Yuri Foreman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yuri Foreman
Occupation	Boxer
Date Of Birth	Aug 5, 1980(1980-08-05)
Age	44
Birthplace	Gomel
Country	Belarus
Birth City	Gomel Region
Horoscope	Leo

Yuri Foreman Biography

Yuri Foreman is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on August 5, 1980 in Gomel, Gomel Region, Belarus. Belarusian- born World Boxing Association Super Welterweight Champion, who was also a 2011 Golden Gloves Winner.

His fight against His 2010 fight against Miguel Cotto was the first fight at Yankee Stadium since 1976. in 2010 was his first fight at Yankee Stadium, since 1976.

Yuri Foreman (born August 5, 1980) is an Israeli professional boxer who held the WBA super welterweight title from 2009 to 2010. He was born in Gomel, Belarus, but currently fights out of Brooklyn, New York. Foreman has also pursued Jewish religious studies during his boxing career, and in 2014 was ordained as a rabbi. He has been referred to as the “Boxing Rabbi.”

In Israel he became an amateur boxer and won three national boxing championships. In 1999, Foreman moved to Brooklyn, New York City. He 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. His first job was in the Garment District in Manhattan, where he made deliveries and swept the floors for a clothing store. At the same time, he began training at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, where he met his first wife, Leyla Leidecker. The couple later divorced. During this period of time was when he found a Brooklyn Heights synagogue while in search of enlightenment. He was quoted saying, “As I was maturing, as a person and a fighter, I realized that I needed some sort of spiritual center to achieve things physically, especially in boxing where you need to have good spiritual form and good physical form. I needed an outlet — a spiritual backbone, so I could push myself better, channel my energy, be more present.” He embarked on the long road to becoming a rabbi and was eventually ordained under the tutelage of Rabbi Dovber Pinson.

In 2004, he married Leyla Leidecker.

Yuri Foreman Net Worth

Yuri Foreman is one of the richest Boxer from Belarus. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yuri Foreman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As an amateur, he won three Israeli national championships.

He studied at a Brooklyn yeshiva to prepare for his retirement as a rabbi.

Foreman, “the first Orthodox Jew to own a world title since Barney Ross held championships in two divisions in 1935”, is one of three top contemporary Jewish boxers. The others are Dmitry Salita (30–1–1), a junior welterweight, and heavyweight Roman Greenberg (27–1–0).

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Who is Yuri Foreman Dating?

According to our records, Yuri Foreman married to Shoshanna Hadassah. As of December 1, 2023, Yuri Foreman’s is not dating anyone.

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In December 2007, Foreman won a 10-round split decision over Andrey Tsurkan (25–3; 16 KOs), 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.

Facts & Trivia

Yuri Ranked on the list of most popular Boxer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belarus. Yuri Foreman celebrates birthday on August 5 of every year.

In April 2008 he beat 28–4–0 Saúl Román in a unanimous decision. While training for the fight, he was also studying to become a rabbi. In October 2008, he defeated Vinroy Barrett (22–7, 11 KOs) from Kingston, Jamaica on the Hopkins-Pavlik undercard.