Quote Originally Posted by AdamGB
Whats he got to put him there Mick... I wanna know if your trying to wind people up or you genuinly think so...

Technically he was poor, his defence was poor, his balance was poor and he had no understanding of ring craft and always stick to 1 game plan: swing widley at the other guy. naz never had the heart for a fight, he liked to bully people who he outclassed but that's not evidence of skills. The only good thing I can think of is that he hit quite hard for a feather weight... and that was just because he was aloud to swing away at bums whilst they where wide open... I hit as hard as most Pro boxers my weight but if you stuck me in the ring with one I wouldn't come across as that hard a puncher because technically at the moment I am not good enough to unload my shots on top guys... Put me in the ring with some one I out class by miles and hype me up to british fight fans/the mirror and all of a sudden I would be a punching power sensation...
I kind of agree.. But I think it kind of shows how talented Nas was that he didn't ever have a game plan and he looked so technically flawed, yet really was effective against anything but an absolute great focused fighter.. I mean the guy's natural reflexes and finesse were as good as anyones, he is up there with Whitaker in that department.. And looking back at his record, he did have the longevity, and alot of championship fights, although maybe not always against good championship level fighters he still has a few good wins. Also to say he is top 25 isn't really outrageous, it's hard to find an abundance of featherweights who would absolutely have to be above him, Britkids list was pretty good. I definetly do not put him higher than 20 or something though, and practically the only reason he is there is his record on paper, imo. There are alot of people who could have campaigned longer at 126 and were no doubt better than him, Morales being one of them.. But PERHAPS, he just edges him out. Really I think he just fought at a fairly weak era for feather and wouldn't cut it today even, and certainly couldn't have been in the mix a few years ago with MAB Morales Pac and Marquez..