Browsing Tag Harry Greb

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  The Top Twelve 3

  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Light Heavyweights

  Continuing our infrequent rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of the original eight weight classes, we offer our third installment in the series. We started with ...

  On July 8, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Boxiana 3

  Fight City Legends: King of the Canebrakes

  It’s October 3, 1933 and a young man, a fighter, lies close to death in a hospital bed in Macon, Georgia. The room is quiet, morose even, such ...

  On July 5, 2019 / By Daniel Attias
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  Boxiana 2

  Rikki-Tikki-Harry

  “….young Mr. Greb, acting like Mr. Kipling’s mongoose, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, bounced, caromed, slid and glided from so many angles and in so many ways at the more orthodox and ...

  On June 6, 2019 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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  Boxiana 2

  Fight City Legends: The Smoke City Wildcat

  They called them the Roaring Twenties, that crazy decade following World War I when the economy boomed, “speakeasies” opened on every other corner, the “flappers” started showing a ...

  On June 6, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  June 5, 1925: Tunney vs Gibbons

  By 1924, Gene Tunney, to the incredulity of American sports fans, had begun openly campaigning for a chance to face the heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Dempsey. ...

  On June 5, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  May 15, 1920: Greb vs Gibbons II

  The enigma that is Harry Greb has grown to mythical proportions in recent years and there is no doubt his accomplishments warrant inclusion in any discussion regarding the ...

  On May 14, 2019 / By Daniel Attias
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  The Genius Of Sugar Ray Robinson

  For fans of “The Sweet Science,” today should be a very special occasion, if not a national holiday. It’s Sugar Ray Robinson’s birthday and everyone who loves the ...

  On May 3, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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  The Top Twelve 13

  Top 12 All-Time Best Middleweights

  The middleweights have traditionally been regarded as one of the sport’s true “glamour” divisions, boasting some of the best talent to ever lace ’em up and some of ...

  On April 12, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  The Top Twelve 3

  Top 12 All-Time Most Cerebral Boxers

  It takes more than strength, punching power and great conditioning to become a champion prizefighter. Mastery of footwork, angles, feinting, defense and the ability to adapt to an ...

  On February 22, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time “Dirtiest” Champs

  A comprehensive roster of boxers who dabbled in the darker arts of ringcraft would rival a catalogue of the soldiers who ringed the walls of Troy, or a ...

  On January 11, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Boxiana 2

  Jan. 1, 1915: The Legend Of Levinsky

  Modern day boxing cannot legitimately claim to be better than boxing in the past. In fact, in terms of the technical abilities and skill level we see today, ...

  On January 1, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Boxiana 0

  Fight City Legends: The Georgia Deacon

  He was only 32 when he died but if, as the old saw goes, only the good die young, then Tiger Flowers could not have escaped his fate. ...

  On December 9, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Fight City Reviews 0

  The Gods Of War

  One of the best parts about being a boxing fan is the vitality of the sport’s history and the spirited debates and discussions that arise from it. The ...

  On November 17, 2018 / By Joshua Isard
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  Boxiana 6

  Sept. 6, 1920: Dempsey, Greb & Langford

  It’s now a very rare thing for boxing fans to get genuinely excited about the undercard for a major fight (Ed. note: That said, the undercard for Golovkin ...

  On September 6, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  Happy Birthday To The Rock

  Today is the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and, despite the fact “The Rock’s” famous 49-0 career mark was “eclipsed” by Floyd Mayweather, we’re always going to pay tribute ...

  On September 1, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  Boxiana 4

  Fight City Legends: The Fighting Marine

  Gene Tunney will forever be a truly great boxer, one of the best to ever step into the ring. A clever strategist with excellent footwork, superb defense and ...

  On August 13, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  Bad Rap

  “I wouldn’t say he was dirty so much as he was expedient. He was so eager to get the damage done that his head and shoulders went with ...

  On July 30, 2018 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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  Boxiana 1

  July 22, 1931: Walker vs Sharkey

  There really was nothing left to prove. Why Mickey Walker felt an assault on the heavyweight division was necessary, nobody still living knows. It likely had much to ...

  On July 23, 2018 / By Patrick Connor
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  Fight City Legends: The Toy Bulldog

  There’s a character archetype that’s been floating around for decades, if not centuries: the scrappy Irishman who makes up with strength and guts what he lacks in stature, ...

  On July 17, 2018 / By Mathieu Brousseau
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  Boxiana 1

  Sugar And Steel: Ray Robinson’s Pittsburgh Connection

  Though it is almost impossible to overstate Sugar Ray Robinson’s greatness, so much has been written on the subject of that inarguable status that little can be said ...

  On December 9, 2017 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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  The Top Twelve 3

  Top 12 All-Time Biggest Middleweight Fights

  A couple years ago, when everyone was getting set for the long-awaited confrontation between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, we put together a list of the “biggest” welterweight ...

  On September 15, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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  Greb and Robinson Are Spinning In Their Graves

  Miguel Cotto made short work of Daniel Geale this past Saturday night and in emphatic fashion and I’m still trying to get the bad taste out of my ...

  On June 12, 2015 / By Robert Portis