"From 1956-1965 name me more than 5 heavyweights who had better careers than Zora Folley?" Ali, Liston, Patterson, Johansson, Terrell, Williams...
So Doug Jones KO'ing Folley in their rematch proves he was better than Folley in their first fight also? Is that your position?
Like I posted earlier, the case for Folley is that he once beat Valdes who was now doing the heavy lifting of beating contenders while Folley was...
Honestly, Cooper was not durable, having a so-so chin, and of course was very vulnerable to cuts, but he was tallish, fast, and an excellent...
"Folley had a top 3 rating 1957-1959" Okay. "and a top 5 rating 1960-1964" So we are back to talking about the future. No one knew in 1958...
In fairness to Johnson, I think the scheduled fight with Liston was in 1956, and Johnson pulled out because of an injury. It was not during...
I have no dog in this particular hunt, but I must raise the issue of whether these are The Ring ratings from the February, 1959 issue, in which...
You do argue both sides of the fence, don't you. You maintain we should all defer to the high rating of Folley. The high rating for Pastrano...
Folley was rated right at the top in 1957 and 1958. Who again was the best man he beat after the split decision over Bethea? Rademacher? Art...
1959-1962 Actually none of those men were beaten in 1959. These are men Folley defeated in the 1960's. Choklab made a valid point. Folks at...
"Folley was the tougher matchup for Patterson." Well, who would know that in 1958? Patterson's one defeat to this point was to Maxim who was a...
"the ring and nba promoted Folley to number 1 in the world in 1958 so they thought very highly of him." Apparently wins over Art Swiden and Pete...
Machen should have been given a shot earlier in the year. His poor performance against Folley clouded his chances. I think Harris was a worthy...
But Suzie, one thing. London was a tune-up, get the rust off, fight. You are right that he was selected because he was less dangerous, but in a...
Despite having lost to Folley by decision back in 1956, I think Valdes was actually doing more to "earn" a shot. Folley simply sat on his rating...
