Former unified world champion and Olympic medallist boxer Amir Khan retires
Former world champion Amir Khan has announced his retirement from boxing after a 17-year professional career.
"I want to say a heartfelt thanks to the incredible teams I have worked with and to my family, friends and fans for the love and support they have shown me," he added.Khan burst on to the scene after winning silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics It also thrust Khan into the limelight and his transition into professional boxing came amid huge fanfare.
Just 10 months after his first career defeat, Khan realised his childhood dream by beating Andreas Kotelnik at Manchester Arena for the WBA light-welterweight title.Khan became unified light-welterweight champion in 2011 by knocking out Zab Judah in Las Vegas But his career has not been short of setbacks, either. He has been sensationally knocked out by Danny Garcia and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and suffered defeats to Lamont Peterson and current pound-for-pound star Terence Crawford.
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