Prince Naseem Hamed On Morales vs Barrera

[@H.K.5]

Prince Naseem vs Erik Morales would have been a great fight.

[@cisco1425]

Naseem retiring early robbed us of a lot of amazing fights. Morales, Marquez, Pacquiao, and Barrera rematch.....I wish he would've stayed around.

[@zimzimma5688]

As an Irishman (not English) I have to say Naz was a great fighter who is hugely underrated by Americans. Yeah he got beaten by Barrera, but where's the shame in that? Barrera is a legend

[@griiLL01]

+Zim Zimma Yeah he was a great boxer some people doesn´t like or understand his style, i'm mexican but many people in my country doesn´t like that kind of boxing style, you know, but is only people who just like to watch a fight they don´t like boxing, You know what i mean? Peace.

[@iamapigeyedtraitorthatisin1319]

Javier Mondragón Hamed didn't have what you would say a technical style. Most people that didn't like naz didn't like his arrogance, nothing to do with style.

[@edgargervacio729]

Zim Zimma it was more to do on how he carried himself before the fight, how he was humbled during the fight and finally how he responded to it after he had lost for the first time in his professional life he had to pick him self up and ask for a rematch buy he got sacred in to retirement, my humble opinion and greetings from Mexico my friend !

[@Tragyx]

He was VERY overrated......

[@sugs1191]

@@Tragyx nope

[@scunert]

I agree with what you say.The thing that bothered me was the way Naz had bullied and humiliated lesser fighters. I found that behaviour unacceptable. Barrerra took him to school and made him look very ordinary. Naz I believe knows more of the same and worse lies ahead if he fights Morales or Barrera. He had undoubted class as a fighter buut has been found wanting as a man. All the true greats deal with defeat except for those very few undefeated fighters. I find it hard to watch Naz now.

[@megadave1197]

Naz took the loss with dignity. It’s probably the most humble post fight speech of all time. He just wanted to scrap rather than points etc. I think he’d of preferred to have gone out on his shield but Barrera just came to win on points.

[@sugs1191]

Contrary to popular belief. Naz won quite a few rounds against Barrera. He did lose the fight but Barrera did not school him in my opinion completely

[@jhuan0]

I miss these shows from the 90's. Shame Morales and Hamed never fought.

[@JONNOG88]

As a kid of the 90's. I loved Naz he was a part of my childhood. He was ver exciting to watch. But that said it would have been great had he offered a rematch to Barrera. It would have also been nice to see him fight Erik Morales.

[@reflectionofpower8339]

Just cause Fighter A beats Fighter B it does NOT mean that A can beat C cause C might be the disruptive style that beats Fighter A.

[@joebuck4957]

+Reflection Ofpower Morales in my mind would of schooled Hamed.

[@liamgreen447]

Yes!

[@gerryoreilly1922]

this egomaniac knew nothing about the kind of guts it took to be involved in three of the greatest fights of all time as soon as he got beaten he lost all taste for the sport and showed the kind of stuff he was made of when he ran a man down and ran away without even calling an ambulance some legend

[@SA77888]

How many times have you been in the ring Gerry?

[@farrahkhan]

i know a boy called UCHE-CHI, who fights for the repton abc in london, he fights EXACTLY like naz, he EVEN got the power in both hands, lets c if he can 'do a job' in his career.

[@maxlogica]

I wish he had conducted himself like a gentleman such as this interview more often...

[@sugs1191]

Boring

[@lukeconlanLC]

Best fighter hands down.brutal corkscrew

[@SA77888]

corkscrew?

[@TMProduction1]

You still the PRINCE Bro !!

[@entirelyfakename]

he's the best glass chin defending the next best glass chin

[@sugs1191]

Nas had a chin like granite

[@192979]

@CMJ84 hahah naw nazeem ducked Marquez, Barrera, and ESPACIALLY Morale good thing too cause Morales and Marquez would have EMBARRASSED nazeem more then Barrera did hahaha

[@DanielCardin_ATX]

Bigdatut - No questioning what you said about Barrerra's good conditioning and good execution. I just think Naseem's career could have gone so much further than it did if he wouldn't have let his ego get in the way.

[@AnglOsAxOn2]

barry mcguigan really does have a higher understanding of boxing and fighters he really is a learned person in his chosen sport. He was proved right in the coments made in this clip as naseem went onto lose.A similer observation was made with the Tyson/Lewis fight at an interview Tyson made post fight.

[@sxcsoori]

@aknavigates so true brother so true all the haters can always talk it up . but this bloke did which only a few other boxers in history did and no other boxer had his style flash charisma and confidence and going in the ring n knoking his opponents clean out

[@minitrue101]

If Naseem had waited just a few months, then he could have taken on Manny Pacquiao instead of Barrera. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@trixtrix2572]

He definitely massacre by manny

[@ALTERED13TH]

Barraera beat Nasim's punk ass. Loved when he slammed Nasim's face into the post.

[@onlyzakyonly]

waaaaaaaaaaaaw love love love you dont worry about them you are first hirro

[@ramiro68]

Smokesar: Charisma doesn't intimade people but it can give u fans, Tyson intimadates people....not by being charismatic but by being intimadating and scary, partly of his power. Because people were afraid of him BECAUSE of his power, not of his boxing skills.... Naz was good, BUT he didn't exactly defend his title against the best in the world, he defended against Kevin Kelley and was outboxed until Kelley got too eager and got knocked out. Barrera saw that fight as a blueprint of too win

[@Sampson678]

in support of this position joe c fought his 3 most notable fights against faded roy jones, washed up b-hop, and raw amatuer lacy....to joe c's credit, however, he made more out of being mediocre than most do

[@scottyj141]

Ouch, i love looking back through these posts and finding ones like yours. You were so sure Paqquiao would lose to Cotto but, oh, so wrong!! Masterpiece of illusion?! hahahahaha

[@saturcampoy]

i agree

[@Gearz86]

Lewis is a 1st generation englishmen... I guess if you REALLY want to claim him you can, but in my eyes he's Jamaican.

[@BAAAKSEEEN]

alot of ppl bad mouth naz and alot of the time dont even know what they are saying they just say what they hear naz was a gifted fighter but lost love to early in hes carear at 22 he was a undisputed world champ i guess he peaked before hes prime

[@biyi1]

fool, Lewis was undisputed heavyweight for how long?? Also watch out for man like David Haye and Carl Froch who just knocked out Taylor. Considering the English population is only 57 million i think we've got some serious talent!!

[@Jaybeefromhiscastle]

@MrTurkishblue Well, if we go with your logic then Barrera should have outlanded Morales in their second meeting. Not only was this NOT the case, but Morales then punched Barrera to the canvas, the only time either fighter was punched to the canvas during the whole trilogy. Barrera learned how to defeat Naz via Soto, not Morales. You also forget that Erik's chin is holding solid at 140Lbs...could you ever see Hamed's doing that? There you have it. Erik crushes Naz in seven.

[@Titan-m9r]

I dont' think He can beat Barrera if there was a rematch. Even his trainer E. Steward admitted that Hamed was a diff fighter after that loss.

[@hoodsurgeon]

naz da don

[@roggy12345]

from wiki "Following the loss to Barrera, Hamed, his confidence apparently shattered since he didn't want to fight Barrera on a rematch, he faded from view" he chickened out, also the pundits say barrera knows he can beat him easily now, and will probably knock naseem out in a rematch. In the interview barrera to him he will give him his rematch, but naseem was scared...Don't be a silly boy

[@paulie1vivaaxl]

Oh how I loved when Marco"done a job" on you.You were a great talent who took your money and ran when you got a whuppin.For that reason you don't deserve your place at the HOF this year.

[@Jaybeefromhiscastle]

Good thing he picked Barrera, Morales would have demolished him.

[@elchulobx]

well surely it was before getting his ass kicked he was traning for a fight as well he was giving his opinion since his last fight was against marco

[@BarreraTheLegend]

biggest ears in boxing

[@ramiro68]

No, Hamed was good and exceptionally fast with avery good power in both hands. BUT he didn't defend against topnotch contenders. He got outboxed by Kevin Kelley who was over the hill by many yrs, and he showed us Hameds weaknesses. He got careless and got knocked, and Barrera saw that as a blueprint and took him out Now a REAL champion comes back from defeat, even stronger. A real champ takes on the other champs. He was good, but he's weak mind was revealed when he lost to Barrera and quit.

[@Rasclot222]

Hamed was a good fighter and just got out classed by a great fighter. Hamed should not have retired he still had fight left in him. Maybe Barrera beats him 9 times out of 10 so what Hamed still had other fights good for him. Like he said Barrera got beat by Jr Jones twice and look who is the legend out of the 2? Styles makes fights. Jr Jones was a big strong FW. Barrara was smaller than Hamed. And beat him silly.

[@arsiiiiii1]

@aknavigates true dat man, let the record talk! :D

[@freshprinceofbalham]

Mock him all u want . But the Prince is back baby he's back.And i'm chuffed to bits. Boxing has missed his character and cockyness. His style and his swagger. We need another brother to fly the flag while Khan gets his shit together. The Prince is back.

[@otmaneotmane6233]

المتكلم عثمان ملك ملوك 😎

[@BourbonJRA]

no no no, you've got it all wrong. pac is not the fighter he was when he fought morales and the like, he's actually more of a boxer now than probably the best boxers in the division. that's because freddie roach has tranformed him into a different fighter. for example, look at kahn, yes he has a glass jaw but under roach he has completely evolved as a fighter, and is now a world champ whether we like it or not. the same has happened to pac, and pac is on a whole other level

[@cfhlmd]

classic,slagging barrera off a year before barrera took him to school

[@joaquinreyes7836]

Barrera was the first and only good opponent! And you saw what happen!

[@jamescrabbe5936]

Johnson, Kelley, bungu, Vasquez, McCollough etc.. sit down you casual

[@jamescrabbe5936]

Johnson, Kelley, bungu, Vasquez, McCollough etc.. sit down you casual

[@joaquinreyes7836]

@@jamescrabbe5936 old boxers !

[@joaquinreyes7836]

Mcollogh was the young gun of the bunch !!! Not that good !!!

[@jaybeebee9288]

@@jamescrabbe5936 Dude you know jack shit about Boxing LOL

[@SirHappyThe1st]

NAZ till this day is by far the best fighter to come out of Britain(devilsreject83) Calzaghe was better so was Barry McGuigan.

[@Jaybeefromhiscastle]

@jason60152 Ok, I'll play. What is your analysis that lead to your conclusion?

[@Delektriko]

You checked a lot of boxing and still you don't know anything about the sport. Hamed fought nobodies his entire career and when he finally got a decent boxer to fight against he got his shit punched out. When he lost with barrera he only had 34 victories, compared with the real boxers hamed means nothing but a number.

[@Rubdini401]

Look at his record nuthugger i only recognize 2 fighter....He avoided his mandatory (Marquez) for 2 years.... His best victory is a B level fighter (Kevin Kelly) and got exposed by a future Hall of Famer (Barrera)... oh and he retired at a early age of 28... He's an underachiever

[@deltorso]

Bundgo wasn't he in Rainbow ?

[@skincauldron]

I have never read as much intelligence-devoid banter, crass racism, and unadulterated horsecrap as I have browsing the comments on this video. Disgusting really.

[@A10R10]

Hace mucho que no escucho esa cancion de Enrique Iglesias en el principio del video 😂

[@jesusguerrero1510]

Y quién está hablando de canciones, pendejo?

[@KBW2010]

@daveyscorer1 Sorry, you're right. I was thinking the other way around.

[@SirHappyThe1st]

Naseem is still the most respected boxer out there, any man who says that lewis is better than him, ( quote TAtticheez) Laughable. Hamed did everything wrong in terms of fighting, off balance, no combinations, head back, poor defence. You show yourself up for describing him as the most respected boxer. He was at best a showboating above average fighter. His entrances were usually better than his fights.

[@MMmatt1990]

he hasnt boxed since 02

[@HunyadiMatyas]

Best fighter to come out of Britain, seriously? I can name quite a few better than him from top of my head: Jimmy Wilde, Jim Driscoll, Randy Turpin, Lennox Lewis, Freddy Welsh and I'd even rank Calzaghe above Hamed.

[@mohanicus]

yeah a comeback to get knocked the fuck out.

[@daveyscorer1]

@KBW2010 when has it ever been 30 million pounds, perhaps the other way round. pound stronger than the dollar my friend

[@lubui2583]

@salehs313 lmao well that certainly explains everything

[@Dotov]

mate u do no that no 1 will last long in that ring

[@sidecrusher]

@aknavigates ...no , he only fought 1 good fighter and he lost , he never fought any other proper fighters , he was good but he was always going to lose to a proper fighter ie a hard man , ali was a show boater but he was a fighter too I won a fortune on that fight @ 3/1 odds on Barrera

[@008guzman]

@EvilGenieUk R.I.P hamed. i have to recognise that hamed brought boxing back.... good fighter at that time. show boats likehim will sell ppv. not klitsch. brothers. sorry their boring.

[@HeavyD2544]

@BLOODYPHILLYBOY That made no sense at all. You should thank us Americans for giving you the chance to learn how to write proper English. It looks like you forgot what that is, but it's never too late to learn.

[@Jaybeefromhiscastle]

Sorry Joaquin, did you say something? :)

[@floydyboy2007]

he just didnt have a clue

[@bigderekkeene]

@TGUNZ562 Sven Ottke was a fuckin disgrace to boxing. I'll bet to this day if Ottke seen Robin Reid in the street he'd hang his head in shame. an absolute disgrace what happened that night. The referee shouldve been banned from all boxing, and Ottke shouldve gave Reid the belt gift wrapped!!!

[@IDOKOKAYNE1]

FUNNY

[@lubui2583]

@nadhim69 naseem was just a bum. but a great entertainer though. smart guy too. he made a lot of money off the sport. i can definately respect that.

[@Jaybeefromhiscastle]

@jason60152 Than who/what?

[@2pacinseattle]

LOL "Morales will do a job on him. Barreras been knocked out twice, it will be easier than people think, etc". Funny that. Hamed said all this about Barrera than was made to look a fool after Barrera outclassed and outboxed when these two fought. Prince is a clown; never beat anyone noteworthy. I still revel in glee when I watch Barrera wipe the floor with him.

[@sugs1191]

Wayne McCullough and keV Kelly

[@sugs1191]

I don't see what Barrera said bad here. Morales imo was always more gifted than Barrera and a better fighter. Hamed said he expected Morales to win but that he was in for a good fight.

[@SuperTruthful]

lol

[@dharmveerclaire1555]

Manuel medina who nearly beat daniel zaragoza let's remember naz beat medina

[@megadave1197]

He didn’t wipe the floor with him. He outboxed him on the back foot. Naz wasn’t hurt once and even in the last round he was grinning and swinging. Naz wanted to scrap that’s what he was about. The ironic thing is Barrera is known as an aggressive come forward fighter yet when he fought Naz he was in the back foot the entire fight

[@vwtdiman123]

hamed fought everyone at the time, he just lacked the desire to train, he fell in love with his power & neglected his boxing skills, all i gotta say is, this guy was awesome, regardless of what anyone says, true fighter.

[@southsider85]

Wish he would have stayed longer in the game he could have fought with morales,marquez,and even paquiao would have loved to see him fight those matches..

[@SuperTruthful]

Those guys would have destroyed the naseem

[@frogdropkicker805]

@@SuperTruthful Morales style is made for Naz he would stand with his guard up and keep moving forward eating punches from super bantamweights. Naseem Hamed would have KOd him in style

[@Privado1234_]

@@frogdropkicker805 Not comparison against Morales tho, Naseem is not better than Morales.

[@lemonite1]

i liked 'The Naz' and i thought he was a great entertainer. i just prefer Barrera, Pacman, Morales, and Marquez.

[@GuyFromTheSouth]

Naseem = one of the best punchers ever hes like 40 on the top 100 punchers ever. I think he should be lower on the list because how he throw knockout power from any angle as soon as he finds an opening. Threw the most wicked uppercuts I've ever seen. He hit harder than most middle weights and all featherweights at only like 115.

[@TheCookieMunster94]

@TheVindicator85 morales and barrera put off fights with naz for years then finally barrera grew the balls to fight naz when he knew naz was out of his prime.

[@ernestosiqueiros1178]

Hahahaha Lol

[@maxlogica]

I wish naseem had fought morales or even juan manuel marquez but as soon as the barerra fight was over he retired..

[@allankles]

Naz fought everyone at featherweight. He dominated the featherweight division in his time, you can't ask him to do more than dominate the guys around him. The Barrera fight came when he was on the slide a bit, he wasn't as hungry anymore. Personally Naz was more talented but his heart hadn't been in boxing for a while leading up to the Barrera bout.

[@jejudoislander]

His hand was injured too

[@narigon3942]

BS! Naz was a great fighter. He ducked Juan Manuel Márquez, his number one contender, for a good two years. DON’T FORGET!

[@megadave1197]

@@narigon3942no he didn’t lol

[@megadave1197]

@@narigon3942Marquez was beat by Freddie Norwood

[@narigon3942]

@@megadave1197 👈🏼 tell me you are a casual without telling me you are a causal. Look it up, professor. This was in 1997-1998.

[@Lotus-Son]

eh, you could say that about a lot of potentially great fighters; most you don't even hear about because they don't get the correct media/attention. But that's what makes the fighters we deem so great to be... so great lol. Because during times where they're not even at "full potential" they dig in deep and display that mentally and skillfully as a fighter, they show that they are the best. People say so much about Nas and Tyson but every fighter goes through that. It's how u get through it.

[@The442nd]

Never question the heart of a Mexican Warrior

[@TheRealNoLoveGaming]

Who did Hamed beat that was so good that would make him a great fighter? The best when he ever had was when he beat Kevin Kelly but Kelly was never a great fighter either. Hamed is just like Ricky Hatton. 36 wins 31 kos 1 loss? Yeah u can build up that record fighting a bunch of bums. Look at what happened when Hatton fought some real champions. Hamed never beat a real champion. Another example of some1 that built a great record fighting bums is Valuev, he was 44-0 til he fought some real comp.

[@TheRealNoLoveGaming]

Hamed was an exciting fighter and he was good but Morales would've knocked him out. Marquez would've beat him down. He got the hell outta dodge b4 he had 2 fight any of them. Theres alot of fighters that have had great records but could never beat the top guys. I great record means nothing without real quality wins.

[@roggy12345]

bullshit there was a rematch clause but naseem was scared. He's all talk about a rematch but it didn't happen...Guess why.

[@shahidawan]

what so ever 37 fights 36 wins just 1 loss and 31 KO,s is one of the best record and one loss by points dosent mean he is a bad fighter prince naseem hamed is a true legend.

[@DanielCardin_ATX]

Chukpart, I think you are right. I also think if Hamed would have taken the Barrerra fight more seriously, he would have won it.

[@salehs313]

@lubui2583 then y would u say that and wat u mean not a boxer he knocks niggaz out u need 2 learn about boxing if a guy wears gloves and nocks some one out hes boxing if no gloves hes fighting

[@Rolio5451]

3 weeks later and im still trying to figure out that joaquinnaaz said lol

[@salehs313]

@lubui2583 now you know what if ur nabor who lived around u and was ur best friend 4 10 years loses a fight and some1 makes fun of him u will get mad

[@BabyFacedAssassin301]

@aknavigates I was saying he sucked the whole time i wasnt impressed with his victories at all except for the Kelley one and he ducked JMM

[@KlashaB12]

@WindyCityGym i dont know why people hate naz so much...........his just confidant and good to watch.....entertaining :D

[@gazzacfc2010]

nas is the most overated fighter ever, all he ever did was fight bums until he went to america, kelley was 37 and dropped him twice, really lol, he fought a sparring partner reallly after kelley, he wudnt agree to rematch with kelley cos the old man would have dropped his cocky ass and everyone knows it, barrera wrecked him, picture what the pacman or morales would have done lol ffs, really legend lol, brit boxing hall of famer n even against wayne mccoulloch and paul ingle he had problems lol

[@b0x1n9f4n]

Who is Naz to talk like he is/was talented or something. This guy was a bum and as Arturo Gatti put it: "All he gots is power." All Naz ever did was fight a bunch of British nobodies. Even Kevin Kelley had Naz in trouble before Naz's power saved him. As soon as Naz fought someone with a good chin who pressured him in Barrera he looked like a clown. Naz=B level fighter with an A level power punch.

[@lubui2583]

@salehs313 i been watching the sport for years. hes an entertainer. he knocked descent fighters out. then he got beat by a descent figther. theres nothing else to it. yes he wore gloves and knocked a bunch of descent fighters out. yes i know this. then was beaten by a descent boxer who was wearing gloves as well lol. he was a hell of a dancer. he should of been in them puff daddy videos back in the day.

[@aknavigates]

when he was winning nobody said a thing. now every1 saying how he lost to some1 at his prime. how he is shit and he doesnt know how to box, no joke he was a show boater, and its easy for any1 to b behind a computer screen and criticize him but in the end of the day his record speaks for it self. # Professional boxing: * Fights: 37 * Wins: 36 * KOs: 31 * Losses: 1 * Drawn: 0 how many boxers u know had a similar record and are wack??????

[@emjaymoggs]

wtf. ok maybe u exagirated when u sed "hall of famer vs an amatuer". But u must have been watching a differnt fight to say that berrera gave him a boxing lesson. THE FIGHT WENT 12 ROUNDS. AND NAZ EVEN WON A COUPLE OF THEM !!!!!BARRERA DIDNT EVEN PUT NAZ ON HIS ARSE KOZ HE WAS AFRAID OF GETTING HIT BY A HEAVY HANDED BOXER. EVEN KEVIN KELLY PUT HIM DOWN A FEW TIMES. you call that a boxing lesson ?????????????????ReAllYYY ??? you are of ur rocker buddy.

[@eldiscjockey2]

after barreara beat the fuck out of the naseem what happend to the prince is he still boxing

[@lemonite1]

I think everyone is overreacting about the Naz. Either they think he woulda koed all of em or they woulda koed him. I didn't think Barrera destroyed Naz, just beat him. Naz was a flawed fighter and a one trick pony. Thing was, that was one helluva pony.He was very good, world class, just not champion class.

[@ramiro68]

Smokesar: of how to win over Hamed. And the true mettle of a champion is HOW they come back AFTER a loss.... Hamed quit after hiss loss, and that revealed his greatest weakness rally. His weakness in his mind, when he got beat he quit.... He didn't come back, determined too prove that it was a fluke loss and that he really was much better than that.

[@smokesar]

opinions will differ young fool. charisma is nothing in boxing? charisma is vital to anything you do. being able to psycologically beat your opponent. naz was in the head of the boxers before he was in the ring with them. but enough with the psych lesson stik to something u kno about. anyways, keep the revolution alive.

[@TheTerrorUforgot]

Calzaghe didn't really "batter" anyone. And beating a 43 year old isn't anything to be proud of, either. Every boxer he named is amazing. Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of Ring Magazine Top 80 boxers of the last 80 years. I understand you feel a need to be patriotic, but I don't think nationalities should matter, just a love of great fights and great fighters.

[@fsrsaa]

Ali the greatest my arse he ahd no inside fighting skills other than wrestling and tying up, no body punching and a lame left hook...Ray Robinson was way better pound for pound....Ali just had a bigger mouth...he did have some fast hands and a great chin but no way in hell he was the greatest ever....he was to one dimensional

[@flemtastic]

King he didnt become coz he met the likes of barrera who kicked his arse all ova the ring he stuck his neck out he got banged he stuck out he got banged n so on .....wnt go down as a british legend he lost face n retired n hopefully that sexy blonde mrs has left him now.......

[@BourbonJRA]

you make the mistake of underestimating pac mans power and strength. fact is even if cotto is the stronger man he wont be able to 'push manny around like a rag doll' as he wont fuckin get near him. come back to this comment after the fight and you will see what a legen pac man is.

[@ngh1]

Boxing isn't really about fucking people up - it's very much a technical game, I think Barrera shut Naz out of the fight completely, every round - sweet science. All the greats are like that - Ali, Hopkins - very clever. Also, Barrera was stepping up from Super Bantamweight .