Bob Foster (boxer) Bob Foster (boxer) Robert Lloyd "Bob" Foster (December 15, 1938 – November 21, 2015) was an American professional boxer who fought as a light heavyweight and heavyweight. Known as "The Deputy Sheriff", Foster was one of the greatest light heavyweight champions in boxing history. He won the world light heavyweight title from Dick Tiger in 1968 via fourth-round knockout, and went on to defend his crown fourteen times in total from 1968 to 1974. Foster challenged heavyweight kings Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali during his career, but was knocked out by both fighters (the fight with Ali was not for
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (Iowa Version) who held the Iowa version of the NWA World Heavyweight Champion as well. As a result, this title was officially retired while Goelz would defend the main NWA title until losing to Leroy McGurik on December 28th, 1949 in a unification match for the National Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Championship. !width=0|No. !width=20%|Wrestler !width=0|Times !width=13%|Date !width=0 data-sort-type="number"|Days held !width=16%|Location !width=17%|Event !width=60% class="unsortable"|Notes !width=0 class="unsortable"|Ref. !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (Iowa Version) The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (Iowa Version) was a professional wrestling championship that was recognized in the Iowa-based National Wrestling