HARRY GREB: THE TESTIMONIES FROM FIGHTERS TRAINERS HISTORIANS

[@surfleopard]

Well done. I have additional testimonies from Mike Gibbons, Jeff Smith, George Chip and many others regarding Greb on my Pittsburgh boxing history page on Facebook

[@hardlineboxingtalk7542]

Do you have a link, i would love to look at your page

[@surfleopard]

@@hardlineboxingtalk7542 here you go :-) facebook.com/pittsburghboxing/

[@henryomeara9701]

God Bless You for this SUBERB SUMMATION of Harry’s Heroic Life!

[@johnluongo4230]

I had the pleasure of meeting an old time fighter on the street in NYC in the early 1980’s. My guess was he was about 80 years old at that time and you knew right away what he used to do for a living. Short guy, maybe about 5’6”, flat nose, scar tissue, cauliflower ears and still solid as a rock. His last name was Terranova, unfortunately I forget his first name, his brother was Phil Terranova a former champ. I asked about the old time fighters and specifically Greb. He knew them all. His response regarding Greb was simple and without hesitation, “tough, tough, tough, triple tough son of a bitch.”

[@ThefightingCelt]

You just need to watch the film of Greb training to realise what a great fighter he was .

[@hardlineboxingtalk7542]

He also was larking around, not even training properly

[@Boxeo250]

He was already showing shit ton of techniques despite playing around.

[@markydan1232]

Thank you! You are a true historian of the sport! 💪🏿🧨🥊

[@MichaelRyanUK]

My Grandfathers cousin fought Greb and I’ve always been fascinated by him, I recommend the book “ Give him to the Angels”, and Mickey Walkers autobiography is great too regarding details about the Human Windmill 🥊

[@st.schochko9822]

Give Him to the Angels by James Fair is an insult to Grebs life and career. The book was full of fabrications and outright lies and is one of the main causes of all the myths and falsehoods surrounding Greb to this day. The book has been pulled due to threats of lawsuits by Grebs family. If you’re going to read on Harry Greb Live Fast Die Young by Steve Compton is the book you’d want to read.

[@martindunstan1291]

It's like trying to fight an angry bear. Great review of Greb and with the calibre of the people making these comments just reinforces how scary this man was. Great testimony BL👍🥊

[@hardlineboxingtalk7542]

Yes agreed an angry pittsburgh bear. Thanks Martin

[@surfghost9121]

What a shame there is no fight footage of Greb. Of all the boxers...

[@hardlineboxingtalk7542]

Yes i know, other greats like jack britton too

[@surfghost9121]

@@hardlineboxingtalk7542 Just watched me some Joe Gans though. Pretty amazing there's that. Incredible skills.

[@markydan1232]

Greb was essentially a middleweight Aaron Pryor.

[@hardlineboxingtalk7542]

Yes he was a great fighter. Greb had a high work rate like Pryor but he constantly moved, moved all the time like a Usyk bouncing around, less technical than Usyk but very quick and hard to hit. The one addition greb had over pryor he also was aggressive with his head, his elbows. He had a near obsessive desire to win

[@geoffJG1]

Greb's style is such that under compubox standards I can't see how he could lose a fight over 12,15 or as in the real old days 45 rounds or till you stopped a la 100 rounds.

[@stevens392]

Imagine being hit 7 times before you van counter once.

[@elvisp116]

I read in his book that he could've been a long distance runner because he would run a lot of miles for stamina.

[@TheGreatTraeX]

Very insightful video👍🏾💯

[@hardlineboxingtalk7542]

Thank you

[@st.schochko9822]

By Jack Johnson did you mean Jack Dempsey? I don’t recall ever reading about Johnson sparring Harry Greb.

[@hardlineboxingtalk7542]

Yes i did mean him

[@hardlineboxingtalk7542]

@Stewy Mcgregor jack johnson, i know he sparred dempsey but the quote was jack johnson

[@wandalandowska3237]

He meant Jack Johnson.

[@st.schochko9822]

@@constantine7382 I’ve never heard or read anything about Greb sparring Jack Johnson.

[@st.schochko9822]

@@constantine7382 that’d be awesome! Thank you

[@michaelsleater9334]

Alright mate I'm a massive harry greb fan I box and also blind in my right eye I've looked on the internet for footage but not internet savvy so I haven't found alot was wondering if you could find some and make a video for me mate cheers

[@donovanchilton5817]

There's nothing, mate. Just the training footage you see.

[@wandalandowska3237]

Thanks for that.

[@hardlineboxingtalk7542]

Updated version coming next year