A legal battle followed. Eventually, the Supreme Court overturned his conviction. A little more than a decade later, Laila Ali made her stand against Islam.
He was angry. Laila Ali left Islam and later embraced a religion she found more spiritual and less rule-bound. Her father eventually accepted her choice. Because he, even though he was fighting for different things, he was the same way. He went with what he believed in. He stood up for what he believed in. And he wasn't afraid to say it. When she was 19, there would be a rematch -- after Laila Ali started boxing. And I started training, pretty much in secrecy. Then at a certain point my father found out that I was training to be a boxer and I, in fact, was planning to go pro.
So he came into town. And he says, 'I hear you wanna be a boxer. He wasn't comfortable with it. Not his baby girl. On Oct. And her father was there. And I saw happiness in him and I saw that he enjoyed the moment. So it was just like he was in that moment with me. He knows what it feels like to be in a ring.
He knows what it feels like to have thousands of people watching you and having all this pressure on you to perform well. And he knows what it feels like to win.
He missed boxing. He missed being able to just move around, walk around, talk, do the things that he used to do. So, I felt like I was fighting for both of us. Fighter to fighter. Because otherwise, I'm just throwing my jab. Conway also has twin sons and a daughter from a previous marriage. Ali and Conway reside in Los Angeles. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!
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