Harry Greb| A Giant Of The Box

Let me start here by posting some of the boxing real weight by weight, and these fighters who, below the heavyweights, shone at a high level in all the divisions in which they fought.

So I will start with the beast himself, nicknamed "The Pittsburgh Windmill" and his real name is Harry Greb, he was born on June 6, 1894, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passing away at the age of 32 on October 22, 1926.

Greb fought in the divisions of 147, 160, 175 and 175+ Lbs, having a height of 5'8½ ”, finished his career with the poster [261 (48KO) -17-19], with the remarkable feat of finishing a year (1919) with 45 fights won without any losses or draws. Greb already started his career fighting against greats, having a journalistic decision (NWS) against Billy Miske of 175 and 175 + lbs, with 6'1 ”, Miske had already fought against Tommy Gibbons, Gunboat Smith and Jack Dempsey.

In his next fight, Greb would have another journalistic decision against Jack Blackburn, a 135 and 147lb 5'10 ”, who had fought Joe Gans and Mike Sullivan, and worked as a trainer for Joe Louis in his later life during eight years. But then Greb would fight in 160l against George Chip, with another journalistic decision, Chip had won the world middleweight title against Frank Klaus and lost to Al McCoy.

Greb continued to make journalistic decisions against fighters like Mike Gibbons, Young Zulu Kid (ex Jimmy Wilde rival), Al McCoy, Jeff Smith, Jack Dillion, Battling Levinsky (175lb world champion), Kid Norfolk, among many others.

His most notable achievement was where in a bloodbath, he marked the only defeat of the greatest, Gene Tunney, by UD, in 1922. Tunney who later defeated Jack Dempsey twice, from there he reached the peak of his career. With wins over Tommy Loughran, Johnny Wilson, Tiger Flowers and Mickey Walker, capturing the world middleweight title between these fights, he ended his career with a split decision loss to Tiger Flowers.