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I HARRY GREB BLAZES METEORIC WAY THRU MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION BY WINNING 15 TO 41 FIGHTS BY KNOCKOUTSSecond only to ihe meterolc career of Les Ln.i'Ci', m the pugilistic world in ike laai tew years is Utat of Harry Greb, the sensational Pittsburgh lad who Ms benn blazing a trail of uninterrupted victories in the middleweight division siml has the best opportunity of any in that division to win tnr him-pr*!f the crown left by the death of tlic Australian,flurry Grrb nml Two of ills Training Sturtsarty GrekThe career o: Greb has been aa brief as It has been sensational. Four years sigo he was laying tin roofs in Pittsburg for $12 a week figuring lie was making good money.Today his Income approximates $311,000 a year by laying tin ears on other fellows' •skulls. In the meant hue there isn’t a good mid* lt;1lcweight In the country whom he hasn't beaten or held even nnd this goes for Mike and Tommy Gibbons, Jack Dillon, BiMy AUsko, GeorgeChip, battling; Devlnsky, Cua Cijriatie, Jeff Smith, K. O. Brown, Al McCoy and others.In the Inst 11 months he has fought 41 bouts netting himself more than JJO.OOJ. and sometimes fights a$ many as three and four times a week.Until a year ago lie boxed for points. Then he developed a punch ar.l in hla last 41 bouts has won 15 by knockouts. His ’ record for knockouts in September was ’per' feet, Jack-London; Johnny Howard, K.. O. Brown and Battling ICopin, ilic only men he met during the month, taking the count.qreb has been knocked out once. Joe Chip turning the trick In Greb’s thirteenth fight.Ju?t now Greb Is on the- trail of At McCoy's so-called middleweight title. Grebb offers to post $1000 or his end of the gate for a 15 or 20 round bout with the Xew Yorker. AfeCcy recently barely managed to last out 10 rounds with Greb and has shown no sign of accepting the offer.Greh's early path was a thorny one. His first bouts were at amateur shows given by the Pittsburg Athletic Club. Greb'8 father threatened lo link Him if ho went near a boxing bout, but his mother would sneak his fighting trunks out to him so he could battle.“My father is German. Greb says succinctly. ‘But my mother Is Irish.
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Des Moines Daily News
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Fri, Nov 02, 1917
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