The Fearless Harry Greb - Bill Paxton

The Fearless Harry Greb

Biography of a Tragic Hero of Boxing

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
260 Seiten
2009
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4016-0 (ISBN)
27,40 inkl. MwSt
The legendary Harry Greb stepped into the ring over 300 times from 1913 to 1926. An injury in the ring led to Greb gradually going blind in one eye and should have ended his career, but he kept his condition secret and fought on. This biography includes family recollections, modern doctors' analyses of Greb's eye injury and over 120 photographs.
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.

Bill Paxton is a toy and game inventor in Chicago. He operates the Harry Greb Web site at www.harrygreb.com.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments     

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 Measurements     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index     

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.1.2009
Zusatzinfo 124 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 454 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10 0-7864-4016-3 / 0786440163
ISBN-13 978-0-7864-4016-0 / 9780786440160
Zustand Neuware
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