Kali Reis
Kali Reis | |
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Statistics | |
Real name | Kali Reis |
Nickname(s) | K.O. Mequinonoag[1] |
Rated at |
Lightweight Middleweight |
Nationality | American |
Born |
Providence, Rhode Island | January 1, 1986
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 17[2] |
Wins | 10 |
Wins by KO | 4 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 1 |
Kali Reis is an American professional female boxer. She is the first professional Native American boxer to hail from New England, and the first Native American fighter to win the International Boxing Association (IBA) middleweight crown.[1] She is also a former WBC World Middleweight Champion and WIBA World Champion.
Early life
Kali Reis was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on January 1, 1986[1][3][4] and is the youngest of five children.[5] Kali has Cherokee, Nipmuc, and Seaconke Wampanoag ancestry.[1][6] Reis and her siblings were raised by their mother in a rough neighborhood.[5][6] Reis was an athletic child often playing rough sports with the neighborhood boys.[5] As a child she attended and competed in powwows regularly.[5] Since junior through high school she was active on basketball and softball leagues. At age 15 she picked up boxing, and began to be coached by a friend of her mother's Domingo Tall Dog.[5][7] Reis later went to school for criminology and also learned how to fix mortorcycles at MTTI.[6] Reis continued her training at Peter Manfredo's Sr. gym to improve her skills.[5]
Later career
After competing in more than a dozen sanctioned and unsanctioned matches as an amateur, Reis turned pro in 2008.[1] But she only had one bout in each of her first three years in the professional ranks.[1] Reis stated, "I haven't been as busy as I wanted to be."[1] In 2012, Kali was involved in a serious motorcycle accident which put her out for the boxing season, but she returned in 2013.[7] Kali fought for the IBA title in November 2013, but Virginia's Tori Nelson defended her Women's International Boxing Association crown with a unanimous decision.[1] Through the fight Reis gained a lot of respect in the sport.[7] On November 12, 2014 Reis won the WIBA crown defeating Teresa Perozzi in Bermuda.[1][6] Reis also coaches boxing for youth and works as a trainer.[7] In April 2016, Reis won her first major world title in New Zealand against Maricela Cornejo for the vacant WBC World Middleweight title.
Boxing Titles
- IBA female middleweight title (153 Ibs)
- Universal Boxing Federation World female middleweight title (150½ Ibs)
- WBC World female middleweight title (155¾ Ibs)
Boxing Record
Professional record summary | ||
17 fights | 10 wins | 6 losses |
By knockout | 4 | 0 |
By decision | 5 | 6 |
By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
Draws | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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17 | Lose | 10–6–1 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 5 Nov 2016 | ![]() |
WBO & WBC World female middleweight titles |
16 | Win | 10–5–1 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 15 Jul 2016 | ![]() |
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15 | Win | 9–5–1 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | 16 Apr 2016 | ![]() |
vacant WBC World female middleweight title |
14 | Win | 8–5–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (10) 1:31 | 19 Feb 2016 | ![]() |
vacant Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) World female middleweight title |
13 | Lose | 7–5–1 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 17 Oct 2015 | ![]() |
WBO World female super welterweight title |
12 | Lose | 7–4–1 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 2 May 2015 | ![]() |
WBO World female middleweight title |
11 | Win | 7–3–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) 0:51 | 21 Nov 2014 | ![]() |
vacant International Boxing Association female middleweight title |
10 | Lose | 6–3–1 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 18 Jul 2014 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 6–2–1 | ![]() |
DQ | 4 (6) 1:41 | 03 Mar 2014 | ![]() |
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8 | Lose | 5–2–1 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 07 Nov 2013 | ![]() |
Women's International Boxing Association World welterweight title |
7 | Win | 5–1–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 29 Jun 2012 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 4–1–1 | ![]() |
UD | 4 | 9 Mar 2012 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 3–1–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (4) | 9 Dec 2011 | ![]() |
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4 | Draw | 2–1–1 | ![]() |
SD | 6 | 28 Oct 2011 | ![]() |
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3 | Lose | 2–1 | ![]() |
MD | 6 | 9 Jul 2010 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
UD | 4 | 6 Mar 2009 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (4), 1:16 | 6 Sep 2008 | ![]() |
Professional debut |
Reference List
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sam Laskaris (2014). "Native Boxer Wins Women's IBA Crown". Indian Country Today Media Network. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- ↑ "Kali Reis". BoxRec. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- ↑ "Kali Active". TB Data. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- ↑ Gia Bolton (2015). "WHAT A KNOCKOUT: AN INTERVIEW WITH K.O. KALI REIS". Native Max Magazine. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kali Reis Interview". Women's Boxing Archive Network. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- 1 2 3 4 Dawn Karima (2014). "Native Knockout". PowWows.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- 1 2 3 4 Girlboxing (2014). "K.O. Mequinonoag Reis: Exclusive Q & A Ahead Of Her May 3, 2014 Fight!". Girlboxing. Retrieved 2015-09-25.