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Tom Bryant

Amir Khan ends feud with parents three years after they branded wife 'evil'

Amir Khan claims he has healed the rift with his parents after realising “one punch in boxing can change your life”.

The family publicly fell out as the gloves came off between his wife, Faryal Makhdoom, and her in-laws.

Trading low blows, Faryal accused them of bullying and violence while they branded her “evil” and a bad mum.

But Amir, 32, insists that is all in the past.

He said: “I speak to them all the time – everything is cool between them.

“I’m in a sport where one punch can change your life, and I thought, ‘Be nice to everyone’.”

The former world light-welterweight champion’s dad, Shah, and mum, Falak, said recently they had not talked to him in six months.

The family publicly fell out as the gloves came off between his wife, Faryal Makhdoom, and her in-laws (PA)

Shah blamed model Faryal, 28, and her mum for the 2016 fall-out, saying they had “teamed up, 100%”.

He said: “They’re in his head, both of them. They want to control everything about Amir.

“We said, ‘Fine, carry on with it’. We’ve taken a step back.

‘But I don’t know why he stopped talking to us. I have no idea.

“They say that I’ve robbed him – they’ve turned him against us.”

In 2017 Bolton-born Amir and American Faryal almost split. They reconciled when she revealed she was expecting their second child.

Amir also accused her of cheating with Anthony Joshua, which both she and the former world
heavyweight champion denied.

Faryal fired back saying her husband was “bad around women”.

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