Have Gunboat Smith and Harry Greb ever fought each other?

Yes. Gunboat Smith and Harry Greb met once on October 21, 1920, and Harry Greb won by KO in round 1.

Who has the better record, Smith or Greb?

Gunboat Smith is 81-49-13 and Harry Greb is 261-18-19. Harry Greb has the higher win percentage.

Who has more knockouts, Smith or Greb?

Gunboat Smith has 38 knockout wins and Harry Greb has 49. Harry Greb has more.

Do Smith and Greb have any common opponents?

Gunboat Smith and Harry Greb share 14 common opponents: Kid Norfolk, Chuck Wiggins and Bob Roper (and 11 others). Harry Greb fared better against 12 of them.

Who is bigger, Smith or Greb?

Gunboat Smith is the taller fighter at 188 cm, 15 cm above the other. Gunboat Smith also has the longer reach, by 3 cm.

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

This comparison is drawn from 95 bouts tracked for Gunboat Smith and 299 bouts tracked for Harry Greb. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Gunboat Smith vs Harry Greb — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Harry Greb

Gunboat Smith (81-49-13) 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 14 common opponents.

Smith

Wins38 KO · 47%

Losses

Draws95 tracked bouts

Greb

261

Wins49 KO · 19%

Losses

Draws299 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Greb leads 1–0

Gunboat Smith and Harry Greb have met 1 time; Greb leads 1–0.
Met	1920Oct 21	Series
Gunboat SmithFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Harry GrebFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR1Greb vs Smith	1Meeting

Greb vs Smith · Oct 21, 1920

The Numbers

Smith 2 · Greb 6 of 8 measurable rows

SmithEdge = longer wingGreb

Record: 81-49-13261-18-19 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 61.2%
90.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 49: 38
49 (edge)
KO rate0–100%: 46.91% (edge)
18.77%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^†0–100%: 22% (edge)
19%
Times stopped^†max 12: 12
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^‡max 22.5: 7.8
22.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 299: 95
299

† 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

Height+6″: Gunboat Smith: 6′2″ (edge); Harry Greb: 5′8″
Reach+1″: Gunboat Smith: 72″ (edge); Harry Greb: 71″
Agenot comparable: Gunboat Smith: Died aged 87; Harry Greb: Died aged 32
Stance: Gunboat Smith: Orthodox; Harry Greb: Orthodox

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

Heavyweight against Middleweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Gunboat Smith45 wins · from 95 tracked bouts

10 by KO/TKO 22%9 on the cards 20%26 by another method or unrecorded 58%

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 — Gunboat Smith 95, Harry Greb 299 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

14 shared

14 shared · Smith better on 1 · Greb better on 12 · even on 114 shared · Gunboat Smith better on 1 · Harry Greb better on 12 · even on 1

SmithGunboat Smith

Opponent

GrebHarry Greb

Gunboat Smith
0–2–1 against
Loss, NWS
1917Aug 1917
Draw, NWS
1917Aug 1917
Loss, KO 2
1916Jan 1916
NorfolkKid NorfolkUnited States 115–28–8 · Light HeavyweightGreb betterHarry Greb better — 1–1 to 0–2–1
Harry Greb
1–1 against
Loss, DQ 6
1924Apr 1924
Win, NWS
1921Aug 1921
Gunboat Smith
Loss, NWS
1920Jul 1920
WigginsChuck WigginsGreb betterHarry Greb better — 7–0–2 to 0–1
Harry Greb
7–0–2 against
Win, NWS
1923Nov 1923
Win, NWS
1922Jan 1922
Win, NWS
1921Sep 1921
Draw, NWS
1921Jun 1921
Draw, NWS
1921May 1921
Win, NWS
1920Sep 1920
Win, NWS
1920Aug 1920
Win, NWS
1919Mar 1919
Win, NWS
1919Feb 1919
Gunboat Smith
0–1–1 against
Loss, NWS
1920Sep 1920
Draw, PTS
1920Aug 1920
RoperBob RoperGreb betterHarry Greb better — 6–0 to 0–1–1
Harry Greb
6–0 against
Win, NWS
1923Jan 1923
Win, PTS
1922Nov 1922
Win, NWS
1922Sep 1922
Win, PTS
1920Dec 1920
Win, PTS
1920Apr 1920
Win, NWS
1920Feb 1920
Gunboat Smith
Loss, NWS
1918Mar 1918
WalkerHugh WalkerGreb betterHarry Greb better — 2–0 to 0–1
Harry Greb
2–0 against
Win, NWS
1922Jun 1922
Win, NWS
1922Feb 1922
Gunboat Smith
Loss, KO 10
1921Mar 1921
RobertsAl RobertsGreb betterHarry Greb better — 1–0 to 0–1
Harry Greb
Win, KO 6
1922May 1922
Gunboat Smith
1–2 against
Loss, PTS
1918Jan 1918
Loss, NWS
1915Jul 1915
Win, NWS
1915Apr 1915
WeinertCharley WeinertGreb betterHarry Greb better — 1–0 to 1–2
Harry Greb
Win, PTS
1921Nov 1921
Gunboat Smith
2–0 against
Win, NWS
1916Oct 1916
Win, NWS
1915Nov 1915
CoxJoe CoxSmith betterGunboat Smith better — 2–0 to 1–0
Harry Greb
Win, PTS
1921Sep 1921
Gunboat Smith
Loss, NWS
1918Apr 1918
TurnerClay TurnerGreb betterHarry Greb better — 7–0 to 0–1
Harry Greb
7–0 against
Win, NWS
1920Jun 1920
Win, NWS
1920Mar 1920
Win, NWS
1919Dec 1919
Win, NWS
1919Dec 1919
Win, PTS
1919May 1919
Win, NWS
1918Aug 1918
Win, NWS
1918May 1918
Gunboat Smith
Win, PTS
1920Feb 1920
MeehanWillie MeehanGreb betterHarry Greb better — 2–0 to 1–0
Harry Greb
2–0 against
Win, NWS
1919May 1919
Win, NWS
1917Dec 1917
Gunboat Smith
1–4–1 against
Loss, PTS
1917Jan 1917
Loss, PTS
1916Oct 1916
Loss, NWS
1916May 1916
Win, PTS
1915Jan 1915
Draw, PTS
1915Jan 1915
Loss, NWS
1914Oct 1914
LevinskyBattling LevinskyUnited States 196–55–38 · Light HeavyweightGreb betterHarry Greb better — 6–0 to 1–4–1
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
Gunboat Smith
Loss, NWS
1918May 1918
HauckLeo Florian HauckUnited States 144–36–23 · HeavyweightGreb betterHarry Greb better — 3–0 to 0–1
Harry Greb
3–0 against
Win, NWS
1919Apr 1919
Win, NWS
1919Mar 1919
Win, PTS
1919Jan 1919
Gunboat Smith
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1918Jul 1918
Loss, PTS
1918Apr 1918
MiskeBilly MiskeUnited States 74–13–16 · Light HeavyweightGreb betterHarry Greb better — 1–1–1 to 0–2
Harry Greb
1–1–1 against
Win, NWS
1919Mar 1919
Loss, NWS
1918Sep 1918
Draw, NWS
1915Jan 1915
Gunboat Smith
0–3 against
Loss, PTS
1917Feb 1917
Loss, NWS
1916Mar 1916
Loss, NWS
1915Mar 1915
DillonJack DillonUnited States 191–31–28 · Light HeavyweightGreb betterHarry Greb better — 2–0 to 0–3
Harry Greb
2–0 against
Win, NWS
1918Mar 1918
Win, NWS
1917Jul 1917
Gunboat Smith
Win, NWS
1914May 1914
BlackburnJack BlackburnUnited States 117–24–22EvenEven — 1–0 both
Harry Greb
Win, NWS
1915Jan 1915

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

Gunboat Smith has lost seven straight. Smith last boxed on Oct 10, 1921.LLLLL

Roberts Mar 1921Firpo Mar 1921Firpo Apr 1921Martin May 1921Wills Oct 19217.8 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 Gunboat Smith and Harry Greb ever fought each other?: Yes. Gunboat Smith and Harry Greb met once on October 21, 1920, and Harry Greb won by KO in round 1.
Who has the better record, Smith or Greb?: Gunboat Smith is 81-49-13 and Harry Greb is 261-18-19. Harry Greb has the higher win percentage.
Who has more knockouts, Smith or Greb?: Gunboat Smith has 38 knockout wins and Harry Greb has 49. Harry Greb has more.
Do Smith and Greb have any common opponents?: Gunboat Smith and Harry Greb share 14 common opponents: Kid Norfolk, Chuck Wiggins and Bob Roper (and 11 others). Harry Greb fared better against 12 of them.
Who is bigger, Smith or Greb?: Gunboat Smith is the taller fighter at 188 cm, 15 cm above the other. Gunboat Smith also has the longer reach, by 3 cm.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Greb?: This comparison is drawn from 95 bouts tracked for Gunboat Smith and 299 bouts tracked for Harry Greb. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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