H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Bob Foster
Light Heavyweight · United States
Bob Foster ranks #109 in the H&G All-Time Index at Light Heavyweight, with a 83.23 All-Time Index score and a 56-8-1 professional record. His career span on this page is 1961-1978.
- All-time rank
- #109
- H&G All-Time Index
- 83.230-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 56-8-1Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1961-1978
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career story
How Bob Foster's rating rose and fell year by year, with his peak marked.
Yearly peak-form Elo rating points. This curve is separate from the 0-100 ranking index.
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1962 | 1,633 |
| 1963 | 1,677 |
| 1964 | 1,712 |
| 1965 | 1,738 |
| 1967 | 1,805 |
| 1968 | 1,821 |
| 1969 | 1,831 |
| 1970 | 1,834 |
| 1971 | 1,842 |
| 1972 | 1,842 |
| 1973 | 1,825 |
| 1974 | 1,801 |
| 1975 | 1,775 |
| 1976 | 1,752 |
| 1977 | 1,713 |
| 1978 | 1,698 |
Why this ranking
Bob Foster ranks #109 with a 83.23 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Dick Tiger in 1968, who reached a 1,808 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. In one case a result was later reversed: he beat Bob Hazelton once, then lost to him in a later fight. Data Confidence is Medium, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 1,842 (±195), separate from the 60-100 career Index.
What lifts or lowers this ranking
Bars show each weighted signal's relative size. Gold lifts the placement; grey holds it back.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
Compare and explore
Put Bob Foster next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Bob Foster actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Muhammad Ali#9 · Index 96 · 1972
- Joe Frazier#49 · Index 89 · 1970
- Dick Tiger#150 · Index 82 · 1968
- Zora Folley#793 · Index 72 · 1965
Ranked-vs-ranked bouts from the pinned fight archive, ordered by opponent ranking. An objective record of who they shared a ring with.
Great rivals he never fought
Ranked fighters who shared a recognised division and whose competitive careers overlapped, with no bout between them on record. Each name opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- George Foreman#50 · Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1969-1978)
- Floyd Patterson#64 · Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1961-1972)
- Sonny Liston#89 · Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1961-1970)
- Harold Johnson#104 · Light Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1961-1971)
- Victor Galindez#304 · Light Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1969-1978)
- John Conteh#330 · Light Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1971-1978)
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- Ken Norton#422 · Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1967-1978)
- Eddie Machen#428 · Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (1961-1967)
- Ron Lyle#524 · Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1971-1978)
- Marvin Johnson#609 · Light Heavyweight · 6 overlapping years (1973-1978)
- Oscar Bonavena#623 · Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1964-1976)
- Jerry Quarry#631 · Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1965-1977)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Bob Foster also has a reviewed style profile with radar scores, study notes and diagnostic comparisons.
About this rating
Rankings: H&G All-Time Index v2.0.0. Reflects fights up to , the most recent on record. The ratings are fixed to that point, so fights after it are not yet included.
The rating itself is built from the 43 bouts we hold full data for from 1961 to 1978, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,842 (peak dated 1971-12-01). This best-point rating sits on its own scale and is not directly comparable with the 0-100 index.
The peak estimate carries an uncertainty band of about ±195 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.