Karl Mildenberger ~ 'I Had The Formula To Beat Cassius Clay'

[Bill Paxtom]

April 17, 1964

Festhalle ~ Frankfurt, Germany

Attendance ...... { 12,000 }

~ Folley Held To Draw In Germany, Result Disputed ~

~ Folley Not Rewarded For Effort Against Mildenberger In Frankfurt ~

~ Mildenberger Rallies Late, Gains Draw With Amercan Folley ~

American Heavyweight - Zora Folley {204 lbs.} had scored what appeared to be a 10-Round
Decision over Karl Mildenberger {191 lbs.} in front of 12,000 spectators at the Festhalle in
Frankfurt, Germany.

But the Decision was scored as a 'Draw', which sent the German fans into boo-ing their
home-country fighter, while cheering and applauding the performance of the American.

After a slow-and-tentative first 2-Rounds, where neither fighter was the aggressor, Folley
picked up the action in Round 3, and scored with stiff left-jabs, and solid right-hands into
the face of Mildenberger.

Folley had the upper-hand from the 3rd-Round thru the 6th Round, as he carved out cuts
under both of Mildenberger's eyes, and inflicted heavy damage on the southpaw German.

Zora was basically giving Mildenberger a boxing lesson. But though the German was
out-classed, he never stopped trying.

The action was also rough on the inside, and the Referee - Otto Nispel stopped the bout several
times to warn the American for head-butting.

In Round 7, Zora also inflicted a cut over Mildenberger's right-eye with a sharp 'left-right',
and appeared to have the bout well in hand. The action also got a bit rough, as each time that
Mldenberger moved in close, Folley would lower his head, and 'accidentally' butt his German
opponent on the forehead.

But Mildenberger continued to come forward, and landed with several straight-lefts to the face,
bloodying Folley's nose in the process.

In Round 8, the action got heated. Folley scored with several good right-hands to open up a
cut on Karls' left-eyebrow. But Mildenberger was resilient, and came back with several straight
left-hands.

But then Folley countered and opened up, as he inflicted heavy-damage on Mildenberger with
a series of hard 'lefts-and-rights' that had the German groggy.

Just as Zora had the German in deep-trouble, the Referee - Otto Nispel stopped the action,
and had the Ringside Physician examine the cuts over Mildenberger's eyes. This gave Karl
time to recuperate, and he was able to survive the late onslaught in Round 8.

After 8-Rounds, Folley looked to have 'secured' a solid-points lead, and needed only to stay on his
feet to earn the Decision win.

Coming out for Round 9, a desperate Mildenberger rallied with quick right-jabs and straight left-hands
into Folley's body to take the Round.

In the Final Round, again Mildenberger used speedy {but light} punches to take the Round over a
defensive-minded Folley who was content to jab-and-block.

The European Stars and Stripes scored the bout for Zora Folley { 7-2-1 } in Rounds.

The UPI scored the bout for Zora Folley { 5-3-2 } in Rounds.