Harry Greb's fighting style

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  1. bman100

    bman100 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yes, I have checked the website, its very informative I think. Trying to find things on Greb though is very hard, considering hes number 2 on an ATG list, why is there no footage of him? Very odd IMO.
     
  2. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What was Harry Greb like ?
    Larry Gains a top fighter of Greb's time, described Greb accurately ," Harry Greb was a tom cat that fought like an alleycat, because of his propensity to having women in his dressing room before his slugfests. Who said Greb never trained ?.
    Harry Greb's defense was his OFFENSE...He threw punches coming from all angles without stop, forcing his opponents to go on the defense almost all the time.
    Greb never gave them the ball, so to speak, as they had leather in their face constantly.
    When his opponents were able to fight back, Greb would be bouncing in and out, with legs that one writer described as "made of rubber ".Bouncing to and froe ...
    Greb was tireless, and in close was very strong and used whatever means required to keep up his assault...He had a granite chin that was able to take solid punches from heavyweights, when hit...In three hundred bouts Greb was only stopped once from punches by the 15 pound heavier Joe Chip in his first year in 1913 !And most of the time spotting his opponents many pounds !Amazing feat...
    Their have been many greater all around boxers, but Harry Greb's once in a lifetime non stop barrages and volleys,would have carried Harry Greb to victory over anyone in his weight class or even near his weight class, I'm convinced....
    What fighter his weight [160], could have come close to duplicating his record of licking Tunney,Gibbons, Dillon,Loughran, Bill Brennan, Levinsky, Miske, Rosenbloom etc, great fighters all ,who outweighed Harry Greb by 15-45 pounds ? Answer none at his weight!