FFS: AMIR KHAN HAS RELEASED A BOOK

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 17 Oct 2006, 09:23

Just came back off my lunch to tell you the horror i saw on the shelf at WH Smith.

The boy who can barely string a coherent sentence together & has only had 8 pro fights has done an Audley Harrison and already 'written' a book.

Cant tell you anything about it other than i saw the following: Amir's autobiography will tell the story of a boy who Don King has compared to Sugar Ray Robinson... I think i'm going to be fcuking sick.

Someone please read & share the content with us all, should be good banter.

Andy Mac · Post by **Andy Mac** » 17 Oct 2006, 09:56

At his age it can only be a book of nursery rhymes.

mattyp151 · Post by **mattyp151** » 17 Oct 2006, 10:00

I have to imagine 1 chapter would be entitled "In the Womb", seeing as he hasn't been out of it long enough to necessitate a book.

Here are the cliff notes:

I came out
I went to school
I boxed and won a silver
I crashed my car
I boxed

SticknMove · Post by **SticknMove** » 17 Oct 2006, 10:37

How long had he held the book captive for? 8)

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 17 Oct 2006, 10:40

Incidentally, if any of you guys still wants Audleys book, "Realising The Dream", you can still buy it for the very reasonable price of SIXTEEN quid.

Maybe combine it with Amirs book, for some more great reading? What serious boxing fan wouldn't want these classics sandwiching 'Raging Bull' and "Sugar Ray"?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Audley-Harrison ... 40?ie=UTF8

emma · Post by **emma** » 17 Oct 2006, 10:41

I know i bought it yesterday

but as it was rubbish today i took it back to WH Smiths and got a refund.

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 17 Oct 2006, 10:42

This is what is being said to sell Khans book:

"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".

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 17 Oct 2006, 10:56

This really is an unneccesary book, but we shouldn't be surprised, it's just a symptom of the fast celebrity culture we have today, where every nonentity out there has a 'story' to tell. Compared to Jordan and Peter Andre, his achievements make Alexander the great look like a stillborn infant.

I still refuse to line the lads pockets by reading it though.

dandantheweatherman · Post by **dandantheweatherman** » 17 Oct 2006, 14:36

Do you think he's got Jonathon Ross's standing count joke from the tv show last week yet?

Goz · Post by **Goz** » 17 Oct 2006, 15:32

Good thread, you guys made me laugh

As Jim says although you wouldn't consider it yourself (I might buy a book about you in 10-20 years time Amir) when compared to the dickheads that take up the column inches and bookshelves (Preston & Chantelle anyone?) then Khans book makes me positively salivate in anticipation of the 19 year olds anecdotes.

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 17 Oct 2006, 16:11

I actually bought Hatton's one but only becuase Asda sell books cheaper than WHSmith and Borders which sell them for scum prices.

salaco · Post by **salaco** » 17 Oct 2006, 21:49

There is actually an interesting story there, how a young british muslim is being directed towards being the next british boxing household name....but I'm sure this book is not it...

dondada · Post by **dondada** » 18 Oct 2006, 03:34

Ching, ching...I know lots of kids love Amir - lots of girlies will be putting it on their Christmas list!

It's common practice these days. Almost all sports-related autobiographies are a waste of time for everyone other than those involved in publishing.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 18 Oct 2006, 04:05

Well Rooney aged 20 has just released or is in the process of releasing the first of 5 books.

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 18 Oct 2006, 04:30

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:Ching, ching...I know lots of kids love Amir - lots of girlies will be putting it on their Christmas list!

Do girls actually fancy Amir?

Look at the front cover of the book, he's pretty f-ckin ugly. At best 'weird looking'.

Phenomenal-Nutrition · Post by **Phenomenal-Nutrition** » 18 Oct 2006, 04:39

overhand_right wrote:
Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:Ching, ching...I know lots of kids love Amir - lots of girlies will be putting it on their Christmas list!

Do girls actually fancy Amir?

Look at the front cover of the book, he's pretty f-ckin ugly. At best 'weird looking'.

Ask Emma above - she does

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 18 Oct 2006, 04:40

She must be a gold digger.

emma · Post by **emma** » 18 Oct 2006, 04:42

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:
overhand_right wrote:
Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:Ching, ching...I know lots of kids love Amir - lots of girlies will be putting it on their Christmas list!

Do girls actually fancy Amir?

Look at the front cover of the book, he's pretty f-ckin ugly. At best 'weird looking'.
Ask Emma above - she does

Correction USED TO.

Slapsie Maxie · Post by **Slapsie Maxie** » 18 Oct 2006, 05:09

he got paid a fair whack for it too according to some of the folks I spoke to at the recent Frankfurt Fair

Slapsie

Goz · Post by **Goz** » 18 Oct 2006, 05:11

Can't blame him then.

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 18 Oct 2006, 11:20

Doesn't mean we have to like it though.

Bah humbug.

emma · Post by **emma** » 18 Oct 2006, 11:46

this was an intresting conversation frank had with oliver harrison...

f;hi oliver

o;hi frank what can i do for you

f; where r u

o;in germany

f;what r u doing in germany

o;with jamie moore hes doing some sparring

f; with greatest respect you dont have to be doing that, you can get someone else to do that, i need you over here to talk with the khan people about the training of amir khan, why dont you get a flight over here as soon as possible.

and of oliver went. amir says in the book oliver knew he wasnt being asked he was being told.