Of the handful of fights of his that I seen, I get the sense that he wasn't a devastating puncher in the sense of a Rocky Marciano or Joe Louis, but that he had decent enough power to get his respect but more importantly that he would wear you out and beat you up over the course of the fight...
He was as dangerous a light-heavyweight as any who ever lived, bar three or four. So yes, he was a very big puncher.
Saying yes, supported by the left hook he concussed Satterfield with ( granted Bob was renowned for a granite chin ) but he looked a fairly biggish strong lad, none the lees, as far as left hooks go, it is up their with Frazier/Foster, SRR/ Fullmer for my money. keep well.
maybe not the best example but you get the gist. Ezz was no slouch. No Foreman but certainly no Maxie Rosenbloom This content is protected
He was an excellent fighter and his overall greatness definitely amplified his perceived power as far as raw power goes he was not anything spectacular- however his sense of timing, rhythm and ability to read his opponents was second to none and combined had... literal lethal consequences.
For those people mentioning heavyweight, that division isnt a good measure to rate Ezzard Charles power. He was kind of a puncher on middleweight and light heavyweight a fast punching machine that had some of his opponents making a negative fight after tasting his power, recognized for his skills but always an agressive fighter, seems that after the Baroudi fight he decided to fight at heavyweight maybe to not hurt his now bigger opponents altho on his first comeback fight after the Baroudi tragedy he avenged his loss after knocking out Elmer Ray with a hard right hand if i'm not mistaken. Going to dig up some articles from Ezzard Charles prime that i read long ago on some other forum.
