Bob Foster - Brutal Knockouts

Foster had frightening power. His KO of Mike Quarry was satanic.

 

Foster said in some of latter day interviews: "i thought I had killed the boy".

 

Everytime i see the Dick Tiger knockout why am I reminded of Dhalsim........

 

He was unconscious for ten minutes. The only other KO I can think of that brutal was Floyd Patterson's KO of Ingemar Johannson when he avenged his loss in the first fight.

 

I think it's because Bob does the levitating locus position while Tiger is being counted out !

 

One must take care not to give too much credit to boxers who knock out opponents who are not in their class and are offered up as mere fodder or veritable punching bags. It really proves nothing except that the fighter who got the easy KO was ridiculously under matched. That's how I view the Foster KO of Jerry Quarry's brother.

 

After that fight at 21 years of age, Mike went on to lose twelve more times. Prior to that fight he had not suffered no losses.

 

So Quarry was formidable, Foster just ruined him.

 

Such an awesome puncher. Bob not only had great punching technique but also great speed and leverage from his long arms. At light hwt in his prime close to unbeatable.

 

That depends against what opposition Quarry accumulated those wins.

 

Fosters many brutal and destructive kos speak for themselves. No need to somehow point to one KO victim and downplay it.

 

I am not negating that Foster was a great boxer worthy of his fame. But on that night he deserved another opponent. The need for stating this isn't some perverse need to denigrate Foster's legacy. It is merely an attempt to explain why this young man almost got himself killed unnecessarily for the sake of adding drama to the vent based on merely his name.

Look at the poor competition he had prior to the Foster fight.

Here is the quality of opposition Mike faced prior to his loss to Foster: The numbers preceding their nanes indicate wins losses and draws. For example, Chuck Hamilton had 16 wins and 12 losses when Mike beat him.
Hill Chambers had 3 wins 8 losses. Jeff Berlin had 4 wins 4 losses. Ken Watkins had 5 wins 5 losses. King George Thomas had 9 wins 12 losses and 6 draws. Ernie Gipson had 33 wins, 35 losses and 6 draws. Bob Mathews and Butch MacArtjhy had no wins and one loss.


The rest of his resume except for two mediocre exceptions is just as bad. Check it out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Quarry

Only two of his opponents were found worthy of a WIKI article

Tommy Hicks 13 wins 6 losses 3 draws
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Hicks

and

Eddie Avoth. 41 wins 5 losses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Avoth

So how does that resume qualify him to be thrown in with the likes of a Bob Foster? They threw him to the lions because they wanted more fight revenue. As simple as that. Consequences, he almost go killed. This in no way means that Foster is being devalued since Foster doesn't need such a victory on his record to be considered one of the greats. But that victory adds nothing to it.

 

And that would be exactly right. There's a good chance he might have been the hardest hitting 175 ever to lace a glove and he is also considered one of the hardest P4P punchers in history. The Ring put him at 17 in the all time greatest punchers article and you could argue for him over a few that ranked above him. Monster power in both hands.

 

Fosters a top 3 lightheavyweight and could KO about anyone in the division