Who is Amir Khan?

Amir Iqbal Khan was born 8 December 1986. He is a British boxer from Bolton, England. He became the WBA World Light-welterweight champion after defeating Andreas Kotelnik on July 18, 2009 at the age of 22 which made him Britain’s third youngest World champion after Naseem Hamed and Herbie Hide.



He was previously in the lightweight division where he held the Commonwealth WBO Inter-Continental and WBA international titles. He also became the youngest British Olympic Boxing medalist when he won silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics at the age of 17. Khan is a British Pakistani descended from the Janjua Rajput clan. He is commonly known by the nickname King Khan