Bumped into this guy a couple of times in the last month which prompted me to go back and re-watch a couple of his fights. Was always one of my favourite fighters to watch as you (and his opponent) knew that at any given moment he could render his man unconcious. A good example is Takaloo. Takaloo has him hurt with a body shot and moves in for the kill. Big mistake, the ref doesn't even bothor with the count. He just roles him onto his side and gets the paramedics in there! What an exciting fighter and certainly up there with Hamed as one of the hardest punching (p4p) brits to ever lace up gloves. Nice bloke to chat to as well and gave a lot of his time to talk to a pissed me at Bunce Live. Bunce described him as 'hit or be hit' which I think is what made him exciting. Long live Alexander The Great!!!
In terms of fighters that banged out domestic level talent he must be the best. But there are others who knocked out better fighters in similarly destructive fashion. I have no hesitation in rating Hamed as the hardest British puncher P4P
Darren Dyer could bang, but the only ones comparible at his level were Ensley Bingham and perhaps Crawford Ashley.
I heard it in an interview years ago when he was asked who hit him the hardest he said " A man from Leicester, England called Tony Sibson"