Naseem Hamed

Hamed says Khan taking wrong fight by facing Canelo

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Image: Hamed says Khan taking wrong fight by facing CaneloBy Jeff Aranow: Former world champion Naseem Hamed believes think Amir Khan is making a mistake by choosing to move up in weight two divisions to face WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on 5/7 on HBO PPV. Hamed says he thinks the better fight for Khan would have been for him to fight IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook instead of fighting a middleweight.

Hamed thinks that Khan could be hoping to gain an advantage potentially if Canelo has to drain himself a lot to make the 155lb catch-weight for their fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Khan will give Mayweather a harder fight than his last ten opponents, says Hamed

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khan999999666(Photo credit: Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/WBC/WBO featherweight champion Naseem Hamed believes that Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) will give Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs) more problems next September than Mayweather’s last 10 opponents have given him.

In other words, Naseem sees Khan as giving Mayweather more problems than Manny Pacquiao, Marcos Maidana, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Robert Guerrero, Miguel Cotto, Victor Ortiz, Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez, Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya. Those are Mayweather’s last ten opponents.

Naseem Hamed: The prince that almost became the King

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By Abbas Dadhiwala: British boxing great Naseem Hamed was a boxer who divided opinion as to his standing in the top 10 of best British boxers of all time. Some have Hamed near the top, and some rank him outside the top 10. Naseem Hamed was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, there has only been a select few British boxers post the war who have been inducted, with one British promoter calling Hamed the best boxer he has ever worked with, but was Hamed really that good.

Edwin Valero and the Prince Naseem Hamed

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By Thomas Greengrass: Today I am going to focus on two of the most exciting champions of this century who had some interesting parallels in their respective careers and who will both be ultimately remembered as unfulfilled potential. Edwin Valero 27-0 with 27 knockouts and Prince Naseem Hamed 37-1 with 31 knockouts. These two unorthodox southpaws had it all in the ring.

Prince Naseem Hamed – Unfulfilled Potential

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By Simon Allen: I recently re watched Naseem Vs Kelley, for probably the hundredth time. It ranks as one of my favourite fights ever. It got me thinking why does Naseem get little plaudits for his career in the ring?

Known, loved and despised by many for his ring antics and spectacular ring entrances, often overlooked is his ability and skill in the ring and significant achievements he made in a shorter than necessary career.

Great Brits: Naseem Hamed

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hamed4362445By Olly Campbell: Anyone who has been following my articles on this site will know by now that I am primarily concerned with representing British boxing in all forms, past and present.

If the refreshing remarks in my comment threads are anything to go by, it has been proven to me that even many American fans are now sick and tired of the whole Mayweather/Pac Man debacle and the constant “next Floyd opponent” rumblings propagated by the attention seeking element of this page.

Mayweather – Pacquiao: Will there be respect?

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Image: Mayweather - Pacquiao: Will there be respect?By Rusty Nate: I have been thinking about the hatred and abuse that seems to fly from bloggers and forum posters recently. Now don’t get me wrong I know that this happens regarding a lot of fighters in all divisions but let be honest it’s not been as intense as the age old battle between the “Pactards” and “Floydiots”.

Unlike a lot of sports where a physical participation as a child causes the love, like Football or Tennis, boxing is a sport that can be equally loved by a person that has been no where near a ring. Everyone has a reason they fall in love with boxing, it might be that you saw Rocky 1 in the cinema in 1976 and you thought that it was possible to go from rags to riches, maybe you were watching the day that Mohammed Ali defied all logic and knocked out the unbeatable monster in Zaire or then again you might be from a boxing family background and so there was no chance of you escaping the clutches of the sport!