Zora Folley

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Zora Folley was an American heavyweight boxer of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for challenging Muhammad Ali for the world title in 1967.

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Zora Folley canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf heavyweight boxer ⓘ
human ⓘ
professional boxer ⓘ
activeYearsInBoxing 1953–1970 ⓘ
awardReceived Purple Heart ⓘ
burialPlace Valley of the Sun Cemetery, Chandler, Arizona ⓘ
causeOfDeath drowning ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1931-05-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1972-07-07 ⓘ
describedBySource The Ring magazine ⓘ
draws 4 ⓘ
era 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Folley ⓘ
linked to: Fowley
givenName Zora ⓘ
hallOfFame Arizona Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ
losses 7 ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank sergeant ⓘ
name Zora Folley ⓘ
notableFor being a top heavyweight contender of his era ⓘ
notableOpponent Doug Jones ⓘ
Eddie Machen ⓘ
George Chuvalo ⓘ
Henry Cooper ⓘ
linked to: Sir Henry Cooper
notableWork challenged Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title ⓘ
numberOfChildren 9 ⓘ
occupation boxer ⓘ
opponent Muhammad Ali ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dallas, Texas, United States ⓘ
linked to: Dallas, Texas
placeOfDeath Chandler, Arizona, United States ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Chandler, Arizona, United States ⓘ
resultAgainstMuhammadAli lost by knockout ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport boxing ⓘ
spouse Pearl Folley ⓘ
stance orthodox ⓘ
titleChallengeDate 1967-03-22 ⓘ
titleChallengeLocation Madison Square Garden, New York City ⓘ
totalFights 80 ⓘ
weightClass heavyweight ⓘ
wins 74 ⓘ
winsByKO 40 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zora → isGivenNameOf → Zora Folley ⓘ
Sonny Liston → defeated → Zora Folley ⓘ
Zora Folley → name → Zora Folley ⓘ