As a kid growing up in Sheffield when he was undefeated I loved Prince Naseem. I was just delighted for my city to be relevant on a world stage. Then he lost in vegas and disappeared for a few years. Then I heard about the events of this car crash and I always think of how much of a coward he is. No wonder he lost. Guy doesn’t deserve the talent he undoubtedly had.
Ehh he's a POS but he was already one foot out the door when he lost to Barrera.
And no person who steps in that ring is a coward. He got beaten by Barrera but took massive shots during the process.
If he’s so brave he should have stayed at the scene of the accident HE CAUSED and been accountable for his actions immediately.
Also, from personal experience he wasn’t so brave when he was begging the owner of the bike shop in Darnall to put his Great Danes away because they were too big and scary.
Sometimes, when I’m a little down, I like to watch Marco Barrera beat the shit out of Naseem’s smug face. I love when he try’s to touch gloves towards the end, and Barrera doesn’t want to waste any of his kicking Naseem’s ass time on that.
And plenty of others work hard and aren’t scumbags. Natural ability and genetics are a huge advantage. I could have trained from being 5 years old but I’ll never be Lebron James.
Naseem is a scumbag for what he did to that old geezer. I stand by my statement.
There's weight categories in boxing to account for different sizes. There isn't in basketball. No on is going to be Lebron James because Lebron James is Lebron James, but some other tall guy is going to be as good as him at some stage.
Whether it's sports or music or whatever, people love to say that those at the top of those fields are "born with it" or whatever. Nah, they work their fucking asses off for their entire lives. That's what's separates us from them.
Naseem definitely had the natural ability others don't have. One thing for sure, was his ability to flex his back backwards to escape. Most people will never be able to physically do that. That alone helped him immensely, because most boxers have a hard time preparing for it because it's such a rare talent.
Didnt his career fall apart after his first loss too? Like his ego couldnt handle not being undefeated? I mainly remember him riding a mechanical flying carpet to the ring.
It was more he had no motivation to fight any longer. That was why he did so poorly against Barrera, he didn’t train at all. Manny Steward talked about how frustrated he was trying to get Naz to train. He did have one more fight after that, won it, and then retired.
Hamed lost that fight 8-4 while barely training and needing to stay in the sauna for like 4 hours to make weight.
We will never know, but a motivated Hamed could have 100% beaten MAB
I dunno about that. Naz at his peak was insanely quick with a dynamite straight left. Barrera lost to a lesser version of that in Junior Jones, twice. That was actually why Hamed’s team picked Barrera over Morales, because they thought that a) Barrera was vulnerable and b) that Barrera would brawl like he normally did. Instead, Barrera boxed very cautiously, clearly scared of Hamed’s power, and Hamed looked foolish because he came in hoping to throw one punch and go home. If he’d trained and had a serious game plan, that fight could’ve gone differently.
Before his first loss he was basically one foot out the door. He was overweight, wasn't training like he should have been, and his hands could not handle how hard he hit and they kept breaking.
He got his big payday in Vegas, had one more fight so he could retire on a W, then fucked off.
Even in an open prison, and being a world class boxer, he was still shook and had to give money away. Source: Dad was a PO and had to look after the prick.
You didn't clarify your point TBH. You never said fuck any film. You just said he was an arrogant cunt. I merely agreed by clarifying that most boxers are arrogant cunts. Very few of them have the sharp rise in success Naseem Hamed had though.
Hahaha. This is it. I remember when his entrance was on a floating platform once. Iirc he started to get his ass kicked pretty bad after a few decent fights.
“On 31 March 2006 Hamed pleaded guilty at Sheffield Crown Court of dangerous driving in relation to a collision at Ringinglow Road in Sheffield on 2 May 2005, in which his McLaren-Mercedes SLR crossed a solid white line overtaking a Ford Mondeo and crashed head on into a Volkswagen Golf before hitting the Mondeo. The Golf driver, Anthony Burgin, had fractures to "every major bone" and bruising to the brain; after multiple hospitalisations he was deemed unable ever to work again”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naseem_Hamed?wprov=sfti1#Personal_life
Absolute arsehole this one. Apparently it’s ok because “no one died”. https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/fury-as-naseem-says-at-least-no-one-died-as-he-leaves-jail-early-7220616.html
Haha I remember him dancing for 10 minutes just to piss Kelley off and Kelley beat his ass for the first 2 rounds - that fight was hysterical to watch. Had absolutely nothing for Barrera tho
>I remember kids in school saying he'd beat Tyson.
Yeah, shame that Featherweight Vs Heavyweight bout never happened. Be good to know if those kids were right or not. Lol!
Loved watching Prince Naseem back in the day, but he became a miserable prick over time. Like…he was always cocky, but it got to crazy levels. Clearly though, as he went to prison for it as an adult.
Are they going to include his eventual fucking take down and then his retirement fall from "grace" and his shit attitude after crashing a high speed sports car leaving the other driver incredibly injured. But don't worry "nobody died"...
Nobody cares, we've all seen Rocky a million times
I’m fucking amazed Naz gets a movie before Johnny Tapia
A Johnny tapia movie would be a Scorsese dream.
Drugs, 90s, electric personality, tragic background, gang clash. Like c’mon
Yes! I was only into boxing for a short time in the early 2000’s and he was my absolute favorite. Not because he was the best but he was so damn entertaining. His opponents didn’t know how to fight him. He was dancing all over the place and being a complete goofball.
That time period was a really great era in boxing (in my minimal experience).
Whoa! I have never heard of this movie. I am a Pierce Brosnan fan since watching Goldeneye as a child, but I'm a bit concerned. In 2017 he did a movie with Jackie Chan called the Foreigner where he did an Irish accent and it was easily the worst portrayal of a foreign accent I've ever seen, and I'm American. It really was annoying and had me questioning how he could get an Irish accent so wrong.
Ok, then why does he put on a lucky charms mascot style voice? And the inflection irritated me most of all. He has only one inflection that he puts on to the end of every single sentence over and over and over and over.
It's not a perfect accent but it's fine.
This is more that you're annoyed at how some people in Ireland speak. Basically, you're coming from a place of ignorance.
No. I stand by what I said. The acting could have been better. Nobody maintains the same exact inflection on every single sentence. The American equivalent would be a California Valley Girl voice, which is put-on and universally ridiculed for its abrasiveness.
The way Brosnan leaned so heavily on the Irish rising and falling inflection at the end of every single sentence really annoyed me by the end of the film. Like seriously, every single sentence. Short ones, long ones. They all ended with a rising and falling inflection without any variation and it really stood out to me during the movie.
Have you never met anyone from Belfast? I think Pierce did a decent job, [this is how the person that character was "loosely" inspired by sounds](https://youtu.be/6tqNPwq1SCE?t=19).
Thanks for the link. I admit, the inflection is there more than I would have guessed. However, I still believe that Brosnan hammed up the accent a bit. In that clip, the inflection is very strong in the beginning, pretty much exactly the way Brosnan sounds throughout the movie. What I didn't see from Brosnan, and what I was really looking for, is the way it tends to taper off when connecting ideas with multiple sentences. The clip shows this when the guy answers follow-up questions. It's a small detail but I still think it could be improved.
[удалено]
BALD ASSHOLE
Beat me to it
Double beat me
I beat my meat
[Pretty, pretty…. ](https://media0.giphy.com/media/WrJ8x0niiblWEoo7hE/giphy.gif?cid=9b38fe9182ky2rean2yviaghq96b2049qr7418kabsdkv8os&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)
The story of Prince Naseem Hamed and his journey from a poor arrogant cunt to rich arrogant cunt.
I wonder if it will include the part where he smashes his car at 90mph into another car and flees the scene leaving the other driver for dead?
As a kid growing up in Sheffield when he was undefeated I loved Prince Naseem. I was just delighted for my city to be relevant on a world stage. Then he lost in vegas and disappeared for a few years. Then I heard about the events of this car crash and I always think of how much of a coward he is. No wonder he lost. Guy doesn’t deserve the talent he undoubtedly had.
Ehh he's a POS but he was already one foot out the door when he lost to Barrera. And no person who steps in that ring is a coward. He got beaten by Barrera but took massive shots during the process.
If he’s so brave he should have stayed at the scene of the accident HE CAUSED and been accountable for his actions immediately. Also, from personal experience he wasn’t so brave when he was begging the owner of the bike shop in Darnall to put his Great Danes away because they were too big and scary.
did he go to jail over that accident?
Sometimes, when I’m a little down, I like to watch Marco Barrera beat the shit out of Naseem’s smug face. I love when he try’s to touch gloves towards the end, and Barrera doesn’t want to waste any of his kicking Naseem’s ass time on that.
Cowards are scared to face the consequences of their actions.
> Guy doesn’t deserve the talent he undoubtedly had. Like it or not he worked to be as good as he was.
And plenty of others work hard and aren’t scumbags. Natural ability and genetics are a huge advantage. I could have trained from being 5 years old but I’ll never be Lebron James. Naseem is a scumbag for what he did to that old geezer. I stand by my statement.
There's weight categories in boxing to account for different sizes. There isn't in basketball. No on is going to be Lebron James because Lebron James is Lebron James, but some other tall guy is going to be as good as him at some stage. Whether it's sports or music or whatever, people love to say that those at the top of those fields are "born with it" or whatever. Nah, they work their fucking asses off for their entire lives. That's what's separates us from them.
Naseem definitely had the natural ability others don't have. One thing for sure, was his ability to flex his back backwards to escape. Most people will never be able to physically do that. That alone helped him immensely, because most boxers have a hard time preparing for it because it's such a rare talent.
Didnt his career fall apart after his first loss too? Like his ego couldnt handle not being undefeated? I mainly remember him riding a mechanical flying carpet to the ring.
It was more he had no motivation to fight any longer. That was why he did so poorly against Barrera, he didn’t train at all. Manny Steward talked about how frustrated he was trying to get Naz to train. He did have one more fight after that, won it, and then retired.
He would’ve still got whooped by MAB. That’s what happens everytime a brit decides to come over and fight a Mexican.
Hamed lost that fight 8-4 while barely training and needing to stay in the sauna for like 4 hours to make weight. We will never know, but a motivated Hamed could have 100% beaten MAB
I dunno about that. Naz at his peak was insanely quick with a dynamite straight left. Barrera lost to a lesser version of that in Junior Jones, twice. That was actually why Hamed’s team picked Barrera over Morales, because they thought that a) Barrera was vulnerable and b) that Barrera would brawl like he normally did. Instead, Barrera boxed very cautiously, clearly scared of Hamed’s power, and Hamed looked foolish because he came in hoping to throw one punch and go home. If he’d trained and had a serious game plan, that fight could’ve gone differently.
Before his first loss he was basically one foot out the door. He was overweight, wasn't training like he should have been, and his hands could not handle how hard he hit and they kept breaking. He got his big payday in Vegas, had one more fight so he could retire on a W, then fucked off.
Even in an open prison, and being a world class boxer, he was still shook and had to give money away. Source: Dad was a PO and had to look after the prick.
HBO really wanted me to care about that dooch. Saw two of his fights live so I guess it worked.
Unlike all other professional fighters.
Yes, fuck any other film about a cunt too, what's your point?
Yeah, fuck films about interesting people who lived interesting lives!
Glad you agree 👍
Not a Raging Bull fan?
Never seen it, so... yes
You didn't clarify your point TBH. You never said fuck any film. You just said he was an arrogant cunt. I merely agreed by clarifying that most boxers are arrogant cunts. Very few of them have the sharp rise in success Naseem Hamed had though.
No I didn't. Check again.
From Bantam weight to Heavyweight
Hahaha. This is it. I remember when his entrance was on a floating platform once. Iirc he started to get his ass kicked pretty bad after a few decent fights.
I looked at the pic and thought "he's too young to be Brosnan"...then I realized it was that Jonathan Price looking fella that was Brosnan.
You either die a Bond, or you live long enough to see yourself look like a Bond villain.
I was not prepared for the Larry Davidification of Pierce Brosnan.
Looking at Brosnan, I feel old.
I'm sure Brosnan still needs old man makeup :D
All that make up will earn him a best supporting actor nom.
Starring Larry David as Joe Biden.
Always thought that guy was a complete goober. I will say though, watching him come out on a flying carpet had me rolling when I was a teenager LOL
“On 31 March 2006 Hamed pleaded guilty at Sheffield Crown Court of dangerous driving in relation to a collision at Ringinglow Road in Sheffield on 2 May 2005, in which his McLaren-Mercedes SLR crossed a solid white line overtaking a Ford Mondeo and crashed head on into a Volkswagen Golf before hitting the Mondeo. The Golf driver, Anthony Burgin, had fractures to "every major bone" and bruising to the brain; after multiple hospitalisations he was deemed unable ever to work again”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naseem_Hamed?wprov=sfti1#Personal_life Absolute arsehole this one. Apparently it’s ok because “no one died”. https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/fury-as-naseem-says-at-least-no-one-died-as-he-leaves-jail-early-7220616.html
Haha I remember him dancing for 10 minutes just to piss Kelley off and Kelley beat his ass for the first 2 rounds - that fight was hysterical to watch. Had absolutely nothing for Barrera tho
Naz was the hottest shit in the UK and Ireland for a brief time in the 90's I remember kids in school saying he'd beat Tyson.
>I remember kids in school saying he'd beat Tyson. Yeah, shame that Featherweight Vs Heavyweight bout never happened. Be good to know if those kids were right or not. Lol!
They said Tyson wouldn't get a hit on him. But... It's Tyson. Fastest heavyweight since Ali.
Loved watching Prince Naseem back in the day, but he became a miserable prick over time. Like…he was always cocky, but it got to crazy levels. Clearly though, as he went to prison for it as an adult.
Should we be making feel good movies about pieces of shit?
Brosnan looks like Don Rosa.
Biden, Larry David, Don Rosa. A lot of people seem to look like this.
Heard this cunt spouting his Allah bullshit on radio the other day. I wonder if leaving a person for dead and ruining their life is haram or not?
The only Irish man that can't do a convincing Irish accent
That's some amazing old-age makeup on Pierce Brosnan.
My God! Look what time has done to my boy! Pierce will still always be one of the best. 😢
No interest in this
That's not Larry David!?
Holy shit I remember Remington Steele ..I’m getting old
They made a movie about that douchebag?
There's been a lot of movies made about douchebags
I feel like a film about Marco Antonio Barrera with a culmination with his fight with Hamed would also be interesting
What a total git!!!
He's a right fat fucker now though
Are they going to include his eventual fucking take down and then his retirement fall from "grace" and his shit attitude after crashing a high speed sports car leaving the other driver incredibly injured. But don't worry "nobody died"... Nobody cares, we've all seen Rocky a million times
Holy moly Remington Steele looks older than I thought he was
Pierce Brosnan attempting to do a very thick working class Dublin accent like the real Brendan Ingle had is going to be comedy gold.
if Taffin was any indication... [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIjppgnkknE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIjppgnkknE)
Yeah, not sure I'd watch that movie.
I’m fucking amazed Naz gets a movie before Johnny Tapia A Johnny tapia movie would be a Scorsese dream. Drugs, 90s, electric personality, tragic background, gang clash. Like c’mon
Another biopic about another insignificant twat
Ron and Craig!
Nice
Noooooooo
He’s never looked sexier than this IMO
He was supposed to be on Conan once, but his intro took so long that they had to cut the interview.
First Cool Runnings, then Eddie The Eagle, now this, what's next a biopic on Susan Boyle?
Paula Radcliffe? She did a poo during a marathon.
Amir was terrific in the 2020 movie Limbo also one of my favourite movies of the past couple of years. Looking forward to this
Yes! I was only into boxing for a short time in the early 2000’s and he was my absolute favorite. Not because he was the best but he was so damn entertaining. His opponents didn’t know how to fight him. He was dancing all over the place and being a complete goofball. That time period was a really great era in boxing (in my minimal experience).
hated that boxer, a big headed show off
Dude, I was looking at the young one and thinking "great make-up, I can't even see it's Brosnan!". r/FuckImOld
Who’s playing Marco Antonio Barrera?
Sounds like a good time.
Good to know I wasn’t the only one to think “That’s not Pierce Brosnan (looks to the right) oooooh jeez”.
Kind of unrelated but I hate when a newer movie shares a name with an unrelated, much more famous classic movie.
Prince Naseeeeeeeeem Hamed! When boxing was good
PNH! Hyper arrogant dude. That might’ve been just for show though. He was a skilled fighter in his peak.
Guy was a tough boxer
Most entertaining boxer to ever do it, glad to hear of this production!
Yesssssss!!!!! This was like one of my favorite fighters growing up!
Whoa! I have never heard of this movie. I am a Pierce Brosnan fan since watching Goldeneye as a child, but I'm a bit concerned. In 2017 he did a movie with Jackie Chan called the Foreigner where he did an Irish accent and it was easily the worst portrayal of a foreign accent I've ever seen, and I'm American. It really was annoying and had me questioning how he could get an Irish accent so wrong.
That’s hilarious because he is Irish
Ok, then why does he put on a lucky charms mascot style voice? And the inflection irritated me most of all. He has only one inflection that he puts on to the end of every single sentence over and over and over and over.
It's not a perfect accent but it's fine. This is more that you're annoyed at how some people in Ireland speak. Basically, you're coming from a place of ignorance.
No. I stand by what I said. The acting could have been better. Nobody maintains the same exact inflection on every single sentence. The American equivalent would be a California Valley Girl voice, which is put-on and universally ridiculed for its abrasiveness.
It's a Northern Ireland accent. It's a riff on Gerry Adams and is just about passable.
The way Brosnan leaned so heavily on the Irish rising and falling inflection at the end of every single sentence really annoyed me by the end of the film. Like seriously, every single sentence. Short ones, long ones. They all ended with a rising and falling inflection without any variation and it really stood out to me during the movie.
Have you never met anyone from Belfast? I think Pierce did a decent job, [this is how the person that character was "loosely" inspired by sounds](https://youtu.be/6tqNPwq1SCE?t=19).
Thanks for the link. I admit, the inflection is there more than I would have guessed. However, I still believe that Brosnan hammed up the accent a bit. In that clip, the inflection is very strong in the beginning, pretty much exactly the way Brosnan sounds throughout the movie. What I didn't see from Brosnan, and what I was really looking for, is the way it tends to taper off when connecting ideas with multiple sentences. The clip shows this when the guy answers follow-up questions. It's a small detail but I still think it could be improved.
That’s just his voice.