September 23, 2026 — 7:15pm

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A former championship boxer who spent nearly two decades trying to clear his name for a murder he claims he didn’t commit has been identified as the alleged head of a major illicit tobacco network worth millions of dollars.

Khalid Baker, who won the Victorian Regional Cruiserweight title in 2019 in less than a year after serving a 13-year prison sentence, has allegedly been hiding overseas from a warrant for his arrest as part of a major state and federal law enforcement operation.

Baker became a cause celebre…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU