BOXER

Bob Foster

1942 - 2015

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Robert Wayne Foster (April 27, 1942 – November 21, 2015) was an American professional boxer who fought as a light heavyweight and heavyweight. He won the world light heavyweight title from Dick Tiger in 1968 via fourth-round knockout, and went on to defend the title fourteen times against thirteen different fighters in total from 1968 to 1974. Foster challenged Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali during his career, but was knocked out by both (the fight with Ali was not for a world heavyweight title, but for the regional NABF version). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Foster has received more than 11,613 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Foster is the 150th most popular boxer, the 9,435th most popular biography from United States and the 57th most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Bob Foster ranks 150 out of 496. Before him are Paul Fritsch, Pernell Whitaker, Arturo Gatti, Corrie Sanders, Josef Němec, and Alfonso Zamora. After him are Antal Kocsis, Tibor Csík, Cosimo Pinto, Francisco Cabañas, Alfredo Porzio, and Enrique Rodríguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Bob Foster ranks 604. Before him are Allen Daviau, Liu Qi, Gideon Toury, Walter Rodney, Lopo do Nascimento, and Gabriel Núñez. After him are Zoltán Nemere, Harald Norpoth, Glyn Johns, Charlie Rose, Barbara Parkins, and Marianna Hill. Among people deceased in 2015, Bob Foster ranks 398. Before him are Alberto Cardaccio, Nina Otkalenko, Boris Shilkov, Chris Burden, Edward Natapei, and Catherine E. Coulson. After him are Michel Scheuer, Dobrosav Krstić, Surya Bahadur Thapa, Rakhat Aliyev, Mária Gulácsy, and Paride Tumburus.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Foster ranks 9,435 out of 20,380. Before him are Brandon Routh (1979), Dickey Betts (1943), Jason Lewis (1971), Nelson Riddle (1921), Dustin Poirier (1989), and Margaret Osborne duPont (1918). After him are Dean Kamen (1951), Marc Aaronson (1950), John Berryman (1914), Michael Dunn (1934), Lance Larson (1940), and Don Dokken (1953).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Bob Foster ranks 57. Before him are Bert Schneider (1897), Riddick Bowe (1967), Pete Rademacher (1928), James Smith (1953), Ray Mercer (1961), and Pernell Whitaker (1964). After him are Frankie Genaro (1901), Miguel Cotto (1980), Laila Ali (1977), Antonio Tarver (1968), Hasim Rahman (1972), and Tyrell Biggs (1960).

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