Zora Folley vs. Cleveland Williams

Who takes this? Folley has a host of great wins in his career, and a good supporting resume as well. Williams on the other hand, has dozens of knockouts, but only proved to be world-class on a few select occasions. Both could hit, and both were fast, although speed clearly belonged to Folley and power to Williams. Although Folley was far more accomplished, he was not known for durability for his part, whereas Cleveland must have been fairly durable, despite all claims to discredit him. I like a two-fight series between the two. Folley outboxes Williams the first time, baffling him for the first seven rounds, but then staving off buzzsaw attacks in the final three rounds. In a rematch they battle toe-to-toe before Folley succumbs in 3 to 5 rounds. Maybe it's just my imagination. I think these two could be an interesting pair.

 

Yes, Folley was a very great guy. I remember he was one of the first fighters to address Ali by his Muslim name, thus earning Ali's respect. Is that on the level about your mom?

 

So you are from Arizona?

 

Not to nitpick, but the fight with Mildenberger was a draw, but it was considered a bad robbery at the time. Folley dropped Mildenberger twice, and boxed his socks off the rest of the time. Mildenberger defeated Machen.

 

It's unfortunate. He seemed a great guy. A decorated Korea veteran turned very successful boxer with a family of 9 children. Not very old when he died, was he?

 

Eerily though, Machen died just a month after, and of course Liston died in 1970. Very peculiar how close their deaths were together. Not that I'm insinuating that their deaths were somehow connected.

 

So @BlackCloud, is this another one of those daily heavyweight threads?

 

Folley also sounds like he was very locally active. Wikipedia says he was a member of the Chandler City Council.