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According to NJ.com Muhammad Ali’s ex-wife, Khalilah has some not-so-nice words for Ali’s daughter, retired women’s boxing legend, Laila.
You would think that Khalilah Ali would be rooting for Laila, who is 47, if she were to come back to the ring to fight the new undisputed women’s heavyweight champion, 29-year old Claressa Shields.
According to a video posted on FightHype.com, she does not.
In the video Khalilah Ali said, “I’m Khalilah Ali. I’m Muhammad Ali’s wife,” she told Shields’ rep before meeting the boxing multiple world champion and mixed martial artist that day. “I want to back her up. I’m backing her up to kick Laila’s (expletive). That’s why I came to see her. You make sure I see her before I leave. I’ll take her to Dubai to kick Laila’s (expletive) … She’s my hero.”
Here’s the tea that the whole boxing world now knows, “Laila’s mama went with my husband and it’s payback time. I want everybody to know it,” Khalilah said.
There has been a long-standing feud between the two fighters.
The feud comes from comments that Ali made about Shields’ legacy and Shields took the comments personally.
Khalilah hopes that the fight if it were to happen, would offer some solace to a woman scorned.
Shields has won in five different weight classes, and she holds the record for becoming two and three-division world champion in the fewest professional fights.
Laila Ali hasn’t fought since 2007. When she left the ring, she boated a 24-0 record as an icon of women’s boxing.
A fight has yet to be announced.
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