The Fearless Harry Greb : Biography of a Tragic Hero of Boxing

Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; 1. From a Street Corner to a Ring Corner; 2. The Early Road of Trials; 3. Icky's Busy Year; 4. In the Navy; 5. First Year of Marriage and the #45; 6. Jack Dempsey and the Heavyweights; 7. A Time for Change; 8. A City Celebrates; 9. All Good Things; 10. Achieving the Goal-The Middleweight Championship; 11. Defending the Title; 12. The Tunney Rematches; 13. The Champion Playboy; 14. The Bulldog Meets the Windmill; 15. The Best of His Time; 16. The Tragic Hero; 17. The Myths Grow While the Legend Fades; Appendix A: Greb's Complete Fight Record.;"Dubbed "the Pittsburgh Windmill" because of his manic, freewheeling style in the ring, Harry Greb also crossed racial lines, taking on all comers regardless of color. An injury in the ring led to Greb's gradually going blind in one eye and should have ended his career, but he kept his condition secret and fought on"--Provided by publisher. The legendary Harry Greb stepped into the ring more than 300 times from 1913 to 1926, defeated opponents who outweighed him by more than 30 pounds, held the middleweight and light heavyweight titles and beat every Hall of Fame boxer he ever fought. Dubbed "the Pittsburgh Windmill" because of his manic, freewheeling style in the ring, Greb also crossed racial lines, taking on all comers regardless of color. An injury in the ring led to Greb's gradually going blind in one eye and should have ended his career, but he kept his condition secret and fought on. Tragically, the indomitable fighter would be dead by the age of 32, felled by complications during minor surgery. This biography of one of the toughest boxers of all time includes interviews, family recollections, modern doctors' analyses of Greb's eye injury and more than 120 rare photographs, as well as a complete fight record and round-by-round descriptions of his most famous fights. Cover Acknowledgments Contents Preface 1. From a Street Corner to a Ring Corner 2. The Early Road of Trials 3. Icky's Busy Year 4. In the Navy 5. First Year of Marriage and the #45 6. Jack Dempsey and the Heavyweights 7. A Time for Change 8. A City Celebrates 9. All Good Things 10. Achieving the Goal-The Middleweight Championship 11. Defending the Title 12. The Tunney Rematches 13. The Champion Playboy 14. The Bulldog Meets the Windmill 15. The Best of His Time 16. The Tragic Hero 17. The Myths Grow While the Legend Fades Appendix A: Greb's Complete Fight Record. Appendix B: 1923 Middleweight Championship Body MeasurementsChapter Notes Bibliography Index.