Joe Frazier is an awsome boxer to study he's very short for a heavy weight most of the guys he fought were lot taller than him and had a huge reach advantage. To make up for his height Frazier would exagerate his head movement. Frazier always kept his head moveing keeping him self off line and making it difficult for his opponents to hit him. Head movement is one of the keys to successful boxing by constantly moving your head you don't provide your opponents with a consitant target to aim at. Frazier's game was to move his head and try to slip, bob or weave to close the distance between him and his opponent and get inside. By doing this he was able to take away the reach advantage. Once Frazier was inside he'd go the body as soon as his opponent would drop the hands to defend the body he would throw hook to the head. Fraziers hook was one of his most powerful punches both to the head and to the body. Once Frazier was inside on a fighter with longer reach the only punch the guy could throw was a short upper cut as soon as any one tried to upper cut Frazier he would throw a hook to the guys head on the side as the guy was uppercutting this is because Frazier knew as soon as the guy dropped his hand for the upper cut his head would be open for the hook. If you watch Ali vs Frazier when Frazier beats Ali, Frazier almost knocks Ali out with the hook to the head it was amazing that Ali stood on his feet for the remainedr of the round after that punch because he was staggered all over the ring but still Ali proved to have and extremely strong chin as Frazier brought it all to him. Ali Frazier III is a good one to watch although Frazier loses you can see how he would work the body of Ali espacally when he would try to play the rope a dope game with him. Again in that fight it is amazing how much punishment both fighters take.
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