For anyone doubting Greb's inclusion on this list, and inclusion very high up, take a gander at who he beat (and quite a few were multiple beatings): Maxie Rosenbloom Kid Norfolk Billy Miske Tommy Loughran Jimmy Delaney Tommy Gibbons Gene Tunney Battling Levinsky Jimmy Slattery Is there another lightheavy who can list this many top quality pelts?
Personal list Tunney Moore Charles Greb Loughren Spinks Conn H.Johnson Saad Dillon Foster Braxton Conteh Galindez Jones
10 - Matthew Saad Muhammad 09 - Jimmy Bivins 08 - Bob Foster 07 - John Henry Lewis 06 - Tommy Loughran 05 - Mike Spinks 04 - Gene Tunney 03 - Harry Greb 02 - Archie Moore 01 - Ezzard Charles
Thanks Brother!! Much appreciated. I'm a sucker for Contehs left hand. But Galindez is definitely the more durable
What did Carpentier ever do at heavyweight to make hims "pure quality"... Likewise for Gibbons at heavyweight, besides lose a title eliminator to Greb? And do you really consider Gibbons in his last fight to be "pure quality"? Or Dempsey in his last fight? And he had twice as many wins as Lewis at heavyweight? Is this some sort of new math?
It's interesting how much Philadelphia Jack O'Brien's stock has fallen comparing old rankings to what most people post.
Nowhere. Fights between he whilst he was weighing in at the limit against other fighters weighing in at the limit were almost unheard of. Head to head you can do what you like with him.