How do people have the nerve to say Harry Greb would be competitive in any era?

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    These athletes have very short peaks.
     
  2. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tunney looks great on film and Greb was good enough to beat him. The question is how could anyone that knows more about him than a video with him clowning not think he would be competitive?
     
  3. luke

    luke Well-Known Member Full Member

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    he was blind in his lead eye by this point.
     
  4. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    and old poor quality film and operators show NO representation of how we walk, run or go about our normal 'moving' day, does it?

    it's a rare gem when they get it right - see among others Tony Canzoneri & Frankie Glick, well giving how normal & EXCELLENT they look, don't you think their great peers were also?
     
  5. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    here's some PROPER old footage for yah, 1938, where they've gotten it right...

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX7rvKFPCR8&feature=related[/ame]


    the movement looks pretty normal and the fighters are strong, skilled and hard as _uck, especially Boy Boon.

    So ALL of their top contemporaries were just the same, the 'captured' film IS the difference, some is normal, MOST is ****, the FILMING, not the fighters!