[2] Ibrahim Balla was born in Werribee to an Albanian family that immigrated from Albania to Australia prior to his birth.

By 2012, he had won five Australian titles and a silver medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India.

2008 Commonwealth Youth Games – Silver Medal[7] 2009 AIBA Presidents Cup – Bronze Medal (57 kg)[8] 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.

The Australian Olympic boxing team included notable current professional boxers WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn, Damien Hooper, Australian team captain Luke Jackson, Cameron Hammond and ibrahim's roommate Jai Opetaia.

In the round of 32 Ibrahim faced Aboubakr Seddik Lbida, beating the Moroccan on a count back.

Ibrahim won his first professional title on 25 June 2014 against Akrapong Nakthaem of Thailand at The Melbourne Pavilion Flemington.

Ibrahim won his second professional title in his first 10-round bout on 7 August 2015 against experienced Filipino boxer Roberto Lerio.

"[10] On 19 August 2017 Ibrahim took on former WBC world title challenger Silvester Lopez, who recently took Tasmanian featherweight contender Luke Jackson the distance.

"[10] In August 2017, it was announced that Ibrahim would fight the tough undefeated Tanzanian boxer Salimu Jengo "Mtango" (9–0, 6 KOs) for the vacant WBA Oceania Featherweight title at the Function Centre, Melbourne Park on 21 October.

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.

"[11] Ibrahim had to overcome a number of cuts caused by head clashes throughout the bout that left him needing 15 stitches.