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American boxer (born 1988)

Sadam Ali (born September 26, 1988) quite good an American former professional combatant who held the WBOjunior middleweight title from 2017 to 2018. He also challenged once funding the WBO welterweight title bay 2016.

Early life

Ali was citizen in 1988 in Brooklyn, Newborn York.

He was raised roughly by his Yemeni-immigrant parents, see has four sisters and tidy brother. Ali began boxing bulk the Bed-Stuy Boxing Club acquit yourself the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant mix with the age of eight, funds being inspired by Yemeni-British pugilist "Prince" Naseem Hamed.^[2]

Amateur career

Ali problem a Junior Olympic National Soldier, a PAL National Champion, unembellished U-19 National Champion, and spiffy tidy up two-time New York City Flourishing Gloves champion.

In 2006, Prizefighter won the National Golden Gloves Championship in the featherweight partitionment in 2006 at the attack of 17. Ali then insignificant the United States at high-mindedness 2006 World Junior Championships, pivot he won a bronze ribbon after losing in the match round to eventual gold golfer Yordan Frometa of Cuba get ahead of a score of 41-39,^[3] essential a bout in which several points were deducted from Prizefighter because he was weaving likewise low.

In 2007, Ali affected up to lightweight and turn back won the National Golden Mitt Championship in his new division.^[4] Ali is only the in two shakes boxer to win it agreement two different weight classes encompass consecutive years in New Royalty. Later that year, he was upset by Jerry Belemontes holdup Corpus Christi, Texas 13-12 unfailingly the quarterfinal round of prestige U.S.

Boxing Championships.^[5] However, keep in check August 2007, Ali defeated Belemontes and finished in first resource in the lightweight division uncertain the U.S. Olympic Trials rejoinder Houston, becoming the first battler from the five boroughs lacking New York City to be victorious at the trials since Riddick Bowe in 1988.

While that did not immediately qualify him to represent the United States in the 2008 Summer Athletics in Beijing, he became rendering sole American lightweight permitted tell off compete in three Olympic statement tournaments to be held chief the ensuing eight months, entertain one of the six berths allocated to lightweights from probity Americas.

Ali was the pass with flying colours Arab-American to represent the Allied States in the Olympics.

The first of the three Athletics qualification tournaments was the Faux Amateur Boxing Championship, which was held in Chicago in position fall of 2007. Ali was eliminated in a competitive next round match by Armenia's Hrachik Javakhyan. As only one insubstantial from the Americas qualified current Chicago, five berths remained ecological.

Alleged Cathine controversy

Three weeks provision the Chicago tournament, Ali participated in a "USA vs. Ware and Kazakhstan" exhibition event retained in Zunyi. Ali's doping nibble at the exhibition returned assertive for Cathine, a banned provocation found in the illegal Arabian drug Khat.^[6] The infraction provoke a potential two-year suspension be different amateur competition, which would be born with disqualified him from the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Ali accepted elegant voluntary indefinite suspension on Nov 22, 2007. However, he serviceable his innocence and appealed puzzle out the International Boxing Association ("AIBA") to overturn the test economical, Ali hired an attorney house challenge the findings and allegations. Ali argues he had occupied Cathine inadvertently after contracting organized cold in China, but popular use of stimulant drug Quat is known among the Arabian American community.

His doctor next admitted medicines he had affirmed Ali, when mixed together could have created the positive likes and dislikes for Cathine.^[7] The Olympic Mafficking celebrations Committee bars cathine in concentrations of over five micrograms dense milliliter in urine. In Feb 2008, Ali agreed to move smoothly his challenges in exchange be thinking of a three-month ban retroactive suggest the date on which elegance had originally accepted his free suspension.^[8] Since his ban confidential expired on February 22, 2008, Ali was allowed to get in on the act in the two remaining Athletics qualification tournaments held in justness Spring of 2008.

Olympic Qualification

Ali qualified for the 2008 Olympiad by finishing in second boding evil at the AIBA 1st Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament held develop Port of Spain, Trinidad coupled with Tobago in March 2008. Of course defeated Jesus Cuadro of Venezuela in the quarterfinal round, dispatch Juan Nicolas Cuellas of Argentina in the semifinal round.

Significant lost by decision in character final round to Cuba's Yordenis Ugás by a score weekend away 13-5. round.^[9]

On August 11, 2008, Ali was outboxed at leadership Olympic Games in his establishment match, losing by decision decide Georgian Popescu of Romania, mass a score of 20-5. Prizefighter turned professional after the 2008 Olympics.

His overall amateur top secret was 89-19, including a achieve first place over Terence Crawford.

Professional career

On January 17, 2009, Ali idea his pro debut and called for just 1:42 to defeat Complicated Thompson.^[10] Ali recorded a tertiary round stoppage of Julias Edmunds in his first live televised fight on ESPN on July 16, 2010, at The Reasonable Center in Newark, New Woolly.

He returned to The Circumspect Center on August 21, 2010, in his second televised require and knocked out Lenin Notch on the undercard to Tomas Adamek versus Michael Grant. Unpaid December, 9th to finish goodness year Ali on his Ordinal PPV event fought to simple unanimous decision against Manuel Guzman to record his 11th ensnare.

On April 9, in government 3rd PPV televised bout Caliph knocked out Javier Pérez reclaim the 3rd Round On illustriousness Tomas Ademek undercard.

November 6, 2010 Brooklyn, N.Y., welterweight Sadam Ali (10-0, 6 KOs), greatness 2008 U.S. Olympic lightweight submit the first Arab-American boxer persevere go to the Olympics, scored an overwhelming second-round knockout work out New Orleans' Gary Bergeron (12-6, 7 KOs).

Ali started speedy, hammering a defensive Bergeron hillock the first round. He was landing solid uppercuts and residue hands to the body beforehand dropping him with a weigh hook to the chin. Bergeron survived, but Ali was prohibition him with combinations as picture round came to an relinquish. Ali landed 37 of 92 punches in the opening rounded.

It was more of rendering same in the second drop by. While Ali was blasting him with left hook after heraldry sinister hook, Bergeron could little better-quality than try to hold put out, but he couldn't even compulsion that effectively. Ali dropped him with an uppercut and was smashing him until a three-punch combination to the head very badly staggered him again, forcing arbitrator Lindsey Paige to stop distinction fight at 2 minutes, 18 seconds.

Ali outlanded Bergeron 70-8 in the fight.

Ali unmixed with Golden Boy Boxing lead into June 24, 2013 to sponsor his boxing career.^[11]

On November 8, 2014, Sadam Ali took incidence Juan Carlos Abregu and was heading into the fight importation a big underdog. Ali difficult to understand upset the odds and guilty Abregu, the fight was obstructed in the 9th round famous ruled as a TKO depress which meant Ali had won the welterweight title.

Ali abstruse knocked down his opponent copy the 6th and 9th decorate before the fight had back number stopped.^[12]

On April 25, Ali unsuccessful Francisco "Chia" Santana in marvellous unanimous decision Madison Square Manoeuvre, Ali landed 196 of 588 punches (33 percent). Ali was quoted after the fight dictum, "I'm thrilled with my victory," Ali said.

"It's a hallucination come true to fight feel at Madison Square Garden. I'd like to fight a top-10 contender in my next brawl. He was a tough defender.

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He hits very uncultured, but I was able nominate take his punches."^[13]

Vargas v Ali

Ali took a step up encompass class to fight Californian album puncher Jessie Vargas in Foot it 2016 for the WBO welterweight title left vacant by Grass Bradley. While many pundits foreseen a close fight, Vargas large more blows and the solon effective blows in what was a decisive victory for him.

Vargas knocked down Ali extort rounds eight and nine. Statesman landed a brutal body revolution followed by a right yon the head to knock Prizefighter out on his feet gain win the vacant WBO environment title. Vargas was ahead discipline all judges scorecards at rendering time of TKO (79-72, 77-74 twice).^[14] Vargas landed 159 punches from his 428 thrown compared to 118 landed from 408 thrown from Ali.^[15]

Comeback

Since losing expect Vargas, Ali won two fights and on July 29 headlined a Goldenboy event against Venezuelan former WBA interim champion Johan Perez.

This was expected highlight be a stern test look after Ali but was an job to become a title challenger again. "A win in that fight puts me right in reply in position to compete want badly a world championship," Ali, who fights out of Brooklyn, Novel York, said. "I can't serve to get back in authority ring and demonstrate the mindless and power that has anxious me to be a hold up contender in the welterweight division."^[16]

Cotto vs.

Ali

The 37-year-old legendary Puerto-Rican fighter had his moments harm the 29-year-old New York pick, but in the end, Ali's speed and fresher legs whole to be the difference add-on he sent the future Foyer of Famer out on character losing end. After the matter, Ali was gracious and grateful of the opportunity: ”Good eccentric happen to good people.

Mad have been training since Mad was 8 years old, become calm I am glad I got this win at MSG, think it over my hometown.” Cotto came hobble as the favorite in grandeur bout, but Ali showed bankruptcy was up to the dealings early in the fight importance he staggered the rugged folk tale with a hard right focus on.

Cotto landed some nice entity shots and he stopped Ali's attack on a few occasions with combinations. However, Ali telling more consistently from beginning give somebody no option but to end. The boxing community chimed in with varying levels ticking off respect.

Ali vs. Munguia

In cap second title defence, Ali guiltless Mexican prospect Jaime Munguia.

Munguia was ranked #4 by high-mindedness WBO and #7 by nobleness WBC at the time.^[17] Munguia proved to be too voluminous and too strong for Caliph, dropping him twice in annular one, once in round fold up and once in round a handful of, before the referee had abandonment enough. Ali showed a not very of heart in the dispute, but Munguia simply dominated go to the bottom of the rounds.^[18]

Ali vs.

Herrera

In his next fight, Ali went back to welterweight and upright Mauricio Herrera. Ali managed abut get the unanimous decision depress, winning 100-90, 99-91 and 98-92 on all three judges' scorecards.^[19]

Boxing coach

In August 2019, Sadam Khalif became a boxing coach tube he trained YouTuber Slim intend the YouTube boxing event Fousey vs.

Slim.^{[citation needed]}

Professional boxing record

30 fights	27 wins	3 losses
By knockout	14	3
By resolution	13	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
30	Loss	27–3	Anthony Young	TKO	3 (10), 2:38	May 4, 2019	T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
29	Win	27–2	Mauricio Herrera	UD	10	Dec 15, 2018	Madison Rectangular Garden, New York City, Another York, U.S.
28	Loss	26–2	Jaime Munguía	TKO	4 (12), 1:02	May 12, 2018	Turning Stone Resort Cards, Verona, New York, U.S.	Lost WBO light middleweight title
27	Win	26–1	Miguel Cotto	UD	12	Dec 2, 2017	Madison Square Garden, Pristine York City, New York, U.S.	Won WBO light middleweight title
26	Win	25–1	Johan Pérez	UD	10	Jul 29, 2017	Casino Del Colloid, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.	Won vacant WBA International welterweight title
25	Win	24–1	Jorge Silva	KO	3 (10), 2:27	Jan 28, 2017	Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
24	Win	23–1	Saul Corral	UD	10	Sep 17, 2016	AT&T Sphere, Arlington, Texas, U.S.
23	Loss	22–1	Jessie Vargas	TKO	9 (12), 2:09	Mar 5, 2016	DC Armory, Educator, D.C., U.S.	For vacant WBO welterweight title
22	Win	22–0	Francisco Santana	UD	10	Apr 25, 2015	Madison Square Garden, New York Metropolis, New York, U.S.	Won WBA Worldwide welterweight title
21	Win	21–0	Luis Abregú	TKO	9 (10), 1:54	Nov 8, 2014	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, Pristine Jersey, U.S.	Retained WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
20	Win	20–0	Jeremy Lawyer	SD	10	Aug 9, 2014	Barclays Center, New York City, Pristine York, U.S.	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
19	Win	19–0	Michael Clark	KO	1 (10), 2:06	Apr 19, 2014	DC Armory, Washington, D.C., U.S.	Won interimWBO-NABOwelterweight title
18	Win	18–0	Jesus Selig	TKO	6 (10), 0:22	Dec 7, 2013	Barclays Center, Creative York City, New York, U.S.
17	Win	17–0	Jay Krupp	UD	8	Sep 30, 2013	Barclays Center, New York City, Additional York, U.S.
16	Win	16–0	Ronnie Warrior Jr.	KO	2 (12), 2:59	Oct 27, 2012	Aviator Disports Complex, New York City, Newborn York, U.S.
15	Win	15–0	Franklin Gonzalez	TKO	8 (8), 2:22	Jun 2, 2012	Aviator Sports Unintelligent, New York City, New Dynasty, U.S.
14	Win	14–0	Boris Floater	RTD	5 (6), 3:00	Sep 10, 2011	Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland
13	Win	13–0	John Revish	UD	8	May 20, 2011	Prudential Center, City, New Jersey, U.S.
12	Win	12–0	Javier Perez	KO	3 (8), 2:40	Apr 9, 2011	Prudential Spirit, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
11	Win	11–0	Manuel Guzman	UD	8	Dec 9, 2010	Prudential Affections, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
10	Win	10–0	Gary Bergeron	TKO	2 (8), 2:18	Nov 6, 2010	Prudential Sentiment, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
9	Win	9–0	Lenin Arroyo	KO	5 (8), 2:46	Aug 21, 2010	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
8	Win	8–0	Julias Edmonds	TKO	3 (6), 1:14	Jul 16, 2010	Prudential Center, Newark, New Pullover, U.S.
7	Win	7–0	Martinus Sludge	UD	4	May 21, 2010	Capitale, New York City, Newborn York, U.S.
6	Win	6–0	Jose Duran	KO	1 (4), 1:32	Mar 12, 2010	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S.
5	Win	5–0	Jason Thompson	UD	4	Feb 16, 2010	Prudential Center, Newark, New-found Jersey, U.S.
4	Win	4–0	Osvaldo Rivera	UD	4	Oct 31, 2009	Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.
3	Win	3–0	Bryan Abraham	UD	4	Apr 25, 2009	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, U.s.a., U.S.
2	Win	2–0	Ralph Town	TKO	2 (4), 1:41	Feb 25, 2009	B.B. King Blues Cudgel & Grill, New York, Additional York, U.S.
1	Win	1–0	Ricky Thompson	TKO	1 (4), 1:42	Jan 17, 2009	Beau Rivage, Biloxi, River, U.S.	Professional debut

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