Hamed could stay retired. But staying retired only gives his naysayers a reason to hate on him. They say that Barerra forced him to retire the same way they say Vitali Klit forcing Lennox Lewis(also a Brit) to retire, though both are untrue it remains, the difference is that people still think that Lennox Lewis at 39 could dominate the Heavyweights while Hamed at 33 they say couldn't, if he came back and was successful at defeating the super featherweights or a champ of the super featherweighrs and retires on that, there are no more questions, but I wouldn't be 100 percent confident unless he goes back to Ingle and not just fighting on memory.