Talk:Laila Ali

Pronunciation of name
Does anyone know how she pronounces her name? Like LY-la, or LAY-la. You pronounce her name LAY-la. from paul

does anyone know how she influenced society?

She pronounces her name as LAY-la. In my opinion, with a little help from Christy Martin, the Webber sisters and others, she gave women's boxing exposure, now some women's fights are main events, which several years ago, it women's boxing was seen as a joke. Maya Levy 05:03, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Women's boxing is still a joke that nearly all are uninterested in. Layla is able to have her fights as main events only because she carries the Ali name and is drop-dead beautiful.-24.186.220.44 04:31, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm sure her 24 opponents would disagree with that statement.Big Poppa Ray (talk) 15:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup
There's a lot of good information here, but the article needs to have more standardized formatting. Please also see WP:CITE for advice on formatting references. If you have questions, let us know! --Elonka 01:43, 16 February 2007 (UTC)


 * why at the end does it says she is in the porn industry now. She is not! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.81.254 (talk • contribs) 16:06, February 21, 2007
 * Looks like it was just random vandalism. It's cleaned up now, but if you see that kind of thing again, and there doesn't appear to be any kind of proof that the information has a reliable source, feel free to remove it on the spot. --Elonka 23:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * i first knew of her from her playboy spread! pretty mild, but it *was* nude, like "nude celeb" type of thing.  she had on boxing gloves in some of the shots; it was early on when few people even knew Ali had kids.  "Introducing the Champ's daughter!" type article, iirc.
 * i dunno abt w/e "porn" ref was here 16 years ago, but she WAS nude in playboy, so perhaps the poster meant that. i think it should at least be noted in the article.  2601:19C:527F:7890:150B:9833:C577:7330 (talk) 05:16, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Super Middleweight
Laila is listed as a Super Middleweight, which would be 161–168 lbs., but the Super Middleweight link takes one to a Wiki article that seems to apply only to men. Are the weight divisions the same in women's boxing? Does anyone know what Laila's fighting weight is?Lanternshine 08:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


 * It says that she is 175lbs in the Trivia section of the article which would make her not Super Middleweight.. she could have possibly lost weight for DWTS Save-Me-Oprah 18:05, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Her regular weight is 175. When training for a fight, she loses seven pounds (not uncommon for boxers), which brings her fighting weight to 168. The documentary Daddy's Girl shows how she barely made weight for the Gwendolyn O'Neil fight.Big Poppa Ray (talk) 15:06, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Stepchildren?
I believe that the age of her stepchildren should be updated considering I had Cameron and Kelton in my 7th grade classes in 2007-2008 and it is now 2010. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.227.6.229 (talk) 09:07, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Should it be mentioned that she now has three stepchildren through her marriage to Curtis? (MgTurtle 19:54, 23 July 2007 (UTC)).

WHAT ARE YOUR BROTHERS & SISTERS NAMES? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.127.210.238 (talk) 19:05, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

299 kos? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.51.88.31 (talk) 20:48, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Saved Huilk Hogan's Life
She just saved Hulk Hogan's life, He was going to commit suicide CNN Report

Religion
I can just about accept it is of some interest what her religion is given her father and his very public conversion and all that went with it. However what is said is she is a "former Muslim" whereas the link takes us to an article where it is stated she had many disagreement with her father “including her not choosing Islam as her religion”.

Th impression thaty gives me is that she never was a Muslim (althougb rpobably brought up as one) and has even possibly chosen another religion which is not quite the same impression as saying she's a former Muslim which implies she ws a Muslim as a conscious (adult) choice and now isn't.PhilomenaO&#39;M (talk) 16:45, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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Not a Muslim
Ali states on Facebook that she is not Muslim. Contradictory to this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wheeler1 (talk • contribs) 12:41, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Laila Ali Religion
Though raised as a Muslim, Ali does not practice Islam teachings. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.202.163.146 (talk) 03:57, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

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Corrections to Sandell fight text
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The decision was heavily disputed. The audience booed Ali during her post-fight interview.[21].

I substituted this text: Following Ali's hard right to Sandell's face with 17 seconds remaining in Round 5, Sandell was struck by numerous undefended shots to her head. The referee stopped the bout with 12 seconds remaining. Muhammad Ali was in attendance and kissed his daughter.[21]

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http://www.womenboxing.com/lailaali.htm

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1. The footnote neither supports the word "disputed" nor offers any useful reference whatsoever.

2. Extensive Google reference gave no indication of dispute or booing. The closest to "dispute" was a quote from Ali stating that Ali felt that the fight was stopped before Ali was able to deliver a full counted knockout.

3. The crowd cheered immediately upon the referee's action. (No dispute.)

4. The loser hugged the victor twice immediately afterwards. (No dispute.)

It's all on youtube. I never see youtube shown as a footnote - should it be? (v=5uIJgcqGPus)24.27.72.99 (talk) 21:41, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

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Name
I’d recommend changing “real name” in the infobox to either “birth name” or listing it directly above the birthdate in the same box as the birthdate. GamerKlim9716 (talk) 13:14, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Dad
I watched the programme of your dad i was only 12 years old the he was brilliant ever since the i took up boxing just for exercise trainer told me i had the fastest left hand he had ever seen .person was a boxer called even amstrong but i just could not do it .thankyou to you and family and dad ali .he made me stronger faster fiter and out my shell while mum was getting beat up from a drunken husband until it was my turn to smack him about 2A00:23C7:B320:3501:6810:D909:432F:5DFB (talk) 17:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC)