The Fearless Harry Greb book...

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Klomton got a fullsome acknowledgement from the author of Cinderella man , Michael C Delisa ,for his assistance towards that book.
    I have a feeling his Greb tome might be worth waiting for.
     
    mcvey, Mar 19, 2010
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  2. Jack Dempsey

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    My copy has just this minute arrived through the door, cant wait to start reading it, looks great
     
    Jack Dempsey, Mar 20, 2010
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  3. Abdullah

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    Good for you Jack. Maybe mine will come today. Hey, are you the real Jack Dempsey? Just kidding. :patsch
     
    Abdullah, Mar 22, 2010
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  4. Bodysnatcher

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    Bodysnatcher, Mar 22, 2010
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  5. McGrain

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    It's good. I got a sense of the man and the fighter. Seems a few of the details are off though.
     
    McGrain, Mar 22, 2010
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  6. Flea Man

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    On the Greb book;Apparently it ain't that good, but the info I got from it was quality.
     
    Flea Man, Mar 22, 2010
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  7. Abdullah

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    I received my book today. I have to say, I have only read the Preface and already this is a great book. I would like to thank Bill Paxton some day for all of the extensive research that he conducted to put this book together.
     
    Abdullah, Mar 25, 2010
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  8. Stonehands89

    Stonehands89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You just did. I emailed him your post.
     
    Stonehands89, Mar 25, 2010
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  9. Jack Dempsey

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    You can add my plaudits too, am reading it as we speak and think he has done a great job........................tell him I loved him in Aliens:D
     
    Jack Dempsey, Mar 25, 2010
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  10. klompton

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    extensive research... pheh. I think Slakka can back me up that Paxton's book was extensively underresearched and worse he filled in the gaps with stories from Ring Magazine and James Fair which have long since been shown to be false.
     
    klompton, Mar 25, 2010
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  11. mcvey

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    mcvey, Mar 25, 2010
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  12. SLAKKA

    SLAKKA Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Many of Harrys fights were not given 100 illumination as far as I'm concerned. Below URL would be a good case study. To be fair doing this level research has driven back many a previous Greb researcher as its unbelievably difficult/problematic and its ALL offline old fashioned library science.

    http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=206759&highlight=barton
     
    SLAKKA, Mar 25, 2010
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  13. Abdullah

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    Thank you so much! I appreciate that, Stonehands. :good
     
    Abdullah, Mar 25, 2010
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  14. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    In the 1940s I foolishly loaned my copy of the James Fair book,"Give Him To The Angels"...It was never returned to me...I bought a few months ago " The Fearless Harry Greb ", by Bill Paxton, and it is a labor of love, about my alltime favorite fighter...Harry Greb can NEVER be duplicated, because of his absolute love for combat ,utter fearlessness to the nth degree...I have read years before that Greb and Henry Armstrong.both had a slow pulse rate in the forties, thus accounting for their unworldly stamina, in the ring...But Greb had one virtue that Armstrong lacked...It was Greb's tremendous speed afoot that allowed him to avoid much of his opponents counterpunching, which Henry Armstrong had to absorb....Kudos to a great book by Bill Paxton..I'm sure if there is an afterlife, Harry Greb must be pleased,reading it.....
     
    burt bienstock, Mar 26, 2010
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  15. Abdullah

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    Hi, Burt. I have only read one chapter thus far, but Bill Paxton paints a vivid picture in my mind. I am thrilled with the book. Since there is no available fight footage, this is as close as we can get. Have you finished it yet? Did you ever read "Give him to the angels"? I have read in numerous places that it wasn't good. Forgive me if I have asked you that question before.
     
    Abdullah, Mar 26, 2010
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