Kali Reis

Kali Reis was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 24, 1986[1][2][3][5][6] and is the youngest of five children.[7] Kali has Cherokee, Nipmuc, and Seaconke Wampanoag ancestry.[1][8] Reis and her siblings were raised by their mother in East Providence, Rhode Island.[7][8] Reis was an athletic child often playing rough sports with the neighborhood boys.[7] As a child she attended and competed in powwows regularly.[7] Since junior through high school she was active on basketball and softball leagues. At age 15 she picked up boxing, and began to be coached by a friend of her mother's Domingo Tall Dog.[7][9] Reis later went to school for criminology and also learned how to fix motorcycles at MTTI.[8] Reis continued her training at Peter Manfredo's Sr. gym to improve her skills.[7]

In 2012, Kali was involved in a serious motorcycle accident which put her out for the boxing season, but she returned in 2013.[9] Kali fought for the WIBA title in November 2013.[1] Reis gained further attention in the sport after the match.[9] On November 12, 2014 Reis won the IBA crown defeating Teresa Perozzi in Bermuda.[1][8] Reis also coaches boxing for youth and works as a trainer.[9] In April 2016, Reis won her first major world title in New Zealand against Maricela Cornejo for the vacant WBC World Middleweight title.

Boxing record for Kali Reis from BoxRec