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Kali Reis (born August 24, 1986) is an American professional boxer and actress. She is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC female middleweight title in 2016 and the WBA, WBO, and IBO female light welterweight titles between 2020 and 2022. She also challenged Cecilia Brækhus for the undisputed female welterweight title in 2018. Reis is a member of the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame.
In 2021, Reis made her acting debut as the star of the American thriller film Catch the Fair One. For her performance as a boxer endeavoring to rescue her missing sister, she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She has since starred in the mystery series (2024),for which she received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics Choice Award.
Reis has heritage, and is a member of the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe, a cultural organization for people who claim Wampanoag people ancestry. She has incorporated the name Mequinonoag, given to her by her mother, which she translates as "many feathers" or "many talents", into her boxing nickname, "Knockout Mequinonoag".
Reis was an athletic child and often played rougher sports with the neighborhood boys. She participated in her junior high and high school's and and competed in high school volleyball, basketball, and softball. Reis started boxing at age 14 at Manfredo's Gym in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She was also coached at home by a local Native American boxer who was a friend of her mother.
Reis later attended school for criminology, aiming to be a corrections officer for juveniles. She also learned how to repair motorcycles at MTTI. She continued her training at Manfredos Gym and Big Six Boxing Academy in Providence.
Before going pro, Reis had a successful amateur career, securing the 2007 Rocky Marciano Championship, the 2007 NYC Golden Gloves, and the 2006 New England 154 Championship. While beginning her boxing career, she also worked in nightclub security. During this time, she sued the city after being attacked by a police officer.
HBO broadcast its first women's bout, between Cecilia Brækhus and Reis, on May 5, 2018, which Brækhus won.🖉🖉
Reis won a total of 19 fights during her career, 5 by knockout.
Reis was cast in Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire's 2023 film Asphalt City (originally titled Black Flies, adapted from the 2008 novel of the same name by Shannon Burke), starring Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan, and Katherine Waterston.
In June 2022, Reis was announced as the co-lead of , the fourth season of HBO's anthology crime series. Reis starred alongside Jodie Foster as a detective investigating the disappearance of eight men from an Alaskan research station and that event's possible connection to the earlier murder of a young woman, an Iñupiaq activist.
In February 2022, Reis was honored for her achievements as an athlete and for mentoring local youth by being inducted into the North American Indigenous Athletic Hall of Fame. That same year, she also received the "Misty Upham Award" at the Red National International Film Festival and was honored with a key to the City of East Providence. On March 28, 2024, a panel of Rhode Island House of Representatives recognized Reis with the Community Hero Award for her advocacy and support of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls. The award was inscribed: "She needed a hero, so she became one."
In October 2025, she was named among the inductees for the 2026 International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame class.
She is an active supporter of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) movement.
| 27 | Win | 19–7–1 | Jessica Camara | SD | 10 | November 19, 2021 | ||
| 26 | Win | 18–7–1 | Diana Prazak | UD | 10 | August 20, 2021 | ||
| 25 | Win | 17–7–1 | Kandi Wyatt | UD | 10 | November 6, 2020 | ||
| 24 | Win | 16–7–1 | Patricia Juarez | UD | 6 | August 29, 2019 | ||
| 23 | Win | 15–7–1 | Szilvia Szabados | TKO | 6 (6) | October 18, 2018 | ||
| 22 | Win | 14–7–1 | Paty Ramirez | UD | 8 | June 30, 2018 | ||
| 21 | Loss | 13–7–1 | Cecilia Brækhus | UD | 10 | May 5, 2018 | ||
| 20 | Win | 13–6–1 | Tiffany Woodard | UD | 6 | November 25, 2017 | ||
| 19 | Win | 12–6–1 | Sydney LeBlanc | UD | 6 | October 19, 2017 | ||
| 18 | Win | 11–6–1 | Ashleigh Curry | MD | 6 | May 11, 2017 | ||
| 17 | Loss | 10–6–1 | Christina Hammer | UD | 10 | November 5, 2016 | ||
| 16 | Win | 10–5–1 | Althea Saunders | UD | 8 | July 15, 2016 | ||
| 15 | Win | 9–5–1 | Maricela Cornejo | 10 | April 16, 2016 | |||
| 14 | Win | 8–5–1 | Victoria Cisneros | TKO | 1 (10) | February 19, 2016 | ||
| 13 | Loss | 7–5–1 | Hanna Gabriels | UD | 10 | October 17, 2015 | ||
| 12 | Loss | 7–4–1 | Christina Hammer | UD | 10 | May 2, 2015 | ||
| 11 | Win | 7–3–1 | Teresa Perozzi | TKO | 3 (10) | November 21, 2014 | ||
| 10 | Loss | 6–3–1 | Mikaela Laurén | UD | 8 | July 18, 2014 | ||
| 9 | Win | 6–2–1 | Marva Dash | 4 (6) | March 3, 2014 | |||
| 8 | Loss | 5–2–1 | Tori Nelson | UD | 10 | November 7, 2013 | ||
| 7 | Win | 5–1–1 | Lyneisha Jefferson | 4 | June 29, 2012 | |||
| 6 | Win | 4–1–1 | Marva Dash | UD | 4 | March 9, 2012 | ||
| 5 | Win | 3–1–1 | Kate Aversa | TKO | 2 (4) | December 9, 2011 | ||
| 4 | Draw | 2–1–1 | Sarah Kuhn | 6 | October 28, 2011 | |||
| 3 | Loss | 2–1 | Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes | 6 | July 9, 2010 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes | 4 | March 6, 2009 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Betsy Rowell | 2 (4), | September 6, 2008 |
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| 2021 | Catch the Fair One | Kaylee | Also "story by" |
| 2023 | Asphalt City | Nia | |
| 2025 | Rebuilding | Mali | |
| 2026 | Mercy | Jacqueline "Jaq" Diallo | |
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| 2024 | Evangeline Navarro | Miniseries | |
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