THREE years after his brutal defeat to Canelo Alvarez, Amir Khan is heading back to the US. One of the most recognisable and talented fighters of his generation, Khan is looking to become a world champion once again and spoil WBO welterweight king Terence Crawford’s unbeaten record. What is Amir Khan’s boxing record? KHAN burst […]
THREE years after his brutal defeat to Canelo Alvarez, Amir Khan is heading back to the US.
One of the most recognisable and talented fighters of his generation, Khan is looking to become a world champion once again and spoil WBO welterweight king Terence Crawford’s unbeaten record.
KHAN burst onto the scene as a teenager and the British public eagerly followed his transition from amateur to pro.
Over the course of a 14-year career, he’s garnished a reputation as a gifted athlete, blessed with phenomenal reflexes, bravery and fast hands.
He made his pro debut in 2005 aged just 18 at the Bolton Arena, beating David Bailey by TKO infront of adoring home crowd and 4.4m watching on ITV.
Khan has since gone on to become one of the most recognisable British fighters of the new Millennium and in 2013 was ranked as the 8th best pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
Going into his WBO title showdown with Terence Crawford in the Big Apple, Khan has a pro record of 33-4.
His four defeats have been against Breidis Prescott in 2008, Lamont Peterson in 2011, Danny Garcia in 2012 and most recently Saul Alvarez in 2016.
After that defeat by Canelo in Sin City, Khan took two years away from the ring and made his comeback against Phil Lo Greco in April 2018, winning within 39 seconds.
KNOWN as King Khan by his fans, the Bolton-born fighter has seen it all on the world stage.
He has won two world titles and unified the light-welterweight division eight years ago.
Khan held the WBA title from 2009 to 2012, beating Andreas Kotelnik in Manchester and successfully defending the strap five times before defeat to Peterson in Washington.
That also saw him lose control of the IBF light-welterweight strap that he’d taken off Zab Judah earlier in 2011.
The showdown with Canelo in 2016 saw Khan go up to middleweight and fight for another world crown, but the unbeaten Mexican had too much for the Brit and sunk him with a huge KO in the sixth round.
THERE was a real buzz around Khan’s career after he burst onto the scene as a teenager.
Just 17 at the 2004 Athens Olympics, he won a silver medal in the lighweight division and was regularly watched by upwards of eight million on TV.
He was Britain’s youngest Olympic boxer since Colin Jones in 1976 and lost out in the gold medal match to Cuban Mario Kindelan.
