Why didnt Wills and Greb fight each other

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by dempsey1234, May 16, 2016.


  1. dempsey1234

    dempsey1234 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Since both fighters had a claim for #1 why didn't they fight each other. I believe if they had fought each other then they might have had an even better chance to force the Dempsey fight. That would have been a huge fight, possibly a million dollar fight.
    Your thoughts. My opinion would be Greb will slap Wills around for a nice dec win. Thoughts?
     
  2. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Never seen greb fight so can't comment.
     
  3. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    He may well have been too fast for Wills to catch ,Harry doesn't look much of a speedster on the available film.
    Why didn't Wills fight:
    Tommy Gibbons
    Jack Renault
    George Godfrey
    Gene Tunney
    :think
     
  4. dempsey1234

    dempsey1234 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is a fair question I was wondering why they never fought.
     
  5. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Greb fought 3 of the 4 I named. Wills none:think
     
  6. dempsey1234

    dempsey1234 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes you're right, about the guys you mentioned. It seems Greb had a bigger claim to #1 then Wills did I would think.
     
  7. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    They ducked eachother!