What an excellent topic !!!

You picked the fighter that I have the greatest perosnal 'vendetta' against too !!!

It's very diifucult to set aside a peronal 'opinion' off a fighter. I like the word 'opinion' rather than vendetta as that describes my feeling better.

Your description of Naseem is for me spot on, Nas brought a while new fan base to boxing in general , the lighter weights and British boxing especially. He was exciting, appealed to the younger genration and for a while appeared outside the ring to remian down to earth.

His fights were more than controlled violence they were a specatcale. From the weigh in, the entrance, the fight itself and even the post fight interview you got entertainment.

Naz brought frightening power to the featherweights. All through his fights you knew that at any moment he could catch a guy and he'd be in trouble. He also brought that Ingle style and watching him limbo dance against Robinson before dismantling him with power and precision was something to behold.

Naseem was the guy who re lit the fire of interest in the lighter weight divisions and no matter what his failings in and out of the ring later on I will be forever grateful for that.