Zulfikar Joy Ali (22 December 1978 – 5 January 2015) was a Fijian boxer. He had won 31 boxing matches in his career.
Boxing career
In 1995, Ali's first reported boxing match was against Raven, whom he defeated in the fourth round by a KO at the National Indoor Stadium, Suva, Fiji.[1] He won the vacant Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) light middleweight title against the former World Amateur bronze medalist Ercüment Aslan of Turkey.[1][2]
Personal life
Ali was a very religious person and followed the Islamic faith.[3] He sold razor blades with his younger brother to start off his boxing career.[4] Ali died on 5 January 2015, aged 36, at the CWM Hospital in Suva.[5] His death was a suicide.[6] Ali is survived by his wife and three children.[5]
References
- ^ a b Profile Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, boxrec.com; accessed 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Turkish News - Latest News from Turkey".
- ^ "Hundreds farewell former champ - Fiji Times Online". Archived from the original on 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "OPINION: Joy Ali, A Life of Struggles".
- ^ a b "Joy Ali's death shocking for his family". FBC News. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Chandar, Reginald (January 5, 2015). "Professional boxer Joy Ali dies". Fiji Live. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
External links
- Boxing record for Joy Ali from BoxRec (registration required)
This page was last edited on 12 April 2023, at 06:09