Ramla Ali

Somali boxer and model

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Ramla Said Ahmed Ali is a Somali professional boxer, model and campaign activist. Selected as one of the twelve 2023 TIME Magazine woman of the year. Ramla Ali was the first Somali boxer to compete at the Olympic Games, the first to win an international gold medal for the country in boxing and is currently a global brand ambassador for UNICEF, Siro Hotels, Cartier & Christian Dior. She is the first female in history to have competed in a professional boxing competition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Mercado beats Britain's Ali to retain WBC title Britain's Ramla Ali loses to Yamileth Mercado on a unanimous points decision in a WBC World Super Bantamweight title fight in Arizona. BBC Sport - Published on June 30, 2024
World title win will 'prove I'm great' – Briton Ali British super-bantamweight Ramla Ali says she can "prove to everybody" that she is "great" by winning a maiden world title on Saturday. BBC Sport - Published on June 28, 2024
Ramla Ali: From refugee who fled war-torn Somalia to undefeated boxer, model & activist Boxer, author, activist and model Ramla Ali shares her remarkable story of arriving in Britain as a refugee to becoming the first female professional to fight in Saudi Arabia. BBC Sport - Published on August 15, 2022