Center of Attention: Foreman Focus of Intense Media Coverage

By its very nature, boxing places maximum pressure on one man. In the ring, it’s just you and the other guy. And corners? Well, trainers and cutmen can be cold comfort for a fighter getting walloped by a superior opponent.

Super welterweight belt-holder YURI FOREMAN has learned all this well — though, given he’s undefeated, it’s safe to say his corner-time has been decidedly more upbeat than those whom he’s put down. But the other components of the boxing biz the rabbi-in-training may not have understood as well as he does the Torah. Especially stardom. Until now.

Foreman presents a compelling figure for the sport of boxing. As a result, in the run-up to his JUNE 5 SHOWDOWN AT YANKEE STADIUM with former champ Miguel Cotto, he’s been the center of a cyclone of media coverage, AS HBO WRITER ERIC RASKIN NOTES. In an article for the New York Post, GEORGE WILLIS FOLLOWS THIS THEME, writing: “If you didn’t know who Foreman was in July, you should now. His picture can be seen in the subways and billboards throughout Manhattan. His fight with Cotto is a hot ticket.” And IN A ROUNDTABLE INTERVIEW ON VERSUS.COM, the first question Foreman fields is about — what else? — pressure.