Have Billy Donovan and Harry Greb ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Donovan and Harry Greb met once on January 1, 1915, and Harry Greb won by NWS.

Who has the better record, Donovan or Greb?

Billy Donovan is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Harry Greb is 261-18-19. Harry Greb has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Donovan or Greb?

Billy Donovan has 0 knockout wins and Harry Greb has 49. Harry Greb has more.

Do Donovan and Greb have any common opponents?

Billy Donovan and Harry Greb share 1 common opponent: Jack Dillon. Harry Greb fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Donovan and Greb?

This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Billy Donovan and 299 bouts tracked for Harry Greb. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Donovan vs Harry Greb — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Billy Donovan

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Harry Greb

Billy Donovan (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Harry Greb (261-18-19) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Donovan

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Greb

261

Wins49 KO · 19%

Losses

Draws299 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Greb leads 1–0

Billy Donovan and Harry Greb have met 1 time; Greb leads 1–0.
Met	1915Jan 1	Series
Billy DonovanFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Harry GrebFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	NWSGreb vs Donovan	1Meeting

Greb vs Donovan · Jan 1, 1915

The Numbers

Donovan 0 · Greb 5 of 5 measurable rows

DonovanEdge = longer wingGreb

Record^†: 0-5261-18-19 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 0%
90.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 49: 0
49 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —18.77%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —19%
Times stopped^‡levelmax 2: 2
2
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 22.5: 1
22.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 299: 5
299

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held: Billy Donovan: No height on file; Harry Greb: 5′8″
Reachnot held: Billy Donovan: No reach on file; Harry Greb: 71″
Agenot held: Billy Donovan: No date of birth; Harry Greb: Died aged 32
Stance: Billy Donovan: Not recorded; Harry Greb: Orthodox

Billy Donovan left, Harry Greb right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Billy Donovan0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Donovan yet.

Harry Greb261 wins · from 299 tracked bouts

49 by KO/TKO 19%58 on the cards 22%154 by another method or unrecorded 59%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Donovan 5, Harry Greb 299 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Greb better on 11 shared · Harry Greb better on 1

DonovanBilly Donovan

Opponent

GrebHarry Greb

Billy Donovan
Loss, KO
1912Aug 1912
DillonJack DillonUnited States 191–31–28 · Light HeavyweightGreb betterHarry Greb better — 2–0 to 0–1
Harry Greb
2–0 against
Win, NWS
1918Mar 1918
Win, NWS
1917Jul 1917

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Donovan last boxed on Jan 1, 1915 — 40,840 days ago. Donovan had lost five straight.LLLLL

Glover Jan 1910Erne Jul 1910Wells Oct 1911Dillon Aug 1912Greb Jan 19151 tracked bouts per year

Harry Greb had won two in a row before losing a decision to Tiger Flowers. Greb last boxed on Aug 19, 1926.WLWWL

Phelps Feb 1926Flowers Feb 1926Weigand Jun 1926Gans Jun 1926Flowers Aug 192622.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Billy Donovan and Harry Greb ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Donovan and Harry Greb met once on January 1, 1915, and Harry Greb won by NWS.
Who has the better record, Donovan or Greb?: Billy Donovan is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Harry Greb is 261-18-19. Harry Greb has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Donovan or Greb?: Billy Donovan has 0 knockout wins and Harry Greb has 49. Harry Greb has more.
Do Donovan and Greb have any common opponents?: Billy Donovan and Harry Greb share 1 common opponent: Jack Dillon. Harry Greb fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Donovan and Greb?: This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Billy Donovan and 299 bouts tracked for Harry Greb. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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