Amir Khan

Amir Khan




Statistics

Real name Amir Iqbal Khan

Nickname(s) King Khan

The Pride Of Bolton

Lightning Khan



Rated at 139.5 lb (63.3 kg; 9.96 st)

Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Nationality English

Birth date 8 December 1986 (1986-12-08) (age 24)

Birth place Bolton, Greater Manchester, England

Stance Regular

Boxing record

Total fights 25

Wins 24

Wins by KO 17

Losses 1

Draws 0

No contests 0

Olympic medal record

Men's boxing

Silver 2004 Athens Lightweight



Amir Iqbal Khan (Urdu: امیر اقبال خان) (born 8 December 1986 in Bolton, Greater Manchester[1]) is a British boxer of Pakistani origin, and currently the WBA World light welterweight champion. Khan won the belt at the age of 22, making him Britain's third-youngest world champion after Naseem Hamed and Herbie Hide.



He was previously in the lightweight division, where he held the Commonwealth, WBO Inter-Continental and WBA International titles. He also became the youngest British Olympic boxing medallist when he won silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics at the age of 17. He is commonly known by the nickname "King Khan".[2][3]



Contents [hide]

1 Personal life

2 Amateur career

3 Professional career

3.1 Lightweight (2005–2007)

3.2 Lightweight (2008–2009)

3.2.1 Khan vs. Barrera

3.3 Light welterweight (2009–present)

3.3.1 Khan vs. Kotelnik

3.3.2 Khan vs. Salita

3.3.3 Khan vs. Malignaggi

3.3.4 Khan vs. Maidana

4 Outside boxing

4.1 Charitable and community work

4.2 Media

4.3 Motoring offences and incidents

5 Titles

6 Trainers

7 Record

7.1 Amateur

8 Professional boxing record

9 See also

10 References

11 External links



[edit] Personal life

Khan, a British Pakistani, was born and raised in Bolton, England. His family originate from Matore,Kahuta in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.[4]



As well as speaking English, Khan also speaks Urdu and Pothohari/Punjabi. He was educated at Smithills School in Bolton,[5] and Bolton Community College. Khan has two sisters and one brother, Haroon Khan, who is an amateur boxer.[6] His first cousin is the English cricketer Sajid Mahmood. As well as boxing, Khan enjoys playing sports such as football, basketball and cricket.[7] He is an avid supporter of his local football club, Bolton Wanderers, and uses the club's training facilities.



Khan is a practicing Muslim.[8]