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Laila Ali

Statistics
Real name	Laila Ali
Nickname(s)	Lay Lay
Rated at	Super middleweight, 72.5 kg1
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)1
Reach	1.79 m
Nationality	United States
Birth date	December 30, 1977 (1977-12-30) (age 31)
Birth place	Miami Beach, Florida
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	24
Wins	24
Wins by KO	21
Losses	0
Draws	0
No contests	0

Laila Ali (born December 30, 1977 in Miami Beach, Florida) is a professional boxer. She is the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali and his third wife Veronica Porsche Ali. She was their second child and is the most famous of the nine children born to Muhammad Ali.

Ali has a degree in business from Santa Monica College and previously owned a Balloon and Halloween mask shop in California before becoming a boxer. She is 5' 10"  (1.78 m), with a reach of 70.4" , and weighs around 160 lbs (72.5 kg).

Contents 1 Boxing career 1.1 2002 1.2 2003 1.3 2004 1.4 2005 1.5 2006 2 Professional boxing record 3 Criticism 4 Personal life 5 Television 5.1 Dancing with the Stars 5.2 American Gladiators 5.3 The Early Show 5.4 The N's Student Body 5.5 Yo Gabba Gabba 6 References 7 External links

Boxing career

In her first bout, on December 8, 1999, Ali knocked out April Fowler in the first round. She ran off eight wins in a row and many boxing fans started talking about wanting to see her square off in a boxing ring with George Foreman's daughter, Freeda Foreman, or Joe Frazier's daughter, Jackie Frazier-Lyde. On the evening of June 8, 2001, Ali and Frazier finally met. The fight was nicknamed Ali/Frazier IV in allusion to their fathers' famous fight trilogy. Ali won by a majority judges' decision in eight rounds.

2002

After a year's hiatus, on June 7, 2002 Ali beat Shirvelle Williams in a six-round decision. She won the IBA title with a second-round knockout of Suzette Taylor on August 17 in Las Vegas. On November 9, she retained that title and unified the crown by adding the WIBA and IWBF belts with an eight-round TKO win over her division's other world champion, Valerie Mahfood, in Las Vegas. Mahfood and Laila Ali met in a long awaited bout on November 8, 2002. A bloodied Mahfood was stopped by Ali in eight rounds in a fight that unified the IWBF world title with the WIBA title.

2003

On June 21, 2003, Mahfood and Ali had a rematch, this time in Los Angeles. Once again bloodied by Muhammad Ali's daughter, Mahfood lost by TKO in six while trying to recover her world title. But at the same time, for the first time in Laila Ali's boxing career, she suffered a bad cut on her right eyelid and a bloodied nose, something no other female boxer has done to Laila Ali to this day. Laila was left with a permanent scar as a reminder of that tough fight she had with Mahfood. On August 23, 2003, Ali fought Christy Martin. She beat Martin by a knockout in four rounds.

2004

On July 17, 2004, she retained her world title, knocking out Nikki Eplion in four rounds. Ali dropped Eplion four times before the fight was stopped. 30 July 2004, she stopped Monica Nunez in nine rounds, in her father's native city of Louisville. This fight was part of the undercard for the fight in which Mike Tyson was surprisingly knocked out by fringe contender Danny Williams. On September 24, 2004, she added the IWBF Light Heavyweight title to her resume by beating O'Neil (whom she had canceled a fight against) by a knockout in three rounds, at Atlanta, Georgia. Her success led her into a TV show guest star such as in a boxing episode of George Lopez.

2005

On February 1, 2005 in Atlanta, Ali scored a commanding and decisive eighth round technical knockout over Cassandra Geigger in a ten-round fight. On June 11, 2005, on the undercard to the Tyson-Kevin McBride fight, Ali pounded Erin Toughill into submission in round three to remain undefeated, and won the World Boxing Council title in addition to defending her WIBA crown. (The Ali-Toughill bout is considered one of the most violent female to female fights in history.) She was the second woman to win a WBC title (Jackie Nava was the first). Toughill and Ali disliked each other, and prior to the fight Toughill joked about Ali. Ali promised she would punish Toughill, much like her father did with Ernie Terrell back in 1967. On December 17, 2005, in Berlin, Laila fought and defeated Åsa Sandell by TKO in the fifth round. The decision was heavily disputed. The audience booed Ali during her post-fight interview.

2006

While a guest on Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith on June 7, 2006, Ali announced that she would be making a world tour, and said that she was looking forward to fighting Ann Wolfe on an October 2006 date. The fight with Wolfe never materialized. Instead, on November 11, 2006, Ali fought and defeated Shelley Burton by TKO in the fourth round. Ali was supposed to fight O’Neil again in Cape Town, on August 5, 2006, but she pulled out amid allegations of fraud. In addition, the local promoter couldn't raise the final $1,325,000 installment of her $1,525,000 purse. The South African government is investigating the fraud allegations, according to an exposé in the Cape Times.

Professional boxing record

24 Wins (21 knockouts, 3 decisions), 0 Losses (0 decisions, 0 retirement), 0 Draws
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd, Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	2-0-0	Shadina Pennybaker	TKO	4	1999-11-10	Chester, Virginia
Win	1-0-0	April Fowler	KO	1 (15)	1999-12-08	Verona, New York

Criticism

Other top women's boxing champions such as Ann Wolfe (24-1), Vonda Ward (23-1), Leatitia Robinson (15-1 pro; 37-1 am), and Natasha Ragosina (21-0) have claimed in interviews that they have challenged Laila Ali many times over the years, but Laila has always found ways of avoiding them. Boxing writers and fans have repeatedly expressed disappointment in Ali's failure to fight the top contenders over the years.

Personal life

In 2002 Ali wrote (with co-author David Ritz) the book Reach! Finding Strength, Spirit, and Personal Power, meant to motivate and inspire young people. Like her father, Ali is a Muslim.²

Ali married Johnny "Yahya" McClain on August 27, 2000. She met McClain through her sister Hana at her father's 57th birthday party. McClain became Ali's manager and helped guide her career. In late 2005 Ali and McClain divorced and McClain quit managing Ali. On July 23, 2007, Ali married former NFL player Curtis Conway in Los Angeles. Laila has three stepchildren with Conway, twelve-year-old twin sons Cameron and Kelton and eight-year-old Leilani.³ In August 26, 2008 Laila gave birth to her son Curtis Muhammad Conway Jr.

Television

Dancing with the Stars

In mid-2007, Ali was a participant in the fourth season of the American version of the television show Dancing with the Stars.⁴ She had no previous dancing experience. Her professional dancing partner was Maksim Chmerkovskiy. The pair were widely praised by the judges, receiving the first "10" from judge Len Goodman for their rumba. They came in third place in the competition, losing to Apolo Anton Ohno (with Julianne Hough) and Joey Fatone (with Kym Johnson).

American Gladiators

Laila is the new female host on the revival of American Gladiators alongside Hulk Hogan. The show premiered in January 2008.⁵

Laila and the cast of American Gladiators appeared on the new NBC Celebrity Family Feud.

The Early Show

Laila also has joined the CBS team as a contributing correspondent on The Early Show with her first appearance in early January 2008.

The N's Student Body

Laila Ali began hosting The N's Student Body, the new reality show on The N. This show is about teens trying to get into shape. She currently isn't shooting the show anymore.

Yo Gabba Gabba

Laila also appeared in a 2007 episode of Yo Gabba Gabba titled "Train" in a brief dance number.

References

External links

• Laila Ali's Official site
• Professional boxing record for Laila Ali from Boxrec
• Laila Ali at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Laila Ali 2007

Preceded by Valerie Mahfood	2nd IWBF World Super Middleweight Champion November 8, 2002 – present	Current holder
	2nd WIBA World Super Middleweight Champion November 8, 2002 – present
New award	1st WBC Female World Super Middleweight Champion November 11, 2006 – present
Preceded by Mike Adamle (1989–96) Dan Clark (1995–96)	Host of American Gladiators with Hulk Hogan 2008–present	Incumbent

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