Amir Khan on being a boxing champion and why his kids are his biggest motivation
Amir Khan is a former professional boxer and two-time world champion. As a young boy, he was the naughty one - so his dad took him to boxing class at 8-years-old, to try keep him out of trouble. But by the time Amir was 17, he had become Britain’s youngest ever boxing Olympic medalist. Now I know a completely different side to Amir than a former world champion. I spent three weeks with him in the jungle and it was brilliant to be reunited with him. In this episode we talk about how his children changed him and how he's dealt with family fallouts. His book new book Fight For Your Life is out now.
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They Don't Teach This At School with Myleene Klass
Welcome to They Don’t Teach This At School. Be honest - how many times have you said that? How many times have you felt so under-equipped for what life has thrown your way? In this series I’ll be speaking to some brilliant celebrity guests to share the lessons they learned from life that weren’t on the curriculum.
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- Latest episode: 2023-11-20
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