![]() Footage from Faryal Makhdoom’s Instagram story shows the two culprits taking off with the watch. The athlete, who has his own namesake charity foundation, was also wearing the watch in an Instagram post from a fundraising event the night before – sparking concerns he may have been targeted. Hours before the attack, Khan was pictured with a fan while shopping in central London wearing his pricy watch, which is worth around $94,000 and is encrusted with 719 diamonds. “The main thing is we’re both safe,” Khan added on Twitter. Khan and his wife, who have been married since 2013, were left “shocked” by the attack, his rep Martin O’Shea exclusively told The Post. Two men ran to me, he asked for my watch whilst having a gun pointed in my face.” “I crossed the road with Faryal, luckily she was a few steps behind me. Former world champ boxer Amir Khan was robbed at gunpoint for his watch. “Just had my watch taken off me at gunpoint in east London, Leyton,” the 2008 Olympic silver medalist wrote Monday night. Sharing details of the terrifying ordeal on Twitter, Khan added that both he and his wife, Faryal Makhdoom, were luckily unharmed. The former world champ said he was confronted by two men, one of whom ordered him to hand over his watch. British boxer Amir Khan was robbed at gunpoint in central London while out with his wife. That’s what I wanted to do.”įollow WBN on Facebook Instagram, and Twitter worldboxingnews. It’s amazing, I mean, what the gym’s done for us – giving something back to Bolton. Now we have Joe Gallagher, Paul Smith, and Stephen Smith. “So, they used to train out here, in our gym, because we had amateurs train there as well. “I’ve done this for a lot of kids, and you won’t believe it, but Tyson Fury started off his boxing career here as well, and his cousin did. “I wanted to give back because of what boxing did for me. “I opened The Amir Khan Academy about ten years ago as I wanted to give something back to the community. “There’s no one to help you in boxing – you’re on your own.” Charity workĭiscussing his charity work, Khan uses that focus of knowing he helps others to keep him in a healthy state of mind. You need someone to tell you how to move forward, someone to help you on the business side as well. “This is when you need help mentally, someone to talk to you. Then you stop that routine, you think, ‘what do I need to do?’ When you’re in a routine your whole life. With many of these other fighters who were not really that big of a name, people forget about them – they go mad. “After their career, they’re left alone – no one talks about them. They don’t have that – that’s why a lot of fighters go mad. He continued: “In a boxing gym, they should have one. We don’t have nutritionists, and we have nothing.” Boxers go mad The boxers make a lot of money, but we don’t have the system that footballers have. ![]() “I’ve never seen a psychologist, not during my boxing career or now,” said Khan, speaking on The Overlap, in partnership with Sky Bet However, having all UK eyes on him for his achievements as the only boxer from the country at the Athens Olympics, problems soon started once the money rolled in. Only a teenager, Khan was known as a squeaky clean, nice guy in his early boxing years. ![]() Khan chose to represent Great Britain over Pakistan after being born in England. The massive success came from a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. The latter earned Khan the WBN Fighter of the Year trophy for 2010. His career hit the heights when he cracked the United States, winning bouts against Zab Judah and Marcos Maidana. The 35-year-old would be the first to admit he made a lot of mistakes, one of which was accusing fellow boxer Anthony Joshua of sleeping with the New Yorker. The Rise of Amir KhanĮarning vast purses for world title fights, TV, and endorsement deals, the Bolton man went off the rails often before and after meeting his wife, Faryal. ![]() One of the UK’s most famous boxers in the 2000s, Khan, was forever in the firing line outside the ring. Khan made the statement in a recent interview with Gary Neville, where he also discussed his charity work and other subjects. Former world champion Amir Khan says boxers earning massive sums of money need help to deal with their success. ![]()
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