Harry Greb: GOAT?

Most ringside reports scored their 2nd fight to Greb. Newspapers were split for their 4th contest, though more scored it for Greb.

Tunney was a brilliant ATG himself and naturally bigger than Greb. He had 9lbs in Greb for their 4th fight & 12.5lbs in their final contest.

Greb was past prime & mostly blind in 1 eye by the end of their series.

The Tunney series are a good testament to Greb's likely brilliance. When you look at what Greb did outside of the Tunney fights, they're a pretty decent indicator of how great Tunney was, too.

 

Interesting that sources from across the country are PMing me about the sparring .. many pretty hardcore guys and say they are legit ... interesting ..

 

Cool, isn't it? I love the way Tunney's manner conveyed the brutality and traumatic memories of the fight - his candor really struck me. Took a while to re-discover the clip, I forgot about there being some excellent vids held by Getty that aren't necessarily available on YouTube.

 

I didn't know Getty had that but now I'm all over it ... many thanks for a terrific post.

 

I voted yes even with the limited footage

seemed to have a style that few could deal with