your grandad was a friend to every New Mexican man woman child everybody a bona fide gem the man the myth the legend the Land of Enchantment in Albuquerque New Mexico USA s own my pal Mr. Bobby Foster Godspeed to watch him train down by the tracks when I was knee high to a duck you get there early its cold you hear that train go by it's dark and then it would warm up as he starts jumping the rope he takes a break chats to you then you understand what to aspire to be like wow what a great human being so sorry you have my condolences
Seriously.. This guy is like never included in the hardest p4p punchers list when fans do them but I don't remember many guys who had a lot of knockouts who had the OMFG factor in the way they was finished like Foster KO's do, absolutely brutal.
Антон Бодня It's hard to say at this point because his career isn't over. He's definitely one of the hardest punchers in the world right now though that's for sure.
His knockout against Tiger is one of the best set ups no one does. Look at how he uses a Chopping right down using the momentum of the strike he slips left slipping Tigers right and loops back up with a left hook. That is one of the sweetest knockouts ive seen and ite trainable been working on it myself. Pure Gold Bob was a Lanky Beast.
Dick Tiger was 38, undersized and barely weighed over 169 lbs/ Complete mismatch. Too small, reach disadvantage and Foster outweighed. Super Middleweight division would have perfectly suited Dick Tiger who was too small for Lightheavyweights and too weighted rained for 160lbs/Middleweights.
@@thewisetzar5363 It wasn't a complete mismatch. Foster had a five pound weight advantage which isn't a massive difference. I thought Tiger was ahead in the fight until that left hook. That was what ended it, as it did with many of Foster's bouts.
@daniel avila I disagree. I don’t think Foster was setting up Tiger at all. It’s undoubtedly a tremendous left hook but it comes in the middle of some pretty wild swings by Foster. I much prefer Robinson’s left hook that knocked out Gene Fullmer. That’s a perfect example of a boxer setting his opponent up for one particular shot. There were no wild swings from Robinson. He feinted with the right so there was an opening for the left hook. Robinson only threw one punch because that was the shot he had planned.
@@ppuh6tfrz646 but if u watch other Foster fights you will see that was his style. To one it may look like a wild swing. But if u slow the footage down and study it u will find he throws a hammer punch down thru Tigers guard which twists his left hip and body over allowing for massive hip rotation and power in Bobs left hook. Bob was so much taller he had a sort of hammer fist punch he used to punch down. Think he even won knockout of the year for this one. Thats cause I'm a huge Tiger fan myself. Only ones to beat Foster tho where Heavyweights shit Frazier and Ali at that.
My dad (b.1916) always said Sheriff Bob's KO of Mike Quarry was the most brutal he'd ever seen and I never argued the fact. His KO of Dick Tiger wasn't far behind. That left hook would KO any light heavyweight past or present.
He'd destroy Jones, who was not a big puncher at 175. You think Tarver beat his ass? Foster would break his face. Jones was an all time great MW and SMW, but the big boys at '75 are different level!
A TRULY GREAT FIGGHTER , MYSELF AND MY DAD KNEW, CHRIS FINNEGAN, AND HIS BROTHER KEVIN, WHO FOUGHT HAGLER TWICE..... YOU'RE GRANDAD IS AN ALL TIME GREAT 👍🏻 MUCH LOVE FROM ENGLAND
Archie Moore vs Bob Foster , Makes one Wonder.AS GREAT Foster was never thought much of the Dick Tiger Fights> Tiger was shot and died somewhat young,his country's civil war in Nigeria didn't help.Always heard TIGER went with the wrong side.But History as we know is written by men and the winning side.RIP Dick Tiger and Bob Foster and these other WARRIORS!
Just had people, after the Betebiev/Smith fight last night , saying that Beterbiev was the greatest light heavyweight ever AND the greatest l.h. puncher ever. I can think of a lot of light heavyweights that were greater and don't have to look any further than Bob Foster for the best puncher! This guy was incredible against a very good class of fighter. NO COMPARISON!
@@hanzagod People are ready to put him in the Hall because he beat Joe Smith? Now I like Smith and I think Beterbiev is pretty good. But is he better than Foster or Charles or Moore or Greb or Conn? At this point, I'm not sure he stays with Marvin Johnson. I think we need to pump the breaks just a bit.
I got to meet Mr Foster at a dinner I catered for a organization in Albuquerque. This dinner was droning on and on when I spotted him, I got closer by serving drinks at his table. When I saw his huge hands I was sure. I asked for his autograph told him my father was a great fan of his as was I. And although this was in his twilight years he had presence and stature of an accomplished man. My crew from the kitchen all came over and got autographs and shook his hand, he was very pleased with the attention. After the dinner his wife called me over to thank me said it really made him happy. One of my crew said Mr Foster asked him who was this small women who knew him and so much about boxing, he said she knows football too like nobody’s business and don’t bet against her.
So true. Bobby Foster would take time to talk to people in restaurants; modest, quiet, warm. A great boxer and a nicer person. (Also from the Duke City!)
One of the greatest ever lightheavyweight champs but could never make an impression on the heavies: Doug Jones, Ernie Terrell, Zora Folley, Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali all beat him.
Every modern day supermiddle and most modern middleweight would have to have delt with people like Bob Foster if there was still same day weigh ins. Think about it.
The ref in of the matches was a real sadist. Bob Foster’s opponent was taking a terrible beating yet the referee didn’t stop the fight and just carried on watching the carnage. Horrible.
I think if Foster had actually taken the time needed to build up his body to being an actual heavyweight he could have been more of a threat at heavyweight. He was fighting Frazier and Ali weighing around 180 pounds. Michael Spinks took the time to build his body up and into the low 200s and it made him able to hang with a close to prime Larry Holmes.
It's a possibility but he just naturally wasn't a big guy, Light-Heavyweight was his perfect weight class and I don't think he'd have ever beat the top tier Heavyweights of his day no matter what weight he was.
He had one of the best left hooks ever. Great fighter.
Thank you for doing this one. One of my all-time favorites
You can tell the Hitman watched some Foster films
Tommy hearn
I can't unsee it now. Good observation
They do have the same body type
Yup
I didnt ndi es similar but with karate plus using my legs.
R.I.P.
Song name?
@@SmokinJoe1 eminem go to sleep
that's my grand dad R.I.P
your grandad was a friend to every New Mexican man woman child everybody a bona fide gem the man the myth the legend the Land of Enchantment in Albuquerque New Mexico USA s
own my pal Mr. Bobby Foster Godspeed to watch him train down by the tracks when I was knee high to a duck you get there early its cold you hear that train go by it's dark and then it would warm up as he starts jumping the rope he takes a break chats to you then you understand what to aspire to be like wow what a great human being so sorry you have my condolences
My condolences
Mr_ Pike Rip to him
His also my friends grandad rip
He was a killa...
Seriously.. This guy is like never included in the hardest p4p punchers list when fans do them but I don't remember many guys who had a lot of knockouts who had the OMFG factor in the way they was finished like Foster KO's do, absolutely brutal.
+Axeman K9 For sure. Undoubtedly one of the hardest punching Light-Heavyweights of all time.
+haNZAgod what about KOvalev?
Антон Бодня It's hard to say at this point because his career isn't over. He's definitely one of the hardest punchers in the world right now though that's for sure.
+Axeman K9 Same with Michael Moorer. How many LHWs were respectable punchers at HW? Even Foster couldn't hurt small heavyweights like Doug Jones.
Escariot Nah That was like 9 fights in.. Ali said he punched like a mule & as heavyweight opinions go I trust his.
Foster's heavyweight endeavor depleted his mystic. He was an assassin at light heavy.
He died yesterday, RIP Bob Foster
+iHuntSloo Thanks for informing me, one of the best Light-Heavyweights ever. R.I.P.
Invincible left jab: bonecrushing punching power: left jab; Bob foster
Bob Foster could fight!!He's not mentioned enough when talking about the greatest pound for pound fighters
Mans cleared a whole division and moved up just because of it 😳
He should be in conversations for the greatest light heavyweight of all time along with Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, Gene Tunney and Michael Spinks.
@@e.a.poecrnimacak354 Why? He was not succesfull in the heavyweight divison.
Yeah but it was a stacked and talented heavyweight division. @@somah1470
Probably because he only won at LHW.
His knockout against Tiger is one of the best set ups no one does. Look at how he uses a Chopping right down using the momentum of the strike he slips left slipping Tigers right and loops back up with a left hook. That is one of the sweetest knockouts ive seen and ite trainable been working on it myself. Pure Gold Bob was a Lanky Beast.
Dick Tiger was 38, undersized and barely weighed over 169 lbs/ Complete mismatch. Too small, reach disadvantage and Foster outweighed.
Super Middleweight division would have perfectly suited Dick Tiger who was too small for Lightheavyweights and too weighted rained for 160lbs/Middleweights.
@@thewisetzar5363 It wasn't a complete mismatch. Foster had a five pound weight advantage which isn't a massive difference.
I thought Tiger was ahead in the fight until that left hook. That was what ended it, as it did with many of Foster's bouts.
@daniel avila I disagree. I don’t think Foster was setting up Tiger at all.
It’s undoubtedly a tremendous left hook but it comes in the middle of some pretty wild swings by Foster.
I much prefer Robinson’s left hook that knocked out Gene Fullmer. That’s a perfect example of a boxer setting his opponent up for one particular shot.
There were no wild swings from Robinson. He feinted with the right so there was an opening for the left hook.
Robinson only threw one punch because that was the shot he had planned.
@@ppuh6tfrz646 but if u watch other Foster fights you will see that was his style. To one it may look like a wild swing. But if u slow the footage down and study it u will find he throws a hammer punch down thru Tigers guard which twists his left hip and body over allowing for massive hip rotation and power in Bobs left hook. Bob was so much taller he had a sort of hammer fist punch he used to punch down. Think he even won knockout of the year for this one. Thats cause I'm a huge Tiger fan myself. Only ones to beat Foster tho where Heavyweights shit Frazier and Ali at that.
@@dannanrik You're looking for things that aren't there.
Love the music choice also ! it fits
The greatest lightheavy weight of all time may GOD bless him
Arguably top 5, definetly top 7. Dont forget charles, moore, michael spinks, moorer, harold johnson and maybe victor galindez.
danilo degiorgi Ezzard Charles
Idk man, Ezzard Charles resume is pretty damn ridiculous.
I don't know if he is the greatest but he is certainly one of the greatest. Charles and Moore are the ones I'd put ahead of him.
For such a thin guy, man could he hit! Bob looked so poised & classy in there.
He was Tommy Hearns before Tommy Hearns 😂
Scary good. In my opinion, one of your best videos. Bob's punches shot out like flames from an inferno. Awesome footage & ridiculously good mix.
Thanks you for share. Love Bob Foster❤
Foster great Boxeur.
Fantastic.
Mr Foster was the real deal. Didn't need a lot of room to knock you out. RIP
DONT MESS WITH BOB
Nasty Power
One of the greatest punchers ever
I asked for it, and here it is! Thanks man, great hl of a legendary hitman
Rest in peace brother.
Ref nearly had a dead man in the ring from 0.55. How the hell could he let hat carry on?
It was the 70s
More like 0:26 if this punch was land probably in coma for at least few months or dead
@@SebSosa That's no excuse. It was bad, bad refereeing. Most refs would have stopped it within another punch or two.
in my eyes he seems like a hearns of the 70s
(60's)
Thanks! It would be nice to watch people like Genaro, Lynch, Perez, Chionoi, Canto, Chitalada maybe... but I am sure you will make a good selection!
+Andrea Guglielmino Good ideas. Already working on a Chitalada highlight so keep your eye out for that one, should be coming soon!
Wonderful video, it would be nice to watch also a Top 5/10 Flyweights in the future!
+Andrea Guglielmino Thanks bud, yep that's definitely something I could do so keep an eye out for it in the near future!
I wonder why there is no Mac foster knockouts on the internet.maybecause lots of 60s 70s fight footage are lost.
He had power in both hands despite most his KO's coming from the left hook.
Had a punch like a jack hammer...he would have wiped the floor with fighters today from light heavy to cruiserweight.
Nah, Qawi will beat him up just like he did to Saad Muhammad
Maybe with the exception of beterbiev but I would otherwise agree, beterbiev will go down as surely one of the top 20 hardest hitters ever
Foster was a machine!!
He was a great light-heavyweight boxer, some argue the best ever.
My dad (b.1916) always said Sheriff Bob's KO of Mike Quarry was the most brutal he'd ever seen and I never argued the fact.
His KO of Dick Tiger wasn't far behind.
That left hook would KO any light heavyweight past or present.
Apparently Mike Quarry couldn't remember anything for the next 30 minutes after the fight,he woke up in his dressing room crying.
What a cool video 🔥👍 keep up the amazing work 👍👍
De los mejores semipesados de la historia Bob Foster
Awesome video!!!
Foster had TNT in that left ! Kuhhhhhbang ! Glad I didn't have to face him!
He was fun to watch.
Cool thanks man
Reminds me of a bigger version of Thomas - the hitman hearns. ' *Sheer brutality* ' 👊☈ 👊⛈ ✊☄ 🌠🌜
Peter Peeen619 hearns puts people into sleep,foster puts people into unconsciousness
IMO totally different. Hearns had an pulverizing right hand, Foster had just about all his KO's with that lethal left hook.
Foster's lefthook extracted fighters souls it was that lethal
0:19 Quarry landed a pretty good left on Foster after getting knocked unconscious.
Deadly 🥊💨
0:12 damn!
Its in 0:13 0:14 is Not in 0:12 Bro
I mean men
Greetings Hanza, what boxers would you recommend footwork-wise?
Camacho, Floyd mayweather,James toney, Tyson, Marco Antonio Barrera,
My favorite boxer
'He hits like a mule kicks'
Wilder workouts & camera man got me here
What do you mean he's got Bob Foster's poster on the wall or something?
He had a piston like jab and tremendous power specially with that left hook. He gave Ali a hard time, he was just too small for a heavyweight.
To be fair he was the same height and had the same reach as Ali, just didn't carry enough beef to really contend with the big boys.
@@Wayf4rer he have height but not weight
Hes like smaller version of sonny liston 😮😮😮
A straight up stone-colded killer. Respect the Sheriff.
Imagine Foster in against Roy Jones or any other top LH of the last 20 years.
He'd destroy Jones, who was not a big puncher at 175. You think Tarver beat his ass? Foster would break his face. Jones was an all time great MW and SMW, but the big boys at '75 are different level!
Lmao the height difference between him and Dick Tiger was hilarious, two men of equal weight but ones 6'3 and the other 5'8
+Matt Brozie Indeed. Tiger was arguably a great Middleweight but just too small for a Light-Heavyweight.
+haNZAgod Ridiculous to think that Dwight Qawi would have looked up at Dick Tiger.
great fighter amazing left hook hits like a mule
Devastating
Foster vs. Corrie Sanders ? Holy Guacamole !
haNZAgod, thank you for what you are doing. Do you have a video on Barney Ross by chance?
Did not know about this guy
This guy was a killer 😬
A TRULY GREAT FIGGHTER , MYSELF AND MY DAD KNEW, CHRIS FINNEGAN, AND HIS BROTHER KEVIN, WHO FOUGHT HAGLER TWICE..... YOU'RE GRANDAD IS AN ALL TIME GREAT 👍🏻 MUCH LOVE FROM ENGLAND
0:26 0:46 1:23 2:03
Watch bob hit the speed bag and it will help u hit your target so much better.
Best LWH ever. This dude can past for Tommy Hitman Hearns dad or uncle.
Archie Moore vs Bob Foster , Makes one Wonder.AS GREAT Foster was never thought much of the Dick Tiger Fights> Tiger was shot and died somewhat young,his country's civil war in Nigeria didn't help.Always heard TIGER went with the wrong side.But History as we know is written by men and the winning side.RIP Dick Tiger and Bob Foster and these other WARRIORS!
That's my friend grandpa rip
Just had people, after the Betebiev/Smith fight last night , saying that Beterbiev was the greatest light heavyweight ever AND the greatest l.h. puncher ever. I can think of a lot of light heavyweights that were greater and don't have to look any further than Bob Foster for the best puncher! This guy was incredible against a very good class of fighter. NO COMPARISON!
Haha people always have that recency bias. Beterbiev is a great Light-Heavy but he's not in the same category as the top 5 like Foster yet no way.
@@hanzagod People are ready to put him in the Hall because he beat Joe Smith? Now I like Smith and I think Beterbiev is pretty good. But is he better than Foster or Charles or Moore or Greb or Conn? At this point, I'm not sure he stays with Marvin Johnson. I think we need to pump the breaks just a bit.
@@constantine7382 Exactly I agree. He'd certainly have a case if he could beat Bivol and become undisputed but until then definitely not.
@@hanzagod Absolutely, but then what? The light heavy ranks are a little thin.
@@constantine7382 That's it pretty much there's nothing else left for him there
He was a cruiserweight fight as a light heavyweight
How ever dislikes dis yall some haters if u liked ot god will bless u
What's music?
Freakish genetics, nightmare matchup to any other ATG Light heavyweight.
I got to meet Mr Foster at a dinner I catered for a organization in Albuquerque. This dinner was droning on and on when I spotted him, I got closer by serving drinks at his table. When I saw his huge hands I was sure. I asked for his autograph told him my father was a great fan of his as was I. And although this was in his twilight years he had presence and stature of an accomplished man. My crew from the kitchen all came over and got autographs and shook his hand, he was very pleased with the attention. After the dinner his wife called me over to thank me said it really made him happy. One of my crew said Mr Foster asked him who was this small women who knew him and so much about boxing, he said she knows football too like nobody’s business and don’t bet against her.
So true. Bobby Foster would take time to talk to people in restaurants; modest, quiet, warm. A great boxer and a nicer person. (Also from the Duke City!)
monstrão
Who hit harder Bob or Adonis???
The Prototype of Thomas Hearns
One of the greatest ever lightheavyweight champs but could never make an impression on the heavies: Doug Jones, Ernie Terrell, Zora Folley, Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali all beat him.
The old adage, a good big man beats a good little man. Foster had HW power, but not a HW's punch resistance.
@@ianmurphy8225 Not true, goes both ways. And Doug Jones was a natural light heavyweight knocking out heavyweights.
Foster vs Saad Muhammad at Lt heavy??
Tough fight could go either way. Saad has more heart but Foster has better skills.
Every modern day supermiddle and most modern middleweight would have to have delt with people like Bob Foster if there was still same day weigh ins. Think about it.
Duke City Albuquerque.
A hard hitter..
Who can say they fought Muhamed Ali and Joe Frazier? Both fights only 2 yrs apart as well
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Highly likely this would be 12 years of defenses these days with one fight a year
The ref in of the matches was a real sadist. Bob Foster’s opponent was taking a terrible beating yet the referee didn’t stop the fight and just carried on watching the carnage. Horrible.
I think if Foster had actually taken the time needed to build up his body to being an actual heavyweight he could have been more of a threat at heavyweight. He was fighting Frazier and Ali weighing around 180 pounds. Michael Spinks took the time to build his body up and into the low 200s and it made him able to hang with a close to prime Larry Holmes.
It's a possibility but he just naturally wasn't a big guy, Light-Heavyweight was his perfect weight class and I don't think he'd have ever beat the top tier Heavyweights of his day no matter what weight he was.
DAMN where was that pathetic ref by 1:15!!
3rd greatest light-Heavyweight EVER 14-0 in championship fights went up to HW to fight titans like Ali n Frazier lost to both by KO
Era demoledor , dicen que desafió a Monzón pero el argentino no quiso nada ,una lástima este pegaba en serio
This guy would have KILLED Beterbiev
Yea definitely not wanting to get hit by this guy back in the day...ouch
we not here to say RIP,just to watch his videos,he was favored in so many bouts ,for example against jorge Ahumada,it was a rip off,RIP BOB....
My number 3 light Heavyweight CHAMP of all time only behind Archie Moore and Michael SPINKS
Boxeaba muy bien y pegaba como una mula
I mean he str8 dawged that white guy in the corner
Remember that wallet that Samuel L. Jackson had in Pulp Fiction ........Bad MotherFucker.......That was Bob Foster Original O.G.
Bigger stronger Hearns
I was better but my Knee
His hand was a bowling ball attached to a chain
R.I.P.
R.I.P.