Arashi Yanagawa was a boxer. A pugilist with all the goods to go to the Olympics on behalf of Japan. Over the course of a four-year fighting career – one that included winning the fly weight division title at the Japanese National Championships as an amateur in university before going it alone – he garnered a certain acclaim surpassed only by his abandonment of the ring, taking to the runway instead.
John L. Sullivan, in full John Lawrence Sullivan, byname The Great John L., or The Boston Strong Boy, (born Oct. 15, 1858, Roxbury, Mass., U.S. died Feb. 2, 1918, Abington, Mass.), American professional boxer, one of the most popular heavyweight champions and a symbol of the bareknuckle era of boxing. Sullivan began to fight professionally in 1878 after briefly studying at Boston College. On Feb. 7, 1882, at Mississippi City, Miss., he knocked out Paddy Ryan in the ninth round of a bareknuckle fight for the heavyweight championship. His 75-round knockout of Jake Kilrain at Richburg, Miss., July 8, 1889, was