Harry Greb's style

"Grebbermeister" was a real badass mo-fo............ Hollywood needs to do a film about Ol' Harry................

MR.BILL

 

Actually Harry, late in his career was more likely to come down off his no longer so bouncy rubber legs and left hook with a hellva authority as pointed out by Regis Welsh, an extremely gifted Pittsburgh boxing writer.

 

Greb was what his nicknamed proclaimed him. The ''Human Windmil''.........

Greb threw constant flurries of punches. He threw them from all different angles and threw them in rapid succession. From the opening bell Greb was a whirlwind. Few have matched the pace that Greb fought at.

Jack Dempsey proclamied Greb the fastest fighter he ever saw. Even going as far as to say Greb was faster than the great Lightweight Benny Leonard.

Gene Tunney said fighting Harry Greb was like fighting a man with eight arms. Tunney would go on to say

“He was never in one spot for more than half a second,” said Gene Tunney, “All my punches were aimed and timed properly but they always wound up hitting empty air. He'd jump in and out, slamming me with a left and whirling me around with his right or the other way around. My arms were plastered with leather and although I jabbed, hooked and crossed, it was like fighting an octopus.”

Years after his fight with Greb. Maxie Rosenbloom talked with NEA news service. During the interview he reminisced about his bout with Greb. ''What a education I got in the ring'' Maxie said.

''I ran away from my manager when I was 19. When I came back, he punished me by getting me a fight with Harry Greb''

Greb also had inmense stamina. In one of his bouts against Johnny Wilson. In the 15th round, after Greb had battered Wilson for the duration of the fight. Greb was still fresh and alert, while Wilson still seemd bewildered. Greb would speed things up in the final round, even when winning the fight with ease.

That's just a short example of how good Greb's conditioning was. And the whole Greb not training during his career is a myth. Newspapers Quotes from his time described Greb's training habits. But this is a thread on his style........So I want go into that.

Greb also had a anvil like chin........To say the least.

I could talk about Greb for hours on end. Hopefully in the future I can share more of my knowlodge on truly one of the best prizefighters of all time.

 

Totally agree. Great avatar too.

 

Mcgrain, do you still have this thread ?