Is Joe Frazier The Greatest Body Puncher Ever?

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  1. Cheese

    Cheese Member Full Member

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    Body punching has become a lost forgotten art in the sport of boxing. It's such an effective method, but it rarely used because it takes time (for the most part to pay off). In my opinion nobody did it better than Joe Frazier. I've never seen anyone who can consistently throughout the entire fight deliver suck damaging body punching.

    But just about every one he fought he hurt using these body punches. And when his opponents were unable to be mobile as they were in previous rounds and had trouble breathing is when Joe went in for the kill.

    Does anyone else think Joe is the best body puncher, or can you think of some one better?
     
    Cheese, Sep 22, 2009
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  2. time lost

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    well who did frazier knockout with one punch?? nobody!!! just a over hyped 70's fighter..
     
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  3. essexboy

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    :rofl

    Your gonna do well.
     
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  4. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    In a word, NO.
     
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  5. sugarsean

    sugarsean Boxing Addict Full Member

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    quiet possilbly, in my opinion "Smokin" Joe Frazier along with Roberto Duran is the greatest infighter of all time any young boxers who want study infighting should watch the he does it, very hard to think of any one better at fighting on the inside than "Smokin" Joe.
     
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  6. Cheese

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    Nobody that's what I said in the post. Body punching usually doesn't start taking effect until the mid late rounds. Face punches have an immediate reaction. Joe didn't consistently get to the face like he got to the body. When he cut off the ring on his opponents many times when they backed up they covered their face to keep Joe from hitting them there, but they left there body open for Joe to exploit.

    The question was do you think Joe Frazier is the best body puncher of all time? Do you think another boxer is better?
     
    Cheese, Sep 22, 2009
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  7. Hydraulix

    Hydraulix Left Hook From Hell.. Full Member

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  8. essexboy

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    I would say heavyweights, very possibly along with Marciano. Pound for pound its difficult to say but let me be the first to mention Mike McCallum before everyone else gets in.
     
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  9. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd say that he was the best body puncher at heavyweight. There are too many to choose from in all weight divisions.
     
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  10. Cheese

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    Great Heavyweight makes it a little easier to judge. Along with this. Why do you all think that body punching is a lost art in boxing? I could be wrong but it seems like not many fighters use this technique anymore.
     
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  11. RockyMarciano

    RockyMarciano Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd have to go with Dempsey...followed by Marciano...and then maybe Frazier...and yeah I'm biased towards heavyweights
     
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  12. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    12 rounds, amateur boxing.

    It's not completely a lost art but I guess it's not as big a part of the sport as it used to be. You don't get awarded for body punches in today's amateur boxing and great body punching is not something you just suddenly learn when you turn pro. I'd say it's usually too late to turn a boxer into a great body puncher at that point.

    The 3 extra rounds also made body punching more relevant. Fighters can get away with being tired and beaten by hanging onto a 12 round decision but 15 rounds made it more difficult.
     
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  13. djanders

    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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  14. Raging B(_)LL

    Raging B(_)LL KAPOW!!! Full Member

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    As a heavyweight perhaps, but overall my answer would be no. I`d give the nod to Luis Rodriguez as a matter of fact, few men were as dedicated to going to the body as he was and he would rattle off at times comvinations of over a dozen punches to the midsection with most of them landing clearly. Jake LaMotta is another one, among far too many others to name but for my money LMR gets my vote by far.
     
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  15. Raging B(_)LL

    Raging B(_)LL KAPOW!!! Full Member

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    You frankenfranks brother by any chance? you sound just as dimwitted as he does.
     
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