Eiji Yoshikawa

Eiji Yoshikawa, also known by the title of "The Compassionate Pugilist," is a Japanese boxer, coach, author, documentarian and peace educator.

Life Yoshikawa was born in Japan in Shikoku, growing up in a Buddhist temple with his grandfather who was a monk. He attended university in Tokyo for French literature, and began training in boxing around the same time. In 1984, he set out for New York to learn English at Columbia SPS. and will teach anyone willing to learn from him, firmly believing in boxing as a form of self improvement. through an estimated 800 speeches in schools across the world. and teaching seniors how to box in the "Outfight Parkinson" program.