I dont get Harry Greb's boxing Record

[JAB5239]

and im asking you to name 1 person whom you have "looked" at.is that so hard lol.well it wouldnt be hard if you werent lying through your keyboard

Ok since you want me to do your homework for you how about you sigging that you'll give me all your points when I come through? If you're so sure I am lying you should have no problem with this, right?

[r.burgundy]

Ok since you want me to do your homework for you how about you sigging that you'll give me all your points when I come through? If you're so sure I am lying you should have no problem with this, right?

i dont even know how to give points or what they are for,but your post implies that your about to go on the massive google mission.if it was that simple you woulda done so already and gave up some names like ezzard.but you obviously havent done much

[JAB5239]

i dont even know how to give points or what they are for,but your post implies that your about to go on the massive google mission.if it was that simple you woulda done so already and gave up some names like ezzard.but you obviously havent done much

Do we have a deal or not? All you have to do is hit donate and give me ALL your e-points. I'll have what you want posted 5 minutes after you sig it. Hell, if you're a real man and give me your word in your next post I'll have it posted in mere minutes after that. Its your call. Either Im lying and look like a fool, or I've got the goods and you'll have give up the points. Deal or not?

[JAB5239]

Do we have a deal or not? All you have to do is hit donate and give me ALL your e-points. I'll have what you want posted 5 minutes after you sig it. Hell, if you're a real man and give me your word in your next post I'll have it posted in mere minutes after that. Its your call. Either Im lying and look like a fool, or I've got the goods and you'll have give up the points. Deal or not?

Times up. It took you 3 minutes to respond to my last post. I know you already saw my last post because I went to your profile while you were viewing it. Now you are undoubtedly looking for what I know. Well, you just keep on looking and making assumption.

[StarshipTrooper]

This is supreme pwnage

Poet

[JAB5239]

This is supreme pwnage

Poet

Whats worse is I keep finding more and more stuff. Lol, he's done! I do believe its time to move on to bigger challenges.

[r.burgundy]

Times up. It took you 3 minutes to respond to my last post. I know you already saw my last post because I went to your profile while you were viewing it. Now you are undoubtedly looking for what I know. Well, you just keep on looking and making assumption.

lmao.cause im not glued to the net you nerd.lol.i wasnt sitting and waiting around on your responses,i was watching some fights with my pops and he dozed off lol.lord your killin me.this guy is acting like we on a.i.m or something.if you want my points you can have them

[JAB5239]

lmao.cause im not glued to the net you nerd.lol.i wasnt sitting and waiting around on your responses,i was watching some fights with my pops and he dozed off lol.lord your killin me.this guy is acting like we on a.i.m or something.if you want my points you can have them

Hold on to your points and your illusions, its all you have left on this board.

[EzzardFan]

The Onion Picker is another one I am really interested in. Have you read Don King: His life and crimes? Excellent book that also gives an in depth look at the seedy side of the sport.

Almost forgot... before Christmas I read Tunny Boxing's Brainiest Champ. It as excellent. Tunny's life is the backdrop, but the book also focuses heavily on Dempsey, and devotes an entire chapter to Greb. It also covers the whole background of HW boxing from 1910 onwards and even includes a pretty good section on Benny Leonard, it's full of amusing anecdotes and very well written. 90% of the book covers the years that Tunny was active as a boxer, with his early life and retirement from boxing dealt with quite swiftly (which is a relief if you're reading it for the boxing LOL).

Here are a couple of my favourite stories from the book (I'm recounting these from memory not verbatim):

Benny Leonard the ***ish Lightweight Champ is fighting a boxer called Irish Mick Flannigan in front of a predominantly Irish crowd. The crowd are all yelling things like "kill the ****", in response to this Leonard starts dishing out a comprehensive and calculated beating to his opponent. Then Irish Mick clinches with Leonard and whispers in his ear in Yiddish "Take is easy, I'm really ***ish too". Like many other ***ish fighters he'd changed his name to get ahead and attract support from the Irish population. Leonard then mercifully KO'd him.

The night before a big title fight Harry Greb shows up obviously very much the worse for wear at a notorious speakeasy. He's staggering around with a floozy o each arm. The next morning before the fight the odds which had favoured Greb start to shift in favour of his opponent as word gets out about the previous nights shenanigans. Greb then shows up fresh as a daisy and comfortably wins. He'd been drinking ginger ale, his favourite tipple, and feigned drunkenness to improve his betting odds then gone a bet his entire purse on himself to win.

I know that you like Dempsey, and IMO this book tells his story much better than any of the dedicated Dempsey bios that I have read. It's really well written and a pleasure to read.

[bklynboy]

Almost forgot... before Christmas I read Tunny Boxing's Brainiest Champ. It as excellent. Tunny's life is the backdrop, but the book also focuses heavily on Dempsey, and devotes an entire chapter to Greb. It also covers the whole background of HW boxing from 1910 onwards and even includes a pretty good section on Benny Leonard, it's full of amusing anecdotes and very well written. 90% of the book covers the years that Tunny was active as a boxer, with his early life and retirement from boxing dealt with quite swiftly (which is a relief if you're reading it for the boxing LOL).

Here are a couple of my favourite stories from the book (I'm recounting these from memory not verbatim):

Benny Leonard the ***ish Lightweight Champ is fighting a boxer called Irish Mick Flannigan in front of a predominantly Irish crowd. The crowd are all yelling things like "kill the ****", in response to this Leonard starts dishing out a comprehensive and calculated beating to his opponent. Then Irish Mick clinches with Leonard and whispers in his ear in Yiddish "Take is easy, I'm really ***ish too". Like many other ***ish fighters he'd changed his name to get ahead and attract support from the Irish population. Leonard then mercifully KO'd him.

The night before a big title fight Harry Greb shows up obviously very much the worse for wear at a notorious speakeasy. He's staggering around with a floozy o each arm. The next morning before the fight the odds which had favoured Greb start to shift in favour of his opponent as word gets out about the previous nights shenanigans. Greb then shows up fresh as a daisy and comfortably wins. He'd been drinking ginger ale, his favourite tipple, and feigned drunkenness to improve his betting odds then gone a bet his entire purse on himself to win.

I know that you like Dempsey, and IMO this book tells his story much better than any of the dedicated Dempsey bios that I have read. It's really well written and a pleasure to read.

Those are two great quotes. You sold me on the book. :-)