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Biography
Arash Hashemi was born in Iran, Tehran on Jan, 19th 1971. He moved to the US at a very early age. As a 13 year old boy Hashemi was boxing as a way to stay off the streets. A former heavyweight contender, who went 12 rounds with Muhammad Ali and gaveGeorge Foreman all he could handle by the name of Ron Lyle, agreed to take Hashemi under his wing and started boxing at Golden Glove/ American Boxing Federation, where he won two national championship at a middle weight class.