Yuri Foreman
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Yuri Foreman is a Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

ian-born Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i-American professional boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

. He is a former World Boxing Association
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 (WBA) super welterweight champion. Foreman turned professional in January of 2002 in the Junior Middleweight Division and remained undefeated for 29 fights until June 5, 2010, in which he lost by TKO in the ninth round to Miguel Cotto.

Early life

Foreman was born in Gomel, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

, then a part of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. He started out as a swimmer, but his mother signed him up for boxing lessons at age 7 after he experienced anti-Semitic bullying and beatings. At age 9, he emigrated with his family to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. Boxing was not popular in Israel and there were few boxing gyms. He trained at an Arab gym. "The first time I walked in, I saw the stares. In their eyes, there was a lot of hatred. But I needed to box; and boy, did they all want to box me. After a while, the wall that was between us melted. We all wanted the same thing. I traveled with them as teammates. It helped that I won almost all the time. And finally, we became friends," said Foreman on his early days in boxing. In Israel he became an amateur boxer and won 3 national boxing championships. In 1999, Foreman moved to Brooklyn, New York. His first job was in the Garment District
Garment District, Manhattan
The Garment District, also known as the Garment Center, the Fashion District, or the Fashion Center, is a neighborhood located in the Manhattan borough of New York City. The dense concentration of fashion-related uses give the neighborhood, which is generally considered to span between Fifth Avenue...

 in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

, where he made deliveries and swept the floors for a clothing store. At the same time, he began training at Gleason's Gym
Gleason's Gym
Gleason's is a boxing gym located on the Brooklyn waterfront. Since 1937, when the gym was founded in the Bronx, boxers with their eyes on Olympic glory or a shot at the title have been training at Gleason's. Fighters who trained at the gym include Jake LaMotta, Roberto Durán, Benny "Kid" Paret,...

 in Brooklyn. There, he met his future wife, Leyla Leidecker, a Hungarian model and amateur boxer.

Amateur career

In 2000, Foreman lost the New York Golden Gloves
New York Golden Gloves
The New York Golden Gloves is a boxing tournament considered by many boxing aficionados as one of the three most elite Golden Gloves titles, along with the Chicago Golden Gloves....

 in the final, but came back in 2001 to win the tournament. During his amateur career, Foreman compiled a 75–5 record.

Professional career

At the onset of his professional career, Foreman's management team was unsuccessful procuring appropriate fights. Foreman struggled financially. Around 2004, Foreman met Murray Wilson who became his manager. Wilson signed Foreman up with Bob Arum's Top Rank
Top Rank
Top Rank may refer to:*Top Rank, Las Vegas based boxing promotion company formed in 1973* Top Rank Records, 1950s subsidiary record label of the Rank Organisation, British company which ran from 1937 to 1996...

 promotion company. In 2004, Foreman married Leyla Leidecker.

Light middleweight

On June 3, 2006, Foreman defeated Jesus Felipe Valverde, but tore ligaments in his left hand in the process. His next scheduled fight was June 9, 2007 facing the favored Anthony Thompson (23 (17 KOs)-2-0) of Philadelphia in Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

 on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto
Miguel Cotto
Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and the reigning WBA light middleweight champion. He is the younger brother of contender Jose Miguel Cotto and cousin of Abner Cotto...

-Zab Judah
Zab Judah
Zabdiel Judah is an American professional boxer. Judah has won five world titles between the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, and is a former undisputed welterweight champion....

 fight. Prior to the fight, Foreman moved his training grounds from Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn to Joe Grier's gym in Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson is a city serving as the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 146,199, rendering it New Jersey's third largest city and one of the largest cities in the New York City Metropolitan Area, despite a decrease of 3,023...

. Foreman won a tactical 10-round split decision
Split decision
A split decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which two of the three judges score for the same fighter as the winner, while the third judge scores for the other...

, with the scores 97–93 and 96–94 for Foreman, and 96–94 for Thompson. Representatives for Germany-based 70-kg (154-pound) titlist Sergei Dzindziruk scouted the fight, with the intention of offering a title shot to the winner.

In September 2007, he was ranked as the 8th-best welterweight (67 kg, or 147 pounds) challenger by the World Boxing Association
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

.

In December 2007, Foreman won a 10-round split decision over Andrey Tsurkan (25–3; 16 KOs), to take the North American Boxing Federation
North American Boxing Federation
The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...

 super welterweight title from him at the Paradise Theater on Grand Concourse
Grand Concourse (Bronx)
The Grand Concourse is a major thoroughfare in the borough of the Bronx in New York City...

 in The Bronx
The Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...

, New York City.

In April 2008 he beat 28–4–0 Saúl Román
Saúl Román
Saúl Román Martínez Castañeda is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and is the former Mexican National Light Middleweight Champion.-Pro career:...

 in a unanimous decision. While training for the fight, he was also studying to become a rabbi. In October 2008, he defeated Vinroy Barrett
Vinroy Barrett
Vinroy Barrett, , is a professional boxer. He is a former WBF Americas Welterweight titleholder.Before becoming a professional boxer, Barrett had a very successful amateur career, winning the Jamaican Amateur Championships four times, achieving an alternate spot on the Jamaican National Team and...

 (22–7, 11 KOs) from Kingston, Jamaica, on the Hopkins-Pavlik
Bernard Hopkins vs. Kelly Pavlik
Bernard Hopkins vs. Kelly Pavlik was a boxing match that took place on October 18, 2008, at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, between then-43-year-old Hopkins and 26-year-old Pavlik. The fight was dubbed "Unstoppable", and no belts were at stake....

 undercard.

Foreman defeated James Moore
James Moore (boxer)
James Moore born in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland, is a professional boxer. Moore currently fights in the Light Middleweight division although he fought as a welterweight during his amateur career.-Amateur titles:...

 (16–1; 10 KOs), in a 10-round unanimous decision for Foreman’s NABF title at Boardwalk Hall
Boardwalk Hall
Boardwalk Hall, formally known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, is an arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States...

 in Atlantic City on December 13, 2008. In the five outings leading up to the Moore fight, Foreman won decisions over fighters with a cumulative record of 118–17–2.

WBA title

On November 14, 2009, Foreman defeated Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos (boxer)
Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...

 by a 12-round unanimous decision to become the new WBA super welterweight champion and Israel's first WBA champion. He also became Israel's first world boxing champion.

In early January 2010, Foreman began talks with Bob Arum
Bob Arum
Robert "Bob" Arum is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He also worked for the US Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division....

 to arrange for himself and Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 boxer seven-division world champion
Septuple champion
In different sports when a sportsman wins seven crowns, titles, medals, belts or another distinctions is called a Septuple Champion.-Boxing:In boxing, a septuple champion is a boxer who has won world titles in seven different weight classes....

 Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

, to meet on March 13, 2010. However, Pacquiao rejected the offer.
Foreman fought Miguel Cotto
Miguel Cotto
Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and the reigning WBA light middleweight champion. He is the younger brother of contender Jose Miguel Cotto and cousin of Abner Cotto...

 on June 5, 2010, the first fight to take place at the new Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York...

. Foreman went down from a slip in the 7th Round when his already braced, right knee buckled. He got back to his feet and continued fighting despite heavily favoring the knee. After a few more falls from the knee giving out and Cotto beginning to land, Foreman's trainer Joe Grier threw in the towel midway through the 8th Round. Naturally, the ring filled with both camps and officials. Cotto and Foreman even embraced, believing it was over. Feeling that Foreman was in no immediate danger, however, Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. asked him if he wanted to continue, and he did. While the crowd was not sure what was happening, the ring was cleared after a delay of a couple of minutes and the fight resumed with about half the round remaining. Cotto landed a left hook to the body and Foreman went down 42 seconds into the 9th Round, seemingly as much from the blow as from his inability to put weight on the leg, and Mercante called off the fight.

In interviews after the fight, Cotto said "He was working on one leg, but I still kept fighting.” When asked why he continued after injuring his leg, Foreman said, "I'm a world champion -- now a former world champion -- and you don't just quit." Adding, "A world champion needs to keep on fighting."

A week after the fight, Foreman underwent surgery on his right knee to repair a torn ACL
Anterior cruciate ligament
The anterior cruciate ligament is a cruciate ligament which is one of the four major ligaments of the human knee. In the quadruped stifle , based on its anatomical position, it is referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament.The ACL originates from deep within the notch of the distal femur...

 and Meniscus
Meniscus
The meniscus is the curve in the upper surface of a liquid close to the surface of the container or another object, caused by surface tension. It can be either convex or concave. A convex meniscus occurs when the molecules have a stronger attraction to each other than to the material of the...

 and to remove torn cartilage around his knee joint. The injury which had occurred when he was 15 years old, was aggravated during the bout. He faced about six months of recovery from the surgery. On March 2, 2011, Foreman battled Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 Light Middleweight boxer Pawel Wolak, his first fight since his surgery, but lost. Shortly after the fight, Foreman said he wasn't sure if he was going to continue fighting or retire. As of November, 2011, he still hasn't formally announced his decision, although he has no fights scheduled at the moment.

Jewish heritage and rabbinic studies

Foreman, "the first Orthodox Jew
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...

 to own a world title since Barney Ross
Barney Ross
Barney Ross , born Beryl David Rosofsky, was a world champion boxer in three weight divisions and decorated veteran of World War II.-Early life:...

 held championships in two divisions in 1935", is one of three top contemporary Jewish boxers. The others are Dmitry Salita
Dmitry Salita
Dmitry Salita is a Ukrainian-born Jewish-American boxer from Brooklyn, New York in the welterweight division.He has a 33–1–1 record, with 16 KOs. He is , and his reach is 69".He is a practicing Orthodox Jew, and became so after he moved to Brooklyn...

 (30–1–1), a junior welterweight, and heavyweight Roman Greenberg
Roman Greenberg
Roman Greenberg is a British-based Israeli heavyweight boxer, currently International Boxing Organization's Intercontinental heavyweight champion, with a 27–1 record. Greenberg has been nicknamed the "Lion from Zion."-Biography:...

 (27–1–0).
In the post-fight interview of his December 2007 win over Andrey Tsurkan, Foreman raised his hands and wished the television audience a happy Chanukah. Foreman, who wears a Star of David
Star of David
The Star of David, known in Hebrew as the Shield of David or Magen David is a generally recognized symbol of Jewish identity and Judaism.Its shape is that of a hexagram, the compound of two equilateral triangles...

 on his boxing trunks, is an aspiring rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...

. "Boxing is sometimes spiritual in its own way," he said. "You have the physical and mental challenges in boxing, just like you have lots of challenges in exploring the different levels of Judaism
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

. They are different but the same."

Foreman studies the Talmud
Talmud
The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....

 and Jewish mysticism in the morning, trains for boxing in the afternoon and attends rabbinical classes twice a week at the IYYUN Institute, a Jewish educational center in Gowanus. "Yuri is a very good student," said Rabbi DovBer Pinson, an author and lecturer who is Foreman's teacher. "Most people (in the class) who find out that he's a boxer are very surprised. He doesn't have that boxing personality, at least in the perception of what a boxer is. He's not the rough kid on the block. He's a sweet, easy-going kid."

TV and film

Foreman has appeared numerous times in nationally televised fights on ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

, Showtime, HBO and Versus
Versus
Versus, often abbreviated v. or v, vs. or vs may refer to:- Media :* Versus , a United States sports channel, to be renamed NBC Sports Network in 2012* Versus , a Japanese action/horror film...

, and on talk shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.The nightly hour-long show made its debut on January 26, 2003, following Super Bowl XXXVII. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is produced by Jackhole Productions in association with ABC Studios...

. He appeared in the film Fighting
Fighting (film)
Fighting is a 2009 action drama film directed by Dito Montiel, with a screenplay by Robert Munic and Montiel, and starring Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard and Luis Guzmán. It was released on April 24, 2009 in the United States by Rogue Pictures.-Plot:...

, which starred Channing Tatum
Channing Tatum
Channing Matthew Tatum is an American actor and film producer. He began his career as a fashion model and appearing in television commercials for Pepsi and Mountain Dew before turning to film roles...

 and Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard
Terrence Dashon Howard is an American actor. Having his first major role in the 1995 film Mr. Holland's Opus, which subsequently led to a number of roles in films and high visibility among African American audiences. Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of well-reviewed television...

. Foreman's wife, Leyla Leidecker, is making documentary about women's amateur boxing in the Golden Gloves. Foreman also appeared on a radio program titled "American Sports" which airs on rustymikeradio.com.

Professional boxing record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|28 Wins (8 knockouts), 2 Loss, 0 Draws,1 No Contest
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|Loss||28-2||align=left|  Paweł Wolak
|RTD||, 3:00||
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|Loss
|28–1

|align=left|  Miguel Cotto
Miguel Cotto
Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and the reigning WBA light middleweight champion. He is the younger brother of contender Jose Miguel Cotto and cousin of Abner Cotto...


|TKO
Miguel Cotto vs. Yuri Foreman
Miguel Cotto vs. Yuri Foreman, billed as Stadium Slugfest, was a boxing super welterweight fight for the WBA Super Welterweight championship. The bout was held on June 5, 2010, at Yankee Stadium, in New York City, United States...

 || 9 , 0:42
|2010-06-05 || align=left|  Bronx, New York, USA
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|- align=center
|Win
|28–0

|align=left|  Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos (boxer)
Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...


|UD || 12
|2009-11-14 || align=left|  Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...


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|- align=center
|style="background:#dae2f1;"|NC
|27–0

|align=left|  Cornelius Bundrage
Cornelius Bundrage
Cornelius Bundrage, , is a professional boxer and current IBF Junior Middleweight Champion. He is a former UBA Light Middleweight champion and was member of the ESPN reality show, The Contender.-Pro career:...


|NC || 3
|2009-06-27 || align=left|  Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...


|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|27–0
|align=left|  James Moore
James Moore (boxer)
James Moore born in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland, is a professional boxer. Moore currently fights in the Light Middleweight division although he fought as a welterweight during his amateur career.-Amateur titles:...


|UD || 10
|2008-12-13 || align=left|  Brooklyn, New York, USA
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|26–0
|align=left|  Vinroy Barrett
Vinroy Barrett
Vinroy Barrett, , is a professional boxer. He is a former WBF Americas Welterweight titleholder.Before becoming a professional boxer, Barrett had a very successful amateur career, winning the Jamaican Amateur Championships four times, achieving an alternate spot on the Jamaican National Team and...


|UD || 10
|2008-10-18 || align=left|  Brooklyn, New York, USA
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|25–0
|align=left|  Saúl Román
Saúl Román
Saúl Román Martínez Castañeda is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and is the former Mexican National Light Middleweight Champion.-Pro career:...


|UD || 10
|2008-04-03 || align=left|  Brooklyn, New York, USA
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|24–0
|align=left|  Andrey Tsurkan
Andrey Tsurkan
Andrey Tsurkan is a light middleweight boxer from Ukraine.-Pro career:On October 4, 2009 Herrera lost by 10th round T.K.O. to top light middleweight Prospect, Mexican Alfredo Angulo.-External links:*...


|SD || 10
|2007-12-06 || align=left|  Bronx, New York, USA
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|Win
|23–0
|align=left|  Anthony Thompson
|SD || 10
|2007-06-09 || align=left|  New York, New York, USA
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...


|align=left|
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|Win
|22–0
|align=left|  Donny McCrary
Donny McCrary
Donny McCrary is an Irish-American professional boxer.-Professional career:Known as "The Savage", McCrary began his professional career in 2003, and has lost to contenders Lucian Bute, Kofi Jantuah, Allan Green, and Yuri Foreman. In 2007 he won via stunning 1st round TKO against Eric Regan...


|UD || 10
|2006-12-02 || align=left|  Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...


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|Win
|21–0
|align=left|  Jesus Felipe Valverde
|UD || 10
|2006-06-03 || align=left|  Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...


|align=left|
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|Win
|20–0
|align=left|  Jimmy LeBlanc
|KO || 1 , 2:49
|2006-02-04 || align=left|  Boston, Massachusetts, USA
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|19–0
|align=left|  Troy Lowry
Troy Lowry
Troy Lowry is a middleweight professional boxer. Lowry is a native of St Paul, Minnesota.-Professional career:Lowry began his career with a decision over Blaine Biers in February 1992 and ran off twelve consecutive wins before losing a fight to Terry Ford in May 1994...


|UD || 10
|2005-10-21 || align=left|  Hollywood, Florida, USA
Hollywood, Florida
-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...


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|18–0
|align=left|  Kevin Cagle
|UD || 8
|2005-05-06 || align=left|  Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA
|align=left|
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|17–0
|align=left|  Jesus Soto Karass
Jesus Soto Karass
Jesús Soto Karass is a Mexican boxer in the Welterweight division. He is the former WBC Continental Americas and the NABF Welterweight Champion. Jesús is the older brother of boxer José Luis Soto Karass....


|UD || 8
|2005-02-24 || align=left|  New York, New York, USA
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...


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|Win
|16–0
|align=left|  Shakir Ashanti
|TKO || 2 , 1:07
|2004-11-13 || align=left|  New York, New York, USA
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...


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|Win
|15–0
|align=left|  Joshua Onyango
|UD || 6
|2004-07-23 || align=left|  Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...


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|14–0
|align=left|  Calvin Shakir
|UD || 6
|2004-04-15 || align=left|  New York, New York, USA
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...


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|Win
|13–0
|align=left|  Anthony Ivory
|UD || 6
|2004-01-16 || align=left|  Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...


|align=left|
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|Win
|12–0
|align=left|  Israel Garcia
|UD || 8
|2003-10-24 || align=left|  Bushkill, Pennsylvania, USA
Bushkill, Pennsylvania
Bushkill is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States.Portions of Bushkill were seized by the United States government during the Tocks Island dam project and are now part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area....


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|11–0
|align=left|  Sammy Sparkman
|UD || 6
|2003-06-03 || align=left|  Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
Uncasville, Connecticut
Uncasville is an area in the town of Montville, Connecticut. The area traditionally known as Uncasville is a village in southeastern Montville, at the mouth of the Oxoboxo River...


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|10–0
|align=left|  Charles Clark
|TKO || 2 , 1:40
|2003-04-26 || align=left|  Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA
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|9–0
|align=left|  James Johnson
|TKO || 1 , ?:??
|2003-03-29 || align=left|  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...


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|8–0
|align=left|  Will Evans
|KO || 1 , 1:28
|2003-01-25 || align=left|  Temecula, California, USA
Temecula, California
Temecula is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States with a population of 100,097 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it the lowest populated American city over 100,000 population. It was incorporated on December 1, 1989...


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|7–0
|align=left|  Andre Trunov
|UD || 6
|2003-01-10 || align=left|  Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
Uncasville, Connecticut
Uncasville is an area in the town of Montville, Connecticut. The area traditionally known as Uncasville is a village in southeastern Montville, at the mouth of the Oxoboxo River...


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|6–0
|align=left|  Jose Luis Almanzar
|UD || 4
|2002-08-30 || align=left|  New York, New York, USA
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...


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|5–0
|align=left|  Michael Corleone
|TKO || 2 , 1:40
|2002-06-20 || align=left|  Glen Burnie, Maryland, USA
Glen Burnie, Maryland
Glen Burnie is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, and is a suburb of Baltimore. The population was 67,639 at the 2010 census...


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|4–0
|align=left|  Michael Doaks
|UD || 6
|2002-04-27 || align=left|  New York, New York, USA
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...


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|3–0
|align=left|  George Armenta
|MD || 6
|2002-03-21 || align=left|  Glen Burnie, Maryland, USA
Glen Burnie, Maryland
Glen Burnie is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, and is a suburb of Baltimore. The population was 67,639 at the 2010 census...


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|2–0
|align=left|  Tommy Attardo
|TKO || 3 , ?:??
|2002-03-15 || align=left|  New York, New York, USA
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...


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|1–0
|align=left|  Israel Felix
|TKO || 1 , ?:??
|2002-01-24 || align=left|  New York, New York, USA
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...


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