Yuri Foreman, Dmitriy Salita Are Household Names in Israel

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FanHouse has learned that former WBA junior middleweight (154 pounds) champion Yuri Foreman (28-1, eight knockouts) and WBA junior welterweight (140 pounds) prospect Dmitriy Salita (31-1-1, 16 KOs), each of whom is Jewish, are household names in Israel.

Foreman became the first Israeli world champion when he dethroned Puerto Rico's Daniel Santos in November. A rabbinica student who is studying to be a rabbi, Foreman was dethroned by Miguel Cotto by ninth-round knockout in a Top Rank Promotions HBO televised bout in June after suffering a severe knee injury in the first-ever fight at the New York Yankees new stadium.

 

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