Yuri Foreman (Hebrew: יורי פורמן; born August 5, 1980) is an Israeli professional boxer who held the WBA super welterweight title from 2009 to 2010.

He started out as a swimmer, but his mother signed him up for boxing lessons at age seven after he experienced bullying and beatings.

[5] His first job was in the Garment District in Manhattan, where he made deliveries and swept the floors for a clothing store.

At the same time, he began training at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, where he met his first wife, Leyla Leidecker.

[9] On June 3, 2006, Foreman defeated Jesus Felipe Valverde, but tore ligaments in his left hand in the process.

[citation needed] In December 2007, Foreman won a 10-round split decision over Andrey Tsurkan (25–3; 16 KOs), to take the North American Boxing Federation super welterweight title from him at the Paradise Theater on Grand Concourse in The Bronx, New York City.

In the five outings leading up to the Moore fight, Foreman won decisions over fighters with a cumulative record of 118–17–2.

[15] In early January 2010, Foreman began talks with Bob Arum to arrange for himself and Filipino boxer seven-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, to meet on March 13, 2010.

After a few more falls from the knee giving out and Cotto beginning to land, Foreman's trainer Joe Grier threw in the towel midway through the 8th round.

While the crowd was not sure what was happening, the ring was cleared after a delay of a couple of minutes and the fight resumed with about half the round remaining.

Cotto landed a left hook to the body and Foreman went down 42 seconds into the 9th round and Mercante called off the fight.

[18] After a 22-month layoff, Foreman was victorious in his return to the ring on Lou DiBella's Broadway Boxing card at BB Kings in Manhattan, New York on January 23, 2013.

He defeated Gundrick King by unanimous decision in the junior middleweight division at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC.

Foreman began teaching boxing classes in the famous Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn New York in 2020.

Foreman, "the first Orthodox Jew to own a world title since Barney Ross held championships in two divisions in 1935",[21] is one of three top contemporary Jewish boxers.

'"[24] In the post-fight interview of his December 2007 win over Andrey Tsurkan, Foreman raised his hands and wished the television audience a happy Chanukah.

"Yuri is a very good student", said Rabbi DovBer Pinson, an author and lecturer who is Foreman's teacher.

[26][27] Foreman has appeared numerous times in nationally televised fights on ESPN, Showtime, HBO and Versus, and on talk shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live!.