“I want to be remembered as the man who changed the pay scale for featherweights, who put the sparkle back in boxing after Muhammad Ali left, the man who took risks with his ring entrance, the man who, before the fight, would do a front flip into the ring without even thinking about turning an ankle, and then knocking his man out. I mean out.”

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.