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ART FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE Jaed Coffin is as complex as his dichotomous life. Not only was the 28-year-old a Southeast Alaska middleweight boxing champion in 2004, he's also an ordained Buddhist monk.

Of monks and men: Coffin combines boxing and Buddhism

 Two worlds: Left, Jaed Coffin poses at the Fight Night Roughhouse boxing matches last month. A former boxer, Coffin is now writing about them. Right, the cover of Coffin's book.
Photo By Michael Penn / Juneau Empire, Cover Courtesy Of Jaed Coffin
Two worlds: Left, Jaed Coffin poses at the Fight Night Roughhouse boxing matches last month. A former boxer, Coffin is now writing about them. Right, the cover of Coffin's book.
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