Have Bob Roper and Harry Greb ever fought each other?

Yes. Bob Roper and Harry Greb have met 6 times and Harry Greb leads the series 6-0.

Who has the better record, Roper or Greb?

Bob Roper is 1-12-3 across the 16 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, Roper or Greb?

Bob Roper has 0 knockout wins and Harry Greb has 49. Harry Greb has more.

Do Roper and Greb have any common opponents?

Bob Roper and Harry Greb share 5 common opponents: Jeff Smith, Billy Miske and Tommy Gibbons (and 2 others). Harry Greb fared better against 3 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Bob Roper and 299 bouts tracked for Harry Greb. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Bob Roper vs Harry Greb — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Bob Roper

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Harry Greb

Bob Roper (1-12-3 across 16 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 6 times. They share 5 common opponents.

Roper

Tracked record

1–12–3

counted from 16 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 6–0

Bob Roper and Harry Greb have met 6 times; Greb leads 6–0.
Met	1920Feb 21	1920Apr 5	1920Dec 21	1922Sep 29	1922Nov 10	1923Jan 1	Series
Bob RoperFighter A	LLost	LLost	LLost	LLost	LLost	LLost	0–6W–L
Harry GrebFighter B	WWon	WWon	WWon	WWon	WWon	WWon	6–0W–L
Result	NWSGreb vs Roper	PTSGreb vs Roper	PTSGreb vs Roper	NWSGreb vs Roper	PTSGreb vs Roper	NWSGreb vs Roper	6Meetings

The Numbers

Roper 1 · Greb 6 of 7 measurable rows

RoperEdge = longer wingGreb

Record^†: 1-12-3261-18-19 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 15.6%
90.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 49: 0
49 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —18.77%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
19% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 2: 0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 22.5: 4.3
22.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 299: 16
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: Bob Roper: No height on file; Harry Greb: 5′8″
Reachnot held: Bob Roper: No reach on file; Harry Greb: 71″
Agenot held: Bob Roper: No date of birth; Harry Greb: Died aged 32
Stance: Bob Roper: Not recorded; Harry Greb: Orthodox

Bob Roper 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

Bob Roper1 win · from 16 tracked bouts

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

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 — Bob Roper 16, Harry Greb 299 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Roper better on 1 · Greb better on 3 · even on 15 shared · Bob Roper better on 1 · Harry Greb better on 3 · even on 1

RoperBob Roper

Opponent

GrebHarry Greb

Bob Roper
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1923Mar 1923
Loss, PTS
1922Oct 1922
SmithJeff SmithUnited States 141–34–5Greb betterHarry Greb better — 6–0–1 to 0–2
Harry Greb
6–0–1 against
Win, NWS
1922Feb 1922
Draw, PTS
1921May 1921
Win, PTS
1921Feb 1921
Win, NWS
1920Dec 1920
Win, NWS
1919Sep 1919
Win, NWS
1917Sep 1917
Win, NWS
1917May 1917
Bob Roper
0–2–1 against
Draw, PTS
1922Sep 1922
Loss, PTS
1922May 1922
Loss, DQ 6
1922Feb 1922
MiskeBilly MiskeUnited States 74–13–16 · Light HeavyweightGreb betterHarry Greb better — 1–1–1 to 0–2–1
Harry Greb
1–1–1 against
Win, NWS
1919Mar 1919
Loss, NWS
1918Sep 1918
Draw, NWS
1915Jan 1915
Bob Roper
Loss, NWS
1920Apr 1920
GibbonsTommy GibbonsUnited States 96–5–4 · HeavyweightRoper betterBob Roper better — 0–1 to 2–2
Harry Greb
2–2 against
Win, UD
1922Mar 1922
Win, NWS
1920Jul 1920
Loss, NWS
1920May 1920
Loss, NWS
1915Nov 1915
Bob Roper
Draw, PTS
1921Nov 1921
LevinskyBattling LevinskyUnited States 196–55–38 · Light HeavyweightGreb betterHarry Greb better — 6–0 to 0–0–1
Harry Greb
6–0 against
Win, NWS
1919Sep 1919
Win, NWS
1919Jul 1919
Win, NWS
1919Apr 1919
Win, NWS
1919Feb 1919
Win, NWS
1918Aug 1918
Win, NWS
1917Sep 1917
Bob Roper
1–0–1 against
Win, NWS
1920Sep 1920
Draw, PTS
1920Aug 1920
SmithGunboat SmithUnited States 81–49–13 · HeavyweightEvenEven — Bob Roper 1–0–1, Harry Greb 1–0
Harry Greb
Win, KO 1
1920Oct 1920

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

Bob Roper last boxed on Mar 20, 1923 — 37,833 days ago. Roper had lost five straight.LLLLL

Greb Sep 1922Smith Oct 1922Greb Nov 1922Greb Jan 1923Smith Mar 19234.3 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 Bob Roper and Harry Greb ever fought each other?: Yes. Bob Roper and Harry Greb have met 6 times and Harry Greb leads the series 6-0.
Who has the better record, Roper or Greb?: Bob Roper is 1-12-3 across the 16 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, Roper or Greb?: Bob Roper has 0 knockout wins and Harry Greb has 49. Harry Greb has more.
Do Roper and Greb have any common opponents?: Bob Roper and Harry Greb share 5 common opponents: Jeff Smith, Billy Miske and Tommy Gibbons (and 2 others). Harry Greb fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Roper and Greb?: This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Bob Roper and 299 bouts tracked for Harry Greb. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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