Did Folley take a dive?

i have you on ignore, are referring to when fighting or when died? He died in a diving accident, i think, but I dont recall any diving in fights.

 

No, he would have just stayed down after the 1st knockdown. Why get up and continue getting your nose and lips busted? Ali didnt need a guy on his level to dive anyway.

 

It was legit. Folley was a good fighter and had been knocked out before.

Ali also hit harder than advertised on several occasions. This is peak Ali. He was putting his hands all over Folley. He got hit with two rights in a row and landed on his face.

 

Yes, Zora Folley waited 14 years for a title shot, battled through 85 professional fights to get in the ring with the champ, managed to fight the world champ to a draw after six rounds (when most people lost every round to Ali), and THEN TOOK A DIVE because he didn't want to take a beating "like Chuvalo" and it looked "fishy" to some guy on a message board 50 years later?

All of you insisting it was a dive ... go away.

 

Only the final knockdown looks fishy to my eye. I think maybe Foley was just overwhelmed by by the greatest heavyweight who ever walked the Earth, in his absolute prime, and saw no good reason to keep getting hit.

 

I believe it was legit what does surprise me is he does very well in the bout against the mythical unhittable Ali. Folley tags him quite often. Solid match.

 

Well when one's head is snapping around like a reflex bag its very hard to insinuate that fighter "took a dive". If he realized it was wiser to get counted out then to continue to get up to get beat down, well that's called self preservation...

 

But, that's not really taking a dive.

 

Not to me, I think it's legit.

 

As you alluded, he wasn't in top gear.He took his time knowing he didn't have much to worry about.I also think he was compassionate towards Zora.