Prince Naseem jailed.

I just heard that Naseem was going to be jailed. I bet if he was in the U.S. he would have just gotten a slap on the wrist. Definitely no jail time. He probably would have been allowed to keep his license as well. Athletes literally get away with murder over here. Will he really serve the whole 15 months in jail? Or can he get out early for good behavior? I am not sure how the law works in England.

Maybe this whole incident will force the Prince to start boxing again. He has got to be running low on funds. I know he has spent a fortune on Bentley's over the years. Also I am guessing he will be paying the victim some serious money for the car crash as well(although again maybe that is a U.S. thing). I was so disappointed with his fight against Barerra. It was as if the Prince didn't even try. We had a massive party for that fight and we promoted it to all of our friends. We had close to 50 people in a basement all pumped to see a great fight and the Prince didn't come out swinging. I was pissed.

 

So glad about that.

The guy was a gobby dickhead, fought people weaker than him and lost when he met his match (Barerra).

He can't drive either .....didnt he destroy a ferrari whilst on a test run a while back??

 

A lesson learnt.
Plus he won't be eating as many pies or cakes in the slammer, so may do him some good.

 

Couldn't have said it better ;-)

 

Probably not. He should be out after thirty weeks with good behaviour.

 

Hopefully hammed will end up loosing whats left of the money he made boxing

Always thought he was a smarmy dickhead.....guess we were all proved right

 

I presume you are refering to OJ Simpson - that trial baffled everyone. Are there other examples?

I believe that Prince Naseem originally denied that he was driving the car at the time of the accident. I don't think anyone believed him for a minute but I would have retained a tiny bit of respect for him if he had taken this on the chin.

 

good there are some normal judges after all

 

Jason Williams was an NBA basketball player who shot his limo driver accidently. He originally said he had nothing to do with the shooting. I also think he had been drinking. He was found not guilty but he may be charged again. There have been instances were sports stars in the US have been involved in serious car accidents, been drunk and never went to jail. A St. Louis Ram football player who comes to mind is Leonard Little. He killed someone when he was drunk driving. I don't believe he did any jail time. Oh and he was caught driving while intoxicated again 6 years later- still no jail time.

Go to this link to read about how a few other US Athletes were treated after they screwed up.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/writers/mike_fish/10/08/furcal.jail/index.html

 

No, hopefully he won't. Hopefully he'll do his time, learn his lesson, compensate the other driver handsomely without bankrupting himself and then everyone can move on.

He worked for years to achieve what he did & I don't see why he should be reduced to a pauper because he made a mistake. He's paying for that & reports are that he's fairly philosophical about it. Fair enough.

I noticed that there was no immediate announcement of an appeal either. Maybe there will be one in due course but I half suspect not.

Proved right about what exactly????

I.

(who was never a great fan of PNH, but just recognises that he was good at what he did).

 

That arrogant,cocky ---hole deserves to be in prison...

 

very accurate description of him


should of got longer for running away and leaving the poor bloke for dead in the golf

 

I didn't know he ran away?

The police said that they were Looking for a man in tassled leopard skin shorts ;-)

 

It woud be interesting to know if the Golf/Mondeo driver think the punishment fits the crime.

I wouldnt wish ill on anyone, but driving like that, the guy is clearly a fool and deserves to have the book thrown at him, regardless of what we may think of the image he's built of himself through the media. That Golf driver sound like he's lucky to have escaped with his life. I wonder if Hamed will make any sort of gestures of good will the the guys involved? Like Iain above, I wouldnt want to see him bankrupt, but it would be nice for him to acknowledge his odvious wrong doing.

All the best
Jamie

 

Funny Prince Naz interview from a while back:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3G_vmGU-ooA&search=naseem%20hamed

lol

 

I feel sorry for the innocent victims - another example of a piece of dross from the gutter with a surfeit of cash and insufficient IQ to use it wisely. He should be banned for life.

 

I was never a fan of this arrogant man,but when he was in his prime,he wasnt too bad to watch in the ring. Entertaining to watch,but his boxing skills were very very average. And he was just plain lucky to get where he got in the ring IMO. Do the crime,do the time Prince Naseem!! Im sure he will be someones little "prince" in jail hehehehe

 

With the legal system as it is I would doubt that he would make any gestures. The compensation lawyers will be circling like vultures - he probably won't want to make their job any easier.

 

Is he in Al-Qaeda by chance ?

 

Don't feel pissed. He never really had what it took to be a great champ as Barrera proved me right about him, just a lucky boxer who fought no talent fighters and when true talent presented itself...well, as you said "didn't come out swinging", cause he couldn't. Seems like the Prince is nothing more than a Peasant

 

So did you catch the Ricky Hatton fight on saturday night(sunday morningfor you guys)? He had a tougher fight then many anticipated. He also fought a south paw so that didn't help. I hope he can come back strong for his next fight.