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| | Saturday, 3 March, 2001, 13:01 GMT Ali and Frazier trade insults  Ali lands a left to the head of her opponent on her way to victory Laila Ali and Jacqui Frazier-Lyde, together for the first time on the same fight card, scored separate knockout wins to preserve their unbeaten records. The pair, both daughters of former world heavyweight champions, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, then launched into a war of words ahead of their showdown this June. In their post-fight press conference, Ali said Frazier-Lyde was doing the most talking, "so you know she's going to get the most whooping." " I want someone to go home with a tattoo on their face so they know they were whooped by Laila Ali, " she added. Frazier-Lyde replied: "What she means is she's going to run. "Laila Ali is going to run just like Muhammad Ali ran from Joe Frazier." Laila Ali took exception to the comment.
"This is about me and you," Ali screamed. "Every time you say something like that, it's going to add to your whooping." Ali, who now has nine wins from nine fights, needed five rounds to stop Christine Robinson. At one minute, 50 seconds of the fifth round, Ali ended the fight with a barrage of rights and a left uppercut. Robinson could not avoid Ali's right, but was able to absorb it through the first two rounds. But with the crowd chanting "Ali, Ali," the champion's daughter backed Robinson into a corner in the fifth. A left uppercut lifted Robinson off the canvas and put her down for the count. In a short fight, Frazier-Lyde cruised to her seventh win in seven after just over a minute of the first round. She floored Genevia Buckhalter twice, the first time with two solid lefts to the chin. Both Ali and Frazier-Lyde used Friday's event, billed as a 'March to Destiny' as a tribute to the 30th anniversary of their famous fathers' first fight, which was held on 8 March 1971. | | See also:  Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Other top Other Sports stories: Links to top Other Sports stories are at the foot of the page. | |
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