Harry Greb

Harry Greb is a remarkable boxer who was well-known for his power punches, speed and aggressiveness. He is an American boxer born on the 6th of June 1894 by name of Edward Henry Greb.
In 1913, he started his professional boxing career where most of his fights took place in Pittsburgh. He faced notable and well-known boxers like Tommy Gibbons and George Chip, where he battled for non-title fights in 1915-1916.

In 1917 alone, Greb went into 37 bouts and won 34 of the said fights. During this year, he defeated several famous names in the world of boxing including Battling Levinsky, Willie Meehan, George Chip and Jack Dillon.

Even with an amazing boxing record and magnificent skills, Greb was still not given the opportunity to fight for a boxing title. During a boxing match in 1921 against William “Kid Norfolk” Willard, he suffered a detached retina in the right eye. Despite of the severe eye damage, he continued fighting and luckily knocked out his opponent on the 11th round. This match game gave him a shot to fight for a title.

Finally after waiting for a long time, he battled for the World title on May 23, 1922 against Gene Tunney. With his unique techniques and powerful punches, he grabbed the title from Tunney by ending the match on fifteenth round.

From 1923 until 1926, he held on the World Middleweight boxing champion title. In addition, he was also a holder of the American Light Heavyweight title from 1922 to 1923. Overall, he had a total of 303 fights with 260 wins including 48 knockouts, 21 losses and 17 draws.
After Flowers defeated him in 1926, he decided to end his boxing career. He went to Atlantic City to undergo surgery to repair his damaged nose and several injuries. On the 22nd of October 1926, he was not able to wake up from anesthesia and died of complications.