Bob Foster

Career, Record, Stats

Bob Foster (The Deputy Sheriff) was an American professional boxer. He was a light-heavyweight world champion with 4 world-title wins. In a career spanning 17 years, 2 months, and 6 days, Foster amassed a record of 56-8-1, which includes 46 wins via KO, 11 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990.

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LEGEND

Bob Foster's Boxing Career

Bob Foster was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. on April 27, 1942. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on March 27, 1961 against Duke Williams. Foster defeated Williams via 2nd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Foster became a world champion fight at the age of 26 after 33 professional fights. He challenged Dick Tiger for the WBA, WBC, and The Ring light-heavyweight titles and stopped the champion in the 4th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world titles. With this win, he also became the undisputed light-heavyweight world champion — in his very first world-title fight.

Foster's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO loss to Bob Hazelton at age 36, on June 2, 1978.

Some of Bob Foster's best fights were against Vicente Rondón and Dick Tiger (HOFer). For a complete list of Foster's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Bob Foster".

Foster has 8 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Bob Foster Losses".

Bob Foster's Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
65	Jun 02, 1978	36	Bob Hazelton	loss	TKO 2
64	Feb 09, 1978	35	Mustafa Wassaja	loss	RTD 5
63	Sep 02, 1977	35	Bob Hazelton	win	KO 10
62	Sep 25, 1976	34	Al Bolden	win	KO 6
61	Aug 28, 1976	34	Harold Carter	win	UD 10
60	May 08, 1976	34	Al Bolden	win	KO 3
59	Jun 28, 1975	33	Bill Hardney	win	KO 3
58	Jun 17, 1974	32	Jorge Ahumada	draw	SD 15
57	Dec 01, 1973	31	Pierre Fourie	win	UD 15
56	Aug 21, 1973	31	Pierre Fourie	win	UD 15
55	Nov 21, 1972	30	Muhammad Ali 30 39-1	loss	KO 8
54	Sep 26, 1972	30	Chris Finnegan	win	KO 14
53	Jun 27, 1972	30	Mike Quarry	win	KO 4
52	Apr 07, 1972	29	Vicente Rondón 33 36-5-1	win	KO 2
51	Dec 16, 1971	29	Brian Kelly	win	TKO 3
50	Oct 30, 1971	29	Tommy Hicks	win	TKO 8
49	Aug 17, 1971	29	Vernon McIntosh	win	TKO 3
48	Apr 24, 1971	28	Ray Anderson	win	UD 15
47	Mar 02, 1971	28	Hal Carroll	win	TKO 4
46	Nov 18, 1970	28	Joe Frazier 26 25-0	loss	KO 2
45	Jun 27, 1970	28	Mark Tessman	win	TKO 10
44	Apr 04, 1970	27	Roger Rouse	win	TKO 4
43	Mar 09, 1970	27	Roy Wallace	win	KO 6
42	Feb 24, 1970	27	Bill Hardney	win	TKO 4
41	Nov 02, 1969	27	Chuck Leslie	win	TKO 5
40	Jun 19, 1969	27	Levan Roundtree	win	TKO 4
39	May 24, 1969	27	Andy Kendall	win	TKO 4
38	Jan 22, 1969	26	Frank DePaula	win	TKO 1
37	Sep 09, 1968	26	Roger Rouse	win	TKO 5
36	Aug 26, 1968	26	Eddie Vick	win	TKO 9
35	Jul 29, 1968	26	Charley Polite	win	TKO 3
34	May 24, 1968	26	Dick Tiger 38 57-17-3	win	KO 4
33	Dec 05, 1967	25	Sonny Moore	win	KO 5
32	Nov 20, 1967	25	Eddie Vick	win	UD 10
31	Oct 25, 1967	25	Levan Roundtree	win	KO 8
30	Jun 09, 1967	25	Henry Matthews	win	TKO 2
29	May 08, 1967	25	Eddie Cotton	win	KO 3
28	Feb 27, 1967	24	Andres Antonio Selpa	win	KO 2
27	Jan 16, 1967	24	Jim Robinson	win	KO 1
26	Dec 06, 1966	24	LeRoy Green	win	KO 2
25	Dec 06, 1965	23	Zora Folley 34 69-7-4	loss	UD 10
24	Jul 26, 1965	23	Henry Hank	win	UD 12
23	May 24, 1965	23	Chuck Leslie	win	TKO 3
22	Mar 21, 1965	22	Dave Russell	win	TKO 6
21	Feb 15, 1965	22	Bobby Rascon	win	KO 2
20	Dec 11, 1964	22	Henry Hank	win	TKO 9
19	Nov 23, 1964	22	Norman Letcher	win	TKO 1
18	Nov 11, 1964	22	Don Quinn	win	KO 1
17	Jul 10, 1964	22	Ernie Terrell 25 34-4	loss	TKO 7
16	May 08, 1964	22	Allen Thomas	win	TKO 1
15	Feb 25, 1964	21	Dave Bailey	win	KO 1
14	Dec 11, 1963	21	Willi Besmanoff	win	KO 3
13	Nov 07, 1963	21	Mauro Mina	loss	UD 10
12	Apr 29, 1963	21	Curtis Bruce	win	KO 4
11	Feb 18, 1963	20	Richard Benjamin	win	KO 1
10	Oct 20, 1962	20	Doug Jones	loss	TKO 8
9	Jun 27, 1962	20	Bert Whitehurst	win	SD 8
8	May 19, 1962	20	Billy Tisdale	win	TKO 2
7	Dec 04, 1961	19	Clarence Floyd	win	KO 4
6	Nov 21, 1961	19	Ernie Knox	win	TKO 3
5	Aug 08, 1961	19	Floyd McCoy	win	PTS 6
4	Jun 22, 1961	19	Ray Bryan	win	TKO 2
3	May 08, 1961	19	Billy Johnson	win	PTS 4
2	Apr 03, 1961	18	Clarence Ryan	win	PTS 4
1	Mar 27, 1961	18	Duke Williams	win	KO 2

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