You like Boris Johnson? Yeah, I mean, it's all right. You like Boris Johnson? I mean, look, I know his dad really well. Stanley was in the jungle with me. I mean, me and Stanley got a bit tight. I got to keep a cool with Stanley. Otherwise he'd call me up, I mean, what are you saying about my son? Is he texting you? He still texts. We have a group still on there. on there.

That's freaking

me out of the

bit.

I may

know Stanley

Johnson.

That's great.

That is call me up, so I'm here, what you're saying about my son? Is he texting you? He still texts. We have a group still on there.

Oh, that's freaking me out of the bit.

I know Stanley Johnson.

That is that, man. That is my boy, man. Why Dubai? I was involved in a bit of an incident. I was walking at a car. Two guys ran over to me. Pull a gun to my head. And then obviously life just flashes right past you.

At that time, when I need the people's help, they weren't there for me.

I had the problem with Anna Joshua, which I feel really bad for because the end of the day I put me in the fire line for no reason. So I lost a good friend through that. What would you like your legacy to be when people look back on your boxing career? I never gave up. I always kept pushing. Being Asian, having obstacles in front of me, having racism in front of me as well, I still came through it all.

I read kept pushing. Being Asian, having obstacles in front of me, having racism in front of me as well, I still came through it all. I read that he lost 5 million. Is that right? Yeah, yeah. So I built a wedding hall. Cost me about 12 and a half million pounds cost me. Where? You're boring. Hmm. Yeah, it's here. Massive. You should have got married there.

On this episode of The Overlap, I travelled to Bolton to meet a hometown hero and two-time world champion. Amir Khan rose to fame after becoming Britain's youngest Olympic boxing medalist at just 17 years old.

We talk about his success in boxing and what

the future holds for one of Britain's most successful sportsmen.

I'm here, we're in Bolton. Welcome to the overlap and we're going to take you to a shop that I used to come to when I was younger with my mum and dad.

But just tell me about your experiences of growing up in Bolton, what you think of the place?

I love Bolton, you know, that's one place I would never forget, and what Bolton's done for me. I remember I used to call it.

For my early days, when I started my boxing career, I went to a small gym in Bolton in a place called Halliwell.

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