DEDICATED TO THE GREATEST FIGHTER EVER...
Statistics
Real name Edward Henry Greb
Nickname(s) The Pittsburgh Windmill
Rated at Middleweight
Nationality American
Birth date June 6, 1894(1894-06-06)
Birth place Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death date October 22, 1926 (aged 32)
Stance orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 303
Wins 259
Wins by KO 48
Losses 21
Draws 17
No contests 6
he may just have been the greatest fighter, pound-for-pound, who ever lived. Certainly, he was among the top 2 or 3. He combined the speed of Ray Robinson, the durability of Jim Jeffries, the stamina of Henry Armstrong, and the unbridled ferocity of Stanley Ketchel with a will to win unsurpassed in the annals of sport. At his peak, he was unbeatable, defeating virtually every middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight of his generation. A great, great fighter
A FEW QUOTES:
legendary historian eric jorgensen," The fastest fighter I ever saw. Hell. Greb is faster than benny leonard"
jack dempsey, "He was never in one spot for more than half a second, 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"
gene tunney,"Greb gave me a terrible whipping. My jaw was swollen from the right temple down the cheek, along the chin and part way up the other side. The referee, the ring itself, was full of my blood. If boxing was afflicted with the commission doctors that we have now, the first fight probably would have been stopped and no one would have heard of me today"
and finally a summation by me a fan of the great man:
greb is to me the greatest fighter ever,his record speaks for itself beating the likes of greats like mickey walker,gene tunney,tiger flowers etc
he holds incredible records which still stand today like:
1....34 fights in one year
2.....over 300 fights and never knocked out
3.....fought the most number of champions and ex champions anyone ever has
what strikes me most about harry is the fact he was cut down in his prime at 32,imagine his record had he lived!!
some say his overall record is closer to 400 contests rather than 300,a natural middleweight and fairly short he regularly fought heavyweights,
black white,small and tall he fought them all,as intense as duran,a heart like lamotta,as fast as a robinson,as poetic as pep as vicious as any!
his peers,contemporaries,historians and journalists all lend something to the legacy of this mythical figure,and all agree there will never be another,and all this with the sight in only one eye.
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BARRY MCGUIGAN " carl froch is the best SMW in the world with the exception of calzaghe " i tend to agree.
Statistics
Real name Edward Henry Greb
Nickname(s) The Pittsburgh Windmill
Rated at Middleweight
Nationality American
Birth date June 6, 1894(1894-06-06)
Birth place Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death date October 22, 1926 (aged 32)
Stance orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 303
Wins 259
Wins by KO 48
Losses 21
Draws 17
No contests 6
he may just have been the greatest fighter, pound-for-pound, who ever lived. Certainly, he was among the top 2 or 3. He combined the speed of Ray Robinson, the durability of Jim Jeffries, the stamina of Henry Armstrong, and the unbridled ferocity of Stanley Ketchel with a will to win unsurpassed in the annals of sport. At his peak, he was unbeatable, defeating virtually every middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight of his generation. A great, great fighter
A FEW QUOTES:
legendary historian eric jorgensen," The fastest fighter I ever saw. Hell. Greb is faster than benny leonard"
jack dempsey, "He was never in one spot for more than half a second, 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"
gene tunney,"Greb gave me a terrible whipping. My jaw was swollen from the right temple down the cheek, along the chin and part way up the other side. The referee, the ring itself, was full of my blood. If boxing was afflicted with the commission doctors that we have now, the first fight probably would have been stopped and no one would have heard of me today"
and finally a summation by me a fan of the great man:
greb is to me the greatest fighter ever,his record speaks for itself beating the likes of greats like mickey walker,gene tunney,tiger flowers etc
he holds incredible records which still stand today like:
1....34 fights in one year
2.....over 300 fights and never knocked out
3.....fought the most number of champions and ex champions anyone ever has
what strikes me most about harry is the fact he was cut down in his prime at 32,imagine his record had he lived!!
some say his overall record is closer to 400 contests rather than 300,a natural middleweight and fairly short he regularly fought heavyweights,
black white,small and tall he fought them all,as intense as duran,a heart like lamotta,as fast as a robinson,as poetic as pep as vicious as any!
his peers,contemporaries,historians and journalists all lend something to the legacy of this mythical figure,and all agree there will never be another,and all this with the sight in only one eye.
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BARRY MCGUIGAN " carl froch is the best SMW in the world with the exception of calzaghe " i tend to agree.
Bronson66
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