Boxing: Former world featherweight champion Naseem Hamed was jailed for 15 months today after he admitted dangerous driving following a crash in his £300,000 sports car.
The flamboyant fighter destroyed his McLaren-Mercedes near one of his Sheffield homes in May last year in a collision which left another man with fractures to "every major bone in his body".
The former WBO world featherweight champion was jailed today at Sheffield's Crown Court.
The 32-year-old, of Wyvern Gardens, Dore, Sheffield, was involved in the crash while overtaking on Ringinglow Road, on the edge of the Peak District, on May 2, 2005.
Hamed was also banned from driving for four years.
Hamed had a rapid rise as a boxer in the 1990s. He was born in Sheffield to Yemeni parents and soon made a name for himself with his confident style as much as his devastating early performances.
He won the world title in 1995 and was awarded an MBE in 1999. Hamed remained unbeaten until 2001 when he lost to Mexico's Marco Antonio Barrera.