Ramla Ali


Ramla Ali is a Somali boxer & model based in London, represented by IMG Models. She is the current African Zone Featherweight Champion as of 2019 and the first male or female boxer in history to have won an African Boxing Title and international gold medals whilst representing the country of Somalia. In 2018 Ramla Ali became an exclusive global Athlete for Nike. She won the 2015 Novice national championships in England, the 2016 England Boxing Elite National Championships and The Great British Championships. She moved to England from Somalia as a war refugee. She started boxing as a teenager in an effort to lose weight. She has since helped set up Somalia's boxing federation in Mogadishu and became the first boxer in history to have represented Somalia in the Women's World Championships which was held in New Delhi, India in 2018.
Ramla has appeared on the front cover of British Vogue, Wall Street Journal, Guardian Observer, Wonderland, ELLE, Swiss Style and Puss Puss Magazine and been photographed for publications Time Magazine, Sunday Times Style and Twin. In 2019 Pantene announced Ramla as its newest ambassador and face of their haircare brand.
Ramla’s boxing career is managed by Heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua.
It has been announced that Academy Award nominated, BAFTA winning producer Lee Magiday alongside Film4 will be making a feature-length drama based on the life story of Ramla Ali.

Honours

She was one of fifteen women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of British Vogue, by guest editor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.