I randomly selected two quotes coming out the mouth of these two legendary boxers to describe what it must have been to fight what most modern casual fans consider an unknown street bum in Harry Greb. I am not a fan of Gene Tunney or Jack Dempsey …
He is long dead and gone, but Harry Greb, the great Pittsburgh Windmill, is still turning and still burning. In the no-nonsense way that typified his relentless style, Harry charged from his corner to take an early lead in our middleweight poll and…