By Oscar Pick NOTHING was off limits for Prince Naseem Hamed. He enthralled fans with astonishing ring entrances, humiliated opponents with outrageous spells of showboating and captivated the world’s media with his natural charm and charisma: a true showman. Most importantly, though, Naz was an exceptionally talented boxer. Few fighters have successfully mirrored his elusive … Read more
By Elliot Worsell AT the start of April 2001, it would be no exaggeration to say Great Britain boasted the best heavyweight in the world, the best featherweight in the world, and two of the biggest stars in boxing in the shape of Lennox Lewis and ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed. Lewis, at that stage, was WBC … Read more
By Elliot Worsell (PART I of The Intervention: Froch vs. Groves can be found here; PART II, meanwhile, can be found here) AFTER Chapter VI NO longer alone, with him both surrounded and human again it is almost impossible to tell whether the boxer on the plastic chair has won or lost. The slight cut … Read more
