Khan, the 17-year-old who won a silver medal at the Athens Olympics, joins a list of winners of one of boxing's most prestigious awards that includes Randolph Turpin, the first recipient in 1951, Ken Buchanan, John H Stracey, John Conteh, Barry McGuigan, Frank Bruno, Nigel Benn, Naseem Hamed, Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton.