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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Khan was born and raised in [[Bolton]], [[England]], in a [[British Pakistani]] family. He belongs to renowned [[Janjua]] family of [[Matore]] a village of [[Kahuta]] in [[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>[http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/books/amir-khan-s-journey-to-fame-1.40403 "Amir Khan's journey to fame"], gulfnews.com, 11 April 2008</ref>
Khan was born and raised in [[Bolton]], [[England]], in a [[British Pakistani]] family.
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He was educated at [[Smithills School]] in [[Bolton]],<ref>[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/sport-champs6.html Manchester Sports & Olympic Champions]. Manchester2002-uk.com. Retrieved on 2 June 2011.</ref> and [[Bolton College|Bolton Community College]]. Khan has two sisters and one brother, [[Haroon Khan]], who is an amateur boxer<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1833613,00.html |title='Mum's curries keep us at home' |publisher=The Guardian |date=30 July 2006 |accessdate=23 June 2008 |location=London |first=Oliver |last=Price}}</ref> and has represented Pakistan at an international level. His first cousin is the English cricketer [[Sajid Mahmood]].

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Khan fluently speaks in [[English language|English]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Urdu language|Urdu]]. He was educated at [[Smithills School]] in [[Bolton]],<ref>[http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/sport-champs6.html Manchester Sports & Olympic Champions]. Manchester2002-uk.com. Retrieved on 2 June 2011.</ref> and [[Bolton College|Bolton Community College]]. Khan has two sisters and one brother, [[Haroon Khan]], who is an amateur boxer<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1833613,00.html |title='Mum's curries keep us at home' |publisher=The Guardian |date=30 July 2006 |accessdate=23 June 2008 |location=London |first=Oliver |last=Price}}</ref> and has represented Pakistan at an international level. His first cousin is the English cricketer [[Sajid Mahmood]].


Khan is a practising [[Muslim]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/10/sports/la-sp-1211-amir-khan-20101211 | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Lance | last=Pugmire | date=10 December 2010 | title=Amir Khan looks for success in the ring, acceptance outside it}}</ref> and is an active supporter of the Muslim Writer's Awards.<ref name="Muwraw">{{cite web|title=Sports stars Mo Farah and Amir Khan join list of supporters|url=http://muslimwritersawards.org.uk/news-and-events/news/sports-stars-mo-farah-and-amir-khan-join-list-supporters|publisher=Muslim Writers Awards|accessdate=17 July 2012}}</ref> In addition to boxing, he enjoys playing sports such as cricket, football and basketball.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smaarttalent.com/index.php/news/amir_khan_-_a_true_talent|title=Amir Khan – A True Talent|publisher=Smaart Talent|accessdate=23 June 2008}}</ref> He is also a fan of his local football club, [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]], and uses the club's training facilities.
Khan is a practising [[Muslim]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/10/sports/la-sp-1211-amir-khan-20101211 | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Lance | last=Pugmire | date=10 December 2010 | title=Amir Khan looks for success in the ring, acceptance outside it}}</ref> and is an active supporter of the Muslim Writer's Awards.<ref name="Muwraw">{{cite web|title=Sports stars Mo Farah and Amir Khan join list of supporters|url=http://muslimwritersawards.org.uk/news-and-events/news/sports-stars-mo-farah-and-amir-khan-join-list-supporters|publisher=Muslim Writers Awards|accessdate=17 July 2012}}</ref> In addition to boxing, he enjoys playing sports such as cricket, football and basketball.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smaarttalent.com/index.php/news/amir_khan_-_a_true_talent|title=Amir Khan – A True Talent|publisher=Smaart Talent|accessdate=23 June 2008}}</ref> He is also a fan of his local football club, [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]], and uses the club's training facilities.

Revision as of 22:10, 17 April 2013

Amir Khan
Born
Amir Iqbal Khan

(1986-12-08) 8 December 1986 (age 37)
Bolton, England
Other names"King"
Relatives
Statistics
Weight(s)Lightweight
Light Welterweight
Height(1.74 m)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights30
Wins27
Wins by KO19
Losses3
Draws0
Olympic medal record
Men's boxing
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Lightweight

Amir Iqbal Khan (born 8 December 1986) is a English professional boxer. He is a former four-time world champion by winning WBA (Regular), WBA (Super) twice and IBF Light Welterweight titles.[1]

He previously boxed in the lightweight division, where he held the Commonwealth, WBO Inter-Continental, and WBA International titles.

Khan is the youngest British Olympic boxing medalist, winning silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics at the age of 17. He is also one of the youngest British world champions ever, winning the WBA Light Welterweight title at age 22.

Personal life

Khan was born and raised in Bolton, England, in a British Pakistani family. He was educated at Smithills School in Bolton,[2] and Bolton Community College. Khan has two sisters and one brother, Haroon Khan, who is an amateur boxer[3] and has represented Pakistan at an international level. His first cousin is the English cricketer Sajid Mahmood.

Khan is a practising Muslim,[4] and is an active supporter of the Muslim Writer's Awards.[5] In addition to boxing, he enjoys playing sports such as cricket, football and basketball.[6] He is also a fan of his local football club, Bolton Wanderers, and uses the club's training facilities.

Additionally, Khan is involved in various philanthropic initiatives,[7] including the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), National Literacy Trust, and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

On 29 January 2012, Khan got engaged to New York student Faryal Makhdoom, at the Reebok Stadium. A thousand friends and family were in attendance, including Ricky Hatton the couple are set to marry in May 2013 at Astoria Waldorf Hotel.[8]

Amateur career

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.[9] In early 2004 he won a gold medal at the European Student Championships in Lithuania, and in South Korea several months later he won world junior lightweight title after fighting five times in seven days. One of his notable early amateur fights was against Victor Ortíz, whom he defeated in a second round stoppage.[10]

Khan qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by finishing in first place at the 1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He was Britain's sole representative in boxing at the Athens Games, winning a silver medal at the age of 17 in the lightweight boxing category. He was Britain's youngest Olympic boxer since Colin Jones in 1976. He lost in the final to Mario Kindelan, 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.

Professional career

Lightweight

On 2 February 2008, Khan was scheduled to fight Martin Kristjansen, but illness forced the Dane to withdraw and instead Khan beat Australian Gary St Clair in a contest for the Commonwealth lightweight title at the ExCel Arena in London. This was his first fight to last all 12 rounds and was won via a unanimous 120–108 scoring from all three ringside judges.

On 5 April 2008, Khan beat Kristjansen in the seventh round of a WBO lightweight Title Eliminator. Before the contest, the fighters had been ranked third and fourth respectively by the WBO. After Khan's victory, he was ranked second, behind only Joel Casamayor.

Following the fight, Khan split from his trainer Oliver Harrison, the trainer for all of his previous 17 professional contests. The break-up was blamed on Harrison's concerns that Khan's public engagements were interfering with his fight preparations.[11] Khan's spokesman told reporters there was "nothing personal" between Khan and Harrison.[12] Dean Powell, who has trained former world champions Duke McKenzie and Lloyd Honeyghan, worked with Khan until a decision on a permanent trainer was made. In the same month, Khan had a training session in Las Vegas with Roger Mayweather, trainer and uncle of Floyd Mayweather, Jr.[11]

Khan fought on 21 June 2008, at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham against Irishman Michael Gomez. Gomez, a super featherweight champion who was reaching the end of his career and had lost the last one of his six fights, was described as a "backward step" in Khan's quest for a world title.[13] Khan stated "I think I'm above this level now" and made it clear that he expected a fast and explosive finish to the fight knocking down Gomez two times in the fight and a great finish. However, after the fight, Khan said he felt he had moved up a level by "fighting a good fighters like Gomez".[14] Khan received criticism for being knocked down in the second round, but proved his resilience by coming back stronger after this. Former boxing champion Barry McGuigan seemed unimpressed after the fight and said Khan needed at least two more fights before he should consider a world title bout. Many journalists[who?] echoed McGuigan's opinion of Khan's needs to work on his defence.

A month after the Gomez fight, it was announced that Jorge Rubio would become Khan's new trainer. Rubio was chosen because Khan thought that he had very good chemistry with the Cuban trainer. Khan said, "Rubio was showing me all these new training techniques, and I felt so comfortable because it suited my style. I knew I had the hand speed and the footwork to do it and I knew it was going to make me a much better fighter". Many boxing experts thought that Rubio needed to concentrate on improving Khan's defence, especially in keeping a high guard, and Khan's father agreed that he was showing great defensive skills during his training.

In early August, the lightweight Breidis Prescott was chosen by Rubio as Khan's next opponent. Rubio had trained a fighter who had narrowly lost to Prescott before and thought that Khan would be able to handle the bigger Prescott, who had a prolific knock-out record of 17 KOs in 19 contests. On 6 September 2008, Khan was a huge favourite and was hoping to win a world title by the end of the year. Prescott came out fast in the fight and landed some good shots; a stiff jab that slightly buckled Khan's knees foreshadowed what was to come. Prescott landed a left hook that jabbed Khan's temple; turning his legs into jelly. Instead of holding, Khan tried to punch back, and ate a left hook, right hook combo from Prescott sent him crashing to the canvas. He managed to get to his feet, but was stumbling about badly. Prescott ended it for good with another left that put Khan down again. This time, he was unable to get up. It was officially over in 54 seconds. The fight was at the Manchester Evening News Arena on Khan's Sky Box Office debut.[15]

Following his defeat to Prescott, Frank Warren sacked Khan's trainer Jorge Rubio and replaced him with Freddie Roach. Khan began training with Roach in the United States, where he sparred with then WBC lightweight champion and pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao, who is also being trained by Roach. On 6 December 2008, Khan recorded a comeback win against Oisin Fagan in a second-round stoppage. With victory, Khan won the vacant WBA International lightweight title. Khan knocked Fagan down twice in the first round and Fagan's corner threw in the towel in the second, after being knocked down again.

Khan vs. Barrera

In early 2009, it was announced that Khan would fight former seven-time and three-weight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera on 14 March, at the Manchester Evening News Arena.[16] Frank Warren promoted Khan's fight against the veteran Barrera, perhaps Khan's highest-profile opponent to date. Barrera was ranked No. 1 and Khan No. 5 in the WBO world lightweight rankings. Previous IBF and WBO lightweight title holder Nate Campbell was stripped of the belts after moving up to the light welterweight division and Khan's promoter Frank Warren and Barrera's promoter Don King lobbied the WBO to elevate the Khan-Barrera fight to a world lightweight title eliminator.[17] However, the world-title status was instead given to the fight between Juan Manuel Márquez and Juan Diaz, ranked No. 2 and No. 3 respectively by the WBO.[18]

On 14 March 2009, at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, Khan defeated Barrera, by a technical decision. The fight was stopped towards the end of the fifth round due to Barrera suffering a cut in the first round, which resulted from a clash of heads. With Barrera deemed in no position to fight on by the ringside doctor, the fight then went to the scorecards where Khan was ahead on all three (50–44, 50–45, 50–45). With victory, Khan defended his WBA International lightweight title and also won the vacant WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title.

Frank Warren was sufficiently impressed with Khan's performance that he vowed to land a world title fight for him before the end of the year.

"There was a lot on his shoulders, but I always felt he could rise to the big occasion. I'd like to see him get a belt round his waist by the end of this year."[19]

Khan also commented on the fight, saying:

"I felt so completely easy, catching him with jabs. I felt like I was on a better level than him. The jabbing and patience – I felt so strong. You could see the difference. I had to take some shots in that match. I made some mistakes in the past and I'm not going to make them again."[19]

Light Welterweight

Khan vs. Kotelnik

On 18 July 2009, Khan moved up to the light welterweight division to fight Andreas Kotelnik at the MEN Arena in Manchester for the WBA light welterweight title. Khan won by a unanimous decision, 120–108, 118–111, 118–111, and became the third-youngest Briton to win a world title, at the age of 22.[20]

Khan vs. Salita

On 6 October 2009, Frank Warren confirmed that Khan would defend his WBA light welterweight title against undefeated Ukrainian American boxer Dmitry Salita, the mandatory challenger, on 5 December, at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.[21] Due to Khan being a practising Muslim and Salita being an Orthodox Jew, the fight was hyped as a religious clash by the media, referring to it as a "battle of faiths" or "holy war", though Khan and Salita have both denied such claims.[22][23] On 5 December 2009, Khan defeated mandatory challenger Salita in 76 seconds, winning by TKO in the first round. Salita was knocked down three times, the first time after just 10 seconds into the fight.[24] It was the first ever loss of Salita's career.[25]

On 17 January 2010, Khan announced he had split with British promoter Frank Warren and signed a deal with Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions, with Khan's fights moving back to ITV.[26]

Khan vs. Malignaggi

Khan (left) and Malignaggi at the press conference on 17 March 2010.

On 9 March 2010, Golden Boy Promotions confirmed that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and former light welterweight world champion Paulie Malignaggi would hold a press conference in London to announce their world title bout set for 15 May at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. This was Khan's first bout in the United States of America. The fight was for the WBA light welterweight title, which Khan won in the 11th round.[27] "He (Khan) is stronger, bigger and faster. He was very busy, I couldn't keep up with him" stated Malignaggi in his post-fight interview. Immediately after the fight, Khan stated he wanted to fight Marcos Maidana next, and that he would not be leaving the light welterweight division until he had unified the various belts, suggesting that the way to do this would be for him to fight Maidana, and then go on to face the winner of a Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley match.[28]

Khan vs. Maidana

Main article: Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana

Khan successfully defended his title for the third time against WBA interim champion and mandatory challenger, Marcos Maidana on 11 December 2010, in Las Vegas.[29] Khan dominated the fight early and knocked down Maidana in the first round with multiple body shots. He eventually won a unanimous decision despite a worrying 10th-round wobble when Maidana hurt Khan. Maidana responded positively to the fight by saying, "It was a hell of a fight. He (Amir) is a great, skillful and fast boxer. And he proved that he can take a punch. He is a great champion."[30] The fight was awarded the Boxing Writers Association of America Award for Fight of the Year.[31]

Khan vs. McCloskey

Main article: Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey

Khan took on Paul McCloskey in his next fight. The 31-year-old Northern Irishman was unbeaten in 22 fights and was ranked world number 10. Khan said: “I am delighted that this fight has finally been put together following some tough negotiations. This is a matchup the British public want to see and will be a fantastic fight between two of the best light-welterweights in the country.” [32]

Khan won a sixth-round technical decision after Paul McCloskey was cut by an unintentional head-butt and could not go on in the estimation of the ring doctor.[33] The heads of Khan and McCloskey collided about two minutes into the sixth round, causing a bad cut on the inside of the Irishman’s left eyebrow. Another tactical few rounds followed, with Khan the main aggressor. In the decisive sixth, a five-punch combination from Khan staggered McCloskey and moments later the pair went toe-to-toe before McCloskey wheeled away and noticed blood coming from around his left eye.[34]

Khan had some trouble with the awkward and resilient southpaw, who was difficult to hit cleanly, but he was both too quick and too busy for McCloskey, winning all six rounds on all three cards.[35]

Khan vs. Judah

Main article: Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah

After a war of words with Judah on Twitter, Amir Khan agreed on 31 May 2011 to fight Zab Judah in attempt to unify the IBF and WBA Light Welterweight titles in Las Vegas on 23 July.[36][37] Amir Khan started the fight with a left jab. Round 1 saw a busy Amir Khan as he fought from the outside and kept Judah away with jabs and straights. All four rounds were taken by Khan. Ultimately on the fifth round Zab was taken down with a right uppercut to the body, in which at first commentators believed it was a low blow, since Judah was showing signs of agonising pain, but when it was seen from a different camera angle, it was right on the belt, leading to an 18th knockout for Amir Khan in his career so far.[38]

Khan vs. Peterson

Main article: Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson

Lamont Peterson defeated Khan for the WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles in Washington DC on 10 December 2011 by split decision.

Khan was deducted 2 points in rounds 7 and 12 by the referee Joe Cooper for pushing. Peterson and Khan both boxed well and two judges scored it 113–112 to Peterson, with the other 115–110 to Khan (originally announced as 114–111 to Khan). There was however controversy surrounding the scoring as the judges were seen to be interfered with and a rematch looked certain. It was a moral victory for Khan, surviving the full fight.

Newly crowned IBF/WBA 140-pound titleholder Peterson agreed in principle to an HBO-televised return bout against Khan on 19 May 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.[39] However, on 8 May 2012, it emerged that Peterson was drugged upto his eyeballs, testing positive for a banned substance thought to be synthetic testosterone,[39][40] and the rematch has since been called off and Khan's WBA title reinstated.[41][42]

Khan vs. Garcia

His next fight was on 14 July in Las Vegas against Danny Garcia for the WBC Championship.[43] At the pre-fight press conference on 4 June, Khan and Garcia's father got into a heated exchange resulting in both fighters promising to knock the other out on 14 July. Khan also stated his desire to move up to the 147 lbs division if successful against Garcia, for potential bouts with high-profile boxers like Floyd Mayweather and Timothy Bradley, although Bradley has previously rejected a fight with Khan in order for a fight against Manny Pacquiao.[44]

Khan seemed to have control of the fight in the first 2 rounds, executing his speed and boxing skills well on Garcia. That all changed in round 3 when Khan was hit with a counter left hook right on his neck that put him to the canvas for the second time in his career and looked to wobble around thereafter and was dropped twice further in round 4, resulting in the referee Kenny Bayless waving the fight off. [45]

Shortly after his loss to Danny Garcia, Khan made the announcement that he was going to leave Freddie Roach in search of a new trainer. He officially announced that his new trainer was to be Virgil Hunter, the long-time trainer of Olympic gold medalist and undefeated reigning WBA and WBC super-middleweight champion Andre Ward.

Khan vs. Molina

Soon after Khan joined with new trainer Virgil Hunter it was announced that he would make his comeback fight against undefeated Mexican-American, Carlos Molina (17–0, 7 KOs). The fight was aired on Showtime, on 15 December 2012, and took place in the LA Sports Arena in California.[46] Khan defeated Molina by TKO in the tenth round and won the WBC Silver Light Welterweight title.[47]

Professional boxing record

27 Wins (19 knockouts), 3 Losses (2 knockouts)[48]
Res. Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
— — Mexico Julio Díaz — - (12) 2013-04-27 United Kingdom Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Win 27–3 United States Carlos Molina TKO 10 (12) 2012-12-15 United States Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California Won vacant WBC Silver Light Welterweight title.
Loss 26–3 United States Danny García TKO 4 (12), 2:28 2012-07-14 United States Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Lost WBA (Super) Light Welterweight title.
For WBC & vacant The Ring Light Welterweight titles.
Loss 26–2 United States Lamont Peterson SD 12 2011-12-10 United States Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. Lost WBA (Super) & IBF Light Welterweight titles.
Win 26–1 United States Zab Judah KO 5 (12), 2:47 2011-07-23 United States Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Retained WBA (Super) Light Welterweight title.
Won IBF Light Welterweight title.
Win 25–1 Republic of Ireland Paul McCloskey TD 6 (12), 2:30 2011-04-16 United Kingdom M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Greater Manchester Retained WBA Light Welterweight title.
Win 24–1 Argentina Marcos Maidana UD 12 2010-12-11 United States Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Retained WBA Light Welterweight title.
Win 23–1 United States Paulie Malignaggi TKO 11 (12), 1:25 2010-05-15 United States Madison Square Garden, New York, New York Retained WBA Light Welterweight title.
Win 22–1 United States Dmitry Salita TKO 1 (12), 1:16 2009-12-05 United Kingdom Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear Retained WBA Light Welterweight title.
Win 21–1 Ukraine Andreas Kotelnik UD 12 2009-07-18 United Kingdom M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Greater Manchester Won WBA Light Welterweight title.
Win 20–1 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera TD 5 (12), 2:36 2009-03-14 United Kingdom M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Greater Manchester Retained WBA International Lightweight title.
Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental Lightweight title.
Win 19–1 Republic of Ireland Oisin Fagan TKO 2 (12), 1:37 2008-12-06 United Kingdom ExCeL Arena, Docklands, London Won vacant WBA International Lightweight title.
Loss 18–1 Colombia Breidis Prescott KO 1 (12), 0:54 2008-09-06 United Kingdom M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Greater Manchester Lost WBO Inter-Continental Lightweight title.
Win 18–0 Republic of Ireland Michael Gomez TKO 5 (12), 2:33 2008-06-21 United Kingdom National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, West Midlands Retained Commonwealth Lightweight title.
Win 17–0 Denmark Martin Kristjansen TKO 7 (12), 2:53 2008-04-05 United Kingdom Bolton Arena, Bolton, Greater Manchester Won WBO Inter-Continental Lightweight title.
Win 16–0 Australia Gairy St. Clair UD 12 2008-02-02 United Kingdom ExCeL Arena, Docklands, London Retained Commonwealth Lightweight title.
Win 15–0 United Kingdom Graham Earl TKO 1 (12), 1:12 2007-12-08 United Kingdom Bolton Arena, Bolton, Greater Manchester Retained Commonwealth Lightweight title.
Win 14–0 United Kingdom Scott Lawton TKO 4 (12), 0:32 2007-10-06 United Kingdom Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Retained Commonwealth Lightweight title.
Win 13–0 United Kingdom Willie Limond RTD 8 (12), 3:00 2007-07-14 United Kingdom O2 Arena, Greenwich, London Won Commonwealth Lightweight title.
Win 12–0 United Kingdom Steffy Bull TKO 3 (8), 1:45 2007-04-07 United Kingdom Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Win 11–0 France Mohammed Medjadi TKO 1 (8), 0:55 2007-02-17 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley, London
Win 10–0 France Rachid Drilzane UD 10 2006-12-09 United Kingdom ExCeL Arena, Docklands, London
Win 9–0 United Kingdom Ryan Barrett TKO 1 (6), 1:51 2006-09-02 United Kingdom Bolton Arena, Bolton, Greater Manchester
Win 8–0 United Kingdom Colin Bain TKO 2 (6), 2:20 2006-07-08 United Kingdom Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Win 7–0 Hungary Laszlo Komjathi UD 6 2006-05-20 United Kingdom King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Win 6–0 United Kingdom Jackson Williams TKO 3 (6), 2:16 2006-02-25 United Kingdom ExCeL Arena, Docklands, London
Win 5–0 Belarus Vitali Martynov TKO 1 (6), 1:15 2006-01-28 United Kingdom Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Win 4–0 United Kingdom Daniel Thorpe TKO 2 (4), 2:57 2005-12-10 United Kingdom ExCeL Arena, Docklands, London
Win 3–0 United Kingdom Steve Gethin TKO 3 (4), 0:49 2005-11-05 United Kingdom Braehead Arena, Glasgow
Win 2–0 United Kingdom Baz Carey UD 4 2005-09-10 United Kingdom Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
Win 1–0 United Kingdom David Bailey TKO 1 (4), 1:49 2005-07-16 United Kingdom Bolton Arena, Bolton, Greater Manchester Professional debut.

Outside boxing

Charitable and community work

Khan has past and present involvements in supporting charitable and community causes. After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, he was among those who raised £1 million for its victims,[49] and in the following year he visited Pakistan to dispense food in a camp set up after the Kashmir earthquake.[50] He has also been involved with a campaign that promotes child safety around British railways[51] one that seeks improvements to the criminal justice system,[52] and another that encourages men to play a role in ending violence against women.[53]

Media

  • Khan was involved in a TV programme for Channel 4, Amir Khan's Angry Young Men, which consisted of three 50-minute episodes. The programme centred around troubled angry men and aimed to use the disciplines of boxing, coupled with faith and family values, to help re-focus their lives and steer them away from trouble in the future. It was screened in August/September 2007.
  • Khan was nominated for the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.[54]

Motoring offences and incidents

On 23 October 2007, Khan was convicted of careless driving at Bolton Crown Court and given a six-month driving ban and a £1000 fine. The conviction related to an incident that occurred on 2 March 2006 in the centre of Bolton, when Khan's car hit and broke the leg of Geoffrey Hatton, a pedestrian who was using a pelican crossing while Khan was travelling at 47 mph in a 30 mph zone and overtaking in the wrong lane.[55] He was cleared of dangerous driving but charged with the lesser offence of careless driving[56] and the pedestrian received an interim payment of £40,000.[57] Geoffrey Hatton never fully recovered from the incident and died two years afterwards from a gastrointestinal bleed with Khan passing on his sympathies.[58] Khan was also summoned to appear in court in Rochdale on 26 October 2007, accused of travelling in excess of 140 mph on the M62 motorway on 31 December 2006. He failed to appear and the case was adjourned to 2 November 2007, with the District Judge warning that he would issue an arrest warrant if the accused did not appear by then. He was also charged with not producing his driving licence and insurance certificate.[59] On 7 January 2008 Khan was fined £1000 and banned for 42 days for the speeding offence.[60]

On 12 July 2009, Khan was once again involved in a motoring incident, this time a collision with a young cyclist. However, no action will be taken against Khan after police concluded that he was not to blame for the incident in Moor Lane following interviews with a number of witnesses.[61]

Trainers

See also

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by WBA Super Lightweight Champion
18 July 2009 – 23 July 2011
Promoted 		Succeeded byas Regular Champion
Vacant
Title last held by
Ricky Hatton 		WBA Super Lightweight Champion
Super Title
23 July 2011 – 10 December 2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by IBF Junior Welterweight Champion
23 July 2011 – 10 December 2011
Preceded by WBA Super Lightweight Champion
Super Title
11 July 2012 – 15 July 2012
Via reinstatement 		Succeeded by
Vacant WBC Super Lightweight Champion
Silver Title
December 15, 2012 – present 		Incumbent

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