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

Paxton, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786440163 ISBN 13: 9780786440160

Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2009

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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

Review:

"Fans of boxing's great middleweight, Harry Greb, are in for a treat...detailed...Paxton's work will rekindle the reader's interest in the exploits of Fearless Harry...masterfully written...well researched...interesting read...abundance of photographs...highly recommend"--Cyber Boxing Zone

"The most noteworthy [book about Greb's life]...Paxton has researched Greb's story in immense detail"--Ringside Seat

"Paxton knows his subject so well that he is able to dispel most of the myths and still tell an engrossing story" --Dublin's Evening Herald

"There may not be a huge audience out there for a biography of Harry Greb, but Bill Paxton has put together a good one" --The Ring

"The author deserves credit for the massive amount of research that went into his work." --secondsout.com

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0786440163
• ISBN 13: 9780786440160
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260