Haroon Iqbal Khan (born 10 May 1991) is a British and Pakistani professional boxer, and

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Bronze medallist.

Personal life

Khan was born in Bolton,

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, to a Pakistani

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family with roots in

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. He is the younger brother of former WBA and IBF World Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan and is the first cousin of English cricketer

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, related through a Paternal grandfather, Lal Khan, who came to

after being discharged from the

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. Prior to boxing, Khan played football for his local club before the club was eventually shut down. Khan supports his local football team

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and he also enjoys Indian Premier League cricket. His all-time favorite boxer is

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. In 2016, Khan married Arifa Janjua in

. Khan and Janjua then flew back to Bolton where their Walima took place.

Amateur career

Khan took up boxing through watching his older brother prevail at the sport as a youngster, as an amateur, he fought in the

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class where he held 66 wins and 19 losses. Khan has previously won the Junior ABA Championships once and Junior Four Nations Challenge twice.

2010 Commonwealth Games

The highlight of his Amateur career came when he qualified for the

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following a defeat over

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n boxer Sunday Elias with a blow to the head in the third round. Khan chose to represent

after being overlooked by the Team GB selectors in favor of

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, who he went on to beat in the quarter-finals, and was thus guaranteed a medal before losing out to the eventual gold medalist,

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boxer Suranjoy Singh. He became one of two

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to win a bronze-medal for boxing in the

, the other being

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2012 Olympics ban

Khan was banned by the

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(AIBA) from representing

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, a qualifier to the

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, as he prepared for the tournament because he had represented for

as a youth even though he gained Pakistani citizenship in 2010. His father tried to appeal the ban but failed to have it lifted.

Professional career

Super flyweight

Khan debuted at super flyweight, and was coached by Oliver Harrison, his elder brother Amir Khan's former coach.

Professional boxing record

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Awards

In January 2014, he was awarded the Best at Sport award at the British Muslim Awards.

References

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