I carried the WBO belt for five years and defended it 15 times against 10 world champions.
“I carried the WBO belt for five years and defended it 15 times against 10 world champions.”
— Naseem Hamed · Belt
The World Motivation
I carried the WBO belt for five years and defended it 15 times against 10 world champions.
“I carried the WBO belt for five years and defended it 15 times against 10 world champions.”
— Naseem Hamed · Belt
I carried the WBO belt for five years and defended it 15 times against 10 world champions.
In Arabic, 'Naseem' means a gentle breeze. But inside the guy's a monster.
I'm going to take Barrera out in devastating style with unbelievably hard shots. He's tailor-made for me, and I will fit him with a suit to wear on the canvas.
When I get knocked down, I'm going to get up and knock you down - and I'm going to hurt you.
As a fighter, I recognise that the one thing we fight for is prizes. The one thing that motivates us is money. A lot of fighters do come back because of money. The biggest spur they have is financial, and thank God my finances were secure, and I didn't need to come back for that reason.
I've been to all the Dhaams, Tirupati, Shirdi, most of the temples in the Northern belt, but I go there for religious reasons. Pilgrimages are not my idea of fun!
I defended my Strikeforce belt twice, and you didn't see me lose any of my intensity, drive, or motivation. That's just the way I am. I will always be hungry.
I never stopped thinking about the Alamo from that day to this. I'm a huge collector of memorabilia. I've got Davy Crockett's bullet pouch. I've got Colonel Travis's belt.
It's vital to get something useful under your belt early doors.
I'm going to win the belt at middleweight and I'm going to go up to 205 and win the belt there after I dominate the middleweight division for a little bit - that will happen.