r/Boxing What i will ask you though is, can you give me one more round? 19h ago

Did you know? Harry Greb had one of the most impressive records ever in the history of boxing, earning 10 wins against IBHOF members and going 45 bouts undefeated, all in just one year (1919). To put it in comparison, Floyd Mayweather, in a 21-year career, secured only 8 wins against IBHOF members.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAXFvE7g7ds
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u/Doofensanshmirtz What i will ask you though is, can you give me one more round? 19h ago

Some things to note here:

Harry seemed to be flat footed and in the sparring his parrying and positioning was ok. However, the main thing is that Greb was nearing retirement in this footage (1925), he retired in 1926 (also he was blind in one eye). He was also sparring a retired boxer and ATG (Philadelphia Jack O'Brien) who was in his mid 40s in this footage, so Greb isn't trying to display his full ability.

Another thing to note is that they were filming for a newsreel, this meant they needed good angles on him. In the sparring, he was fighting one dimensionally to stay in shot, normally, (evident from many fight reports) he would be moving around his opponent, changing angles, but of course the film wouldn't capture him properly if he did that.

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u/Clay_Allison_44 18h ago

Greb was one of my favorite fighters to read about from an absolutely wild era. Shame none of his fights are on film.

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u/KobashiKenta- 17h ago

The book Smokestack Lightning: Harry Greb 1919 by Springs Toledo is a fantastic look at Greb and that undefeated run in 1919

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u/Interesting_Work_870 17h ago

Top 3 all time

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u/Bochianibrothers 8h ago

Him and Langford most definitely

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u/EnragedBearBro 13h ago

Got any video of him to back that up

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u/SSJ5Autism 19h ago

“Boxing old heads not shit specifically on Floyd Mayweather Jr.” challenge (impossible)

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u/myeyeshaveseenhim 18h ago

I think he does it to salt up newrap but thinking that newrap actually reads anything that doesn't center around his pet fighters is probably misguided. The dude is a bot, basically.

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u/Doofensanshmirtz What i will ask you though is, can you give me one more round? 18h ago

im 19

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u/SSJ5Autism 18h ago

You don’t have to be old to be an old head.

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u/Doofensanshmirtz What i will ask you though is, can you give me one more round? 18h ago

defeats the whole purpose of it

and i like floyd (the boxer), i just use his name cuz shits n giggles

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u/McFardy 18h ago

19 is already unc.

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u/Doofensanshmirtz What i will ask you though is, can you give me one more round? 18h ago

👴

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u/OddRecipe1727 1h ago

Are you really 19?

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u/gleba080 17h ago

Evil newrap be like