Prejšnji mesec, Ingram was selected Most Outstanding Referee of USA Boxing’s 2019 National Junior Olympics.
Ingram’s recovery is nothing short of incredible, especially considering he went from being an outstanding amateur boxer, who competed successfully in national amateur tournaments, to homelessness, blindness in both eyes, two failed suicide attempts and, žal, much more despair.
“Me ni več sram, kaj sem šel skozi, ker mi je človek, sem danes,” 38-year-old Ingram je dejal. “Moje življenje je bilo tako močno, da me je bilo sram govoriti o tem tako dolgo. Zdaj razumem, da so moji boji moje pričevanje za naslednjo osebo, ko vidim, da on ali ona bo uspelo, če se trudili.
“Boks je vse, kar sem vedel, vendar nisem mogel videti iz enega očesa (roženica poškodbe) ki je razvil v starosti 19. Sem jezen na Boga in je želel, da se upokojijo. Dobil sem depresiven in ne razume, zakaj se je to zgodilo. V 2008, Sem postal brezdomec prvič z kam iti. Izgubil sem vse, vključno z mojo družino, in nato (zakonito) slep na drugem očesu. Potem, Bog mi je povedal, da delo z otroki, in sem tudi odprl klitorisa je neprofitno.
“Boks me je naučila, da nikoli ne obupajte ne glede na to, kako težko dobi. V 2013, Izgubil sem vse, kar je že drugič: moje podjetje, Moja družina, vse…..in sem spet odšel brez strehe nad glavo. Ampak nikoli nisem dal gor! Naslednje leto, ko so vsi rekli, da je bilo več kot za mene, Bog mi je dal vse nazaj krat dva. Izgubil sem stavbo sem bil v, ampak na koncu sem našel še eno stavbo. Nisem imel denarja in sem izgubil tisto stavbo v 2013. Bog je dal nazaj k meni v 2016, ko je človek, ki ga je kupil, jo je dal nazaj k meni. Zdaj, Imam samo dve državo in zvezne polovičnih hiš v Tennesseeju za posebne in splošne populacije z več kot 50 ležišča. Jaz sem predvsem na zmogljivosti ves čas z moškimi, ki so delali 50 let koledar do tistih, ki so delali pet let.”
Ingram upravlja Second Chance “Nov začetek” Halfway House in Zavetišče za brezdomce, as well as the Team Ingram Boxing & Mentoring Program.
Lamont started boxing when he was 14, because he used to be severely bullied to the point of having his head smashed into a brick wall, thrown into a garbage can, and jumped on repeatedly by others. Ingram’s mother sent him to a boxing coach, Rayford Collins, which turned out to be arguably the most life-changing moments of his life.
“I liked boxing,” Lamont remembered. “I wasn’t the best boxer, but I did beat some good boxers. I was a very determined young man, čeprav. Bil sem 58-10 s 35 knockouts as an amateur boxer. I got my special education high school diploma and later I graduated from Kaplan University with a 3.7 GPA in Business and Chemical Dependency.
“Most kids (in the boxing program) can’t afford the fee to our summer camp or boxing program going on right now. We give them a free breakfast and lunch. I really enjoy this, but I would have never thought that I’d be doing what I’m doing.”
Združenje ameriških bivših boksarjev
Ustvarjen za vse življenje, medsebojno koristni odnosi med ZDA Boxing in njegovimi bivšimi, -boksarice, uradniki, trenerji in ljubitelji boksa — The Alumni Association connects generations of champions, inspiring and giving back to USA Boxing’s future boxing champions, v in iz obroča.
The USA Boxing Alumni Association is open to anyone who has a love for boxing and would like to stay connected with amateur boxing. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events hosted by the Alumni Association, including its annual USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.
To join the Alumni Association, simply register at alumni@usaboxing.org for a $40.00 per year membership fee. New members will receive a T-shirt, keychain and e-wallet.
Team Ingram Boxing Club & Mentoring Program was founded in 2017, after Ingram’s long battle associated with him not wanting anything to do with boxing, because he believed God had done him wrong for taking away from what he loved to do and was good at, boks. When his amateur coach, Collins, died in 2016, Lamont decided to take a larger role at the gym, to the point he was there every day.
“For some reason I wanted to be part of it and help like my coach had helped save my life,” Ingram explained. “Boxing helped me. My coach was very firm, strict and very disciplined, vendar nas je ljubil in je želel le najboljše za nas. Imamo toliko zgodb o uspehu, ki segajo od tistih, ki ga nihče ne more ravnati, tistim, ki so F je v šoli, ter tiste, ki so brez upanja na vse. Ti mladeniči so moj svet; Vidim sebe in vem, da je možna sprememba, ker sem spremenil.
“Končni cilj mojega programa je, da Vsadek življenjskih veščin, ki bo šel z vsako mlado osebo, skozi njihove individualne življenje, kot da je za mene. Zavedam se, da bodo vsi ne olimpijski prvak, ali bi ZDA olimpijsko ekipo, postal nacionalni ali svetovni prvak. Lahko so kos, ki seje seme, ki nikoli ne odstopa tisti, ki jih je sejal, da.”
Ingram je bila registrirana ZDA boksarski trener in uradno za tri leta. Ko postane raven 2 uradnik, je bil izbran za roko na zadnji dan v 2018 Vzhodna kvalifikacije, redek dosežek za razmeroma neizkušen uradnika, reči najmanj. V 2019, sodil na zahodnem Qualifier in uvrščen št. 9 izven 100, kar je nezaslišano dosežek pri stopnji 2 uradnik.
“Boks mi je rešil življenje in je spremenila moje življenje,” Ingram je trdil,. “Imel sem slab jezo težave. Jaz ne bi poslušati in sem bil nespoštljivo do mojih staršev in organ številke. Ostal sem v težavah, na intenzivni preizkušnji, ali zaprt v mladoletnih zadržanji centrov.
“Sem spoštljiv, ponižni in namenska uradna oseba, ki ljubi boks in gledajo ljudje dosegli svoje cilje. Ljudje mi vedno povedal, kaj nisem mogel storiti; boks mi je pokazal, kaj lahko storim.”
In nešteto mladih moških in žensk v Tennesseeju in mid-jug, Ne samo Lamont, are the beneficiaries today of Lamont Ingram’s truly remarkable metamorphosis.
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