to a SD)

Kevin Kelley (47-1 record when Naz beat him. WBC Feathweight Champion. Reigned for 2 years. Wins over Clarence Adams, Derrick Gainer)

-Wilfredo Vazquez (3 Weight World Champion) 9 Defences Of WBA 122lb Title) Beat Orlando Canizales, & Eloy Rojas.

-Wayne McCullough (WBC Bantamweight, 2 Defences)

-Paul Ingle (21-0 When Naz fought him. Member of 1992 British Olympic Team. Wins over Junior Jones & Manuel Medina)

Cesar Soto (WBC Featherweight Champion. Beat 18-0 Jose Luis Castillo, Louie Espinoza, & Carlos Alberto Ramon Rios)

-Vuyani Bungu (13 Defences of IBF Super Bantamweight Title. Wins over 27-0 Kennedy McKinney, & Danny Romero. 19 Unbeaten win streak at the time of Hamed bout)

-Augie Sanchez (Beat Floyd Mayweather Jr In Amatuer Ranks. 1996 United States Amateur Featherweight Champion. 10 fight win streak going into Naz. Win over Jorge Paez)

Unbeaten Fighters Naz Beat......
-Alan Ley 4-0
-Laureano Ramirez Padilla 17-0
-Daniel Alicea 15-0
-Remigio Daniel Molina 27-0
-Paul Ingle 21-0

-15 Defences of WBO FW Title
-Besides MAB Fight, Naz Was 10-0 with 8 KO's in World Title Fights

Titles Held
European Bantamweight
WBC Intercontinetel Super Bantamweight
WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO Featherweight

Emanuel Steward claimed Hamed was the hardest puncher he ever had. (Steward trained the likles of Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis, Gerald McClellan, Michael Moorer, Wladimir Klitschko, Kermit Cintron, Mike McCallum, Mark Breland)

Ranked 46th hardest puncher of all time by Ring ****zine

[The_Demon]

I feel hamed catches unnecessary hate sometimes but thats just the way it is.I was a huge fan of the guy,it wasnt just who he beat but the manner in which he beat them,pure entertainment

[Tyson.]

Hamed was a featherweight with the punching power of a middleweight. Was also a big draw and was great for the sport in that way.

Hamed didnt duck JMM like alot of people claim. Look at who JMM was fighting in the 90s.

His resume like you said is very underrated. He had hand problems which ruined his biggest asset his punching power. This was also combined with him not having the motivation anymore, who would after makeing as much moeny as he did. For the Barrera fight he was past prime theres a documentary which shows this. He had clearly been on the decline since his split with Ingle. Then in the fight he wasnt schooled like people claim it was a competitive 8-4 win for MAB.

In his prime he would of KOed Barrera and JMM. Morales and Pacquiao would be tough close competitive fights that could go either way.

[Scott9945]

Hamed has always gotten a lot of resentment because he is an Arabic ******. And I'm 0% Arabic or ****** so I have no agenda here. Pretending that one decision loss erases many decisive wins over former, current, and future champions is an embarrassing condemnation of the American sports media.

[Die Antwoord]

He is treated the same as Tyson. Some people extremely underrate him as a reaction to the people who extremely overrate him. He was a good fighter a HOF imo, but he wasnt the legend some make him out to be, but he definitely wasnt the fraud who was exposed by barrera that others claim he is. Like Tyson he is somewhere between the two extremes.

[~Chump]

Hall of famer? Most likely.

All-time great? No.

[CarlosG815]

Underrated for the same reason Spinks is.

The way he ended his career in a one sided loss and never came back.

Hamed was good in his prime and great for the sport - an amazing entertainer.

[Obama]

Hamed didnt duck JMM like alot of people claim. Look at who JMM was fighting in the 90s.

Do you have any idea how long JMM was his mandatory?

[1SILVA]

I often hear people say Mr Hamed's resume of wins seriouly lacks and is overrated. But is this true? Lets look at Hamed resume a little deeper.

-Steve Robinson (7 Defences Of WBO FW Title. Wins over John Davison, Paul Hodkinson(World Champion), Duke McKenzie(World Champion)

-Manuel Medina (A 5 Time Feathweight World Champion. Wins over Steve Cruz, Troy Dorsey, Tom Johnson x2, Victor Polo, Scott Harrison, Kevin Kelley)

-Tom Johnson (IBF Champion. Made 11 consective defences of Title & reigned for 4 years)

-Billy Hardy (3 Time World Title Challager, Took prime Orlando Canizales to a SD)

Kevin Kelley (47-1 record when Naz beat him. WBC Feathweight Champion. Reigned for 2 years. Wins over Clarence Adams, Derrick Gainer)

-Wilfredo Vazquez (3 Weight World Champion) 9 Defences Of WBA 122lb Title) Beat Orlando Canizales, & Eloy Rojas.

-Wayne McCullough (WBC Bantamweight, 2 Defences)

-Paul Ingle (21-0 When Naz fought him. Member of 1992 British Olympic Team. Wins over Junior Jones & Manuel Medina)

Cesar Soto (WBC Featherweight Champion. Beat 18-0 Jose Luis Castillo, Louie Espinoza, & Carlos Alberto Ramon Rios)

-Vuyani Bungu (13 Defences of IBF Super Bantamweight Title. Wins over 27-0 Kennedy McKinney, & Danny Romero. 19 Unbeaten win streak at the time of Hamed bout)

-Augie Sanchez (Beat Floyd Mayweather Jr In Amatuer Ranks. 1996 United States Amateur Featherweight Champion. 10 fight win streak going into Naz. Win over Jorge Paez)

Unbeaten Fighters Naz Beat......
-Alan Ley 4-0
-Laureano Ramirez Padilla 17-0
-Daniel Alicea 15-0
-Remigio Daniel Molina 27-0
-Paul Ingle 21-0

-15 Defences of WBO FW Title
-Besides MAB Fight, Naz Was 10-0 with 8 KO's in World Title Fights

Titles Held
European Bantamweight
WBC Intercontinetel Super Bantamweight
WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO Featherweight

Emanuel Steward claimed Hamed was the hardest puncher he ever had. (Steward trained the likles of Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis, Gerald McClellan, Michael Moorer, Wladimir Klitschko, Kermit Cintron, Mike McCallum, Mark Breland)

Ranked 46th hardest puncher of all time by Ring ****zine

Personally, I didn't like him. Professionally, I believe he deserves induction into the IBHOF. He fought high quality opponents, as he had to to maintain his HBO contract. Barrera fought the perfect fight to defeat him, and instead of hanging around and becoming an opponent, he fought one more time before retiring. A very polarizing figure, but despite my dislike for him, had a tremendous career.

[Dynamite Kid]

He is vastly underrated by the haters, he is overrated by his fans, no middle ground, which only perpetuates the hate, same scenario regarding Mike Tyson and his fans, they love his exciting style so try and cultivate his reputation based on what if's, what might of been.


I personally think that Hamed did not do Barrera any favours in terms of legitimizing just good his win over Hamed was, infact I think Hamed could of regrouped and beaten at least one of Morales, JMM, Pac, cause I dont care who you are, when you can punch like Hamed, you always! have a chance, this guy used to put people on a stretcher after he had hit them, oxygen masks and all that, now whilst Hamed is seemingly tailor made for a fighter like Marquez, he would also knock JMM block off he ever hit him, which is not impossible, as Pac is hardly mr technical, at one point he was a left hand merchant only, yet JMM still could not avoid that punch, infact its prolly the one punch that lost him both fights, as for Morales, whilst you would think he would win, he was not as cute as MAB, and was prone to getting hit cleanly, ****ing it out with his opponents.