Ramla Ali won her first world titles by split decision over Mikiah Kreps, taking the vacant IBF and WBO super bantamweight belts in Arlington, Texas.
At MVPW-07 on Nov. 8, two judges scored the 10-round bout for Ali, 97–92 and 96–93. The third scored it 98–91 for Kreps. Ali scored a third-round knockdown and handed Kreps her first professional loss.
Ali, who became Somalia’s first Olympic boxer at the Tokyo Games, improved to 12–2 as a professional. Kreps fell to 11–1.
Source: Most Valuable Promotions’ official result.
Ramla Ali at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2026 (archive). Photo: Marlene Landu, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized.
