Thursday, March 29, 2012

Strong Woman - Laila Ali, American professional boxer

Laila Amaria Ali (born December 30, 1977) is a retired American professional boxer. She is the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali from his third wife Veronica Porsche Ali.

In 2002 Ali wrote (with co-author David Ritz) the book Reach! Finding Strength, Spirit, and Personal Power, meant to motivate and inspire young people. In this book Ali discusses how she felt isolated at times because of her parents fame. Ali has also spent some time in jail. In the book she describes the physical abuse, stinks and arrests that she experienced in jail. Critics say that Ali book has a good foundation to it but she does not give the readers advice in the book, rather she just talks about her own experiences. Ali married Johnny "Yahya" McClain on August 27, 2000. She met McClain through her sister Hana at her father's 57th birthday party. McClain became Ali's manager and helped guide her career. In late 2005 Ali and McClain divorced and McClain quit managing Ali. On July 23, 2007, Ali married former NFL player Curtis Conway in Los Angeles. Ali has three stepchildren with Conway, 15-year-old twin sons Cameron and Kelton and 11-year-old Leilani. On August 26, 2008 Ali gave birth to her son, Curtis Muhammad Conway Jr. On September 29, 2010, Ali announced that she and Conway were expecting their second child together. On April 4, 2011 Ali gave birth to her daughter, Sydney J. Conway.

Ali is also credited with saving the life of American Gladiators co-host Hulk Hogan by telephoning him when he was depressed and suicidal - a call which Hogan (in his book My Life Outside The Ring) claims "snapped me out" of an acute suicidal 'trance'.







Sexy Strong Woman - Meltem Akar, Turkish female boxer

Meltem Akar (born May 12, 1982) is a Turkish female boxer competing in the light flyweight (48 kg) division.

She is the daughter of Şenol Akar, who was between 1975-1980 an active amateur boxer in Giresun.

Meltem Akar started boxing in 2006. She is coached by Metin Kısa. At the 2011 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships held in Katowice, Poland, she became champion.

Currently, she is a student of physical education and sports at the Black Sea Technical University.






Sexy Strong Woman - Marcela Acuña, Argentine female boxer

Marcela Eliana Acuña (born October 16, 1976 in Formosa) is an Argentine female boxer, who is nicknamed La Tigresa. Her mother wished for Acuña to become a ballerina, but that was never Acuña's dream.

Acuña enjoyed boxing from a very early age. At the age of seven, she visited a boxing gym for the first time. Her first trainer, Ramon Chaparro, would many years later become her husband.

Marcela Acuña became an accomplished martial arts fighter before she decided to box for money. At the age of twelve, she had earned a black belt and she became South America's champion in her division by the age of fourteen. She made sixteen successful title defenses.

She had to retire from karate due to pregnancy. In 1995, she and Chaparro had their first son. After some time away from combat sports, Acuña decided that she would return, only this time, she would compete in boxing.

Like Rafael Lovera, Pete Rademacher, and a few others before her, Acuña got a world title try on her very first match. On December 5, 1997, she was matched against WBC women's world champion Christy Martin, in Pompano Beach, Florida, in an undercard that was headlined by Johnny Tapia's world championship defense against Puerto Rico's Andy Agosto and which was shown nationally across the United States. Acuña was dropped in round ten, but she rose and finished the bout on her feet. Despite losing a unanimous decision by scores of 100-90 and 99-90 (twice), Acuña's performance was hailed by many fans and critics alike, considering that this was her first professional boxing bout.






Saturday, March 24, 2012

Sexy Muscular Woman - Malika Zitouni, French-Algerian bodybuilder

Malika Zitouni (born December 12, 1973) is a French-Algerian bodybuilder. She lives in Derry. She is the partner of Dave Fox and they both run the gym Pro Gym in Derry. She recently won Derry's "Sports Personality of the Year".




Monday, March 19, 2012

Sexy Muscular Woman - Marietta Žigalová, professional Slovak female fitness competitor

Marietta Žigalová (born 23 November 1968, Ružomberok) is a former professional Slovak female fitness competitor. She was the Absolute World and Europe Fitness Champion and the Fitness Olympia competitor.






Sexy Muscular Woman - Jenny Worth, IFBB fitness & figure competitor from Florida

Jenny Worth (born May 6, 1977) is an IFBB fitness & figure competitor from Florida. Jenny Worth became a competitive gymnast at the age of 7, and competed until joining the track, cheerleading, cross country running and weight lifting team at Amos P. Godby High School in Tallahassee, Florida. She has the distinction of being the first female member of the weight lifting team, and also was the Senior Homecoming Queen (1995), and was subsequently inducted in the Amos P. Godby Hall of Fame for her accomplishments in the sports arena.

She became an amateur fitness athlete upon graduating High School, and turned Pro in 1998. She has worked as a fitness instructor, and personal trainer in Miami with Dodd Romero of Bod by Dodd. In 2010 she moved to the Los Angeles area, where she continues to work as a personal fitness trainer.




Friday, March 9, 2012

Sexy Muscular Woman - Lyen Wong, German-Cuban fitness athlete

Lyen Wong, born August 5, 1974 in Matanzas, Cuba, is a German-Cuban fitness athlete. Since her competitive debut in 2005, she has won a number of national and international titles in the fitness and figure categories.

Wong's maternal grandparents hail from the Basque Country in Spain, while her father is of Chinese Cuban and Afro-Cuban descent. She has graduated from the "Universidad de Matanzas Camilo Cienfuegos" where she studied English Literature, attaining the title "Licenciada" in 1997. Before moving to Europe in 2001, first to Madrid/Spain and, in 2003, to Düsseldorf/Germany, she worked as a fitness trainer in the Cuban beach resort of Varadero.






Sunday, March 4, 2012

Sexy Muscular Woman - Torrie Wilson, American professional wrestler, fitness competitor and model

Torrie Anne Wilson (born July 24, 1975) is a retired American professional wrestler, fitness competitor and model. She is best known for her tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she worked on both their SmackDown and Raw brands throughout her eight-year run.

As a fitness competitor, Wilson won the Miss Galaxy competition in 1998. Shortly after, she was signed by World Championship Wrestling, where she stayed from 1999 until 2001. In 2001, she began appearing on World Wrestling Federation (WWF) television as part of The Invasion storyline. Her most high profile storyline took place in 2003 when she feuded with Dawn Marie. Wilson has also been a part of the all-female stable, or group of affiliated wrestlers, known as Vince's Devils, which ended its run in 2006.







Sexy Muscular Woman - Lisa Marie Varon, American professional wrestler

Lisa Marie Varon (born February 10, 1971), is an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and fitness competitor of Puerto Rican and Turkish descent. Varon is best known for her time in World Wrestling Entertainment under the ringname Victoria and her current tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ringname Tara.

Varon started competing in fitness competitions and won ESPN2's Fitness America Series in 1997. In 1999, she placed second at a fitness event in New York to earn her International Federation of BodyBuilders Professional Fitness Card.