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11:07am Saturday 11th August 2007
FANS of boxing sensation Amir Khan will see him face his toughest fight yet - getting six young troublemakers back on the straight and narrow.
The Commonwealth lightweight champion is starring in a new three-part Channel 4 series entitled Amir Khan's Angry Young Men, to be aired on August 21.
Amir, aged 20, will try to help the six young men whose violent and anti-social behaviour is spiralling out of control.
Viewers will see Amir and his team, which includes the Rev Phil Mason, chaplain to Bolton Wanderers Football Club, pull no punches as they use the discipline required in boxing to try to turn their lives around in just four weeks.
Amir hopes that the values he has when it comes to family and faith will help him to inspire the six and give them a sense of right and wrong.
Most of the men featured on the series are in their early 20s and have passed through police, courts and anger management training with little change.
Amir, who won a silver medal at the Olympic Games in 2004 in Athens, was convinced that boxing, alongside fitness training, curbing aggression and a work ethic, could make a difference.
He said: "I want to give them discipline, I want to give them respect.
"If some make it as a boxer, that's brilliant, but if they don't, at least they'll learn something.
"They'll know when to walk away from trouble. Hopefully, they'll be 100 per cent focused and that discipline will kick in."
Mr Mason said making the programme was also life-changing for him. He admitted at first he was apprehensive about it, fearing the men would be used as "guinea pigs" but said it turned out to be "worthwhile" and "exciting".
He said: "The men felt they had been rejected and they had failed their families.
"I was there to mentor them and encourage faith values, be it Muslim or Christian, and believe in themselves.
"At first, the men were reluctant to engage in. For example we took them to help the homeless in Manchester.
"At first, they did not want to do it but some went back the following the week voluntarily without the cameras there to help out again.
"People will see what happens but it was a very positive journey and a life-changing one, especially for me. Those lads are still on the journey and I am still in touch with them. The programme also shows how Muslims and Christians can work together in an age where it is believed they can't."
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Helen gorner wrote:don't have to say anymore there! well said!
Amir Khan is on bail for dangerous driving offences who hangs around with wannabe gangsters and is not a role model to anyone.
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amir khan no1 fan..wyf..hehe : ) wrote:larn to talk english . after all you live here ??
heyup peepz...?! jus thwt id drop by,jus 2 say al u amir khan haterz..GET A BLOODY WEL GRIP OF URSELF!!!! AND LET DA SXC BOXER DO HIZ FING!!! I LUV U MA SXC AMIR KHAN!!! U CN DO IT IF U PUT UR BACK IN 2 IT!!!LOLZ!!! xXxXxXxXxXxXx
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abdul wrote:wait till he fights someone who can box then he will b out on his arse . the fights are fixed for him JUST LIKE HIS COURT CASES
He is probably one of the most exciting fighters we have ever had in this country, he is young, clever and we should ALL support him. He is flying the flag for all the asian brothers and sisters. SO KEEP it up BRUV!!
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KING FARHAN wrote:ricky hatton is his weight and i can also spell u retard , and also hes a wannabe gangster always sayin init init has go to clubs in bolton with 5 minders init init , gets **** took out of him !!!
wtf all u loton about amir khan is 2 sik 4 ny boxer in his wieght division if any off u lot got a problem with him get in da ring wid him ini! u'll get knocked get knocked out coled mate so shut the fck up dont get jealouse cause you aint him i wish i was as gd as him!
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