In a career spanning 10 years and 3 months, Naseem Hamed fought 37 times with 36 wins and a single loss. By his last professional fight on May 18, 2002, Hamed's boxing record stood at 36-1 (31 KO wins).
WBC | IBF | WBO |
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FT w1 d0 | FT w1 d2 | FT w1 d15 |
Naseem Hamed (Prince) is a retired British professional boxer. He was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England on February 12, 1974. Hamed made his professional boxing debut at the age of 18 on February 14, 1992. He is a former featherweight world champion. He is 48 years old, and will be turning 49 in 8 days. Hamed is a Hall of Famer.
Total Fights | 37 |
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Wins | 36 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 31 |
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Total Title Wins | 3 |
Title Defenses | 15 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 14 |
Losses via KO | 0 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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37 | May 18, 2002 | 28 | Manuel Calvo | Win | UD |
36 | Apr 7, 2001 | 27 | Marco Antonio Barrera | Loss | UD |
35 | Aug 19, 2000 | 26 | Augie Sanchez | Win | TKO4 |
34 | Mar 11, 2000 | 26 | Vuyani Bungu | Win | TKO4 |
33 | Oct 22, 1999 | 25 | César Soto | Win | UD |
32 | Apr 10, 1999 | 25 | Paul Ingle | Win | TKO11 |
31 | Oct 31, 1998 | 24 | Wayne McCullough | Win | UD |
30 | Apr 18, 1998 | 24 | Wilfredo Vázquez | Win | TKO7 |
29 | Dec 19, 1997 | 23 | Kevin Kelley | Win | KO4 |
28 | Oct 11, 1997 | 23 | Jose Badillo | Win | TKO7 |
27 | Jul 19, 1997 | 23 | Juan Gerardo Cabrera | Win | TKO2 |
26 | May 3, 1997 | 23 | Billy Hardy | Win | TKO1 |
25 | Feb 8, 1997 | 22 | Tom Johnson | Win | TKO8 |
24 | Nov 9, 1996 | 22 | Remigio Molina | Win | TKO2 |
23 | Aug 31, 1996 | 22 | Manuel Medina | Win | RTD11 |
22 | Jun 8, 1996 | 22 | Daniel Alicea | Win | TKO2 |
21 | Mar 16, 1996 | 22 | Said Lawal | Win | KO1 |
20 | Sep 30, 1995 | 21 | Steve Robinson | Win | TKO8 |
19 | Jul 1, 1995 | 21 | Juan Polo Perez | Win | KO2 |
18 | May 6, 1995 | 21 | Enrique Angeles | Win | KO2 |
17 | Mar 4, 1995 | 21 | Sergio Rafael Liendo | Win | KO2 |
16 | Jan 21, 1995 | 20 | Armando Castro | Win | KO4 |
15 | Nov 19, 1994 | 20 | Laureano Ramírez | Win | TKO3 |
14 | Oct 12, 1994 | 20 | Freddy Cruz | Win | TKO6 |
13 | Aug 17, 1994 | 20 | Antonio Picardi | Win | TKO3 |
12 | May 11, 1994 | 20 | Vincenzo Belcastro | Win | UD |
11 | Apr 9, 1994 | 20 | John Miceli | Win | KO1 |
10 | Jan 29, 1994 | 19 | Peter Buckley | Win | TKO4 |
9 | Sep 24, 1993 | 19 | Chris Clarkson | Win | KO2 |
8 | May 26, 1993 | 19 | Kevin Jenkins | Win | TKO3 |
7 | Feb 24, 1993 | 19 | Alan Ley | Win | KO2 |
6 | Nov 12, 1992 | 18 | Peter Buckley | Win | PTS |
5 | Oct 7, 1992 | 18 | Des Gargano | Win | KO4 |
4 | Jul 14, 1992 | 18 | Miguel Matthews | Win | TKO3 |
3 | May 23, 1992 | 18 | Andrew Bloomer | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Apr 25, 1992 | 18 | Shaun Norman | Win | KO2 |
1 | Feb 14, 1992 | 18 | Ricky Beard | Win | KO2 |
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Naseem Hamed's professional boxing career spanned more than 10 years — from 1992 to 2002.
Hamed made his debut against Ricky Beard at the age of 18 on February 14, 1992, defeating Beard via 2nd round KO. He went on to win 34 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 30 wins via stoppage.
Hamed had his first world title fight at the age of 21 on September 30, 1995 after 19 professional fights, against Steve Robinson for the featherweight WBO title. He defeated Robinson via 8th round TKO to become the featherweight champion of the world.
He was a two-time unified featherweight world champion, and has won three world titles at featherweight. For all the details about Hamed's world title wins and defenses refer to "Naseem Hamed World Titles".
Some of Hamed's best fights and notable victories include wins over Vuyani Bungu, Wilfredo Vázquez, Billy Hardy, Juan Gerardo Cabrera, Remigio Molina, Tom Johnson, and Daniel Alicea.
Naseem Hamed had just a single loss in his professional boxing career. He suffered his first loss against Marco Antonio Barrera via 12 round unanimous decision on April 7, 2001, which ended his 35-fight win streak. Barrera is the only boxer to beat Hamed. For more details about this defeat, refer to "All of Naseem Hamed's losses".
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Manuel Calvo on May 18, 2002. Hamed won the fight via 12 round unanimous decision. It's been 20 years, 8 months, and 17 days since this fight.
Hamed retired from professional boxing with a record of 36-1, which included 31 knockout wins, and 3 title wins. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2015.
Naseem Hamed fought a total of 37 times during his professional career. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some incredible performances. These nine fights are the highlight of his career.
A 21-year old Naseem Hamed (19-0, 17 KO) had his first world title fight against Steve Robinson for Robinson's WBO featherweight belt.
Hamed defeated Robinson via 8th round TKO to win the WBO featherweight title.A 22-year old Naseem Hamed (20-0, 18 KO) faced Said Lawal in a featherweight title defense fight.
Hamed defeated Lawal via 1st round KO to retain the WBO featherweight title.A 22-year old Naseem Hamed (21-0, 19 KO) faced Daniel Alicea in a featherweight title defense fight.
Hamed defeated Alicea via 2nd round TKO to retain the WBO featherweight title.A 22-year old Naseem Hamed (23-0, 21 KO) faced Remigio Molina in a featherweight title defense fight.
Hamed defeated Molina via 2nd round TKO to retain the WBO featherweight title.A 23-year old Naseem Hamed (25-0, 23 KO) faced Billy Hardy in a featherweight title defense fight.
Hamed defeated Hardy via 1st round TKO to retain the IBF and WBO featherweight titles.A 23-year old Naseem Hamed (26-0, 24 KO) faced Juan Gerardo Cabrera in a featherweight title defense fight.
Hamed defeated Cabrera via 2nd round TKO to retain the IBF and WBO featherweight titles.A 23-year old Naseem Hamed (28-0, 26 KO) faced Kevin Kelley, who was 30 years old with a record of 47-1-2 in a featherweight title defense fight. Kelley was on a five-fight win streak with 32 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 17 cm reach advantage over Hamed.
Hamed defeated Kelley via 4th round KO to retain the WBO featherweight title.
A 24-year old Naseem Hamed (29-0, 27 KO) faced Wilfredo Vázquez, who was 37 years old with a record of 50-7-2 in a featherweight title defense fight. Vázquez was on a eight-fight win streak with 37 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Vázquez had a 1 cm reach advantage over Hamed.
Hamed defeated Vázquez via 7th round TKO to retain the WBO featherweight title.
A 26-year old Naseem Hamed (33-0, 29 KO) faced Vuyani Bungu, who was 33 years old with a record of 37-2 in a featherweight title defense fight. Bungu was on a 18-fight win streak with 19 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 5 cm reach advantage over Hamed.
Hamed defeated Bungu via 4th round TKO to retain the WBO featherweight title.
Some of Hamed's best wins were against Vuyani Bungu, Wilfredo Vázquez, Billy Hardy, Juan Gerardo Cabrera, Remigio Molina, Tom Johnson, and Daniel Alicea.
Hamed knocked out 31 of his 37 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 83.8%. Of his total 36 wins, 31 of them were via KO (86.1%).
Hamed had just a single loss in his professional boxing career. He suffered his first loss against Marco Antonio Barrera via 12 round unanimous decision on April 7, 2001, which ended his 35-fight win streak. Barrera is the only boxer to beat Hamed.