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After their marriage, she, like Ali, changed her name to Khalilah Ali, though she was still called Belinda by old friends and family. When Ali's evasion of the draft cost him his boxing title in 1967 (a decision later overturned by the Supreme Court), Khalilah supported him emotionally and financially.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/22/muhammad-ali-ex-wife-_n_4646970.html|title=Muhammed Ali's Ex-Wife, Khalilah Camacho Ali, Opens Up About Their Marriage|date=2014-01-22|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2018-01-02|language=en-US}}</ref> They had a tumultuous marriage with Ali's infidelities and she accused him of being an absentee father.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In 1974, Ali began an affair with his future wife [[Veronica Porché Ali|Veronica Porche]] which resulted in a confrontation between Khalilah and Veronica in [[Thrilla in Manila|Manila]].<ref name="ReferenceB"/> In January 1977, Khalilah divorced Ali.<ref name="Company1977">{{cite journal|first=Ron|last=Kisner|title=Ebony|journal=Ebony|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=4MsDAAAAMBAJ|page=82}}|date=September 1977|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|page=82|issn=0012-9011}}</ref> After their bitter divorce she said, "I left him because he wasn't what he said he was, because of his lack of morals and disrespect to the family. I don't think he deserves the name Muhammad Ali, and I'm going to call him Cassius Clay from now on."<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
The couple had four children, Maryum "May May" (b. 1968), twins Jamillah and Rasheda (b. 1970), and Muhammad Ali Jr. (b. 1972). During their marriage, Ali had multiple children from extramarital affairs including Miya in 1972, and Khaliah in 1974,.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/04/muhammad-alis-tangled-love-life-leaves-troubled-legacy/|title=Muhammad Ali's tangled love life leaves troubled legacy|last1=Foster|first1=Peter|date=2016-06-04|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-01-02|last2=Allen|first2=Nick|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Rasheda married Robert Walsh and has two sons, Biaggio Ali Walsh (b.
Khalilah remarried in the 1980s and divorced twice more.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/khalilah-camacho-ali-stood-by-muhammad-ali-through-exile-and-triumph-6344636|title=Khalilah Camacho-Ali Stood by Muhammad Ali Through Exile and Triumph|author=Francisco Alvarado|work=New Times Broward-Palm Beach}}</ref>
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