Brad Foster
Quick Facts
Biography
Brad Foster (born 22 October 1997) is a British professional boxer who has held the British super-bantamweight title since March 2019 and the Commonwealth super-bantamweight title since September 2019.
Early life
Brad Foster was born on 22 October 1997 in Walsall, England. At the age of 9 he took up kickboxing. After winning multiple kickboxing championships including British, European and world titles, he turned to boxing aged 18.
Professional career
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.
In November 2016, he signed a three-year promotional contract with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.
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. Foster won the title via eighth-round stoppage.
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. Foster captured the British title by unanimous decision, with the scorecards reading 119–111, 117–112 and 117–111.
On 18 May 2019, he challenged Commonwealth super-bantamweight champion Ashley Lane (13–8–2) at the Lamex Stadium in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. 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.
He next fought Lucien Reid (8–0–1) on 14 September 2019 at the York Hall in London. 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.
Professional boxing record
Professional record summary | ||
14 fights | 12 wins | 0 losses |
By knockout | 5 | 0 |
By decision | 7 | 0 |
Draws | 2 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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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 | WonMidlands 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 |