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Born Laila Amaria Ali on December 30, 1977 in Miami Beach, FL. 

The daughter of iconic three-time heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, she followed her famous father’s footsteps into the prize ring and turned professional to much fanfare in 1999, stopping April Fowler in one round. Ali fought often and, with a record of 9-0, defeated Jacqui Frazier-Lyde, the daughter of Joe Frazier, via majority decision in June 2001 in the first pay-per-view headlined by women. In 2002 Ali stopped Suzette Taylor (TKO 2) to win the vacant IBA super middleweight title and added the IWBF and WIBA titles in her next bout, an 8th round TKO over Valerie Mahfood. In 2004 she stopped Gwendolyn O’Neil in three rounds for the IWBF light heavyweight belt. She added the WBC super middleweight title to her resume in 2005 with a third round TKO over Erin Toughill. Following a first round stoppage of O’Neil in a rematch, Ali retired from the ring with an undefeated record of 24-0 (21 KOs) that includes a 2003 win over Christy Martin. The 5’10” Ali utilized athleticism, a precise jab and powerful right hand to register an 87.5 knockout percentage, living up to her nickname “She Bee Stingin’.”

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Laila Amaria Ali is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007. She is the daughter of world famous boxer Muhammad Ali, and is the eighth of her father's nine children. During her career, from which she retired undefeated, she held the WBC, WIBA, IWBF and IBA female super middleweight titles, and the IWBF light heavyweight title.

Ali began boxing when she was 18 years old, after having first noticed women's boxing when watching a Christy Martin fight. She first publicized her decision to become a professional boxer in a Good Morning America interview with Diane Sawyer. When she first told her father, Muhammad Ali, that she was planning to box professionally, he was unhappy about her entering such a dangerous profession.

In her first match, on October 8, 1999, the 5'10", 166 lbs, 21-year-old Ali boxed April Fowler of Michigan City, Indiana. They fought at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino on the Oneida Indian Nation in Verona, New York. Although this was Ali's first match, many journalists and fans attended, largely because she was Muhammad Ali's daughter. Attention to Ali's ring debut was further boosted because it occurred on the eve of what was supposed to be the first male-female professional bout ever to be sanctioned by a US state boxing commission ... later ruled an exhibition. As WomenBoxing.com explains: "The near-alignment of the two events focused more attention on female professional boxing than there had been since Christy Martin's 1996 pay-per-view fight with Deirdre Gogarty." Ali knocked out April Fowler – described by WomenBoxing.com as an "out-of-shape novice" – in the first round.

Ali also won her second match by a TKO with only 3 seconds left on the clock. In that match her opponent was 5'4" Shadina Pennybaker, from Pittsburgh, who was making a pro debut after earning a 2–1 record as an amateur. They fought at the Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort

American boxer (born 1977)

Not to be confused with Laylah Ali.

Laila Amaria Ali (born December 30, 1977) is an American television personality and retired professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007. During her career, from which she retired undefeated, she held the WBC, WIBA, IWBF and IBA female super middleweight titles, and the IWBF light heavyweight title. Ali is widely regarded by many within the sport as one of the greatest female professional boxers of all time. She is the daughter of boxer Muhammad Ali.

Early life

Laila Amaria Ali was born December 30, 1977, in Miami Beach, Florida, the daughter of boxer Muhammad Ali and his third wife, Veronica Porché. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old. She was raised as a Muslim, but later left Islam despite her father's initial disapproval. Ali was a manicurist at age 16. Her turbulent childhood of arrests and abuse led to her to living in a group home for girls. She graduated from California's Santa Monica College with a business degree. She owned her own nail salon before she began boxing. According to Ali, her father opposed her decision to become a boxer due to his Muslim faith; in an interview she said, "My father first of all, did not believe that women should be boxing. My father was Muslim, I'm not. He was a little bit of a male chauvinist in a way."

Boxing career

Ali began boxing when she was 18 years old, after having first noticed women's boxing when watching a Christy Martin fight. She first publicized her decision to become a professional boxer in a Good Morning America interview with Diane Sawyer. When she first told her father, Muhammad Ali that she was planning to box professionally, he was unhappy about her entering such a dangerous profession.