Hamed Vs Kelley-Already 10 years since they tore up the MSG!
Posted: 18 Dec 2007, 16:25
Hard to believe a whole decade has hurtled by since those grand days...
What a bombing match that was! Naz initally troubled by Kelley's lighting fast Borgia-trained hands, then that out-of-the-blue right that decked Kevin, the ensuing nuclear war where they tried to outright decapitate the other, then in the 3rd Kelley inexplicably started loading up on his shots, enabling Naz to duck them all, and in the last minute Hamed rediscovered the power that earned him his titles. And of course, the end was nigh in the 4th.
I have to say, from a purists point of view, the fight was sloppy pugilism on both sides, if either man had kept his cool and boxed, he'd have won.
But WHAT a slugfest!! :)
Yes, 19/12/1997...that date will live on in the hearts of Boxing fans forever.
What a bombing match that was! Naz initally troubled by Kelley's lighting fast Borgia-trained hands, then that out-of-the-blue right that decked Kevin, the ensuing nuclear war where they tried to outright decapitate the other, then in the 3rd Kelley inexplicably started loading up on his shots, enabling Naz to duck them all, and in the last minute Hamed rediscovered the power that earned him his titles. And of course, the end was nigh in the 4th.
I have to say, from a purists point of view, the fight was sloppy pugilism on both sides, if either man had kept his cool and boxed, he'd have won.
But WHAT a slugfest!! :)
Yes, 19/12/1997...that date will live on in the hearts of Boxing fans forever.
