Ramla Ali is a professional boxer, author, model and racial equality activist with a degree in Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London). As a professional boxer Ramla has an undefeated record of 4-0 and has competed professionally in London’s Wembley Arena twice, Las Vegas’s Mandalay Bay and New York City’s, Madison Square Gardens.

Ramla was the first ever boxer to represent Somalia at an Olympic Games, (Tokyo 2020), the first to compete professionally and the first to win an African title whilst representing her country of birth. Prior to turning professional, Ramla twice won the English National Amateur Championship and the Great British Championship. Ramla has competed in over 75 amateur fights across the world (Senegal, Bulgaria, India, Botswana, Serbia, Morocco, Sweden, Germany, for example); and her travels were all self-funded. 

In 2019 Ramla was personally selected by the Duchess of Sussex, Megan Markle, to feature on the front cover of British Vogue’s “Force For Change” issue (September 2019) together with 15 other change-makers.

While sport remained ‘on hold’ during the COVID pandemic, Ramla spent the time writing her first book *Not Without A Fight* highlighting the ten most important fights of her life, the challenges she faced and what she had to overcome in order to win those fights while doing everything possible to inspire the next generation of female boxers.

Alongside her work as a UNICEF ambassador, Ramla runs ‘The Sisters Club’, a charity which she founded in January 2018 offering free, weekly classes to women keen to learn how to box and defend themselves correctly in a safe, nurturing environment. The Sisters Club has now expanded to multiple locations in the U.K. and also offers women the opportunity to obtain personal training qualifications, should they wish to pursue a career in sport. All qualifications are fully funded by The Sisters Club charity.

Height: 170cm