Lovely Laila

Laila Ali can float like a butterfly on the dance floor and sting like a bee in the boxing ring. Here, she holds her belt after winning in 55 seconds the WBC/WIBA Super Middleweight World Title bout against Gwendolyn O'Neil of Guyana on Feb 3, 2007. The fight took place at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Here's Laila Ali with her gloves off and all glammed up for a publicity shot for the ABC reality show "Dancing With The Stars" in March 2007.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy, left, is the professional dancer paired with Laila Ali, right, on season 4 of "Dancing With The Stars."

Laila and Maksim dance the rumba on the April 16, 2007 episode of "Dancing With The Stars." The rumba tells the story of love and seduction between a man and a woman.

Laila and Maksim earned their highest score to date -- 28 out of 30 -- when they danced the rumba on the April 16, 2007 episode of "Dancing With The Stars."

Here's what we mean by "sting like a bee." Laila Ali, right, lands a punch on Shelley Burton during their WBC Super Middleweight Championship fight, Nov. 11, 2006, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Laila and Maksim dance the mambo on the March 26, 2007 episode of "Dancing With The Stars." The judges loved Laila's sexy moves and the couple scored a 27 out of 30.

Laila and Maksim shake it during their mambo on the March 26, 2007 episode of "Dancing With The Stars." The mambo takes intricate footwork and plenty of stamina, both of which Laila already has from being an undefeated champion boxer.

Laila and Maksim dance the fox trot on the March 19, 2007 episode of "Dancing With The Stars." This was the couple's first performance on the show.

Laila slinks through her sultry tango routine on the April 2, 2007 episode of "Dancing With The Stars."

Laila and Maksim dance a sensual tango on the April 2, 2007 episode of "Dancing With The Stars."

The judges thought Laila and Maksim didn't show enough heat in their paso doble, which they're shown here performing on the April 9, 2007 episode of "Dancing With The Stars."

Laila and Maksim perform the paso doble on the April 9, 2007 episode of "Dancing With The Stars." The dance is based on the bullfights of Spain.

Where did Laila get her good looks, boxing skills and grace? She certainly inherited some of that from her famous father, boxing legend Muhammad Ali. They're shown here after she defeated Suzy Taylor in two rounds at the Aladdin Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Aug. 17, 2002.