- Hulk Hogan credits her with saving his life. In 2007 when he was going through his divorce from Linda and dealing with the aftermath of his son's near fatal car accident, Hogan was alone, depressed and contemplating suicide. She called him out of concern and her voice helped to snap him out of his depression.
- Defeated Freeda Foreman (daughter of George Foreman who lost the title in October of 1974 to her father, Muhammad Ali).
- Has had a total of 24 fights, winning them all. Has won 21 by KO.
- Ali is the stepmother of Curtis Conway's three children: twin sons Cameron and Kelton (born 1995) and daughter Leilani (born 1999).
- (July 23, 2007) Married her boyfriend of 22 months Curtis Conway in Los Angeles following a 7-month-long engagement.
- Has two children with her husband Curtis Conway - a son Curtis Muhammad Conway (b. August 26, 2008) and a daughter Sydney Jurldine Conway (b. April 4, 2011).
- She won the IBA title with a two-round knockout of Suzette Taylor, on August 17 at Las Vegas, and, on November 9, she retained that title and added the WIBA and IWBF belts, by unifying the crown with an eight-round knockout win over her division's other world champion, Valerie Mahfood, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Childhood celebrity crush was Morris Chestnut.
- Defeated Gwendolyn O'Neill, Nikki Eplion, Åsa Sandell, Suzette Taylor, Erin Toughill and Freeda Foreman.
- Is one of 9 children.
- As the rebellious troublemaker of her family, Laila once spent 3 months in juvenile hall at age 16, later spending a further 6 months graduating a program at a group home in Monrovia (CA). She recounted these experiences in her 2002 book "Reach! Finding Strength, Spirit and Personal Power".
- First job as a young girl was at a McDonald's restaurant in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
- (December 4, 2018) Was involved in a serious accident in Calabasas that left a pedestrian seriously injured. Ali accidentally hit an elderly man while driving through the parking lot of a shopping center. Medics treated the victim on the scene, but he was eventually taken by ambulance to a hospital and is in stable condition. She was not arrested and the Sheriff's Department is investigating this as an accident.
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