Justice!!! Naz goes into Hall of Fame. Fact.

[son of bonters]

Delighted for the guy. My all-time favorite boxer.

[Master]

Hopefully this will stop Fenster taking this any further.

[AdamGB]

You're right Fenster, being 9 means that he had no impact on me at all. Had I been old enough to be aware of him then who knows how all of the hype and excitement would have tainted my views.

I didn't get caught up in the hype like you 'was'.

All that gets left once the hype dies is the substance.

I'd agree with your list Memphis, but there's nobody of the Morales/Barrera/Marquez calibre, no elite fighter at their peak... A decent handful of decent fighters, even world level fighters do not make for more than a good career (which Hamed had, don't get me wrong). Not enough for me to call him one of the greatest.

In terms of career, I'd put him about level with Ricky Hatton. Some seem to think he was the eras answer Pacquiao or Mayweather

[ruthless rocco]

Hall of FAME!!!

Not Hall of Greatest Fighters of All Time.

[AdamGB]

Wow...
Mind = blown.

[Andre]

Hall of FAME!!!

Not Hall of Greatest Fighters of All Time.

Yep deserves to be there 100%.

[Fenster]

Adam, he clearly had an impact on you at some point in your young life. He was in his pomp before you had pubes. You have a strong opinion about him.

I don't know anyone that ever claimed Naz was as "great" as the fighters you've named in that post - Manny, Floyd, Barrera, Marquez, Morales and Hatton. But what do they have in common? They'll all be sitting alongside Naz in the Hall of Fame when eligible. Good company.

To quote the late Glyn Leach (Boxing Monthly editor) - "To define Hamed with cold statistics would be failing to understand the phenomenon. Without question, the Prince was the most exciting fighter of his era, an unorthodox power-puncher with natural talent to burn. His ring entrances were more WWE than Shawn Michaels himself and his fights were must-see events."

[AdamGB]

Don't forget Barry McGuigan!

[Andre]

Some non traditionalist fighters can also help the fight along by making strict traditionalist fighters start to question their foundations when hitting air and getting tagged hard from weird angles. Most take offense at that and the questions and emotions felt stop them from adapting.
As a man of higher education and an elite fighter, I think Mab chilled in front of the screen and studied exactly what he was getting into and stayed grounded.