Kali Reis
| Kali Reis | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Kali Reis |
| Nickname(s) | K.O. Mequinonoag[1] |
| Rated at |
Lightweight Middleweight |
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
January 1, 1986 Providence, Rhode Island |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Lose | 10–6–1 |  Christina Hammer |
UD | 10 | 5 Nov 2016 |  Ballhaus Forum, Munich, Bayern, Germany |
WBO & WBC World female middleweight titles |
| 16 | Win | 10–5–1 |  Althea Saunders |
UD | 8 | 15 Jul 2016 | Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA |
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| 15 | Win | 9–5–1 | Maricela Cornejo |
SD | 10 | 16 Apr 2016 |  The Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand |
vacant WBC World female middleweight title |
| 14 | Win | 8–5–1 | Victoria Cisneros |
TKO | 1 (10) 1:31 | 19 Feb 2016 | Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA |
vacant Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) World female middleweight title |
| 13 | Lose | 7–5–1 |  Hanna Gabriel |
UD | 10 | 17 Oct 2015 | Estadio Edgardo Baltodano, Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica |
WBO World female super welterweight title |
| 12 | Lose | 7–4–1 | Christina Hammer |
UD | 10 | 2 May 2015 | Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, Thüringen, Germany |
WBO World female middleweight title |
| 11 | Win | 7–3–1 | Teresa Perozzi |
TKO | 3 (10) 0:51 | 21 Nov 2014 |  Fairmont Southampton Resort, Southampton, Bermuda |
vacant International Boxing Association female middleweight title |
| 10 | Lose | 6–3–1 |  Mikaela Lauren |
UD | 8 | 18 Jul 2014 |  Pabellon Municipal, Sedavi, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain |
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| 9 | Win | 6–2–1 | Marva Dash |
DQ | 4 (6) 1:41 | 03 Mar 2014 | Irish Cultural Center, Canton, Massachusetts, USA |
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| 8 | Lose | 5–2–1 | Tori Nelson |
UD | 10 | 07 Nov 2013 | Martin's Valley Mansion, Cockeysville, Maryland, USA |
Women's International Boxing Association World welterweight title |
| 7 | Win | 5–1–1 | Lyneisha Jefferson |
PTS | 4 | 29 Jun 2012 | Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
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| 6 | Win | 4–1–1 | Marva Dash |
UD | 4 | 9 Mar 2012 | Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
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| 5 | Win | 3–1–1 | Kate Aversa |
TKO | 2 (4) | 9 Dec 2011 | Civic Center, West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA |
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| 4 | Draw | 2–1–1 | Sarah Kuhn |
SD | 6 | 28 Oct 2011 | Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Albany, New York, USA |
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| 3 | Lose | 2–1 |  Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes |
MD | 6 | 9 Jul 2010 | Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA |
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes |
UD | 4 | 6 Mar 2009 | Memorial Hall, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA |
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Betsy Rowell |
TKO | 2 (4), 1:16 | 6 Sep 2008 | The Roxy, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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.