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Johnny Summerlin vs Zora Folley — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Summerlin

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Zora Folley

Johnny Summerlin (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) and Zora Folley (79-11-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Summerlin

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Folley

79

Wins44 KO · 56%

11

Losses

6

Draws96 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Summerlin leads 1–0

Johnny Summerlin and Zora Folley have met 1 time; Summerlin leads 1–0.

Johnny Summerlin and Zora Folley have met 1 time; Summerlin leads 1–0.
Met1955Jun 23Series
Johnny SummerlinFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Zora FolleyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultRTD1Meeting

The Numbers

Summerlin 2 · Folley 4 of 6 measurable rows
SummerlinFolley
Record†
1-579-11-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
85.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 44
0
44 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—55.7%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
56%
Times stopped‡max 7
1 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.6
1.5
5.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 96
6
96

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Johnny Summerlin: No height on file
Zora Folley: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Johnny Summerlin: No reach on file
Zora Folley: 77″
Agenot held
Johnny Summerlin: No date of birth
Zora Folley: Died aged 40
Stance
Johnny Summerlin: Not recorded
Zora Folley: Orthodox

Johnny Summerlin left, Zora Folley right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Johnny Summerlin1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Johnny Summerlin: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Zora Folley79 wins · from 96 tracked bouts

Zora Folley: 79 tracked wins — 44 by KO/TKO (56%) and 35 on the cards (44%). Counted from 96 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

44 by KO/TKO 56%35 on the cards 44%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Summerlin 6, Zora Folley 96 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Folley better on 3

Summerlin

Opponent

Folley

  • Johnny Summerlin

    0–2 against

    Loss, SD

    1954

    Loss, UD

    1954

    ListonFolley better

    Zora Folley

    Loss, KO 3

    1960

  • Johnny Summerlin

    Loss, UD

    1956

    MachenFolley better

    Zora Folley

    1–0–1 against

    Win, UD

    1960

    Draw, PTS

    1958

  • Johnny Summerlin

    Loss, KO 5

    1958

    ValdésFolley better

    Zora Folley

    Win, UD

    1956

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Johnny Summerlin last boxed on May 24, 1958 — 24,988 days ago. Summerlin had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Liston Aug 1954Folley Jun 1955Satterfield Jun 1956Machen Dec 1956Valdés May 19581.5 tracked bouts per year

Zora Folley had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to Mac Foster. Folley last boxed on Sep 29, 1970.LWWWL

Bonavena Jul 1968Moore Jan 1969Sims Jun 1969Joiner Nov 1969Foster Sep 19705.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Summerlin and Zora Folley ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Summerlin and Zora Folley met once on June 23, 1955, and Johnny Summerlin won by RTD.
The meeting

WJun 23, 1955 · Summerlin · RTD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Summerlin or Folley?
Johnny Summerlin is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Zora Folley is 79-11-6. Zora Folley has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Summerlin1–516.7%

Folley79–11–685.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Summerlin or Folley?
Johnny Summerlin has 0 knockout wins and Zora Folley has 44. Zora Folley has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Summerlin0

Folley4455.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Summerlin and Folley have any common opponents?
Johnny Summerlin and Zora Folley share 3 common opponents: Sonny Liston, Eddie Machen and Niño Valdés. Zora Folley fared better against 3 of them.
3 shared opponents

Sonny ListonLL

Eddie MachenL1–0–1

Niño ValdésLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Summerlin and Folley?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Johnny Summerlin and 96 bouts tracked for Zora Folley. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Summerlin6bouts

Folley96bouts

How They Win ↓

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