Brad Foster | |
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Born | Walsall, West Midlands, England | 22 October 1997
Other names | The Blade |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Super-bantamweight |
Height | 5 ft (152 cm) 7 |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record [1] | |
Total fights | 20 |
Wins | 15 |
Wins by KO | 5 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 2 |
Brad Foster (born 22 October 1997) is a British professional boxer who held the British and Commonwealth super-bantamweight titles between 2019 and 2021.
Brad Foster was born on 22 October 1997 in Walsall, England. [2] At the age of 9 he took up kickboxing. [3] After winning multiple kickboxing championships including British, European and world titles, he turned to boxing aged 18. [4]
Foster made his professional debut on 5 December 2015, winning a four round points decision over Josh O'Donnell at the Town Hall in Dudley, West Midlands. [5]
In November 2016, he signed a three-year promotional contract with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions. [6] [7]
On 20 July 2018, He fought Leon Gower (6–0–0) for the vacant British Midlands Area super-bantamweight title at the Banks's Stadium in Walsall. [8] Foster won the title via eighth-round stoppage. [9]
His next fight came on 8 March 2019 against former British bantamweight champion Josh Wale (27–10–2) for the vacant British super-bantamweight title at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, Yorkshire. [10] Foster captured the British title by unanimous decision, with the scorecards reading 119–111, 117–112 and 117–111. [11]
On 18 May 2019, he challenged Commonwealth super-bantamweight champion Ashley Lane (13–8–2) at the Lamex Stadium in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. [12] Foster won via twelfth-round technical knockout (TKO), adding the Commonwealth title to his collection, after referee Mark Lyson called a halt to the contest with 12 seconds remaining in the final round. [13]
He next fought Lucien Reid (8–0–1) on 14 September 2019 at the York Hall in London. [14] Foster retained his British and Commonwealth titles through a majority draw. Two judges scored the bout 114–114, while the third scored it 112–116 in favour of Reid. [15]
18 fights | 14 wins | 2 losses |
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By knockout | 5 | 0 |
By decision | 9 | 2 |
Draws | 2 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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18 | Loss | 14–2–2 | Ionut Baluta | UD | 10 | 20 May 2022 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | For vacant WBC International super-bantamweight title |
17 | Loss | 14–1–2 | Jason Cunningham | UD | 12 | 9 Oct 2021 | Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England | Lost IBF International super-bantamweight title For EBU, Commonwealth and BBBofC super-bantamweight titles |
16 | Win | 14–0–2 | Alvaro Rodriguez | UD | 10 | 26 Mar 2021 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Won vacant IBF International super-bantamweight title |
15 | Win | 13–0–2 | James Beech Jr. | UD | 12 | 10 Jul 2020 | BT Sport Studio, London, England | Retained British and Commonwealth super-bantamweight titles |
14 | Win | 12–0–2 | Lucien Reid | RTD | 6 (12), 3:00 | 22 Feb 2020 | York Hall, London, England | Retained British super-bantamweight title |
13 | Draw | 11–0–2 | Lucien Reid | MD | 12 | 14 Sep 2019 | York Hall, London, England | Retained British and Commonwealth super-bantamweight titles |
12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Ashley Lane | TKO | 12 (12), 2:58 | 18 May 2019 | Lamex Stadium, Stevenage, England | Retained British super-bantamweight title; Won Commonwealth super-bantamweight title |
11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Josh Wale | UD | 12 | 8 Mar 2019 | Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley, England | Won vacant British super-bantamweight title |
10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Leon Gower | RTD | 8 (10), 3:00 | 20 Jul 2018 | Banks's Stadium, Walsall, England | Won Midlands Area super-bantamweight title |
9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Edward Bjorklund | PTS | 6 | 14 Apr 2018 | King Power Stadium, Leicester, England | |
8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Patrik Bartos | TKO | 1 (6), 1:41 | 2 Dec 2017 | Leicester Arena, Leicester, England | |
7 | Draw | 6–0–1 | Brett Fidoe | PTS | 6 | 24 Jun 2017 | Villa Park, Birmingham, England | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Leonard Rafael | TKO | 1 (6), 2:23 | 17 Feb 2017 | Banks's Stadium, Walsall, England | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Anwar Alfadli | PTS | 6 | 8 Oct 2016 | Holiday Inn, Birmingham, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Sergey Tasimov | PTS | 4 | 16 Jul 2016 | PlayFootball Arena, Birmingham, England | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Jordan Turner | PTS | 4 | 21 May 2016 | Town Hall, Dudley, England | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Gary Reeve | PTS | 4 | 4 Mar 2016 | The Venue, Dudley, England | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Josh O'Donnell | PTS | 4 | 5 Dec 2015 | Town Hall, Dudley, England | |
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