Harry Greb v Gene Tunney Prime For Prime?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Both at their best, 15rds.
    Who wins?
     
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  2. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Not really Im just trying to get some perspective.I actually learned quite a bit from the Mauriello v Ray thread.
    BTW P4P Greb is my all time number one .
     
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  3. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    "They also serve who only stand and wait"
     
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  4. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    They did fight in their primes
     
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  5. janitor

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    Not with both in their prime in the same fight.
     
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  6. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    It might matter if they'd had previously met or not too. Do they fight with the experience they had in their respective peaks, or with them having not met before?
     
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  7. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    More fights probably favors Tunney, even if Greb is still at his prime.
     
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  8. FrankinDallas

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    "Loose lips sink ships".
     
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  9. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Your choice ,do both scenarios if you wish.
     
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  10. klompton2

    klompton2 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Greb. He was past his prime already by the first fight which he won, and second fight which he was blatantly robbed in, and fourth fight which majority reports say he won. Greb of 1919 beats the best version of Tunney.
     
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  11. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wish we had some tapes of the Greb v Tunney fights. Much harder to speculate w/o seeing what styles were working for the fighters in the bouts.
     
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  12. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Tunney certainly had a more engineered (some might say contrived) career with his fights leading in succession to certain goals and his opponents strategically chosen. Meanwhile, Greb's seemed more haphazard and itinerant... Hop a train this week to Cleveland, next week to Baltimore, ad nauseum.
     
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  13. surfinghb

    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Greb
     
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  14. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fighting Greb was a finishing school for Gene. Prime Tunney wins by KO in 15
     
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  15. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    A stitch in time saves nine.
     
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