Impressive since her boxing debut, Ramla Ali was held back by Mexico’s Julissa Alejandra Guzman. The latter ended the Somalian’s 8-fight winning streak last June. It was Ramla Ali’s first defeat. A setback that had created a little tension between the Mogadishu native and her adopted country, Great Britain. “If you lose, you’re a former refugee born in Somalia. But if you win, you’re a British boxer. It’s just weird. It’s like, why can’t you support me when I’m losing too?” the 33-year-old boxer had blurted out.<\/p>\n
This Saturday, November 4, Ramla Ali has a golden opportunity to get his revenge on Guzman. “This is a huge fight for me,” said Ali.”A lot of people are watching and saying, ‘Why are you coming back in this rematch?’ As everyone knows, there’s been a lot of talk about my history and I’ve had challenges in my personal life and I’ve had challenges in my sporting life. You just have to accept those challenges. I was watching a film and there was a famous quote that said ‘never let fear stop you from playing’.<\/p>\n
The Mexican, on the other hand, is confident of retaining her belt.”It’s different because I’m defending what’s mine.That makes it harder for Ramla, because I know you’re going to run and I’ll be ready to fly at you in the ring. I’ll keep my promise to knock you out.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ramla Ali returns to the ring this Saturday, November 4, to take her revenge on Mexico’s Julissa Alejandra Guzman. The latter handed the Somalian her first defeat last June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":36680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4],"tags":[7,14,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-36683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-sports","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n