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Khalilah Camacho Ali (born Belinda Boyd in 1950) is the former wife of boxer Muhammad Ali. In 1967, at age 17, she married Ali.After ten years, she divorced him. She had four children with Ali.
She studied karate, and by 1977, earned a third degree black belt. She eventually earned her ninth degree black belt. She appeared on the cover of Ebony Magazine seven times. Khalilah studied under Jim Kelly and Steve Saunders. She remarried in the 1980s and divorced twice more. She appeared in the Jane Fonda movie The China Syndrome.
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^ Jump up to: a b c "Bitter About Ali ('i Call Him Cassius Clay'), Ex-Wife Khalilah Forges a Life of Her Own". people.com.
^ Jump up to: a b c Kisner, Ron (September 1977). "Ebony". Johnson Publishing Company. p. 82. ISSN 0012-9011.
Jump up ^ "Muhammed Ali's Ex-Wife, Khalilah Camacho Ali, Opens Up About Their Marriage". The Huffington Post.
^ Jump up to: a b Francisco Alvarado. "Khalilah Camacho-Ali was in the Champ's corner through some of boxing's greatest moments". Miami New Times.
Jump up ^ Francisco Alvarado. "Khalilah Camacho-Ali Stood by Muhammad Ali Through Exile and Triumph". New Times Broward-Palm Beach.
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