Joe Frazier’s Left Hook
Perhaps the most lethal punch in boxing because it was equally devastating thrown to the head or to the body. There have been many in the division that threw a mean left hook, but none did as much damage or were as famous as Joe Frazier’s left hook.
If the others shot theirs out of a canon, Smokin’ Joe’s hook was more of a wrecking ball. He rained left hooks, digging and grinding at the body and then to the head, until its foundation completely collapsed.
First he destroyed opponents’ body, then their will. He was the first man to drop and nearly decapitate Jimmy Ellis with it, the first to stop ironed-chinned George Chuvalo and the left hook that dropped Muhammad Ali in the 15th round of their epic first clash nearly ended Ali’s career.
