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Some might call it excess versus hard scrabble. Others proof that timing is everything.

Jonathan Ballan, lead attorney in the financing of the new Yankee Stadium, has booked the stadium of his 3-year-old son's Bar Mitzvah in June.

That same night the stadium is negotiating to have a World Championship Boxing match for Yuri Foremen, who has a large Orthodox Jewish following.

Foreman, the World Boxing Association's 154-pound champion, is represented by Bob Arum.

Arum has offered the Bar Mitzvah party to start his fight later the same night, let the kids meet the champ before the fight, and seats to see the match. But negotiations continue.

At Gleason's gym in Brooklyn where Yuri Foreman trains, one of his corner men says it's a serious matter for a dangerous fight with a former champion Miguel Cotto.

Fox 5 was not able to reach Ballan for a comment. According to reports, he is in tough negotiations with the boxers. At issue how much to pay for some of that Bar Mitzvah time.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/bronx/bar-mitzvah-vs-boxing-at-yankee-stadium-100218