Hamed Under Fire

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A British boxing newspaper recently spoke to a number of possible future opponents for Naz and here’s what they had to say about Naz.

Who	Does Naz avoid people?	What are Naz’s strengths?	What are Naz’s weaknesses?	Who can beat Naz?
Diego Corrales	Not asked	He’s awkward	No sound boxing technique. He doesn’t impress me at all.	Me
Joel Casamayor	Not asked	Good fighter.	He’s nothing special	Me
Cassius Baloyi	Not asked	One of best fighters in the world	Drops his hands too much. Doesn’t take a good punch.	Me and Lehlohonolo Ledwaba
Paul Ingle	Not asked	Accurate, closes distances well.	Stamina	Me
Augie Sanchez	Yes	The unexpected	Chin	Me
Istvan Kovacs	Not asked	Didn’t say	Can’t box. All-round bad style.	Me, Mayweather and Morales
Erik Morales	Yes	Good punch thats it.	He’s a fraud. His chin is very questionable and every time he throws a puch you can tell where it’s supposed to land	A lot of people, he’s not the one to beat.
Clarance Adams	Not asked	Tremendous fighter with with a lot of power	Don’t see any weaknesses?	Me, Freddie Norwood and possibly Augie Sanchez
Lehlohonolo Ledwaba	Yes	No comment	Doesn’t fight anyone with a punch	Me
Danny Romero	Not asked	His balance and awkward punches	His chin, when someone hits his chin that’ll be it	Me, Barrera, Morales and Angel Vazquez
Freddy Norwood	Yes	Hard punch	Chin, amature style	Me, anybody
Angel Vazquez	Yes	No comment	His cockiness	Me and any legitimate fighter
Derrick Gainer	Yes	Powerfull and he’s strong	I couldn’t pinpoint all his weaknesses or I’d be here all day	Me, anybody

Hamed Under Fire

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Naz has come under fire from many boxing writers for avoiding Juan Manuel Marquez again.
Bruce Williams, writer, Boxing Update: “Juan Manuel Marquez was screwed out of his too-long-overdue mandatory with WBO feather champ Naseem Hamed, who didn’t even have the huevos to come to Puerto Rico and make his own appeal for more dispensations to seek world title unifiers.
Ivan Goldman, writer, KO Magazine: “Should Hamed ultimately forsake his WBO belt to go after another title, it won’t be because he suddenly decided the WBO belt was beneath his dignity. It will be because he’s run out of ways to duck Marquez.”
Teddy Atlas, ringside analyst, ESPN: “Juan Manuel Marquez is a very good fighter. You can tell how good he is by the way Naseem Hamed won’t fight him.”
Max Kellerman, studio analyst, ESPN: “All of the grief people gave Oscar de la Hoya for not fighting the best people should now be directed at Prince Naseem Hamed.”
Marty Mulcahy, editor and publisher, Boxing Wise: “Any boxing fan with a shred of decency or compassion for a fighter who has truly earned the right to challenge for a title should feel a sense of anger at this ruling. Fans have to ask themselves why Hamed has not fought his mandatory challenger in two years. Instead of fighting Jose Badillo, Wilfredo Vasquez, Wayne McCullough and Paul Ingle, he could have faced Marquez and avoided all this nonsense. The main share of the blame however, lies with the WBO, who value the almighty dollar over pride in its organization and the rules it created. The decision to give Hamed two more voluntary defences was simply a classless act out of cowardice by the WBO and a slap in the face of every fighter they rate as contenders.”