{{short description|French boxer (born 1989)}} {{Infobox boxer |name = Rima Ayadi |image = |realname = |nickname = |weight = |nationality = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|08|19|df=y}} |birth_place = Paris, France |height = 5 feet 8 inches |style = |home = |total = |wins = 11 |losses = 1 |draws = 0 |no contests = |KO = 1 }}
'''Rima Ayadi''' (born 19 August 1989) is a French professional boxer. She is a former WBA interim female super-featherweight champion and a former European champion in the same division.
==Amateur career== Ayadi began boxing at the age of 26.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |author=Brut et France Télévisions |title=VIDEO. Portrait de la boxeuse Rima Ayadi, championne de France |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sports/boxe/video-portrait-de-la-boxeuse-rima-ayadi-championne-de-france_5114854.html |website=France info |date=2022-05-02 |access-date=2024-08-22 |archive-date=2024-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822233419/https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sports/boxe/video-portrait-de-la-boxeuse-rima-ayadi-championne-de-france_5114854.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Saïd |last=El Abadi |title=Rima Ayadi : «Ouvrir la porte d'une salle de boxe m'a sorti de la dépression» |url=https://www.cnews.fr/sport/2024-02-29/rima-ayadi-ouvrir-la-porte-dune-salle-de-boxe-ma-sorti-de-la-depression-1460589 |website=CNews |date=9 February 2024}}</ref> She attempted to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics, but lost on points to Estelle Mossely.<ref>{{cite web |author=A.-A. F. |title=Boxe : Estelle Mossely décroche sa place pour les qualifications olympiques |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Boxe/Actualites/Estelle-mossely-decroche-sa-place-pour-les-qualifications-olympiques/1378675 |website=L'Équipe |access-date=2024-08-22 |archive-date=2024-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822233419/https://www.lequipe.fr/Boxe/Actualites/Estelle-mossely-decroche-sa-place-pour-les-qualifications-olympiques/1378675 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Professional career== Ayadi turned professional in 2019. On 19 December 2020, she faced Marina Sakharov, winning the bout to became the French super featherweight champion. She then Pasa Malagic for the WBA continental championship, winning the bout to become the continental champion.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |author=20 Minutes avec Brut |title=Rima Ayadi, une boxeuse à la carrière tardive mais fulgurante |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/3283271-20220504-boxe-fulgurante-bien-tardive-ascension-rima-ayadi-championne-france-wba-continentale |website=20 minutes |date=2022-05-04 |access-date=2024-08-22 |archive-date=2023-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606044420/https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/3283271-20220504-boxe-fulgurante-bien-tardive-ascension-rima-ayadi-championne-france-wba-continentale |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Portrait de Rima Ayadi, championne de boxe WBA |url=https://www.brut.media/fr/videos/sport/mma-ufc-arts-martiaux/l-extraordinaire-histoire-de-rima-ayadi-championne-de-boxe-wba |website=Brut |date=2 May 2022 |access-date=2024-08-22 |archive-date=2024-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822233421/https://www.brut.media/fr/videos/sport/mma-ufc-arts-martiaux/l-extraordinaire-histoire-de-rima-ayadi-championne-de-boxe-wba |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Anne-Marie |last=Rocco |title=Paris 2024 : « Il faut capitaliser sur les JO paritaires » |url=https://www.challenges.fr/femmes/paris-2024-il-faut-capitaliser-sur-les-jo-paritaires_887015 |website=Challenges |date=2024-03-15 |access-date=2024-08-22}}</ref>
In February 2024, at the age of 34, Ayadi won the European super featherweight title by defeating Licia Boudersa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boxe : Rima Ayadi devient championne d'Europe des super-plume |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Boxe/Actualites/Rima-ayadi-devient-championne-d-europe-des-super-plume/1451803 |website=L'Équipe |date=29 February 2024 |access-date=2024-08-22 |archive-date=2024-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510093150/https://www.lequipe.fr/Boxe/Actualites/Rima-ayadi-devient-championne-d-europe-des-super-plume/1451803 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Boxe : Rima Ayadi et Licia Boudersa vont se disputer le titre européen des super-plumes |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Boxe/Actualites/Rima-ayadi-et-licia-boudersa-vont-se-disputer-le-titre-europeen-des-super-plume/1451501 |website=L'Équipe |date=28 February 2024 |access-date=2024-08-22 |archive-date=2024-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822233421/https://www.lequipe.fr/Boxe/Actualites/Rima-ayadi-et-licia-boudersa-vont-se-disputer-le-titre-europeen-des-super-plume/1451501 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rima Ayadi championne d'Europe |url=https://www.ffboxe.com/rima-ayadi-championne-deurope/ |website=French Boxing Federation |date=2024-02-29 |access-date=2024-08-22 |archive-date=2024-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822233420/https://www.ffboxe.com/rima-ayadi-championne-deurope/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
After she was awarded the WBA interim female super-featherweight championship, Ayadi defended the title against Elif Nur Turhan at the Grand Hotel Barriere in Paris, France, on 28 August 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/rima-ayadi-elif-nur-turhan-confirmed-for-august-28|title=Rima Ayadi-Elif Nur Turhan confirmed for August 28|publisher=Boxing Scene|accessdate=24 August 2025}}</ref> She lost by technical knockout in the sixth round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/elif-nur-turhan-kos-rima-ayadi-to-take-interim-junior-lightweight-title|title=Elif Nur Turhan KOs Rima Ayadi to take interim junior lightweight title|publisher=Boxing Scene|access-date=28 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Boxe/Actualites/Rima-ayadi-battue-par-arret-de-l-arbitre-a-enghien/1588423|title=Rima Ayadi battue par arrêt de l'arbitre à Enghien|publisher=L'Equipe (in French)|accessdate=29 August 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 2021, Ayadi founded the Premier Round association, which aims to develop boxing in neighborhoods, particularly among women and young people.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Informations légales de PREMIER ROUND |url=https://annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/premier-round-900376179 |website=annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr |access-date=2024-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Sandrine |last=Gayet |title=Rima Ayadi, un « ovni » dans la boxe de haut niveau |url=https://www.yvelines-infos.fr/rima-ayadi-un-ovni-dans-la-boxe-de-haut-niveau/ |website=yvelines-infos.fr |date=2022-05-13 |access-date=2024-08-22 |archive-date=2024-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822233420/https://www.yvelines-infos.fr/rima-ayadi-un-ovni-dans-la-boxe-de-haut-niveau/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Professional boxing record== {{BoxingRecordSummary |ko-wins = 1 |ko-losses = 1 |dec-wins = 10 |dec-losses = 0 }} {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" |- !{{abbr|No.|Number}} !Result !Record !Opponent !Type !Round, time !Date !Location !Notes |- |12 |{{no2}}Loss |11–1 |style="text-align:left;"|Elif Nur Turhan |TKO |6 (10) |2025-08-28 |style="text-align:left;"|Casino Barrière Enghien-les-Bains, Enghien-les-Bains, France |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Lost WBA Interim Female Super Featherweight title}} |- |11 |{{yes2}}Win |11–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Victoria Bustos |UD |6 |2024-12-16 |style="text-align:left;"|Casino Barrière Enghien-les-Bains, Enghien-les-Bains, France |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won IBF Inter-Continental Super Featherweight title}} |- |10 |{{yes2}}Win |10–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Licia Boudersa |UD |10 |2024-02-29 |style="text-align:left;"|Casino Barrière Enghien-les-Bains, Enghien-les-Bains, France |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won EBU European Female Super Featherweight title}} |- |9 |{{yes2}}Win |8–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Lucrecia Belen Arrieta |UD |8 |2023-06-22 |style="text-align:left;"|Cirque Bormann, Paris, France |style="text-align:left;"| |- |8 |{{yes2}}Win |8–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Yolis Marrugo |UD |6 |2023-02-17 |style="text-align:left;"|Salle Wagram, Paris, France |style="text-align:left;"| |- |7 |{{yes2}}Win |7–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Olena Medvedenko |UD |10 |2022-02-19 |style="text-align:left;"|Gymnase Cosec Pablo Neruda, Les Mureaux, France |style="text-align:left;"| |- |6 |{{yes2}}Win |6–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Ana Maria Lozano |UD |10 |2021-10-30 |style="text-align:left;"|Gymnase Cosec Pablo Neruda, Les Mureaux, France |style="text-align:left;"| |- |5 |{{yes2}}Win |5–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Pasa Malagic |{{abbr|TKO|Technical knockout}} |5 (10), {{small|2:00}} |2021-04-03 |style="text-align:left;"|Gymnase Cosec Pablo Neruda, Les Mureaux, France |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won WBA Female Continental Super Featherweight title}} |- |4 |{{yes2}}Win |4–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Marina Sakharov |UD |8 |2020-12-19 |style="text-align:left;"|Gymnase Cosec Pablo Neruda, Les Mureaux, France |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won French female super featherweight title}} |- |3 |{{yes2}}Win |3–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Karina Szmalenberg |UD |6 |2020-02-29 |style="text-align:left;"|Hippodrome, Cabourg, France |style="text-align:left;"| |- |2 |{{yes2}}Win |2–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Emma Gongora |UD |6 |2020-02-22 |style="text-align:left;"|Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France |style="text-align:left;"| |- |1 |{{yes2}}Win |1–0 |style="text-align:left;"|Ksenija Medic |{{abbr|UD|Unanimous decision}} |6 |2019-12-19 |style="text-align:left;"|Casino de Deauville, Deauville, France |style="text-align:left;"| |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{boxrec|id=912341}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ayadi, Rima}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:French women boxers Category:Super-featherweight boxers Category:Boxers from Paris Category:European Boxing Union champions Category:21st-century French sportswomen