Skilled and responsible fight trainer says if he is going to die, it will be with his relatives in Tehran; gym boss pays for flight into war zone
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenAlice Yanin ShanghaiPublished: 6:00pm, 14 Mar 2026A boxing coach from Iran who worked in China for two years has quit his job and returned to his homeland to be with his family amid US-Israeli air strikes on the country.
The trainer’s touching story was revealed by his boss on social media and attracted about one million likes, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported.
The 33-year-old Iranian, identified only as Saeed, has worked at a boxing gym in Xiangxi prefecture in Hunan, central China, since 2024.
The gym’s owner Huang Zhaoxin met Saeed in 2016 in Thailand and was impressed by his boxing skills.
Two years ago, Saeed contacted Huang looking for a job as it was hard for him to get a job in Iran due to the unrest in the Middle East.
