(JTA) — Yuri Foreman, the former junior middleweight boxing champion and a newly ordained Orthodox rabbi, ended his two-year hiatus from the ring with a victory. Foreman, 35, won in a unanimous decision over Lenwood Dozier at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday night, Dec. 5. All three judges scored the eight-round super welterweight bout 77-75. Foreman improved his record to 33-2; he has nine knockouts. In 2013, Foreman quit boxing after losing his title to Miguel Cotto three years earlier and sustaining a series of injuries. According to ESPN, he had been the first Orthodox Jew to win a world title in over 70 years when he beat Daniel Santos in 2009. During his hiatus, Foreman was ordained as a rabbi by a Chabad rabbi based in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn, The Algemeiner reported. Foreman, a Belarus native who grew up in Israel, now lives in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. “Boxing is a very spiritual sport. We all have different paths,” the fighter said in a news release. “My faith keeps me centered and focused. You can be anyone. You can be a rabbi and still be fighting on the big stage at Barclays Center.”