The great Bob Foster on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights

Bob Foster, quite possibly the greatest light-heavyweight that’s ever lived, is a guest on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights. The champ looks and sounds great.

I never really watched Foster, as my interest in boxing didn’t kick in until about 1977, but as someone who studied the sport, he’s one of those fighters I idolized. Just unbeatable at light heavyweight, he was a tall, lank powerhouse who threw all the punches, and few could stand up to them. And while his forays into the heavyweight division were not as successful (including KO losses to Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali), the fact that he had to go to heavyweight for challenges proved both his greatness and bravery.

“I’d love to do it all again,” Foster said in the ESPN studios.

All true fight fans wish you could, as well, champ.

–WKW

Update: In FNF’s main event, Darnell Wilson damn near decapitated Emmanuel Nwodo with a mammoth left hook in the 11th to get the win in an entertaining bout.