Russian Jewish boxer kicking ass, the Jewish way!

Whoa - I know Dmitriy Salita has a lot of fight in him, but his mentor shouldn't be inviting God to the ring with him. He is an Orthodox Jew who happens to be the seventh-ranked super lightweight in the world!

Jimmy O sees things a different way. “You go to shul to pray to God,” he says. “But in the ring, you’re alone. And if God gets in the ring with you, you kick His ass.”

What I love most about this article is Dmitriy's publicist who also happens to be a "fellow lubavitcher"

His most fervent fans say he has already passed. “Dmitriy has been a champion since the day he laced up and said he wouldn’t fight on Shabbat,” Salita’s publicist and fellow Lubavitcher told me. “He fights for a higher power.”

Go break a leg, Kosher Kid - just not your own.