Kali Reis

Kali Reis
Statistics
Real name Kali Reis
Nickname(s) K.O. Mequinonoag[1]
Weight(s) Lightweight
Middleweight
Nationality American
Born (1986-08-24) August 24, 1986 [2][3]
Providence, Rhode Island
Boxing record
Total fights 20[4]
Wins 13
Wins by KO 4
Losses 6
Draws 1

Kali Reis (born August 24, 1986) is an American professional female boxer. She is the first professional Native American boxer to hail from New England, and the first Native American fighter to win the International Boxing Association (IBA) middleweight crown.[1] She is also a former WBC World Middleweight Champion and WIBA World Champion.

Early life

Kali Reis was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 24, 1986[1][5][6][2][3] and is the youngest of five children.[7] Kali has Cherokee, Nipmuc, and Seaconke Wampanoag ancestry.[1][8] Reis and her siblings were raised by their mother in East Providence, Rhode Island.[7][8] Reis was an athletic child often playing rough sports with the neighborhood boys.[7] As a child she attended and competed in powwows regularly.[7] Since junior through high school she was active on basketball and softball leagues. At age 15 she picked up boxing, and began to be coached by a friend of her mother's Domingo Tall Dog.[7][9] Reis later went to school for criminology and also learned how to fix mortorcycles at MTTI.[8] Reis continued her training at Peter Manfredo's Sr. gym to improve her skills.[7]

Later career

After competing in more than a dozen sanctioned and unsanctioned matches as an amateur, Reis turned pro in 2008.[1] But she only had one bout in each of her first three years in the professional ranks.[1] Reis stated, "I haven't been as busy as I wanted to be."[1] In 2012, Kali was involved in a serious motorcycle accident which put her out for the boxing season, but she returned in 2013.[9] Kali fought for the WIBA title in November 2013, but Virginia's Tori Nelson defended her Women's International Boxing Association crown with a unanimous decision.[1] Through the fight Reis gained a lot of respect in the sport.[9] On November 12, 2014 Reis won the IBA crown defeating Teresa Perozzi in Bermuda.[1][8] Reis also coaches boxing for youth and works as a trainer.[9] In April 2016, Reis won her first major world title in New Zealand against Maricela Cornejo for the vacant WBC World Middleweight title. Kali Reis vs. Maricela Cornejo was broadcast on gladrap channel on youtube.

Boxing Titles

  • IBA female middleweight title (153 Ibs)
  • Universal Boxing Federation World female middleweight title (150½ Ibs)
  • WBC World female middleweight title (155¾ Ibs)

Boxing Record

Professional record summary
22 fights 14 wins 7 losses
By knockout 4 0
By decision 9 7
By disqualification 1 0
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
21 Loss 13–7–1 Norway Cecilia Braekhus UD 10 05 May 2018 United States Stub Hub Center, Carson, California, USA For WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and IBO female welterweight titles
20 Win 13–6–1 United States Tiffany Woodard UD 6 25 Nov 2017 United States Mayflower Hotel, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
19 Win 12–6–1 United States Sydney LeBlanc UD 6 19 Oct 2017 United States Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
18 Win 11–6–1 United States Ashleigh Curry MD 6 11 May 2017 United States Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, USA
17 Loss 10–6–1 Kazakhstan Christina Hammer UD 10 5 Nov 2016 Germany Ballhaus Forum, Munich, Bayern, Germany For WBO & WBC World female middleweight titles
16 Win 10–5–1 United States Althea Saunders UD 8 15 Jul 2016 United States Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA
15 Win 9–5–1 United States Maricela Cornejo SD 10 16 Apr 2016 New Zealand The Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand vacant WBC World female middleweight title
14 Win 8–5–1 United States Victoria Cisneros TKO 1 (10) 1:31 19 Feb 2016 United States Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA vacant Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) World female middleweight title
13 Loss 7–5–1 Costa Rica Hanna Gabriel UD 10 17 Oct 2015 Costa Rica Estadio Edgardo Baltodano, Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica WBO World female super welterweight title
12 Loss 7–4–1 Kazakhstan Christina Hammer UD 10 2 May 2015 Germany Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, Thüringen, Germany WBO World female middleweight title
11 Win 7–3–1 Bermuda Teresa Perozzi TKO 3 (10) 0:51 21 Nov 2014 Bermuda Fairmont Southampton Resort, Southampton, Bermuda vacant International Boxing Association female middleweight title
10 Lose 6–3–1 Sweden Mikaela Lauren UD 8 18 Jul 2014 Spain Pabellon Municipal, Sedavi, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
9 Win 6–2–1 United States Marva Dash DQ 4 (6) 1:41 03 Mar 2014 United States Irish Cultural Center, Canton, Massachusetts, USA
8 Loss 5–2–1 United States Tori Nelson UD 10 07 Nov 2013 United States Martin's Valley Mansion, Cockeysville, Maryland, USA Women's International Boxing Association World welterweight title
7 Win 5–1–1 United States Lyneisha Jefferson PTS 4 29 Jun 2012 United States Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
6 Win 4–1–1 United States Marva Dash UD 4 9 Mar 2012 United States Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
5 Win 3–1–1 United States Kate Aversa TKO 2 (4) 9 Dec 2011 United States Civic Center, West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
4 Draw 2–1–1 United States Sarah Kuhn SD 6 28 Oct 2011 United States Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Albany, New York, USA
3 Loss 2–1 Poland Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes MD 6 9 Jul 2010 United States Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA
2 Win 2–0 Poland Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes UD 4 6 Mar 2009 United States Memorial Hall, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1 Win 1–0 United States Betsy Rowell TKO 2 (4), 1:16 6 Sep 2008 United States The Roxy, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Professional debut

Reference List

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sam Laskaris (2014). "Native Boxer Wins Women's IBA Crown". Indian Country Today Media Network. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  2. 1 2 "Kali Reis: Behind the Fighter". roundbyroundboxing.com.
  3. 1 2 "2 FEMALE BOXERS FIGHTIN THEIR WAY IN A MAN'S WORLD: SHELLY VINCENT AND KALI REIS - REAL COMBAT MEDIA". 29 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Kali Reis". BoxRec. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  5. ↑ "Kali Active". TB Data. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  6. ↑ Gia Bolton (2015). "WHAT A KNOCKOUT: AN INTERVIEW WITH K.O. KALI REIS". Native Max Magazine. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kali Reis Interview". Women's Boxing Archive Network. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Dawn Karima (2014). "Native Knockout". PowWows.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Girlboxing (2014). "K.O. Mequinonoag Reis: Exclusive Q & A Ahead Of Her May 3, 2014 Fight!". Girlboxing. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
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