Most one-sided loss a #1 contender received from the champion?

cuchulain · Aug 15, 2008

Irish Steel said:

holmes cooney?
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It appears you haven't actually watched that fight.

jowcol · Aug 15, 2008

groove said:

"The last fight we had was in New York , against Zora Folley . In some ways it was the best fight Ali made, because Folley was a smart man and a thoughtful one in the ring. He was the only fighter we ever met who managed to cut the ring in half on Ali. He'd shuffle from one side to the other when Ali circled and he'd be there, right in front of Ali. A lot of fighters tried that, but they weren't smart or quick enough to do it.

Then Folley surprised us by using a left jab to the belly. This was a tactic that quite a few fighters threatened to use, but no one else ever did. It looks as if it should be effective, because when Ali leans back from a left jab to the head, his belly comes forward. So if you fake the jab to the head and then come in to the stomach you should be able to reach him. Folley did reach him a few times, but after a while it was because Ali wanted him to. Ali was waiting to set him up for a right over that low left hand, and finally he hit Folley with a shot and down he went. When he knocked Folley out he hit him real quick with two right handsthe first one stopped Folley in mid-air and the second one hit him on the way down. They were thrown that fast." Angelo Dundee
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1967 Folley was a faded shell.

Bokaj · Aug 15, 2008

jowcol said:

1967 Folley was a faded shell.
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I think he looked quite good and put up quite a good fight.

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