Amir Khan (boxer)
Amir Iqbal Khan is a British professional boxer. He is a former unified light-welterweight world champion. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2004 Olympics. He also held the WBA title from 2009 to 2012, and the IBF title in 2011. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth lightweight title from 2007 to 2008. In 2017, Khan appeared on the seventeenth series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
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Amir Iqbal Khan is a British professional boxer. He is a former unified light-welterweight world champion. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2004 Olympics. He also held the WBA title from 2009 to 2012, and the IBF title in 2011. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth lightweight title from 2007 to 2008. In 2017, Khan appeared on the seventeenth series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! He was the highest-paid contestant in the history of the show. Khan is the first cousin of English cricketer Sajid Mahmood, related through a paternal grandfather, Lal Khan Janjua, who moved to England after being discharged from the Pakistan Army. He has two sisters and one brother, Haroon ‘Harry’ Khan, who is also a boxer. Khan has his own charity organisation, Amir Khan Foundation, and is a member of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order, along with being an active supporter of the Muslim Writers Awards. He was born and raised in Bolton, Greater Manchester, to a Punjabi Rajput family with roots in Matore village of Kahuta Tehsil, located in Rawalpindi district of the Punjab, Pakistan. Khan was educated at Smithills School in Bolton and Bolton Community College. He won a gold medal at the European Student Championships in Lithuania, and a world junior lightweight title after fighting five times in seven days. Khan began to box competitively at the age of 11, with early honours including three English school titles, three junior ABA titles, and gold at the 2003 Junior Olympics.
Khan lost in the final to Mario Kindelán, the Cuban who had also beaten him several months earlier in the pre-Olympic match-ups in Greece. In 2005, he avenged the two losses by beating the 34-year-old Kindelan in his last amateur fight. He made his professional debut against David Bailey in July 2005. By 2006, his fights were averaging between 6 million and 7 million viewers on ITV. Khan won his first regional title on 14 July 2007, beating Willie Limond at The O2 Arena to become Commonwealth lightweight champion. On 2 February 2008, Khan was scheduled to fight Martin Kristjansen, but illness forced the Dane to withdraw. Instead, Khan had to defend his Commonwealth title against late replacement Gairy Stairy St Clair at the ExCel Arena, London. It was his first fight as number one contender for the WBO lightweight title. Following the fight, Khan split from his trainer Oliver Harrison, dropping him three times for all three rounds. He then went on to win the WBC Silver welterweight title in 2016. Khan’s last fight was on 5 April 2008, when he beat WBO title contender Martin KristJansen, dropping the Dane three times in the seventh round to force a technical stoppage.
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