# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:51:34.533Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-foster"
name: "Bob Foster"
slug: "bob-foster"
description: "Robert Wayne Foster 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. He was named to Ring's list of 100 Greatest Punchers of all time. He was also named to Ring's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years, ranking at No. 55. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1990."
tagline: "American boxer (1938-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Foster_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1938-12-15"
deathDate: "2015-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.98003066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bob Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "بوب فوستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوب فوستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Foster_(Boxer)"
    title: "Bob Foster (Boxer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Foster_(boxer)"
    title: "Bob Foster (boxer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "باب فاستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Foster"
    title: "Bob Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Foster"
    title: "Bob Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Foster"
    title: "Bob Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Foster_(petinju)"
    title: "Bob Foster (petinju)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Foster"
    title: "Bob Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ボブ・フォスター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Foster"
    title: "Bob Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Фостер, Боб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Foster"
    title: "Bob Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887932"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump