In his entire lifetime, Ali married four different women and had nine children and others who showed up later in life after he had died.

Barely 9 years after they officially got married, the marriage came rumbling amid allegations of Ali cheating. Laila went on to follow in her father’s footsteps and became a boxer, whilst Hana took to writing. In 1977, after the scuffle with his first wife had ended, the legend officially wedded Veronica Porsche, who already had Hana Ali for him and was pregnant with a second daughter – Laila. Muhammad Ali was everything a society could admire in a role model, but for his promiscuity. My mum believes if she could turn the hands of time, she would have waited until my dad sorted out his issues with Belinda, before getting involved with him.’ ‘When the news came out that my dad was married again, there was chaos everywhere because everyone knew he was already married to Belinda. The main reason why this marriage was kept secret was that Ali was already married to wife Belinda and had four kids. They apparently fell in love and Ali performed some traditional rites of some sort after the match in a private ceremony with only Ali’s bodyguard present as a witness to the ceremony. That was how he met my mum, 18-year-old Veronica who was a model and a part of the show promoters. Hana narrates the meeting of her parents saying, ‘A few days before the match, Foreman was injured and thus left Ali with so much free time on his hands. The over 60,000 people in attendance were left awe struck and full of praise for the legend. Muhammad Ali as was expected, won the match just before the end of the eighth round and put George Foreman down. The boxing match was for Ali to claim back his title after he had gone nearly 4 years without a fight and being initially stripped of his tiltles. George Foreman struggles to stand to his feet in his match against Ali Hana narrates her parents, Muhammad and Veronica meeting during Ali’s ‘The Rumble in the Jungle’ game in 1974 against George Foreman. Hana Ali, daughter of legend Muhammad Ali – American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist- lived a fond life with her dad who totally adored her and spent as much time as he could with his family. Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to live with a legend and a world-celebrated boxer, much more to be his daughter?

At Home with Muhammad Ali by Hana Ali