Amir Khan

Name: Amir Khan
Alias: 'King Khan'
Birth Name: Amir Iqbal Khan
Hometown: Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 174cm
Reach: 180cm
Promoter: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: Oliver Harrison (2005-2008), Jorge Rubio (2008), Freddie Roach (2008-2012), Virgil Hunter (2012-2019), Joe Goossen (2018), Clarence (Bones) Adams (2019), Brian McIntyre (2021-)
Promoter: Frank Warren (2005-2010), Oscar De La Hoya (2010-2014), Eddie Hearn (2018)

Amateur Career

2003 European Cadet Championships Gold medalist in Kaunas, Lithuania (60kg):
- Defeated Shalva Jomardashvili (Georgia) 27:12
- Defeated Victor Cotiujanschi (Moldavia) 19:4
- Defeated Artem Subbotin (Russia) 34:26
- Defeated Nurlan Mamedov (Azerbaijan) 20:5:
2004 European Championships participant in Pula, Croatia (60kg):
- Lost to Avtandil Kashia (Georgia) 20:29
2004 Strandja Cup (2nd European Olympic Qualifier) Gold medalist in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (60kg):
- Defeated Avtandil Kashia (Georgia) 40:18
- Defeated Bagrat Avoyan (Armenia) RSCO 3
- Defeated Adrian Alexandru (Romania) 46:27
- Defeated Rovshan Huseynov (Azerbaijan) W/O
2004 Acropolis Cup (Pre-Olympic Tournament) participant in Athens, Greece (60kg):
- Lost to Mario Kindelan (Cuba) 13:33
2004 World Junior Championships Gold medalist in Jeju Island, South Korea (60kg):
- Defeated Liao Sheng Hao (Chinese Taipei) RSCO 1
- Defeated Yordenis Ugas (Cuba) 21:6
- Defeated Darkhan Ashirov (Kazakhstan) 36:20
- Defeated Alexis Vastine (France) RSC 1
- Defeated Zakir Artykov (Uzbekistan) 30:16
2004 Summer Olympic Games Silver medalist in Athens, Greece (60kg)
- Defeated Marios Kaperonis (Greece) RSCO 3
- Defeated Dimitar Stilianov (Bulgaria) 37:21
- Defeated Jong Sub-Baik (South Korea) RSC 1
- Defeated Serik Yeleuov (Kazakhstan) 40:26
- Lost to Mario Kindelan (Cuba) 22:30
2005 Fight Night (Cuba vs. England) winner in Bolton, England (64kg):
- Defeated Mario Kindelan 19:13

Championship Record

6 opponents (3 by KO) beaten in world championship bouts.
6-4-0 (3 KO's) in world championship bouts.
11-5-0 (3 KO's) against former or current world champions:
- Won against Gairy St. Clair, Marco Antonio Barrera, Andriy Kotelnik, Paul Malignaggi, Marcos Maidana, Zab Judah, Julio Diaz, Luis Collazo, Devon Alexander, Chris Algieri, and Billy Dib.
- Lost against Lamont Peterson, Danny Oscar Garcia, Saul Alvarez, Terence Crawford, and Kell Brook.

Variant Record

Defeated 3 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: Dmitriy Salita, Paul McCloskey & Carlos Molina.

At age 17, Khan was the youngest British Olympic boxing medalist in history. Claimed record 89-10. In his autobiography Khan includes his complete record of 89-10 (31 KO’s).
Khan is the older brother of fellow boxer Haroon Khan. Their parents immigrated to Great Britain from Pakistan.
Khan won his first world title at the age of 22 years, 7 months and 10 days. He become Great Britain's third-youngest world champion after Naseem Hamed (21 years, 7 months and 18 days) and Herbie Hide (22 years, 6 months and 20 days)
Khan lost the WBA Super World and IBF 140-pound titles to Lamont Peterson via 12-round split decision on December 10, 2011. They were scheduled to have a rematch on May 9, 2012, but it was canceled after Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone in a random urine test. Because Peterson admitted that testosterone pellets had been implanted in him shortly before the December fight, the WBA stripped Peterson and reinstated Khan as the Super World Super Lightweight Champion on July 11, 2012. However, the result of the fight was not changed, and Peterson remained the IBF champion. [1]
Khan was shortly trained by Joe Goossen. He was brought in as a last minute replacement coach after his trainer Virgil Hunter was rushed to hospital with a sudden health scare.
Has been knocked down 10 times in his career and 4 times has been knocked out.

Preceded by: Andriy Kotelnik	WBA Light Welterweight Champion 2009 Jul 18 – 2011 Jul 23 Upgraded to Super Champion 2011 Jul 23 – 2011 Dec 10 Super Champion	Succeeded by: Lamont Peterson Super Champion
Preceded by: Andriy Kotelnik		Succeeded by: Marcos Rene Maidana Regular Champion
Preceded by: Zab Judah	IBF Light Welterweight Champion 2011 Jul 23 – 2011 Dec 10	Succeeded by: Lamont Peterson
Preceded by: Lamont Peterson Super Champion Stripped	WBA Light Welterweight Champion 2012 Jun – 2012 Jul 14 Super Champion	Succeeded by: Danny Garcia Super Champion