Ben Foord

South African boxer

Born

21 January 1913, Vrede

Died

29 September 1942

Citizenship

South Africa

Sport

boxing

Discipline

heavyweight, cruiserweight, light heavyweight

Occupation

boxer

Benjamin Foord (21 January 1913 – 29 September 1942) was a South African professional mixed class boxer of the 1930s and 1940s, who won the South African heavyweight title, British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoFC) British heavyweight title, and British Empire heavyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb), i.e. Light heavyweight to 216 lb (98.0 kg; 15 st 6.0 lb), i.e. Heavyweight.

Foord died on 29 September 1942, aged 29 years, when he accidentally shot himself.

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q15996253 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.