Naseem Hamed
British boxer
نسيم حميد · ナジーム・ハメド
- Born
- 12 February 1974, Sheffield
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- featherweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
- Nickname
- Prince
- Recorded fight record
- 36 wins, 1 losses
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. 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.
Awards and honours
- International Boxing Hall of Fame 2015
- IBF World Featherweight Champion
- IBO World Featherweight Champion
- WBC World Featherweight Champion
- WBO World Featherweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1355898 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.