I don't know a lot about Greb. From what I hear when talking about all time great pound for pound lists he is often inthe top 10 and sometimes #1. What can you tell me about him?
Great for his time, mind you, but he came along before fighters understood how to punch. Then in the late 50's, we learned the concept of punching from karate. The rest is history.
Did not know how to punch?,yeah i know he did not have the best KO record,but i think thats rubbish myself that old day guys before the 50s did not know how to punch,you mucking about at all? Thats a bit like saying armys back then did not know how to fight,before modern technology showed them the light,im sure there was loads of them who would easily be able to batter some modern fighters,they were damn tough as nails back then.
Right you are. Bruce Curry changed his punching technique to a karate based method, defended his title against Billy Costello using it, and went on to become the GOAT! (And in the early 1980s, Kato Wilson parlayed his early black belt mastery of Goju style karate into becoming the greatest punch blocking defensive specialist in boxing history (as everybody who saw ESPN's 1982 Fight of the Year with Bang Bang Bogner can attest:!.
Boxers learned how to punch from karate so well that they were able to easily beat karate guys in sparring. Now THAT'S some quick learning, and just goes to show how effective karate is.
I sympathise. There was a thread recently with Pep v Marciano, and I had no idea who was being serious and who wasn't.
Greb is best described as a cross between Joe Calzaghe and a midget, or dwarf. Which is the one with well proportioned arms -questionmark-
