Fight for your life

£22.00

Khan looks back on his exhilarating boxing career that spanned 27 years from his first fight to his last. A role model for his Pakistani heritage, his Bolton upbringing and the best of British sport, Khan also reveals for the first time the full story of his life outside of the ring. Told with his trademark warmth, humour and honesty, Khan relives his highs and lows. He shares never-before-told stories about his greatest fights and rivalries. He reflects on his Muslim faith and how his family forged him. He reveals dramatic details of a shocking armed robbery attempt when he was held up at gunpoint with his wife Faryal, along with the ups and downs of their marriage. He describes his charity efforts to help Pakistan’s devastating floods, and he gleefully recounts the hilarious and heart-warming antics of his everyday life.

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***THE MUST-READ AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE GREATEST BRITISH BOXERS EVER – LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY, INSPIRATIONAL AND BRUTALLY HONEST***

‘It’s a fascinating read’ – Chris Moyles

‘I cannot recommend it enough – I absolutely tore through this. Fight For Your Life is not a normal Sports autobiography – it is much more than just that – it is very personal and very open and honest’ – TalkSPORT

‘An absolutely amazing book’ – Alison Hammond, ITV This Morning

‘Some people are born to be sports stars. I wasn’t one of them. I was born to be . . . actually what was I born to be? Probably, like most Asian kids growing up in the late Nineties, a doctor, or a teacher. At a push I might have been a cricketer. A boxer? Come off it! No Asian lad did that sort of thing.

Hanging up my gloves has given me the opportunity to reflect not just on my career but on who I am and the kind of person I want to be. Whoever that is, I just hope they get a few less slaps to the face!

Boxing has only ever been part of the storyline. Whether it be winning an Olympic medal at 17, death threats from Al-Qaeda, gunpoint robbery, family fallouts, marriage to a New York socialite, three kids, a reality show, a money pit wedding hall, or walking through a flood and earthquake devastated Pakistan, I’m struggling to think of a quiet day. That means a lot of lessons hard-learned – and here, in my autobiography, you’ll notice that I try to pass a few on here.

I’ve become a teacher after all!’

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Weight 0.569 kg
Dimensions 24 × 16.2 × 3.1 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

307 , 16 unnumbered of plates

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

796.83092 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K