Bob Foster reminisces about Joe Fraizer and Boxing Hall of Fame

[@loyaldude10]

Foster was one of the best Lt heavyweights ever. tremendous power. RIP Bob Foster

[@gangunitsergeantmartinez7656]

Bob Foster, he and I worked together at the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department. He was my close and personal friend. He will always be my champion! Champ, you are missed!

[@BuddWX]

I bet the inmates didnt mess with him

[@Dan4x2282]

Bless Bob Foster one of the greatest light heavyweight ever !

[@joeygarba4172]

What a great Champion, he never seemed to get the credit for how good he was.

[@ThefightingCelt]

Bob Foster was a gentleman . Always respected his opponents . Great boxer . Best light heavyweight ever .

[@richardbranton7396]

Close but I'd say Archie Moore Ezzard Charles and Michael Spinks and if he'd stayed at Lh Floyd Patterson

[@mozfonky]

RIP to the Great Bob Foster and great interview, thanks.

[@IgnatzKolisch]

+mozfonky A legitimate LEGEND. This video is talking a lot about alcohol, and I'm raising a drink to this Great (capital G is not an accident) tonight. A legitimate all-time Great boxer has passed, and I hope boxing fans everywhere realise how tremendous he really was. In the inaugural International Boxing Hall of Fame class in 1990? You damn bet he was, and he belongs there.

[@sallah098]

RIP Bob Foster I will never forget what you've done in boxing.

[@koolerm4806]

What a Great Humble Man And Champion!!

[@mudspelledbackwards2997]

So many of these fighters are the nicest most humble people. They never have to have that nervous scared chip on their shoulder cause they know they can protect themselves and those they care about. It only takes a few seconds to get what Bob is about and ya like him immedietely. Frazier damn near took his head off... one of the scariest knockouts I've ever seen. Glad to see he's lived a long full life. Died within 2 years after this interview. RIP.

[@bennylohan1779]

RIP. Bob Foster. If you can see the plaques in the back they are exactly the ones that my father has from the USAF Boxing team. They were on the team together and remained friends until my dads stroke in 2011. He cut Ali with that lazy jab of his that was hard for most fighters to figure out. I know that he and my dad sparred many rounds with each other. My dad was Fred Lewis, later "Preacher" Lewis. Still in CSP. CO. I will show him this video and he might pick up some glimpses of memory, I hope.

[@carloscastro3178]

A whole lotta respect for this man. Seemed like a great man outside of the ring and we already know what he did inside of it.

[@billthestinker]

Thanks very much for this upload. Bob Foster was a great champion. What a puncher in the light heavyweight division

[@xxdonaldqxxx]

Bob is in his seventies and sharp as a tack.People talk about old fighters being punch drunk but there is no sign of that with Bob Foster.

[@loyaldude10]

I guess Bob dished out most of the punishment in his fights. that is fortunate he didn't have CTE or dementia like so many other fighters did, although he obviously had emphysema b4 he passed.

[@stevestarr9769]

That's called being lucky.

[@mre2623]

ED FRED I

[@hilbertsinn6886]

Archie Moore was like that too in his later years, and George Foreman is approaching seventy and doesn't seem affected at all.

[@nated.956]

@randy johnson That's not true. Most boxers suffer some level of brain damage after their career is over. Some boxers don't get their speech affected as badly so their issues aren't as obvious. Their short term memory and several other things may be affected, however they all still seem to remember every detail from a fight 30 years earlier.

[@japsley6172]

The greatest and most lethal light heavyweight that I have seen. Dangerous!

[@NoGoodBoyo1000]

The Sheriff! One of the greatest Light-Heavyweight champions ever. 6'3", long arms, good jab, one-punch ko power in both hands.

[@kevdean9967]

Never heard Bob speak before. He could have done something with that voice! Sounds similar to James Earl Jones'.

[@Whyavier]

RIP Bob. Really great fighter who would be well-received at 175 or 200 lbs today. With same-day weigh ins out of the picture, I think this guy would kill at light heavyweight.

[@drnantz]

Foster was a bad ass. He was.

[@vincentfisher1603]

I have tears in my eyes and not ashamed to admit it.

[@peterh1353]

He shouldn't be called simply Bob Foster. He should be called The Great Bob Foster. Because he was. Machine of a fighter.

[@H.K.5]

This guy was amazing back in the day.

[@rpbvid]

Thanks for the post, Low Blow. I am very proud of and love this Historical Champion. Robert Loyd Foster. He is my Second Cousin, on my Father's side, jokes like him, sounds like him. Hey Champ!

[@666zerowolf]

Fresno,Ca host Ray Appleton claims Bobby has a brother named Keith....Deputy Sheriff of Fresno, CA...busted recently for shipping heroin, oxycotin, and marijuana back to Albuquerque....made 174,000 dollars as a lawman last year...figure he used older brother Bobby as an example...is it true?

[@rpbvid]

John Rogan I don't know anything about that, and really don't care. I am just trying to be as available to my Family as I can.

[@666zerowolf]

Wonder who Keith was sending those drugs to in Albuquerque,NM????...FBI is on it!

[@rpbvid]

John Rogan FBI is on everyone except themselves. I don't think they would have to look hard, they know more about drugs than anyone who is running or selling them. As many of our Leaders whom they have killed, we trust them about as much as we trust our former slave masters. The biggest gang of racists in the land.

[@666zerowolf]

Great ploy Roosevelt...scream racism and slavery as they close in on your drug ring!

[@uncjim]

His knock out of Dick Tiger is still stunning all these years later.

[@uncjim]

@Gino Monsoon WOW.

[@jimhya2588]

An honor to hear him speak

[@lburrell1965]

Foster was one of the greats ! His left hook was a trip hammer going off. He had speed too! R.I.P. Champ !

[@1thepner]

Great upload ! Man, didn't know this stuff about Joe. Other than the air tank, Bob Foster had it all together.

[@andrewlevett4274]

One of the best light heavies in history, but still absolutely humble.

[@skotiskiller]

Legend!

[@fishermandownboxing5048]

This touched my heart I love boxing❤️🥊

[@kingsofcobra]

My coach trained in the same gym with Bob Foster. He said Bob would throw 100 hooks with a 25lbs weight everyday

[@theonlysaltspring]

great interview thx

[@SandiKay]

My mother helped him build that room in 1983. It was getting old.

[@danradu231]

Crazy respect to Bob. To go up in weight to fight heavyweight in that era took balls.

[@666zerowolf]

Bobby lives simply but a great life!

[@texasstadium]

A very nice guy was Bob Foster.

[@SpiritFearon]

Brilliant post thank you

[@mattburton3233]

this dude was one the most devastating punchers I have ever seen. RIP champ.

[@ronlipton1]

I first saw Bob Foster fight on TV when he knocked out Allen Thomas on the Friday night fights. Then I saw him from ringside in his fights with Ernie Terrell and Doug Jones. Then v Tiger and DePaula and saw all is other bouts, one of the greatest that ever lived.

[@user-kq3ch8mq1x]

Hey Ron is there any chance you have the footage of Depaula vs Tiger? Thanks

[@user-kq3ch8mq1x]

I know you was a sparring partner for tiger and Depaula. How would you rate the power of Depaula against the top middleweights of those times? I know Florentino fernandez was meant to be the biggest left hooker going. Ruben, Tiger, gonzalez all good punchers but was Depaula the hardest hitter?

[@swedenoble6083]

Bob a great fighter and he's telling the truth Fraser bathed in hard alcohol 😉

[@3-ddjr460]

I saw Foster fight Brian Kelly for LHW championship in OKC in the early 70's. He was a bad man.

[@richardwood1575]

The “Deputy Sheriff “ a true champion in the toughest of sports. RIP great man.

[@jasethecat4802]

R.I.P

[@barbfrmsf]

May he rest in peace

[@stevevandien310]

I'm a huge Foster fan. If he wasn't the best light-heavyweight of all time, he was damn close.

[@alfonsecoppola5938]

what a great fight foster and archie moore

[@dougm1971]

i'd love to see more of that

[@LowBlow505]

We have a few more videos with Mr. Foster coming soon. Actually uploading another video tonight.

[@stevenworld3364]

He had another job as a public servant, a Sheriff. I am sure the people he served liked and respected him.

[@ironmike-putsallkindavideo7840]

Bob Foster must of been a SMOKER

[@kappakappa4507]

IRON MIKE why?

[@MrCrystalcranium]

He's got pretty obvious signs of emphysema.

[@COLEEN322]

I didn't know Joe Frazier had this side to him. Wow.

[@akbar8477]

That plaque on the wall is just like the one my dad had. This was his teammate on the UASAF team.

[@kc1973able]

Probably the best ever light heavyweight right up there with Archie Moore 🥊 Then after that I’d say Spinks 🥊

[@billyshead1339]

There’s Bob Foster!!!!!

[@richey761]

fantastic fighter

[@ButOneThingIsNeedful]

Never heard that Frazier was known for his drinking.

[@tylerross9706]

Hop same, now that he mentioned it Frazier did look like he would kill a bottle or two

[@hammer44head]

Joe liked to party, look at his body when he fought Ali the first time and then when he fought Foreman the 1st time. He was out of shape for that Foreman fight, took him too lightly and got his ass kicked. Still, Smoking Joe will always be my childhood hero. RIP SMoke and Bob Foster.

[@MrCrystalcranium]

Joe died of liver cancer...drank himself to death. Funny how Foster's first memory of Frazier was "Oh that man could drink!"

[@billthestinker]

Frazier got arrested numerous times for drunk driving

[@stikndip]

Me neither. Who knew? He's just gone up a notch in my estimation, if that's possible! :o)

[@SuperMurray2009]

Wish you could stay longer

[@ET-RAMBLINGS]

Foster ranks among the best of the light-heavyweights, along with Gene Tunny and Archie Moore.

[@MrCrystalcranium]

Funny interview...first and primary memory of Frazier is not of him as a boxer but as a world class drinker! He was right though...drinking got Smokin' Joe eventually...liver cancer directly attributable to his alcoholism.

[@konedog55]

Tough man indeed! Great light heavy champion. Does he have emphysema now?

[@paultrigo2184]

I'll never forget his knockout of Mike Quarry in 1972.......Initially I thought he killed him

[@LowBlow505]

He said the same thing when we spoke to him. "That boy is dead, guys. He's dead." He said he told his corner. His corner urged him to not look at him. Insane knockout. Glad that wasn't the case.

[@tylerross9706]

Paul Trigo that was brutal. I actually was rewatching that 2 days ago pointing it out to one of my friends

[@vfigueroa1]

RIP Bob Foster

[@aakim58]

Salute.

[@janswart2705]

Foster beat our South African challenger Pierre Fourie twice; once in Albequerque and once in Johannesburg. At least we had the consolation of knowing that Fourie was the only man to take Bob the full 15 rounds, twice. If I remember correctly, Foster's purse for the S A title defence was his highest-earning out of all his fights. At the time, South Africa was isolated due to its apartheid policies and the only way to get international sportsmen here was to pay them handsomely. The Foster v Fourie fight was the first boxing tournament in front of a non-segregated crowd, upon the insistence of Foster. Parliament had to enact legislation to make the fight possible, including arranging for Foster and his entourage to stay in a "white" hotel (the Landdrost Hotel). Crazy and shameful times.

[@trentcleghorn6840]

Top 5 in Lt heavy championship history I only rank Mike Spinks and Archie Moore above him

[@LetitGolazziter-uk9xi]

Nobody needed to know this about Joe! He let his ego get the best of him!😢

[@richardweiler6931]

No surprise that Frazier drank to excess. He died early of liver failure.

[@kingsofcobra]

That's nice!

[@rcanady10]

RIP Bob Foster