Amir Khan (boxer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Amir Iqbal Khan (born 8 December 1. British professional boxer. He is a former unified WBA (Super) and IBFlight- welterweight champion. The International Business Times ranked him as the 8th best pound for pound boxer in 2.
Fight Preview: Amir Khan v. Featured on the undercard, Kevin Mitchell and Breidis Prescott will fight a lightweight title eliminator. Boxing: Enzo Maccarinelli will be back in action next month on the undercard of Amir Khan’s WBA light-weight bout with Dmitriy Salita. Salita Results: Khan Wins by First Round Knockout! In addition to the Khan vs. Salita results and fight coverage. Khan v Salita Main Forum. Is anyone actually going to fork over ? What's the undercard like? Khan Vs Salita; Anyone know who is on the undercard? British Boxing Forum. Amir Khan's next opponent, at the Newcastle Metro Radio Arena on 5 December, is the unbeaten American Dmitriy Salita, who boxes out of an orthodox stance in more ways.
Outside of boxing, he is a philanthropist and mixed martial arts promoter. Early life. Khan was born and raised in Bolton, Greater Manchester, to a Punjabi Rajput family. One of his notable early amateur fights was against Victor Ort. Overall, he compiled an amateur record of 1. He was Britain's sole representative in boxing at the Athens Games, winning a silver medal at the age of 1. He was Britain's youngest Olympic boxer since Colin Jones in 1.
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He lost in the final to Mario Kindelan, the Cuban who had also beaten him several months earlier in the pre- Olympic match- ups in Greece. In 2. 00. 5 he avenged the two losses by beating the 3. Kindelan in his last amateur fight.
Highlights. Professional career. Lightweight. Early career.
On 2 February 2. 00. Khan was scheduled to fight Martin Kristjansen, but illness forced the Dane to withdraw and instead Khan beat Australian Gary St Clair in a contest for the Commonwealth lightweight title at the Ex. Cel Arena in London. This was his first fight to last all 1. Before the contest, the fighters had been ranked third and fourth respectively by the WBO. After Khan's victory, he was ranked second, behind only Joel Casamayor. Following the fight, Khan split from his trainer Oliver Harrison, the trainer for all of his previous 1.
The break- up was blamed on Harrison's concerns that Khan's public engagements were interfering with his fight preparations. In the same month, Khan had a training session in Las Vegas with Roger Mayweather, trainer and uncle of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Gomez, a super featherweight champion who was reaching the end of his career and had lost the last one of his six fights, was described as a . However, after the fight, Khan said he felt he had moved up a level by . Former boxing champion Barry Mc. Guigan seemed unimpressed after the fight and said Khan needed at least two more fights before he should consider a world title bout. Rubio was chosen because Khan thought that he had very good chemistry with the Cuban trainer.
I knew I had the hand speed and the footwork to do it and I knew it was going to make me a much better fighter. Prescott. In early August, the lightweight Breidis Prescott was chosen by Rubio as Khan's next opponent. Rubio had trained a fighter who had narrowly lost to Prescott before and thought that Khan would be able to handle the bigger Prescott, who had a prolific knock- out record of 1. KOs in 1. 9 contests. On 6 September 2. Khan was a huge favourite and was hoping to win a world title by the end of the year.
Prescott came out fast in the fight and landed some good shots; a stiff jab jerked Khan's head back and foreshadowed what was to come. Prescott landed a left hook that jabbed Khan's temple; dizzying his senses. Instead of holding, Khan tried to punch back, but instead was punched on the head by a left hook, right hook combo, sending him crashing to the canvas. He managed to get to his feet. Prescott ended it for good with another left that put Khan down again. This time, he was unable to get up.
It was officially over in 5. The fight was at the Manchester Evening News Arena on Khan's Sky Box Office debut. Khan began training with Roach in the United States, where he sparred with then WBC lightweight champion and pound- for- pound champion Manny Pacquiao, who is also being trained by Roach. On 6 December 2. 00. Khan recorded a comeback win against Oisin Fagan in a second- round stoppage. With victory, Khan won the vacant WBA International lightweight title. Khan knocked Fagan down twice in the first round and Fagan's corner threw in the towel in the second, after being knocked down again.
Khan vs. Barrera. In early 2. 00. 9, it was announced that Khan would fight former seven- time and three- weight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera on 1. March, at the Manchester Evening News Arena. Barrera was ranked No. WBO world lightweight rankings. Previous IBF and WBO lightweight title holder Nate Campbell was stripped of the belts after moving up to the light welterweight division and Khan's promoter Frank Warren and Barrera's promoter Don King lobbied the WBO to elevate the Khan- Barrera fight to a world lightweight title eliminator.
WBO. The fight was stopped towards the end of the fifth round due to Barrera suffering a cut in the first round, which resulted from a clash of heads. With Barrera deemed in no position to fight on by the ringside doctor, the fight then went to the scorecards where Khan was ahead on all three (5. With victory, Khan defended his WBA International lightweight title and also won the vacant WBO Inter- Continental lightweight title. Frank Warren was sufficiently impressed with Khan's performance that he vowed to land a world title fight for him before the end of the year.
There was a lot on his shoulders, but I always felt he could rise to the big occasion. I'd like to see him get a belt round his waist by the end of this year.
I felt like I was on a better level than him. The jabbing and patience . You could see the difference. I had to take some shots in that match. I made some mistakes in the past and I'm not going to make them again.
Kotelnik, Salita. It was announced on April 8, 2. Khan would move up to the light welterweight division to fight Andreas Kotelnik (3.
KOs) at the MEN Arena in Manchester for the WBA light welterweight title on 1. July. To fight for the world title in only my 2. Frank has done a great job getting the world title fight for me in Britain and now I have to go out win it. Kotelnik rallied in the closing rounds but could not land a decisive punch on Khan, Kotelnik throwing everything he had in the final two stanzas. Salita was knocked down three times, the first time after just 1. Malignaggi, Maidana.
Khan (left) and Malignaggi at the press conference on 1. March 2. 01. 0. On 9 March 2.
Golden Boy Promotions confirmed that Khan and former light welterweight world champion Paulie Malignaggi would hold a press conference in London to announce their world title bout set for 1. May at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.
This was Khan's first bout in the United States. The fight was for the WBA light welterweight title, which Khan won in the 1. Timothy Bradley match. Khan knocked Maidana with a combination of 2 body shots in the first round. Maidana was saved by the bell but somehow regained composure and continued to battle on. Khan dominated the scoring until tiring around round 7.
Maidana rallied and midway through round 1. Khan with a heavy right hand. Maidana landed a series of follow up uppercuts and rights but could not drop Khan. Khan then rallied to win rounds 1.
The fight was awarded Fight of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Khan vs. Mc. Closkey, Judah. Khan took on Paul Mc. Closkey in his next fight.
The 3. 1- year- old Northern Irishman was unbeaten in 2. Another tactical few rounds followed, with Khan the main aggressor. In the decisive sixth, a five- punch combination from Khan staggered Mc.
Closkey and moments later the pair went toe- to- toe before Mc. Closkey wheeled away and noticed blood coming from around his left eye. Round 1 saw a busy Amir Khan as he fought from the outside and kept Judah away with jabs and straights. All four rounds were taken by Khan. Ultimately on the fifth round Zab was taken down with a right uppercut to the body, in which at first commentators believed it was a low blow, since Judah was showing signs of agonising pain, but when it was seen from a different camera angle, it was right on the belt, leading to an 1. Amir Khan in his career so far.
Peterson, Garcia. Lamont Peterson defeated Khan for the WBA and IBF light- welterweight titles in Washington DC on 1. December 2. 01. 1 by split decision in a very controversial affair. Khan was docked 2 points in rounds 7 and 1. Joe Cooper for pushing, although illegal pushing is not usually met with such harsh consequences, the HBO team picked up on this.
Peterson was dropped to the canvas twice, although the first time was counted as a slip instead of a legitimate knockdown. Both fighters boxed well and two judges scored it 1. Some observers felt it was a hometown robbery as Peterson is from Washington DC, while many felt that Khan wasn't treat fairly.
He admitted to the use of steroids shortly after. Khan was then reinstated as the WBA champion. His next fight was on 1.
July 2. 01. 2, in Las Vegas, against the undefeated American Danny Garcia for the WBC Championship. At the pre- fight press conference on 4 June, Khan and Garcia's fathers got into a heated exchange resulting in both fighters promising to knock the other out on 1. July. Khan also stated his desire to move up to the 1. Garcia, for potential bouts with high- profile boxers like Floyd Mayweather and Timothy Bradley, although Bradley has previously rejected a fight with Khan in order for a fight against Manny Pacquiao. However, the tide turned against Khan very late in the third round as Garcia was able to land a hard counterpunch off a missed right. Khan hit the canvas and suddenly had to fight to stay alive as Garcia's punch to the neck and jaw badly hurt him.
Only the bell saved Khan from a second knockdown and Garcia kept pressing early in round four, forcing Khan to take a second standing eight count after he touched the canvas with his glove. Khan regrouped and was temporarily able to go back at Garcia, but with less than a minute left in the round Khan was dropped a third time. Referee Kenny Bayless stopped the fight despite Khan assuring him he could continue, deciding enough was enough.
Molina. Soon after Khan joined with new trainer Virgil Hunter it was announced that he would make his comeback fight against undefeated American Carlos Molina (1. The fight was aired on Showtime, on 1.