Bob Foster
79″ reach · +5.35% reach advantage · 69th percentile
Bob Foster has a reach of 79″ against a height of 75″ — a reach advantage of +5.35%, above average for heavyweight boxing and the 69th percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+5.35%
79″ reach on a 75″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 79″ (200.7 cm) | 61st pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 75″ (190.5 cm) | 57th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing competed at 2: light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1960s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
56–8
65 bouts on record
Finish rate
82%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 81st percentile
The career, bout by bout
64 recorded bouts from 1961 to 1978. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
18y
1961–1978
Longest unbeaten run
20
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1961
7 bouts
Recorded bouts
64
63 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | L | Marty Lewis | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1978 | L | Mustafa Wassaja | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1977 | W | Bob Hazelton | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1976 | W | Al Bolden | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1976 | W | Harold Carter | Decision | 10 |
| 1975 | W | Bill Hardney | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1974 | D | Jorge Ahumada | Decision | 15 |
| 1973 | W | Pierre Fourie | Decision | 15 |
| 1972 | L | Muhammad Ali | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1972 | W | Chris Finnegan | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1972 | W | Mike Quarry | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1972 | W | Vicente Rondón | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1971 | W | Brian Kelly | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1971 | W | Tommy Hicks | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1971 | W | Vernon McIntosh | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1971 | W | Ray Anderson | Decision | 15 |
| 1971 | W | Hal Carroll | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1970 | L | Joe Frazier | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1970 | W | Mark Tessman | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1970 | W | Roger Rouse | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1970 | W | Roy Wallace | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1970 | W | Bill Hardney | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1969 | W | Chuck Leslie | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1969 | W | Levan Roundtree | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1969 | W | Andy Kendall | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1969 | W | Frank DePaula | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1968 | W | Roger Rouse | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1968 | W | Eddie Vick | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1968 | W | Charley Polite | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1968 | W | Dick Tiger | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1967 | W | Sonny Moore | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1967 | W | Eddie Vick | Decision | 10 |
| 1967 | W | Levan Roundtree | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1967 | W | Henry Matthews | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1967 | W | Eddie Cotton | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1967 | W | Andres Antonio Selpa | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1967 | W | Jim Robinson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1966 | W | LeRoy Green | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1965 | L | Zora Folley | Decision | 10 |
| 1965 | W | Henry Hank | Decision | 12 |
| 1965 | W | Chuck Leslie | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1965 | W | Dave Russell | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1965 | W | Bobby Rascon | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1964 | W | Henry Hank | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1964 | W | Norman Letcher | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1964 | W | Don Quinn | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1964 | L | Ernie Terrell | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1964 | W | Allen Thomas | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1964 | W | Dave Bailey | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1963 | W | Willi Besmanoff | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1963 | L | Mauro Mina | Decision | 10 |
| 1963 | W | Curtis Bruce | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1963 | W | Richard Benjamin | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1962 | L | Doug Jones | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1962 | W | Bert Whitehurst | Decision | 8 |
| 1962 | W | Billy Tisdale | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1961 | W | Clarence Floyd | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1961 | W | Ernie Knox | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1961 | W | Floyd McCoy | Decision | 6 |
| 1961 | W | Ray Bryan | KO/TKO | 2 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 64 recorded bouts.
12 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Obed Sullivan+5.35% 79″ reach · 69th pct
- Lenier Peró+5.35% 79″ reach · 69th pct
- Michael Bentt+5.35% 79″ reach · 69th pct
- Alex García+5.37% 78″ reach · 71st pct
- Renaldo Snipes+5.37% 78″ reach · 71st pct
- Seth Mitchell+5.37% 78″ reach · 71st pct
- Cleveland Williams+5.37% 78″ reach · 71st pct
- Trevor Berbick+5.37% 78″ reach · 71st pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 317 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Bob Foster (boxer) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-08-01. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.