Boxer Amir Khan is ROBBED of his £72,000 luxury watch by two men who pointed gun at his face while out with wife Faryal Makhdoom in east London
- Amir Khan was robbed at gunpoint in Leyton, east London, on Monday evening
- The boxer was with his wife Faryal Makhdoom when two men approached him
- Khan, 35, said he and wife were both safe while the robbers took a luxury watch
British boxer Amir Khan was robbed of a luxury watch by two men who pointed a gun at his face while out with his wife Faryal Makhdoom in east London last night.
The 35-year-old revealed the terrifying incident took place while his wife was metres away from him when they crossed a road in Leyton.
Speaking out on Twitter the former unified light-welterweight world champion said he was unharmed in the incident.
‘Just had my watch taken off me at gun point in East London, Leyton,’ he wrote.
‘I crossed the road with Faryal (Khan’s wife), luckily she was few steps behind me. 2 men ran to me, he asked for my watch whist having a gun pointed in my face.
‘The main thing is we’re both safe.’
Amir Khan was robbed at gunpoint while with wife Faryal Makhdoom in Leyton, east London, on Monday night
Khan (L) said of his ordeal: ‘Just had my watch taken off me at gun point in East London, Leyton’
The former boxing world champion married Makhdoom in 2013 in New York and the couple have three children, named Lamisah, Muhammad and Alayna.
Lamisah was born in 2014, Faryal gave birth to their daughter Alayna in 2018 and Muhammad was born in 2020.
Khan most recently fought in February in Manchester, where he lost to Kell Brook, but recently stated he does not plan to retire.
Last week he was booed by a crowd in Manchester after he refused to commit to fighting Conor Benn.
Khan had entered the ring to congratulate Been after got the better of South African Chris van Heerden on Saturday and didn’t commit to a blockbuster bout against the 25-year-old.
‘I am just here to enjoy the boxing. I’m a fan. I’m here to support him’, Khan said ringside after Benn’s victory.
‘At the moment to spend time to my family but who knows. If I comeback then we can see where we go from there.
Amir Khan was booed when he entered the ring in Manchester after Conor Benn’s victory on Saturday, April 16
‘He is a young and hungry lion.’
In 2012 Khan was forced to call upon the skills that made him a world champion boxer after an armed gang ambushed the British boxer.
It was reported that Khan and his brother Haroon were caught up in a street brawl when up to six armed gang members attempted to steal Khan’s £100,000 Range Rover.
And despite trying to block the duo’s path by using a 4×4, Khan and his brother fought back before fleeing from the scene in Birmingham.
Khan, pictured here with wife Faryal, had previously been targeted by gang members trying to steal his £100,000 Range Rover in Birmingham in 2012
An onlooker is quoted in The Sun as saying: ‘These guys tried to jump Amir and his brother but they picked on the wrong blokes.
‘They parked their car in front of the Range Rover. At least one had a cosh. One slapped Amir and clipped him on the lip but Amir pulled back and knocked him out cold.
‘Then five of them went for Amir and Haroon – but they stood their ground and these guys got dropped one by one. They left these men with cuts and bruises but all they were doing was defending their property.’
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