SubscribeShalom, Tamir
“The Jewish Jordan” announces his retirement.
In these corners…
Foreman and Salita, fightin’ Jews.
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 be chiming [...]
New site offers free on-line viewing of Jewish sports documentaries
Snagfilms is a new “beta” site that offers feature documentaries to view on your computer, including two excellent programs of particular interest to Jewish sports fans:
By the way, Aviva Kempner, the brains behind the Greenberg documentary, is about to release a new documentary about another Jewish icon, Gertrude Berg, better know as Molly Goldberg. For [...]
In this corner: Salita’s upcoming fight
Dmitriy Salita (27-0) moved his camp to the Primm Valley Casino Resort yesterday to complete training for his 10-round main event against Raul “El Toro” Munoz on Sunday, May 24, at the Star of the Desert Arena in Buffalo Bill’s Resort in Las Vegas.
WNBC-TV profiles Dmitiry Salite
Here’s a nice little video on the Orthodox Jewish boxer. The announcer rightly points out the difficulty he has in his training routine: He doesn’t work out on Shabbat, but his trainer, Jimmy O’Pharrow, doesn’t work on his Sabbath, so the kid misses at least two days a week. Not to mention there are no [...]
All we are saying is give Dmitiry Salita a chance
The first comes from our old friend Ron Ross on whether the fighter is facing a double standard, as per Nomas-nyc.com:
Let’s call it the Ethnic Divide. Latin fans generally root for Latin fighters, Irish fans for Irish fighters, Italian fans for Italian fighters, African-Americans for African-American fighters and Jewish fans for Jewish fighters. It’s the [...]
Sign of the times
Boxers Dmitriy Salita and Yuri Foreman have become Facebook “fans” of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson. As of this writing, the tribute page has almost 3,400 members.
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