Harry Greb, head to head vs. the great middleweights

janitor · Feb 24, 2010

burt bienstock said: ↑

To even mention Joe Calzaghe in the same breath,is ludicrous.Would Calzaghe would still be talked about if he fought another 200 or more bouts,against the very top lt.heavies.and larger men? What would his record be if he did survive such a marathon schedule? I hate to think...One other point, I have been reading old boxing reports about the amazing Greb for over sixty years now...My father who saw Greb lambast Tunney in their first fight,MSG,1922,would always rave about his abilities...What made him unique,besides his non-stop attack,from every conceivable punching angle,was his tremendous leg speed,bouncing,darting,in and out,sideways,never in one spot,more as Tunney related for "more then a second"...Calzaghe was a fast punching Southpaw,and never was able to bounce to and froe,thus avoiding getting timed to be hit solidly...This rare ability to be so difficult to hit SOLIDLY,and a granite set of whiskers,when tagged by even heavyweights,allowed Greb to have 300 fights,and beat the best fighters of his time...I must rate him P4P greatest, not because he was as beautiful to watch as Ray Robinson, but I say that Everone That Robinson Beat in hisgreat career,so would have Greb...Conversely.would Robinson lick all of Greb's larger opponents ,time and again? Think Tunney,Gibbons,Dillon,Loughran,Levinsky,Gunboat Smith{KO'D Langford],Big Bill Brennan,etc...I sincerely think not.....Greb for the agea...
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I don't think that anybody is comparing Calzaghe to Greb as a resume.

Merely suggesting that he is the nearest stylistic paralel of recent years.

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