Zora Folley

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heavyweight boxer human professional boxer

Zora Folley was an American heavyweight boxer of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for challenging Muhammad Ali for the world title in 1967.

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Label	Occurrences
Zora Folley canonical	3

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heavyweight boxer ⓘ human ⓘ professional boxer ⓘ
activeYearsInBoxing	1953–1970 ⓘ
awardReceived	Purple Heart ⓘ
burialPlace	Valley of the Sun Cemetery, Chandler, Arizona ⓘ
causeOfDeath	drowning ⓘ
conflict	Korean War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1931-05-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1972-07-07 ⓘ
describedBySource	The Ring magazine ⓘ
draws	4 ⓘ
era	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Fowley ⓘ surface form: Folley
givenName	Zora ⓘ
hallOfFame	Arizona Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ
losses	7 ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	sergeant ⓘ
name	Zora Folley self-link ⓘ
notableFor	being a top heavyweight contender of his era ⓘ
notableOpponent	Doug Jones ⓘ Eddie Machen ⓘ George Chuvalo ⓘ Sir Henry Cooper ⓘ surface form: Henry Cooper
notableWork	challenged Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title ⓘ
numberOfChildren	9 ⓘ
occupation	boxer ⓘ
opponent	Muhammad Ali ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Dallas, Texas ⓘ surface form: Dallas, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath	Chandler, Arizona, United States ⓘ
religion	Baptist ⓘ
residence	Chandler, Arizona, United States ⓘ
resultAgainstMuhammadAli	lost by knockout ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sport	boxing ⓘ
spouse	Pearl Folley ⓘ
stance	orthodox ⓘ
titleChallengeDate	1967-03-22 ⓘ
titleChallengeLocation	Madison Square Garden ⓘ surface form: Madison Square Garden, New York City
totalFights	80 ⓘ
weightClass	heavyweight ⓘ
wins	74 ⓘ
winsByKO	40 ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zora → isGivenNameOf → Zora Folley ⓘ

Sonny Liston → defeated → Zora Folley ⓘ

Zora Folley → name → Zora Folley self-link ⓘ