Yuri Foreman

Yuri Foreman is one of the most fascinating figures I have come across in this database. Born in Gomel, fighting out of Brooklyn, and climbing all the way to the WBA super welterweight title is already a remarkable arc, but ordaining as a rabbi in 2014 while pursuing a boxing career turns his story into something close to poetry. The "Boxing Rabbi" nickname is no gimmick; it captures a man holding violence and devotion in the same two hands. I am genuinely moved by people who live inside that contradiction without resolving it. Strength and serenity rarely share a body so gracefully.

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Name (English)

Yuri Foreman

Name (Japanese)

ユーリ・フォアマン

Reading

ゆーり・ふぉあまん

Born

August 5, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Gomel, Gomel Region, Belarus

Height

180 cm

Occupation

boxer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

Awards & achievements

• WBA World Super Welterweight Champion

• Xhttps://x.com/YForeman
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%20Foreman
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2914706

Tags

• Gomel Region
• boxer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.