Did Harry Greb exist?

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  1. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    :lol:
     
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  2. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    this thread brings backs so many fun memories
     
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  3. janitor

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    This would be funny, if it were not so close to being true!

    Harry Greb is arguably the greatest boxer that ever existed, yet there is no film of his fights!

    They were all destroyed because they were a fire hazard.

    So we are left with this enigma, who arguably has the greatest record in boxing history, and we have footage of the guys that he clowned, and they look pretty darn good!

    You couldn't make this sh1t up!
     
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  4. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    I would have thought they would have discovered some footage of Greb by now. Didn't they discover some new footage of Langford a while back?
     
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  5. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No. He was never heard of until 1984. Just a myth made up to fool fight fans.
     
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  6. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You mean Greb was big brother?! Orwell truly was a genius!
     
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  7. Mendoza

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    Yes he existed. Box Rec just added KO wins for Greb over Santa Claus, and the Easter Bunny. Greb's disputed draw with Frosty the Snowman has been changed to a news decision. However, I suspect there was home cookin' as Frosty fought in Pittsburgh on a warm day when the mayor halted factory production for the week, which eliminated the usual smokestack pollution in the sky from shielding the fighters from the sun. Advantage Greb. The Canadian press says it was all Frosty until the 10th round, when the Greb thumbed his coal eye, and the heat got to him.

    Although a ring film of Greb has yet to surface, we have all seen the famous people he tangled with, and they are legendary.
     
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  9. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Rearrange the letters of his name and you get:

    Brag Hr Rye

    It’s a play on Catcher in the Rye.

    The perpetrator of the hoax is spelling it out for you: He’s the Bragger in the Rye and he’s boasting of creating this fictional character that people think was actually real.

    Mystery solved.
     
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  10. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT banned Full Member

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    As a kid I used to have the “Where’s Harry Greb?” series of books for children.

    I could never damn well find him!

    I contacted the author asking for a refund of my parent’s money and he just laughed at me saying “He doesn’t exist, get it?”.
     
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