Quote Originally Posted by ryanman89
Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Quote Originally Posted by ryanman89
he was off balance against kelley!
Exactly!
If there's one common trait that all the great defensive fighters share, it's phenomenal balance. Naz's balance was consistently awful, I don't see how anyone can dispute this. Any cleanly landed punch could either knock him down or send him flailing.
I wouldn't even rank Hamed among the top 15-20 defensive fighters of this decade, let alone all-time.
his balance was not awful!to throw the punches he did from the angles he did takes exceptional balance.In his first 25 pro fights he barely ever got hit,then he changed his style (and trainer) and became far more hittable,culmulating in his defeat to MAB, a defeat he would not have suffered if he'd stayed with Ingle
Ya, it was all Emmanuel Steward's fault.
The difference in results after the first 25 fights might have something to do with the fact that he started fighting good fighters.