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  • Personal life "Muhammad Ali has been married four times and has seven daughters and two sons. Ali met his first wife, cocktail waitress Sonji Roi, approximately one month before they married on August 14, 1964. Roi's objections to certain Muslim customs in regards to dress for women contributed to the break-up of their marriage. They divorced on January 10, 1966. On August 17, 1967, Ali married 17-year old Belinda Boyd. After the wedding, she changed her name to Khalilah Ali, following Muslim tradition, but she was still called Belinda by old friends and family. They had four children together; the eldest daughter, Maryum, was born in 1968. Twin daughters, Jamillah and Rasheda, were born in 1970. Muhammad Ali's only biological son, Muhammad Ali Jr., was born in 1972. However, Ali began an affair with a young woman named Veronica Porsche in 1974. Porche was one of the four poster girls who had promoted the Rumble in the Jungle fight in Zaire versus George Foreman. By the summer of 1977, Ali's second marriage was over and he had married Veronica. By the time they were married, they had a baby girl, Hana, and Veronica was pregnant with their second child. Their second daughter, Laila Ali, was born in December of that year. Laila Ali would follow the career of her father, eventually becoming the IBA, WIBA, and IWBF champion. By 1986, Ali and Veronica had divorced. On November 19, 1986, Ali married his fourth wife, Yolanda 'Lonnie' Ali. They had known each other since the early 1960s in Louisville, having first met when Ali was 22 and Yolanda was 6. Their mothers were close friends, although Lonnie Ali has publicly denied the popular notion that Muhammad Ali was once her babysitter. They have one adopted son, Asaad. Ali has two other daughters, Miya and Khaliah, from extramarital relationships." source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali#Personal_life

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