Product Description

Amir Khan is a hard-working, twenty-first-century hero: a standard bearer for his Pakistani heritage, his Lancashire upbringing and the future of British boxing. At just seventeen, he won silver at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and when he turned professional in 2005, he won his first fight in 109 seconds. Tickets to his fights sell out in hours and he is watched by millions on prime-time television. But his feet are still firmly on the ground - he lives at home with his parents in Bolton, fasts in the holy month of Ramadan and can sometimes be spotted helping out at his uncle and auntie's curry house. Here, he tells his story: of a boy from Bolton who just happens to be a world-class boxer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #188116 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Review
'Khan is extraordinary To many, including Khan himself, the figure of an Olympic champion turned political icon suggests Muhammad Ali' Observer

About the Author
Amir Khan first got into boxing at the age of eight, when his father took him to Halliwell Boxing Club to work off some excess energy. By the time he was eleven, Khan was boxing competitively. His amateur-career highlights include winning a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics, gold at the 2004 World Junior Championships and gold at the 2003 European Schoolboys Championships. He turned professional in 2005.

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.