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Happy Howard vs Harry Greb — record, stats and common opponents compared

Happy Howard

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Harry Greb

Happy Howard (1-7 across 8 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 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Howard

Tracked record

1–7

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Greb

261

Wins49 KO · 19%

18

Losses

19

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 2–0

Happy Howard and Harry Greb have met 2 times; Greb leads 2–0.

Happy Howard and Harry Greb have met 2 times; Greb leads 2–0.
Met1919Mar 251919Jun 18Series
Happy HowardFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Harry GrebFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultNWSNWS2Meetings

The Numbers

Howard 1 · Greb 6 of 7 measurable rows
HowardGreb
Record†
1-7261-18-19 (edge)
Win %0–100%
12.5%
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
0.8
22.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 299
8
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
Happy Howard: No height on file
Harry Greb: 5′8″
Reachnot held
Happy Howard: No reach on file
Harry Greb: 71″
Agenot held
Happy Howard: No date of birth
Harry Greb: Died aged 32
Stance
Happy Howard: Not recorded
Harry Greb: Orthodox

Happy Howard 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
Happy Howard1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Happy Howard: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Harry Greb261 wins · from 299 tracked bouts

Harry Greb: 261 tracked wins — 49 by KO/TKO (19%), 58 on the cards (22%) and 154 by another method or unrecorded (59%). Counted from 299 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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 — Happy Howard 8, Harry Greb 299 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Greb better on 2

Howard

Opponent

Greb

  • Happy Howard

    Loss, PTS

    1924

    SmithGreb better

    Harry Greb

    6–0–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1922

    Draw, PTS

    1921

    Win, PTS

    1921

    Win, NWS

    1920

    Win, NWS

    1919

    Win, NWS

    1917

    Win, NWS

    1917

  • Happy Howard

    1–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    McTigueGreb better

    Harry Greb

    2–0 against

    Win, NWS

    1919

    Win, NWS

    1918

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

Happy Howard last boxed on Oct 27, 1924 — 37,246 days ago. Howard had lost six straight.LLLLL

Greb Jun 1919Delaney Aug 1921Stribling Apr 1923Stribling Jun 1923Smith Oct 19240.8 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 Happy Howard and Harry Greb ever fought each other?
Yes. Happy Howard and Harry Greb have met 2 times and Harry Greb leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LJun 18, 1919 · Greb · NWS

LMar 25, 1919 · Greb · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Howard or Greb?
Happy Howard is 1-7 across the 8 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.
Records · win %

Howard1–712.5%

Greb261–18–1990.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Howard or Greb?
Happy Howard has 0 knockout wins and Harry Greb has 49. Harry Greb has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Howard0

Greb4918.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Howard and Greb have any common opponents?
Happy Howard and Harry Greb share 2 common opponents: Jeff Smith and Mike McTigue. Harry Greb fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Jeff SmithL6–0–1

Mike McTigue1–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Howard and Greb?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Happy Howard and 299 bouts tracked for Harry Greb. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Howard8bouts

Greb299bouts

How They Win ↓

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