Amir "King" Khan v "Prince" Naseem Hamed. Who would win?

[PakLFC]

Who would win the fight between Amir and Prince Naseem with both at their best?. I am going for Naseem, he was quicker and stronger.

 

[Pakistanian]

Naseem would win, even Pakistani-American mma fighter Bashir Ahmed could knock him out. I'd pay to see that live.

 

[PakLFC]

Amir and Naz both have glass jaws. Neither can take a hard punch.

 

[shaz619]

Assuming both campaigned at the same weight at their peak; Nas would stop Amir between rounds 7-9

 

[shaz619]

Anyhow it's a pretty pointless thread, I can't see Amir winining even on a good day. Nas as a FW had the power of a 147lb fighter in his left hand

 

[shaz619]

I can see Khan outboxing Nas though before being stopped, Khan is flawed but is very tough to win rounds against and Nas leaves himself so open but he had a tremendous chin, I think it would be an exciting fight (again assuming both were in the same weight class) before Nas inevitably got the KO

 

[MABA]

Weight classes bro, Khan has fought at up to middleweight. Naseem was a small dude albeit with very good power. The size of Khan would be too much for Naseem.

 

[PakLFC]

Pak V Arab! The heart says Pak but the head feels Naz would be to good on the day. Amir needs a strong start otherwise Naz will gradually begin to dominate the bout. at post 5 who is replying to a "pointless thread".

 

[kingusama92]

Amir and Naz both have glass jaws. Neither can take a hard punch.

Naz had a glass chin?

He never got knocked out.

His real issue was a lack of stability in his stance, which made it easier for him to fall down. The chin could handle heavy punches but his balance was suspect.

 

[MABA]

Naz had very bad fundamentals, he relied solely on his power and reflexes, he was badly exposed by a solid technical fighter in the shape of Marco Antonio Barrera. Khan like I said before has pretty good fundamentals due to Olympic pedigree and his reach will be a massive advantage against a 5'3 Naseem Hamed.

 

[Asim_khan]

Amir and Naz both have glass jaws. Neither can take a hard punch.

Naz had a glass jaw? Can you find me a single knockdown of his where he's on the canvas for longer than 1 second?!He'd be sparring with full grown middleweights, going all out, ask anyone from the ingle gym.

The only time period where they could've fought was when Khan was at 135lbs, and Prince would've taken him out within 3 rounds. Say what you want about him fundamentals or lack of them, but he was unorthodox and had probably one of the the hardest hitters lb for lb ever, and knocked out pretty much everyone he hit clean. Could Khan avoid him for 12 rounds? 4 rounds maybe.

 

[shaz619]

Naz had a glass jaw? Can you find me a single knockdown of his where he's on the canvas for longer than 1 second?!He'd be sparring with full grown middleweights, going all out, ask anyone from the ingle gym.

The only time period where they could've fought was when Khan was at 135lbs, and Prince would've taken him out within 3 rounds. Say what you want about him fundamentals or lack of them, but he was unorthodox and had probably one of the the hardest hitters lb for lb ever, and knocked out pretty much everyone he hit clean. Could Khan avoid him for 12 rounds? 4 rounds maybe.

3/4 rounds is incredibly unrealistic, even more so if we are genuinely looking beyond a hypothetical weight where they are both in the same division since Khan is the bigger dude. Anyhow, we got to assume this is the best version of Nas vs the best version of Khan in a dream fight (where physical attributes are somewhat closer as well) where weight is no issue and we compare their strengths; with Nas it's his unorthodox feinting which is dependent on his reflex's as the hands are always low and then coming at you hard with the powerful counters and Amir at his best is excellent at maintaining range, keeps you at bay with his speed and is more consistent with his defence.

Amir isn't an easy fighter to win rounds against and even a fighter in Canelo who was 30lb heavier on fight night, it took him about 6 rounds to take Khan out. Khan's best chance would be going the distance and if an upset was to occur he'd win on points however the most likely probability when you look at both fighters at their best and evenly matched in terms of weight and physical attributes then it would be a late stoppage win for Nas.

If we're being realistic and the fight were to occur at 135lb (with both fighters at their best), Khan would have a huge physical advantage on every level imaginable and it's hard for me to imagine Nas getting the early stoppage, I can in fact see the bookies having Khan as their favourite

 

[shaz619]

Pak V Arab! The heart says Pak but the head feels Naz would be to good on the day. Amir needs a strong start otherwise Naz will gradually begin to dominate the bout. at post 5 who is replying to a "pointless thread".

You caught me out

 

[shortbread]

Tragic turns to two promising careers....should have turned into legends but now surviving on shadows of their former selves.

That said Amir can still very much turn it around, once prize fight victory and peoples opinion can turn around. As long as he keeps his mouth shut and focuses on what he does best!

Any Vasyl Lomachenko fans here, best in the business right now. Easily the most entertaining fighter I have seen of late. Not the fastest but oh boy technical perfection mated to a genius head. In a league of his own!

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Naz had very bad fundamentals, he relied solely on his power and reflexes, he was badly exposed by a solid technical fighter in the shape of Marco Antonio Barrera. Khan like I said before has pretty good fundamentals due to Olympic pedigree and his reach will be a massive advantage against a 5'3 Naseem Hamed.

Khan has the reach and speed to beat most of the fighters in his weight class today, but he doesn't do it because he's too aggressive and ends up getting involved in slugfests which he doesn't have the chin for. I don't see why it would be any different against Naz. Still a tough one to call though, because until Khan gets hit, he's always winning the fights.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Naz was a dynamite puncher so he would always have a chance but Aamir is bigger so yeah probably amir.

 

[ShadabFakhar]

Tragic turns to two promising careers....should have turned into legends but now surviving on shadows of their former selves.

That said Amir can still very much turn it around, once prize fight victory and peoples opinion can turn around. As long as he keeps his mouth shut and focuses on what he does best!

Any Vasyl Lomachenko fans here, best in the business right now. Easily the most entertaining fighter I have seen of late. Not the fastest but oh boy technical perfection mated to a genius head. In a league of his own!

How's Naz not a legend? His fight against Barrera he was very unfit by his own way standards and not to forget the injured hand. He didn't do his flip into the ring in that fight for the same reason.

Amir:s is chinny. Naz took everything a prime Barrera handed to him. Man was a genius. If Amir went down to Naz's weight class, he'd be done within in the first two rounds. If Naz went up, it'd be closer but Naz would win because of a better chin.

 

[shaz619]

Tragic turns to two promising careers....should have turned into legends but now surviving on shadows of their former selves.

That said Amir can still very much turn it around, once prize fight victory and peoples opinion can turn around. As long as he keeps his mouth shut and focuses on what he does best!

Any Vasyl Lomachenko fans here, best in the business right now. Easily the most entertaining fighter I have seen of late. Not the fastest but oh boy technical perfection mated to a genius head. In a league of his own!

Nas is the greatest Featherweight of all time and the greatest British Boxer in history, he has also been inducted in the Boxing hall of fame in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments. Many people tend to judge him based on the barrera fight but they forget that he took the fight on short notice for a huge pay check during a point in his career where he had lost the passion for Boxing, so when he took the fight he had a very short time to lose a lot of weight; he was quiet fat and even a day before weigh in he was on the treadmill early in the morning and on the day itself shadow boxing in the sauna at 4am etc

So on fight night Nas was weight drained and in extremely poor health, it still shocks me to this day that Barrera was unable to knock Nas out in that condition. Barrera was lucky enough to catch the Prince when he had pretty much finished with the sport, Nas main goal was to make weight for the big pay check rather then formulating an adequate game plan and winning the fight; if the fight was a few years earlier and he had a proper training camp behind him it wouldn't have been easy for Barrera to beat who took advantage of a weight drained under-prepared Nas with no desire left and due to his condition his timing wasn't there, the power wasn't there and his head wasn't there either; quiet frankly he was a headless chicken in that fight and it's totally unfair to define his legacy based on that one defeat which people often look at without context.

And yes mate, Lomachenko is an outstanding fighter! he's great on the back foot and on the front foot; he has total control of range and deviation. Hope to see him face the likes of Garcia, Davis and Miguel; a dream match up would be against Crawford but he's campaigning and 140, there is talk of him moving up to 147 as well.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Nas is the greatest Featherweight of all time and the greatest British Boxer in history, he has also been inducted in the Boxing hall of fame in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments. Many people tend to judge him based on the barrera fight but they forget that he took the fight on short notice for a huge pay check during a point in his career where he had lost the passion for Boxing, so when he took the fight he had a very short time to lose a lot of weight; he was quiet fat and even a day before weigh in he was on the treadmill early in the morning and on the day itself shadow boxing in the sauna at 4am etc

So on fight night Nas was weight drained and in extremely poor health, it still shocks me to this day that Barrera was unable to knock Nas out in that condition. Barrera was lucky enough to catch the Prince when he had pretty much finished with the sport, Nas main goal was to make weight for the big pay check rather then formulating an adequate game plan and winning the fight; if the fight was a few years earlier and he had a proper training camp behind him it wouldn't have been easy for Barrera to beat who took advantage of a weight drained under-prepared Nas with no desire left and due to his condition his timing wasn't there, the power wasn't there and his head wasn't there either; quiet frankly he was a headless chicken in that fight and it's totally unfair to define his legacy based on that one defeat which people often look at without context.

And yes mate, Lomachenko is an outstanding fighter! he's great on the back foot and on the front foot; he has total control of range and deviation. Hope to see him face the likes of Garcia, Davis and Miguel; a dream match up would be against Crawford but he's campaigning and 140, there is talk of him moving up to 147 as well.

Excellent post. Naz could have been an ATG by British standards if he hadn't let the bright lights and good life go to his head. When he stopped training and living clean he went downhill fast. But he was dynamite for the time he was at his best.

 

[shaz619]

Excellent post. Naz could have been an ATG by British standards if he hadn't let the bright lights and good life go to his head. When he stopped training and living clean he went downhill fast. But he was dynamite for the time he was at his best.

His legacy is rarely disputed in terms of him being an all time great which is why you'll find him in majority the top 5 or top 10 of the greatest P4P fighters to come out of Britain and the top 5 greatest featherweights in history lists at the very least. For me personally, he is the best fighter the UK has ever produced due to his in-ring accomplishments and flamboyance; he inspired many fighters around the world and not just in the UK and bought attention to the lower weight classes which they had never received before.

 

[PakLFC]

Naz had a glass jaw? Can you find me a single knockdown of his where he's on the canvas for longer than 1 second?!He'd be sparring with full grown middleweights, going all out, ask anyone from the ingle gym.

The only time period where they could've fought was when Khan was at 135lbs, and Prince would've taken him out within 3 rounds. Say what you want about him fundamentals or lack of them, but he was unorthodox and had probably one of the the hardest hitters lb for lb ever, and knocked out pretty much everyone he hit clean. Could Khan avoid him for 12 rounds? 4 rounds maybe.

In his last fight I believe. Also, once in some street fight many years back he suffered at the hands of some fella! He did have a good punch but his defence was terrible keeping his hands low much like Ali. I did so that Naz would defeat Khan, what you on about?

 

[KingKhanWC]

Who would win the fight between Amir and Prince Naseem with both at their best?. I am going for Naseem, he was quicker and stronger.

Pound for Pound Nas is the most superiour fighter to come out of Great Britain, above Hatton, Khan, Lewis and AJ.

Nas held the world title for 5 years, demolishing most of his opponents. The best thing about Nas was he could back up his mouth with action and was a true entertainer.

Amir has better handspeed and footwork but Nas was unique in the way he boxed, he threw punches from the strangest angles esp when countering. His power was phenomenal for such a small guy, he could have knocked out guys 4/5 above his weight class with ease. Along with Tyson and Ali, he is one fighter you can watch over and over again and enjoy the fight as much as you did the first time you witnessed it.

 

[Varun]

How does EVERYONE on this forum know about boxing lol?

It's such a niche sport...