By PAT SHEEHAN
Naseem Hamed has told buddy Amir Khan: There will only ever be one Prince - and that's me!
Hamed was ringside in Manchester when Khan, 22, took the WBA world light-welterweight title from Andreas Kotelnik with a sensational performance.
But the ex-WBO world super-featherweight champ insisted Khan would never take his place.
There is a huge picture of Hamed on the wall at Khan's gym in Bolton.
Hamed said: "If I was him, I'd have a picture of me up too because I'm a great inspiration.
"Amir Khan is Amir Khan. He's a great fighter but Prince Naseem brought something completely different to any other fighter in the whole world.
"I still look back at the early 1990s and think 'Boy, that confidence just came out in me - and it was fantastic.
"I don't see anything remotely like me in boxing past or future."
© 2009 News Group Newspapers Ltd. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited.
Naseem Hamed has told buddy Amir Khan: There will only ever be one Prince - and that's me!
Hamed was ringside in Manchester when Khan, 22, took the WBA world light-welterweight title from Andreas Kotelnik with a sensational performance.
But the ex-WBO world super-featherweight champ insisted Khan would never take his place.
There is a huge picture of Hamed on the wall at Khan's gym in Bolton.
Hamed said: "If I was him, I'd have a picture of me up too because I'm a great inspiration.
"Amir Khan is Amir Khan. He's a great fighter but Prince Naseem brought something completely different to any other fighter in the whole world.
"I still look back at the early 1990s and think 'Boy, that confidence just came out in me - and it was fantastic.
"I don't see anything remotely like me in boxing past or future."
© 2009 News Group Newspapers Ltd. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited.
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