Amir Khan has introduced his retirement from boxing on the age of 35.
The Bolton fighter brings the curtains down on a shocking profession within the sport having received an Olympic silver medal earlier than turning skilled and changing into unified world champion, establishing himself as one of many nation’s most enjoyable fighters.
Khan ends his profession with a report of 34 skilled wins and 6 losses, since turning skilled in 2005.
‘It’s time to hold up my gloves. I really feel blessed to have had such a tremendous profession that has spanned over 27 years,’ he wrote on Twitter.
‘I need to say a heartfelt thanks and to the unbelievable groups I've labored with and to my household, associates and followers for the love and assist they've proven me.’
Khan turned an in a single day sensation in Nice Britain after successful a silver medal at Athena 2004 on the age of 17.
A 12 months later he turned skilled and after working his means via memorable scraps towards home rivals and recovering from a shock career-first loss to Breidis Prescott, he received his first world title after beating Andreas Kotelnik in Manchester at simply 22.
After defeating Marcos Maidana with a career-best efficiency, Khan added the IBF title to his assortment win victory over Zab Judah in 2011 earlier than defeat to Lamont Peterson.
The Briton was later reinstated as champion after Peterson failed a drug exams however Khan suffered one other setback following a devastating knockout defeat to Danny Garcia in 2011.
Khan then shifted focus to changing into a two-weight world champion, successful 5 fights within the welterweight divison earlier than bravely stepping as much as problem Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in 2016. Khan was knocked out chilly within the sixth spherical.
Talks to struggle previous rival Kell Brook had repeatedly fallen via through the years and continued to take action up till the tip of final 12 months – with Khan within the meantime launching yet another crack at world title gold in 2019 solely to come back up brief towards Terence Crawford.
After years of bad-tempered negotiations, Khan’s final struggle was towards previous nemesis Brook in February this 12 months with the 2 settling a vicious rivalry that had raged for over a decade.
Brook walked away because the winner that night time, saying his retirement from boxing simply final week.
Whereas Khan had beforehand vowed to struggle on having been been talked up as a possible opponent for rising welterweight star Conor Benn, he follows his previous rival into retirement, abandoning an enormous legacy within the sport.
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