Afghan Biographies

Rahimi, Hamid


Name Rahimi, Hamid
Ethnic backgr. Hazara
Date of birth 1983
Function/Grade German-Afghan Athlete (Boxer)
History and Biodata

3. Biodata:
rahimi_hamidHamidullah Rahimi Hameed Rahimy was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12. Sep, 1983. In 1992, he fled the civil  war and came to Hamburg, Germany with his parents and three siblings. After finishing school in Hamburg In 1998, At the age of 14 the very first thing he did was to acquire the basic skills of Thai boxing. Obsessed with  his goal to become stronger and better, Hamid spent several months in 2002 in a training camp  in Thailand, which is the birth place of Thai boxing. Isolated from the outside world, he learned  new techniques and defeated his first opponent in the ring. The move to amateur boxing sealed  the bond of the athlete with boxing for good. The fights were no longer carried out on the streets  but only within the four ropes of the ring.

In 2003, he was discovered by the renowned trainer Owen Reece and became his protege. In  2004, boxing briefly took a back seat as he opened a Restaurant-Bar named Buddha Lounge in  Hamburg. The idea to combine the culture of Southeast Asia with modern European design was a  very successful one. Despite this, Hamid gave up his job as a restaurateur in order to return to  his calling as a boxer.

On 10. Nov 2006 Hamid Rahimi entered the ring for the first time under the name of "The Dragon"  - his successful professional debut. Hamid Rahimi's sporting career shows a shining track record  as an unbeaten professional boxer.

In February 2012, he won the World Boxing Union (WBU) Championship, by defeating his Belarusian rival in Hamburg. Subsequently, he visited Kabul and he was received by the Afghan Olympic committee, and the youth as a national hero. Later, President Hamid Karzai decorated the world boxing champion, with the Mir Masjidi Khan high government medal. Mir Masjidi was a famous Afghan hero who fought against the British during the first Anglo-Afghan War.

Rahimi, 29, who has lived in Germany for the past 20 years, has been playing boxing for a decade and a half. An Afghan by origin, the pugilist has won 20 of the 21 matches he has played so far," the reports said, adding the event will took place in a giant tent in western edge of Afghan capital Kabul.

Afghan-German boxer Hamid Rahimi is now (2012) preparing to make history. He'll step into the ring on October 30 for the first international boxing event in Afghanistan in 30 years. Rahimi will fight Tanzania’s Said Mbelwa for the Intercontinental Middleweight Championship being held in Kabul in the Loya Jirga Tent. It's a World Boxing Organization-sanctioned event dubbed "Fight 4 Peace." Rahimi knocked out Tanzanian boxer Said Mbelwa in the middle of the seventh round.(20121030)

Hamid Rahimi once again defended his WBU Intercontinental middleweight belt after defeating a Russian boxer in Hamburg Germany on 20130525 night. Rahimi stepped into the ring to defend his title and defeated his rival in the sixth round of the championship.(20130526)

Last Modified 2013-05-26
Established 2012-10-30