Laila Ali

Laila Ali is known as a former professional boxing champion and media personality. She is most famous for being the daughter of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali.

Parents, Childhood, and Education

Laila Ali was born on December 30, 1977, in Miami Beach, Florida. Laila Ali is the little girl of the amazing fighter Muhammad Ali and his third spouse, Veronica Porsche Ali. Ali experienced childhood in Southern California with her folks and her more seasoned sister, Hana. After a tough period in her teenage years, including time in an adolescent confinement center, she earned a degree in business at Santa Monica College. She worked as a manicurist while going to class and afterward owned a nail salon. She claimed that she had been enlivened to prepare as a fighter by watching a broadcasted battle between female fighters Christy Martin and Deirdre Gogarty in 1996.

Marriage, Husband, and Kids

Ali has been married twice in her life. Her first marriage, to boxing promoter Johnny "Yahya" McClain in 2000, finished in divorce in 2005. In 2007, Ali married retired National Football League player Curtis Conway. Ali and Conway have two children together. A son named Curtis Muhammad was born in 2010 and a little girl named Sydney was born in 2011. Conway additionally has twin boys and a little girl from a past marriage.

Boxing Career and Net Worth

Ali made her professional boxing debut at 21 years old, on October 8, 1999, in a boxing session against April Fowler. She took out her rival 31 seconds into the first round. Throughout the following eight years, she went head to head against many driving female names in boxing. In 2001, she crushed Jacqui Frazier-Lyde, the daughter of fighter Joe Frazier. In a gesture to the longstanding challenge between the two ladies' fathers, the battle was broadcasted as ''Ali versus Frazier IV.''

In 2002, Ali was named Super Middleweight Champion by the International Boxing Association, the Women's International Boxing Association, and the International Women's Boxing Federation. After two years, she included the International Women's Boxing Federation's Light Heavyweight title to her resume. Ali's last battle occurred on February 3, 2007, in Johannesburg, South Africa. She took out rival Gwendolyn O'Neil in the first round, completing her career with a 24-0 record that included 21 knockouts.

Ali was asked to play a character known as Panda on a new show called the Masked Singer in 2019. In October 2019, the supportive fans of the Masked Singer were sad when one of the judges, Jenny McCarthy claimed on Twitter that the show was going on a break.