Bob Foster | |||||||||||||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Bob_Foster_1972.jpg) Foster c. 1972 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | Robert Wayne Foster April 27, 1942[2] Borger, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | November 21, 2015 (aged 73) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | The Deputy Sheriff | ||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Reach | 79 in (201 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 65 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 56 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 46 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Robert Wayne Foster[3] (April 27, 1942 – November 21, 2015) was an American professional boxer who fought as a light heavyweight and heavyweight. He won the world light heavyweight title from Dick Tiger in 1968 via fourth-round knockout, and went on to defend the title fourteen times against thirteen different fighters in total from 1968 to 1974. Foster challenged Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali during his career, but was knocked out by both (the fight with Ali was not for a world heavyweight title, but for the regional NABF version). He was named to Ring's list of 100 Greatest Punchers of all time. He was also named to Ring's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years, ranking at No. 55. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1990.[4]
- ^ https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/9000
- ^ "Cyber Boxing Zone -- Bob Foster".
- ^ Entry for Foster in the 'Encyclopedia Britannica' https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bob-Foster
- ^ "Boxing Hall of Fame names first inductees".