Hanif and Amir

I confess, the sport of boxing is an oxymoron to me. I have never liked it, and watching the reactions of the crowd is, to me, even more disturbing than watching two people box. I don’t know where this reaction of mine comes from – my parents loved to watch boxing on TV.

 

Anyway, all of this is a preamble to an excellent interview in the Observer today between Hanif Kureishi, the writer, playwright and director, and Amir Khan, the young boxing sensation from the last Olympics. It’s worth reading.