Anwar was born to a British Pakistani family in 6 July 1987 and was raised in Burley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

[1] Whilst still an Amateur he was involved in a car accident which left him with a broken collar bone after which he was told it would be unlikely he'd box again, although 18 months after the incident he was back training.

Following the incident the England set-up grew distant from Anwar, so he decided to turn professional rather than stay in Amateur Boxing.

[1] Anwar made his professional debut in 2007 but rose to prominence in 2012 after winning the Prizefighter tournament following a victory over undefeated 22-year-old prospect Tyrone Nurse.

[2] Following his success with Prizefighter in 2012, Anwar began to call out then British light-welterweight champion Ashley Theophane for a title fight he had been pursuing since the previous year.

[6] Anwar next fought for the vacant International Masters Silver welterweight title on 9 May 2014 in Sheffield against Chad Gaynor (14-1, 7 KOs).

[9] Anwar fought on 7 May at the Manchester Arena on the undercard of Crolla vs. Barroso in a 10-round bout for the vacant WBC International Silver welterweight title against Shayne Singleton (22-1, 7 KOs).

[12] He lost the fairly close bout via a 10 round unanimous decision with the judges scorecards reading 98-92, 98-95, 96-94 all in favour of Del Rio.