Amir Khan

Amir Khan's career thrilled me precisely because of its fragile brilliance. Born in Bolton to an immigrant family, he started boxing at eleven and won Olympic silver at seventeen, becoming Britain's youngest boxing medalist. What I admire is that, despite a reputation for a vulnerable chin, he never ran from a firefight; he chose thrilling exchanges over safe points. That combination of blistering hand speed and reckless courage made him one of the most watchable British fighters of his era. The Ali-Frazier Award felt fitting. To me Khan embodies the human drama of boxing, a man who got hurt, got up, and kept swinging.

Name (English)

Amir Khan

Name (Japanese)

アミール・カーン

Reading

あみーる・かーん

Born

December 8, 1986 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Tiger

Origin

Bolton, United Kingdom

Height

174 cm

Occupation

boxer

University

University of Greater Manchester

Awards & achievements

• IBF World Junior Welterweight Champion
• WBA World Super Lightweight Champion
• 2010 Ali–Frazier Award

• Official sitehttps://www.amirkhanworld.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/amirkingkhan/
• Xhttps://x.com/AmirKingKhan
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir%20Khan%20(boxer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469870

Tags

• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-17

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