Brad Foster | |
Nickname: | The Blade |
Weight: | Super-bantamweight |
Height: | 5 ft 7 |
Birth Date: | 1997 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Walsall, West Midlands, England |
Style: | Orthodox |
Boxrec: | 740019 |
Total: | 20 |
Wins: | 15 |
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.[1] At the age of 9 he took up kickboxing.[2] After winning multiple kickboxing championships including British, European and world titles, he turned to boxing aged 18.[3]
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.[4]
In November 2016, he signed a three-year promotional contract with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.[5] [6]
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.[7] Foster won the title via eighth-round stoppage.[8]
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.[9] Foster captured the British title by unanimous decision, with the scorecards reading 119–111, 117–112 and 117–111.[10]
On 18 May 2019, he challenged Commonwealth super-bantamweight champion Ashley Lane (13–8–2) at the Lamex Stadium in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.[11] 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.[12]
He next fought Lucien Reid (8–0–1) on 14 September 2019 at the York Hall in London.[13] 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.[14]
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 | ||
17 | Loss | 14–1–2 | Jason Cunningham | UD | 12 | 9 Oct 2021 | ||
16 | Win | 14–0–2 | Alvaro Rodriguez | UD | 10 | 26 Mar 2021 | ||
15 | Win | 13–0–2 | James Beech Jr. | UD | 12 | 10 Jul 2020 | ||
14 | Win | 12–0–2 | Lucien Reid | RTD | 6 (12), | 22 Feb 2020 | ||
13 | Draw | 11–0–2 | Lucien Reid | 12 | 14 Sep 2019 | |||
12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Ashley Lane | TKO | 12 (12), | 18 May 2019 | ||
11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Josh Wale | 12 | 8 Mar 2019 | |||
10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Leon Gower | RTD | 8 (10), | 20 Jul 2018 | ||
9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Edward Bjorklund | PTS | 6 | 14 Apr 2018 | ||
8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Patrik Bartos | TKO | 1 (6), | 2 Dec 2017 | ||
7 | Draw | 6–0–1 | Brett Fidoe | PTS | 6 | 24 Jun 2017 | ||
6 | Win | 6–0 | Leonard Rafael | TKO | 1 (6), | 17 Feb 2017 | ||
5 | Win | 5–0 | Anwar Alfadli | PTS | 6 | 8 Oct 2016 | ||
4 | Win | 4–0 | Sergey Tasimov | PTS | 4 | 16 Jul 2016 | ||
3 | Win | 3–0 | Jordan Turner | PTS | 4 | 21 May 2016 | ||
2 | Win | 2–0 | Gary Reeve | PTS | 4 | 4 Mar 2016 | ||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Josh O'Donnell | 4 | 5 Dec 2015 | |||