Amir Khan accused of being transphobic

Amir Khan has been accused of being transphobic after he called Caitlyn Jenner as Bruce.

Khan posed for a picture with Jenner at Thursday's ESPY Awards, which was held at the Microsoft theatre in Los Angeles, and captioned it "Bruce Jenner."

However, in another clip he has correctly labelled her as Caitlyn.

Fans immediately took to social media to criticise the boxer for being insensitive for incorrectly calling Caitlyn as Bruce. The 68-year-old had legally changed her name three years ago following her transition from male to female.

"Amir Khan is not funny for calling Caitlin Jenner Bruce he demonstrates what a transphobic **** he is," said one fan.

Another added: "Amir Khan calling Caitlyn Jenner ‘Bruce Jenner’ at the #ESPYS though !!! KILLED ME!"

"Still dying at the fact that amir khan called Kaitlyn Jenner BRUCE." [sic]

Jenner came out in 2015 and opened up about her transition in an interview with Diane Sawyer. "For all intents and purposes, I am a woman," she told the newscaster. "My brain is much more female than it is male. That's what my soul is. Bruce lives a lie. She is not a lie. I can't do it anymore."

That same year, she appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair wearing a white satin bustier with the words, "I Am Caitlyn."

Last year, she once again opened up about her transition saying it was difficult to give up Bruce.

“It was hard giving old Bruce up, in a lot of ways,” she was quoted as saying by the Guardian. “He still lives inside me. I still do a lot of the things old Bruce used to do. I still fly airplanes and go race cars once in a while. I can have the best of both worlds.”

“I can live my life authentically, and still do all the fun stuff!” she added.