Laila Ali with Nelson Mandela

 

Sifelani Tsiko

Harare, Zimbabwe (Feb 9 2007) LAILA Ali - top flying world super-middle weight champion and daughter of legendary former heavy weight champion Muhammad Ali jetted into Johannesburg, South Africa recently where her managers struck a deal for a match with hard punching champion 'Brown Sugar' Ann Wolfe.

According to media reports filtering from South Africa, Ali, 29, knocked out Guayanese Gwendolyn O'Neil at Emperor's Palace recently.

O'Neil succumbed in the first round.

While in South Africa, Ali had a chance to meet anti-apartheid icon and boxing enthusiast, Nelson Mandela.

Mandela loved boxing when he was still young.

Ali has in the past said she wanted to fight Wolfe to 'secure her credibility.'  She lashed out at Wolfe for being scarred to fight him.

Negotiations for a fight were sealed and the world now awaits to see who the really coward is!

Wolfe is the only female boxer who has a record of holding four different titles in four categories. She is also known for being the hardest puncher in women's boxing

 

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