1. Yuri Foreman is an Israeli professional boxer who held the WBA super welterweight title from 2009 to 2010.
25 Facts About Yuri Foreman
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Yuri Foreman was born in Gomel, Belarus, but currently fights out of Brooklyn, New York.
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Yuri Foreman was born in Gomel, in Belarus, then part of the Soviet Union.
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Yuri Foreman started out as a swimmer, but his mother signed him up for boxing lessons at age seven after he experienced bullying and beatings.
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Yuri Foreman stated that the only reason he came to the United States was to pursue his dream of a professional boxing career, and saw no further opportunity to do so in Israel.
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In 2000, Yuri Foreman lost the New York Golden Gloves in the final, but came back in 2001 to win the tournament.
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Around 2004, Yuri Foreman met Murray Wilson who became his manager.
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On June 3,2006, Yuri Foreman defeated Jesus Felipe Valverde, but tore ligaments in his left hand in the process.
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In December 2007, Yuri Foreman won a 10-round split decision over Andrey Tsurkan, to take the North American Boxing Federation super welterweight title from him at the Paradise Theater on Grand Concourse in The Bronx, New York City.
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Yuri Foreman defeated James Moore, in a 10-round unanimous decision for Yuri Foreman's NABF title at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on December 13,2008.
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On November 14,2009, Yuri Foreman defeated Daniel Santos by a 12-round unanimous decision to become the new WBA super welterweight champion and Israel's first WBA champion.
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In early January 2010, Yuri Foreman began talks with Bob Arum to arrange for himself and Filipino boxer seven-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, to meet on March 13,2010.
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Yuri Foreman fought Miguel Cotto on June 5,2010, the first fight to take place at the new Yankee Stadium.
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Yuri Foreman went down from a slip in the 7th round when his already braced, right knee buckled.
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Yuri Foreman got back to his feet and continued fighting despite heavily favoring the knee.
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Cotto landed a left hook to the body and Yuri Foreman went down 42 seconds into the 9th round and Mercante called off the fight.
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Yuri Foreman was told by doctors to take off for a year, but was boxing again nine months later.
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Shortly after the fight, Yuri Foreman said he wasn't sure if he was going to continue fighting or retire.
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Yuri Foreman defeated Gundrick King by unanimous decision in the junior middleweight division at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC.
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Yuri Foreman began teaching boxing classes in the famous Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn New York in 2020.
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Yuri Foreman, who wears a Star of David on his boxing trunks, is an aspiring rabbi.
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Yuri Foreman studied the Talmud and Jewish mysticism in the morning, trains for boxing in the afternoon and attended rabbinical classes twice a week at the IYYUN Institute, a Jewish educational center in Gowanus.
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Yuri Foreman doesn't have that boxing personality, at least in the perception of what a boxer is.
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Yuri Foreman has stated that he intends to return to Israel and serve as a rabbi there, and occasionally leave Israel to box abroad.
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Yuri Foreman appeared in the film Fighting, which starred Channing Tatum and Terrence Howard.