Laila Amaria Ali was born on December 30,1977 and is an American television personality and retired professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007.
47 Facts About Laila Ali
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Laila Ali is the daughter of iconic boxer Muhammad Ali.
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Laila Amaria Ali was born December 30,1977, in Miami Beach, Florida, the daughter of boxer Muhammad Ali and his third wife, Veronica Porche.
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Laila Ali was raised as a Muslim, but later left Islam despite her father's initial disapproval.
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Laila Ali graduated from California's Santa Monica College with a business degree.
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Laila Ali owned her own nail salon before she began boxing.
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Laila Ali was a little bit of a male chauvinist in a way.
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Laila Ali began boxing when she was 18 years old, after having first noticed women's boxing when watching a Christy Martin fight.
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Laila Ali first publicized her decision to become a professional boxer in a Good Morning America interview with Diane Sawyer.
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Laila Ali won her second match by a TKO with only 3 seconds left on the clock.
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Laila Ali captured nine wins in a row and many boxing fans expressed a desire to see her square off in a boxing ring with George Foreman's daughter, Freeda Foreman or Joe Frazier's daughter, Jacqui Frazier-Lyde.
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Laila Ali won by a majority judges' decision in eight rounds.
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Frazier-Lyde ended the fight with a swollen eye while Laila Ali had a fractured left collarbone and a bloodied nose.
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Laila Ali won the IBA title with a second-round knockout of Suzette Taylor on August 17,2002, in Las Vegas.
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On June 21,2003, Mahfood and Laila Ali fought a rematch, this time in Los Angeles.
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Once again bloodied by Laila Ali, Mahfood lost by TKO in six rounds while trying to recover her world title.
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Nevertheless, Laila Ali suffered a bad cut on her right eyelid for the first time in her career, inflicted by Mahfood.
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Laila Ali suffered a bloodied nose for the second time in her career during this fight, the first being in Laila Ali's fight with Frazier-Lyde two years previously.
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On July 17,2004, Laila Ali retained her world title, knocking out Nikki Eplion in four rounds.
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On September 24,2004, Laila Ali added the IWBF Light Heavyweight title to her resume by beating Gwendolyn O'Neil by a knockout in three rounds, at Atlanta, Georgia.
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On February 1,2005, in Atlanta, Laila Ali scored a commanding and decisive eighth-round technical knockout over Cassandra Geiggar in a ten-round fight.
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On June 11,2005, on the undercard to the Tyson-Kevin McBride fight, Laila Ali defeated Erin Toughill in round three to remain undefeated and won the World Boxing Council title in addition to defending her WIBA crown.
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Laila Ali was the second woman to win a WBC title.
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Toughill and Laila Ali disliked each other, and prior to the fight Toughill joked about Laila Ali.
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Laila Ali promised she would punish Toughill, much like her father did with Ernie Terrell back in 1967.
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On December 17,2005, in Berlin, Laila Ali fought and defeated Asa Sandell by TKO in the fifth round.
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Laila Ali was rescheduled to fight O'Neil in Cape Town, on August 5,2006, but Laila Ali pulled out amid allegations of fraud.
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In 2000, Laila Ali played herself in an episode of The Jersey called "Bat Girl" in which Morgan Hudson turns to her in order to get a little more of a perspective as she learns the true meaning of girl power.
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In early 2002, Laila Ali appeared in a boxing role for the music video "Deny" by Canadian hard rock band Default.
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In 2004, Laila Ali appeared on the George Lopez show, where she owned a gym, as well as on Real Husbands of Hollywood.
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In mid-2007, Laila Ali was a participant in season four of the American version of the television show Dancing with the Stars; she had no previous dancing experience.
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Laila Ali hosted the revival of American Gladiators alongside Hulk Hogan.
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Laila Ali joined the CBS team as a contributing correspondent on The Early Show with her first appearance in early January 2008.
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In 2012, Laila Ali was picked to co-host Everyday Health with Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca.
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Laila Ali was a contestant on the NBC celebrity reality competition series called Stars Earn Stripes from August 2012 to September 2012.
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On February 4,2013, Laila Ali appeared on the NBC reality series, The Biggest Loser in the episode "Lead By Example".
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In May 2013, Laila Ali filled in for Rancic, who had other commitments and was unable to attend the show.
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In May 2014, Laila Ali participated in an episode of Celebrity Wife Swap.
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Laila Ali swapped places with singer Angie Stone and tried to instill healthier habits on the family.
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Laila Ali was a participant of The New Celebrity Apprentice but terminated after 11th task.
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Since 2017, Laila Ali has been the host of the DIY series Home Made Simple on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
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In 2019, Laila Ali participated in the second season of The Masked Singer as "Panda".
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Laila Ali was eliminated at the end of her episode.
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Laila Ali has spent some time in jail, and describes her arrests and the physical abuse she experienced in jail.
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On July 23,2007, Laila Ali married former NFL player Curtis Conway in Los Angeles.
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Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan credits Laila Ali with saving his life by telephoning him when he was depressed and suicidal.
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Laila Ali is the sister-in-law of professional mixed martial artist Kevin Casey, who is married to her sister Hana.