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By Keith Idec - NEW YORK — Yuri Foreman has received more publicity prior to his fight against Miguel Cotto than he had throughout the first eight years of his career.
His highly unusual life story, coupled with winning the WBA super welterweight title, made this genuinely humble champion a promoter’s dream, everything Bob Arum assumed Foreman could become when executives at HBO and Showtime weren’t interested in broadcasting Foreman’s fights. Suddenly, this all-but-ignored boxing rabbinical student surfaced everywhere.
ESPN featured Foreman on its “E:60” show. He appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and Versus’ “The Daily Line,” before a once-improbable promotional tour concluded Friday night with an interview on FOX News’ “On The Record, with Greta Van Susteren.”
There also are billboards all over New York bearing the undefeated Foreman’s face, more sure signs that Brooklyn’s Foreman’s American dream has come true 11 years after he left Israel with little more than the clothes on his back. [Click Here To Read More]
His highly unusual life story, coupled with winning the WBA super welterweight title, made this genuinely humble champion a promoter’s dream, everything Bob Arum assumed Foreman could become when executives at HBO and Showtime weren’t interested in broadcasting Foreman’s fights. Suddenly, this all-but-ignored boxing rabbinical student surfaced everywhere.
ESPN featured Foreman on its “E:60” show. He appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and Versus’ “The Daily Line,” before a once-improbable promotional tour concluded Friday night with an interview on FOX News’ “On The Record, with Greta Van Susteren.”
There also are billboards all over New York bearing the undefeated Foreman’s face, more sure signs that Brooklyn’s Foreman’s American dream has come true 11 years after he left Israel with little more than the clothes on his back. [Click Here To Read More]
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