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Naseem Hamed - Best Of
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Arrogant, pretencious and a waste of natural talent.
Review date: 2008-11-14 Rating: 4 out of 10
Naseem Hamed was the hardest punching Featherweight I have ever seen. He combined this natural ability, to knock people out with one punch, with speed, cat like reflexes and an awkward style that only the best could figure out. Unfortuneatley, Hameds natural talent was match only by his arrogance. He tried to talk like Ali, but not having wit for it ended up coming across as just as idiot. His over-the-top showboating during his fights were annoying and very disrespectful to those that he shared a ring with.
He rapidly rose to the WBO Featherweight Title but once he had reached the top, a slow decline set it. Fight by fight he started to get hit a little more, visited the canvass numerous times only for his unbelievable power to bail him out of trouble. The problem was that at some point he started to believe his own hype. He sacked his long-time trainer and brought in a 'yes-man'. He started calling the shots in training and stopped the road-work. He didnt train properly and by the time he got to fight a true great in MArco Antonio Barerra, he was reduced to being a flat-footed, single-shot punching brawller .... he was then predictably taken to school by the great Mexican.
Since his retirement, Hamed has been disgraced and imprisoned whilst continuing to conn the public into believing he may come back into the ring. Hamed will always be remembered as an entertaining, yet annoying fighter that peaked and declined early in his career.
This DVD is not a good sports documentary at all. Its cheaply made and doesnt contain his full career. The fights are entertaining and simply on that level this DVD can be enjoyable. Overall, however, this is a poor DVD and not worth buying.
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Reviews
Let Down
Review date: 2008-08-13 Rating: 4 out of 10
Not as good as i expected to be honest, there is no narrator in the video, very few interviews and behind the scenes footage and the flamboyent entrances into the ring by Naseem are not showed to their full as they are shortened and contain no entrance music. Also, none of the build ups to the fights are shown and worst of all is the limited time it goes on for and the lack of fights that are shown, the last fight seen is against Kevin Kelley in 1996 or 97 (i think) and nothing else after that.
2/5 i'd give it 3/5 if i were to be generous, could have been better.
THE MOST ENTERTAINING BOXER IN HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review date: 2008-04-22 Rating: 10 out of 10
I've had this dvd for awhile now and I have to say it gets better every time I watch it!
Prince Naseem Hamed was without a doubt the most entertaining boxer in history, not only was he a showman in the ring but he had the best style of boxing to watch and at that time I cant remember any other boxer that used the southpaw stance so well.
This dvd shows Naseems rise to the top, his first world title fight and many more quality fights.
If you are a fan of Naseems and havent got this dvd I strongly recommend you getting it! Prince Naseem Hamed was a true LEGEND and should be remembered by everyone as a quality British boxer!!
Product Details/Specifications
Artist(s):
Naseem Hamed
Recording label: Lace Group
Manufacturer: Lace Group
EAN: 5037899003954
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-10-01
Audience rating: Exempt
Region code: 2
Running time: 85 minutes