Zachary Wohlman, also known as Kid Yamaka[a] (May 23, 1988 – February 14, 2021), was an American boxer in the Welterweight division, who was an amateur and later a professional.
[1][2] Wohlman, a late-comer to the sport, went from juvenile delinquency to becoming the 2010 winner of the Los Angeles Golden Gloves Tournament.
[5] At the age of 20, he had a bar mitzvah and started attending Shabbat Friday night dinners each week, and said "I got that sense of family and community that I didn’t grow up with.
He was the first amateur boxer taken on by International Boxing Hall of Famer Freddie Roach, with whom he started training in 2008.
[12] In February 2014 he defeated Luis Hernandez at the Florentine Gardens in Hollywood, California, in a four-round decision to bring his record to 7–1–1.