Mohammed Aly Reda (born February 19, 1975, in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
) is an Egyptian
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
who competed in the Super Heavyweight class (over 91 kg) at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
and won the silver medal.
At the AllAfrica Games 2003 he lost the final to
Gbenga Oluokun
Gbenga Oluokun (born 14 June 1983) is a boxer from Nigeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native West African country. He has faced former world champions and contenders Manuel Charr, Lamon Brewster, Kubrat Pulev, Robert ...
.
At the Olympics he beat
Carlos Takam
Armand Carlos Netsing Takam (born 6 December 1980) is a Cameroonian-born French professional boxer. He has challenged once for the unified WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO heavyweight titles against in 2017. As an amateur, he represented Cameroon a ...
,
Jaroslavas Jaksto and sensationally
Michel López Núñez but injured himself and lost the final by walkover.
After the Olympics, despite plenty of interest, Aly decided not to turn pro. Aly instead began a business venture with fellow Egyptian Olympic boxing teammate Neith Mohan.
References
*
1975 births
Living people
Olympic boxers of Egypt
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Egypt
Olympic medalists in boxing
Sportspeople from Cairo
Egyptian male boxers
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
African Games silver medalists for Egypt
African Games medalists in boxing
Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games
Super-heavyweight boxers
{{Egypt-Olympic-medalist-stub