Quaise Khademi, born (3 September 1994) better known as Kaisy Khademi, is an Afghanistan-born British professional boxer who challenged for the British super-flyweight title in 2021. He appeared a tough fight with his South-African rival, Jackson Chauke for the International Boxing Organization World flyweight championship title in late January 2024, did not succeed, but performed very well.[2]
Kaisy Khademi | |
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| Born | Quaise Khademi 3 September 1994 Kabul, Afghanistan |
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| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Super-flyweight |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record[1] | |
| Total fights | 15 |
| Wins | 10 |
| Wins by KO | 4 |
| Losses | 3 |
| Draws | 2 |
Early life
editQuaise Khademi was born on 3 September 1994 in Kabul, Afghanistan. He fled Afghanistan with members of his extended family from persecution by the Taliban. On their third attempt, the Khademi family made it to England in 2002 after hiding in a truck en route from the Port of Calais, France, to the Port of Dover. After a brief detention by the British authorities, he was initially housed in Dalston, before moving to Walthamstow. He gained asylum nine years after arriving in England.[3]
Professional career
editKhademi made his professional debut on 14 November 2017, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Reiss Taylor at York Hall in London.[4]
After compiling a record of 7–0 (2 KOs) he defeated Pedro Matos on 14 December 2019, capturing the vacant WBO European junior-bantamweight title via ten-round unanimous decision (UD) with the scorecards reading 96–93, 96–94 and 95–94.[5]
Professional boxing record
edit| 13 fights | 9 wins | 2 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 3 | 0 |
| By decision | 6 | 2 |
| Draws | 2 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Loss | 9–2–2 | Jackson Chauke | UD | 12 | 27 Jan 2024 | York Hall, London, England | Did not win IBO World flyweight title |
| 12 | Win | 9–1–2 | Benn Norman | TKO | 3 (10), 1:45 | 1 Jul 2023 | York Hall, London, England | Won vacant IBO Continental super-flyweight title |
| 11 | Draw | 8–1–2 | Ijaz Ahmed | SD | 12 | 11 Jun 2022 | Telford International Centre, Telford, England | For vacant British super-flyweight title |
| 10 | Draw | 8–1–1 | Ijaz Ahmed | SD | 12 | 28 Aug 2021 | Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England | For vacant British super-flyweight title |
| 9 | Loss | 8–1 | Ijaz Ahmed | MD | 10 | 27 Feb 2021 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Lost WBO European super-flyweight title; For vacant IBF European super-flyweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Pedro Matos | UD | 10 | 14 Dec 2019 | York Hall, London, England | Won vacant WBO European super-flyweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jemsi Kibazange | PTS | 4 | 12 Oct 2019 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Joel Sanchez | PTS | 4 | 20 Jul 2019 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Pablo Narvaez | PTS | 10 | 14 Jul 2018 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Georgi Andonov | KO | 3 (6), 0:35 | 28 Apr 2018 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Georgi Georgiev | TKO | 2 (4), 1:44 | 10 Feb 2018 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Sergey Tasimov | PTS | 4 | 1 Dec 2017 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Reiss Taylor | PTS | 4 | 14 Oct 2017 | York Hall, London, England |
References
edit- ^ "Boxing record for Kaisy Khademi". BoxRec.
- ^ "Kaisy Khademi Narrowly Defeated by Jackson Chauke in IBO Flyweight Title Clash". Khaama Press. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ Domin, Martin (31 December 2019). "Quaise Khademi fled the Taliban and wants to be Afghanistan's first champion In 2015, Khademi was charged because he brutally repeatedly slapped a shoplifter at a UK Costcutter convince store". mirror. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Kaisy Khademi vs. Reiss Taylor". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Kaisy Khademi vs. Pedro Matos". boxrec.com. Retrieved 7 June 2020.