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Bob Foster vs Henry Matthews — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bob Foster

Henry Matthews

Bob Foster (56-8-1) and Henry Matthews (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Foster

56

Wins46 KO · 82%

8

Losses

1

Draw65 tracked bouts

Matthews

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Foster leads 1–0

Bob Foster and Henry Matthews have met 1 time; Foster leads 1–0.

Bob Foster and Henry Matthews have met 1 time; Foster leads 1–0.
Met1967Jun 9Series
Bob FosterFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Henry MatthewsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Foster 4 · Matthews 1 of 5 measurable rows
FosterMatthews
Record†
56-8-1 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
86.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 46
46 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
82.14%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
82%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 65
65
1

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Bob Foster: 6′3″
Henry Matthews: No height on file
Reachnot held
Bob Foster: 79″
Henry Matthews: No reach on file
Agenot held
Bob Foster: Died aged 76
Henry Matthews: No date of birth
Stance
Bob Foster: Orthodox
Henry Matthews: Not recorded

Bob Foster left, Henry Matthews right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bob Foster56 wins · from 65 tracked bouts

Bob Foster: 56 tracked wins — 46 by KO/TKO (82%) and 10 on the cards (18%). Counted from 65 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

46 by KO/TKO 82%10 on the cards 18%

Henry Matthews0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Henry Matthews: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Matthews yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bob Foster 65, Henry Matthews 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Bob Foster has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Foster last boxed on Jun 2, 1978.WWWLL

Carter Aug 1976Bolden Sep 1976Hazelton Sep 1977Wasajja Feb 1978Hazelton Jun 19783.8 tracked bouts per year

Henry Matthews last boxed on Jun 9, 1967 — 21,683 days ago. Matthews had lost the most recent, to Bob Foster.L

Foster Jun 1967

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bob Foster and Henry Matthews ever fought each other?
Yes. Bob Foster and Henry Matthews met once on June 9, 1967, and Bob Foster won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

WJun 9, 1967 · Foster · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Foster or Matthews?
Bob Foster is 56-8-1 and Henry Matthews is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Bob Foster has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Foster56–8–186.9%

Matthews0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Foster or Matthews?
Bob Foster has 46 knockout wins and Henry Matthews has 0. Bob Foster has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Foster4682.1%

Matthews0

The Numbers ↓
Do Foster and Matthews have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bob Foster and Henry Matthews have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Foster and Matthews?
This comparison is drawn from 65 bouts tracked for Bob Foster and 1 bout tracked for Henry Matthews. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Foster65bouts

Matthews1bout

How They Win ↓

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