Naseem Hamed
Naseem Hamed, nicknamed Prince Naseem and Naz, 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. The Ring magazine awarded Hamed an honorary 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.
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- Born
- 1974-02-12
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- 12 February 1974
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- male
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- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Sheffield
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- boxer
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1974 birthsBantamweight boxersBoxers from SheffieldEnglish male boxersEnglish MuslimsEnglish people of Yemeni descentEuropean Boxing Union championsInternational Boxing Federation championsInternational Boxing Hall of Fame inducteesInternational Boxing Organization championsLiving peoplePeople stripped of a British Commonwealth honour