I think very highly of Harry Greb his resume and accomplishment is amazing. How many HOF'ers did he beat? 12? 13? And, beat them multiple times I mean that is just crazy. From MW to HW and was ducked IMO by Jack Dempsey. True there is no footage but when I rank ATG's I go with resume and accomplishments. And, Greb could arguably be P4P the GOAT. Yes arguably ahead of SRR. There could be an argument made in his favor.
I know there is no fight footage of him. But, there is footage of the guys he beat. And, to be able to beat Loughran, Tunney, Walker, Rosenbloom and the Gibbons brothers, you know he had to be a good fighter. And, to do it mostly with just one eye you know he had to be a special fighter. And, at the time a lot of white fighters would not cross the color lines. But, Greb had no problem with facing the best black fighters available like Norfolk, Flowers, etc etc...Dude fought everybody and anybody in his day. So you have to admire that about him too.
Now saying all that you can't say he can beat Roy. He's greater than Roy and is not even debatable IMO. But, there is no footage to really gauge how he would do in a H2H match-up. Apparently he had a swarming style a little bit like Duran type of style. But, that is not enough to know what exactly he did good, or judge his strength, his flaws. But, there is no way to judge him how well he would do in fantasy fights. Because, there is no way of knowing since there is no fight footage of him.
So I can't say Greb could beat Roy Jones or not.
I know there is no fight footage of him. But, there is footage of the guys he beat. And, to be able to beat Loughran, Tunney, Walker, Rosenbloom and the Gibbons brothers, you know he had to be a good fighter. And, to do it mostly with just one eye you know he had to be a special fighter. And, at the time a lot of white fighters would not cross the color lines. But, Greb had no problem with facing the best black fighters available like Norfolk, Flowers, etc etc...Dude fought everybody and anybody in his day. So you have to admire that about him too.
Now saying all that you can't say he can beat Roy. He's greater than Roy and is not even debatable IMO. But, there is no footage to really gauge how he would do in a H2H match-up. Apparently he had a swarming style a little bit like Duran type of style. But, that is not enough to know what exactly he did good, or judge his strength, his flaws. But, there is no way to judge him how well he would do in fantasy fights. Because, there is no way of knowing since there is no fight footage of him.
So I can't say Greb could beat Roy Jones or not.
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