And he's a rabbinical student! Check out the article on Yuri Foreman here. I like this quote:
More information here. Official website here.
"It's a fact we had 12 tough rounds, but thank God every time I got back into the ring for more I said prayers in my heart, and it worked," he said after the fight. "If you ask me what my strength is, I'll tell you it's in my brain. I run around the ring and keep thinking. I think I need to prove to everyone, not just myself, to the whole world that Jews know how to fight, that Jews know how to give a good fight and not surrender. I said it right after the fight, when they pushed the microphones at me and the cameras clicked. I said I wanted to prove that Jews are not a weak people that can be made to bend down and surrender, that Jews know how to fight and win. Actually, there are a lot of Jewish champions in the history of sports."
More information here. Official website here.
Here's another Jewish Boxer. He just married the daughter of a member of my Chabad shul.
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There's a documentary about him at
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/orthodox_stance
Yes, Dec. 5 is approaching fast!
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Imagine two WBA Jewish champs at the same time?!
It's spelled Yuri nor Yure
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