Who is the best Jewish boxer ever?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Danish Dawg, Jul 27, 2013.


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  1. Danish Dawg

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    Which Jewish boxer has been the best Jewish boxer ever?

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    Or rather, not "ever", please, I'm tired of having to get answers about guys that boxed so long ago, let's stick to Jewish boxers who were active since 1970.
     
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  2. big_AL

    big_AL P4P #1 Full Member

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    yuri foreman
     
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  3. Cormega

    Cormega Quadruple OG Full Member

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    James Toney
     
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  4. iWantToLearnEng

    iWantToLearnEng Guest

    Maiwetter
     
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  5. Danish Dawg

    Danish Dawg Guest

    Yuri Foreman is a good boxer, but not that special, is he really the best the Jews got?
     
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  6. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Benny Leonard and it's not even close.
     
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  7. Danish Dawg

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    Come on, is that really the best? That guy didn't have that many good victories and he often lost and got draws, even though he won insanely many fights, in which far more than half of them were decision victories, lol.

    What about the journeyman Zab Judah? Is he a candidate to be the best Jewish boxer?
     
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  8. Cormega

    Cormega Quadruple OG Full Member

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    Abe Attell has to be up there.
     
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  9. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    +1.

    Other great ones include Barney Ross, Lew Tendler, Abe Attell, Kid Lewis, etc.
     
    Rock0052, Jul 27, 2013
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  10. Danish Dawg

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    But how come there is not one truly great Jewish boxer?
     
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  11. iWantToLearnEng

    iWantToLearnEng Guest

    The same reason why for example Sweden has no great boxers and only ridicolous prospects.
     
    iWantToLearnEng, Jul 27, 2013
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  12. Hercegovac

    Hercegovac Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yuri Foreman is the only Jewish boxer I can think of at the moment though
     
    Hercegovac, Jul 27, 2013
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  13. Danish Dawg

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    Yuri Foreman is not even that good, haha, but he's an okay boxer. A gatekeeper.
     
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  14. Clinton

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    Uh, Benny Leonard:patsch? He's truly one of the all-time greats.
     
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  15. Momus

    Momus Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Probably Dana Rosenblatt
     
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