Man, was he something...

[littlebif]

If Naz wasn't a sensation then name who is? What sets him apart from those other Brit fighters, apart from obviously winning WORLD TITLES, was stunning KO power and the wow factor, which put bums on seats, got him millions of viewers and earned him MILLIONS of pounds. That is what you call a SENSATION!!! No?

Even if you believe he only beat B class fighters...

As WBO champion he stopped Tom Johnson for the IBF title, stopped Wilfredo Vazquez the WBA champion (stripped for facing Naz) and beat Cesar Soto for the WBC title.

He cleaned up the featherweight divison.

How rare is it for fighters to make unification matches let alone beat ALL the other belt holders? That must count for something, right? If done today the fighter would naturally be revered and applauded by all true boxing fans and be guaranteed a lofty P4P ranking

People will probaly disagree with this, i think Naz was past his best before he fought MAB because he never took training serious wasnt listening to his trainers so there for i think we were never going to see the real Naz ever again as soon as he started to do this there for he contributed to his own downfall.

[Dark Lord Al]

Hamed was a good fighter , who looked great against B class fighters and older guys ( Johnson - Vasquez ) , guys like Steve Robinson were never really world champions , Hamed was good but no great , he was also perhaps the most anoying DICKHEAD ever to be involved in boxing.
I personally really hopes he makes a comeback and gets totally TWATED.

[Master]

He was like Tyson, great potential but did not achieve greatness that he should have. He was a cocky twat but vicious power in either hand.

[Myk_Myk]

Heh, at least he has a cool highlight vid on YouTube!

[Galaxy]

Hamed was great for the game! He was entertaining in & out off the ring. Had bone crunching power & a mouth to go along! Like Ice said he made people watch for that love hate factor like Ali had & like Mundine & Darchinyan do!

Just imagine how great things would have been if Hamed had continued on. Possible fights with Barrera 2, Morales, Marquez, Tapia, Ayala, maybe Austin!

Man that would have been awesome!!!

[X]

Hamed was good entertainment ...... he was unorthodox and actually quite hard to hit, like all Ingle's fighters are - but what he had that none of the others did was blinding hitting power. Hamed was Herol Graham with a big punch (and Herol with a punch would have been a great fighter)

Unfortunately, Naseem was an unpleasant bit of work - looks like he had small man syndrome and turned into a bit of a bully. Like all uncontrolled bullies he ended up believing his own hype and that he was the only one that mattered in the world (witness his disgraceful and unforgivable behaviour after his car crash).

Once he left Ingle, his boxing went downhill very quickly, he trained and sparred poorly, he cut corners with his fitness, his technique became sloppy. He got away with it for a while because he never lost that massive hitting power, but he got found out against Barrara.

So ...... undoubtedly a great fighter at his peak, who would have been competitive with just around anyone (I'm not saying he would have beat them all, though), but his true peak was actually very short, maybe only 18 months or so.

To his credit - he did show a good chin and heart against Barerra.

[Drago]

i will never forget that kevin kelley fight, that was amazing, defo my fav naz fight