Bob Foster ~ "I Wanted Cassius Clay In 1968"

[Master]

Bob Foster

'My amateur career was more important to me than my professional career.
I didn't really care about Championships all that much. It was about making
as much money as possible, and then getting out without too much damage.'

'I wish Cassius would have had 'the balls' to get back into the Ring with me
in 1968. I'm not saying which way the fight would have ended, but I was a
much better fighter in 1968 than 1972.'

'In 1972, I was 34 years old and completely worn out, and Cassius knew it.'

Even Foster does not say he would win. Let it go.

[Primo Carnera]

Bill, I notice you never quote your source and you have a vast amount of quotes, and I can't find any of it on the net. So I decided to look for some "quotes" myself.

1972
" finally I get the chance to smash the shit out of Foster, he's been avoiding me for 13 years . Ever since as a 17 year old, when I sparred him and he was a 21 year old man, he couldn't get his skinny ass anywhere near me. He thought he was some big shot Middleweight, but I just toyed with him, dancing rings round him and giving him a boxing lesson.
Because he knew I would rule the heavyweight scene for many years, although he was 6' 3", he spent the next 10 or 12 years eating nothing but Fresh air so that he could make the light heavyweight limit and avoid fighting me.
Eventually, he couldn't shred any longer and he was getting to the end of his career and had no money. So he had to get in the ring with me and I made sure he earned every single dollar.
After the fight, he came over to me and whispered in my ear " thank you for the payday champ, you truly are the Greatest, no matter what little Willy Paxtom says!" So I said " who the fuck is Little Willy Paxtom?
Muhammad Ali.

[Bill Paxtom]

Bob Foster

Did very well financially from 1968 and on.

[TitoFan]

@Master , @Primo Carnera :

Guys..... it's a soliloquy.
We could probably sneak away and Billy wouldn't even notice.

[Bill Paxtom]

1968

Bob Foster

'Cassius said yes, and then he said no. He didn't really want to get into the
Ring with me in mid-1968.'

'Instead, he said he would fight both Floyd Patterson and Buster Mathis on
the same night in Salt Lake City, Utah'.

This is true,

Cassius said he would fight Floyd Patterson and Buster Mathis on the same night
in back-to-back 10-Round fights.

Cassius suggested that Bob Foster fight Rudy Clay {Cassius' brother} in another
10-Rounder.

[Beanflicker]

Seems like Foster took a monumental ass whipping every time he went up to HW. Should have kept his ass at 175.

[Bill Paxtom]

Seems like Foster took a monumental ass whipping every time he went up to HW. Should have kept his ass at 175.

Wrong

Early in his career Bob Foster defeated Heavyweights

* June 27, 1962 ............ W Split-Dec 8 ...... Bert Whitehurst ~ {195 lbs.}
* December 11, 1963 ..... KO 3 .................. Willi Besmanoff ~ {197 lbs.}
* February 25, 1964 ....... KO 1 .................. Dave Bailey ~ {204 lbs.}

And Bob did this while walking into the Ring at 175 lbs. on his 6' 3" frame.

Bob Foster >

'Had there been a 190 lb. Junior Heavyweight Division, I would have been Champ
for 15-years. My best weight was around 180 to 182 lbs.'

'Look, I took out Philadelphia Heavyweight - Dave 'KO' Bailey in One-Round, and
he out-weighed me by +25 lbs. This is the same Dave Bailey who was beating up
Cassius Clay in those February 1964 sparring sessions at the 5th Street Gym in
Miami Beach.'