Khan regrets accusing Faryal of having affair with Joshua

Amir Khan with Faryal Makhdoom

British boxing great Amir Khan regrets that he ended up losing a good friend after he publicly accused Anthony Joshua of having an affair with his wife, Faryal Makhdoom.

In a series of tweets back in 2017, Khan, 35, claimed that his wife, 31, was having an affair with Joshua. As a result, Khan and Faryal were on the verge of a divorce.

Anthony Joshua

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Later, they reconciled and Joshua always denied the allegations made by Khan against him.

Speaking about the incident on Gary Neville's and Sky Bet's, The Overlap, Khan said: "I had the problem with Anthony Joshua which I feel really bad for because at the end of the day I put him in the firing line for no reason. I mean he was a friend of mine and since then we've never spoken. So I lost a good friend through that as well." Khan explained that nothing happened between Joshua and Faryal, who he has three children with - Lamaisah born in 2014, Alayna in 2018, and Muhammad in 2020.

"Maybe he was just being respectful, all he was was being respectful. Nothing ever happened," Khan said about Joshua.