![]() ![]() On September 24, 2004, Ali added the IWBF Light Heavyweight title to her resume by beating Gwendolyn O'Neil (whom she had earlier canceled a fight against) by a knockout in three rounds, at Atlanta, Georgia. This fight was part of the undercard for the fight in which Mike Tyson was surprisingly knocked out by fringe contender Danny Williams. ![]() On July 30, 2004, she stopped Monica Nunez in nine rounds, in her father's native city of Louisville, Kentucky. On July 17, 2004, Ali retained her world title, knocking out Nikki Eplion in four rounds. On August 23, 2003, Ali fought her original inspiration, Christy Martin, beating Martin by a knockout in four rounds. Ali also suffered a bloodied nose for the second time in her career during this fight, the first being in Ali's fight with Frazier-Lyde two years previously. Nevertheless, Ali suffered a bad cut on her right eyelid for the first time in her career, inflicted by Mahfood. Once again bloodied by Ali, Mahfood lost by TKO in six rounds while trying to recover her world title. On June 21, 2003, Mahfood and Ali fought a rematch, this time in Los Angeles. Ali stopped a bloodied Mahfood in eight rounds. On November 8, she retained that title and unified the crown by adding the WIBA and IWBF belts with an eight-round TKO win over her division's other world champion, Valerie Mahfood, in Las Vegas. She won the IBA title with a second-round knockout of Suzette Taylor on August 17, 2002, in Las Vegas. Īli modeling at the 2011 Heart Truth fashion show After a year's hiatus, on June 7, 2002, Ali beat Shirvelle Williams in a six-round decision. This match by Ali and Frazier was the first main-event pay-per-view match between two women. Frazier-Lyde ended the fight with a swollen eye while Ali had a fractured left collarbone and a bloodied nose. Ali won by a majority judges' decision in eight rounds (79–73, 77–75, 76–76). The fight was nicknamed Ali/Frazier IV in allusion to their fathers' famous fight trilogy. On the evening of June 8, 2001, Ali and Frazier finally met. Īli 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. They fought at the Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort in Chester, West Virginia. SARCASATTIPANDUMP3SONGS ALI PROIn 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. Ali also won her second match by a TKO with only 3 seconds left on the clock. SARCASATTIPANDUMP3SONGS ALI PROFESSIONALAs 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 Fowler – described by as an "out-of-shape novice" – in the first round. Although this was Ali's first match, many journalists and fans attended, largely because she was Muhammad Ali's daughter.Īttention 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. They fought at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino on the Oneida Indian Nation in Verona, New York. In her first match, on October 8, 1999, the 5'10", 166 lbs, 21-year-old Ali boxed April Fowler of Michigan City, Indiana. 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. She first publicized her decision to become a professional boxer in a Good Morning America interview with Diane Sawyer. Boxing career Īli began boxing when she was 18 years old, after having first noticed women's boxing when watching a Christy Martin fight. ![]() She owned her own nail salon before she began boxing. She graduated from California's Santa Monica College with a business degree. Laila Amaria Ali was born December 30, 1977, in Miami Beach, Florida, the daughter of boxer Muhammad Ali and his third wife, Veronica Porché. ![]()
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