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Nov
10
2009

The Rabbi In The Corner

Written by larry

His cutman is not a mohel

On Saturday evening in Las Vegas, as the slots get played and Havdalah ends the Sabbath, a rabbinical student, weighing in at about 154 pounds, hailing from the Belarus by way of Haifa, will get his chance at a boxing title. As a teenager, Foreman, known as the “Lion of Judah” to his current fans, won the Israeli boxing championship three times for his age and weightclasses, one of which was won just weeks after his mother had passed away. Due to the lack of a boxing gym in Haifa, he trained at one in the primarily Arab town of Kfar Yasif.

Yuri Foreman, 29, a mazel toughie, a boxer and rabbinical student in Brooklyn NY, with 27 wins and no losses will face off against three time world champion and World Boxing Association super welterweight champ, Daniel Santos, who is a southpaw with 32 mins, 3 losses and 1 tie, and an amazing 23 knockouts. Their bout is on the Pacquiao-Cotto and will be broadcast in North America from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on HBO Pay Per View at 9 PM East Coast time. Santos, 34, who hails from Puerto Rico, won the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics. Santos is repped by Don King, the famed ex-con American boxing promoter. Foreman is repped by some Jewish businessmen: Al Cohen, Al Roth, and Murray W.

Santos defeated Akmed Kotiev for the title and defended it against former world champion Luis “Yori Boy” Campas, Antonio Margarito, and Joachim Alcine. On the other hand, Foreman’s favorite food is Russian ravioli and Gefilte Fish. So it sounds like an even match up to me.

Posted in: Jewlicious | Tags: boxer, boxing rabbi, jewish boxers, santos, yuri foreman

7 Comments »

Ben in London

And as if that wasn’t enough, on December 5th, Dmitri Salita (’the Star of David’), a Ukrainian-born Orthodox Jewish boxer from Brooklyn, will fight British Olympic silver medallist, Amir Khan for the WBA light welterweight title.

It’s a good time for Jews in the boxing world!

Comment | 11/10/2009
Jacob da Jew

He looked familar to me…here’s why. Yuri ad a part in the movie “Fighting” as one of the fighters. Very fast guy.

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Comment | 11/11/2009
vicki

Psyched! Also, wtf is Russian ravioli? Because I’ve never heard of it. Maybe it’s what he makes his opponents into.

Comment | 11/11/2009
froylein

Pelmini?

I’d love some…

Comment | 11/11/2009
Ben-David

Kreplach?

Comment | 11/11/2009
rozi

mmmmm pelmeni. and mmm yuri foreman

Comment | 11/11/2009
Larry

OH MY GOD… He won the TITLE! Now all the papers and NPR are covering it, and YOU READ it first on JEWLICIOUS! Eat my hummus, NPR!

Comment | 11/14/2009