Boxing

The Boxing Ring With A Mezuzah On The Door

Leah FeigerDecember 26, 2018

Saturday mornings are busy in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay neighborhood, as residents run errands and grab meals. The Underground Boxing Gym on Avenue X is strangely quiet, though. No one is sparring in the ring, or punching the heavy bags that hang from the ceiling, as they are Sunday through Friday.

The Secret Jewish History of Boxing

Colin TatzMarch 14, 2017

A version of this piece originally appeared in Plus61J.

Argentine Boxer Carolina Raquel Duer Grabs Championship in Return to Ring

August 29, 2016

Argentine Jewish boxer Carolina Raquel Duer won the interim International Boxing Federation’s world bantamweight title in her return to the ring after two years.

Undefeated Pro Boxer Dustin “The White Tiger” Fleischer is Headed to Israel with Birthright

Dustin FleischerAugust 10, 2016

This pro boxer is headed to Israel… and writing about it for the Forward.

Bob Arum Recalls Muhammad Ali as ‘Transformative’ American Hero

Dan WhitcombJune 5, 2016

[For Bob Arum, the famed promoter who befriended Muhammad Ali some 50 years ago, the former heavyweight champion’s legacy in the boxing ring pales in comparison to his impact on America and the world.

Orthodox Boxer Yuri Foreman’s Secrets of Success

Britta LoktingMay 22, 2016

I stood in a boxing ring at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn’s Dumbo, opposite Yuri Foreman, the onetime World Boxing Association super welterweight world champion. My left leg was forward; my knees were bent in a “boxing stance.”

Boxer Tyson Fury Sorry for Accusing Jews of Brainwashing

Julie WienerMay 17, 2016

(JTA) — British boxing champ Tyson Fury apologized for causing offense with anti-Semitic, sexist and homophobic comments he made in a video posted online this month. The vaguely worded apology does not mention Jews or anti-Semitism, nor does it specify exactly which of his comments he regrets. Fury’s comments in the video that surfaced Friday on…