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• Seldin and Solano Make Weight

Cletus Seldin and Yeis Solano both made weight ahead of their clash tomorrow at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA. Seldin came out with a leprechaun hat and tossed it into the crowd before the ceremonial weigh-in.Seldin (28-1, 23 KOs) came in at 139.2 pounds. This is the lightest the 38 year old Seldin has been since the William Silva fight in 2021, three bouts ago. H...2025
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• The Desire to Improve: Doron Zinman Discusses the Phungula Fight
Doron Zinman's dominant first round TKO victory on February 21 signified an improvement over his pro debut. "I worked hard to perform better this fight and will continue to do as such," Zinman told The Jewish Boxing Blog.In his debut last November, Zinman showed a noteworthy ability to adjust mid-fight and take control of the contest after a slow start. In his second fight, the "Buzzsaw" spent a f...2025
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• The Indominable Drive of Yonatan Landman

Good luck finding a harder worker than Yonatan Landman."Yonatan always trains hard," fellow Israeli flyweight David Alaverdian told The Jewish Boxing Blog. "I've never seen someone work as hard as him. It's like, does this guy take a day off?"Under the guidance of his father Shai, Yonatan is currently training in upstate New York. "It can't just be shadowboxing, hitting the pads, and working the b...2025
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• Joshua Feldman on the Senga Fight

About an hour or so after his unanimous decision victory over Jonas Senga this past Friday, Joshua Feldman seemed to be a bit disappointed in his performance. He felt he could've done better and stopped his opponent.Asked about why he felt he could've stopped Senga, Feldman told The Jewish Boxing Blog, "I don't know if he didn't want to be there, but I just felt like I wanted to be there more."The...2025
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• Brooklyn "Big Deal" Barwick to Make Pro Debut Saturday

Brooklyn "The Big Deal" Barwick is scheduled to make her pro debut on Saturday at Salon CTM in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico. The 25 year old from Laguna Beach, California comes from the world of influencer boxing.Barwick, who stands 4'11", now resides in New York. A former gymnast, she started boxing only two years ago. "I got an offer from an influencer promotion," Barwick told Jeff Mayw...2025
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• David Alaverdian Wins Comeback Fight by Decision

Flyweight David Alaverdian defeated Josue "Zurdo" Morales by unanimous decision tonight at the Westgate Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This was Alaverdian's first fight in over 22 months.Alaverdian, a 31 year old switcher from Israel, boxed for much of the first two rounds against Morales, a 32 year old slick southpaw from Texas. Both exhibited expert defense, which left them frustrated...2025

• 2025 Israeli National Amateur Championships
It's time to be bullish about Israeli amateur boxing. The national championships, which took place on a basketball court in Lod this past week, was littered with pugilistic talent.Nothing exemplifies that point better than Alex Karchevski's early round exit this year. The 33 year old light heavyweight is a multi-division national champion and is 1-0 as a pro. But he fell to Rony Partouche in a hig...2025
• Yonatan Landman Wins by Sixth Round TKO

Yonatan Landman beat Albert Commey by sixth round TKO at Bukom Boxing Arena in Acra, Ghana today. Landman outboxed his toughest test as a pro. It was his second fight in eight days.Landman and Commey were announced as 118 pounds each, but Commey, a 39 year old from Accra, looked huge compared to Landman. Yonatan told The Jewish Boxing Blog, "The plan was to get inside as much as I could."Early in ...2024
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• Odelia Ben Ephraim to Challenge Tania Alvarez for European Title

A potential fight of the year candidate is on the schedule for November 30 when Odelia "Thunder" Ben Ephraim faces the European junior featherweight champion Tania Alvarez at Casal Cultural i Recreatiu in Castellbisbal, Spain. This is a big opportunity for the former French featherweight champ.Ben Ephraim won the French featherweight title a year ago. She had the chance to fight Sheila Martinez fo...2024
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• Hollywood Champ: The Confusing Legacy of Mushy Callahan

Mushy Callahan held the junior welterweight world championship for nearly three and a half years and after his boxing career ended, he trained the biggest Hollywood stars on the sets of their movies. Yet among fans of Jewish boxing, Callahan isn't revered like Benny Leonard nor is he admired like Barney Ross. Though his championship reign was long, it was hampered by several factors: the "syntheti...2024
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• Lev Jackson to Fight Undefeated Mathusan Mahindas
Lev Jackson is scheduled to fight Mathusan Mahindas on April 21 at the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in a junior welterweight contest. The show is promoted by Lee Baxter, who was the promoter for Jackson's debut in 2019.Jackson, a 31 year old from Richmond in British Columbia, comes in with a record of 3-1-1 with one KO and one no contest. He acknowledges that Mahindas, w...2024
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• Two Jewish Fighters Compete in Ring Masters
Following in the tradition of the defunct New York Golden Gloves, the Ring Masters amateur championships brings together the New York area's best boxers in the unpaid ranks. Two Jewish fighters have made it deep into this year's tournament. Rebecca Goldberg will fight in the finals of the 146 elite division at Madison Square Garden next month. David Malul hopes to join Goldberg at MSG. He fights i...2024
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• Benny Nizard Wins Pro Debut

Junior middleweight Benny Nizard won his pro debut by unanimous decision against Avend Yassin at Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan in Levallois-Perret, France. The former French amateur champion displayed impressive ability during his first fight.Nizard, a southpaw from Paris, slid through the ropes to wild applause. When the bell rang, Yassin, a 33 year old from Ploufragan, started the fight as a ...2024
• Josh Feldman's All In
"Even if I don't have a fight, I can't stop training," Josh Feldman told SA Boxing Talk ahead of his March 8 bout against Sibusiso Muteleni at Box Camp Booysens in Johannesburg, South Africa. "Right now, I feel I'm in the best shape."The Cape Town native said he is all-in. "I'm taking this so seriously. I just care about training, watching film, and sleeping. I believe I'm going to be the best in ...2024
• Sagiv Ismailov Continues to Improve

Sagiv Ismailov won by decision against Evghenii Shabazov at Chisinau State University of Physical Education and Sports in Chisinau, Moldova last night. Ismailov's intelligent jabs and slippery defense controlled the contest in his first career six-rounder.Ismailov, a 21 year old Israeli, has developed impressively this year. Against Shabazov, his jab was particularly effective. He used it as a ran...2023
• Review of The Fighter of Auschwitz
The Fighter of Auschwitz: The incredible true story of Leen Sanders who boxed to help others surviveBy Erik BrouwerCassell, 2023Leen Sanders of Rotterdam, Netherlands was one of the best European boxers of the late 1920s and for much of the 1930s. He began as a featherweight and climbed through the lightweight, welterweight, and middleweight divisions. Known for his "double defense," Sanders was a...2023

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• Seldin and Solano Make Weight
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• Zinman and Feldman Make Weight

Doron Zinman and Joshua Feldman made weight ahead of their separate bouts tomorrow at The Box Camp, formerly known as Booysens Box Camp, in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Feldman's opponent Joseph Senga comfortably made junior middleweight, but Zinman's opponent Nhlakanipho Phungula came in over the featherweight limit.Zinman (1-0) weighed 125.55 pounds, which is right about where he was for...2025
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• Year in Review: 2024
This year was defined by young prospects in the early stages of their careers. Yonatan Landman started his 7-0 with 7 KOs this year. Joshua Feldman went 3-0 with 3 KOs. David Malul scored two knockout victories to get his career rolling. Daniel Ivanovski went 2-0 with one KO to start his career. Benny Nizard and Doron Zinman both won their debuts. The oldest of these prospects is just 23 years of ...2024
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• Doron Zinman to Face Hope Cindi in Debut
Featherweight Doron "Buzzsaw" Zinman is scheduled to fight Hope Cindi on November 23 at Box Camp Booysens in Johannesburg, South Africa. Both fighters will be making their pro debuts on the Boxing 5 Promotions card.A 20 year old from Cape Town, Zinman is ready for the challenge. He told SA Boxing Talk, "It's my time. I'm ready to go. I'm ready to fight every week, every month, whatever it is. Give...2024
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• Contentious Weigh-in for David Malul and Lucien Hannah

David Malul was ready to weigh-in today ahead of his pro debut, but was made to briefly wait as Lucien Hannah's weight caused some controversy. Before the weigh-in, Malul had just completed the physical exam where his condition and cognitive fitness were tested to make sure he was capable of fighting tomorrow at the Paramount Theater in Huntington, New York."King" David was set to weigh-in but cou...2024
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• Toe-to-Toe with Ira Berkow
When Rocky Graziano stopped Tony Zale in the sixth round of their world title bout at Chicago Stadium, a seven-year old Jewish kid from the nearby Lawndale neighborhood sulked for the rest of that balmy July day in 1947. Young Ira Berkow was a fan of Zale, the dethroned middleweight champion from Gary, Indiana. The heartbreak caused by the loss would become the future Pulitzer Prize winner's first...2024
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• Joshua Feldman on the Senga Fight
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• David Alaverdian Wins Comeback Fight by Decision
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• Doron Zinman Discusses His Debut
Featherweight Doron "Buzzsaw" Zinman spoke today with The Jewish Boxing Blog about his entertaining debut last month. Zinman defeated fellow debutant Masibulele Mjoli by unanimous decision on November 23 in Johannesburg, South Africa."Right before the fight, I was very excited," he told The JBB. "Of course, there were nerves, but I used them to my benefit. I had been looking forward to my debut fo...2024
• Joshua Feldman Analyzes His Latest Knockout Win
This past Saturday, Joshua Feldman dominated Brian Shakoane on route to a first round stoppage victory. The 5-0 junior middleweight from Cape Town, South Africa discussed the fight today with The Jewish Boxing Blog."Quite honestly, I actually didn't have any game plan for the fight coming in," Feldman revealed. "It was mostly just getting in the ring and deciding on the go how I was going to asses...2024
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• Yonatan Landman Wins by Sixth Round TKO
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• Zinman Wins Tough Debut; Feldman Impresses

Joshua Feldman and Doron Zinman both won their fights at Box Camp Booysens in Johannesburg, South Africa today. Feldman shined in a first round TKO victory over Brian Shakoane while Zinman overcame a tough opponent, Masibulele Mjoli, scoring a knockdown to win by unanimous decision.Feldman, a 20 year old junior middleweight nicknamed "The Maccabee," came out hammering Skhakoane's body and then mov...2024
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• Heart of a Lion: An Interview with David Malul
David Malul fell to the canvas for the second time in the first round of his pro debut. "This is the ultimate test," he told himself as he rose to his feet. "I didn't think for a second it was over. I just thought the win would be sweeter," he told The Jewish Boxing Blog in a phone interview two days after his stunning first round knockout victory over Lucien Hannah.The game plan, fashioned by Mik...2024
• Jewish Boxing in China
Jews have been in China for at least a thousand years, first forming a base in Kaifeng, a city west of Beijing and Shanghai. Merchants of all religions, including Jews, traveled the Silk Road, a network of well-worn trading routes, into China for over a millennium.Boxing has existed in China for thousands of years, but it was used as a martial art and not as a competitive sport. At the turn of the...2024
• The Lasting Legacy of Boxing Historian Mike Silver

In 2004, the king of boxing historians, Chuck Hasson, waltzed into the Philadelphia Jewish Museum to view an exhibition called "Sting Like A Maccabee: The Golden Age of the American Jewish-Boxer," curated by his protégé, Mike Silver. Hasson looked around and said, "Mike, you did good." Chuck’s affirmation was special. "It meant more to me than a dozen positive reviews,' said Silver.Since he began ...2023
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• Top 5 Jewish South African Boxers
Andre de Vries's Top 5 Jewish South African BoxersA legend in the sport, Andre de Vries is perhaps the most knowledgeable person on Earth about South African boxing. He has done almost everything in boxing, working as a historian, journalist, commentator, record keeper, collector, and for Boxing South Africa in various capacities, to name just a few of his contributions.Mr. de Vries men...2023

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• David Alaverdian Wins Comeback Fight by Decision
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• Doron Zinman Discusses His Debut
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• Review of Then the World Moved On

Then the World Moved On: The Brutal Truth Behind the Max Baer-Frankie Campbell FightBy Catherine JohnsonBrown Glove Books, 2024Many Jewish boxing fans have long idolized Max Baer. By reexamining his deadly fight against Frankie Campbell in her wonderful book Then the World Moved On, Catherine Johnson convincingly argues Baer is more deserving of condemnation than idolization.A son of Italian immig...2024
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• Yonatan Landman Scores Four Knockdowns in KO Win

Yonatan Landman stopped Asamoah Wilson thirty-four seconds into the fifth round today at Centre Point Mall in Accra, Ghana. The Israeli scored four knockdowns on route to a knockout victory over the toughest opponent of his career thus far.Wilson, a 38 year old fighter from Accra, was competitive early. He used his height and long jab to mostly keep Landman at range. But he flung his right as if t...2024
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• David Alaverdian Wins Comeback Fight by Decision
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• David Alaverdian Makes Weight, Morales Within Allowance

David Alaverdian is making his return to the ring tomorrow after nearly two years away. Read more about what kept him on the sidelines in my article for The Sweet Science.Alaverdian weighed in at 111.8 pounds ahead of tomorrow's bout at the Westgate Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. His opponent, Josue Morales, was 112.6 pounds, which is over the flyweight limit, but under the one-pound al...2025
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• David Malul Back in the Ring Next Month
David Malul is scheduled to get in the ring for his second pro fight on November 23 at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, New York, USA. The card is promoted by Star Boxing.Malul was knocked down twice in the first round of his pro debut against Lucien Hannah. back on September 14. Amazingly, Malul came back to score two knockdowns of his own in that same round to earn a stoppage victory. In an ...2024
• Feldman Makes Weight, Muyaya Misses

Even though Joshua Feldman (3-0) weighed in a tad bit under the 154-pound junior middleweight limit, he'll be fighting at middleweight+ at Box Camp Booysens tomorrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. His opponent Henry Muyaya badly missed weight."I was a little annoyed," Feldman told The Jewish Boxing Blog, "because I thought once again there would be a problem with the fight happening." Feldman has ...2024
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• Review of The Promise of Women's Boxing

The Promise of Women's Boxing: A Momentous New Era for the Sweet ScienceBy Malissa SmithRowman & Littlefield, 2024Malissa Smith's new book is a celebration of women's boxing since the 2012 Olympics, which is when her seminal A History of Women's Boxing leaves off. In her first book, Smith mainly assumes the role of historian while in this effort she serves primarily as a journalist. Impressively, ...2024
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• Year in Review: 2023
This year has been a great one for Jewish boxing! We got more fights and thankfully, fewer cancellations.Some of the best:Focused for Battle looks at several boxers' mindset during the referee's final instructions at center-ring right before the opening bell.Sagiv Ismailov Wins Under Difficult Circumstances explores the trials an Israeli boxer faced just to take part in a fight in German...2023
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• David Alaverdian is Impressive Early, Shrewd Late in Victory
Super flyweight David Alaverdian dominated the first half of his fight against the rugged Ernesto Irias in their six round affair tonight at the Westgate Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Alaverdian seemed to hit a wall before bouncing back thanks to a shrewd change in strategy.Irias, a 27 year old veteran from Managua, Nicaragua, had his phone stolen in January. He came out in the first r...2023

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