Is Harry Greb the GOAT?

After having seen the career box set in 4k on my OLED tv, I must concur with these sentiments.

The set had chapters set for every round boxed. Perhaps 327 of the rounds had an opponent who tried fighting back. The other 1254 rounds, I could give or take. It got so tedious by the end I just deleted the discs so I could use them to burn old Simpsons episodes on.

 

Did you at least get his autograph Bert?

 

Nay, I was too young to know much about him, and my dad thought he was cruel to smack my ribs. Years later I saw his nephew Danny Bartfield, a darn good lightweight fight. Soldier Bartfield was some tough middleweight in the golden age of the 1920s, who fought all the top fighters, beating many of them...

 

I've got Sugar Ray...BUT Greb has an amazing record!

 

Sugar Ray Robinson who I saw in his welterweight prime several times ringside had to be the greatest all around fighter ever. But the reason I choose Harry Greb as the better P4P fighter was because Greb a MW fought and beat great MWs, great LHs, and heavyweights who outweighed Harry Greb by 20 to 50 pounds time and again...
Robinson never challenged top LHs such as Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Harold Johnson, etc. His only venture against a LH was against the light hitting Joey Maxim, because Maxim though a fine boxer did not hit any harder than some middleweights of that time. So in conclusion Ray Robinson knew his limitations. Harry Greb on the other hand had no limitations...

 

You were beaten by man who was beaten by the man!

 

Wow, interesting., if the writers name comes please post it!

 

I believe he was implying that boxing is also a business and that there was no upside in fighting Greb.

 

I think in order to give an accurate answer to this question, you would have to undertake a PhD thesis. Honestly.

There's an absolute laughable number of factors to consider.

 

:goodNicely put!

 

:good

 

:goodIn the not too distant past, he got me twice before I finally copped on. The 1st time, I was like, "What the ****????!". The 2nd time, I was like, "Huh?........oh, right.......cheers" Now I just sit back and enjoy:good. My 2nd favorite part is reading people's responses.

 

N, I recall that the article was in an old Ring Mag from the late 1920s or early 1930s. I used to buy these old Boxing Mags from a store that sold old magazines for 5 or 10 cents. I cannot recall the boxing writers name, but what he wrote. Alas, most of my collection of Ring Mags dating from the late 1920s were washed away by Hurricane Sandy along with my valuable personal items...But Sandy couldn't wash my memories away.

 

Not really true... especially outside of the heavyweight division.

 

Greb also noted several times that he would take Dempsey over 10.