{{Short description|Yemeni boxer}} {{Infobox boxer | name = Ali Raymi<br/>{{small|علي الريمي}} | image = AliRaymiTGE.jpg{{!}}border | caption = Raymi in 2013 | realname = Ali Ibrahim Ali Al-Raimi | nickname = {{plainlist| *God<ref name="boxingnews24.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingnews24.com/2014/07/mythbusting-prospect-ali-raymi|title=Mythbusting: Prospect Ali Raymi|work=Boxing News 24|date=24 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ringsidereport.com/?p=47861|title=Lies, Damn Lies and Ali Raymi|work=Ringside Report|accessdate=22 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/qa-with-record-breaking-ko-artist-ali-raymi-20-0-with-all-20-wins-being-first-round-knockouts-231141|title=Q&A with record-breaking KO Artist Ali Raymi (20-0 with all 20 wins being first round knockouts)|work=Boxing News|access-date=2013-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118055929/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/qa-with-record-breaking-ko-artist-ali-raymi-20-0-with-all-20-wins-being-first-round-knockouts-231141|archive-date=2013-11-18|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=653556|title=Ali "God" Raymi is ready to face Román González|work=boxingscene.com|accessdate=22 August 2015}}</ref> *TGE (The Greatest Ever)<ref>Songalia, Ryan (May 28, 2015). [http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/390403-mysterious-junior-flyweight-ali-raymi-killed-in-yemen "Mysterious junior flyweight Ali Raymi killed in Yemen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905211750/http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/390403-mysterious-junior-flyweight-ali-raymi-killed-in-yemen |date=2015-09-05 }}. ''The Ring''. Retrieved August 28, 2016.</ref> }} | weight = {{plainlist| *Minimumweight *Light-flyweight *Flyweight }} | height = | reach = 68 in | birth_date = {{Birth date|1973|12|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Mecca, Saudi Arabia | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|5|23|1973|12|7|df=y}} | death_place = Sana'a, Yemen | style = Orthodox | total = 26 | wins = 26 | KO = 26 }} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Colonel-Ali-Raymi.jpg{{!}}border | caption = Colonel Ali Raymi, 2015 | image_size = 250px | allegiance = {{flag|Yemen}} | service_years = 1991–2015 | rank = Colonel | unit = 3rd Armored Brigade, RG | commands = {{flagicon image|Yemeni Republican Guard Flag.svg}} Yemeni Republican Guard | branch = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Yemeni Army.svg}} Yemen Army | battles = {{tree list}} * Yemeni Civil War (1994) * Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen ** First Battle of Lawdar ** Battle of Zinjibar ** Battle of Huta ** 2012 Abyan offensive ** Second Battle of Lawdar ** 2014 hostage rescue ** Battle of Radda * Houthi insurgency in Yemen ** Operation Blow to the Head {{tree list/end}} }}
'''Ali Raymi''' (born '''Ali Ibrahim Ali Al-Raimi'''; {{langx|ar|علي الريمي}}; 7 December 1973 – 23 May 2015)<ref name="boxrec.com">{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?cat=boxer&human_id=561186|title=Ali Raymi - Boxer|website=Boxrec.com|accessdate=2016-06-17}}</ref><ref name="ryansongalia">{{cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/390403-mysterious-junior-flyweight-ali-raymi-killed-in-yemen|title=Mysterious junior flyweight Ali Raymi killed in Yemen|first=Ryan|last=Songalia|date=28 May 2015|work=Ring TV|access-date=22 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905211750/http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/390403-mysterious-junior-flyweight-ali-raymi-killed-in-yemen|archive-date=2015-09-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rds.ca/grand-club/billet/quoi-de-neuf-chez-les-invaincus-1.1323573/quoi-de-neuf-chez-les-invaincus-1.1323573|title=Quoi de neuf chez les invaincus?|first=Yvan|last=Levesque|work=RDS.ca|accessdate=22 August 2015|language=French|archive-date=23 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723124552/http://www.rds.ca/grand-club/billet/quoi-de-neuf-chez-les-invaincus-1.1323573/quoi-de-neuf-chez-les-invaincus-1.1323573|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/561186</ref><ref>https://www.uboboxing.com/articles/article333.htm</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/390403-mysterious-junior-flyweight-ali-raymi-killed-in-yemen|title=Mysterious junior flyweight Ali Raymi killed in Yemen|first=Ryan|last=Songalia|date=28 May 2015|access-date=30 May 2015|work=Ring TV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905211750/http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/390403-mysterious-junior-flyweight-ali-raymi-killed-in-yemen|archive-date=2015-09-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150905211750/http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/390403-mysterious-junior-flyweight-ali-raymi-killed-in-yemen</ref>
==Personal life== 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.<ref>[http://www.althawranews.net/portal/news-100604.htm-title= Ali Raymi wins Gold Medal in Algeria]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Althawranews.net; accessed 22 August 2015.</ref> Stories of Raymi's life including his military career were released by his manager Felix J Arno<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.univision.com/deportes/boxeo/el-boxeador-ali-raymi-murio-en-yemen-por-guerra-civil|title=El boxeador Ali Raymi murió en Yemen por guerra civil|website=Univision.com|accessdate=2016-06-17}}</ref> in an interview with ''The Ring'' magazine managing editor Brian Harty.<ref>[http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/395789-the-ring-magazine-september-issue-on-sale-now-2 Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801232357/http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/395789-the-ring-magazine-september-issue-on-sale-now-2 |date=2015-08-01 }}, Craveonline.com; accessed 22 August 2015.</ref>
==Boxing career== Yemeni News archives<ref name=A1>{{cite web|language=Arabic|url=http://www.algomhoriah.net/newsweekarticle.php?sid=30744|title=الجمهورية نت - صباح اليوم بعدن اختتام بطولة الجمهورية السابعة لشباب الملاكمة|author=الجمهورية نت|work=algomhoriah.net|access-date=2014-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163244/http://www.algomhoriah.net/newsweekarticle.php?sid=30744|archive-date=2014-10-21|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=A2>{{cite web|url=http://www.algomhoriah.net/newsweekarticle.php?sid=30876|title=الجمهورية نت - عدن الغائب الأبرز عن منصتها للتتويج الحديدة بطل الجمهورية للملاكمة وأبين الوصيف وذمار في المركز الثالث|author=الجمهورية نت|work=algomhoriah.net|language=Arabic|access-date=2013-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021154954/http://www.algomhoriah.net/newsweekarticle.php?sid=30876|archive-date=2014-10-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportenote.com/vedi_dettagli.asp?id=64146|title = Sport & Note}}</ref> He was a Yemeni amateur champion in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.<ref name=A1/><ref name=A2/> 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.<ref name="Fightnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/qa-with-record-breaking-ko-artist-ali-raymi-20-0-with-all-20-wins-being-first-round-knockouts-231141|title=Q&A with record-breaking KO Artist Ali Raymi (20-0 with all 20 wins being first round knockouts)|publisher=Fightnews.com|date=14 November 2013|access-date=17 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118055929/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/qa-with-record-breaking-ko-artist-ali-raymi-20-0-with-all-20-wins-being-first-round-knockouts-231141|archive-date=2013-11-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== Setting the World Record === On 17 July 2014, he set a new world record by winning his first 21 professional fights by first-round knockout.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/raymi-breaks-the-record-20-0-20-first-round-kos-230773|title=Raymi breaks the record: 20-0, 20 first round KOs|publisher=Fightnews.com|date=11 November 2011|access-date=11 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111003650/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/raymi-breaks-the-record-20-0-20-first-round-kos-230773|archive-date=11 November 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
=== Prince Maz 2014 tetralogy === Prince Maz was the first fighter <ref>{{cite web|url=http://vringe.com/news/78332-ali-raymi-zavyel-sebe-malchika-dlya-bitya.htm|title=Али Райми завёл себе "мальчика для битья"|work=vringe.com|accessdate=22 August 2015|language=ru}}</ref> to extend Ali Raymi outside the first round,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxwelt.com/2014/11/profiboxen/ali-raymi-siegt-ein-weiteres-mal-uber-prince-maz-video|title=Ali Raymi siegt ein weiteres Mal über Prince Maz (+Video)|work=BOXWELT.com|date=November 2014|language=de}}</ref> 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== Raymi, a Colonel in the Yemeni Anti-Terrorism forces, was killed in an explosion on 23 May 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxingnewsonline.net/the-unbelievable-but-completely-true-story-of-ali-raymi/|title = Editor's Pick: The unbelievable but completely true story of Ali Raym| date=20 April 2021 }}</ref>
===Postmortem ranking=== In December 2013, Raymi was ranked in the top ten by two major boxing sanctioning bodies:<ref name="boxingnews24.com"/><ref>[https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/boxing-snips-snipes-cant-buy-brains-001252282--box.html Ali Raymi rankings], Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com; accessed 22 August 2015.</ref> seventh by the WBO<ref>[http://www.wboboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/WBO-Ranking-as-of-Nov.-20132.pdf Ranking], wboboxing.com, November 2013.</ref> and ninth by the WBC.<ref>[http://www.wbcboxing.com/ratings/ratings_Diciembre.pdf WBO Ratings], December 2013; accessed 22 August 2015.{{in lang|es}}</ref> Additionally, the IBO had ranked him number one in August 2014, while the WBO improved his ranking to sixth in January 2015,<ref>[http://www.wboboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1501-WBO-Ranking-as-of-January-Sheet11.pdf Ranking], Wboboxing.com, January 2015.</ref> as did the WBA in May 2015.<ref>[http://www.wbanews.com/rankings_search_boxer.php?boxer=2993 Ranking] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210175614/http://www.wbanews.com/rankings_search_boxer.php?boxer=2993 |date=2014-12-10 }}, wbanews.com; May 2015.</ref> Raymi also offered $100,000 to then-WBA and IBO strawweight champion Hekkie Budler for a fight in Yemen.<ref name="sport195.com">[http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/ali-raymi-takes-aim-at-hekkie-budler-255542 Ali Raymi takes aim at Hekkie Budler] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323132621/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/ali-raymi-takes-aim-at-hekkie-budler-255542 |date=2016-03-23 }}, fightnews.com; accessed 8 November 2016.</ref> The WBA ranked Raymi as #6 light flyweight in April 2015 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wbaboxing.com/?page_id=2513|title = World Boxing Association Ranking}}</ref> 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..."<ref>Dan Rafael. [https://www.espn.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/13069/why-the-wba-rankings-are-even-worse-than-i-thought "Why the WBA rankings are even worse than I thought], Espn.go.com; accessed 22 August 2015.</ref>
==Professional boxing record== {{BoxingRecordSummary |ko-wins=26 }} {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !{{abbr|No.|Number}} !Result !Record !Opponent !Type !Round, time !Date !Location !Notes |- |26 |{{yes2}}Win |26–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Omar Moxamad |KO |1 (12) |29 Apr 2015 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |25 |{{yes2}}Win |25–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Omar Moxamad |KO |1 (12), {{small|0:46}} |28 Mar 2015 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |24 |{{yes2}}Win |24–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Prince Maz |TKO |2 (12), {{small|0:27}} |19 Nov 2014 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won IBI and UBO light-flyweight titles}} |- |23 |{{yes2}}Win |23–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Prince Maz |RTD |9 (12), {{small|3:00}} |16 Oct 2014 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won {{abbr|IBI|International Boxing Institute}} minimumweight title}} |- |22 |{{yes2}}Win |22–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Prince Maz |TKO |7 (12), {{small|1:55}} |30 Aug 2014 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |21 |{{yes2}}Win |21–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Prince Maz |{{abbr|RTD|Corner retirement}} |1 (12), {{small|2:55}} |17 Jul 2014 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |20 |{{yes2}}Win |20–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Akram Jawfi |KO |1 (12), {{small|1:27}} |10 Nov 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |19 |{{yes2}}Win |19–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Ali Salem |TKO |1 (12), {{small|1:02}} |5 Nov 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |18 |{{yes2}}Win |18–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Mustafa Humaidi |KO |1 (12), {{small|0:47}} |1 Nov 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |17 |{{yes2}}Win |17–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Omar Awdan |KO |1 (12), {{small|1:18}} |20 Oct 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |16 |{{yes2}}Win |16–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Husam Shargabi |KO |1 (12), {{small|0:58}} |11 Oct 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |15 |{{yes2}}Win |15–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Yasin Abdulkhalik |{{abbr|TKO|Technical knockout}} |1 (12), {{small|2:05}} |7 Oct 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |14 |{{yes2}}Win |14–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Asam Dolbhante |KO |1 (12), {{small|1:34}} |30 Sep 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |13 |{{yes2}}Win |13–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Luke Hasan |KO |1 (12), {{small|0:26}} |27 Sep 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |12 |{{yes2}}Win |12–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Ali Dridi |KO |1 (4), {{small|2:11}} |14 Jul 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, Sana'a, Yemen}} | |- |11 |{{yes2}}Win |11–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Salman Umari |KO |1 (4), {{small|1:27}} |7 Jul 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |10 |{{yes2}}Win |10–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Yaser Dalbant |KO |1 (4), {{small|1:50}} |4 Jul 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |9 |{{yes2}}Win |9–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Ahmed Saeed |KO |1 (4), {{small|0:55}} |30 Jun 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |8 |{{yes2}}Win |8–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Farhan Shebana |KO |1 (4), {{small|1:45}} |23 Jun 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |7 |{{yes2}}Win |7–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Ahmed Yousifi |KO |1 (4), {{small|2:39}} |11 Jun 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |6 |{{yes2}}Win |6–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Ahmad Ciso |KO |1 (4), {{small|0:55}} |30 May 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen}} | |- |5 |{{yes2}}Win |5–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Amad Al-Gadsi |KO |1 (4), {{small|2:49}} |6 May 2013 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, Sana'a, Yemen}} | |- |4 |{{yes2}}Win |4–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Rashad Horun |KO |1 (12), {{small|1:12}} |11 Apr 2011 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, Sana'a, Yemen}} | |- |3 |{{yes2}}Win |3–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Sabin Juma |KO |1 (12), {{small|1:23}} |30 Mar 2011 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, Sana'a, Yemen}} | |- |2 |{{yes2}}Win |2–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Hamdan Jaber |KO |1 (4), {{small|0:41}} |5 Mar 2011 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, Sana'a, Yemen}} | |- |1 |{{yes2}}Win |1–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Hasan Wesabi |{{abbr|KO|Knockout}} |1 (4), {{small|1:29}} |25 Jan 2011 |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, Sana'a, Yemen}} |}
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