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Harry Greb

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Edward Henry "Harry" Greb (June 6, 1894 – October 22, 1926) was an American professional boxer. Nicknamed "The Pittsburgh Windmill", he is widely regarded by many boxing historians as one of the best pound-for-pound boxers of all time.He was the American light heavyweight champion from 1922 to 1923 and the world middleweight champion from 1923 to 1926. He fought a recorded 298 times in his 13-year career, which began at around 140 pounds.Not only that, but he fought against the best opposition the talent-rich 1910s and 20s could provide him and despite starting as a welterweight, he was frequently squaring off against and beating light heavyweights and even heavyweights.Sean &amp; Johnston tell the story of the legendary middleweight king who would go down in boxing folklore with his amazing feats inside and out of the ring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edward Henry "Harry" Greb (June 6, 1894 – October 22, 1926) was an American professional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">boxer</a>. Nicknamed "The Pittsburgh Windmill", he is widely regarded by many boxing historians as one of the best pound-for-pound boxers of all time.He was the American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_heavyweight" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">light heavyweight</a> champion from 1922 to 1923 and the world middleweight champion from 1923 to 1926. He fought a recorded 298 times in his 13-year career, which began at around 140 pounds.Not only that, but he fought against the best opposition the talent-rich 1910s and 20s could provide him and despite starting as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welterweight" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">welterweight</a>, he was frequently squaring off against and beating light heavyweights and even <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavyweight" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">heavyweights</a>.Sean &amp; Johnston tell the story of the legendary middleweight king who would go down in boxing folklore with his amazing feats inside and out of the ring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Career Profiles - Harry Greb

The "Pittsburgh Windmill" Harry Greb (1894 -1926) is the subject of today's show. This episode of the Characters of Boxing came to fruition after this podcast's host watched the 2008 documentary "Tyson" on Netflix. "Tyson" profiles the tumultuous life of "Iron" Mike Tyson and in this movie Tyson mentions Greb's toughness as an inspiration for him in the ring.After some reading and research into Greb's life and career, we discover one of the toughest human beings that may have ever walked the planet. Greb is a truly one of a kind character and died way too young. We hope to keep his fighting spirit alive with this new episode of the Characters podcast.

The "Pittsburgh Windmill" Harry Greb (1894 -1926) is the subject of today's show. This episode of the Characters of Boxing came to fruition after this podcast's host watched the 2008 documentary "Tyson" on Netflix. "Tyson" profiles the tumultuous life of "Iron" Mike Tyson and in this movie Tyson mentions Greb's toughness as an inspiration for him in the ring. After some reading and research into Greb's life and career, we discover one of the toughest human beings that may have ever walked the planet. Greb is a truly one of a kind character and died way too young. We hope to keep his fighting spirit alive with this new episode of the Characters podcast.