PRINCE Naseem Hamed looks well above his 9st fighting weight as he is pictured coming out of a cafe.
The former featherweight world champion posed for pictures with fans and appeared to be in good spirits.
A number of people spotted Hamed, 44, and asked him for photos after he had finished eating lunch in Surrey.
Hall-of-famer Hamed retired at just 28 with his last fight coming against Manuel Calvo in 2002.
He boasts an almost impeccable record of 36-1.
Only Mexican great Marco Antonio Barrera was able to stop him in his tracks with a unanimous points decision win in Las Vegas in 2001.
During Hamed’s career he held the WBO, IBF and WBC featherweight titles.
Looking back at his decision to retire, Hamed said: “I just felt at that particular time in my life in 2002, after winning the fifth world title belt, I just thought: why not be one of the smart ones in boxing?
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“I remember hearing Sugar Ray Leonard saying he’d had his time in the sun and I really did have mine.
“I felt that after 21 years of being in the gym it wasn’t anything to do with pressure because I never felt any. It was more of a routine thing.
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“Being a fighter is no joke. Year in and year out. Especially as a world champion. All eyes are on you and you can’t go where you want, eat what you want.
“When I used to leave behind my wife and kids for a nine-week training camp, I felt it.
“I had young children and I was leaving them literally weeks of them being born.
“By the time I got back, they’d tripled in age!”
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