HARRY GREB: THE TESTIMONIES FROM FIGHTERS TRAINERS HISTORIANS

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THE BOXING LIBRARIAN

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MANY PEOPLE KNEW OR SAW OR FOUGHT HARRY GREB. HERE ARE SOME OF THERE THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS

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@henryomeara9701 3 жыл бұрын

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

@surfleopard 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

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

@surfleopard 4 жыл бұрын

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

@johnluongo4230 2 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

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

@hardlineboxingtalk7542 4 жыл бұрын

He also was larking around, not even training properly

@Boxeo250 3 жыл бұрын

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

@markydan1232 11 ай бұрын

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

@geoffJG1 6 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine being hit 7 times before you van counter once.

@elvisp116 5 жыл бұрын

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

@markydan1232 11 ай бұрын

Greb was essentially a middleweight Aaron Pryor.

@hardlineboxingtalk7542 11 ай бұрын

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

@MichaelRyanUK 4 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@surfghost9121 Жыл бұрын

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

@hardlineboxingtalk7542 Жыл бұрын

Yes i know, other greats like jack britton too

@surfghost9121 Жыл бұрын

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

@martindunstan1291 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

Yes agreed an angry pittsburgh bear. Thanks Martin

@michaelsleater9334 6 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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