page_title: Dmitry Salita
hierarchical_section_title: Dmitry Salita
caption_attribution_description: English: Dmitry Salita's hand is raised by referee David Diamante at Oceana Hall in Brighton Beach Brooklyn, New York
context_page_description: Dmitry Salita, born Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Lekhtman, is an American professional boxer, world title challenger, and promoter. Born in Ukraine, he grew up in New York City from the age of nine. He resides in and fights out of Brooklyn, New York.
  Salita is a practicing Orthodox Jew. He does not fight on the Sabbath or Jewish holidays and keeps kosher.
context_section_description: Dmitry Salita (Russian: Дмитрий Салита; Ukrainian: Дмитро Саліта; born April 4, 1982), born Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Lekhtman, is an American professional boxer, world title challenger, and promoter. Born in Ukraine, he grew up in New York City from the age of nine. He resides in and fights out of Brooklyn, New York.
  Salita is a practicing Orthodox Jew. He does not fight on the Sabbath or Jewish holidays and keeps kosher.
caption: Salita (middle, with arm raised) in 2010
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