OMG. He Won
Yuri Foreman becomes first Israeli world champion
Foreman (r) defeated Santos (l)
From the LA Times (where I also got the pic on the right):
Foreman (28-0, 8 knockouts) knocked Santos (32-4-1, 23 KOs) down in the second round, had him pinned against the ropes in the third then appeared to hurt the champion with a flurry of punches near the end of the fourth round… Santos made a final desperate charge in the 12th and final round, knowing he needed a knockout to win. But he was far too weary by then, stumbling to the canvas again with less than a minute left in the fight.
From Yahoo:
Foreman was the slicker fighter throughout. His jab, fighting out of a southpaw stance, puffed up Santos below his right eye. Santos eventually suffered a cut on the edge of the eye in the eleventh round. Foreman suffered a cut over left eye early in the fight but his corner did a nice job of managing the wound … Foreman’s story can be described as the American dream. Born into poverty in Belarus, he moved to Israel as a child and then New York as a 19-year-old. Five years ago, he began studying to be a rabbi on the advice of his girlfriend, who is also a professional boxer.
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Hope you don’t mind I supplemented your post a little there. Loved “Mazal Tough!”
THANKS CK! i love your additions! I stole the MAZEL TOUGH from that top 40 song that they always plays, it is a rap.. i think they saw mazel tuff. i heard someone say dreidel of destruction on the street. they menorah of mayhem is mine
The guy in the top pic is hot – whose the scary one in the second photo?
OH – and YEAH!
Ummm, I meant YAY!
the song is the black eyed peas, i gotta a feeling
and here’s a nice remix of the song for ya in case you want some black eyed peas variety!
Yet another great Litvak!