{"id":171757,"date":"2026-05-03T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/171757\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:52:09","slug":"eroul-din-lika-luptatorul-care-intra-la-tito-in-birou-cu-pistolul-era-prieten-cu-nikola-tesla-si-dona-bani-crucii-rosii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/171757\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eEroul din Lika\u201d, lupt\u0103torul care intra la Tito \u00een birou cu pistolul, era prieten cu Nikola Tesla \u0219i dona bani Crucii Ro\u0219ii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n            Articol de <a rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsp.ro\/autor\/david-istrate-3997.html\" target=\"_blank\">David Istrate<\/a>            &#8211; Publicat duminica, 03 mai 2026,  14:45            \/ Actualizat duminica, 03 mai 2026 15:00                    <\/p>\n<p>Marijan Matijevic (1878-1951), cunoscut drept \u201eeroul din Lika\u201d, a fost unul din cei mai celebri lupt\u0103tori de la \u00eenceputul secolului trecut, fiind considerat, la un moment dat, cel mai puternic om din lume. De-a lungul anilor, a avut rela\u021bii str\u00e2nse cu personalit\u0103\u021bi precum Tito, Nikola Tesla sau Mihajlo Pupin, dar \u00een acela\u0219i timp a r\u0103mas implicat \u00een comunitatea local\u0103, oferind numeroase dona\u021bii.<\/p>\n<p class=\"do-not-hide\">Marijan Matijevic s-a n\u0103scut \u00een Lika, o regiune a Croa\u021biei, iar \u00eenceputurile vie\u021bii sale nu prevesteau ce avea s\u0103 urmeze. El a copil\u0103rit \u00een s\u00e2nul unei familii s\u0103race, astfel c\u0103 a \u00eenv\u0103\u021bat de mic s\u0103 munceasc\u0103, lucr\u00e2nd \u00een mai multe mine din apropierea localit\u0103\u021bii natale.<\/p>\n<p>Germania, locul \u00een care a \u00eenceput cariera de lupt\u0103tor a lui Marijan Matijevic<\/p>\n<p>La 21 de ani, Matijevic a plecat \u00een Germania pentru a lucra la repararea c\u0103ilor ferate \u0219i acela a fost locul \u00een care i s-a schimbat via\u021ba. Hugo Weber, un lupt\u0103tor german celebru, a dat anun\u021b c\u0103 vrea s\u0103 se lupte cu oricine e disponibil \u0219i \u00eendr\u0103zne\u0219te s\u0103 \u00eel provoace la circ. Dincolo de motiva\u021bia legat\u0103 de spiritul competitiv, exista \u0219i una material\u0103: Weber oferea 500 de m\u0103rci de aur oric\u0103rei persoane care l-ar fi \u00eenvins.<\/p>\n<p>Obi\u0219nuit cu munca fizic\u0103 asidu\u0103, Matijevic s-a prezentat la circ \u0219i, spre uimirea tuturor, l-a dobor\u00e2t cu u\u0219urin\u021b\u0103 pe Weber. Legenda spune c\u0103 acesta l-a ridicat deasupra capului \u0219i l-a aruncat la p\u0103m\u00e2nt, lu\u00e2ndu-i locul la circ.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4798893e-82db-4cdb-8ae1-1c57cdef389b.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marijan Matijevic, \u021bin\u00e2nd un butoi cu din\u021bii \u0219i cel\u0103lalt deasupra capului\/Foto: kurir.rs\" alt=\"\u201eEroul din Lika\u201d, lupt\u0103torul care intra la Tito \u00een birou cu pistolul, era prieten cu Nikola Tesla \u0219i dona bani Crucii Ro\u0219ii\" width=\"738\" height=\"502\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Marijan Matijevic, \u021bin\u00e2nd un butoi cu din\u021bii \u0219i cel\u0103lalt deasupra capului\/Foto: kurir.rs<\/p>\n<p>\u201eEroul din Lika\u201d, prieten cu personalit\u0103\u021bi precum Tito, Nikola Tesla sau Mihajlo Pupin<\/p>\n<p>Acela a fost \u00eenceputul unei cariere de succes, care l-a purtat pe Matijevic \u00een \u00eentreaga lume. El a c\u00e2\u0219tigat duel dup\u0103 duel, memorabil\u0103 fiind confruntarea din 1907 cu italianul Primo Carnera, campion mondial la box. \u00cen ciuda unei diferen\u021be mari de \u00een\u0103l\u021bime, \u201eeroul din Lika\u201d l-a \u00eenvins pe acesta \u0219i a ob\u021binut o victorie uria\u0219\u0103.<\/p>\n<p>De-a lungul c\u0103l\u0103toriilor sale, Matijevic i-a cunoscut pe oamenii de \u0219tiin\u021b\u0103 Nikola Tesla \u0219i Mihajlo Pupin \u0219i se spune c\u0103 lupt\u0103torul chiar l-a sus\u021binut financiar pe Tesla. De asemenea, el a fost apreciat de Josip Tito, conduc\u0103torul Iugoslaviei, av\u00e2nd permisiunea de a-l vizita \u00eenarmat.<\/p>\n<p>\u00cen acela\u0219i timp, Matijevic a fost un om generos, care \u0219i-a donat banii s\u0103racilor \u0219i a ajutat Crucea Ro\u0219ie, implic\u00e2ndu-se \u00een vie\u021bile victimelor de r\u0103zboi \u0219i ale copiilor s\u0103raci \u0219i bolnavi.<\/p>\n<p>Legat de for\u021ba sa fizic\u0103, se spune c\u0103 Matijevic putea s\u0103 \u00eendoaie fierul, s\u0103 rup\u0103 potcoave, s\u0103 bat\u0103 cuie \u00een stejari \u0219i s\u0103 le scoat\u0103 cu unghiile sale. Potrivit <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"editor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sportal.blic.rs\/prica\/marijan-matijevic-je-legenda-srpskog-sporta-kog-se-plasio-josip-broz-tito-2026050310395392122\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sportal.rs<\/a>, la o radiografie i s-a constatat c\u0103 avea \u021besut osos dublat, aceasta fiind o explica\u021bie pentru for\u021ba lui uria\u0219\u0103.<\/p>\n<p>Matijevic a decedat \u00een 1951, la v\u00e2rsta de 74 de ani, \u0219i a fost \u00eenmorm\u00e2ntat \u00een ziua de Cr\u0103ciun, \u00een cimitirul ora\u0219ului Zupanja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Articol de David Istrate &#8211; Publicat duminica, 03 mai 2026, 14:45 \/ Actualizat duminica, 03 mai 2026 15:00&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[32,33,31,1056,36,37,27,74,34,35,49368,25,49369,41,40,38,39,26,28,49370,29,30,71,72,73],"class_list":{"0":"post-171757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-international","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-cele-mai-populare-subiecte","11":"tag-croatia","12":"tag-featured-news","13":"tag-featurednews","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-international","16":"tag-latest-news","17":"tag-latestnews","18":"tag-marijan-matijevic","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-nikola-tesla","21":"tag-ro","22":"tag-romana","23":"tag-romania","24":"tag-romanian","25":"tag-stiri","26":"tag-titluri","27":"tag-tito","28":"tag-top-stories","29":"tag-topstories","30":"tag-world","31":"tag-world-news","32":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ro\/116510978681438637","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}