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(born 30 July 1970), is a British former
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who competed from 1997 to 2004. A dual Pakistan national, he became the first
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boxing world champion, winning the lightly-regarded IBO
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title in 2001 and defending it seven times before retiring three years later. He also held multiple regional championships, including the
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welterweight title in 2000.


Personal life

Khaliq was born to
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i parents in
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on 30 July 1970. Khaliq took up boxing at the age of 16. Within a short span of time, he went on to win the Amateur Boxing Association of England championships and fought for England. Whilst boxing, Khaliq also worked as a taxi driver to support his family and initially went back to the trade after retirement, later using it to fund his Boxing Academy. He achieved an
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for his service to his community.


Professional career

Khaliq made his boxing debut at the age of 27 in 1997. Initially, he started taking fights on short notice, taking his second fight on a day's notice, and his third fight on two days' notice.


Light middleweight

As a
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he held the WBF Inter-Continental Light Middleweight Title, winning the bout in way of 5th round TKO. He also held the BBBofC Midlands Area light-middleweight title, winning that bout in way of 6th round TKO.


Welterweight

As a
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, he held BBBofC Midlands Area welterweight title, winning the bout in way of 4th round TKO and
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welterweight title, before finally winning the
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welterweight title, and made seven defences before he chose to retire and vacate the title.


Promotional issues

Following the win over
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for the IBO World Welterweight Title, Khaliq started to want to pursue big fights in the U.S., coincidentally, world-class fighters such as
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started to call him out, but due to promotional issues Khaliq's ambitions failed to materialize.


Retirement

Khaliq chose to retire partly due to complications, stating; "...I had a couple of years waiting for fights, seeing people pull out, (and) fights not happening. I had a couple of fights cancelled. I was fed up, (after which) we started talking about come-back fights. I saw it as a backward step... I always wanted to test myself against the very best guys... I've lost the hunger."


Life after boxing

After boxing, Khaliq started working full-time as a taxi driver to support his wife and children. After requests from people asking him to train them, Khaliq set up 'Jawaid Khaliq Boxing Academy' in
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which he funded by working as a taxi driver. The club claimed to prevent anti-social behaviour, and the police had acknowledged that the club has helped with the creation of healthy relationships with the local youth. However, in 2013, the club faced financial hurdles as it could not afford to stay on its current premises and faced the threat to close-down. Khaliq has helped raise awareness about
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within the
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community, and has previously taken initiatives to help recruit more firefighters from within the community with the partnership of the service.


Professional boxing record


See also

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References


External links


Jav Boxing Academy
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