Qamil Balla

Qamil Balla
Born	Qamil Balla (1989-08-10) 10 August 1989 (age 35) Werribee, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Other names	"Golden Boy"
Statistics
Weight(s)	Lightweight Super lightweight
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Reach	175 cm (69 in)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record [1]
Total fights	18
Wins	15
Wins by KO	6
Losses	2
Draws	1

Qamil Balla (born 10 August 1989) is an Australian professional boxer. OPBF welterweight 9th place. WBO Asia Pacific Welterweight 10th place. As an amateur, he competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. ^[2]

Family background

Qamil Balla was born in Werribee to an Albanian family that immigrated from Albania to Australia prior to his birth. ^{[3] [4]} Balla is Muslim. ^[3] Certain members of his family are boxers. His father Nuri was a Victorian champion while his uncle Mitat (also his former coach) was an Australian champion. His younger brother Ibrahim has also won Australian titles and represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the bantamweight division. ^[5]

Qamil starting boxing as a youngster alongside his brother Ibrahim and, by the age of 12, both were competing in – and winning – junior tournaments. ^[6]

Amateur career

As an amateur Balla competed in 70 bouts, with 62 wins. He won multiple Victorian and Australian titles, represented Australia internationally and finished top 30 in the world.

Balla was runner up in selection for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the light welterweight division but missed out to former WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn with Gealan Toulea finishing in third position. Qamil had beaten Horn early in his amateur career in Port Adelaide at the selection trials for the 2009 World Championships but lost in a rematch at the Arafura Games and then in the 64 kg category at the 2012 Olympic trials. ^[7]

Professional career

Victoria State super lightweight champion

Qamil won his first professional title on 25 July 2013 against Nawakon Kitee of Thailand at The Melbourne Pavilion Flemington, Qamil being declared the winner by UD.

Australian super lightweight champion

On 12 September 2013 Qamil won his second professional title in his first 10-round bout against the tough Australian boxer Jack Brubaker at The Melbourne Pavilion Flemington. Qamil won by unanimous points decision with the judges cards reading 96–94, 98–92 and 97–93. ^[8]

On 25 June 2014 Qamil had his first title defence against fellow Melburnian and former Victorian Lightweight Champion Terry Tzouramanis. Qamil won the fight by unanimous points decision with the judge's cards reading 97–91, 98–90 and 99–89. Tzouramanis went down in round 3 and was deducted 1 pt in round 8 for excessive holding.

Interim WBA Oceania lightweight champion

Qamil won his third professional title on 18 March 2017 against experienced Colombian Rodolfo Puente. Referee Ignatius Missailidis stopped the fight at 2:29 in the first round following the second knockdown, Qamil declared the winner by TKO.

Balla Vs Kambosos

On 6 May 2017 Qamil experienced his first professional defeat against George Kambosos Jr. The bout was billed as the semi main event to the Joseph Parker Vs Razvan Cojanu, WBO World Heavyweight Title fight at New Zealand's Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau City.

The two Australians put on the fight of the night with Kambosos taking control early and winning by unanimous points decision. ^[9]

WBA Oceania super lightweight champion

On 4 May 2019 Qamil started the year off with a solid TKO victory over experienced Indonesian Hero Tito for the vacant WBA Oceania Super lightweight title. The win was an impressive victory for Qamil after spending 14 months away from the ring due to a knuckle injury. ^[10]

Professional boxing record

18 fights	15 wins	2 losses
By knockout	8	1
By decision	7	1
Draws	1

No	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
18	Loss	15–2–1	Jin Sasaki	TKO	7/12	3 Sep 2024	Ariake Arena, Tokyo	For WBO Asia Pacific and OPBF welterweight titles
17	Win	15–1–1	Atchariya Wirojanasunobol	TKO	2/10	16 Jun 2023	The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington
16	Win	14–1–1	Ronald Naidu	RTD	1/6	5 Mar 2022	The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington
15	Win	13–1–1	Hero Tito	TKO	6/10	4 May 2019	Grand Star Receptions, Altona North	Won vacant WBA Oceania super lightweight title
14	Win	12–1–1	Adam Diu Abdulhamid	UD	10	11 Mar 2018	Grand Star Receptions, Altona North
13	Loss	11–1–1	George Kambosos Jr.	UD	10	6 May 2017	Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau City
12	Win	11–0–1	Rodolfo Puente	TKO	1/10	18 Mar 2017	Function Centre Melbourne Park, Melbourne	Won interim WBA Oceania lightweight title
11	Win	10–0–1	Musa Letding	KO	5/10	10 Dec 2016	Function Centre Melbourne Park, Melbourne
10	Win	9–0–1	Terdchai Doungmontree	UD	8	13 Aug 2016	Function Centre Melbourne Park, Melbourne
9	Win	8–0–1	Ben Warburton	UD	6	11 Nov 2015	Convention & Exhibition Centre, Melbourne
8	Win	7–0–1	Terry Tzouramanis	UD	10	25 Jun 2014	The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington	Retained Australian super lightweight title
7	Win	6–0–1	Jack Brubaker	UD	10	12 Sep 2013	The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington	Won vacant Australian super lightweight title
6	Win	5–0–1	Nawakon Kitee	UD	8	25 Jul 2013	The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington	Won vacant Australia – Victoria State super lightweight title
5	Win	4–0–1	Jay Thompson	TKO	1/6	28 Apr 2013	Convention & Exhibition Centre, Melbourne
4	Win	3–0–1	Rangson Poonsang	UD	6	21 Feb 2013	The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington
3	Win	2–0–1	Matt Bune	TKO	2/4	7 Sep 2012	The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington
2	Win	1–0–1	Justin Medoro	TKO	2/4	13 Jul 2012	The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington
1	Draw	0–0–1	Allan Jay Tuniacao	D	4	18 May 2012	The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington

References

1. "Boxing record for Qamil Balla". BoxRec .
2. "Fists of fury: Maidana, Froch and Bradley are all winners among the seven greatest fights of 2013". CourierMail. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
3. Waters, Luke (25 February 2013). "Islam guides boxing brothers upwards". SBS.
4. "Westsider Profiles: Ibrahim and Qamil Balla". The Westsider. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
5. "Quamil Balla". NBC Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
6. "Promising athletes given a sporting chance – National – theage.com.au". theage.com.au. February 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
7. "Horn conqueror's 'huge opportunity'" . Retrieved 4 December 2017.
8. "QAMIL BALLA WINS SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT CROWN". anbf.org. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
9. "Aussie wrap-up for May – Boxing Monthly". Boxing Monthly. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
10. "Qamil Balla bounces back from injury to take Oceania belt". Star Weekly. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• Boxing record for Qamil Balla from BoxRec (registration required)