Ali Raymi

Ali Raymi
علي الريمي

Raymi in 2013
Statistics
Real name Ali Ibrahim Ali Al-Raimi
Nickname(s)
Rated at
Reach 68 in (173 cm)
Nationality Yemeni
Born (1973-12-07)7 December 1973
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Died 23 May 2015(2015-05-23) (aged 41)
Al-Nahdeen, Sana'a, Yemen
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 25
Wins 25
Wins by KO 25
Losses 0
Ali Raymi

Raymi as colonel, 2015
Military service
Allegiance  Yemen
Service/branch Yemen Army
Years of service 1991–2015
Rank Colonel
Unit 3rd Armoured Brigade, RG
Commands Reserve Forces
Battles/wars

Ali Raymi (born Ali Ibrahim Ali Al-Raimi; Arabic: علي الريمي‎‎; 7 December 1973 – 23 May 2015)[6][7] was a Yemeni colonel and professional boxer, best known for his fight record of 25 wins and no losses, with all 25 wins by knockout; 21 of which occurred in the first round versus undefeated fighters.[8]

Raymi lived in Mecca prior to 1991. He died in an explosion, possibly a Saudi airstrike on the Republican Guard positions in Al-Nahdeen district, on 23 May 2015 in Sana'a, aged 41.[9]

Personal life

Ali Raymi won a gold medal in Algeria for the Yemeni military, representing the amateur boxing team.[10] Stories of Raymi's life including his military career were released by his manager Felix J Arno[11] in an interview with The Ring magazine managing editor Brian Harty.[12]

Boxing career

Yemeni News archives[13][14] show Raymi started boxing at the late age of 30 representing the Yemeni military, compiling an amateur record of 117-2 (117 KO).[15] He was a Yemeni amateur champion in 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007.[13][14] It was during this time that Ali Raymi started breaking Yemeni cultural norms by selling alcohol, and participating in private unsanctioned fights for the next 3 years. Raymi grew to have a reputation in Sana'a as a loose cannon.[16]

On 11 November 2013, he set a new world record[17] by winning his first 20 fights as a professional by first-round knockout.[18]

Prince Maz 2014 tetralogy

Prince Maz was the first fighter [19] to extend Ali Raymi outside the first round,[20] repeating the feat in three out of four encounters

Ali Raymi vs Román Gonzalez

Thai Undefeated champion Samson Dutch Boy Gym was a no show at his highly anticipated[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] scheduled fight against Raymi. A Raymi vs. Román González bout was proposed between Raymi (at that time a two-division world champion) and Román González (three-division world champion).[32] Despite Ali Raymi repeated public challenges, even after Luis Concepcion pulled out of the fight vs Román González.[33][34] Roman González chose to ignore Ali Raymi & take on Rocky Fuentes instead .[35]

Controversies

In December 2013, Raymi was ranked in the top ten by two major boxing sanctioning bodies:[1][36] seventh by the WBO[37] and ninth by the WBC.[38] Additionally, the IBO had ranked him number one in August 2014, while the WBO improved his ranking to sixth in January 2015,[39] as did the WBA in May 2015.[40] Raymi also offered $100,000 to then-WBA and IBO strawweight champion Hekkie Budler for a fight in Yemen.[41] The WBA controversially dropped Raymi five ranking spots for no apparent reason other than his death, leading Dan Rafael, senior boxing writer at ESPN, to criticize the WBA for corruption.[42]

Professional boxing record

Professional record summary
25 fights 25 wins 0 losses
By knockout 25 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
25 Win 25–0 Somalia Omar Moxamad KO 1 (12), 0:46 28 Mar 2015 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
24 Win 24–0 Yemen Prince Maz TKO 2 (12), 0:27 19 Nov 2014 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen Won IBI and UBO light-flyweight titles
23 Win 23–0 Yemen Prince Maz RTD 9 (12), 3:00 16 Oct 2014 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen Won International Boxing Institute (IBI) minimumweight title
22 Win 22–0 Yemen Prince Maz TKO 7 (12), 1:55 30 Aug 2014 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
21 Win 21–0 Yemen Prince Maz RTD 1 (12), 2:55 17 Jul 2014 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
20 Win 20–0 Yemen Akram Jawfi KO 1 (12), 1:27 10 Nov 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
19 Win 19–0 Somalia Ali Salem TKO 1 (12), 1:02 5 Nov 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
18 Win 18–0 Yemen Mustafa Humaidi KO 1 (12), 0:47 1 Nov 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
17 Win 17–0 Yemen Omar Awdan KO 1 (12), 1:18 20 Oct 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
16 Win 16–0 Yemen Husam Shargabi KO 1 (12), 0:58 11 Oct 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
15 Win 15–0 Somalia Yasin Abdulkhalik TKO 1 (12), 2:05 7 Oct 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
14 Win 14–0 Somalia Asam Dolbhante KO 1 (12), 1:34 30 Sep 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
13 Win 13–0 Somalia Luke Hasan KO 1 (12), 0:26 27 Sep 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
12 Win 12–0 Somalia Ali Dridi KO 1 (4), 2:11 14 Jul 2013 Yemen Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, Sana'a, Yemen
11 Win 11–0 Yemen Salman Umari KO 1 (4), 1:27 7 Jul 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
10 Win 10–0 Somalia Yaser Dalbant KO 1 (4), 1:50 4 Jul 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
9 Win 9–0 Somalia Ahmed Saeed KO 1 (4), 0:55 30 Jun 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
8 Win 8–0 Yemen Farhan Shebana KO 1 (4), 1:45 23 Jun 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
7 Win 7–0 Yemen Ahmed Yousifi KO 1 (4), 2:39 11 Jun 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
6 Win 6–0 Somalia Ahmad Ciso KO 1 (4), 0:55 30 May 2013 Yemen 22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen
5 Win 5–0 Yemen Amad Al-Gadsi KO 1 (4), 2:49 6 May 2013 Yemen Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, Sana'a, Yemen
4 Win 4–0 Djibouti Rashad Horun KO 1 (12), 1:12 11 Apr 2011 Yemen Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, Sana'a, Yemen
3 Win 3–0 Somalia Sabin Juma KO 1 (12), 1:23 30 Mar 2011 Yemen Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, Sana'a, Yemen
2 Win 2–0 Yemen Hamdan Jaber KO 1 (4), 0:41 5 Mar 2011 Yemen Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, Sana'a, Yemen
1 Win 1–0 Yemen Hasan Wesabi KO 1 (4), 1:29 25 Jan 2011 Yemen Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, Sana'a, Yemen Professional debut

References

  1. 1 2 "Mythbusting: Prospect Ali Raymi". Boxing News 24.
  2. ↑ "Lies, Damn Lies and Ali Raymi". Ringside Report. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Q&A with record-breaking KO Artist Ali Raymi (20-0 with all 20 wins being first round knockouts)". Boxing News.
  4. ↑ "Ali "God" Raymi is ready to face Román González". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Songalia, Ryan (May 28, 2015). "Mysterious junior flyweight Ali Raymi killed in Yemen". The Ring. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Ali Raymi - Boxer". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  7. ↑ Ryan Songalia (28 May 2015). "Mysterious junior flyweight Ali Raymi killed in Yemen". Ring TV. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Yvan Levesque. "Quoi de neuf chez les invaincus?". RDS.ca (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  9. ↑ Ryan Songalia (28 May 2015). "Mysterious junior flyweight Ali Raymi killed in Yemen". Ring TV. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  10. ↑ Ali Raymi wins Gold Medal in Algeria, Althawranews.net; accessed 22 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "El boxeador Ali Raymi murió en Yemen por guerra civil". Univision.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  12. ↑ Profile, Craveonline.com; accessed 22 August 2015.
  13. 1 2 الجمهورية نت. "الجمهورية نت - صباح اليوم بعدن اختتام بطولة الجمهورية السابعة لشباب الملاكمة". algomhoriah.net (in Arabic).
  14. 1 2 الجمهورية نت. "الجمهورية نت - عدن الغائب الأبرز عن منصتها للتتويج الحديدة بطل الجمهورية للملاكمة وأبين الوصيف وذمار في المركز الثالث". algomhoriah.net (in Arabic).
  15. ↑ http://www.sportenote.com/vedi_dettagli.asp?id=64146
  16. ↑ "Q&A with record-breaking KO Artist Ali Raymi (20-0 with all 20 wins being first round knockouts)". Fightnews.com. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  17. ↑ "الملاكم اليمني علي الريمي يحرز رقما قياسيا بالضربات القاضية". arabic.rt.com (in Arabic).
  18. ↑ "Raymi breaks the record: 20-0, 20 first round KOs". Fightnews.com. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  19. ↑ "Али Райми завёл себе "мальчика для битья"". vringe.com (in Russian). Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  20. ↑ "Ali Raymi siegt ein weiteres Mal über Prince Maz (+Video)". BOXWELT.com (in German). November 2014.
  21. ↑ "Boxen". boxen-magazin.com.
  22. ↑ "Samson Dutch Boy Gym". boxen.de (in German).
  23. ↑ "Adrien Broner joins this month's growing list of 1st time Losers". doghouseboxing.com.
  24. ↑ "Foro de Boxeo de SoloBoxeo.com". soloboxeo.com (in Spanish).
  25. ↑ "Ali Raymi's KO streak". BoxingVine. 20 December 2013.
  26. ↑ MAE Systems GmbH (28 May 2015). "Artikel: BOXEN HEUTE - Nachrichten, Ergebnisse, Tickets, Termine, Videos". boxen-heute.de (in German). Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  27. ↑ "Category: Samson Dutch Boy Gym". Asian Boxing. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  28. ↑ "Category: Ali Raymi". Asian Boxing.
  29. ↑ "¿Récord o truchada?". ole.com.ar.
  30. ↑ La Redazione. "Il "fenomeno" dello Yemen Ali Raymi contro l'imbattuto Duch Boy Gym". boxeringweb.net (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  31. ↑ "Ali Raymi-Samson Dutchboygym clash falls through". Boxing News. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  32. ↑ "Ali Raymi: "Romana Gonzalesa čaká najtemnejšia hlbina oceána strachu..."". boxingmalacky.717.cz (in Czech).
  33. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDp9cQRRFnk
  34. ↑ "Raymi ready to step in against WBC champ Gonzalez". Boxing News.
  35. ↑ "Ali Raymi Issues Ultimatum To Chocolatito: Roman Gonzalez Fight Or Retirement By October 1 | News | SPORTS195". Sport195.com. 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  36. ↑ Ali Raymi rankings, Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com]; accessed 22 August 2015.
  37. ↑ Ranking, wboboxing.com, November 2013.
  38. ↑ WBO Ratings, December 2013; accessed 22 August 2015.(Spanish)
  39. ↑ Ranking, Wboboxing.com, January 2015.
  40. ↑ Ranking, wbanews.com; May 2015.
  41. ↑ Ali Raymi takes aim at Hekkie Budler, fightnews.com; accessed 8 November 2016.
  42. ↑ Dan Rafael. "Why the WBA rankings are even worse than I thought, Espn.go.com; accessed 22 August 2015.
Records
Preceded by
Tyrone Brunson
19		 Most consecutive first-round knockouts
21
14 July 2014 – present 		Incumbent
Wikiquote has quotations related to: Ali Raymi
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ali Raymi.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.