Ahavat Hashem Gordon has spent the past two years knocking out opponents in rings from Tel Aviv to Bangkok. On Sunday he traded the canvas for a chuppah, marrying his partner Oren Sarah Levi at a hall called Ya'ar on Rakevet Road in Hadera, ONE reports.
The 20-year-old kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter, widely nicknamed Israel's "Golden Boy" for his undefeated professional record, proposed to Levi on January 3 this year, and the couple did not wait long to set a date. According to Srugim, roughly 1,000 guests were expected at Sunday's celebration.
Levi, who serves in the IDF as a tatzpitanit — a surveillance soldier — offered an emotional line under the chuppah, according to ONE: "I cannot believe we reached this time, it feels like a dream. I thank God for sending you."
Gordon's own words leaned on the imagery he knows best from a career built on precision and instinct: "When you find a diamond, you don't leave it," he said, describing his commitment to building a life with Levi.
Outside the ring, Gordon has become one of the more recognizable young faces in Israeli sport. Born in Shilo in 2006 and now based in Zichron Ya'akov, he started training at age seven and broke through internationally as a teenager, winning a European Youth Cup in the up-to-60kg kickboxing division before taking the World Youth Championship in Italy in 2022 and a bronze medal at the under-23 World Championship in 2023.
His professional run has stayed spotless since turning pro, with wins that include a decision over Eh Mwi in his ONE Championship debut in March 2025 and a second-round knockout of Naoris Bartuska that November. The signature victory so far came at Menora Mivtachim Arena, where he beat veteran Brazilian John Lineker in front of roughly 11,000 fans — a result that has helped push his name toward the top tier of the sport's next generation.
Gordon fights under the banners of ONE Championship, the UTMA promotion and Gordon Fight Nights, a family-run fight card he shares with his older brothers, Muay Thai fighter Ruach Hashem Gordon and MMA fighter Kibdei Gordon. All three have appeared on the same fight night together this year.
He has also built a public profile around his faith, regularly walking to the ring in a kippah and tzitzit alongside the Israeli flag, and has used his platform to visit wounded IDF soldiers during their rehabilitation.
For now, though, the story is a personal one: a young fighter best known for finishing opponents inside the distance closed out the summer by starting a marriage instead.
