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He's a rabbi-in-training, so Yuri Foreman made for a nice storyline coming into his junior middleweight title shot against Daniel Santos. Most critics concentrated on the fact that Foreman, 29, only had eight knockouts in 27 fights. No punching power, meant no real threat to the veteran Santos. Foreman showed he could be a rough, tough customer. He often charged with his head which resulted in several headbutts and was credited with a knockdown in the second when he slugged Santos in the back of the head. He got a more legitimate knockdown in the 12th to seal the deal.

Foreman became the first Orthodox Jewish boxing world champ in more than 70 years. Jackie "Kid" Berg, a junior welterweight from London, was the last, in 1932.

With a better connect rate throughout, it was more than enough for Foreman to get his first world title via unanimous decision 116-110, 117-109 and 117-109.

Foreman was the slicker fighter throughout. His jab, fighting out of a southpaw stance, puffed up Santos below his right eye. Santos eventually suffered a cut on the edge of the eye in the eleventh round.

Foreman suffered a cut over left eye early in the fight but his corner did a nice job of managing the wound.

The Puerto Rican looked sluggish at times. Maybe it was the big weight gain after Friday's weigh-in. Foreman was 161 pounds tonight, while Santos was 173. Foreman pointed out during the postfight press conference that he noticed how big Santos looked at the start of the figt.

Foreman outlanded Santos 146-105 and connected at higher percentage (29-24).

Foreman's story can be best described as the American dream. Born into poverty in Belarus, he moved to Israel as a child and then New York as a 19-year-old. Five years ago, he began studying to be a rabbi on the advice of his girlfriend, who is also a professional boxer and model.

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  1. Julio H
    1. Posted by Julio H Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:42 pm EST

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    dammitt
  2. bond
    2. Posted by bond Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:44 pm EST

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    cotto to big
  3. colin c
    3. Posted by colin c Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:48 pm EST

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    jews rule
  4. youngfields
    4. Posted by youngfields Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:03 am EST

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    Nice
  5. Sly
    5. Posted by Sly Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:41 am EST

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    Pacquiao dominated the fight. the fight is stopped at 12th round.
  6. burry
    6. Posted by burry Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:46 am EST

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    #5
    WTF?! Get a life, moron!
  7. Lew Ghost
    7. Posted by Lew Ghost Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:00 am EST

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    lol @ #5
    fool...
  8. Larry
    8. Posted by Larry Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:08 am EST

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    Congratulations to Yuri Foreman! Another white boxing camp!
    Congratulations to Manny Pacquiao! One of the BEST boxers of All-Time!
    7-time world champion, that make him better than the Two Robinsons, Hearns, and Ali!!!!!
    The Best boxer of All-time is Asian!!!!!
  9. Gerardo R
    9. Posted by Gerardo R Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:35 am EST

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    Wow Aysar! Being associated with somewhat intelligent individuals on a day to day basis, I sometimes forget fools such as yourself exist. Jews never considered themselves Aryan you idiot. Have you ever seen Israeli citizens? Some of the most beautiful people with a wide range of color. From very light skinned to pretty dark individuals. Most I have seen have an olive skinned complexion. I've met Asian Jews, Black Jews, Hispanic Jews etc.... Tell me which mighty "Aryan race" has this sort of criteria? Jews are not in a Jew vs Gentile war. That is a fantasy retards like you wish existed.
  10. youreyescannotsee
    10. Posted by youreyescannotsee Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:24 am EST

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    You were right on Gerardo on Aysar. Aysar I believe is a town in Yemen. Unfortunately most of the anti Jew, anti White, anti US originates from the middle east and is carried over to the US for those who can't think for themselves.
  11. sdpsuperman
    11. Posted by sdpsuperman Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:39 am EST

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    Congrats Yuri. Please try to convince your wife to be more tznius. It is mamish assur to wear the clothing she does and not cover her hair. There are no heterim for this, my friend. If you are a rav, you should know this.
  12. carl
    12. Posted by carl Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:49 am EST

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    #5 - r u serious!!!????..........
    #9 - I appreciate your enthusiasm. You have every right to be excited, but understand that Sugar Ray Robinson fought well over 200 times. He went 199 fights before his 1st loss. Back then there were far less weight classes, so winning in different ones meant more. 7 weight classes could not have even happened for Robinson. It would've actually taken him past heavyweight. Not trying to rain on your picnick, but some statements have to be thought out a little better. Your talking about peoples hero's just like Manny's your hero.
  13. the_journey82
    13. Posted by the_journey82 Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:03 am EST

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    #5: "never heard of santo's, only heard of this jew because he is a jew." first of all it's santos, not santo's. You only heard of this jew because he is a jaw? That's one of the most ignorant statements I've ever heard. How bout show the new champion some courtesy, maybe referring to him by his name, instead of just referring to him as "this jew".
    "Probably set up fight just to promote the jews as the aryan race over the gentiles." See comment #10 by Gerardo. Nothing to add to that.
    "Rather then engineer his rise to a fake title, why doen't he fight cotto, roy jones jr, etc." umm, how is this a fake title? It's the WBA World Light MIddleweight Title. Santos beat Antonio Margarito, and we saw what Margarito did to Cotto. Of course Margarito's win was tainted by the hand wraps issue, but he still was the first guy to knock out Cotto. And at the time it was impressive.
    As far as Foreman fighting a Cotto or Roy Jones Jr, Cotto is currently a welterweight, weighing in at 145 lbs versus Pacquiao. Foreman weighed in at 154 at the weigh in against Santos and even more on fight day. He is a Light MIddleweight. So Cotto really isn't in Foreman's weight class at the moment. RJJ is a Light Heavyweight, weighing in at 172 lbs in his last fight. So RJJ is about 20 pounds heavier than Foreman, even farther away from his weight than Cotto. I don't know how you can say something as idiotic as that, but I can believe it because there are a lot of stupid and ignorant people in this world, and you are clearly one of them. I just feel sorry for you. It shows your spiteful jealously of those different than you.
    "He will never do that because then he will lose to the gentile that can't be baught and so will be a blow to the jewish race based cult Zionism movement." First of all, it's "bought", not "baught". How do you know he will never do that? This guy just became a world champion. We have no idea who he will fight next. He will "lose to the gentile that can't be bought" and that will be a blow to the jewish race based on a cult zionism movement?
    Dude you really have some built up hate in your heart. You are painting a picture that has nothing to do with individual people. There are plenty of jews that aren't zionists. And for those who are, your characterization of them cats them in a dark light for reasons of your own jealously. And if one day Yuri loses to a great fighter and in the process has a good account of himself, it won't at all be a blow to the jewish race. It won't be a blow to the jewish race because Yuri has already achieved something that will make jews, christians, and anyone who appreciates objective skill proud no matter what happens from here on out. Yuri has shown tremendous courage in this fight and throughout his entire career remaining undefeated in such a dangerous sport like boxing.
    #5, Grow up and next time swallow your hate and just say. "Great job Yuri in becoming a world champion." Not great job jew or great job black or great job arab or great job christian. But Great job Yuri. You are the champion and you have achieved something very special in the ring on this night. Hope to see you fight again and defend your world championship. I'd like to see Julio Cesar Chavez Jr challenge Yuri for the title. That would be a great fight!
  14. juscoolin
    14. Posted by juscoolin Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:34 am EST

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    well Manny is an all-time great, i dont care what era u are in, u start out as a 105 pounder and win that much your definately an all-timer, this is his era, his time and theonly guy left who can say otherwise is mayweather, Cotto had his turn, now its Pacquiao's time,even tho i dont think he's a welterweight,but hey, u cant argue with the results...
  15. Manuel
    15. Posted by Manuel Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:41 am EST

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    Kudos to Cotto. Never gave up. Big difference from that hustler and coward De La Hoya.
  16. Ephraim
    16. Posted by Ephraim Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:43 am EST

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    Mazal Tov Yuri!!!
    I missed the fight, I hope I can see it on replay here on Channel 5.
    We are all proud of you!!!!
  17. carl
    17. Posted by carl Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:53 am EST

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    #14 and #15 - Both of you said it perfect. Can't add anything to it.
  18. the_journey82
    18. Posted by the_journey82 Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:19 am EST

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    Manny Pacquiao put on an incredible performance. It's time for Money Mayweather to step up to the plate and fight Pacquiao for a super ultra mega fight. Pacquiao is the real deal, and Cotto showed tremendous heart in defeat. A great night of boxing all around.
  19. Gerardo R
    19. Posted by Gerardo R Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:27 am EST

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    Anyone else think the most painful part of the night was that Chavez fight?
  20. kobe
    20. Posted by kobe Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:45 am EST

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    I don't think a fight with Mayweather will be good for boxing. After the annihilation of Cotto which I think was witnessed by ugly Floyd, he darn get that feeling of fear that he might suffer the same faith as Cotto. If ever he will accept the challenge (I seriously doubt it), I believe he will demand a bigger ring (so he could have more room to run away if he gets into trouble), ask for a blind referee so that he could clinch as much as possible and request for pro-Mayweather juror's to cheat on the scorecards (his only chance of winning) against manny. Now it has been proven that he can take a punch from a regular welterweight as he taunted Cotto to give him his best shots and not only did pacman took it but stand toe-to-toe and giving his own pulverizing punches in return. In the end, it was cotto wilting under the barrage of heavy punches delivered by pacman. Mayweather will be a much easier task for pacman if he choose to slug it out with the pound 4 pound king.
  21. erwiny
    21. Posted by erwiny Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:46 am EST

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    Junior wons again!!!! against slacker #100
  22. Al Ramz General Trdg
    22. Posted by Al Ramz General Trdg Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:54 am EST

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    Is Yuri Foreman the guy who fought with Tatum Chaning in the movie "Fighting"? He is right?
  23. briansez
    23. Posted by briansez Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:09 pm EST

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    Paragraph 6 - should be fight, not figt.
  24. adonis
    24. Posted by adonis Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:57 am EST

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    your da best.......bt we want floyd then mosleys next
  25. denz168
    25. Posted by denz168 Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:53 am EST

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    To the losers who says back-man paquiao. wer s ur miguel cotto now? u talk lyk ur hero cotto can win & giving a bad name 2 paquiao.
    indian warrior has no much 4 d true warrior. dont judge the book by its cover losers. hahahaha...
    paquiao s the true champion. s that enough 4 u 2 believed n him? paquiao rules :-)

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