Career
During his boxing career he also held the Commonwealth welterweight title, World Boxing Federation Inter-Continental Light Middleweight Title, Midlands Area light middleweight title and Midlands Area welterweight title. Khaliq took up boxing at the age of 16. Whilst boxing, Khaliq also worked as a taxi driver to support his family and initially went back to the trade after retirement, later using it to fund his Boxing Academy.
Khaliq made his boxing debut at the age of 27 in 1997.
Initially, he started taking fights on short notice, taking his second fight on a day"s notice, and his third fight on two days" notice. Light middleweight
As a light middleweight he held the WBF Inter-Continental Light Middleweight Title, winning the bout in way of 5th round TKO. He also held the BBBofC Midlands Area light middleweight title, winning that bout in way of 6th round TKO. Welterweight
As a welterweight, he held BBBofC Midlands Area welterweight title, winning the bout in way of 4th round TKO and Commonwealth welterweight title, before finally winning the International Boxing Organization welterweight title, and made seven constructive defenses before he chose to retire and vacate the title.
Promotional issues
Khaliq chose to retire partly due to complications, stating;
"..I had a couple of years waiting for fights, seeing people pull out, (and) fights not happening. I had a couple of fights cancelled.
I was federal up, (after which) we started talking about come-back fights.
I saw it as a backward step. I always wanted to test myself against the very best guys. I"ve lost the hunger."
After requests from people asking him to train them, Khaliq set up "Jawaid Khaliq Boxing Academy" in Nottingham which he funded by being a taxi driver.
The club claimed to prevent Anti-Social behavior, and the police had acknowledged the club helped with making healthy relationships with the local youth.
However, in 2013, the club faced financial hurdles as it could not afford to stay on its current premises and faced the threat to close-down.
