My career was a gift that I’m very happy about. I loved every step of it. I was blessed. I won all the titles and put my stamp on the sport. Naseem Hamed Read Quote
During my career, there were times we were inseparable, and I can honestly say that if it were not for Brendan Ingle, I would not have achieved all I did in the sport of boxing. Naseem Hamed Read Quote
I lit up the Middle East when I lit up the world in the 1990s and gave people here something to be proud of. Naseem Hamed Read Quote
When you are challenging for the world title, you’ve got to go into the lion’s den to try and rip that belt away from the champion. Naseem Hamed Read Quote
My parents brought me up to speak the way I speak, to hold my head up high, to know wrong from right and to have manners. Naseem Hamed Read Quote
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. Naseem Hamed Read Quote
I remember when Muhammad Ali got beaten the first time. I remember when Lennox Lewis got beaten the first time, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson. All of those were legendary fighters, and they came back, and that’s what made them different – what they did after they got beat. Naseem Hamed Read Quote
