Joy Ali
{{short description|Fijian boxer}}
{{Infobox boxer
| name = Joy Ali
| nationality ={{flagicon|Fiji}} Fijian
| realname = Zulfikar Joy Ali
| nickname = Jet
| weight = Middleweight
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1978|12|22}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|1|5|1978|12|22}}
| death_place = Suva, Fiji
| style = Orthodox
| total = 51
| wins = 31
| KO = 26
| losses = 13
| draws = 6
| no contests = 1
}}
Zulfikar Joy Ali (22 December 1978 – 5 January 2015) was a Fijian boxer. He had won 31 boxing matches in his career.
Boxing career
In 1995, Ali's first reported boxing match was against Raven, whom he defeated in the fourth round by a KO at the National Indoor Stadium, Suva, Fiji.[http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=58511&cat=boxer Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316062535/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=58511&cat=boxer |date=2015-03-16 }}, boxrec.com; accessed 5 January 2015. He won the vacant Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) light middleweight title against the former World Amateur bronze medalist Ercüment Aslan of Turkey.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-boxers-also-take-their-turn-in-style.aspx?pageID=438&n=turkish-boxers-also-take-their-turn-in-style-1997-06-21|title = Turkish News - Latest News from Turkey}}
Personal life
Ali was a very religious person and followed the Islamic faith.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=291070 |title=Hundreds farewell former champ - Fiji Times Online |access-date=2016-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205042215/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=291070 |archive-date=2017-12-05 |url-status=dead }} He sold razor blades with his younger brother to start off his boxing career.{{Cite web|url=http://fijisun.com.fj/2015/01/10/opinion-joy-ali-a-life-of-struggles/|title=OPINION: Joy Ali, A Life of Struggles}} Ali died on 5 January 2015, aged 36, at the CWM Hospital in Suva.{{cite web |url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/sports/joy-alis-death-shocking-for-his-family/ |title=Joy Ali's death shocking for his family |publisher=FBC News |date=5 January 2015 |access-date=12 April 2023 }} His death was a suicide.{{cite news|last1=Chandar|first1=Reginald|title=Professional boxer Joy Ali dies|url=http://fijilive.com/sports/news/2015/01/famous-professional-boxer-joy-ali-dies/36103.Fijilive|accessdate=8 July 2015|publisher=Fiji Live|date=January 5, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708182155/http://fijilive.com/sports/news/2015/01/famous-professional-boxer-joy-ali-dies/36103.Fijilive|archivedate=8 July 2015}} Ali is survived by his wife and three children.
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