Tasif Khan
British-born Pakistani boxer
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Tasif Khan, born 29 December 1982, is a British super flyweight professional boxer.
He has won a number of championship belts, including the super flyweight World Champion. (World Boxing Union), Super flyweight World Champion, (Global Boxing Union), Bantamweight World Champion (World Boxing Confederation) and the International Masters Champion.
Outside of boxing, Khan is an Ambassador for the Kashmir Orphans Relief Trust (KORT), a registered UK charity. KORT works in Pakistan to aid orphans and children in need.
Early life
Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Khan started boxing at the age of 10 at the Bradford Police Boys amateur boxing club, in the Girlington area of Bradford, under Mr Allan (Pop Allan). During his early boxing days, Khan pursued a path of teaching in a primary school as a day job at Atlas Community Primary School, where he taught physical education.
Boxing career
Prior to turning professional, he became the North of England Champion in 2004, the National England finalist in 2005, and held the Yorkshire and Humber Champion title for six years. Turning professional, Khan rose also fought on the undercard of the Amir Khan v Paul Mckloskey boxing bout in Manchester MEN arena.
Khan has won the Super flyweight World Champion (World Boxing Union), Superflyweight World Champion (Global Boxing Union), Bantamweight World Champion (World Boxing Confederation) and the International Masters Champion. He is also a champion boxing fighter whom, as won the African Title.
Tasif Khan is promoted by Monarch Promotions.
Charity and community work
Khan is an Ambassador for the Kashmir Orphans Relief Trust (KORT), a registered UK charity (Charity No. 1113836), and has been deployed to Pakistan to oversee projects and visit beneficiaries. Khan also ran the Kirklees 10K Challenge on 11 May 2019 and the Tatton 10K Challenge on 12 May 2019 while fasting during the month of Ramadan to raise funds for KORT
Khan has also been named a Community Champion in Bradford, a scheme which sees local people from different walks of life visit schools and talk to pupils about how they have made a success of their lives. Khan was among other champions who visited Carlton Bolling School in 2018 to give an assembly to Year 11 pupils
He has made a number of appearances, including the launch of a new £1.5m easyGym opening in Bradford city centre in 2017 and a literacy campaign launched by Bradford Council and National Literacy Trust in 2014.
Professional boxing record
| 19 fights | 16 wins | 1 loss |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 8 | 0 |
| By decision | 8 | 1 |
| Draws | 2 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Win | 16–1–2 | Gabriel Odoi Laryea | UD | 12 | 20 Dec 2022 | Eko Club, Lagos, Nigeria | |
| 18 | Win | 15–1–2 | Michael Arango | TKO | 2 (8), 0:40 | 22 Oct 2022 | Dreifachturnhalle, Huckelhoven, Germany | |
| 17 | Win | 14–1–2 | Jose Antonio Jimenez | KO | 1 (8), 2:54 | 23 Apr 2022 | Dreifachturnhalle, Huckelhoven, Germany | |
| 16 | Win | 13–1–2 | Ronald Ramos | TKO | 3 (8), 1:18 | 30 Oct 2021 | Dreifachturnhalle, Huckelhoven, Germany | |
| 15 | Win | 12–1–2 | Asamoah Wilson | TKO | 3 (12), 1:26 | 22 Dec 2018 | Landmark Events Centre, Lagos, Nigeria | |
| 14 | Win | 11–1–2 | Isaac Quaye | TKO | 6 (12), 1:54 | 6 Feb 2016 | Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford, England | |
| 13 | Win | 10–1–2 | Mikheil Soloninkini | UD | 10 | 2 May 2015 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | |
| 12 | Win | 9–1–2 | Ladislav Miko | TKO | 1 (6), 1:15 | 20 Mar 2015 | Grand Central Hall, Liverpool, England | |
| 11 | Win | 8–1–2 | Richard Voros | TKO | 2 (4), 1:05 | 30 Jan 2015 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | |
| 10 | Win | 7–1–2 | Elemir Rafael | PTS | 4 | 9 Dec 2012 | De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |
| 9 | Win | 6–1–2 | Delroy Spencer | PTS | 4 | 4 Feb 2012 | De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |
| 8 | Win | 5–1–2 | Pavels Senkovs | PTS | 4 | 16 Apr 2011 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 7 | Win | 4–1–2 | Pavels Senkovs | PTS | 4 | 26 Nov 2010 | De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England | |
| 6 | Win | 3–1–2 | Francis Croes | PTS | 4 | 16 Jul 2010 | Bolton Arena, Bolton, England | |
| 5 | Draw | 2–1–2 | Anwar Alfadli | PTS | 4 | 24 May 2009 | Rio Grande Banqueting Hall, Bradford, England | |
| 4 | Loss | 2–1–1 | Stuart McFadyen | PTS | 4 | 6 Jul 2007 | Robin Park Centre, Wigan, England | |
| 3 | Win | 2–0–1 | Delroy Spencer | PTS | 6 | 28 May 2006 | Light Waves Leisure Centre, Wakefield, England | |
| 2 | Win | 1–0–1 | Neil Read | TKO | 6 (6), 2:13 | 23 Feb 2006 | Town Hall, Leeds, England | |
| 1 | Draw | 0–0–1 | Gary Ford | PTS | 6 | 20 Nov 2005 | Tara Leisure Centre, Shaw, England |