A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

LAILA

Sun, 24 Mar '24
With 12-Down, world champion boxer who retired an undefeated 24-0
Wed, 24 Jan '24
With 63-Down, boxer who retired undefeated in 2007
Tue, 19 Dec '23
Boxer Ali whose first name contains only the letters in "Ali"
Sun, 27 Aug '23
Ali who retired undefeated
Sun, 23 Jan '22
One of the boxing Alis
Sun, 18 Apr '21
Boxer Ali
Thu, 4 Mar '21
Retired pugilist Ali