Where do you rank Harry Greb?

[D4thincarnation]

http://www.harrygreb.com/homepagewithframeset.html

It clear that is was not a real sparring session, it was just before the fight with Walker and Greb went to his gym to make weight.

It would be like if Judah sparred Sweat pea now, they are not going to go hard at it, especially the day before the fight.

Just added some extra points regarding the sparring session.

[IronDanHamza]

It is a great site.

There was footage of Greb's fights, it was believed it was in Cus's archive but was either lost or destroyed after his death.

Yeah, I still have belief there is some Greb footage out there. Unlikely, I know. But I'm a dreamer

20 or so years ago there were rumours that footage of Greb-Walker was around. Whether or not they were true or not, who knows.

I know Jim Jacobs said he didn't have any in his archive. I believe it was Jacobs who had the sparring footage we see here, in his archive until it was released also around 20 or so years ago, give or take.

I hope one day, we get to see some. I'd love to see the Tunney fights.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

looking at this footage Charlie Zelenoff would beat this guys ass,how in the hell is he ranked top 10 ?h2h he wouldnt beat a damn Amateur today

Now I see why everyone is attacking you cmon Larry thats some ignorant shyt to say.

[IronDanHamza]

Just added some extra points regarding the sparring session.

And this is what I was referring to, on the point of common sense.

I knew this "sparring" wasn't serious, I read some excerpts of the newest Harry Greb book. Haven't got round to reading it in full yet. Have you?

"The Fearless Harry Greb" I believe it's called.

Although, it's been known since the footage came out.

But, even without that, it's just glaringly obviously anyway.

Let's face it, O'Brian had retired before Harry Greb have even had a pro fight. How old was O'Brian here, he must have been heading toward his 50's.

They were friends also, he's not going to pound an ancient Jack O'Brien into oblivion Is he?

[Danny Gunz]

I never understand how people can even go about ranking fighters all time. Not only are yo ranking across divisions but also generations.

[New England]

if you never seen him fight then all you know is what you read..........we all read the same **** so how do you know more??im from the show me state and what ive seen is laughable....but he beat Tunney and i like Tunney but i would like to actually see the fight and see how he won

please don't act like you've read about harry greb.


you know what you need, larry?
the history section shark tank.

that's where the truth comes out. there's too much BS here to wade through to have any meaningful discussion.

[D4thincarnation]

"He was never in one spot for more than half a second," said Tunney. "All my punches were aimed and timed properly but they always wound up hitting empty air. He'd jump in and out, slamming me with a left and whirling me around with his right or the other way around.

"My arms were plastered with leather and although I jabbed, hooked and crossed, it was like fighting an octopus."

Greb was giving away 5 inches in height and almost a stone in weight to Tunney.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

I never understand how people can even go about ranking fighters all time. Not only are yo ranking across divisions but also generations.

To me its juts like any other sport as far as rankings go. The only thing with boxing that I dont like is how people make them out to be unbeatable which is complete and utter horse shyt.

[New England]

I never understand how people can even go about ranking fighters all time. Not only are yo ranking across divisions but also generations.

it's not easy, but it's certainly something that you can do if you're willing to put in the work. it takes time, man. lots of time.


once you have an understanding of their careers you tend to start to rank them in your head by default.

[New England]

get your asses in the history section. the place is dead. we need fresh meat / new blood