Harry greb vs roy jones both in their primes at middleweight?

Question

who would win in this fight?

Answer 1

I'll pick Greb in this bout. When seeing Greb's record, it looks made up because its unbelieveable, and yet there it is. Roy is comfortable and in his zone when he sets his pace. But nobody had that chance against Greb. I think he starts overwhelming Roy from the start and keeps him on a constant offense.

Roy is very fast but I dont think it would play a big factor in the bout.Greb fought AND beat MANY fighters who were known for there lightning speed. And Greb was known for his legendary speed. Roy would be facing someone just as fast or faster than himself.

Brett J..." Greb would not have shown anything to Roy that he hasnt seen and beaten" - And Brett that shoe can fit on another foot as well. Roy would NOT be bringing anything to the table That Greb had'nt already seen, beaten , chewed up and spit out MANY, MANY times before.

Brett J... "Jones makes great fighters look like nobodies, cant say the same about Greb."  Well I can, here's two examples. 1- The great and rugged Mickey Walker. 2- And, the great and slick Gene Tunney. Greb Beat MANY top contenders. He beat six middleweight champs, six lightheavy champs, and one future Heavyweight champ. Greb could make any and everyone look like nobody.

Very good answer Dollbaby.

Answer 2

Ive never seen any of Grebbs fights so I cant say,is there any videos?but I've got plenty in my collection of Roy Jones inc Seoul '88,for me anyway Grebb would  not have shown anything to Roy that he hasn't seen and beaten before,OK there will be the usual 'Jones fought nobodies'gang out here,but Ive seen Jones make great fighters look nobodies,cant say the same about Grebb for all we know his fights and victories may have been against 'nobodies'!I pick Roy Jones to  dazzle Grebb  with lightning speed like he'dthink he was surrounded and ko Grebb round 8.

Answer 3

Harry Greb. Roy Jones was absolutely helpless if anybody pinned him against the ropes. He also was completely incapable of defending against body shots on the ropes

If you had Roy Jones going backwards YOU HAD HIM!

It would then just be a matter of never letting up.

Aside from a decision over Hopkins way back in 93 before Hopkins fully developed Jones never beat any GREAT fighters. He was basically an HBO product that was always coddled by HBO YES men LARRY MERCHANT and JIM LAMPLEY

The only things Roy Jones ever had going for him was a pschological edge over most opponents

Roy also had an excellent long range right to the body that he would almost always use early in fights to get respect and early score card leads

The fact that he dangled his arms down at his side also confused many opponents and made them tentative just long enough for Roy to strike yet again

But the fact is Roy just was incapable of a hard rumble at close quarters

Grebb would maybe lose the first couple of rounds on Roy's quick deceptive pot shots to the body

But soon Harry Greb who fought in a VASTLY TOUGHER ERA would teach Roy a little something about PRIZE FIGHTING!

He would pinn Roy against the ropes and go to town!

This sad pattern would continue into the latter rounds but you could be sure however if Roy got even 1 good shot in Jim Lampley would have you believe that his man RJ was back in controll so I would strongly advise watching it with the sound down!

Harry Greb would eventually score an impressive late round stoppage over Roy

Answer 4

i agree with hebrew mauler

Answer 5

wow! excellent question, bud.

greb split fights with greats tommy loughran and gene tunney, so its plausable that if jones & greb fought 3 times, the results would be 1-1-1:, but if pushed for an answer,  greb by stoppage, or jones by decision.

Answer 6

No Contest...Greb would win......Greb won more fights than Roy has fought & Harry fought the last 5 years totally blind in one eye & with limited sight in the other  eye and.....he still won fights.

Answer 7

Greb beat Tunney- 'nuff said.