Joey Maxim vs. Bob Foster

maxim wanst that boring he threw alot of punches if he needed to but it was a clinch and pat style of warfare.

bob foster however is a boxer puncher who is lanky has a dinamite right hand and maybe (just maybe) ha
d the best jab at light heavy.

but what is bob's stamina under maxims non stop crushing movment in that maxim doenst stop pressuring while bob cant ko him.

you know what i say ud for bob but maxim could maybe win the later roudns by grounding foster down.

 

maxim by 15rnd ud , easy

 

Foster had the better boxing ability. He would move around the ring & use the jab mainly for a points win. Maxim would press, but not over persue. If a hook lands, like the one which nailed Dick Tiger it would also be lights out for Maxim. Don't judge Foster on his Heavyweight fights. He was a great lightHeavy. One of the best ever.

 

i think Maxim would have boxed his ears off

 

I think it would have been a narrow points win for Foster, with no knockdowns scored by either man. Pierre Fourie twice went 15 rounds with Foster, and Joey Maxim was superior to him, so thats why I see Maxim easily going all 15 rounds, but his rather negative style and respect for Foster's power would cost him on points.

 

Fair go, Foster was 35 years old during those two bouts and soon to retire. He was about akin to Holmes vs Spinks. Not even a remotely decent example of Foster. Maxim was getting his ass kicked left right and center at that age.

 

Maxim would walk right through the spindly Foster like a tank. Foster never defeated a contending heavyweight. Joey held wins over Lee Oma, Bob Murphy, Bob Satterfield, Jimmy Bivins, Danny Nardico, Floyd Patterson, and Jersey Joe Walcott. Only Hachetman Sheppard was able to take him out, being lucky enough to catch Joey cold ONCE during WW II. (Three weeks later, at the same venue, Maxim shellacked Hatchetman over ten rounds, winning nine.)

Although Maxim never won the heavyweight title, he was able to most definitely hold his own with the big boys, including ATGs. He went the distance with Ezzard Charles twice before the Baroudi tragedy took the edge off of Ezz's game. Three times, he forced Archie Moore, the most prolific knockout artist in boxing history, to go the 15 round distance to beat him. Foster would never be able to take him out, and certainly would not take well to being forced backwards. Bob might sneak in a flash KD or two, but the eventual outcome would become quickly apparent.

Maxim UD 15 Foster

 

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Had Foster fought in Maxim's day he would have whipped a whole lot of contending heavyweights. You can't ignore history.

 

Robinson boxed Maxim's ears off. Foster would do the same. And don't underestimate Foster's power. He was capable of flattening Maxim.

 

As I pointed out, Foster certainly had the potential to drop Maxim, but no ATG was ever able to finish the job.

Robby did indeed box Maxim's ears off, but SRR was able to do it by getting underneath Joey, and retreating with that mercurial quickness of his. Foster would not be getting under Maxim, and wasn't particularly adept at giving ground. As tough as Maxim was, and having the lower center of gravity, it's my supposition that Foster would be the one retreating.

In a cool, comfortable environment, it would have been interesting to see how aggressive Maxim might have been with Robinson. Just as SRR had successfully banked on LaMotta being weakend by having to make weight for the Valentine's Day Massacre, so too did Joey successfully gamble that Robby would fail to pace himself in the stifling heat of that stadium. The abrupt liveliness which Maxim displayed upon Robinson's retirement between rounds indicates to me that he would have been going full bore as round 15 got started (if Ray had managed to last that long).

 

Maxim wasn't really a pressure fighter.

He was a methodical jabber and even if he's marching forward i doubt he will be putting much hurt on Foster.He just wasn't that kind of aggressor.

 

Maxim never faced anybody light heavyweight and over of Foster's calibre.

 

Maxim took a great punch, but he was held off by Archie Moore. I think Foster might hit a bit harder then Moore, and boxes a bit better form the outside.

Foster via decsion is likely, with a shot for a TKO win.