From Wiki:
Foreman is one of three top Jewish boxers. The others are Dmitry Salita (29-0-1), the undefeated junior welterweight, and heavyweight Roman Greenberg (27-1-0). A fourth boxer, former junior welterweight and undisputed welterweight champion Zab Judah (36-5-0), has been referred to in the press as "the best Jewish fighter of all time".[11][12]
| “I thought at first that people were pulling my leg. Mike Marley said that Yuri was becoming a Rabbi. But that’s true, he is. So I see Jim Borzell out there, and Jim handles John Duddy. 'So,' I said to Borzell, 'can you get John to go to Seminary? What a fight, a Priest against a Rabbi, and I’ll get somebody from Nevada who’s Mormon to referee the fight.'”[13] |
| — Bob Arum, ever the promoter and full of ideas. |
Foreman, who wears a Star of David on his boxing trunks, is an aspiring rabbi. "Boxing is sometimes spiritual in its own way," he said. "You have the physical and mental challenges in boxing, just like you have lots of challenges in exploring the different levels of Judaism. They are different but the same."[7]
Foreman studies the Talmud and Jewish mysticism in the morning, trains for boxing in the afternoon and attends rabbinical classes twice a week at the IYYUN Institute, a Jewish educational center in Gowanus. "Yuri is a very good student," said Rabbi DovBer Pinson, an author and lecturer who is Foreman's teacher. "Most people (in the class) who find out that he's a boxer are very surprised. He doesn't have that boxing personality, at least in the perception of what a boxer is. He's not the rough kid on the block. He's a sweet, easy-going kid."
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Avakesh comments: Jewish fighters!? A sign of the Messianic age? Two of the four top Jewish boxers are affiliated with Chabad.
Oy vey!
Not a good thing.
We have no genuine heroes, we need to ape the nations and have pugilists for heroes?
Oy vey!
Posted by: Litvak | December 01, 2009 at 05:41 PM