Joe Frazier
Career, Record, Stats
Joe Frazier (Smokin' Joe Frazier) was an American professional boxer. He was a heavyweight world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 16 years, 3 months, and 17 days, Frazier amassed a record of 32-4-1, which includes 27 wins via KO, 4 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990.
Joe Frazier's Boxing Career
Joe Frazier was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, U.S. on January 12, 1944. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on August 16, 1965 against Woody Goss. Frazier defeated Goss via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Frazier became a world champion fight at the age of 26 after 24 professional fights. He challenged Jimmy Ellis for the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles and stopped the champion in the 4th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world titles. With this win, he also became the undisputed heavyweight world champion — in his very first world-title fight.
He then went on to successfully win the The Ring heavyweight world title as well — and undisputed at heavyweight.
Frazier's last fight was a draw against Floyd Cummings on December 3, 1981.
Some of Joe Frazier's best fights were against Bob Foster (HOFer), Muhammad Ali (HOFer), George Chuvalo, Jimmy Ellis, Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, and Joe Bugner. For a complete list of Frazier's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Joe Frazier".
Frazier has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Joe Frazier Losses".
Joe Frazier's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37 | Dec 03, 1981 | 37 |  Floyd Cummings | draw | MD 10 |
36 | Jun 15, 1976 | 32 | 
George Foreman 27 41-1 | loss | TKO 5 |
35 | Oct 01, 1975 | 31 | 
Muhammad Ali 33 48-2 | loss | RTD 14 |
34 | Mar 02, 1975 | 31 | 
Jimmy Ellis 35 39-11-1 | win | TKO 9 |
33 | Jun 17, 1974 | 30 | 
Jerry Quarry 29 49-6-4 | win | TKO 5 |
32 | Jan 28, 1974 | 30 |
Muhammad Ali 32 43-2 | loss | UD 12 |
31 | Jul 02, 1973 | 29 | 
Joe Bugner 23 43-5-1 | win | PTS 12 |
30 | Jan 22, 1973 | 29 |
George Foreman 24 37-0 | loss | TKO 2 |
29 | May 25, 1972 | 28 | Ron Stander | win | RTD 4 |
28 | Jan 15, 1972 | 28 | Terry Daniels | win | TKO 4 |
27 | Mar 08, 1971 | 27 |
Muhammad Ali 29 31-0 | win | UD 15 |
26 | Nov 18, 1970 | 26 | 
Bob Foster 28 41-4 | win | KO 2 |
25 | Feb 16, 1970 | 26 |
Jimmy Ellis 29 27-5 | win | RTD 4 |
24 | Jun 23, 1969 | 25 |
Jerry Quarry 24 31-2-4 | win | RTD 7 |
23 | Apr 22, 1969 | 25 | Dave Zyglewicz | win | KO 1 |
22 | Dec 10, 1968 | 24 | 
Oscar Bonavena 26 38-4 | win | UD 15 |
21 | Jun 24, 1968 | 24 | Manuel Ramos | win | TKO 2 |
20 | Mar 04, 1968 | 24 | 
Buster Mathis 24 23-0 | win | TKO 11 |
19 | Dec 18, 1967 | 23 | Marion Connor | win | TKO 3 |
18 | Oct 17, 1967 | 23 | Tony Doyle | win | TKO 2 |
17 | Jul 19, 1967 | 23 | 
George Chuvalo 29 47-13-2 | win | TKO 4 |
16 | May 04, 1967 | 23 | George Johnson | win | UD 10 |
15 | Apr 11, 1967 | 23 | Jefferson Davis | win | TKO 5 |
14 | Feb 21, 1967 | 23 | Doug Jones | win | KO 6 |
13 | Nov 21, 1966 | 22 | Eddie Machen | win | TKO 10 |
12 | Sep 21, 1966 | 22 |
Oscar Bonavena 23 21-2 | win | SD 10 |
11 | Jul 25, 1966 | 22 | Billy Daniels | win | RTD 6 |
10 | May 26, 1966 | 22 | Al Jones | win | KO 1 |
9 | May 19, 1966 | 22 | Chuck Leslie | win | KO 3 |
8 | Apr 28, 1966 | 22 | Don Smith | win | KO 3 |
7 | Apr 04, 1966 | 22 | Charley Polite | win | TKO 2 |
6 | Mar 04, 1966 | 22 | Dick Wipperman | win | TKO 5 |
5 | Jan 17, 1966 | 22 | Mel Turnbow | win | KO 1 |
4 | Nov 11, 1965 | 21 | Abe Davis | win | KO 1 |
3 | Sep 28, 1965 | 21 | Ray Staples | win | TKO 2 |
2 | Sep 20, 1965 | 21 | Mike Bruce | win | TKO 3 |
1 | Aug 16, 1965 | 21 | Woody Goss | win | TKO 1 |