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First Amateur Fight
Like most 11 year olds, Haroon was just settling into his first year at secondary school. This is when he decided to challenge himself further by following in his brothers footsteps and fighting his very first amateur boxing fight in the year 2002. -
Represented England
Throughout the year 2003 Haroon went on to represent England in several championships at the age of 12. -
Brother, Amir fought in the Olympics
Mail Online - Khan wins silverHaroon talks about how the biggest driving force and inspiration to become a boxer stemmed from the year 2004 when he flew out to Athens, along with the rest of his family, to watch brother Amir, fight and become silver medallist in the Olympic games. Haroon tells us how his biggest role model whilst growing up was always his brother and he always looked up to him and mirrored his style, dreams and career paths. -
European Championships
In the year 2005 Haroon took part in the European championships in Poland. In the first round he was faced with the reigning champion from Russia and fought for the gold medal. -
Continued Success
Haroon won several championships in this year. -
Finding opponents
As a result of winning many championships in the previous year, Haroon struggled to find opponents at the age of 16. This was also the year in which he completed his GCSE exams and passed only two of them. -
"Education isn't for me"
In this year Haroon started Bolton Sixth Form College, in an attempt to have another go at education. He dropped out of college six months later and his father, Mr Khan, wrote a letter of apology to the head teacher, Mr Bennet, as he felt his son had wasted their time. Haroon tells us how he doesn’t think education is necessary to go forward in life and you should always find your strength and excel in that. -
Snubbed by England and Accepted by Pakistan
Khan shrugs off England snubHaroon was then overlooked by the England selectors for boxing and representing England. Andrew Selby was chosen in favour of him. It was after this that, the Pakistani Boxing Federation approached Khan and made him stay in training camp for three months, which Khan then went on to pass. -
The commonwealth games
Common Wealth gamesKhan fought in the Commonwealth games in India at the age of 19. He won the first two fights and was faced with Andrew Selby who was chosen in favour of him in 2009. Khan beat Selby and won bronze medal. He was then defeated by Indian boxer Suranjoy Mayengbam Singh, who went on to become gold medallist. Khan later returned to the UK to have his slap tear operation on his shoulder. -
Khan in recovery
He spent most of this year in recovery, hence being out of boxing due to the operation. -
Khan turns pro
Khan took part in the ABA’s (England national championships) but was beat in the quarter finals. This made Haroon come to the conclusion that amateur boxing is “corrupt” and it isn’t for him. This is was the force that drove him to become professional. Khan signed up for Super Fight Promotions (Brother Amir’s company, co-owned by Dennis Hobson) He is due to make his pro debut in 2013.
