Ernie Terrell-Zora Folley

What would have been the result of a 15 round contest for Terrell's WBA tile between these two? For some reason their paths never crossed. I believe that Terrell would have won his customary decision over Folley in a bout filled with the jab and grab repetiore that Mr. Terrell was so proficient with.

 

Yes, to be totally honest, the bout would probably been excrutiatingly boring, as bouts between two good technicians often can be. But alas, I've become so fond of these kind of bouts in my old age..boxing as chess..it's the higher level of boxing, IMO, an appreciation of the technicians of the sport.

 

Come on you guys..I know it's not the most thrilling of matchups, but.....

 

My hat's off to you McGrain, and I stand corrected..back in '63 the two met...an education for me. I'm even more impressed by the "rediscovered" Ernie Terrell.

 

Yes, I think Terrell was quite good against those 6' tall tecnician type guys like Machen and Folley, and Jones, though Doug may have been a little shy of 6'.

 

What blackballs Ernie is that "what's my name fight" with Ali, and the glory that the lib sportswriters heap on Ali..making Terrell the "uncle Tom" villain in that fight who was "carried" by Ali so that he could torture him for his impertinence in using the name "Clay"...bull****..bull****..and more bull****...Terrell wasn'r "carried" he's undersold inasfar as his toughness and defensive capabilities were concerned..sure he lost the fight, but he was also fouled repeatedly by Ali, as in being repeatedly being thumbed in the eye, and in fact Terrell had an eyepatch on as evidence..on an episode of Wide World alongside Howie Cosell while reviewing the fight on film. Now Cosell was probably not the most unbiased person for Ernie to make his case too, but it was backed up on review of the film..and yes, I know that Ernie himself had an "educated thumb" himself that opponents had accused him of using..and that didn't help Terrells case, esp. amongst the worshipful defenders of Ali in the boxing media at the time.

 

I believe that he would have probably accounted for himself better than he did if he wasn't fighting with a painful handicap. He would have lost anyway, but he would have done better IMO.