What would Naseem Hamed say to the late Brendan Ingle if he were alive today?

The champion boxer and his mentor had been inseparable for years at Sheffield's Wincobank gym, as Hamed developed into one of the most explosive and entertaining fighters in world history.

But, as the new film 'Giant' explores, the relationship ended in rancour.

Ingle had always demanded 25 per cent of Naz's purse, which the younger man found "ridiculous."

Eventually, they went their separate ways. Naz's career ended in 2002 and Brendan passed away in 2018.

There was never a reconciliation.

The multiple featherweight world champion regrets he never had the chance to sort things out face-to-face.

In a 'High Performance Podcast' interview last week, the 51-year-old millionaire delved into an unusual level of detail.

"If he was in the room right now, I'd have said what I wanted to say, that I was planning to say, when he was alive and trying to get hold of him for over five years before he passed", he said.

"And that would have been: 'Brendan, we're older now. We're wiser now. Don't hold anything against me of how much I upset you.

" 'And I won't hold anything against you of how much you upset me.

" 'Let's clear the air. I was with you for 18 years as your best fighter, your memorable fighter that made that gym - that gave the name not only to the gym but to Sheffield and to Yorkshire.' "

There was a different tone in an interview he gave to talkSPORT this month.

Referring to Ingle, he insisted: "One of the main, biggest things for him was about the money. He was so money-oriented, money-motivated.

"And all he'd be talking about is money...I just got to the point where I thought this guy's true intention - it's money."

Naz referenced the agreement over future earnings that he made with Ingle at the tender age of 11.

Naz recalled a statement from Brendan, which went: "You give me 10 million once you make 40 million", in other words, a 25 per cent stake.

He said that was a "ridiculous" amount to request.

Naz said: "The fact of that alone shows you who that man is. I am not here to tear him down. If that's the way you are, that's the way you are."

Naz said at the time of their parting, Brendan was "the highest paid trainer in the world.

"I was paying him more than any other fighter was paying their trainer, especially in the 90s.

"But sometimes it is never enough, is it? It is never enough for some people."

Hamed said he wasn't happy with the way the relationship was portrayed in the film.

In the High Performance pod, he suggested 80-90 per cent of the film was inaccurate, but he would exploit publicity around the film to bring out his own documentary series, made by Mark Wahlberg, the American actor.

The film had: "Loads of stuff missing, the truth of what really happened and the relationship between us - it barely scratched the surface."

He said he couldn't understand where the film director had got some scenes from.

As for the movie's depiction of racial hate against him and his Yemeni family: "The film goes on about it a little bit from the beginning. But it wasn't as bad as they make it out to be. I didn't face so much racism."

In the talkSPORT chat, he doubted whether Hollywood icon Sylvester Stallone had been among the executive producers, as has been stated by writer and director Rowan Athale.

His own eventual documentary was "going to be 100 per cent true...exactly how it happened."