Khan to donate £25k boxing shorts to victims in Peshawar
British boxer Amir Khan is to donate a pair of 24-carat gold threaded shorts, valued at £25-30k, to the school in Pakistan where 141 people were killed in a terrorist attack on Tuesday.
Khan wore the shorts in the ring last weekend, when he defeated American boxer Devon Alexander in a unanimous points victory in Las Vegas.
Khan, an Olympic silver medallist and a former WBA World Champion, had received a lot of attention in the build-up to the fight because of the expensive sportswear.
.....hmm Amir Khan to wear 24-carat gold shorts in his next fight #GlassJaw #Bling pic.twitter.com/8ZN4fv1jbB
— Newsquawk (@Newsquawk) December 11, 2014
Fancy-pants??
— Kort om Boxning (@Kortomboxning) December 11, 2014
Amir Khan's 24 Carat Gold Shorts Worth Up To £30,000https://t.co/9hPfTNQbio http://t.co/Tmt1GA3bx6
Khan became a father for the first time in May this year and was affected by the story of the atrocity in Peshawar, where 132 of the victims were children.
My prayers go out to the families of the young beautiful children lost in attack #Peshawar I am praying for you.
— Amir Khan (@amirkingkhan) December 17, 2014
Statement from @AmirKingKhan re: #Peshawar pic.twitter.com/CadIZ7ClFP
— Umar Farouq (@UmarFarouqNews) December 17, 2014
Khan, who is of Pakistani heritage, said: “I’m going to be donating them towards what happened in Pakistan. I want to rebuild the school and strengthen the security over there.”
