Top 10 Greatest Pound for Pound All-Time

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  1. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Other than some training clips theres no footage of him mate.
     
  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    :lol: Snake.

    Is it wrong that I was excited waiting for his answer?
     
  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I still have a forlorn hope that some footage of him losing to Flowers might appear. Probably not though. It needs to be next decade if it is to happen.
     
  4. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    :lol::lol::lol::lol:

    Not at all :rofl:rofl
     
  5. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Try youtube :yep:yep
     
  6. Brooklyn Boxer

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    I looked up the video a long time ago but it not on youtube anymore but i found this.
    Gene Tunney vs Harry Greb
    First round:

    Greb leaped in with a right to the jaw and at close quarters mussed Tunney up. Greb landed a left hook on the nose which drew blood. In a clinch Greb pounded the stomach with hands. Tunney upper-cutted a right to the face as Greb came in. Tunney caught Greb coming in with a right and a left to the stomach. Greb tore in with rights and lefts to the face. The men were splattered with blood from Tunney's nose and were clinched on the ropes at the bell.



    Second Round:

    Greb landed two left jabs to the face. Greb jabbed a left to the face and in a clinch Tunney landed a left and a right to the body. Greb tore into Tunney and battered him with both hands to the face and body. Greb missed a right which landed on the neck and Tunney drove a right to the body. Tunney held Greb at close quarters. Greb was short with a right for the jaw but forced to the ropes with rights and lefts.



    Third Round:

    Tunney ducked Greb's lead and hooked a left to the stomach. Greb jabbed his left to the face and in a mix up on the ropes. Tunney was almost forced out of the ring. Greb tore in with rights and lefts to the face. Tunney ducked a right and hooked a right to the stomach. Tunney was short with a right and a left for the face. Tunney hooked a left to the jaw and forced Greb to the ropes.



    Fourth Round:

    Greb landed a left to the face and they clinched. Greb was cautioned for hitting on the break. Tunney sent Greb's head back with a left jab and dug a right to the stomach. Tunney ducked Greb's left jab and dug a right to the stomach. Greb landed a left and a right to the face. Tunney drove a right to the body. At close quarters Tunney pounded the stomach. They were in the midst of a hot mix up at the bell.



    Fifth Round:

    Tunney beat Greb to the punch and landed a right to the heart. Greb missed a left jab and was wild with a right swing for the face. Greb landed a left and a right to the face. Greb slipped to the floor but was up in an instant, no punch being struck. Tunney drove a hard right to the stomach. Tunney crossed a right to the face. Greb landed three lefts to the face in quick succession. Tunney forced Greb to the ropes and pounded the stomach with both hands.



    Sixth Round:

    Greb led a left to the face. They both almost fell out of the ring in a wild attack near Tunney's corner. Their heads came together and an old cut was opened near Tunney's left eye. Tunney bled freely from the wound. Greb tore in furiously, leading with lefts and rights to the stomach. Tunney drove Greb to the ropes with lefts and rights to the stomach.



    Seventh Round:

    Greb missed a left and right and landed a light left to the face. The cut over Tunney's eye was reopened. In a clinch Greb was almost wrestled down. The crowd booed Greb for hitting on the break. Tunney rushed Greb to the ropes and landed a left to the stomach. Greb held Tunney's arms in the clinches. Tunney lifted Greb off his feet with a left to the stomach.



    Eighth Round:

    Greb was wild with a right for the face. Greb grazed the face with a left jab. Greb landed a right to the face and Tunney's eye was bleeding again. Greb leaped in with a left and a right to the face. Tunney hooked a left to the face and forced Greb to the ropes. Greb leaped in his left and right to the face. Greb hooked a left to the stomach and uppercut right to the face.



    Ninth Round:

    Blood was coming from cuts over both of Tunney's eyes when he answered the bell. Greb hooked a left to the jaw and drove Tunney to the ropes. Greb hooked a left to the face. Tunney hooked a left to the stomach. Greb jabbed his left to the face. Tunney landed a left and right to the body. Greb landed a right to the face.



    Tenth Round:

    Greb jabbed his left to the face. They wrestled to the ropes in a clinch. Greb jabbed the face with a left. Tunney missed a right to the stomach and they clinched. Tunney dug his left to the stomach. Greb drove a right and a left to the face. In close Tunney peppered the stomach with both hands.



    Eleventh Round:

    Greb jabbed his left to the face. Greb was short with a left for the stomach. They clinched. Tunney hooked a right to the stomach. Tunney missed a left hook for the jaw and Greb missed a left hook for the jaw. Tunney dug a left to the stomach. They wrestled all over the ring in a clinch. Greb sent Tunney's head back with a left jab.



    Twelfth Round:

    Tunney missed a left hook to the face. Tunney hooked a left to the stomach. Greb hooked a left to the jaw and twice jabbed the left without return. Greb landed a left and a right to the face. Tunney landed a left to the face. In a spirited rally Greb outpunched Tunney. Tunney worked both hands to the stomach at close quarters.



    Thirteenth Round:

    Greb missed with a right to the face and they clinched. Tunney hooked a left to the stomach. As the men came together Tunney crossed with a left to the face and Greb with a left to the stomach. Tunney landed a left and a right to the face. Greb tore into Tunney leading with both hands to the face and stomach. A straw hat came sailing into the ring. Tunney hooked a left to the stomach. Greb drove a right to the face.



    Fourteenth Round:

    Greb landed a right to the face and they clinched. Greb drove a right and a left to the face. Greb rushed in with rights and lefts to the face and had Tunney missing. Greb slipped as he led with a left but no blow was struck. Greb ripped a right to the body. Greb was short with a left hook to the jaw. Greb landed a right to the stomach but took a left to the stomach in return.



    Fifteenth Round:

    They shook hands. Greb landed a left and a right to the face. Tunney landed a short right to the face. Tunney missed a right and a left for the face. Greb landed a left and a right to the face. Greb crossed a right to the head. Tunney hooked a right to the stomach. They exchanged blows at long range and both landing lefts and rights to the face. Greb drove Tunney to the ropes under a shower of lefts and rights. Greb landed a jab to the face at the bell.



    - The End -
     
  7. Swann

    Swann I'm secretly Marc. Shh... Full Member

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    Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are the top two imo
     
  8. McGrain

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    :lol:

    You're going to have to let this one go. There's never been footage of Greb-Tunney on YouTube. No known footage exists.
     
  9. McGrain

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    Go away.
     
  10. Brooklyn Boxer

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    Look not everybody might agree with the list and it wasn't easy making that list. There so many different opinions that if every boxing fan made a top 10 list we would all have different names and rank them differently on our list.
     
  11. McGrain

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    Certainly, it is hard. In Classic, top 10's pound for pound rarely deviate that far though, and any deviation are closely scrutinised. Leaving out Greb is a huge deviation. It really can't be justified. He was a middleweight who was regarded as one of the top HW contenders of the time. Personally, i'm satisfied Jack Dempsey ducked him. He beat more greats than anyone else and he beat some of them many times. His win resume is the widest and deepest in history.
     
  12. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    No Pacquiao?

    :smoke
     
  13. McGrain

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    He'd be knocking on the door if he beat Mayweather, all kidding aside.
     
  14. Brooklyn Boxer

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    I agree with you and I'll have him in my next top 10 pound for pound list but it's hard to take away people like Jack Johnson or Gene Tunney away from a top 10 list. Those guys did a lot for the sport and are one of the most respected in boxing history.
     
  15. McGrain

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    When I did my hundered, I had Tunney at #21 (he's higher now) and Johnson in the seventies. Johnson is still in the seventies.

    What he did was incredible. In real terms he probably did a more amazing thing than most if not all of the men above him. Guy was one in a million. I don't think he experienced fear in the normal way.

    But in terms of his achievments in the ring, he belongs nowhere near that list.