Tasif Khan is a British-born Pakistani super flyweightprofessional boxer. He has won a number of championship belts, including the Superflyweight World Champion., Superflyweight World Champion,, Bantamweight World Champion and the International Masters Champion. Outside of boxing, Khan is an Ambassador for the Kashmir Orphans Relief Trust, a registered UK charity. KORT works in Pakistan to aid orphans and children in need.
Early life
Born in Bradford, Khan started boxing at the age of 10. But Khan pursued a path of teaching in a primary school as a day job. After much reflection, Khan decided to walk away to have a professional career in boxing.
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 Superflyweight World Champion, Superflyweight World Champion, Bantamweight World Champion and the International Masters Champion Tasif Khan is promoted by Monarch Promotions.
Khan is an Ambassador for the Kashmir Orphans Relief Trust, a registered UK charity, 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.
