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Amir's journey from Bolton to stardom
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Amir Khan was Britain's youngest Olympic boxer since 1976. He's still only 17 and has just won is first fight since Athens
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Amir's father moved to the UK in 1970 from Pakistan. His son was born in Bolton on 8 December 1986. Who'd have thought what would be happening 17 years later?
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The hyperactive 8-year-old was taken to the local gym and after watching Muhammad Ali fight on TV Amir's boxing talent grew from strength to strength
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Amir was fighting competitively by the time he was 11. Within another six years he had won 3 English schools titles and 3 Junior ABA titles
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After just seven senior fights Amir qualified for Athens when he won the Strandja Cup in Korea. He's also won gold at the Euro Champs and World Juniors this year
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Amir was 13 when Britain's Audley Harrison won Olympic gold in Sydney. Audley says Amir is "mentally perfect and has the eyes of a tiger"
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Amir's opening fight in Athens was in front of a noisy crowd where he was up against Greece's Marios Kaperonis
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It was a nervous start for Amir but he eventually turned on the style coming good in the final round winning by 20 points
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It's a happy Olympic debut for Amir. Bring on the next opponent!
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Next up was the highly-rated Bulgarian Dimitar Stilianov. No problem!
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Next to fall was South Korea's Jong Sub Baik. Former boxing star Richie Woodhall says Amir is "one special talent and better than Naseem Hamed when he was 17"
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Amir is guaranteed an Olympic silver, whatever happens after victory over Serik Yeleuov
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Amir fails to strike gold this time around, taking the silver medal instead after losing gallantly to defending Olympic champ, Cuban Mario Kindelan.
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What's the future hold? Amir will have offers to turn professional, but at the moment he wants University and the 2008 Beijing Olympics in his plans. We shall see.....
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