Amir Khan (born 8 December 1986) is a British boxer from Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. He is the current commonwealth lightweight champion, WBO Inter-Continental lightweight champion and WBA International lightweight champion.

He was educated at Smithills School in Bolton and Bolton Community College. His first cousin is the England cricket player Sajid Mahmood and his younger brother, Haroon Khan is also a boxer. He was a hyperactive child and “a born fighter”, according to his father, who encouraged him to take up boxing.

Khan’s family is originally from Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He often uses his position as a well-known British Asian to encourage better relations between British Asians and the wider community, particularly in his home town of Bolton.

Khan began boxing competitively at the age of 11, with early honours including three English school titles, three junior ABA titles and gold at the 2003 Junior Olympics. In early 2004 he won a gold medal at the European Student Championships in Lithuania, and in South Korea several months later he won world junior lightweight title after fighting five times in seven days.

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