Ali Raymi

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Ali Raymi
علي الريمي
Raymi in 2013
Personal information
Nicknames
NationalityYemeni, Saudi
BornAli Ibrahim Ali Al-Raimi
(1973-12-07)7 December 1973
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Died23 May 2015(2015-05-23) (aged 41)
Sana'a, Yemen
Weight
Boxing career
Reach68 in (173 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights26
Wins26
Win by KO26
Ali Raymi
Colonel Ali Raymi, 2015
Military service
Allegiance Yemen
Branch/service Yemen Army
Years of service1991–2015
RankColonel
Unit3rd Armored Brigade, RG
CommandsFile:Yemeni Republican Guard Flag.svg Yemeni Republican Guard
Battles/wars

Ali Raymi (born Ali Ibrahim Ali Al-Raimi; Arabic: علي الريمي; 7 December 1973 – 23 May 2015)[6][7] was a Yemeni professional boxer and military officer. In boxing he is best known for his fight record of 26 wins and no losses, with all 26 wins by knockout; 23 in the first round.[8] On 17 July 2014, he set a new world record by winning his first 21 professional fights by first-round knockout. He won the International Boxing Institute (IBI) minimumweight title when he beat Prince Maz. Also that year, he won the Universal Boxing Organization (UBO) World Junior Flyweight title.[9][10]

Raymi lived in Mecca, Saudi Arabia prior to 1991. He was killed in action by an explosion, possibly from a Qatari airstrike on Yemeni Republican Guard positions during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni Civil War, on 23 May 2015 in Sana'a.[11] He was ranked No. 6 by the World Boxing Association (WBA) at 108 pounds and No. 8 by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) at 105 pounds at the time of his death.[12]

Personal life

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Raymi won a gold medal in Algeria for the Yemeni military, representing the amateur boxing team, his purported amateur record was 117–2, all by way of knockout, although there is no proof of this record.[13] Stories of Raymi's life including his military career were released by his manager Felix J Arno[14] in an interview with The Ring magazine managing editor Brian Harty.[15]

Boxing career

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Yemeni News archives[16][17] show Raymi started boxing at the age of 30 representing the Yemeni military, compiling an amateur record of 117-2, winning all 117 by KO which many believe to be embellished.[18] He was a Yemeni amateur champion in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.[16][17] It was during this time that Raymi started breaking Yemeni cultural norms by challenging foreign fighters, and participating in private unsanctioned fights for the next three years. Raymi grew to have a reputation in Sana'a as a loose cannon.[19]

Setting the World Record

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On 17 July 2014, he set a new world record by winning his first 21 professional fights by first-round knockout.[20]

Prince Maz 2014 tetralogy

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Prince Maz was the first fighter [21] to extend Ali Raymi outside the first round,[22] repeating the feat in three out of four encounters

  • RTD1, 2014-07-17
  • TKO7, 2014-08-30
  • RTD9, 2014-10-16
  • TKO2, 2014-11-19

Death

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Raymi, a Colonel in the Yemeni Anti-Terrorism forces, was killed in an explosion in 23 May 2015. [23]

Postmortem ranking

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In December 2013, Raymi was ranked in the top ten by two major boxing sanctioning bodies:[1][24] seventh by the WBO[25] and ninth by the WBC.[26] Additionally, the IBO had ranked him number one in August 2014, while the WBO improved his ranking to sixth in January 2015,[27] as did the WBA in May 2015.[28] Raymi also offered $100,000 to then-WBA and IBO strawweight champion Hekkie Budler for a fight in Yemen.[29] The WBA ranked Raymi as #6 light flyweight in April 2015 [30] and only dropped him five ranking spots to eleventh place when he died.

Dan Rafael, senior boxing writer at ESPN, criticized the organization for the "utterly and absolutely indefensible" ranking situation. He explained, commenting that Raymi's record was "hollow... considering he fought absolutely nobody of remote recognition or accomplishment as he fashioned that glittering but meaningless mark..."[31]

Professional boxing record

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

References

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  25. ^ Ranking, wboboxing.com, November 2013.
  26. ^ WBO Ratings, December 2013; accessed 22 August 2015.(in Spanish)
  27. ^ Ranking, Wboboxing.com, January 2015.
  28. ^ Ranking Archived 2014-12-10 at the Wayback Machine, wbanews.com; May 2015.
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  31. ^ Dan Rafael. "Why the WBA rankings are even worse than I thought, Espn.go.com; accessed 22 August 2015.
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