Naseem Hamed
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Naseem Hamed (Arabic: نسيم حميد; born 12 February 1974), nicknamed Prince Naseem and Naz, is a British-Yemeni[4] former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002.[5] He held multiple featherweight world championships between 1995 and 2000, and reigned as lineal champion from 1998 to 2001. He also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) featherweight title from 2002 to 2003, and the European bantamweight title from 1994 to 1995. In 2015, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The Ring magazine retroactively awarded Hamed their featherweight title in 2019 to acknowledge his dominance of the division and the multiple champions he defeated; he is the only former world champion in any division thus far to receive this honour.[6]
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Naseem Hamed | |
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Born | (1974-02-12) 12 February 1974 (age 50)[1] Sheffield, England |
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Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)[2][3] |
Reach | 63 in (160 cm)[2] |
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 37 |
Wins | 36 |
Wins by KO | 31 |
Losses | 1 |
Hamed was known for his unconventional boxing antics and spectacular ring entrances which included entering the ring on a flying carpet, a lift, and a palanquin, as well as re-enacting the video of Michael Jackson's Thriller, and wearing a Halloween mask. He was also known for his front somersault over the top rope into the ring, his highly athletic and hard-hitting southpaw boxing style, and formidable one-punch knockout power, having finished his career with a knockout-to-win ratio of 84%.[7][8] With his cocky persona and high-profile bouts he was a prominent figure in 1990s British pop culture, while Sean Ingle in The Guardian writes, "in his prime, Hamed was a global superstar".[9] A headliner on both sides of the Atlantic, Dan Rafael of ESPN writes, "one of the biggest stars in the sport, the guy sold out arenas before his opponent was even named."[10]
As of August 2023, BoxRec ranks Hamed as the 22nd greatest European pound-for-pound boxer of all time[11] and the 12th greatest British fighter of all time.[12] In 2016, ESPN ranked Hamed at number 22 on its list of the top 25 fighters, pound for pound, of the last 25 years.[13] World Boxing, a sister publication of The Ring magazine, ranked Hamed the 11th greatest British boxer of all time, and Gareth A. Davies of The Telegraph ranked him 10th.[14] The Ring also ranked Hamed the 46th greatest puncher of all time.[10]