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

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Harry Greb

Howard Truesdale

Harry Greb (261-18-19) and Howard Truesdale (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Greb

261

Wins49 KO · 19%

18

Losses

19

Draws299 tracked bouts

Truesdale

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Harry Greb and Howard Truesdale have met 1 time; Greb leads 1–0.

Harry Greb and Howard Truesdale have met 1 time; Greb leads 1–0.
Met1915Jan 8Series
Harry GrebFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Howard TruesdaleFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Greb 4 · Truesdale 1 of 5 measurable rows
GrebTruesdale
Record†
261-18-19 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
90.8% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 49
49 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
18.77%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
19%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
22.5—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 299
299
1

† 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
Harry Greb: 5′8″
Howard Truesdale: No height on file
Reachnot held
Harry Greb: 71″
Howard Truesdale: No reach on file
Agenot held
Harry Greb: Died aged 32
Howard Truesdale: No date of birth
Stance
Harry Greb: Orthodox
Howard Truesdale: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Howard Truesdale0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Howard Truesdale: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Truesdale yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Harry Greb 299, Howard Truesdale 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

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

Howard Truesdale last boxed on Jan 8, 1915 — 40,839 days ago. Truesdale had lost the most recent, to Harry Greb.L

Greb Jan 1915

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Harry Greb and Howard Truesdale ever fought each other?
Yes. Harry Greb and Howard Truesdale met once on January 8, 1915, and Harry Greb won by NWS.
The meeting

WJan 8, 1915 · Greb · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Greb or Truesdale?
Harry Greb is 261-18-19 and Howard Truesdale is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Harry Greb has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Greb261–18–1990.8%

Truesdale0–10%

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

Greb4918.8%

Truesdale0

The Numbers ↓
Do Greb and Truesdale have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Harry Greb and Howard Truesdale have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Greb and Truesdale?
This comparison is drawn from 299 bouts tracked for Harry Greb and 1 bout tracked for Howard Truesdale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Greb299bouts

Truesdale1bout

How They Win ↓

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