{"id":724,"date":"2021-05-27T14:26:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T14:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=724"},"modified":"2021-05-27T14:26:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T14:26:53","slug":"undefeated-somali-star-ali-makes-her-usa-debut-in-las-vegas-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=724","title":{"rendered":"Undefeated Somali star Ali makes her USA debut in Las Vegas on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Undefeated Somali star makes American debut in Las Vegas on Saturday<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Ramla Ali<\/strong>\u00a0is thrilled to be making her American debut in Las Vegas \u2013 but will not be rushed into taking big fights as she plots her route to the top, starting with her third pro fight on Saturday May 29 at the Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, live worldwide on DAZN.
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\u00a0Ali (2-0) turned pro in October with victory over Eva Hubmayer at Wembley Arena in London, England and added a second pro win in March over the experienced Bec Connolly in the same venue.
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Guided by Anthony Joshua and 258 MGT, Ali has become a star outside the ring with high-profile modelling work, publishing a book later this year and continuing her work with the \u2018Sister\u2019s Club\u2019, the initiative she launched in 2018 to give self-defense lessons to women.
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The 31 year old is committed to being a huge hit in the ring as well though, but while excited to be performing in Sin City, Ali, who faces Mikayla Nebel (4-8 1 KO) on Saturday, knows exactly how she wants to build her career and is prepared to put in the hard yards to earn a World title.
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\u201cI am so excited to be fighting in Vegas, the Mecca of boxing,\u201d said\u00a0Ali<\/strong>. \u201cI actually didn\u2019t think I\u2019d get the opportunity to have my American debut so early on in my career, but I\u2019m so grateful to have been given it.
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\u201cAlso, what a dream come true fighting on such an amazing undercard. I grew up watching Jorge Linares. What a legend. This is my second time training out here in the States and I love it because the standard of female talent out here is phenomenal. Thank you to Eddie Hearn and Frank Smith for making all this happen for me.
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\u201cI don\u2019t want to make a mockery of the sport and have a World title after just five fights. If I am ready and I feel like I can, great, but I don\u2019t want to be rushed and I would like to take my time. You get in the ring because you want to be the best so of course, I know I am going to be a World champion one day, but I want to do it at my own speed and knowing that I have fully achieved it and deserved to have the opportunity.
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\u201cI was still annoyed by the ref giving one of the rounds a draw against Bec, that baffled me, especially after he said he should have stopped the fight in the third round. But all the respect in the world to Bec, she\u2019s a tough girl who has been around for a long time, and she kindly stepped in late which is great.
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\u201cI gave away about half a stone and I felt it, she\u2019s a big and strong girl, but I stuck to my game plan, kept it long and used my footwork to stay out of range.\u201d
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Ali faces Nebel on a stacked card in Las Vegas, topped by unbeaten WBC World Lightweight champion\u00a0Devin Haney<\/strong>\u00a0(25-0 15 KOs) defending his title against former World ruler\u00a0Jorge Linares<\/strong>\u00a0(47-5 29 KOs).
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There’s more WBC World title action as Super-Lightweight champion\u00a0Chantelle Cameron<\/strong>\u00a0(13-0 7 KOs) defends her title against\u00a0Melissa Hernandez<\/strong>\u00a0 (23-7-3 7 KOs), there\u2019s a fascinating battle between two Golden Boy Promotions stablemates as\u00a0Jason Quigley<\/strong>\u00a0(18-1 14 KOs) and\u00a0Shane Mosley Jr\u00a0<\/strong>(17-3 10 KOs)\u00a0go toe-to-toe for the WBO NABO Middleweight title and it\u2019s a huge night for\u00a0Martin J. Ward<\/strong>\u00a0(24-1-2 11 KOs) as he faces\u00a0Azinga Fuzile<\/strong>\u00a0(14-1 8 KOs) in a final eliminator for the IBF World Super-Featherweight title.
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There\u2019s a professional debut on the card for Eddie Hearn\u2019s latest American signing,\u00a0Khalil Coe<\/strong>,\u00a0Reshat Mati<\/strong>\u00a0(9-0 7 KOs) enters double figures in the pro game on the night, and\u00a0a card that is rounded off by Devin Haney Promotions\u2019\u00a0Amari Jones\u00a0<\/strong>(1-0 1 KO) fighting in the paid ranks for the second time after his debut in April.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Undefeated Somali star makes American debut in Las Vegas on Saturday \u00a0Ramla Ali\u00a0is thrilled to be making her American debut<\/p>\n

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