“As a fighter, I recognise that the one thing we fight for is prizes. The one thing that motivates us is money. A lot of fighters do come back because of money. The biggest spur they have is financial, and thank God my finances were secure, and I didn't need to come back for that reason.”

British former professional boxer

Naseem Hamed, known as Naz and Prince Naseem, is a British former professional boxer active from 1992 to 2002. He became a major figure in featherweight boxing and held multiple world championships in the division between 1995 and 2000. Hamed also reigned as the lineal featherweight champion from 1998 to 2001. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2015, and in 2019 The Ring retroactively awarded him its featherweight title in recognition of his dominance and the champions he defeated.