How special was Naseem Hamed?

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Randomly watched this today...
Crazy how guys like Donald ***** and Daniel Day Lewis actually took an interest in Naz’s US debut. What an great fight as well.

Despite essentially cleaning out 126, I always felt Naz could have achieved so much more. Anyone else agree?

[pittapatta66]

bout tree fiddy

[THC]

Yes, he was skilled, powerful, and entertaining. He had more in his tank when he retired but that loss to Barerra seemed to have wrecked his mindset for the sport.

[Zaroku]

Marquez schooled him. He had power like Julian Jackson... skills beat power ... axe detonaty

[Zaroku]

Yes, he was skilled, powerful, and entertaining. He had more in his tank when he retired but that loss to Barerra seemed to have wrecked his mindset for the sport.

When guys rely on one out ch.. well they get exposed

[kidbazooka]

He was good till Barrera whooped him then it was downhill from there

He was not on Marquez and PACs level.

[TheMyspaceDayz]

He was an undisciplined egomaniac who could have been a legend if he had his head on straight. All the physical attributes were there. Wasn’t there mentally though. At some point your bravado needs to be backed up with skill, which he didn’t have.

[Articulateboxin]

Naz was one of the most entertaining fighters of all time, he had literally everything we like to see in a prizefighter. However while he was wildly unorthodox, a master at ko'ing less than world class opponents and fairly elusive, we started to see his real level when he made his american debut. KK was definitely passed his best when he met Naz and still had a lot of success, it certainly took a lot of the luster and when he finally met Barrera, well he came up very short.

Though from what I can gather, it wasn't actually the Barrera fight that finished Naz, at least not directly. He said by this point, his hands were in absolute pieces and I guess that, coupled with the realisation that God was indeed willing to see him lose, culminated in losing all motivation to fight.

[Fat_asian]

Nas was very special, the first one to make a million in featherweight. He set the standard for many other featherweight or lower divisions to get paid the big bucks!

[kidbazooka]

Nas was very special, the first one to make a million in featherweight. He set the standard for many other featherweight or lower divisions to get paid the big bucks!

Not really.

The first lower weight fighters to make 1mil were Michael Carbajal and Chiquita González back in the early 90s.