Rematch GOAT

Greb fought:

1. Frank Kirkwood once
2. Battling Murphy once
3. Lloyd Crutcher once
4. Hooks Evans once
5. Battling Sherbine once
6. Young Battling Nelson once
7. Mickey Rodgers once
8. Jack Fink once
9. Billy Donovan once
10. Howard Truesdale once
11. Jack Blackburn once
12. Tommy Mack once
13. Jack Lavin once
14. George Hauser once
15. Kid Graves once
16. Grant Clark once
17. Al Grayber once
18. Jerry Cole once
19. KO Sweeney once
20. Tommy Burke once
21. Eddie Coleman once
22. Jules Ritchie once
23. Frankie Brennan once
24. Young Herman Miller once
25. Young Ahearn once
26. Frank Mantell once
27. Buck Crouse once
28. Jack London once
29. Johnny Howard once
30. George Ashe once
31. Jack Hubbard once
32. Mike O'Dowd once
33. Willie Langford once
34. Eddie McGoorty once
35. Paul Samson Koerner once
36. Tommy Madden once
37. George Davis once
38. Yankee Gilbert once
39. Silent Martin once
40. Sailor Ed Petroskey once
41. Gunboat Smith once
42. Mickey Shannon once
43. Jack Duffy once
44. Johnny Celmars once
45. Happy Littleton once
46. Joe Cox once
47. Charley Weinert once
48. Homer Smith once
49. Whitey Allen once
50. Al Roberts once
51. Al Benedict once
52. Lou Bogash once
53. Bryan Downey once
54. Jack Reeves once
55. Martin Burke once
56. Frank Moody once
57. Jimmy Slattery once
58. Billy Hirsch once
59. Ray Nelson once
60. Frankie Ritz once
61. Bob Sage once
62. Johnny Papke once
63. Jack Reddick once
64. Quinton Romero Rojas once
65. Jimmy Nuss once
66. Mickey Walker once
67. Maxie Rosenbloom once
68. Ralph Brooks once
69. Otis Bryant once
70. Ed Smith once
71. Pat Walsh once
72. Roland Todd once
73. Joe Lohman once
74. Buck Holley once
75. Owen Phelps once
76. Art Weigand once
77. Allentown Joe Gans once

...and the following in rematches:

1. Mike Milko - NWS6 in the rematch.
2. Joe Chip - NWS12 in the rematch.
3. Whitey Wenzel - NWS6 in the rematch, D6 in the rubber match, D6 in the fourth installment, NWS6 in the fifth installment, D6 in the sixth installment, NWS6 in the seventh installment, NWS6 in the eighth installment, NWS10 in the ninth installment, NWS10 in the tenth installment.
4. Fay Keiser - D6 in the rematch, LNWS6 in the rubber match, D10 in the fourth installment, NWS10 in the fifth installment, WUD10 in the sixth installment, WUD20 in the seventh installment, NWS8 in the eighth installment, WTKO12 in the ninth installment.
5. George Lewis - NWS10 in the rematch.
6. Walter Monaghan - D6 in the rematch.
7. Irish Gorgas - NWS6 in the rematch.
8. John Foley - NWS6 in the rematch.
9. Terry Martin - WKO3 in the rematch.
10. Joe Borrell - D6 in the rematch, NWS6 in the rubber match, WTKO5 in the fourth installment.
11. Billy Miske - NWS10 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match.
12. Harry Baker - NWS6 in the rematch, NWS6 in the rubber match, WKO5 in the fourth installment.
13. Tommy Gavigan - WTKO5 in the rematch.
14. Al Rogers - NWS6 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match.
15. George Chip - LNWS10 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match, WUD10 in the fourth installment.
16. Tommy Gibbons - LNWS10 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match, WUD15 in the fourth installment.
17. Kid Manuel - WKO1 in the rematch.
18. Jackie Clark - WKO3 in the rematch, D20 in the rubber match, WTKO2 in the fourth installment.
19. Willie KO Brennan - NWS10 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match.
20. George KO Brown - WTKO9 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match, NWS12 in the fourth installment, WUD12 in the fifth installment.
21. Bob Moha - WUD10 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match, NWS12 in the fourth installment, NWS10 in the fifth installment, NWS10 in the sixth installment.
22. Mike Gibbons - NWS10 in the rematch, LNWS6 in the rubber match, NWS10 in the fourth installment.
23. Zulu Kid - NWS14 in the rematch, NWS6 in the rubber match, NWS10 in the fourth installment, NWS10 in the fifth installment.
24. Al McCoy - WUD10 in the rematch.
25. Jeff Smith - NWS10 in the rematch, NWS12 in the rubber match, NWS10 in the fourth installment, WUD10 in the fifth installment, D15 in the sixth installment, NWS10 in the seventh installment.
26. Jack Dillon - NWS12 in the rematch.
27. Battling Levinsky - NWS6 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match, NWS12 in the fourth installment, NWS6 in the fifth installment, NWS10 in the sixth installment.
28. Battling Kopin - WKO1 in the rematch.
29. Billy Kramer - NWS10 in the rematch.
30. Gus Christie - WUD8 in the rematch, WUD12 in the rubber match.
31. Len Rowlands - WTKO4 in the rematch, WKO3 in the rubber match.
32. Soldier Bartfield - NWS10 in the rematch, NWS15 in the rubber match, D6 in the fourth installment, NWS12 in the fifth installment.
33. Willie Meehan - NWS10 in the rematch.
34. Terry Kellar - WUD15 in the rematch.
35. Augie Ratner - WUD10 in the rematch.
36. Mike McTigue - NWS10 in the rematch.
37. Clay Turner - NWS8 in the rematch, WUD12 in the rubber match, NWS10 in the fourth installment, NWS6 in the fifth installment, NWS12 in the sixth installment, NWS8 in the seventh installment,
38. Frank Carbone - NWS10 in the rematch.
39. Leo Houck - NWS6 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match.
40. Young Fisher - NWS10 in the rematch, WUD12 in the rubber match, WDQ6 in the fourth installment.
41. Tommy Robson - NWS10 in the rematch, WUD12 in the rubber match.
42. Bill Brennan - NWS10 in the rematch, WUD15 in the rubber match, NWS10 in the fourth installment.
43. Chuck Wiggins - NWS8 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match, NWS6 in the fourth installment, D10 in the fifth installment, NWS10 in the sixth installment, NWS10 in the seventh installment, NWS10 in the eighth installment, NWS10 in the ninth installment.
44. Happy Howard - NWS10 in the rematch.
45. Bartley Madden - NWS10 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match.
46. Larry Williams - NWS10 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match, WTKO4 in the fourth installment.
47. Soldier Jones - WKO4 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match.
48. Bob Roper - WUD12 in the rematch, WUD10 in the rubber match, NWS10 in the fourth installment, WUD12 in the fifth installment, NWS10 in the sixth installment.
49. Ted Jamieson - WTKO6 in the rematch.
50. Pal Reed - NWS12 in the rematch, WUD10 in the rubber match.
51. Jack Renault - NWS10 in the rematch.
52. Jimmy Darcy - WUD10 in the rematch, NWS10 in the rubber match.
53. Kid Norfolk - LDQ6 in the rematch.
54. Billy Shade - NWS12 in the rematch.
55. Hugh Walker - NWS10 in the rematch.
56. Gene Tunney - LSD15 in the rematch, LUD15 in the rubber match, D10 in the fourth installment, LNWS10 in the fifth installment.
57. Tommy Loughran - NWS10 in the rematch, WUD15 in the rubber match, LUD10 in the fourth installment, WUD10 in the fifth installment, D10 in the sixth installment.
58. Johnny Wilson - WUD15 in the rematch, WUD10 in the rubber match.
59. Ted Moore - WUD10 in the rematch.
60. Tiger Flowers - LSD15 in the rematch, LSD15 in the rubber match.
61. Jimmy Delaney - NWS10 in the rematch, WUD10 in the rubber match.
62. Billy Britton - WUD12 in the rematch, WUD10 in the rubber match.
63. Tom Burns - NWS10 in the rematch.
64. Soldier Buck - WUD8 in the rematch.
65. Tony Marullo - WUD15 in the rematch

Total record in rematches (incl. newspaper decisions, which in fact the overwhelming majority of them are)... 134-12-12.

:scaredas:

142 opponents in 298 bouts, of whom 46% were fought more than once - in some cases upwards of nine times (in Wenzel's case, ten!)

 

The guys he fought more than once, he averaged 3.4 bouts against.

AVERAGED, spread across SIXTY-FIVE guys!

 

A lot of good names indeed but Schmeling, Conn and Walcott all count for a lot.. :think

 

El Magnifico was a terrific recent fighter with just two and combined they effectively ruined him and contributed to not only his prime but his career being over by the age of thirty (Larios & Márquez).

 

Greb had 2.4x as many rematches - at 158 - as modern era iron man Bernard Hopkins did times he fought, period (66).

 

53% of Greb's ring appearances were rematches.

 

Clay/Ali:

11-0 (5)

Henry Cooper - WTKO6 in the rematch.
Sonny Liston - WKO1 in the rematch. (legit, STFU about it)
Floyd Patterson - WRTD7 in the rematch.
George Chuvalo - WUD12 in the rematch.
Jerry Quarry - WTKO7 in the rematch.
Joe Frazier - WUD12 in the rematch, WRTD14 in the rubber match.
Joe Bugner - WUD15 in the rematch.
Ken Norton - WSD12 in the rematch, WUD15 in the rubber match.
Leon Spinks - WUD15 in the rematch.

That's actually fantastic. Nothing but high quality there. He ought to be on the poll.