Amir Khan: sporting achievements of the British boxer

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:43

Amir Khan is an English professional boxer, ex-world welterweight champion according to the WBA (from 2009 to 2012) and according to the IBF in 2011. Among other things, he held the WBC Silver title from 2007 to 2008. In his professional career, Khan spent 35 fights, among which there are 31 wins (19 by knockout) and 4 losses. His boxing technique is the envy of every amateur and professional.

Amir is a completely non-standard boxer who, due to his good double-timing, can knock out an opponent at the most unexpected moment. He also has fairly long arms, which is considered a big advantage at lightweight and welterweight. Khan's style of fighting is to work under the second number and the eternal expectation when the opponent is exhausted. It is at this point that boxing matches end in a knockout after Amir's successful counterattack.

Boxer Amir Khan: biography

Born on December 8th in 1986 in the city of Bolton, Lancashire (a ceremonial non-metropolitan county in the NorthWest of England, near the coast of the Irish Sea), England. From the age of six he began to box. He studied at Smithees School in Bolton, and then graduated from Community College. Amir Khan is a Muslim by nationality and is a member of the Naqshbandi Sukfi order. Khan has two sisters and one brother who is also an aspiring pro boxer (his stats: 6-0). Amir also has a cousin, the English cricketer Sajid Mahmood (a native of Pakistan).

Boxer Achievements

In his amateur career, Amir Khan won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2004 Olympics, becoming Britain's youngest ever Olympic triumph at the age of seventeen. By the way, the boxer is also the youngest champion in British boxing history according to the WBA (at the age of 22). In July 2011, the editors of a newspaper called International Business Times published the top athletes in the Pound for pound category (ranking fighters of all disciplines regardless of weight category), where Amir Khan ranked eighth. In April 2012, the BoxRec rating (the world famous boxing web portal) ranked the Brit 13th among all fighters in the world.

Boxing career

Amir Khan started in the professional boxing league in July 2005. Having achieved statistics of 16 wins and 0 losses here, the British boxer was preparing for a duel against Dane Martin Christiansen (19-1-3) for the WBO Intercontinental Lightweight Championship, which was to be held on April 5, 2008. During the fightAmir consistently held the upper hand and won by TKO in the 7th round. Six months later, Khan won the title of the British Commonwe alth in a fight with the Irishman Michael Gomez - a knockout in the 5th round.

On July 18, 2009, the vacant WBA 1st welterweight title was fought between Ukrainian Andriy Kotelnik and Briton Amir Khan. During the fight, Khan chose a well-thought-out counterattack strategy under the second number. The Ukrainian boxer, in his usual manner, constantly attacked the opponent, but he moved perfectly and evaded blows, inflicting “counter-punches” in return. Thus, Amir Khan completely declassed his opponent, taking away the title of champion from him at the end of twelve rounds. The judges' verdict proclaimed the victory of the Briton. With this achievement, Amir set a national record - the youngest WBA British champion (22 years old).

After the triumph, the boxer still had four successful defenses, in which he interrupted such experienced fighters as American Dmitry Salita, American Paul Malignaggi, Argentinean Marcos Maidana and Irishman Paul McCloskey.

Amir Khan's last performance was on May 7, 2016 against Saul Alvarez of Mexico. In this fight for the WBC world title, the Briton could not resist the current champion.