Aqeel Bashir Ahmed (born 28 July 1992) is an amateur boxer from

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. He represented Scotland in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and again in Gold Coast in 2018. He is the current British Champion 2016, having defended it from the previous year. In May 2019, Ahmed was selected to compete for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the

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Personal life

Ahmed was born and raised in Dundee in Scotland and currently lives in

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. He is of Pakistani descent.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Aqeel Living people Scottish male boxers Scottish people of Pakistani descent Sportspeople of Pakistani descent Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games boxers for Scotland 1992 births Sportspeople from Dundee European Games competitors for Great Britain Boxers at the 2019 European Games Light-flyweight boxers 21st-century Scottish sportsmen