Zora Folley vs. Alex Miteff

Zora Folley 194 lbs beat Alex Miteff 205 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1959-01-29
• Location: Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Referee: Max Baer
• Judge: Joe Ullmer
• Judge: Bob Sauer

"A triphammer left and one savage two-fisted flurry in the 5th round carried cool Zora Folley to an unanimous decision over Argentina's Alex Miteff in their 10 round heavyweight fight Thursday night. Though his right eye was puffed nearly shut, Miteff insisted Folley "did not hurt me once." It didn't look that way to most of the 6,878 fans who filled the Auditorium Arena and paid a gross gate of $23,951. Blood flowed from a cut under Miteff's right eye in the 4th round and he said later he couldn't see from the eye from the 5th round on." -Associated Press

Post fight comment

• "We want Patterson, but we're going to England in March. We've offered him $250,000 for the past two and a half years, but Cus D'Amato is a pretty good matchmaker and is not about to lose his title to Folley." -Bill Swift, Folley's manager.