SubscribeAuthor appearance: Binnie Klein
Binnie Klein will be talking about the history of Jews in boxing and her own remarkable journey in writing Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind (SUNY Press, 2010) at a Goodspeed Operahouse wine-tasting on Sunday, May 15, at 5 pm, held at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, CT, in conjunction with [...]
It’s on, like Donkey Kong
Cotto-Foreman fight is on for June 5.
In this corner…
The boxer and the bar mitzva boy
Putting Jews in a “box”
The Jewish boxing world, according to Ha’aretz.
Guest column: Salita, After the Fight
Boxing expert Ron Ross contributes essay on Salita’s loss in England.
For Jewish boxers, it’s onwards and upwards
One on top, one on the way?
Mazel tov, Yuri Foreman
Rabbi-in-training Yuri Foreman wins Israel’s first major boxing title.
Mazel tov, Ran Nakash
On Saturday night (July 11), the Israeli cruiserweight beat William Bailey by technical knockout at the 1:49 mark of the fourth round of their undercard match at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. That improves Nakash’s record to 13-0, but you have to take into account that his opponent was just 10-17-2. Nakash visited the [...]
Mazel tov, Dmitiry Salita!
Our friend, Ron Ross, submitted this happy news: Dmitiry Salita has been waiting patiently for the bell to ring sounding Round One of his anticipated world championship fight with the winner of the Kotelnik-Khan fight but it seems that there will be bells ringing before that for the undefeated light welterweight contender. Wedding bells will [...]
If you don’t have plans for Shabbat…
And you happen to be in Manhattan tomorrow night, this might be of interest, especially if you’re a boxing fan. Yuri Foreman is hosting a Latino Shabbat Dinner in anticipation of the “Latin Fury” bout in Atlantic City later this month.
