Prince Naseem Hamed Again VICTORIOUS [Archives:1999/43/Front Page]

DETROIT-USA: Hamed did it again. With his tough win against Cesar Soto last Friday at 5:30pm Detroit time, the prince obtained his 33rd win by unanimous decision after 12 rounds with the results from the three judges as follows: 114-110, 115-110, and 116-108. Obviously, all judgements favored Hamed. 
Hence he successfully retained his title for the 13th time, and pulled the WBC featherweight title away from Mexico’s Cesar Soto. 
Now Hamed has added the most prestigious world title belt to his collection after a hard struggle fight that was described as “ugly”. 
Friday’s world championship rumble also marked Hamed’s debut under the guidance of Detroit’s hall-of-fame trainer Emanuel Steward of the legendary Kronk Gym. 
Despite the win, many were a bit disappointed with how the match went along. Hamed was not able to preserve the highest standards of sportsmanship resulting in the loss of 2 points on penalties in the 5th round. 
The good news is that the Prince has started realizing that he should take into account the formalities of boxing in an orthodox style to keep him strong in defense. 
Despite the ugliness of the match, Yemen celebrated this spectacular win of Hamed, a Yemeni from the town of Rada’.
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