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British-Somali boxer Ramla Ali, 36, won her first world title with a split-decision victory over American Mikiah Kreps in Arlington, Texas, claiming the WBO and IBF junior featherweight belts. Despite being outlanded 115-78 overall and trailing 91-70 in power punches, Ali secured the win with scores of 97-92 and 96-93, while one judge scored it 98-91 for Kreps. Ali, who fled Somalia's civil war as a child and settled in London, became the first Somali boxer to compete at the Olympics and the first Muslim woman to win an English amateur boxing title.
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