Sports star: Amir Khan Boxing Star Biography And Photos

Amir Khan Boxing Star

Biography:

Amir Khan (DOB: December 8, 1986) is the upcoming British boxer. He is from Greater Manchester in UK.
He defeated Andreas Kotelnik to grow to be the champion in Globe light-welterweight category on July 18, 2009. This created him the third youngest, right after Herbie Hide and Naseem Hamed, planet champion in Britain. He also has won championships in WBA International lightweight and WBO Intercontinental lightweight class previously. This created him the third youngest, right after Herbie Hide and Naseem Hamed, globe champion in Britain. He also has won championships in WBA International lightweight and WBO Intercontinental lightweight class previously.
Amir was born and brought up in Bolton, Higher Manchester. The parents of his are from Rawalpindi which is the Punjab province in Pakistan. His caste is Rajput Janjua.
He can speak Urdu, Punjab and English fairly fluently. He had his education from Smithills School and Bolton Community College in Bolton. He has a brother named Haroon Khan who is in truth a boxer and his first cousin, Sajid Mahmood is an English cricketer.
He utilised to be a fairly hyperactive kid and was quoted as “a born fighter” by his father Shah Khan and he is the one that encouraged Amir to take up boxing as a career.
He became famous when he became the only representative for England in boxing in the Athens Olympics in 2004 and winning the silver medal in the lightweight category at a comparatively younger age of around 17.
Khan signed for 1 of the leading boxing promoter in England, Frank Warren in 2005. He train at Wild Card gym in Los Angeles with Freddie Roach who also trains Manny Pacquiao.
On July 18, by defeating Andreas Kotelnik at the well-known MEN Arena in Manchester he became the youngest individual to win a globe title in Britain at the then age of 22.

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