In 2017 Ishmael Kadri in grade 11 achieved a silver medal at the S.A. Youth and Junior Boxing Games in the flyweight, under 52kg category. This year he is fighting at bantam weight under 56kg and on 28 July 2018 he achieved Gold at the Cape Town Metropole Open Boxing Organisation (WP).
Ishmael will be taking part in the provincial tournament in Langa on 18 August 2018 and if all goes well, he will go on to the S.A. games in Limpopo during October 2018.