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My Take
Prince Naseem Hamed is one of those athletes I find impossible to look away from. A 165 cm featherweight from Sheffield who somersaulted over the ropes on his way in, he turned a so-called minor weight class into must-see global theatre. Plenty dismissed the showmanship as arrogance, but I see a genuine star who understood that boxing is part sport, part spectacle. In just a decade, from 1992 to 2002, he stacked up multiple world titles before bowing out, and his 2015 Hall of Fame induction sealed it. I admire fighters who burn bright and brief, and Naz did exactly that.
Overview
Naseem "Naz" Hamed (Arabic: نسيم حميد; born 12 February 1974), nicknamed Prince Naseem, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002. He held multiple featherweight world championships between 1995 and 2000, and reigned as lineal champion from 1998 to 2001. In 2015, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Naseem Hamed
- Name (Japanese)
- ナジーム・ハメド
- Reading
- なじーむ・はめど
- Born
- February 12, 1974 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 165 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- boxer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- WBO World Featherweight Champion
- 2015 International Boxing Hall of Fame
- WBC World Featherweight Champion
- IBF World Featherweight Champion
- IBO World Featherweight Champion
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Boxer — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.