I dont know why Cleveland or Philly would have been pro Greb. Even in Pittsburgh some papers were antagonistic toward Greb, particularly the Press...
true but its more important in Greb's era when newspaper decisions were the rule and not the exception. You need to have as many account as...
Hands of Stone is not an Autobiogrophy, neither is Four Kings. A lot of the stuff in Atlas is bull****.
Some major some minor but as my goal all along has been to have a definitive account of Harry's life I decided not to rush it and do it right. It...
Sooner rather than later hopefully. I wouldnt get my hopes up too much about this new Greb book. Its written by the guy who runs the Harry Greb...
No footage is known to exist of the Dempsey-Fulton bout. It was filmed but as it only lasted 18 seconds it was deemed too short too be able to...
Smokin Joe is a classic. The two that all other should be judged by are Raging Bull (LaMotta) and Somebody up there Likes Me (Graziano). One my...
That was 1919 not 1915. The ref, Jack Dillon (not the fighter) did an attrocious job of refereeing and was criticized by the press so in trying to...
I have no doubt that Brennan was washed up but he was fighting a guy that was literally at deaths door and should have been in bed waiting for the...
Id rate him right in there with Brennan. His series with Brennan was as close as it could be until the last fight which I throw out because the...
Miske at his best was a very good fighter but he ran hot and cold, especially later in his career when his sickness was getting the better of him...
Im not so sure that Greb's chin was one of the greatest P4P, his ability to stick the limit and not go down often was more a product of his...
Greb had freakish, speed, stamina, ability to lose weight, and a freakish ability to look like he didnt know the first thing about boxing and...
The above statement is dead on and sums up Sugar to a "T"
This is uncategorically false. Within a year Dempsey renewed a scathing attack on Tunney that he had startd just before their second fight...
