I started a new blog called The Jewish Boxing Blog, which will follow the careers of every active Jewish boxer (all 6 of them). Of course, that sometimes can create problems, even in Twenty Ten. For example, it is not always easy to verify if a person is Jewish. Alexander Frenkel, a Ukrainian born cruiserweight residing in Germany, has been put in BoxRec's list of Jewish boxers. Boxeo Mundial also describes him as a Jew. But nowhere else is he referred to as a Jew, including his own website. BoxRec also lists Argentine light heavyweight Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky as a Jew, though no other site confirms this.
There should be some way of indicating a Jew. Perhaps Jews could wear some kind of colorful armband or somethi, never mind.
3 comments:
Hazarquack--Plotinsky is Jewish--he fights with the Star of
David on his boxing trunks--he also has a Star of David tattooed on his back. Its likely that this represents his cultural and religious identification. Sid
Plotinsky fights with the Star of David on his trunks and he has a tattoo of the Star of David on his back--check out the pictures of Plotinksy's fight with Tomas Ulrich.
So I would hazard a guess that Plotinsky thinks of himself as Jewish. Frenkel I do not know about. Regards, Sid
Yeah, Plotinsky says he's of Jewish blood.
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