How Laila Ali Proved to Her Dad Muhammad Ali That “Girls Can Combat”

By no means underestimate the guts of a champion!

Regardless of rising up with legendary boxer Muhammad Ali as her father, Laila Ali did not give attention to sports activities throughout a lot of her childhood. However as soon as she turned a younger grownup, that every one modified.

“I really didn’t even take into consideration changing into not solely an athlete, however a boxer till I noticed ladies’s boxing on tv for the primary time after I was about 19 years outdated,” Laila shared in an unique clip from Store At this time With Jill Martin. “I used to be in awe and I could not consider that I did not know that it was a chance out there to me. That is after I first received the concept to turn out to be knowledgeable boxer.”

However in the event you assume the Folks’s Champion was thrilled to listen to that his daughter was following in Dad’s footsteps, guess once more.

“My dad was not completely satisfied about it,” Laila recalled to Jill Martin. “He actually tried to speak me out of it. I needed to show him fallacious. ‘Dad, I can perceive why you’re feeling that method, however simply watch me.'”