Look through the list: Carnera, Baer, Sharkey, Walcott (2x's), Conn (2x's), Braddock, Schmeling, Lewis. Seven HOF HW's. Is there any other boxer who can compete with this track record? Louis went 10-1-0 with this group of men.
IMHO, Greb's biggest fights were with Tunney. He didn't get the decision on several occasions against 'The Fighting Marine'. I still wonder how a Dempsey/Greb encounter would have went, considering the lore goes that Greb humiliated Dempsey in a few exhibitions.
Harry Greb was simply the greatest and most remarkable fighter in history. His amazing career, against much larger great fighters, who he licked time and again, can never be duplicated....MY HERO.... However much success he had sparring afew times against Jack Dempsey in traing sessions, Greb was quoted several times admitting, to the press at the time"in a real fight,after 5 or 6 rounds Jack would kill me".Greb was honest...He new better.....Even the "Pittsburgh Windmill ", new his limitations.......
Tunney Walker T. Gibbons M. Gibbons Loughran Rosenbloom Miske Levinsky That's just off the top of my head.
but are most of these guys like Baer and and Sharkey relly be called "Legends"???? Marciano, legend, Dempsey, legend, Louis, legend, Ali Legend, Greb, legend. ete. You should get the point. I put these guys as legends, plus others like Armstrong, Ross, Walker ete. I would have to be relly drunk when I start calling Jack Sharkey a legend.
When it comes to heavyweights Louis may be the top dog on the block, but I don't know about the lower weight classes. With all the fighters who have jumped weight to take on multiple champions over the last 100 years, I'm guessing that there have to be a few guys who at least match or slightly surpass him in the legend beater department.
Going to try to list them all: Gene Tunney Tommy Loughran Tommy Gibbons Mickey Walker Mike Gibbons Kid Norfolk Maxie Rosenbloom Billy Miske Battling Levinsky Jimmy Slattery Tiger Flowers Jack Dillon Jack Blackburn
Jimmy McLarnin is a close number 2 with wins over 12 different HOFers. Barney Ross Tony Canzoneri Lou Ambers Sammy Mandell Benny Leonard Billy Petrolle Kid Kaplan Young Corbett III Pancho Villa Fidel LaBarba Bud Taylor Jackie Fields He still has a chance to rise above Greb if Al Singer, Sammy Fuller, Joe Glick, Sammy Baker, Young Jack Thompson are ever inducted. They may not be but you never know.
