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1926: Harry Greb Passes!    

Harry Greb  

Born: June 6th, 1894

Birth Name: Edward Henry Greb

Birth Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Residence: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pro-Debut: May 29th, 1913

Division: Middleweight

Alias: Pittsburgh Windmill

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 8″  

Reach: 71″  

Bouts: 119

Rounds: 1004

Kos: 40%

Record: 107-8-3, 48Ko’s

Died: Age 32, October 22nd, 1926

Career - Harry Greb came up in an era plagued by racism, but he refused to turn down any challenge.

Undefeated 45-0 all in one-year 1919!

World Middleweight Champion

August 31st, 1923 – February 26th, 1926

1926: Greb passing from complications following eye surgery was found to be blind in one eye.

International Boxing Hall of Fame – Class of 1990

October 22nd

1789: Tom Johnson defeats Isaac Perrins bareknuckle boxing in 1 hour 15 minutes.

1907: Vince Dundee was born in Lazzaro, Sicily

1917: Bob Fitzsimmons boxings first 3-division champion passes age 54

1926: Harry Greb, 32, passes while undergoing surgery following a recent auto accident.

1951: Lauro Salas WSD10 Jackie Blair

1955: Harold Warren born.

1966: Carlos Ortiz KO5 Sugar Ramos - When the bout was stopped, a riot ensued. Many were hurt, including Ortiz's manager

Flash Elorde W15 Vicente Derado

Yuri Arbachakov born.

1970: Masao Ohba KO13 Berkrerk Chartvanchai

1977: Saensak Muangsurin W15 Saoul Mamby

1979: Kermit Cintron was born in Carolina, Puerto 

1980: Sammy Angott, passes age 65

1983: Eusebio Pedroza W15 Jose Caba

1988: Henry Armstrong passes

1994: Tom Johnson W12 Francisco Segura

1999: Naseem Hamed W12 Cesar Soto

Erik Morales W12 Wayne McCollough

2000: Divena Freeman, 49, dies as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident near her home, in Egg Harbor, NJ. on October 10th.

2004: Light heavyweight James Butler, 31, pleads not guilty to charges he murdered Sam Kellerman. Sam was the 29-year-old brother of Max Kellerman.

2005: Zsolt Erdei KO12 Mehdi Sahnoune

2011: Nonito Donaire W12 Omar Andres Narvaez

Marco Huck KO6 Rogelio Omar Rossi

Ibeth Zamora Silva RTD5 Tania Cosme

Ogleidis Suarez WSD10 Katy Wilson Castillo

2014: Nonito Donaire W12 Omar Andres Narvaez

2015: Carla Torres W10 Olivia Gerula

Momo Koseki 10 Ayaka Miyao

2016: Eva Voraberger W10 Eileen Olszewski

2017: Ken Shiro WMD12 Pedro Guevara          

Ryota Murata RTD7 Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam    

Daigo Higa TKO7 Thomas Masson