November 9, 2023 • 26 mins
“I walked out the bank and there were about 1,000 people outside! I was so shocked by the love they were showing me.”
An Olympic silver medallist at just 17, the youngest ever British professional world boxing champion, and winning the WBA light-welterweight title at 22 - Amir Khan is a man used to being in the spotlight.
Discover what he splashed his cash on after getting his first big paycheck, what it was like being a Bolton boy filling the tabloid gossip columns following his marriage to a Manhattan heiress, and being the only Asian kid in his local boxing gym.
An Olympic silver medallist at just 17, the youngest ever British professional world boxing champion, and winning the WBA light-welterweight title at 22 - Amir Khan is a man used to being in the spotlight.
Discover what he splashed his cash on after getting his first big paycheck, what it was like being a Bolton boy filling the tabloid gossip columns following his marriage to a Manhattan heiress, and being the only Asian kid in his local boxing gym.
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