Amir Khan (boxer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Amir Khan (boxer)

British boxer

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1986

Place of Birth: Bolton, England, United Kingdom

Profession: boxer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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About Amir Khan (boxer)

  • Amir Iqbal 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 of August 2019, Khan is ranked as the world's ninth best active welterweight by BoxRec. 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.

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