# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zora-folley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:44:31.065Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zora-folley"
name: "Zora Folley"
slug: "zora-folley"
description: "Zora \"Bell\" Folley was an American heavyweight boxer who was a top 10 contender for eleven years in a row from 1956 to 1966 and a nine-time top 5 contender throughout his career, reaching a peak as number 1 contender in 1959. He beat top contenders such as Eddie Machen, George Chuvalo, Oscar Bonavena, Henry Cooper, world light-heavyweight champion Bob Foster, Nino Valdez, Doug Jones, Johnny Summerlin, Bob Cleroux and drew (tied) against Karl Mildenberger."
tagline: "American boxer (1931–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zora_Folley_1972.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1932-05-27"
deathDate: "1972-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.82
  momentum:             4.811777860603803
  historical:           9.076397333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Folley"
    title: "Zora Folley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "زورا فولي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "زورا فولى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Folley"
    title: "Zora Folley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Folley"
    title: "Zora Folley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Folley"
    title: "Zora Folley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Folley"
    title: "Zora Folley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Folley"
    title: "Zora Folley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Folley"
    title: "Zora Folley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Folley"
    title: "Zora Folley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220464"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump