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Amir Khan rejected the chance to buy the Olympic gold medal that he missed out on in 2004 for $5,000.<\/p>\n

The former world champion boxer made his breakthrough in the 2004 Olympics in Athens as a 17-year-old as he reached the final in the lightweight division, but was beaten by Cuban Mario Kindelan, who won his second Olympic gold medal.<\/p>\n

Khan was recently reunited with his former foe in Bahrain where Kindelan offered to sell the gold medal from that day to Khan for $5,000, in order to finance the building of a house for his mum in their native Cuba.<\/p>\n

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However, it was an offer Khan couldn\u2019t accept, he said: "I've just met Mario and got talking to him. He told me a story; he wants to build a house in his country, Cuba, and wanted to sell me the gold medal, the one he beat me for.<\/p>\n

"He said, 'Amir, I'm going to give you the gold medal, just give me $5,000'. I told him that the gold medal belongs to him, he's the champion, he beat me in the Olympic final.<\/p>\n

What do you make of Amir Khan\u2019s response? Let us know in the comments section.<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n

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"So I'm going to give him $5,000 to build his house; it's no publicity stunt, it touched my heart. That's how desperate he is, he wants to give away his Olympic gold medal.<\/p>\n

"It touched my heart and that's the reason I'm going to give the money to him." Khan added to Kindelan: "I will give you the money for your mother's home but you have to keep the gold medal."<\/p>\n

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\u2018King\u2019 Khan fought Kindelan in a rematch of their Olympic final in May of the following year, avenging his defeat before beginning his professional career in July.<\/p>\n

The Bolton-born star was a world champion across multiple weight divisions before announcing his retirement in May 2022 after losing to Kell Brook via TKO in February of the same year.<\/p>\n

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