Ali Raymi (born Ali Ibrahim Ali Al-Raimi ; Arabic : علي الريمي ; 7 December 1973 – 23 May 2015) was a Yemeni professional boxer and military officer. In boxing he is best known for his fight record of 25 wins and no losses, with all 25 wins by knockout ; 22 in the first round.
12-441: TGE may refer to: Ali Raymi , undefeated boxed nicknamed "The Greatest Ever" Team Global Express , a division of an Australian transportation and logistics company Torque (game engine) , an open-source 3D game engine Sharpe Field (IATA: TGE), a private American airport Transient expression , a gene expression Transitional Government of Ethiopia Topics referred to by
24-528: 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. Stories of Raymi's life including his military career were released by his manager Felix J Arno in an interview with The Ring magazine managing editor Brian Harty. Yemeni News archives show Raymi started boxing at
36-546: A reputation in Sana'a as a loose cannon. On 11 November 2013, he set a new world record by winning his first 20 professional fights by first-round knockout. Prince Maz was the first fighter to extend Ali Raymi outside the first round, repeating the feat in three out of four encounters Raymi a Colonel in the Yemeni Anti-Terrorism forces was killed in an explosion in 23 May 2015. In December 2013, Raymi
48-584: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ali Raymi 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 . Raymi won
60-706: Is his weekly compilation of rankings. In January 2016, ESPN announced Rafael had been signed to a new multi-year agreement. His contract ended in April 2020. Dan Rafael tried to omit Ali Raymi name from the ESPN broadcast of the Edgar Berlanga vs. Eric Moon fight, and as a consequence, his long boxing career ended. Rafael joined World Boxing News (WBN) in May 2021 following discussions with WBN editor Phil Jay. Rafael left WBN in early 2022. He joined Big Fight Weekend,
72-412: 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. He was a Yemeni amateur champion in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. 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
84-599: The newspaper's principal boxing reporter, Jon Saraceno, was moving up, so Rafael was asked to cover boxing. Rafael's temporary duty at USA Today ended in December 1998, and he returned to Binghamton. In January 2000, he was asked to return to USA Today on a permanent basis as a boxing writer. In September 2004, ESPN began pursuing Rafael, desiring to strengthen its boxing coverage. He began with ESPN.com in March 2005. He writes in-depth coverage pieces, and his specialty
96-722: The newspaper, he took it, then moved to a reporting position at the Press & Sun-Bulletin , covering college sports and local auto-racing. He was later assigned to cover the Binghamton Mets . Gannett , the owner of the Binghamton newspaper, fostered writers by detailing them to Virginia for four months, thoroughly grounding them in the newspaper business, working at USA Today . Rafael began his course in August 1998. He covered major-league baseball. When baseball season ended,
108-470: 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..." Dan Rafael Dan Rafael ( / ˈ r eɪ f i əl / RAY -fee-əl ; born August 25, 1970) is an American sportswriter known for his coverage of boxing and baseball. Rafael
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132-583: Was born in Albany, New York . He attended Binghamton University , where he wrote for the school paper. He started as sports writer, and worked his way to managing editor. He also served an internship at the local newspaper, the Press & Sun-Bulletin . Rafael later took a part-time job at The Saratogian , a community newspaper published in Saratoga Springs, New York . When a full-time job opened at
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#1732787550201144-922: Was ranked in the top ten by two major boxing sanctioning bodies: seventh by the WBO and ninth by the WBC . Additionally, the IBO had ranked him number one in August 2014, while the WBO improved his ranking to sixth in January 2015, as did the WBA in May 2015. Raymi also offered $ 100,000 to then-WBA and IBO strawweight champion Hekkie Budler for a fight in Yemen. The WBA ranked Raymi as #6 light flyweight in April 2015 and only dropped him five ranking spots to eleventh place when he died. Dan Rafael , senior boxing writer at ESPN , criticized
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