Ever since he was a lad Jake Simidian wanted to become a boxer perhaps because he was bullied in his native Iran, and consequently had his share of road fighting. When he immigrated to America at age 17 exposing to TV fights and boxing magazines drew him into a world he could none completely leave.
It was ironic then that he attended a Quaker seminary in New York where combat of any sort was unacceptable. on the other hand that did not stop him from reading boxing works and haunting the local gym where fighters trained. Jake learned enough to earn a boxing