Rate Joe Frazier's punching power

If I had to rate it, something like a seven. He wasn't a nuclear puncher like Earnie Shaver's but he could punch as hard in the 15th as he could in the first, and had great placement with his shots as well. Very good at applying what power he did have.

 

He could knock down almost any heavyweight if that left hook lands.

 

If find it easier to rate on the scale of C minor. It is an E flat.

 

I think that he gets sold a bit short in the power department.

If you think it was a 7, then I would almost like to stand you on the business end of it!

 

I feel there were heavyweights of his own time who hit harder... The likes of Mac Foster, Jeff Merritt, Foreman, Mercado, Earnie Shavers would be among the 9's and 10's of the heavyweight division. Doesn't mean they could land their best shots as well, or throw as many of them as Frazier could.

 

I could confidently name two contempories of Joe Louis, who hit harder than he did!

 

Frazier about an eight....bear may have hit harder than Louis but I don't know who else of his time

 

Joe Frazier was a more effective puncher than many.

 

Only one I can think of was Max Baer.

 

Very well stated. One thing I like about Joe was that he could get concussive power on that hook without loading up and telegraphing it. His short inside hooks could separate a man from his senses. The precision was also there and it helped alot

 

Don't say Galento.

And very few hit BETTER than Joe did.

Frazier remains the most underrated heavy who ever lived.

 

Concur ^^^. Jerry Quarry took a lot of those type of punches from Joe in their 2 fights....and look how JQ ended up at the end of his life unfortunately.

 

I think he was going to say Galento.

I wouldn't even consider Baer to hit harder, honestly. At least not on a consistent basis.