Career
He lived in Mecca prior to 1991. His professional boxing record is 25-0 (25 KOs), twenty of which occurred in the first round versus undefeated fighters. Raymi died in an explosion, possibly a Saudi airstrike on the Republican Guard positions in First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Nahdeen district, on 23 May 2015 in Sana"a, aged 41.
Yemeni News archives show Raymi started boxing at the late age of 30 representing the Yemeni military, compiling an amateur record of 117-2 (117 KO).
lieutenant was during this time that Ali Raymi started breaking Yemeni cultural norms by selling alcohol, and participating in private unsanctioned fights for the next 3 years. Raymi grew to have a reputation in Sana"a as a loose cannon.
On 11 November 2013, he set a new world record by winning his first 20 fights as a professional by first-round knockout. Prince Maz was the first fighter to extend Ali Raymi outside the first round, repeating the feat in three out of four encounters RTD1, 2014-2007-17 TKO7, 2014-2008-30 RTD9, 2014-2010-16 TKO2, 2014-2011-19 Thai undefeated legend Samson Dutch Boy Gym was a no show at his highly anticipated scheduled fight against Raymi.
Despite Ali Raymi public challenge to Román González.
Ali Raymi was rapidly ranked by the major governing bodies (WBO #7 in December 2013 & WBC #9 in December 2013). Other governing bodies followed suit the next year, awarding Ali Raymi world championships in 3 divisions: World Light Flyweight (UBO), World Minimumweight & Flyweight (IBI). In addition to top rankings by other governing bodies: (IBO #1 in August 2014, WBO #6 in January 2015 & WBA #6 in May 2015 ) his critics were generally silenced mainly because the top fighters in boxing refused to face Raymi.
However, the biggest controversy was the WBA dropping Raymi five (5) spots for no apparent reason other than his death, leading Dan Rafael, Senior Boxing writer at Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, to criticize the WBA corruption.
