Laila Ali and her Hard Fought Decision

Laila Ali probably always knew that she wanted to settle down and have a family. I’m sure she thought about her boxing career when she was boxing and gave it a lot of thought. Laila hung in boxing as long as she could while she was thinking of having a family. Whenever I would hear her mention family, I knew that Laila would eventually step out of the ring, and one day she did.

Now Laila Ali is a mom. She has a child named Curtis Conway Jr. Laila is expecting another child. I have never seen Laila Ali so happy. I could tell that in her career she was having some bothersome times with boxing. Laila had to fight rumors, had to prove that she was the best, and it seems that she couldn’t prove it enough to the people when she was winning. However, she still has her fans. They know that she might be back one day again. If not, she will always have her true fans. I’m sure that Laila thought about them when she was stepping out of the ring, but fans see her from time to time. So, she hasn’t really left us. Laila is doing more things and having herself a family. I’m sure there was a part of Laila that did not want to leave. She probably wanted to give her fans more considering the opponents she had to fight against. It may have been a hard fought decision to step down out of the ring. Having a family is probably easiest and most wonderful decision for Laila.

Wing Brief News_Laila Ali by Gail Nobles

September 20, 2010 11:30 PM EDT

 

Laila Ali is my favorite female boxer. However, she stepped down from the ring. Sometimes I feel that she will never box again. I loved seeing her box. Laila was real with her boxing. She did not play and kid around like her father, Muhammad Ali, although he could also get mean and angry in the ring. When Laila was in the ring with you, she was determined to get you. I don't remember her ever loosing a fight. Laila was so great in the ring that there was no other female boxer that could beat her. The girls that might would have been a challenge to her never fought her. There was always a problem that they did not get a chance to box her.

Today, Laila is taking it easy. She now has the family she always wanted. Laila is happily married to Curtis Conway and has a son named after Curtis. Laila is into cooking, health and fitness, and she is also into singing. She is also into selling and promoting her new haircare, skincare and fragrance line! She is a mother, champion, and business lady.

Madame Butterfly

When I think about Laila Ali, I think of fast speed. She has fast speed in punching. Some people call her "Madame Butterfly", and some people call her “She Bee Stinging”. Because of those two names, to me, Laila has insector speed. Like her father, she floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee. The bumble bee and the butterfly are one in Laila Ali. She has the power to sting and the power to float. Look at what she has become. Her father was the greatest in his way, and Laila is the greatest in her way.

When I think about the speed of Laila, I can imagine her with speed bags from one end of the gym to the other. I can imagine her moving down the line hitting them all in a certain length of time.

People have all kinds of compliments about Laila’s way of boxing. I have seen Laila’s opponents hitting her, and Laila was very unstoppable. She has strong will power. It seems she feels no pain. She has something she calls the beat down. In the beat down, she is very fast with her punches; hitting her opponent as often as possible, and she doesn’t get hit. Laila can hit her opponents so fast and so hard, all they can do is fall down. Some of them try to turn away from her. They do not stand a chance in hitting back after a while. Laila doesn’t play around. Her timing is perfect in beating them down. I think Laila is finding herself in boxing. That’s why she boxes different from her legendary father or anybody else. Laila has her own way, and I have seen no other woman in the ring fighting the way Laila can. If she keeps on boxing, it’s possible that she might bring something more and new to boxing. No one could touch her father, Muhammad Ali, shuffling around the ring. No one can do the shuffle the way he can. No one can touch Laila with her beat down. She’ll step right up to you, take your punches and not feel a thing. Already, Laila is too much for her opponents.

May 2009
Gail Nobles

Getting Stung

Gail Nobles
June 19, 2009


A few weeks ago, I went outside to mow the grass. I pushed a tree limb with blossoms out of my way, and then a big, giant, yellow, and black bee landed on my arm. Hurriedly, I knocked him away, but he still bit into my skin a little bit. There was a tiny hole in the center of the swelling area. As soon as I could, I went into the house to put some alcohol on it. It was stinging a little, but after a bath and the next morning, it started to itch.

I began to think back when I was a little girl. My father got stung by a wasp. His face had swollen on one side so bad that I couldn’t tell if he was looking at me. My father looked mean as I tried to talk to him. He was watching TV, but he looked like he was watching me too. I couldn’t tell. Finally at last he said, “Hmm, hmm.” So I knew he had at least heard me.

When I think about that, I think about Laila Ali. When she hits her opponents, their faces look swollen. Laila Ali is just like the bumble bee. She’s got the sting just like her father.

The Bee Queen