MacArthur "Mac" Foster was a 20th-century American heavyweight professional boxer.
16 Facts About Mac Foster
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Mac Foster competed from 1966 to 1976, winning 30 of his 36 professional bouts, with all his victories achieved by knockout.
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Mac Foster stopped heavyweight contenders Thad Spencer, Cleveland Williams, whom he defeated twice, and Zora Folley.
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Mac Foster was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the third of eleven children, of a Mississippi sharecropping family.
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Mac Foster spent his childhood years in Fresno, California, where his father found employment as a nurse.
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Mac Foster trained with Pat DiFuria at the Merced Street Gym.
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Whilst being employed as a sparring partner for Sonny Liston, Mac Foster was reputed to have knocked down the former world champion, causing Liston two days later to work Mac Foster over during another sparring session before handlers could intervene between the two men to stop it.
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In 1969 Mac Foster knocked out contender Thad Spencer in the first round, and twice knocked out a past his prime Cleveland Williams.
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Mac Foster had never been in a professional fight longer than eight rounds before facing Ali.
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Mac Foster followed up his loss to Ali with knockouts of journeymen Sam McGill and Charles Williams.
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Mac Foster was then outpointed by Bob Stallings, Joe Bugner, and Henry Clark in consecutive bouts.
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Mac Foster served as George Foreman's sparring partner for Foreman's world title bout with Ken Norton in 1974.
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Mac Foster retired from boxing in 1976 after losing his fourth consecutive decision, this time to prospect Stan Ward.
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Mac Foster died at the age of 68 of MRSA on Monday, July 19,2010.
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Mac Foster's body was buried at the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Santa Nella, California.
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Mac Foster married Yolanda, the marriage producing four children, Gregory, Joshua, Nathaniel and Nicole.