Barrera backs Hamed return

Mexican boxing legend Marco Antonio Barrera has backed Naseem Hamed’s stated intention to return to the ring nearly five years after outclassing the ’Prince’ in Las Vegas.

Hamed and Barrera greeted each other with a warm embrace when they met for the first time since their April 2001 clash at ringside for Ricky Hatton’s world light-welterweight title fight in Sheffield on Saturday.