Joe Frazier
32–4 · 37 recorded bouts · 1965–1981
Joe Frazier finished 84% of 32 wins inside the distance — the 85th percentile for heavyweight boxing, where the median is 68%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 71″ (180.3 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1970s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Joe Frazier, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
32–4
37 bouts on record
Finish rate
84%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 85th percentile
The career, bout by bout
37 recorded bouts from 1965 to 1981. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
17y
1965–1981
Longest unbeaten run
30
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1966
9 bouts
Recorded bouts
37
37 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | D | Floyd Cummings | Draw | 10 |
| 1976 | L | George Foreman | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1975 | L | Muhammad Ali | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1975 | W | Jimmy Ellis | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1974 | W | Jerry Quarry | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1974 | L | Muhammad Ali | Decision | 12 |
| 1973 | W | Joe Bugner | — | 12 |
| 1973 | L | George Foreman | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1972 | W | Ron Stander | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1972 | W | Terry Daniels | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1971 | W | Muhammad Ali | Decision | 15 |
| 1970 | W | Bob Foster | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1970 | W | Jimmy Ellis | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1969 | W | Jerry Quarry | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1969 | W | Dave Zyglewicz | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1968 | W | Oscar Bonavena | Decision | 15 |
| 1968 | W | Manuel Ramos | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1968 | W | Buster Mathis | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1967 | W | Marion Connor | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1967 | W | Tony Doyle | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1967 | W | George Chuvalo | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1967 | W | George Johnson | — | 10 |
| 1967 | W | Jefferson Davis | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1967 | W | Doug Jones | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1966 | W | Eddie Machen | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1966 | W | Oscar Bonavena | — | 10 |
| 1966 | W | Billy Daniels | — | 6 |
| 1966 | W | Al Jones | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1966 | W | Chuck Leslie | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1966 | W | Don Smith | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1966 | W | Charley Polite | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1966 | W | Dick Wipperman | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1966 | W | Mel Turnbow | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1965 | W | Abe Davis | — | 1 |
| 1965 | W | Ray Staples | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1965 | W | Mike Bruce | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1965 | W | Woody Goss | — | 1 |
19 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 587 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Joe Frazier on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-31. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.