Muhammad Ali vs. Zora Folley

Boxing competition

Date

March 22, 1967

Venue

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York

Title(s) on the line

WBA, WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring undisputed heavyweight championship

Tale of the tape

Boxer	Muhammad Ali	Zora Folley
Nickname	"The Greatest"	"Bell"
Hometown	Louisville, Kentucky	Dallas, Texas
Pre-fight record	28–0 (22 KO)	74–7–4 (40 KO)
Age	25 years, 2 months	35 years, 9 months
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	211 lb (96 kg)	203 lb (92 kg)
Style	Orthodox	Orthodox
Recognition	WBA, WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring Undisputed Heavyweight Champion	The Ring No. 1 Ranked Heavyweight

Result

Ali won via 7th round KO

Muhammad Ali vs. Zora Folley was a professional boxing match contested on March 22, 1967, for the undisputed heavyweight championship.^[1]

Background

This was first World Heavyweight Championship bout to be held at Madison Square Garden since Ezzard Charles vs. Lee Oma in January 1951.

Ali won the bout by knocking out Folley in the seventh round.^[2]

This would be Ali's last boxing match before his suspension from boxing.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Confirmed bouts:^[7]

^ "Muhammad Ali vs. Zora Folley". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
^ "'Phantom' Chop stops Folley". The Telegraph. 23 March 1967. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 166–7. ISBN 9780671688929.
^ Felix Dennis; Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. pp. 150–2.
^ "ZORA FOLLEY RANKS MUHAMMAD ALI AS NO. 1". Sports Illustrated. 10 April 1967. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ "AFTER MUHAMMAD, A GRAVEYARD". Sports Illustrated. 3 April 1967. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ "BoxRec - event".

Preceded by vs. Ernie Terrell	Muhammad Ali's bouts 22 March 1967	Succeeded by vs. Jerry Quarry
Preceded by vs. Floyd Joyner	Zora Folley's bouts 22 March 1967	Succeeded by vs. Wayne Kindred

Muhammad Ali

Docu films and series	Whicker's World (1967 episode) a.k.a. Cassius Clay (1970) Facing Ali (2009) When Ali Came to Ireland (2012) The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013) I Am Ali (2014) Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century (2019 episode) What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (2019) Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (2021) Muhammad Ali (2021 series)