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Barrera seemed to genuinely hate Hamed, I loved the little touch by Barrera toward the end of the 12th round when he escorts Princess to a corner and jams her head into the turnbuckle. It was pretty obvious that Hamed wasn't prepared for what MAB brought to the dance.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeUs7...eature=related
I liked hamed he was totally different to anyone ive seen before!! Ok he was probaly the biggest mouth and piss taker aswel! But he always backed up his mouth. (bar mab but he was the best around!) ive read hamed life story, brendan ingle quoted 'the only person to beat naz will be himself' and the way he goes in the book driving cars stupidly not training properly and not listening to his trainers all lead to naz getting a boxing lesson from mab!! Shame he never came back with a clear refreshed mindset, i think he'd lost interest in the sport long before the mab fight
I can't recall another flamboyant Pug, who had such an unorthodox boxing style. Hamed was very effective with it until he ran into the no nonsense seasoned Pro Barrera, who had a field day picking Hamed apart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taffturner
George Foreman absolutely loved Hamed and his style, I think he was sick after this fight, he just couldn't believe his boy lost like he did.
People have tried to be like naz, witter tried, kahn had a brief go, naz pulled off the style and beat alot of top fighters.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Mars_axI can't recall another flamboyant Pug, who had such an unorthodox boxing style. Hamed was very effective with it until he ran into the no nonsense seasoned Pro Barrera, who had a field day picking Hamed apart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taffturner
George Foreman absolutely loved Hamed and his style, I think he was sick after this fight, he just could believe his boy lost like he did.
Hamed had an awfully good career.
What kills me is he had ATG physical gifts and just not an ATG mind or desire.
MAB? Physical gifts not quite at Hamed's level, but his craft and desire were on another planet.
There is no reason to demean Hamed by calling him Princess. Not valuable boxing criticism at all.
He provided a dangerous and unorthodox approach which made his fights interesting as hell. Thing about unschooled and unorthodox combined with lots of natural ability is that it will do very well when it has lots of energy going but it will always lose to the best schooled orthodoxy carefully applied by a master.
Barrera proves it.
It is indeed regretable that Hamed didn't take that wild natural ability and, without losing his unorthodox infusion of energy and angles, also learn the science.
He had a wicked talent and mistook that for an invincibility provided by Allah. It was not; at least, not in the way he believed.
I am more a fan of MAB than of Hamed but did enjoy watching Hamed fight and was disappointed to see him unable to handle a loss and to see him abandon boxing when Allah did not ensure a victory in every fight. MAB, Allah and the science of boxing all deserve more investment, humility and respect than Hamed was able to bring.
Barera beats Naz 9 times out of 10 imo - he just had his number. It doesn't detract from what Naz was or what he achieved imo. No great shame in losing to an ATG (Maybe some shame in not coming back from the defeat)
Naz was bookies favourite both sides of the atlantic (personally I never saw why) so he must've been doing O.K up that point?
I agree mab had naz's number, alotho i belive naz had lost respect for the sport by that fight maybe got too big even 4his own boots!! I think naz was favourite alot because he was so good at been unorthadox! He must of been a nightmare to fight throwing heavy punches from daft angles, awsum speed and reactation time, and just so cocky im sure that took certain fighters eyes off the balls, mab deserves masses of credit 4givin naz a lesson in boxing! Im not sure if many others (maybe morales) could of beaten naz's style??Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG H
There's every reason to demean Princess Hamed, including his gay ring entrances which had fuck all to do with boxing, and basically quitting like a pussy after his first loss. An "invincibility provided by Allah"? What a fucking clown.Quote:
Originally Posted by NuthaPug
You get full of yourself and Allah leaves you to it.
Those thick tree trunk legs and great flexibility around the waist had him coming at you from some wild angles and with full lift. Fun to watch.
So emotional ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mars_axThere's every reason to demean Princess Hamed, including his gay ring entrances which had fuck all to do with boxing, and basically quitting like a pussy after his first loss. An "invincibility provided by Allah"? What a fucking clown.Quote:
Originally Posted by NuthaPug
Naz wa nothing but good for boxing. Hell, even the Klitschko Brothers took a leaf outta his book when it comes to ring entrances!
Andre good observation on Naz' build, I never really looked at it like that. It's amazing really the way we can think outside of the box and choose to exploit our own physical gifts in the most unique ways.
WTF does "emotion" have to do with anything? You read too much into 'my' opinions, emotion has little to do with any of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimanuel BoogustusSo emotional ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mars_axThere's every reason to demean Princess Hamed, including his gay ring entrances which had fuck all to do with boxing, and basically quitting like a pussy after his first loss. An "invincibility provided by Allah"? What a fucking clown.Quote:
Originally Posted by NuthaPug
Naz wa nothing but good for boxing. Hell, even the Klitschko Brothers took a leaf outta his book when it comes to ring entrances!
Andre good observation on Naz' build, I never really looked at it like that. It's amazing really the way we can think outside of the box and choose to exploit our own physical gifts in the most unique ways.
Hamed was totally out of his depth against an elite fighter like Barrera, Morales would've done the same thing to him. The Prince entered the ring that night and left it as a toad!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mars_ax
i loved that fight. i think what threw naz off mentally was that beer that went flying into his face when he was swinging down onto the floor from that lame swing entrance! u could tell he was pretty pissed that he was disrespected like that. it threw his focus off bad.
then it was barerras fist that went flying onto his face. classic!