You don't think this would have more to do with the U.S. wanting an ally in a region that is typically hostile towards America? You believe that it's more likely that this country is in fact controlled by Israel. Do you realize how silly that sounds?
James Toney fought with a jewish star on his shorts for the longer part of his prime years. That was more due to his manager at the time though.
Know of ANY, P4P? How 'bout these greats who never ran for cover: Daniel Mendoza, the first bare knuckle heavyweight champ Joe Choynski, who at 160 pounds KO'd Jack Johnson Benny Leonard, arguably the best lightweight that ever put on gloves Barney Ross, an ATG welter champ Artie Levine, who really KOd Sugar Ray Robinson, but got a long count,like Dempsey against Tunney. Sugar said it was the hardest he'd ever been hit. All the above were lionhearted, not to mention the Brit beast, Jackie "Kid" Berg
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Aaron"]Barney Aaron[/ame] (Young), English-born US [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight"]lightweight[/ame], Hall of Fame[41] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Attell"]Abe Attell[/ame] ("The Little Hebrew"), US, world champion [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Featherweight"]featherweight[/ame], Hall of Fame[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Attell"]Monte Attell[/ame] ("The Knob Hill Terror"), US, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantamweight"]bantamweight[/ame][42] Max Baer ("Madcap Maxie"), US, world champion [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavyweight"]heavyweight[/ame], ¼ Jewish, wore a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_David"]Star of David[/ame] on his trunks, Hall of Fame[43] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Bass"]Benny Bass[/ame] ("Little Fish"), US, world champion featherweight & world champion [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_lightweight"]junior lightweight[/ame], Hall of Fame[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrice_Benichou"]Fabrice Benichou[/ame], France, world champion [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_bantamweight"]super bantamweight[/ame][28] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kid_Berg"]Jack Kid Berg[/ame] (Judah Bergman), England, world champion [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_welterweight"]junior welterweight[/ame], wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxie_Berger"]Maxie Berger[/ame], Canada, wore a Star of David on his trunks[44] Samuel Berger, US, Olympic champion heavyweight[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bernstein"]Jack Bernstein[/ame] (also "John Dodick", "Kid Murphy", and "Young Murphy"), US, world champion junior lightweight[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bor"]Nathan "Nat" Bor[/ame], US, Olympic bronze lightweight[45] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushy_Callahan"]Mushy Callahan[/ame] (Vincente Sheer), US, world champion [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_welterweight"]light welterweight[/ame][42] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Choynski"]Joe Choynski[/ame] ("Chrysanthemum Joe"), US, heavyweight, Hall of Fame[6][46] Robert Cohen, French & [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria"]Algerian[/ame], world champion bantamweight[6] Al "Bummy" Davis (Abraham Davidoff), US, welterweight & lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[42] Louis "Red" Deutsch, US, heavyweight, later famous as the proprietor of the Tube Bar in Jersey City, NJ and inspiration for [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_Szyslak"]Moe Szyslak[/ame] on "The Simpsons" [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Fields"]John "Jackie" Fields[/ame] (Jacob Finkelstein), US, world champion [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welterweight"]welterweight[/ame] & Olympic champion featherweight, Hall of Fame[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagar_Finer"]Hagar Finer[/ame], Israel, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIBF"]WIBF[/ame] champion bantamweight[47] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Foreman"]Yuri Foreman[/ame], Belarusian-born Israeli US [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleweight"]middleweight[/ame] and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Boxing_Association"]World Boxing Association[/ame] champion [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_welterweight"]super welterweight[/ame][48] György Gedó, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary"]Hungary[/ame], Olympic champion [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_flyweight"]light flyweight[/ame][35] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Goldstein"]Abe Goldstein[/ame], US, world champion bantamweight[49] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Goldstein"]Ruby Goldstein[/ame] ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"), US, welterweight, wore a Star of David
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Greenberg"]Roman Greenberg[/ame] ("The Lion from Zion"), Israel, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Boxing_Organization"]International Boxing Organization[/ame]'s Intercontinental champion heavyweight [48] Stéphane Haccoun, France, featherweight, super featherweight, and junior lightweight[50][51] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Halimi"]Alphonse Halimi[/ame] ("La Petite Terreur"), France, world champion bantamweight[6] Harry Harris ("The Human Hairpin"), US, world champion bantamweight[6] Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) champion welterweight[52] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jeby"]Ben Jeby[/ame] (Morris Jebaltowsky), US, world champion middleweight[42] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoel_Judah"]Yoel Judah[/ame], US, 3x world champion kickboxer and boxer & trainer[53] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zab_Judah"]Zab Judah[/ame] ("Super"), US, world champion junior welterweight & world champion welterweight (Converted to Christianity)[54][53][55][56] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Kaplan"]Louis Kaplan[/ame] ("Kid Kaplan"), Russian-born US, world champion featherweight, Hall of Fame[6][46] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solly_Krieger"]Solly Krieger[/ame] ("Danny Auerbach"), US, world champion middleweight[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Leonard"]Benny Leonard[/ame] (Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard"), US, world champion lightweight, Hall of Fame[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battling_Levinsky"]Battling Levinsky[/ame] (Barney Lebrowitz), US, world champion [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_heavyweight"]light heavyweight[/ame], Hall of Fame[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Levinsky"]King Levinsky[/ame] (Harry Krakow), US, heavweight, also known as Kingfish Levinsky [6] Harry Lewis (Harry Besterman), US, world champion welterweight[42] Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), England, world champion welterweight, Hall of Fame[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Luftspring"]Sammy Luftspring[/ame], Canada, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame[42] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saoul_Mamby"]Saoul Mamby[/ame], US, world champion junior welterweight[42] Al McCoy (Alexander Rudolph), US, world champion middleweight[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Mendoza"]Daniel Mendoza[/ame], England, world champion heavyweight, Hall of Fame[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Michaelsen"]Jacob Michaelsen[/ame], Denmark, Olympic bronze heavyweight[57] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Mosberg"]Samuel Mosberg[/ame], US, Olympic champion lightweight[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Olin"]Bob Olin[/ame], US, world champion light heavyweight[58] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Perez"]Victor Perez[/ame] ("Young"), [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Tunisia"]Tunisian[/ame], world champion flyweight[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Phil_Rosenberg"]Charlie Phil *********[/ame] ("Charles Green"), US, world champion bantamweight[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Rosenblatt"]Dana Rosenblatt[/ame] ("Dangerous"), US, world champion middleweight[59] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxie_Rosenbloom"]Maxie Rosenbloom[/ame] ("Slapsie"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Ross"]Barney Ross[/ame] (Dov-Ber Rasofsky), US, world champion lightweight & junior welterweight, Hall of Fame[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rossman"]Mike Rossman[/ame] (Michael Albert DiPiano; "The Jewish Bomber"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore Star of David on trunks[59] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamil_Sabirov"]Shamil Sabirov[/ame], Russia, Olympic champion light flyweight[60] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Salita"]Dmitry Salita[/ame] ("Star of David"), US, North American Boxing Association champion light welterweightt[61] Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz ("The Ghetto Midget"), US, world champion flyweight[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Singer"]Al Singer[/ame] ("The Bronx Beauty"), US, world champion lightweight[42] "Lefty" Lew Tendler, US, bantamweight, lightweight, and welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[6] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Terris"]Sid Terris[/ame] ("Ghost of the Ghetto"), US, lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[62]