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DIAMOND HOOP EARRINGS : She said her father, who has Parkinson's disease, hasn't decided whether toattend."My father being at my fight would take a lot of the attention away from meand there will be a lot of media surrounding him," she said."It's also not going to be easy for him to watch me get into the ring. Butwhether he's there or not, I'm coming to the ring to do what I need to doand I'm serious about it."She said her father and her mother, Veronica, Ali's third wife, areskeptical about her new profession."He doesn't want me to get hurt, but he's going to support me 100 percent asa father," she said. "My mother is not comfortable with me going into thering, but she knows that I know what I'm doing."
DIAMOND HOOP EARRINGS : The elder Ali painted the worst possible picture of boxing for thesecond-youngest of his nine children."He always wants to make sure that I know what I'm doing is not easy andyou're going to get hit and bruised and the wind is going to get knockedI seen her on TV last night. She sure is pretty...prettier than thatMia chick. Who knows...she could turn out to be the greatest Femaleboxer of all time. DETROIT -- The boxer confidently walked into the Hotel St. Regisconference room Thursday, ready for the weigh-in and, maybe, a littletrash-talking. The flashbulbs popped and the TV cameras zoomed in for a closer view. After all, it's not every day a fighter enters the room wearing adiamond solitaire engagement ring, diamond hoop earrings, black high-heeledboots, and a lot of quiet confidence.
DIAMOND HOOP EARRINGS : But that's the precise mix Laila Ali, the daughter of boxing greatMuhammad Ali, brings to her burgeoning super middleweight boxing career. She will fight Nicolyn Armstrong (1-3) tonight as the co-main event atCobo Arena. Armstrong failed to show for Thursday's weigh-in because of flightproblems, but is expected to fight Ali (2-0). The undercard starts around 9 o'clock, with Ali's bout around 10:30. "I'm ready to go," said Ali, 21, who is 5-foot-10 and 167 pounds. "Ithink things are moving pretty quickly for me. I started in October and nowit's December and I'm already on my third fight. I'm looking forward togetting better and better and moving my way up the ladder." She said her famous father still isn't 100-percent sold on his daughterboxing, primarily because of the injury risk.
DIAMOND HOOP EARRINGS : He watched her debut bout, a first-round knockout of April Fowler onOct. 8. "I fight men all the time in gym. I get hit hard," Ali said. "In amatch, even though (a punch) might not knock you down, it still can mess upyour face. Everyone's so concerned about my face, Oh, that pretty facegetting messed up,' and all that. That's where my father is.I wonder what she expects is the top of the ladder in woman's middle weightdivision? I just don't feel there is much talent in woman's boxing, period. It's just starting to pick up (if you want to call it that). It will probablybe years and years till it starts to get competitive. GLHotButterGayLove wrote:I doubt it. You've got to consider one thing. First, she just turnedpro in October and she's already fought three times. Of course heropponents were nobodies, but what fighter (with no amateur experience)takes on tough fighters in their first ten fights. Give her a year andlet's see where she's at. Let's not forget, she's only 21 and she haslot's of time. Most women don't turn pro until their thirties and thusare forced to fight tough fights from the get-go.
DIAMOND HOOP EARRINGS : Somebody quick...get Ken Norton's daughter a pair of boxing gloves.Laila Ali, daughter of 'the Greatest,' leads string of young women steppinginto the ring. Like him, she is not afraid to predict a knockoutWindsor, Ont. -- There are just 30 seconds of skipping rope left to go. Thesit-ups are done, the heavy bag has been pounded, the speed bag whacked."Pick it up, pick it up. Let's go, baby. Faster," her trainer barks.Her long braids are bouncing, her grey track pants dark with sweat; there isa hypnotic blur of rope as she jumps. With five seconds to go, Laila Alimisses a step, gets the rope tangled in her feet, shakes her head at herselfand smiles.Tomorrow night, Muhammad Ali's little girl gets in the ring to fight herfourth pro bout, at Casino Windsor. Her record stands at 3 and 0, allknockouts. She will face Crystal (Braveheart) Arcand from Alexander FirstNation in Alberta. Ms. Arcand is 5 and 0 in amateur matches, and possessedof a steely desire to win.
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