Laila Ali

Laila Ali is a US professional athlete, boxer and TV host.

Best known for

Laila Ali is Muhammad Ali's daughter.

For the first time Laila Ali has appeared in the ring against April Fowler. In the following 8 years she has taken part in a lot of boxing matches against the lead boxers. 

Ali was entitled as the Super Middleweight Champion in 2002. Her last decisive boxing match came about in Africa. Laila has beaten her fight contestant Gwendolyn O’Neil. 

Laila Ali has brought out the motivational biography Reach!: Finding Strength, Spirit, and Personal Power. At the TV screen she showed up as a fitness journalist, a member of Dancing with the Stars in 2007 (her partner was Maksim Chmerkovskiy) and TV host of American Gladiators.

Religious beliefs

Laila Ali's father tried to brought up her as a Muslim but according to Laila she was not feeling it. 

On July 24, 2014 Laila posted on her official Facebook page that she is not a Muslim. 

Sexual orientation

Laila Ali is straight. She was married two times. Her second marriage is with football player Curtis Conway (since 2007). They have two children together: son Curtis Conway and daughter Sydney Conway. 

Worth to know

The idea of becoming a box champion has appeared when Laila Ali saw the woman’s boxing match on TV for the first time. Her dad tried to convince her not to step into the boxing ring but it didn't help. At that time Laila had to lose 30 pounds (13 kg) of extra weight. (Source: huffingtonpost.com, 03/03/2016)

Laila Ali has opened her own beauty salon at the age of 16. She was a manicure artist before starting her boxing career. (Source: heavy.com, 05/25/2015)

Laila has got a goal to lose 25 to 35 lbs (11-15 kg) after her second pregnancy (Source: dailymail.co.uk, 05/10/2011). 

In her interview to US magazine (11/03/2010) she confessed that her best weight was 174 Ibs or 79 kg. 

The former athlete pointed out that her shoe size is 12 US and that is why it is so hard for her to find stylish heels. (Source: essence.com, 05/20/2016)