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...dullest heavyweight championship fights in history, Cassius Clay toyed around with slow and aging Zora Folley for seven rounds last night, then knocked him out with a right...
...Cassius and a reach which might just hold off Sonny for six or seven rounds. Terrell is not a flashy fighter, but his strike and clinch style makes excellent use of his exceptional size. Terrell has beaten Cleveland "Cat" Williams and most recently the young giant sent aging Zora Folley stumbling down the heavyweight ladder, presumably for the last time...
...those fighters who spend ten years beating most of the best boys around without even getting the big chance. He is a yardstick fighter, a constant to measure the up-and-comers by. His near KO of Cassius finally mortalized the Louisville Lip for the sportswriters. His KO of Folley was the beginning of the end for the Arizona boxer. Doug's hard punching and ring savvy would provide the perfect test for Terrell...
...rest of the division is singularly unimpressive. Billy Daniels, only a fair puncher and a worse boxer, was outpointed by Jones in Teaneck this summer, and all one could really say in Daniels' favor was that Jones never looked worse winning. Daniels will face Folley on October is in Montreal, and only a very decisive win would satisfy the sceptics who have labelled him a club fighter...
...Folley victory looks impressive on paper, but to anyone who saw the fight it was apparent that Jones was suffering more than Folley until that lucky punch. Also, Jones was outpointed by Harold by Harold Johnson in a light heavyweight title fight last year. Ballooned to 186, Jones may have trouble matching the speed of flashy Cassius...