Naseem Hamed Career Recap

[Spicoli]

Mark did he ask for half of your sandwich? Honestly he was built to loathe over here but the funny thing is once you start ironing out guys with the suddenness of a speeding bullet train respect is earned and fans tune in. The Kelly and Sanchez fights were time capsule classics as was the gate crashing he did on Daniel Alecia. No idea where the idea of Kelly just being ranked 16-20 comes from. On the flip side the Soto mess should have every copy burned. Up there or not I still think he and like minds were pretty duped by Barrera who went in playing up the looking for the ko face first aggression angle just to go in and put on a total masterpiece. Glad for Hamed he never went the comeback route, not many with that type of impact and committed fanfare walk away clean under 30.

[Mark TKO]

I'd already eaten it luckily as I've no doubt he'd have eaten the lot. He's so big you can't believe its the same guy.

No wonder no one recognised him

[Stuart___]

No idea where the idea of Kelly just being ranked 16-20 comes from.

Well he wasn’t ranked in the P4P top 10 going in according to the records I can find. Where would you have ranked him? I would have though being ranked in the P4P top 20 is still quite a compliment.

[ABS_BOXING_TV]

he was the best!

[TIC]

he brought worldwide attention to the lighter weights

[TitoFan]

he brought worldwide attention to the lighter weights

Maybe among casuals, TIC. Way before Naz, the boxing world was more than fully aware of guys like Wilfredo Gomez, Carlos Zarate, Salvador Sanchez, Alexis Arguello, etc.

[Spicoli]

No idea where the idea of Kelly just being ranked 16-20 comes from.

Well he wasn’t ranked in the P4P top 10 going in according to the records I can find. Where would you have ranked him? I would have though being ranked in the P4P top 20 is still quite a compliment.

If we're talking p4p fighters of the late 90's I wouldn't think he cracks the 16-20. Pp4 is regarding the entire sport yeh? Now division wise I think he was definitely in top 4-3 come fight night. Below a Espinosa but maybe a notch above Wilfredo Vazquez off of the Rios fight. The p4p top ranks of late 90's read like a who's who for the HOF. Jones Jr, De La Hoya, Whitaker, Trinidad, Lopez.

[Master]

Naz v Pac Man is on this months Ring Magazine cover, he would have loved that for his ego.