Famed boxer Mohammed Ali’s daughter is finally coming full circle. World Champion boxer Laila Ali recently gained two great gifts; a husband in NFL player Curtis Conway and a pregnancy. Featured on the new issue of Essence magazine, Laila speaks of her marriage and excitement over her pregnancy.

 “I don’t know yet if we are having a boy or a girl, but I’m excited that I have a life inside me that my husband and I created,” Ali says in the May issue, which hits newsstands April 11.The boxing champ, who co-hosts American Gladiators, and Conway married last July in the rose garden of the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey, Calif.Among the 200 guests were Laila’s parents, Muhammad Ali and Veronica Porsche Anderson, along with her sister Hana Ali, who was a bridesmaid.This is the first child for Ali and the fourth for Conway, who has twin sons, Kelton and Cameron, 13, and a daughter Leilani, 9.“I am 100 percent undeniably happy,” Ali tells ESSENCE. “I’ve never been able to say that before.”Ali, 30, and Conway, 37, met at his house, when he hosted a small get together, which Ali attended with a friend. The pair became engaged on Thanksgiving 2006.Shortly after their wedding, Ali told PEOPLE that married life was “excellent.” (People)Congrats!