Who is Laila Ali? Retired unbeaten boxer and daughter of boxing great Muhammad Ali
JUST like her late father Muhammad, Laila Ali proved to be a bit special inside the ropes.
Laila hung up her gloves in 2007 with an undefeated record of 24 wins.
Who is Laila Ali, and what is her background?
Ali was born on December 30, 1977 in Miami Beach, Florida.
She’s the daughter of Muhammad Ali and his third wife Veronica Porche Ali, and the eighth of her father’s nine children.
What was Laila Ali’s boxing record?
She retired undefeated, and held the WBC, WIBA, IWBF and IBA super-middleweight titles, plus the IWBF light-heavyweight title.
Ali competed in the sport between 1999-2007.
She fought in the first ever pay-per-view card headlined by women – when she took on Joe Frazier’s daughter Jackie Frazier-Lyde in June 2001. The fight card was named Ali/Frazier IV – in reference to their father’s famous trilogy of fights.
What did late father, Muhammad Ali, think of her becoming a boxer?
Laila Ali has revealed that when she first told her father she was planning on becoming a professional boxer he was initially unhappy about her entering such as dangerous profession.
Who is Laila Ali married to?
Ali married former NFL player Curtis Conway on July 23, 2007. They have two children together – son Curtis Muhammad Conway Jr (born in 2008) and Sydney Jurldine Conway (born 2011).
Conway was her second husband. She had been married to her former manager Johnny McClain.
Has she appeared on TV?
Yes, plenty of times.
Ali has appeared on The Celebrity Apprentice, Chopped: All Stars, Celebrity Wife Swap, Yo Gabba Gabba! and hosted American Gladiators.
