Ramla Ali

Ramla Ali
Born Mogadishu, Somalia
Nationality British / Somali
Occupation Boxer
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)


Ramla Ali is a Somali boxer based in London. She won the 2015 Novice national championships and then the 2016 England Boxing Elite National Championship. [1] She moved to England from Somalia as a war refugee.[2] She started boxing as a teenager in an effort to lose weight. She has since helped set up Somalia's boxing federation in Mogadishu.[3] She won the elite ABA in 2016.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet Ramla Ali - The First British Female Muslim Boxing Champion". Huffingtonpost.com. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Somalian refugee finds success in the ring - CNN Video". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Vasco Cotovio; Salma Abdelaziz. "The refugee boxer tearing down barriers". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Shortlist - The Muslim News". Muslimnews.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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