Boxer Amir Khan shares photograph of baby daughter Lamysa after wife Faryal gives birth to their first child

Boxer Amir Khan has become a dad for the first time, after his wife gave birth to a baby girl on Friday.

Khan, 27, and Faryal, 22, have given their daughter the Arabic name of Lamysa, which means 'soft to the touch'.

The former WBA and IBF light-welterweight king announced the news on Twitter and later posted two photos of himself cradling Lamysa.

Meet my little girl: Boxer Amir Khan has become a dad for the first time, after his wife gave birth to a baby girl on Friday

He tweeted: 'Faryal and I are delighted to announce the birth our first child Lamysa Khan everyone doing very well, thank you for all your wishes.'

A later tweet read: 'Mine and @FaryalxMakhdoom New born baby LAMYSA. Born on 23rd May 2014 at 4:05am £Blessed'.

Khan and his wife met when she was a political science student in New York and got engaged in 2012.

The couple married in June last year at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, before returning to the UK for another ceremony attended by more than 4,000 guests in Amir's hometown of Bolton.

Happy family: Amir - pictured with his parents and baby - gave his daughter the Arabic name of Lamysa, which means 'soft to the touch'

Daddy's girl: The former WBA and IBF light-welterweight king announced the news on Twitter and later posted photos of himself cradling Lamysa

In an interview before his daughter's birth, Khan revealed he was ready to settle down and become a family man.

He said: "The past couple of years, have been crazy - fighting, boxing. I've lived that single life, but it is the right time to settle down and be with the wife and have my own little family.

'Becoming a dad will help with my boxing, for sure.

'The baby will keep me settled for sure because there will be someone to look after. I'll have my wife and my baby girl to look after.'