***ish Boxing Legends: Barney Ross, Benny Leonard, VIDEO

[English Lion]

zab judah is another great ***ish boxer.

[CasperUK]

how many ***ish boxers are there today? I can only think of Roman Greenberg.

[Steelhammer86]

The best present-day ***ish boxer is up and comer Dmitriy Salita, who may have superstar potential. He'll probably have a title by the end of 2008 (he's already rated #3 by the WBA).

[yidish pugilist]

how many ***ish boxers are there today? I can only think of Roman Greenberg.

roman greenberg, dmitriy salita, yuri foreman, zab judah and his brothers josiah and daniel are the only ones I can think of

[danny stash]

well there's some guys coming up now, for example dmitriy salita who I follow pretty closely. also yuri foreman, roman greenberg and zab judah. but the holocaust kind of killed the flow of ***s to this country, 6 million is a HUGE blow to a minority who's population is now only about 14 mill. the poor, hungry ***s from russia and poland were massacred during the pogroms earlier. and many ***s see pugalism as something for thugs, so when ***s as a whole in this country got their money... that would be my explination. also do you know how hard it is to convince a ***ish mother to allow you to take up boxing? she would KICK YOUR ASS, look at EVERY SINGLE ***ish boxer during that pre- 50's era and they all changed their names so their mothers wouldn't find out they were boxing haha.

I agree with the mother things. I grew up in long island NY and my mother is Irish but everyone calls her a ***ish mother because she shielded me and my brothers from stuff growing up. I remember i got a tattoo when i was like 18 and i think she had a minor stroke. As far as ***ish fighters go, yeah i think pro boxer is the LAST thing that a mother wants for her kid ***ish or not. In my opinion though the ***ish heritage is the best at steering their children toward education as well as good jobs.

[Fighting Cougar]

thanx for posting.

[bengidaro]

There was a semi battle of ***ish fighters when Yuri Foreman fought Anthony Thompson. Thompson is an African Hebrew Israelite of Jerusalem. They think they are one of the last tribes of Judea. As for the ***ish mother thing I'm running into the same problem. My mom is ***ish and thinks its outrageous I would ever start boxing. But anyway nice to see my Hebrew brothers here boxingscene.com

[!! Mr. Soprano]

how many ***ish boxers are there today? I can only think of Roman Greenberg.

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Wikipedia:

Ray Arcel — trainer, HoF[37]
Bob Arum — promoter, HoF[38]
Abe Attell — world featherweight champion, HoF[39]
Max Baer — world heavyweight champion[40]
Benny Bass — world featherweight champion, HoF[41]
Samuel Berger — first Olympic heavyweight champion[42]
Jack Bernstein — world junior lightweight champion[43]
"Mushy" Callahan — world junior-welterweight champion, HoF[44]
Joe Choynski — heavyweight fighter, HoF[45]
Al "Bummy" Davis, AKA "The Brownsville Bum", controversial lightweight and welterweight star of the 1930s and 1940s with a devastating left hook[46]
Benny Goldberg — Bantamweight amateur turned pro[47]
Charley Goldman — trainer, HoF[48]
Abe Goldstein — world bantamweight champion[49]
Mike Jacobs — promoter, HoF[50]
Ben Jeby — world middleweight champion[51]
Zab Judah- former junior welterweight champion
Jackie Kallen — promoter[52]
Louis Kid Kaplan — world featherweight champion, HoF[53]
Solly Krieger — world middleweight champion[54]
Benny Leonard — world lightweight champion, HoF[55]
Battling Levinsky — world light-heavyweight champion, HoF[56]
Ted "Kid" Lewis — World Welterweight Champion, HoF[57]
Saoul Mamby — world junior-welterweight champion[58]
Al McCoy — world welterweight champion[59]
Jill Matthews — world junior-flyweight champion[60]
Bob Olin — world light-heavyweight champion[61]
Bob Penn — Promoter, Trainer, Owner 1948
Charley "Phil" Rosenberg — world bantamweight champion[62]
Dana Rosenblatt — world middleweight champion[63]
Maxie Rosenbloom — world light-heavyweight champion, HoF[64]
Barney Ross — world lightweight and welterweight champion, HoF[65]
Mike Rossman — world light-heavyweight champion[66]
"Corporal" Izzy Schwartz — world flyweight champion[67]
Al Singer — world lightweight champion, HoF[68]
Lew Tendler — "greatest southpaw in ring history", HoF[69]
Benny Valger- nicknamed "The French Flash"[70]
Herbie Kronowitz — world Heavywieght Champion, once ranked 10th in the world (In the 1940s) and became a great referee after his boxing career