Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40 | |
| 1962 | 47 | |
| 1963 | 54 | |
| 1964 | 61 | |
| 1965 | 69 | |
| 1966 | 76 | |
| 1967 | 83 | |
| 1968 | 90 | |
| 1969 | 97 | |
| 1970 | 88 | |
| 1971 | 80 | |
| 1972 | 71 | |
| 1973 | 63 | |
| 1974 | 54 | |
| 1975 | 46 | |
| 1976 | 37 | |
| 1977 | 29 | |
| 1978 | 20 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- World sanctioning body archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bob Foster ranks #48 in Boxing
Bob Foster ranks 48th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 444th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Boxing reference universe of 231 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1961–1978 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1969, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes title defences 14, professional wins 56, knockouts 46, world title reign in years 6.
Immediately ahead sits Canelo Álvarez on 88.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Carlos Monzón on 88.0. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Bob Foster GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Foster stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1969. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Foster comparisons
Bob Foster — frequently asked
- Is Bob Foster the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bob Foster ranks 48th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 88.2, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Bob Foster's GOAT Score?
- 88.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bob Foster rank all time?
- 444th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 48th within Boxing.
- Bob Foster vs Canelo Álvarez: who ranks higher?
- Bob Foster, on 88.2 against Canelo Álvarez's 88.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.