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.
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.
Happy Howard vs Harry Greb — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Harry Greb leads 2–0- Harry Greb wonGreb vs HowardJun 18, 1919 · NWS
- Harry Greb wonGreb vs HowardMar 25, 1919 · NWS
The Numbers
- 1-7
- Record
- 261-18-19 (edge)
- 12.5%
- Win %
- 90.8% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 49 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 18.77%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 19% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 2
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 0.8
- Bouts per year
- 22.6 (edge)
- 8
- Bouts tracked
- 300
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′8″ (173 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 71″ (180 cm)
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- Age
- 132
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- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Middleweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyHappy Howard · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
1
Harry Greb · 262 wins
KO/TKO
49
Decision
59
Other
154
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (8 and 300 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedHappy Howard
LPTS · Oct 1924Harry Greb
WNWS · Feb 1922DPTS · May 1921WPTS · Feb 1921WNWS · Dec 1920WNWS · Sep 1919WNWS · Sep 1917WNWS · May 1917
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Happy Howard
LLLLL
L6 streak · last fought Oct 27, 1924
Harry Greb
LWWLW
L1 streak · last fought Aug 19, 1926
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Happy Howard or Harry 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Happy Howard or Harry Greb?
- Happy Howard has 0 knockout wins and Harry Greb has 49. Harry Greb has more.
- Do Happy Howard and Harry 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Happy Howard and Harry Greb?
- This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Happy Howard and 300 bouts tracked for Harry Greb. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.