This was an exhibition/staged fight. Staged specifically for the motion picture industry. Leon was retired at this point amd Dixon was either...
One of these days I hope to find a Korner film or Schmeling-Diener film. Ive got footage of Diener training and maybe footage of a fight (I cant...
He was also infatuated with Korner and even planned a full length biography of him (which was eventually paired down to a monograph). Ive always...
Boxing in Germany was in its infancy in the late 1920s. Prior to that there were few IF ANY internationally prominant or talented German fighters....
You basically just reinforced everything I said.
Thats Douglas Fairbanks acting as referee.
Actually Schmeling was fairly big news in Germany in 1927. These were the days of the Weimar Republic when boxing was basically in it infancy in...
Almost certainly and basically everyone in boxing knew it which is why Braddock was allowed to literally skip out on his mandated match with...
I should add that Willard was a huge fan of Greb's and had been singing his praises since 1917 or 1918. After He lost the title he stated several...
Not a whole lot because prior to his emphatic win over Fulton Dempsey was still kind of on the fringe. Greb was already an established name but...
Bogash was very good. Gave almost everyone tough fights. Kind of a MW gatekeeper/stumbling block. He was one of several fighters of the 10s and...
I.ll bet you can't cite that quote from any contemporary greb articles. it originates a good 20 yrs after grebs death. if greb actually said...
I dont know if you can call any fight where one guy gets DQd for refusing to fight "great".
I think he would have taken it if the price was right. Its not like he was pricing himself out of the fight, he would have literally gotten...
Its been done. Greb had quite a few of his fights broadcast via radio and not just by KDKA but none are known to have been recorded. Recording...
