Zora Folley

Career, Record, Stats
Zora Folley

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