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Ibrahim Balla (born 1 October 1990) is an Australian professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2012 Summer Olympics in the bantamweight division.
Ibrahim Balla won his first Australian junior title in 2001 when he was just 11 years old. By 2012, he had won five Australian titles and a silver medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India. Victory in the Australian and Oceania titles in 2012 earned him a place in the Australian Olympic Team.
2008 Commonwealth Youth Games – Silver Medal
2009 AIBA Presidents Cup – Bronze Medal (57 kg)
Finished Top 10 in the world 2012
Ibrahim joined the AIS as part of their Boxing program, this program gave scholarship holders access to world class Olympic-standard training facilities as well as internationally renowned sports science and sports medicine practitioners. Ibrahim spent 3 years under the national program.
In the round of 32 Ibrahim faced Aboubakr Lbida, beating the Moroccan on a count back. In the second round, the round of 16, Ibrahim went down in a close fight to Bulgarian Detelin Dalakliev 14–10.
| Round of 32 Bout 11 | LBIDA, Aboubakr Seddik (MAR) | +16 – 16 | Win |
| Round of 16 Bout 6 | DALAKLIEV, Detelin (BUL) | 14–10 | Loss |
| Final Placing 9 / 28 | |||
Ibrahim is trained by former Australian super middleweight champion Lim Jeka of Jeka Boxing Academy and his strength and conditioning coach is Dirk Lamb. Team Balla training base is located at The Gym Yarraville.
The fight was split on the judges' scorecards when Balla walked into a hard uppercut in the third round, followed by another. The referee took a long hard look at Balla and waved off the contest to save him from further punishment.
"I wasn’t at my best, mentally or physically for that fight," admits Balla. "You can make up a million excuses as to why you lost, but as a professional fighter I think the best way to look at it is he's beaten me, move on from there and become a better fighter."
"I try to make no excuses. I lost fair and square."
In a post fight interview Ibrahim said "I'm feeling pretty good right about now," "I know that we’ve put a lot of hard work in throughout this year, so it’s very rewarding and satisfying right now."
Ibrahim had to overcome a number of cuts caused by head clashes throughout the bout that left him needing 15 stitches.
"We had a few headclashes," said Balla, who ended the contest with an inch long cut over his left eye. "Mtango was an awkward customer. But my team did a great job stopping the bleeding so it didn't worry me too much."
| +Professional Record Summary | ||
| Fights | Win | Loss |
| 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 7 Wins by KO | ||
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Salimu Jengo | UD | 10 | 21 Oct 2017 | Function Centre Melbourne Park, Melbourne | Won vacant WBA Oceania Featherweight Title |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Silvester Lopez | UD | 10 | 19 Aug 2017 | Function Centre Melbourne Park, Melbourne | |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Vergil Puton | UD | 10 | 18 Mar 2017 | Function Centre Melbourne Park, Melbourne | |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Agus Kustiawan | KO | 5/10 | 10 Dec 2016 | Function Centre Melbourne Park, Melbourne | |
| 10 | Loss | 9–1 | Neil John Tabanao | TKO | 3/10 | 11 Jun 2016 | Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo | For vacant WBO Oriental Featherweight Title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Emanuel Micallef | TKO | 2/10 | 18 Mar 2016 | The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington | Won vacant Australian Featherweight Title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Roberto Lerio | UD | 10 | 7 Aug 2015 | The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington | Won vacant Australian Super Bantamweight Title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Alvin Bais | TKO | 2/6 | 5 Jun 2015 | The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Aekkawee Kaewmanee | UD | 6 | 15 Aug 2014 | The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Akrapong Nakthaem | TKO | 2/8 | 25 Jun 2014 | The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington | Won vacant Australia – Victoria State Super Bantamweight Title |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Kitirai Kheawswei | KO | 2/6 | 1 Mar 2014 | The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Anuntachai Somnuek | UD | 4 | 12 Sep 2013 | The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Ekkalak Saenchan | TKO | 1/4 | 25 Jul 2013 | The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Jasper Buhat | KO | 1/4 | 21 Feb 2013 | The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington |
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