Ex-boxing champ jailed over crash

FORMER world boxing champion Naseem Hamed was jailed for 15 months yesterday after he admitted dangerous driving following a horrific crash in his €470,000 sports car.

Ex-boxing champ jailed over crash

The sportsman wrecked his Mercedes McLaren near one of his Sheffield homes in May last year in a high-speed, head-on collision near a blind dip in the road which left another man with fractures to “every major bone in his body”.

The former WBA world featherweight champion took a “stupid risk” whilst showing off his powerful sports car, Sheffield Crown Court heard yesterday.

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