Friday, October 15th 2010

Yuri Foreman’s Manager Passes Away

Writes Dan Rafael at ESPN.com:

“Murray Wilson, who managed Yuri Foreman to a junior middleweight world title, died of an apparent heart attack at his New York office Wednesday night. He was 72.

“Foreman was the only fighter Wilson managed. He had made his living in the restaurant business as owner of Campagnola, a popular Upper East Side Italian eatery.

“But Wilson, a longtime boxing fan, had read a 2004 New York Times article about Foreman — an Orthodox Jew and aspiring rabbi who balanced his studies with his boxing career — and became interested in him.

 

Foreman’s son was held by Wilson during the new-born’s bris.

“Not long after reading the article, Wilson met Foreman through Bruce Silverglade, owner of Brooklyn’s famed Gleason’s Gym. Eventually, Wilson bought Foreman’s contract from manager Gary Gittelsohn and took over his career.

“‘That’s how we got to know each other,’ Foreman said Wednesday night. ‘We met and had instant chemistry. He was old school. He was like a dad to me. I had total trust in him. I didn’t think of our relationship as business. He was like family. He treated me like I was his son. When my son, Lev Micah, was born in August, I gave him the greatest honor to hold him at his bris.'”

Read the full article HERE.

 

Wilson (back left) with Foreman/Photo by Chris Farina.

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