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Muhammad Ali vs. Zora Folley; Date: March 22, 1967: Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York: Title(s) on the line: WBA, WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring undisputed heavyweight championship: Tale of the tape
Zora "Bell" Folley (May 27, 1931 – July 7, 1972) was an American heavyweight boxer who was a top 10 contender for eleven years in a row from 1956 to 1966 and a nine-time top 5 contender throughout his career, reaching a peak as number 1 contender in 1959.
Doug Jones (February 27, 1937 – November 14, 2017) was an American heavyweight boxer. [1] He was the number-one contender in early 1964 and beat top contenders Zora Folley, Light Heavyweight Champion Bob Foster, Middleweight World Champion Bobo Olson and World Heavyweight title challengers Pete Rademacher and Tom McNeeley in his career. [2]
Though he never fought for a title, the 6'2" Honeyboy was a notable opponent for many of the top heavyweights of his era, including three fights against Zora Folley (0-3), six bouts against Archie Moore (0-5-1), two-fight series with George Chuvalo (1-1) and Sonny Liston (0-2), and a loss against Bob Satterfield. [1]
The first fight, on March 29, 1967, at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, was for Ali's world heavyweight title. ... Zora Folley: UD 10 Jan 17, 1964 Cleveland Arena ...
March 22 – Muhammad Ali retains his world Heavyweight title with a seventh-round knockout of Zora Folley in what would be his last fight in three years, at New York. April 17 – Nino Benvenuti wins the world Middleweight title, defeating Emile Griffith by a fifteen-round unanimous decision, at New York.
def. Zora Folley on March 22, 1967: 13 [25] 25 Ernie Terrell def. Eddie Machen: WBA: March 5, 1965: February 6, 1967 703: def. George Chuvalo on November 1, 1965 def. Doug Jones on June 28, 1966 – 1 [26] 26 Joe Frazier def. Buster Mathis: NYSAC: March 4, 1968: February 16, 1970 714: def. Manuel Ramos on June 24, 1968 def. Oscar Bonavena on ...
Zora Folley: KO 2 (10), 1:06: 5 Dec 1961 Empire Pool, London, England: 31 Win 23–7–1 Joe Erskine: TKO 5 (15) 21 Mar 1961 Empire Pool, London, England: Retained British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles: 30 Win 22–7–1 Alex Miteff PTS 10 6 Dec 1960 Empire Pool, London, England: 29 Win 21–7–1 Roy Harris: PTS 10 13 Sep 1960 Empire ...