Amir Khan
Amir Khan (born 8 December 1986) is a British professional boxer, promoter and philanthropist. He is a former unified light-welterweight world champion, having held the WBA (later Super) title from 2009 to 2012, and the IBF title in 2011. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth lightweight title from 2007 to 2008. He also held the WBC Silver welterweight title from 2014 to 2016, and once challenged for a middleweight world title in 2016.
As an amateur, Khan won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2004 Olympics, becoming at the age of 17, Britain's youngest boxing Olympic medalist. He is also one of the youngest ever British professional world champions, winning the WBA title at the age of 22. In 2007, he was named ESPN prospect of the year.
Outside of boxing, he is a philanthropist with his own charity organisation, Amir Khan Foundation. He is also a promoter and sponsor, the owner of Khan Promotions and Pakistan's Amir Khan Academy, and a co-owner of India's Super Fight League (MMA) and Super Boxing League. As a celebrity, he has also participated in several game shows. 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
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.794 |
Birthday | 1986-12-08 |
Place of Birth | Bolton, England, UK |
Also Known As | عامر اقبال خان , Amir Iqbal Khan , |
2014
ONE Fighting Championship 20: Rise of the Kingdom
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2015
ONE Championship 26: Valor of Champions
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2016
Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan
7/1
Middleweight world championship at T-mobile Arena, Las Vegas
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2018
Team Khan
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Fly-on-the-wall documentary about professional boxer Amir Khan. Filmed over two years, it follows Amir and his team in their quest to fight the best b...
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2017
ONE Championship 58: Shanghai
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2017
ONE Championship 62: Immortal Pursuit
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2017
ONE Championship 54: Dynasty of Heroes
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2010
Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana
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Could this be 'Fight of The Year'? The reputation of Amir Khan was enhanced in a brutal battle for supremacy in a thrilling, successful third defence...
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2007
Ricky Hatton: A Life Story
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The official life story of Britain's favourite Boxer, the undefeated world champion, Ricky The Hit Man Hatton. Ricky Hatton - A Life Story documents h...
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2012
Amir Khan vs. Danny Garcia
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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...
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Amir Khan vs. Danny Garcia
2011
Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson
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Amir Khan vs Lamont Peterson, billed as Capital Showdown, was a boxing match for Khan's WBA (Super) & IBF light welterweight titles. The fight took pl...
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Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson
2022
Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook
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Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook
2019
Terence Crawford vs. Amir Khan
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Terence Crawford vs. Amir Khan
2018
Amir Khan vs. Phil Lo Greco
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Former light welterweight world champion Amir Khan returns to the ring for the first time since his loss to Saúl 'Canelo' Álvarez against Phil Lo Grec...
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Amir Khan vs. Phil Lo Greco
2024
Battle of the Baddest
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The fight that turned sport on its head. In a historic match up, we present an unprecedented look behind the scenes to explore how the match between B...
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