Harry Greb

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  1. JudgeDredd

    JudgeDredd Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Nat Fleischer said that Greb was the best thing he'd ever seen in the ring, & remember he'd seen Armstrong & Robinson.
     
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    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Not hard to believe given the guys that Greb beat and how he beat them.
     
  3. Flea Man

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    This.
     
  4. JudgeDredd

    JudgeDredd Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No but he doesn't get the recognition he deserves, he regularly beat top heavyweights, o.k the heavyweights were smaller than they are today, but even so......
     
  5. MrMarvel

    MrMarvel Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This is whatI always say to Greb detractors. They say, "Look at the training films." I say, "How do you say a man who destroyed Gene Tunney is nothing special?" Just read the account of the Walker fight. I have seen Walker fight. I have seen Tunney fight. Greb in the ring must have been something to behold.
     
  6. janitor

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    Spot on.
     
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    SLAKKA Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Greb was amazing but i'm not sure about that Nat quote.
     
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    You just now joined this site. How do you come to that conclusion? Everyone here knows pretty much all there is to know about the man, as he's been discussed ad nauseam. What's next, Pernell Whitaker doesn't get the credit he deserves?
     
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    Pernell Whitaker ? Was he a boxer? :huh Must have been an old timer :think
     
  10. cotto20

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    More Quotes on Greb

    Jack Dempsey
    Gene Tunney
     
  11. JudgeDredd

    JudgeDredd Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I've been a boxing fan for 25 years.
     
  12. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    But J-Dredd....is he a ALG in you eyes?
     
  13. JudgeDredd

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    :lol: