The Disastrous Defeat of Prince Naseem - video

[Mark TKO]

Not sure if this has already been posted but found this cracking breakdown of the Hamed v Barrera fight this morning. The one that effectively ended his career.

[Master]

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.

[X]

I completely agree with Master. Naz was possibly the most naturally gifted British fighter I have ever seen. Fantastic reflexes, slippery Wincobank style and crushing power.

He was definitely believing his own press at that point in his career, and was shirking his training. I remember the thing about the barber and saying to my friends that Barrera would beat him.

With a style like his, if his timing is off then nothing works. He had also never truly ingrained the basics so he didn’t have a solid reliable muscle-memory technique to fall back on when things went wrong.

He took his beating bravely, but was schooled by an all time great. He was dismantled, made to look silly and ultimately bullied by an all time great.

I think Barrera broke his heart as he had one more bad fight and then called it a day.

[Mark TKO]

For the record I picked barrera to win by late stoppage.

Is on the old Naz forum if you don't believe me.....

[TIC]

naseem was exciting but overrated

[Primo Carnera]

naseem was exciting but overrated

Very true.