Product Description

Seventeen-year-old Amir Khan became Britain's youngest Olympic boxer since 1976 when he won silver at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He turned professional in 2005, winning his first pro fight last summer in 109 seconds, and has remained unbeaten ever since. His fights are now regularly shown on ITV, who are scheduling boxing again for the first time in ten years. Tickets to his fights sell out in hours and he commands a TV audience of six or seven million viewers for every fight. Emerging as the posterboy for British multiculturalism and an important role model for Asian youngsters, Amir is loved in the press from the Observer Food Monthly to Nuts magazine. A Boy from Bolton, Amir's autobiography, will tell the story of a boy who Don King has compared to Sugar Ray Robinson, but who still lives at his mum and dad's semi-detached in Bolton with his sister and two kid brothers. A boy who fasts in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, even when he has a major fight the next day, and can sometimes be spotted helping out on the till at Moods Fast Food, his uncle and auntie's curry house in Bolton, if they're having a busy night Ghostwritten by Kevin Garside, sports reporter for the Telegraph and the Mirror.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #268892 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-16
• Released on: 2006-10-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent
this book is really good and amir khan goes into depth about his life at home and his life as a boxer. Met him in person in Glasgow and got Amir to sign my book. Really nice guy to talk to.

A decent look at Khans amateur and early pro career
This is a book about Amir Khan. I found it to be a readable look at his life, and career. He moves through the narrative quite slowly- the main focus is on his boxing career, which is not surprising! He talks about his early amateur fights, his championship bouts and his very good run at the 2004 Olympics. He also takes about the first few fights in his professional career, and it is there that the book ends.

Aside from the boxing, we hear a few stories about him growing up- minor scrapes with the law, success in other areas, his car and his feelings about being a British Muslim. He also talks about the "culture shock" experienced on a trip to Pakistan. There are pictures, mostly of him fighting, his family etc.

So, if you are a fan of Amir I'm sure you will enjoy this a lot. If, like me, you are a boxing fan but not a mega-fan of Khan himself, you might find at times it gets a bit tedious. He comes across as having the I-can-do-no-wrong attitude, and after a while it gets a bit annoying. It is a very uncritical account, and lacks the cynicism of some other boxing books. I think that most boxers wait and publish "warts and all" autobiogs AFTER their careers.

This was a decent book. It certainly keep my attention, mostly, and was an interesting look at this rising star. However, it is by no means a classic- at this stage in his life Khan is still a committed professional boxer- he isn't about to viciously tear into the sport that is making him rich! Shame, in a way, as these are often the most engaging stories.

Disappointed
Was disappointed in this his book because it was all "me, me me" i know it's a box about the boxer but he never wrote anything about his struggles in life everything he did seemed like he achieved it with no problem.