I love the kid but the ranking looks right. How many fights have these those 4 got between them ?? Well over a thousand for sure. Did Britton fight Leonard, Lewis certainly did ??
Yes, three times two were ND bouts and it seems Leonard had the better of both but they do not count on his record. He lost the one fight by disqualification.
how many fights ? well Lewis had 302, Greb 299, Leonard 219 and Britton had a hell of a lot too, Cyber Boxing claims he had 350
If we are talking technical greatness it's Leonard by a mile. Greb was a highly unorthodox fighter and more than likely not in Leornards league in this regard.
Oh yeah I agree, if there was lots of good footage of both I know many would rate Leonard higher than Greb as I know many go for the aesthetically pleasing I doubt Greb was that.
Benny Leonard was regarded as the greatest fighter in his time since Joe Gans. His style was immaculate. He was a great gliding boxer with great two handed knockout power, and his boxing brain was second to none. The Great Bennah his fans called him.In his last fight with the great WW Jack Britton, Leonard most certainly fouled Britton intentionally when after dropping Britton in the 13th round. the normally cool headed Leonard, ran around the referee and smote Britton on the side of the head, and the referee disqualified Leonard... Many years later just before he died Mannie Seamon, Leonard's trainer divulged the fact that he saw in the dressing room just prior to the fight, Benny Leonard crying while his "connected " manager Billy Gibson told him "Benny you CAN'T WIN TONIGHT ". Mannie Seamon waited until he was dying before he revealed this.. Harry Greb was second to none as a fighter,as was the great Benny Leonard. Where shall we see their likes again ?
