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Zachary Wohlman, known as "Kid Yamaka" (a phonetic spelling of “yarmulke,” the skullcap worn by Jews while praying), (born May 23, 1988) is an American boxer in the Welterweight division, who was an amateur and is now a professional.〔 Wohlman, a late-comer to the sport, went from juvenile delinquency to becoming the 2010 winner of the Los Angeles Golden Gloves Tournament.〔 He is trained by Boxing Hall of Famer Freddie Roach, with whom he started training in 2008, and trainer Eric Brown.〔 His record as of March 2014 was 7–1–1. ==Early life== He is Jewish, and was born in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles to David Wohlman and his wife, a beautician.〔 His parents were high school sweethearts who married young, divorced, had relationships with others, remarried, and split up again. He lived in Northridge, Reseda, and Woodland Hills, California.〔 Wohlman’s early life was marked by a lack of family structure, fights in school, military school in Texas on the Mexico border where he had his first taste of boxing, drugs, and “behind-the-barn” amateur boxing matches across the border in Mexico.〔〔〔 He was sent to Sylmar Juvenile Detention at age 16, worked on an oil rig in San Jose to support himself at age 17, and had brushes with the criminal justice system.〔〔〔 He said: "If you’re getting hit in the face for a living, something fucked up happened (your life )".〔 At the age of 20, he had a bar mitzvah and started attending Shabbat Friday night dinners each week, and says "I got that sense of family and community that I didn’t grow up with."〔〔 He sports many tattoos, including a Star of David across his stomach, and wears a Star of David around his neck.〔〔 He attends weekly Jewish services, and his nickname "Yamaka" refers to his Jewish heritage.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zachary Wohlman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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