Not sure why it's taken me so long but I finally added a link (below) to Dmitriy Salita's website. This guy's an observant Jew and undeafeated professional boxer. He's currently 20-0 in the Junior Welterweight division and is coming off his most difficult fight, a unanimous decision that went the distance in NYC last week. This kid is legit in both his religious lifestyle and also in his talents in the ring. Some friends and I flew out to L.A. last year to see one of his fights and he was truly a Kiddush Hashem inside and outside of the ring.

He's a great story - immigrated to the US from Russia as a kid, pushed around by anti-Semetic bullies on the streets of Brooklyn, found boxing and then found Chabad, both of which changed his life. He doesn't fight on Shabbat so HBO has been forced to change the times of his fights in order to televise him pummelling some poor fellow after havdalah.

Dmitriy's next fight should take place sometime around February '05. In the meantime, rumors are circulating that Eminem has been selected to play Dmitriy in Jerry Brockheimer's movie about D's life. Eminem's been working out with legendary boxing trainer Emanuel Stewart for several months. The movie should be out by summer of '06.

Make sure to support this guy.
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posted by Avi G @ 15:01