i think Foster is a tough stylistic match up for Moore even though Moore is the greater fighter. Moore trying to get close to Foster is risky and i think Bob nails him and finishes him off with a big left hook.
What a fight. Temptation is to go with taller Foster to catch Moore coming in. Archie is such a crafty fighter, he did fight and beat tall (though slower) heavyweights like Nino Valdes and Alejandro Lavorante. Wouldn´t be surprised to see Moore stopped early but if he could survive Fosters bombs (Mauro Mina got off the floor to win) I could see Moore take over in the mid-rounds to take a decision or late round stoppage. Love Foster´s style and his attitude but fought in a time of average fighters compared to the fifties and mid-seventies to eighties. Tiger was a short middleweight (terrific ko) and the best challengers were Rondon, Quarry and Finnegan. Moore´s competition is on another level and let´s not forget how much better he was at heavyweight.
Foster is a lot like RJJ at middleweight. Just looked about unbeatable albeit fighting average fighters. But a 6'3 light heavyweight with a machine gun of a jab, a hard right hand and a nuclear left hook combined with fast hands , its just hard to see too many people beating him.
I like Archie Moore to win by KO. But I know that Foster would be a very dangerous and worthy proposition
It would be relatively similar to the first Marciano-Walcott fight. Moore would use all his ring savvy to pile up points until the later rounds when eventually Foster catches him with a power shot and ultimately a KO.
I like Archie but if they fought as many times as Archie fought Harold Johnson, nobody’s batting 1.000.