"Jack Egan has silver medal in Boxing lightweight and bronze medal in Boxing welterweight, Russell van Horn has bronze in the lightweight competition and Joseph Lydon keeps bronze in the welterweight competition. Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Welterweight The welterweight was the third heaviest boxing weight class held as part of the Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Wednesday, September 21, 1904 and on Thursday, September 22, 1904. It was the first time the event, like all other boxing events, was held in Olympic competition. Welterweights had to be less than 65.8"
"British Muslim Awards. In 2014, he was given Pride of Performance from the President of Pakistan. In 2015, he received an honorary degree from the University of Bolton for his contributions to sport and charity. Amir Khan (boxer) Amir Iqbal Khan (; born 8 December 1986) is a British professional boxer. He is a former unified light-welterweight world champion, having held the WBA (later Super) title from 2009 to 2012, and the IBF title in 2011. At a regional level, he held the Commonwealth lightweight title from 2007 to 2008. He also held the WBC Silver welterweight title from 2014"
"youngest boxing Olympic medallist. He is also one of the youngest ever British professional world champions, winning the WBA title at the age of 22. In 2007, he was named ESPN prospect of the year. In July 2011, the ""International Business Times"" ranked Khan as the world's 8th best active boxer, pound for pound, while BoxRec ranked him 13th best, pound for pound, in April 2016. Outside of boxing, he is a philanthropist with his own charity organisation, Amir Khan Foundation. He is also a promoter and sponsor, the owner of Khan Promotions and Pakistan's Amir Khan Academy, and a"
"Rai and Raman Mundair. There is a growing number of young British Asians who are making a mark in the charity and interfaith sectors. A recent example is Onkardeep Singh who became the youngest person of South Asian heritage in 2018 to be awarded an MBE for his interfaith and voluntary works. Jawaid Khaliq, the first world champion boxer of Pakistani origin, was born in Nottingham. Amir Khan, the silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, has become a cultural icon in the UK with TV audiences of up to 8 million watching him fight. Khan represents Britain"
"Chisora, Nicky Piper and Amir Khan. Warren guided Hamed to become Britain's youngest ever world champion when he beat Steve Robinson to win the WBO Featherweight title at the Cardiff Arms Park, Wales, in 1995; he oversaw the ascent of Ricky Hatton to the IBF Light Welterweight Championship of the World after beating Kostya Tszyu in 2005; and has been with former IBF and WBO/WBC/WBA/Ring Magazine Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe throughout the majority of his 46 fight unbeaten career. Warren signed the 2004 Olympic Lightweight silver medallist Amir Khan and guided him to be a world champion in 2009,"
"Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each. Five judges scored the fighters in real time and the boxer with the most points at the end was the winner. Three days before the Games opening ceremony the International Olympic Committee announced that Kenyan boxer David Munyasia had tested positive for cathine and has been excluded from the event. Several medalists at the 2004 Olympics, including Amir Khan, Andre Ward, Gennady"
"beat two opponents, but lost to Boris Georgiev 18:20. Nurzhan Karimzhanov Nurzhan Karimzhanov (born May 30, 1980) is a Kazakhstani boxer, who won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games in the Junior Welterweight division. At the Olympics 2000 he fought at lightweight and beat among others local hero Michael Katsidis but lost to Andriy Kotelnyk. At the Asian Games he won the junior welterweight title. Karimzhanov qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in second place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the final he lost to Thailand's eventual"
"Shahin Imranov Shahin Imranov () (born 23 September 1980) is a boxer from Azerbaijan. He is best known for winning two featherweight silver medals at European championships. Imranov won a silver medal at the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships. He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in second place at the 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Warsaw, Poland. In the 2004 Olympics boxing tournament he was defeated in the second round of the featherweight (57 kg) division by the eventual gold medal winner, Russian Alexei Tichtchenko. He repeated his 2002 championship success at the"
"Ryan Barrett Ryan Barrett (born 27 December 1982) is an English boxer. He won the English super featherweight title in 2008, and the WBU welterweight title in 2013 before retiring later in 2014. Barrett is best known for his loss to 2004 Athens Olympics silver medalist Amir Khan via a TKO in 2006; after which, he went on to fight for the British featherweight title in 2007. Barrett started boxing at the age of seven, with Thamesmead ABC. He moved to Eltham ABC aged 8, where he won schoolboy titles and class B and C NABC titles under the training"
"2014, he was awarded the Best at Sport award at the British Muslim Awards. Haroon Khan Haroon Iqbal ""Harry"" Khan (born May 10, 1991) is a British professional boxer, and Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist. Khan was born in Bolton, England, to a Pakistani Rajput family with roots in Rawalpindi, Punjab. He is the younger brother of former WBA and IBF World Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan and is the first cousin of English cricketer Sajid Mahmood, related through a Paternal grandfather, Lal Khan, who came to England after being discharged from the Pakistan Army. Prior to boxing, Khan played football"
"to gain medals for Khan's team Pakistan at the 2010 Commonwealth Games including 2x Gold and 1x Silver for Wrestling. Khan was banned by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) from representing Pakistan in World Amateur Boxing Championships, a qualifier to the 2012 Olympics, as he prepared for the tournament because he had represented for England as a youth even though he gained Pakistani citizenship in 2010. His father tried to appeal the ban but failed to have it lifted. Khan debuted at super flyweight, and is currently coached by Oliver Harrison, his elder brother Amir Khan's former coach. In January"
"2005 Boxing World Cup in Moscow, Russia. Mirzhan Rakhimzhanov Mirzhan Beybutovich Rakhimzhanov (; born August 18, 1983 in East Kazakhstan Province) is a male boxer from Kazakhstan. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) by Russia's Georgy Balakshin. Rakhimzhanov qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final he defeated Indonesia's Bonyx Yusak Saweho. He was a member of the"
"Muhammad Ali (British boxer) Muhammad Ali (born 20 June 1996) is a British boxer who qualified to compete for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics that was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ali trains at the same gym as Amir Khan, in Bury under coach Mick Jelly. Ali won the silver medal at the 2014 AIBA World Youth Championships, losing the final to American boxer Shakur Stevenson. He was selected for the Great Britain team at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China, where he competed in the under-52 kg division. He won his preliminary round"
"points against Willie Limond. On 7 December 2013 in Neuwied, Germany, Barrett was given a chance to avenge his loss in the Masters to Geoffrey Munika and in doing so took the vacant WBU Welterweight World Title with a 3rd-round TKO. Ryan Barrett Ryan Barrett (born 27 December 1982) is an English boxer. He won the English super featherweight title in 2008, and the WBU welterweight title in 2013 before retiring later in 2014. Barrett is best known for his loss to 2004 Athens Olympics silver medalist Amir Khan via a TKO in 2006; after which, he went on to"
"2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships. At the world championships of 2007 he was upset by Indian Anthresh Lalit Lakra. At the 2008 Olympics he retired with an elbow injury in his semifinal against Khedafi Djelkhir and won Bronze, he was trailing 2-5. <br> Shahin Imranov Shahin Imranov () (born 23 September 1980) is a boxer from Azerbaijan. He is best known for winning two featherweight silver medals at European championships. Imranov won a silver medal at the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships. He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in second place at the 2nd AIBA European"
"Haroon Khan Haroon Iqbal ""Harry"" Khan (born May 10, 1991) is a British professional boxer, and Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist. Khan was born in Bolton, England, to a Pakistani Rajput family with roots in Rawalpindi, Punjab. He is the younger brother of former WBA and IBF World Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan and is the first cousin of English cricketer Sajid Mahmood, related through a Paternal grandfather, Lal Khan, who came to England after being discharged from the Pakistan Army. Prior to boxing, Khan played football for his local club before the club was eventually shut down. Khan supports his"
"Colin Jones (boxer) Colin Jones (born 21 March 1959 in Gorseinon, Swansea) was a Welsh boxer, who became British, Commonwealth and European welterweight champion. Before turning professional he represented Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Colin had a trainer by the name of Gareth Bevan, also helped out by his son John Bevan. In 1976 Jones was the youngest British boxer to qualify for the Olympic Games until Amir Khan appeared at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was one of the hardest punching welterweights of his generation and his ability to knock fighters out with"
"beating Alfonso Pinto. 2004 at the Olympics he was upset by young Turk Atagün Yalçınkaya and had to settle for bronze. 2005 at the world championships he again lost to a teenager in Hungary's Pal Bedak. In 2005 he was part of the Russian team that won the Boxing World Cup. 2007 he lost at the Russian Championships against David Ayrapetyan 9:25. 2000 (Sydney, as a Light flyweight) 2004 (Athens, as a Light flyweight) 2003 (Bangkok, as a Light flyweight) 2005 (Mianyang, as a Light flyweight) 1998 (Minsk, as a Light flyweight) 2005 (Moscow, as a Light flyweight) Sergey Kazakov"
"medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. In the final he was defeated by South Korea's Kim Jung-Joo. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he was beaten in the quarterfinals of the Welterweight (69 kg) division by Russia's two-time champion Oleg Saitov. He turned pro at light middleweight at 2007 and won 17 bouts, one draw but showed little power. His draw was against another amateur star in Timur Nergadze whom he outpointed in the rematch. Sherzod Husanov Sherzod Husanov (born January 27, 1980) is a boxer from Uzbekistan who won medals at the 2001 and"
"club where he has trained since he was 13 years old. Amer Khan Amer Khan (born 21 February 1981 in Sheffield) was a light heavyweight boxer based in Sheffield, England. He was a National Amateur champion and an undefeated former Central Area light heavyweight champion. Khan made his debut in 2003, however was largely inactive, making infrequent appearance. Khan beat Darren Stubs to become the BBBofC Central Area light heavyweight champion in 2006, and has been inactive since 2007. He has previously helped in raising funds for the Kashmir earthquake. Outside of boxing, he was an ambulance driver. He's currently"
"in the same division one year earlier, at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. Abdelhani Kenzi Abdel Hani Kenzi (born 27 September 1973) is a boxer from Algeria. Kenzi participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There, he was stopped in the second round of the Light heavyweight (81 kg) division by Uzbekistan's eventual bronze medalist, Utkirbek Haydarov. He had formerly competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kenzi qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the"
"Amer Khan Amer Khan (born 21 February 1981 in Sheffield) was a light heavyweight boxer based in Sheffield, England. He was a National Amateur champion and an undefeated former Central Area light heavyweight champion. Khan made his debut in 2003, however was largely inactive, making infrequent appearance. Khan beat Darren Stubs to become the BBBofC Central Area light heavyweight champion in 2006, and has been inactive since 2007. He has previously helped in raising funds for the Kashmir earthquake. Outside of boxing, he was an ambulance driver. He's currently a full-time fireman and a boxing trainer at the Ingle boxing"
"was defeated by Lithuania's Daugirdas Šemiotas. Flávio Furtado Flávio Furtado (born 15 March 1978) is a Cape Verdean boxer. Furtado participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native island African country. There, he loss 36-20 to Canadian Trevor Stewardson in the Light heavyweight (81 kg) division in the round of 32. Furtado qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event, he was defeated the Algerian fighter, Abdelhani Kenzi. The following year he competed at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing"
"Boxing Championship in Russia. In 2003, he won a Gold medal in the flyweight category by defeating Vilitio M Payla (Php) by 20-16. He won a Best Boxer Award three times, in additions to twelve Gold, one Silver, and four Bronze medals. Kumar qualified for the Athens Games by winning second place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the first round he lost to Uzbekistan's Tulashboy Doniyorov. At the Olympics 2004, he lost in the first round to Jerome Thomas. In 2005, Kumar won the gold medal at the 4th Commonwealth Federation"
"Bakhtiyar defeated a Cuban boxer Lorenzo Aragon, who had not lost a bout for a year and a half. Artayev won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Mianyang, China and went up to middleweight. Artayev's results are as follows: 2004 Summer Olympics: 2007 World Championship: 2008 Summer Olympics: Bakhtiyar Artayev Bakhtiyar Karipullauly Artayev (; born 14 March 1983) is a Kazakh boxer who won the gold medal for Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for the outstanding boxer of the 2004 Olympics. In recognition of"
"Nurzhan Karimzhanov Nurzhan Karimzhanov (born May 30, 1980) is a Kazakhstani boxer, who won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games in the Junior Welterweight division. At the Olympics 2000 he fought at lightweight and beat among others local hero Michael Katsidis but lost to Andriy Kotelnyk. At the Asian Games he won the junior welterweight title. Karimzhanov qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in second place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the final he lost to Thailand's eventual gold medalist Manus Boonjumnong. At the Olympics 2004 he"
"Abdelhani Kenzi Abdel Hani Kenzi (born 27 September 1973) is a boxer from Algeria. Kenzi participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There, he was stopped in the second round of the Light heavyweight (81 kg) division by Uzbekistan's eventual bronze medalist, Utkirbek Haydarov. He had formerly competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kenzi qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event, he defeated the Cape Verdian fighter, Flavio Furtado. Kenzi won the bronze medal"
"Olympic history, with half the team under the age of 25, and many of them are expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Heavyweight boxer Ali Mazaheri was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Iran left London with a total of 13 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, and 3 bronze), finishing fifteenth in the overall medal standings. This was also the most successful Olympics for the Middle East, winning the largest number of medals at a single games, and surpassing by just double the record from Athens. Notable accomplishments"
"he was again fighting alongside 'The Bad Company' Thai boxing club against champion Miguel Varela and then setting up a bout against lethal Irish star and World Champion Josh Palmer in late 2012. Khan went on to win the tough battles. Imran Khan (kickboxer) Imran Khan is a British Pakistani Muay Thai kickboxer who competes at Welterweight. He is 2x time World Champion, 3x time European Champion and 3x time British Champion and Junior champion at the age of 13. He was born in Sheffield, England. He started Muay Thai at the age of 11. Other than Kickboxing, he also"
"Mirzhan Rakhimzhanov Mirzhan Beybutovich Rakhimzhanov (; born August 18, 1983 in East Kazakhstan Province) is a male boxer from Kazakhstan. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) by Russia's Georgy Balakshin. Rakhimzhanov qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final he defeated Indonesia's Bonyx Yusak Saweho. He was a member of the Kazakhstan national team that competed at the"
"Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Light flyweight The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms (105.8 lbs). 29 boxers qualified for this category after the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and 9 Continental Qualification Tournaments. The only Olympic medalist to participate at the Beijing Games is the host country boxer, Zou Shiming, bronze at the 2004 Games and defending World Champion. Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were"
"he was upset early against Japanese Masatsugu Kawachi. Boonjumnong qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the final he defeated Kazakhstan's Nurzhan Karimzhanov. In Athens he beat reigning world champion Willy Blain and the Cuban Yudel Johnson in the final and won gold. <br>2004 Olympic Results Manus Boonjumnong Manus Boonjumnong (; , born June 23, 1980) is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight (60–64 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics . He is the older brother of Non"
"Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Lightweight The lightweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held from 16 to 29 August at Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. This is limited to those boxers weighing between 57 and 60 kilograms. Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. This event consisted of 28 boxers who have qualified for the competition through various tournaments held in 2003 and 2004. The competition began with a preliminary round on 16 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with the final on"