Amir Khan
Boxer
Amir Khan (born 8 December 1986) is a British professional boxer and two-time former world champion, having held the unified WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles.[6] He currently holds the WBC Silver welterweight title, and has fought at three weight classes: lightweight, light-welterweight, and welterweight.
Khan is the youngest British Olympic boxing medalist, winning silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics, at the age of 17. He is also one of the youngest ever British world champions, winning the WBA light-welterweight title at the age of 22. The International Business Times ranked him the eighth best pound for pound boxer in 2011.
As an amateur, he scored notable wins over two-time Olympic gold medalist Mario Kindelán and future world champion Victor Ortiz. As a professional, Khan holds notable wins over nine world champions, including Andreas Kotelnik, Marcos Maidana, Julio Díaz, Luis Collazo, Chris Algieri, Paulie Malignaggi, Devon Alexander, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Zab Judah.
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