Laila Ali scored a majority decision over Jacqui Frazier-Lyde on Friday night as the daughters of two of boxing's greats slugged it out for eight rounds at Turning Stone Casino.
Only Joe Frazier was at ringside and he watched his oldest daughter fight a game fight.
This was easily the toughest bout either fighter had had in their brief careers. And it was fought at a fierce pace, with both women slugging it out in the middle of the ring almost incessantly.
Frazier-Lyde stormed after Ali in the first round, intent on scoring a knockout. But Ali withstood the barrage and countered with several shots to Frazier-Lyde's head.
In the third, Ali stunned Frazier-Lyde with two hard lefts to the head, knocked out her mouthpiece and finished the round with a six-punch combination that staggered Frazier-Lyde some more.
In the fourth, Ali landed a series of rights to Frazier-Lyde's head near the end of the round and in the fifth began dancing like her father. She even stopped and stared for a few seconds at her tiring foe, then landed a good left with 30 seconds left as she began taking control.
The sixth and seventh rounds were just about even, and Frazier-Lyde, her left eye swollen, tried gamely for a knockout in the eighth and final round, even wobbling Ali briefly. <
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