Prince Naseem's son, Aadam Hamed, turned his back on a life of luxury to follow in his dad's boxing footsteps.
After electing not to have an amateur career, Hamed made his professional boxing debut on Saturday evening – on the undercard of the Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois clash.
Hamed made light work of his opponent, 17-year-old Vojtech Hrdy, stopping the Czech fighter in the first rounder after he backed him up into a corner, unleashing a flurry of blows.
Hrdy's corner threw in the towel – however, on only the second attempt, having missed the ring the first time – to hand Hamed his first victory.
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Prince Naseem was once a boxing superstar, and he was successful in his younger days, Forbes declared him as Britain's richest young sportsman in 2001 – ahead of Alan Shearer and David Beckham.
However, Prince Naseem walked away from the sweet science at just 28-years-old, with the ambition of spending more time with his young family.
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With his millions, Prince Naseem brought his family up in the affluent Virginia Water, a village initially devised as a royal leisure park given its proximity to Windsor Castle.
It was here that Aadam grew up, with staff cleaning around him, silk pyjamas, and expensive trips abroad. Some of this luxurious lifestyle can still be seen on his social media.
In one snap, Aadam is dining out at GAL Dubai with his younger brother Sol – a Turkish restaurant that features dishes in access of £800 where a simple Margherita pizza costs almost £25.
While in another picture, Aadam is causally feeding a lioness a slab of meat.
However, he decided to turn his back on that life and build a flat-pack bed in a room above a Birmingham boxing gym so he could train three times each day. Speaking to BoxingNewsOnline, he said: "That moment came when I was about 17 or 16.
"I always knew how to throw hands because of having a pops like my dad, you’re always going to learn to fight as a kid.
"He never wanted us to do it, he said ‘I’ve done it for you and I’ve put my stamp on the sport so you don’t need to’.
"But you get to a certain age and you realise what you want to do as a man and I knew this was it as soon as I walked in the gym.”
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