“The fastest fighter I ever saw. Hell. Greb is faster than Benny Leonard”

— Harry Greb

lightweight champion
Heavyweight champion Jack Dempseyhttp://coxscorner.tripod.com/greb.html

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American boxer 1894–1926

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