Laila Ali’s Boxing Future is Her Own Decision

 In a recent discussion about the world of boxing, former champion Laila Ali made headlines once again as she reflects on her career. Although Laila has officially retired from boxing, fans are left wondering if she might consider stepping back into the ring. As of now, it remains unclear what her plans are.

However, current boxer Claressa Shields has stirred the pot by suggesting that Laila has not made a significant impact on the sport. This has prompted conversations about the legacy of both fighters, as well as the rising name of Ann Wolfe, who has been mentioned frequently in discussions surrounding Laila.

In response to the ongoing commentary, Laila released a video titled 'Let the Record Show,' where she expresses her views on Claressa Shields. Laila boasts an impressive record of 24 wins and 0 losses, and many still regard her as one of the best female boxers to ever step into the ring. This stature seems to irritate Claressa, as some believe it highlights insecurities about her own accomplishments.

As Claressa continues to speak about Laila, it may be wise for Laila to pay close attention to what Ann Wolfe has to say, as new developments could unfold. For now, Laila's boxing legacy remains intact, and any future decisions about her career are entirely up to her. The boxing community will be watching closely to see what happens next.

Laila Ali above the Ring

Laila Ali is now above the ring. She is doing bigger and better things and seems to achieve her goals. Laila has a family of her own and is now a business woman. There are a lot of people that rise to the top and come down so hard in life. You can see so many people unhappy and not doing the right thing. I pray that Laila will remain happy and do the right thing in the sight of God. His blessings are just pouring down on her. God does allow us to enjoy the things of the world. We should give him thanks and praise because it can all end tomorrow. 

The reason I say that Laila is above the ring is because she does not have to fight physically anymore. I do not think it was good for her body, but she made women's boxing a great sport to enjoy. Laila brought us headlines and excitement. Seeing Laila box gave the sport a lot more attention. I cannot say that I do not miss her boxing because I do. Now, I do not watch women's boxing. It's not exciting anymore since she has been gone. Laila has matured to do higher things. Laila Ali is above the ring.

Laila Ali Before Her Time

If Laila Ali had some tough competition while she was in boxing, she might would have been boxing today. Like her father, I believe that she was before her time, and that's why she's not fighting now. Laila has done a smart thing by not waiting around. She doesn't have to worry that all she knows is boxing. Laila knows how to do more than just box. Just in case she decides to go back to the ring one day, I hope that she works out in the gym and continue to practice in the ring. That could keep Laila in shape.

It Was Laila Ali Who Thanked Me

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It was Laila Ali who thanked me for sharing my artwork with her. She may not remember thanking me, but I remember. I cherish her thank you. It meant a lot to me, and I was not expecting one word from her. Laila never said whether she liked my art or not. It could be the worst art work that she has ever seen for all I know. Still, I am happy that she thanked me because she didn't have to say anything.

Most of the time, people draw their favorite celebrities straight from photos. I try to draw from my heart and what is on my mind. It's kind of difficult for me sometimes because I have to draw exactly what I see. Drawing from a photo is easier, and drawing from my head is more of a challenge. It is more of a challenge even when I use a 3D modeling program because you have to make the model look like the person. That is not always easy either. I think my art is not the best but it is not the worst either. You have to believe in yourself and what you do. Practice makes perfect. Sometimes it's the thought that counts. Laila thanked me, and most celebrities would have said nothing. Laila, thanks for noticing.

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.

Laila Ali Is An Icon of Women's Boxing

When I think of Laila Ali, I think of Icon. I think of longevity for Laila. I think that she has left a mark in women's boxing. Now Laila has gone on to do other things in life. I also think of ubiquity when I think of Laila. Her image and her father's image is being represented in my art. When I think of Laila, I think of distinction. To me, she can have many nick names, but her known nick name is "She Bee Stingin'". Yep, and she's just like her daddy. We know him as the greatest of all times, Muhammad Ali.

Whenever Laila got into the ring to box, it brought back the love of boxing. I could feel her father in the wind of her wings. Laila brought back real excitement and heart. She brought back old history and memories. I know that she has a life outside of the boxing ring, and she's got to go on, but thank you Laila Ali for giving us your best. You have added on to my old memories and those memories are of you.  

Laila Ali on the Sewing Machine

  I believe that Laila Ali can do just about anything. If she can sew and make clothes, she can be her own fashion designer. Laila Ali has good taste in clothes. If she can make clothes, she can make all of the different styles she ever wanted to see and make. Laila Ali has a lot going for herself. I'm happy for her.

Laila Ali Needs A Real Challenge

By Gail Nobles
12/26/2006

Father and Daughter Legend
There is one boxing legend that I know. It is the world’s most legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali. His boxing looks like a positive legacy handed down to his daughter, Laila Ali, who is now a boxing star. She has achieved so much, and I believe that she could be a world wide legend too. To me, the boxing legacy lives on in Laila. Although Laila was not a boxer before, I believe she had some kind of fighting talent all along. Her father did not want her to box, but he is there by her side supporting her. When I see him out in the crowd watching Laila fight, I can see the excitement in his eyes. Laila’s boxing excitement could be some of her father’s medicine that keeps him going. I’m sure Muhammad Ali can see himself in Laila. She is not her father, but his blood certainly is running through her veins.


Challenge
Laila has proven that she can fight. Laila has never lost a fight, and she needs to move up higher. She needs tougher opponents. Some fans are frustrated because they want to see Laila fight another boxing star name Ann Wolfe. I just don’t understand why there are so many obstacles. Ann Wolfe is a female boxer and is the only one in all of boxing’s history to hold world titles at four different categories according to Wikipedia. I have seen her with my own eyes that  she has a punch as hard as Mike Tyson. But that might not be enough against Laila. Will we ever know? We can speculate, but to the fans seeing is beleiving. Some fans believe that Laila will win. I believe that she can win, and I want her to win, but I would like to see Laila win a hard to win fight.


The Bees
Some people seem to think that Laila is afraid of Ann Wolfe. Like the bees, Laila can be ferocious when disturbed or threatened. When it comes to boxing, she is very serious. Laila doesn’t ryhme or joke like her father. It’s no speech and drama act. Laila has the right nickname which is “She Bee Stingin’”. So many confident female boxers have challenged Laila and did not really know what they were fighting against. She can really sting. I’m surprised that Laila isn’t bored yet. She has got to fight Ann Wolfe somewhere down the line. It makes no since if Ann is as great as they say she is and Laila is as great as we know she is. If these two are so great, why are they not fighting eachother. Somebody has got to give. If it is the management teams that can’t come to an agreement, they need to be fired for the sake of Women’s Boxing. I can feel the furstration and the bees.

Laila Ali A Strong Spirited Woman

By Gail Nobles
2/3/2007

Laila Ali is a strong amazing champion. She is a woman that is strong in spirit, body, and mind to face a challenge before her. It is a mystery to me that other strong women of the boxing ring will not cross Laila’s path. She feels that there is no one to fight in order to stay in the ring. Laila is beginning to grow tired, and it is not because of fighting. It is because of not being able to fight the girls that she wants to fight. Laila thinks that her fight with Gwendolyn O’Neil will be her last fight for a while which she won on Saturday, Feb. 03, 2007. She knocked out Gwendolyn in the first minute of the first round. For now, she is stepping out of the ring. At least we can say that she stepped out number one. I believe that there are other good things down the road for Laila.


Laila Ali has been a winning warrior in the ring for a long time. Now she wants to start a family. That will be Laila’s real triumph and victory. For where there is life,
she will have a chance to do many other things. I think that there will be blessings and cheers from her fans always. On her break, I’m sure she will have more time for family and friends. Laila might have more time to even chat with some fans. Fans hate to see her leave the ring, but hey, look on the bright side. Laila will be back because she don’t quit. She is a strong spirited woman who loves to box.

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.

Laila Ali and Fans_She Bee Stinging, Inc.

Laila Ali likes to do things her way and likes to be in charge. That’s fine. I just don’t understand the title, She Bee Stinging, Inc. I seldom see it or hear it. Laila can make a difference in the lives of others in many ways using her own company name.




Sometimes I look at Laila Ali, and I see a lot that she could do. She’s on Facebook and Twitter to connect with her fans. I guess that’s the easy way out for Laila because she‘s busy all of the time. However, she could start her own thing and connect with her fans too. Laila has, “She Bee Stinging, Inc”. She could really use that company name of hers on the Internet. Laila could let fans share their art with her, send private or public messages and thoughts to her, videos, articles, and whatever she would like for her fans to send. Fans could help her fan club grow in a business kind of way. Laila could create jobs, always have money coming in some way, and could always have something going for herself.



There are a few videos and art about Laila roaming the Internet that is just fantastic. With the help of fans, Laila could be like Spike Lee. I don’t know if the works of her fans even gets much attention. Laila could have a big organization because fans are in her corner. They really love her talent and really love what she does. Laila could let her fans be a part of, She Bee Stinging, Inc. That would give her fans something to look forward to and occupy their minds. Maybe keep some people out of trouble.

Lady of Sting

Laila doesn't rhyme like her father. If she did, she would be just like him. Just because she doesn't rhyme, that does not mean that she doesn't have the ability. I didn't always have the ability until my mother showed me I could by reading me nursery rhymes. She told me I could write my own poems. I knew how nursery rhymes were written, and I took it from there. My mother planted the seed.

There is something I have noticed about Laila. She makes good speeches. It's easy to tell the world what you know when you know it. I believe that Laila Ali can do just about anything.

Seeing the Truth through Replay_Laila vs. Karen Bill

Television can show segments of something, and you may not catch all that you need to catch. The news man will tell it how he sees it, but it may not be the way you see it when you see it. If you haven’t seen your favorite athlete in a particular sport, you may read about that athlete on the internet and everybody’s opinion. That happened to me trying to keep up with the news of Laila Ali. I never saw some of Laila’s past fights like the fight she had against Karen Bill. In a forum back in 2005, I read that Laila never talked about that fight. I read that Karen knocked Laila down and that the fight should have been a rematch. That’s not how I saw it when I finally saw some of the fight.

When I saw some of the fight for myself, I saw Laila Ali falling. It did not appear to look like she was really knocked down or dropped. It made me wonder if the canvas was slippery or if she just lost her balance in the way she fell. Laila appeared to fall like somebody knocked her feet from beneath her standing up. Her arms were in the air falling backwards. When Laila got up, she had the “this is it” attitude. She went after Karen Bill as if she was determined to punish her, and she did. Laila won that fight, and I did not see a need for a rematch.

Laila the Rose

Laila is a rose. It's good that she has a thorn. There are men that want her, and not all men are good. There are women that wish they were her, and not all women are good. Laila stands out from the crowd. She's planted around jealousy. She might say to the Lord which is her creator, "Lord, I don't understand why you put me here."

Her God would probably say to Laila, "Laila, my beautiful rose, be not afraid. They cannot destroy what I want made. You will remain and be beautiful until I say it's time for you to move away. I will move you and no hand will touch thee. I'm around you. Stay close to me."

Poem by Gail Nobles
copyright © 2010

Laila Ali and Billie Holiday

To me, Laila ali reminds me so much of Billie Holiday in looks. There is just something about their cheeks, chin, and grin that makes them favor. They are both beautiful women. If I had their beauty, I wouldn't know how to act. Billie Holiday was a great jazz singer and her nick name was Lady Day. Laila is a great female boxer from what I have seen so far. She is not known much as Madame Butterfly. That's how great she has been in the ring with her power punch. Laila is mostly known as She Bee Stingin'. When it comes to her beauty, I notice her as Madame Butterfly.

Laila Ali, You're Alright

When I first became a Laila Ali fan, I was hearing all kind of mean things about Laila, her fan club, and it was just everything. I thought, “Why is everybody giving Laila Ali a hard time?” I was told by my father that people didn’t always like her father, Muhammad Ali, at first either. Well, I ignored the rumors and would write her every chance I got. I did receive an answer that Laila saw my emails. She wanted to send me something, but I didn’t know how to accept it. I didn’t want anything from Laila, but she wanted to give me something. Maybe I should have accepted what she had to offer. The cocky Laila Ali that I only knew was alright with me, and I wasn’t looking for anything from her. I accepted the fact that Laila was cocky because she is a boxer. Don’t most fighters get cocky with their opponents? Isn’t it a natural thing for boxers? That was the Laila Ali I had seen inside of the boxing ring. Other than that, I knew nothing more about Laila until I bought her book, “Reach.” Then I understood Laila even more. That’s when I had things to say and couldn‘t write it. I had fears of being misunderstood through email on the Internet. I wanted to meet her and just speak with her face to face so that she could see my expressions. I wanted to talk to her as a human being. I wanted to say, “Laila, you’re alright. God talks to me about you.”

I began to slack up a little writing Laila. Her website was changing to a new address. I got a message from heaven one night while I was sleeping that I shouldn’t stop writing Laila. I thought, “If she sees my emails, she’s probably tired of me.” When she became more of a celebrity, I hung my head a little. I hung my head because I knew celebrities were busy or they just didn’t communicate much with fans. When you’re just a fan, sometimes it seems like you are nobody and unimportant. I wanted to be her friend. The spirit of the Lord kept saying that some of the things that I had to write were important. I kept feeling that so many people were saying mean things about Laila that writing her would not have mattered anymore. When I slacked up, it felt like a big weight on my heart and mind.

Seeing her father made me want to write even more. I was writing him through his website, but I doubt that he got my messages. I wanted to tell him how the Lord could heal him from the Parkinson’s that he has. I am a believer because of the miracle I had seen praying for my dying mother. There is great power in prayer. I have so much inside, and I feel I can’t get it out because of mean things and what other folks do. Maybe what's inside is too much for somebody else.  At the time that I heard about all of the mean things people were saying about Laila, I was going through some things too. I would say, “Lord, what have I done wrong.”

The Lord would say, “It’s not always what you have done wrong. It is what you have done right. Sometimes it is the things that others do.”

Laila, I feel you and you’re alright.

Laila Ali Should Move to a Higher Rank in Boxing

Laila Ali didn't always get the best opponnents to fight, and now, she's not fighting? People are always pointing their fingers at Laila, but is it all Laila? Whoever is in charge of getting her opponnents should have gotten her the best. To be honest, some of those women looked pitiful and didn't even compare to Laila at all. You don't have to know anything about boxing to see that. Maybe there are not many women in women's boxing that are as strong as Laila. Even though it was Laila being a great and unbeaten female boxer, things still didn't look right to me.

When Laila became a supper middle weight champion, a few of her opponents looked like amateur fighters. Laila always looked like a heavy weight to me and fights like a heavyweight. Laila was beating her opponnents down fast? She was going through those girls. So why didn't they let her practice in the gym with a light heavyweight and get her ready so she could move higher? When you are that good, something should be done about moving up. You don't let a person stay where they don't belong. That is robbing a person from what they could really do with their skills. Maybe I'm wrong, but if Laila returns to boxing, I think she should move to a higher rank.

Women's Boxing Without Laila Ali

Women's boxing without Laila Ali is boring. Since she's been gone, I haven't heard much about Ann Wolfe lately from fans. I have been hearing about Christy Martin in the news. Glad to hear that she's still boxing some. Well, at least I still hear about Laila Ali in the news too, but it's not about boxing. Writers try to make it sound all good that there are other women boxers. They can say and write what they want to write. Still, it's not right without Laila. It was so exciting seeing her box. I can't help it. I miss seeing Laila. There was none like her. My interest in women's boxing is leaving unless somebody else comes along like Laila. I miss seeing Laila Ali in women's boxing.

There were times when I felt very tired in life. I sometimes did not want to get up out of bed. However, things are better and different now, but seeing Laila box planted a seed in my head. Watching her was teaching me to fight in so many ways. Whenever I am challenged about something hard in life, I think about Laila's image in boxing. I see her fighting image and a strong one. Laila Ali makes me think that I've got to go on and be strong too.