Comments Thread For: Boxing Without Boxing: Smokestack Lightning - Harry Greb, 1919

[crold1]

good one !

I miss the MAAT series

not meaning for Greb, we know whats up with him

I know they don't get much clicks... but MAAT is a great read, and great to bookmark for reference material

probably an exhaustive amount of work for little reward

That’s not over. Always more MAAT to come. Might do Wlad and JMM soon

[crold1]

Good luck Cliff... I heard it said that in Pittsburgh there was a trunk perched over a ledge and in it were documents detailing how the Earth had been visited by aliens, with photos and all... unfortunately it was knocked over into the river when the person going to pick it up thought he had heard that another trunk had footage of some of Harry Greb's fights!

I'd rather have a copy of Greb-Walker than those photos. No second thought.

[Rusty Tromboni]

When we moved to thr Pittsburgh area, my grandfathecame whenever he came to visit would always talk about the Phillies-Pirates rivalry that had concluded the decade past... and about Boxing... how he was a sparring partner for Tommy Loughran at the close off his career. How he had met Billy Conn before he won the Middleweight championship. That all got a lot of mileage from the other guys his age.


He'd finally concede that Pittsburgh, not Philadelphia, is Boxing's greatest city. That was pretty jarring to hear at the time.

Funny thing is,my brothers and i were never die-hard Boxing fans until we moved out of the area. Surburban Jersey and Pennsylvania had shed interest in Boxing.

So while It's a shame the greatest fighter in the history of Boxing has gone so forgotten, I can see how it tragically happened.
But thanks to the internet, do much is being restored.

[crold1]

When we moved to thr Pittsburgh area, my grandfathecame whenever he came to visit would always talk about the Phillies-Pirates rivalry that had concluded the decade past... and about Boxing... how he was a sparring partner for Tommy Loughran at the close off his career. How he had met Billy Conn before he won the Middleweight championship. That all got a lot of mileage from the other guys his age.


He'd finally concede that Pittsburgh, not Philadelphia, is Boxing's greatest city. That was pretty jarring to hear at the time.

Funny thing is,my brothers and i were never die-hard Boxing fans until we moved out of the area. Surburban Jersey and Pennsylvania had shed interest in Boxing.

So while It's a shame the greatest fighter in the history of Boxing has gone so forgotten, I can see how it tragically happened.
But thanks to the internet, do much is being restored.

Fun post. Grandpa sounds cool.

[billeau2]

When we moved to thr Pittsburgh area, my grandfathecame whenever he came to visit would always talk about the Phillies-Pirates rivalry that had concluded the decade past... and about Boxing... how he was a sparring partner for Tommy Loughran at the close off his career. How he had met Billy Conn before he won the Middleweight championship. That all got a lot of mileage from the other guys his age.


He'd finally concede that Pittsburgh, not Philadelphia, is Boxing's greatest city. That was pretty jarring to hear at the time.

Funny thing is,my brothers and i were never die-hard Boxing fans until we moved out of the area. Surburban Jersey and Pennsylvania had shed interest in Boxing.

So while It's a shame the greatest fighter in the history of Boxing has gone so forgotten, I can see how it tragically happened.
But thanks to the internet, do much is being restored.

I have often thought of that myself! It has to go to Pittsburgh because per capita the amount of talent out of that city is unbelievable.

[Dasmius Shinobi]

Excellent Article by Cliff Rold again. Respect

I admit that the information I got of Harry Greb's is limit. Thank you for Cliff Rold to give me and others, the tools to still follow Harry Greb's history and boxing career.