Zora Folley

Career, Record, Stats

Zora Folley was an American professional boxer. In a career spanning 17 years and 7 days, Folley amassed a record of 79-11-6, which includes 44 wins via KO.

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LEGEND

Zora Folley's Boxing Career

Zora Folley was born in Dallas, Texas, U.S. on May 27, 1931. He made his professional debut at the age of 22 years on September 22, 1953 against Jimmy Ingram. Folley defeated Ingram via 4 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Folley got his first world-title fight at the age of 35 after 85 professional fights. On March 22, 1967 Folley challenged Muhammad Ali's WBA and WBC heavyweight titles but lost via 7th round KO. Folley never got a world-title shot again.

Folley's last fight was a 1st-round KO loss to Mac Foster at age 39, on September 29, 1970.

Some of Zora Folley's best fights were against Henry Cooper, Bob Foster (HOFer), Oscar Bonavena, and George Chuvalo. For a complete list of Folley's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Zora Folley".

Folley has 11 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Zora Folley Losses".

Zora Folley's Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
96	Sep 29, 1970	39	Mac Foster	loss	KO 1
95	Nov 05, 1969	38	Billy Joiner	win	UD 10
94	Jun 16, 1969	38	Tommy Sims	win	KO 1
93	Jan 29, 1969	37	Sonny Moore	win	TKO 4
92	Jul 06, 1968	37	Oscar Bonavena 25 35-4	loss	MD 10
91	May 14, 1968	36	Al Jones	draw	SD 10
90	Mar 11, 1968	36	Roger Russell	draw	SD 10
89	Nov 13, 1967	36	Brian London	loss	PTS 10
88	Oct 03, 1967	36	Nick Sosa	win	KO 2
87	Sep 18, 1967	36	Wayne Kindred	win	TKO 8
86	Mar 22, 1967	35	Muhammad Ali 25 28-0	loss	KO 7
85	Jan 17, 1967	35	Floyd Joyner	win	KO 1
84	Dec 13, 1966	35	Jefferson Davis	win	UD 10
83	Oct 25, 1966	35	Henry Clark	win	UD 10
82	Jun 28, 1966	35	Jefferson Davis	win	KO 8
81	Dec 06, 1965	34	Bob Foster 23 21-3	win	UD 10
80	Feb 26, 1965	33	Oscar Bonavena 22 8-0	win	UD 10
79	Nov 14, 1964	33	Gerhard Zech	win	KO 4
78	Apr 17, 1964	32	Karl Mildenberger	draw	PTS 10
77	Mar 17, 1964	32	Tod Herring	win	TKO 7
76	Jan 17, 1964	32	George Chuvalo 26 25-7-2	win	UD 10
75	Oct 17, 1963	32	Billy Daniels	win	UD 10
74	Sep 19, 1963	32	John Collins	win	KO 5
73	Jul 27, 1963	32	Ernie Terrell 24 31-4	loss	UD 10
72	May 23, 1963	31	Bob Cleroux	win	UD 10
71	Apr 02, 1963	31	Dean Bogany	draw	TD 5
70	Dec 15, 1962	31	Doug Jones	loss	KO 7
69	Nov 19, 1962	31	Dave Furch	win	UD 10
68	Aug 29, 1962	31	Al Gonzalez	win	KO 5
67	Aug 01, 1962	31	Doug Jones	win	UD 10
66	Jun 12, 1962	31	Paul Andrews	win	TKO 7
65	Apr 18, 1962	30	Bob Cleroux	win	UD 10
64	Feb 15, 1962	30	Mike DeJohn	win	KO 3
63	Dec 05, 1961	30	Henry Cooper 27 23-7-1	win	KO 2
62	Sep 28, 1961	30	Sonny Moore	win	UD 10
61	Aug 30, 1961	30	Ben Marshall	win	KO 2
60	May 11, 1961	29	Alejandro Lavorante	loss	KO 7
59	Feb 10, 1961	29	Norman Letcher	win	TKO 5
58	Sep 16, 1960	29	Willi Besmanoff	win	UD 10
57	Jul 18, 1960	29	Sonny Liston 28 29-1	loss	KO 3
56	Apr 05, 1960	28	Clarence Williams	win	UD 10
55	Jan 18, 1960	28	Eddie Machen	win	UD 12
54	Nov 18, 1959	28	Alonzo Johnson	win	UD 10
53	Oct 02, 1959	28	Monroe Ratliff	win	TKO 2
52	Aug 04, 1959	28	Howard King	win	MD 10
51	Jul 07, 1959	28	Alvin Williams	win	KO 4
50	Apr 07, 1959	27	Willi Besmanoff	win	UD 10
49	Mar 10, 1959	27	Hank Thurman	win	UD 10
48	Jan 29, 1959	27	Alex Miteff	win	UD 10
47	Nov 24, 1958	27	Joe Bygraves	win	TKO 9
46	Oct 14, 1958	27	Henry Cooper 24 16-7-1	loss	PTS 10
45	Jul 25, 1958	27	Pete Rademacher	win	KO 4
44	May 19, 1958	26	Art Swiden	win	UD 10
43	Apr 09, 1958	26	Eddie Machen	draw	SD 12
42	Jan 01, 1958	26	Garvin Sawyer	win	UD 10
41	Dec 04, 1957	26	Edgardo Romero	win	TKO 4
40	Nov 21, 1957	26	Duke Sabedong	win	KO 4
39	Sep 10, 1957	26	Monroe Ratliff	win	UD 10
38	Aug 05, 1957	26	Edgardo Romero	win	TKO 6
37	Jul 09, 1957	26	Jeff Dyer	win	UD 10
36	Jun 18, 1957	26	Julius Griffin	win	TKO 4
35	May 20, 1957	25	Jimmy Wood	win	KO 2
34	Apr 18, 1957	25	JD Harvey	win	KO 4
33	Mar 12, 1957	25	Johnny Hollins	win	KO 2
32	Feb 11, 1957	25	Howie Turner	win	UD 10
31	Jan 09, 1957	25	Wayne Bethea	win	SD 10
30	Dec 03, 1956	25	Wayne Bethea	win	SD 10
29	Sep 25, 1956	25	Nino Valdes	win	UD 10
28	Aug 15, 1956	25	Roger Rischer	win	UD 12
27	May 28, 1956	25	Rocky Robinson	win	KO 8
26	May 08, 1956	24	Ponce de Leon	win	KO 7
25	Feb 28, 1956	24	Watson Jones	win	KO 3
24	Dec 01, 1955	24	Young Jack Johnson	loss	RTD 5
23	Sep 24, 1955	24	Reuben Wilson	win	KO 8
22	Sep 08, 1955	24	Ted Calaman	win	TKO 4
21	Jul 28, 1955	24	Jake Williams	win	TKO 7
20	Jun 23, 1955	24	Johnny Summerlin	loss	RTD 6
19	May 16, 1955	23	Howard King	win	TKO 1
18	Apr 07, 1955	23	Calvin Brad	win	TKO 7
17	Feb 24, 1955	23	Kirby Seals	win	TKO 5
16	Jan 20, 1955	23	JD Reed	win	TKO 8
15	Dec 18, 1954	23	Kid Zanzibar	win	KO 7
14	Nov 26, 1954	23	Jimmy Ingram	win	UD 10
13	Oct 23, 1954	23	Georgie Woods	win	SD 5
12	Oct 01, 1954	23	Sandy McPherson	win	UD 8
11	Aug 28, 1954	23	Kid Percy	win	KO 4
10	Aug 13, 1954	23	Kirby Seals	win	UD 10
9	Jul 12, 1954	23	Frank Buford	win	UD 10
8	Jun 10, 1954	23	Johnny Rebel	win	KO 1
7	Apr 13, 1954	22	Jackie Condon	win	TKO 3
6	Mar 26, 1954	22	Battling Blackjack	win	KO 1
5	Jan 26, 1954	22	Howard King	win	TKO 7
4	Dec 07, 1953	22	Lonnie Malone	win	TKO 2
3	Nov 17, 1953	22	Cornelius Brown	win	RTD 8
2	Sep 29, 1953	22	Calvin Chambers	draw	PTS 4
1	Sep 22, 1953	22	Jimmy Ingram	win	PTS 4

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