Champion boxer Laila Ali and her husband, former NFL star Curtis Conway, are expecting a baby according to an exclusive story in Essence magazine. Sports excellency will run through that baby’s veins: Laila is the daughter of former World boxing champ Muhammad Ali:
- “I don’t know yet if we are having a boy or a girl, but I’m excited that I have a life inside me that my husband and I created,” Ali says in the May issue, which hits newsstands April 11.
The boxing champ, who co-hosts American Gladiators, and Conway married last July in the rose garden of the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey, Calif.
Among the 200 guests were Laila’s parents, Muhammad Ali and Veronica Porsche Anderson, along with her sister Hana Ali, who was a bridesmaid.
This is the first child for Ali and the fourth for Conway, who has twin sons, Kelton and Cameron, 13, and a daughter Leilani, 9.
“I am 100 percent undeniably happy,” Ali tells ESSENCE. “I’ve never been able to say that before.”
Ali, 30, and Conway, 37, met at his house, when he hosted a small get-together, which Ali attended with a friend. The pair became engaged on Thanksgiving 2006.
Shortly after their wedding, Ali told PEOPLE that married life was “excellent.”
“My husband and I are best friends,” she said. “We have great communication and we respect each other.” (Source)
she sounds so happy about marriage and their unborn child…i wish the couple the best…
YEAAAAAAAAAH!
Now THAT’S what I’m talking about – she sounds sooo happy, I’m having flashbacks myself. Love is beautiful! Congrats to them!
Congrats……Is everyone prego,must be something in the water.
Congrats! But it is always sweeter when it is both couples first child.
congrats to laila. i’m happy she found love the second time around.
Now THAT is what I’m talking about! He has his own money and he is BIGGER than she is so she can look up to HIM. I love her!
Congrats!!!
Awwwh Congratulations, Laila is soooo pretty to me.
Im happy for her, they will make a beautiful baby who Im sure will be involved in sports one way or another(lol) Congrats Laila Im glad you found happiness!!
Congrats, Congrats, Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO LAILA AND HUBBY, IM SO HAPPY FOR HER SHE HAS REMAINED A STRONG POSITIVE WOMEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT!
Congrats to them. Nothing more wonderful than marrying your best friend who you respect and can communicate with, it sure makes for a loving and fun marriage.
@Anna… You took the words right out of my mouth I could not of have said it better. My husband is my best friend I share so many thing with him.
Awesome! I’m glad she found true love this second time around. Yahya McClain( ex-husband), in my opinion, was not the one for her.
She looks so beautiful on that cover. I’m really happy for her. Everyone was talking about Halle’s baby being beautiful now Lailahs baby (i don’t know what her husband looks like) if it takes after it’s mother that’s going to be a really pretty baby.
awww!!!!! she looks beautifil as usual & i’m happy for her. she’s going to have a gorgeous baby
THAT COOL THEY ARE HAVING A BABY HER FATHER MUST BE VERY PROUND TO BE A GRANDFATHER.