Naseem hamed wife

Though few remember his legacy now, there was once a 5-foot-5-inch British Yemeni who shook up the boxing world in the 1990s. Naseem Hamed, known as “the Prince,” was as recognizable as Michael Jordan, feted by talk show hosts like Jay Leno and fawned over by P. Diddy. Now, only boxing aficionados see how Hamed inspired the bombastic showmanship of Tyson Fury, Conor McGregor, Israel Adesanya and Mick Conlan. Hamed redefined boxing not only through his exceptional skills, but also because he turned pugilism into show business in all its fistic glory. He was, rightly, inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2015. However, another facet of his identity is often ignored. Hamed, an Arab, was a cultural icon who helped shape the identity of the British South Asian diaspora. He also offered an alternative model for those of us who found that identity too reductive in an increasingly multicultural country. For a brief moment in the pre-9/11 world, Hamed became an argument for what multiculturalism could look like and, later,

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