UBO Challenger: Zulfikar Joy Ali

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MAY 10, 2023 / BY BY UBO PRESS OFFICER

In December of 2009 “The Jet” challenged for the Universal Boxing Organization™ (UBO) Inter-Continental Super Middleweight title, in his home-town Suva, against Ghanaian Joseph Kwadjo.

His first recorded professional bout took place in October of 1995, and it is unclear if he had any between that victory over compatriot Raven Singh and winning the Fiji national Lightweight title in November of 1997.

Incredibly, he went on to also win Fiji national titles at Super Lightweight, Welterweight, Super Welterweight, Middleweight and Super Middleweight, as well as South Seas, Oceania and Pan Asia titles.

The UBO title fight against Kwadjo, who entered the fight with an 18-3 record, was huge in Fiji, and the Vodafone Arena was packed to the rafters.

But the fans went home disappointed, not due to lack of entertainment, but because the visiting fighter was declared the winner by unanimous decision (115-113, 118-114, 118-11) after a close affair.

Ali boxed another couple of years, winning some and losing some, including a couple of regional title fights. His final fight, in November of 2011, was a rematch with Kwadjo which he lost by second round stoppage.

According to BoxRec Ali´s final record stands at 31-13-6 (26). In 2014 he was planning a comeback, but it never materialized.

In early January of 2015 news broke that Ali had died in hospital, a consequence of a suicide attempt following a domestic dispute a few weeks earlier. He was only thirty-six years old.