Roy Jones Jr vs Harry Greb?

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  1. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Yep, that's pretty much the impression I get too. Which is why I think he'd smack the **** out of Jones.
     
  2. Vysotsky

    Vysotsky Boxing Junkie banned

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    Who has KO'd HW's, Greb or Jones.......
     
  3. Jersey Joe

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    Greb is one of the few MWs/LHWs with the speed to cope with Jones, and his relentless swarming pressure tactics would be a stylistic nightmare for Roy. Given Greb's granite chin, and moderate power, it's likely to go the distance. I would favour Greb winning by a few rounds in a hard-fought match.
     
  4. Jersey Joe

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    We can't, but we can have fun speculating what might have been.
     
  5. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Greb wasn't the fastest in his own time, Bartfield and O'Dowd I read were faster and it's said he had trouble with fighters with faster hands than himself
     
  6. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Greb...
     
  7. Abdullah

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    I would pick Harry, but it wouldn't be easy, that much is for sure.
     
  8. janitor

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    Justify this.
     
  9. bman100

    bman100 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I dunno about those guys being faster but greb's reflexes would have a lot to do with this fight. Depsite his agrressive style he was very hard to hit cleanly, even Loughran and Tunney couldnt do it, they were master boxers. Greb's reflexes were just as good as Jones, but then again, the best way to beat Greb was body ounchung and Jones was a mean body puncher (hill fight, kelly fight.)
     
  10. Boxinglad123

    Boxinglad123 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How can you say that a guy is going to win if you haven't seen the film?