Re: The Disastrous Defeat of Prince Naseem - video
That was a good video, it was very informative, incisive round by round commentary and only 10 minutes long.
I did not know that Naz earned $8million from the fight, I did know he was struggling making weight but for a career high payday he should have done better. I also did not know that Naz was due to fight Barrera before Junior Jones beat him and was there to watch the first fight.
Hamed was slipping and had lost his mentor and trainer Ingle when he fought MAB. Manny Steward was really a consultant who was making huge money from top fighters at the time. He was not happy with Naz conditioning and there was that documentary where he paid thousands for his barber to fly in and appeared to not have his mind on the contest.
MAB boxed an intelligent, simple and brilliant fight as a true legend of the sport would do. He held a higher guard than usual and was careful not to leave himself open for the frightening power that Naz always had. Barrera would not fall or back down from all the psychological games that Naz was playing.
Naz acted a dick throughout the bout and never took the rematch. He was comprehensively beaten.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
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