When the British Somali boxer takes on Crystal Garcia Nova on the Oleksandr Usyk versus Anthony Joshua card at Rage on the Red Sea, she will be part of the first ever female professional boxing bout in Saudi Arabia.
As a Muslim and African female pugilist, it is a moment she does not take lightly, and one that did not come easy either.
Adversity has been her constant companion throughout her career.
Ali was born in Somalia in 1989 but fled the war-torn Horn of Africa country with her family at the age of two to seek asylum in the UK.
In school, Ali struggled with her weight, so her mother sent her to a local gym in England where she soon discovered “boxercise” and started taking up the sweet science at the age of 12 without her family’s knowledge.
She caught the eye of talent scouts with regional success, representing England across Europe and eventually winning multiple amateur boxing titles.
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