Harry Greb vs Ezzard Charles

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  1. Kell Macabe

    Kell Macabe I don’t know s*** about boxing Full Member

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    Round One- Middleweight

    Round Two- Light Heavyweight

    Round Three- Heavyweight

    Personally I think Greb takes round one but two and three go to Charles.
     
  2. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't know enough about Charles at middleweight but the fight would be at light heavyweight. I think Charles would win a UD in a great, great fight. Charles wasn't a natural heavyweight and neither was Greb so a fight above 180 wouldn't be neither man at his best
     
  3. Jpreisser

    Jpreisser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The only relevant reference I can think of here is Charles' fight with a poor man's Greb in Overlin. It was early in Charles' career and he went 0-1-1 against him, so I imagine Greb would probably be the favorite there. I suppose the question is whether Charles improved enough and that his size would factor in enough to beat him at 175 and higher. I don't know...
     
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  4. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Charles at 168lbs and 175lbs
    Greb at 160lbs

    Both men would probably be happy to conclude the 3 fights over 14 days.
     
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  5. Austinboxing

    Austinboxing British Boxing fan Full Member

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    Greb KO1 (second)
     
  6. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All go to Charles, he was more skilled.
     
  7. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Good call with the Overlin analogy. Based on the Henneberry and Dejohn footage, Ken was very much an eccentric in-and-out type of fighter, possibly similar to Greb's modus operandi.
     
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