Amir Khan Profile,Bio and Images 2011

Amir Khan

Profile:

Full Name: Amir Iqbal Khan
Nickname: King Khan
Weight Class: Light Welterweight
Birthdate: December 8, 1986
Birthplace: Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Record: 26-1-0, 18 KOs
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 5'10" / 178cm
Reach: 71" / 180cm
Biography:

Amir Khan was born in Bolton in early December 1986. He showed early promise as a boxer and in 2003 he won a gold medal at the AAU Junior Olympic Games, closely followed by another gold medal at the European Student Championship in 2004. This early interest was encouraged by his father Shah Khan, who considered his son a born fighter and was confident that his son could be very successful at his chosen sport. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Khan won a silver medal at the age of 17.
Khan won the WBA World Light-Welterweight World Championship title, defeating Andreas Kotelnik in a unanimous decision over 12 rounds on July 2009. He is also the former Commonwealth lightweight champion, WBO Inter-Continental lightweight champion, and WBA International lightweight champion.
Khan spent his early years supporting his local soccer team, Bolton Wanderers whilst attending Smithills school. This early support has since been repaid by the club who have allowed Khan to use their training facilities.
Amir’s parents hail from the Punjab province of Pakistan, Rawalpindi and as a result he can speak Urdu and Panjabi in addition to his native English, his caste is Rajput Janjua.
He has a younger brother Haroon Khan who is in fact an amateur boxer and his first cousin, Sajid Mahmood is an English cricketer.
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