Amir Khan (Boxer) Bio, Net Worth, Wife, Age, Family, Nationality, Religion, Awards, Parents, Height, Weight, Record, Salary, Retirement, Kids, Wiki

Amir Iqbal Khan is a British professional boxer, promoter, and philanthropist who is professionally known as Amir Khan. He is well recognized for winning WBA, WBA (Super), and IBF Light Welterweight titles. He gained attention during his amateur career for winning a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2004 Olympics, which made him the youngest British boxing Olympic medalist at the age of 17. Following his WBA title win at the age of 22, he also became one of the youngest British professional world champions. He played cricket with his cousin Sajid in his teenage years. He won his first professional fight against David Bailey via TKO on 16th July 2005. Apart from boxing, Amir is a philanthropist with his own charity organization, Amir Khan Foundation. Also, he appeared on the seventeenth series of “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!” in 2017. Additionally, Amir starred in an eight-part reality show on BBC One called “Meet the Khans: Big in Bolton” on 29th March 2021.

Boxer Amir Khan mulls retirement after defeating Kell Brook

Amir Khan says he is considering retirement from the sport after suffering a comprehensive defeat with a sixth-round TKO at the hands of Kell Brook. He was outclassed in Saturday’s fight by compatriot Brook from start to finish and looked to be in dire straits before the referee stepped in to save him from any more punishment. “It’s something to think about, definitely,” Khan told reporters when he was asked about a potential retirement. “I’ve always said I never want boxing to retire me, I want to retire from boxing. “Punishment like that sometimes in boxing, I know I showed a big heart and took some big shots today, but sometimes too much of that can be harmful in the future.”I’ve done more than I ever expected. Maybe I peaked too early, I was at the Olympics at 17, I won the world title at 22. I’m 35 now, I’ve been in the game a very long time, I’m an old man. I want to spend time with my kids and my family.”

Brook also suggested he might retire at the post-fight press conference. “I’ve always wanted to have this fight with Amir. I think this grudge match and this is the icing on the cake for me. I can live at peace with myself, with my career,” he said. “I’ve tried my best, I’ve tried to do everything. You know, do I want to carry on? You know, I feel like a 23-year-old today. I will sit down with my dad and my mum and my immediate family to see if we want to carry on.”

Famous For

• Being a British professional boxer, promoter and philanthropist. 
• For being a former unified light-welterweight world champion.

Where is Amir Khan from?

Amir Khan was born on 8th December 1986 with the real name of Amir Iqbal Khan in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. He holds mixed nationality and he belongs to ethnicity. Likewise, his religion is Muslim and his race is white. Amir has celebrated his 35th birthday as of 2021 and as per his birthdate, his star sign is Sagittarius. He is so of Falak Khan (mother) and Shah Khan (father). He also has two sisters and one brother, Haroon “Harry” Khan, also a professional boxer.

Regarding Amir’s education, he was educated at Smithills School in Bolton, and Bolton Community College.

What does Amir Khan do for a living?

• Amir Khan started his boxing career at the age of 11, with early honors including three English school titles, three junior ABA titles, and gold at the 2003 Junior Olympics.
• He won a gold medal at the European Student Championships in Lithuania in 2004, and in South Korea several months later he won a world junior lightweight title after fighting five times in seven days. He compiled an amateur record of 101-9.
• He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by finishing in first place at the 1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and 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.
• Then he made his professional debut against David Bailey in July 2005 and won his first regional title on 14th July 2007, beating Willie Limond at The O2 Arena to become Commonwealth lightweight champion. 
• He was scheduled to fight Martin Kristjansen, but illness forced the Dane to withdraw on 2nd February 2008 which was his first fight to last all twelve rounds and he won via a unanimous decision, with shutout scores of 120-108 from all three judges.
• He fought on 21st June 2008, at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham against Irishman Michael Gomez, a former WBU super-featherweight champion.
• The fight against Prescott took place on 6th September 2008 at the Manchester Evening News Arena, it was Khan’s Sky Box Office debut.
• It was announced in 2009 that Khan would fight former seven-time and three-weight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera whereas, at the MEN Arena in Manchester, Khan defeated Barrera by technical decision (TD) on 14th March 2009.
• On 8th April 2009, it was announced that Khan would move up to the light-welterweight division to fight Andreas Kotelnik (31-2-1, 13 KOs) at the MEN Arena in Manchester for the WBA light-welterweight title on 18th July. 
• Frank Warren confirmed on 6th October 2009 that Amir would defend his WBA light-welterweight title against undefeated Dmitry Salita (30-0-1, 16 KOs), the mandatory challenger, on 5th December, at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
• Later he announced on 17th January 2010 that he had split with promoter Frank Warren and signed a deal with Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions, which resulted in Khan’s fights moving back to ITV.
• Golden Boy Promotions confirmed that on 9th March 2010 Amir and former light-welterweight world champion Paulie Malignaggi would hold a press conference in London to announce their world title bout set for 15th May at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.
• Khan defended his title for the third time against Maidana and the fight was awarded Fight of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
• Amir announced a deal had been signed to defend his WBA title against European champion Paul McCloskey in his next fight on 4th February 2011.
• He agreed to fight 33-year-old two-weight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KOs) in an attempt to unify the WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles in Las Vegas on 23rd July.
• It was announced in October 2011 that Khan would defend his WBA and IBF light-welterweight against mandatory challenger Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KOs).
• ESPN announced on 23rd May 2012 that Khan would next fight against undefeated WBC champion Danny Garcia as he landed 92 of 206 punches thrown (45%), with 46 jabs and 46 power shots landed. The fight averaged 1.3 million viewers on HBO World Championship Boxing.
• Amir split with trainer Freddie Roach following the García defeat and started training under Virgil Hunter whereas his next fight was against undefeated lightweight prospect Carlos Molina (17-0-1, 7 KOs).
• Khan decided to fight 32-year-old former champion Luis Collazo (35-5, 18 KOs) on the undercard at the MGM Grand Las Vegas on 24th March 2013.

• On 21st October, it was announced that he would fight former two-weight world champion Alexander (26-2, 14 KOs). The fight took place on 13 December at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Showtime in the US and Sky Sports in the UK.
• It was announced in 2016 that Khan is moving up two weight divisions to middleweight, to fight Canelo Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) WBC, The Ring, and lineal middleweight titles.
• The fight took place on 7th May 2016, at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The bout was on HBO PPV.
• Khan signed a three-fight deal with Eddie Hearn at Matchroom Sport on 10th January 2018 and return to Arena Birmingham for the first time since 2008, against Colombian Samuel Vargas (29-3-2, 14 KOs).
• The fight took place on 8 September 2018, Khan won the fight by UD, with scores of 119-108, 119-109, and 118-110.
• Khan defeated former IBF featherweight champion Billy Dib by technical knockout in the fourth round to win the vacant WBC International welterweight title on 12th July 2019.
• Apart from boxing, in March 2021 Khan officially announced his first-ever signing, Tal Singh, and is now managing the former England amateur champion, who he is hoping to guide towards a historic world title triumph.
• Khan and Bill Dosanjh founded Super Boxing League (SBL) after Super Fight League’s first season in 2017.
• Furthermore, he was involved in a TV program for Channel 4, “Amir Khan’s Angry Young Men” as well as he starred in an eight-part reality show on BBC “One called Meet the Khans: Big in Bolton” on 29th March 2021.
• He also has participated in several game shows such as “Countdown”, “Beat the Star”, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”, “Celebrity Juice”, and “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!”.

Awards and Achievements

• Amir was named ESPN prospect of the year in 2007. His defeat of Marcos Maidana in 2010 was awarded Fight of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
• In 2014, he was given Pride of Performance by the President of Pakistan.

Is Amir Khan Married?

Amir Khan is a married boxer. He tied a knot with Faryal Makhdoom at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on 31st May 2013. The couple then flew back to Khan’s hometown of Bolton where a second celebration, a traditional Walima, took place in Manchester, which included 4,000 guests. They have two daughters. On 4th August 2017, Amir announced that he and Faryal had agreed to split. In November 2017, photos emerged of Khan and his wife together. Khan later stated that he and his wife had reconciled. Concerning his sexual orientation, he is straight.

How much is Amir Khan Net Worth?

Amir Khan is a versatile man who has a net worth of $40 million as of 2022. He also earns a handsome amount of salary which is also millions of dollars per year. In 2014, he earned $15 million, making him the sixth highest-earning boxer that year. In 2016, his earnings from the Canelo fight were an estimated £9 million ($13.1 million), the highest for a British boxer since Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye in 2011.  In November 2019, Khan endorsed the Conservative candidate Gurjit Kaur Bains in Walsall South. IN addition. his major source of income is from his boxer, promoter, and philanthropist career.

What is the Height of Amir Khan?

Amir Khan has unarguably accomplished a decent height career-wise. He has 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) of height and 70 kg of body weight. His hair and eyes color is dark brown. Moreover, Amir has an athletic body build with 40-34-16 inches of body measurement.