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.
Harry Greb (261-18-19) and Johnny Howard (4-14 across 18 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 7 common opponents.
Harry Greb vs Johnny Howard — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Harry Greb leads 1–0- Harry Greb wonGreb vs HowardSep 25, 1917 · TKO · R9
The Numbers
- 261-18-19 (edge)
- Record
- 4-14
- 90.8% (edge)
- Win %
- 22.2%
- 49 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 18.77%
- KO rate
- —
- 19% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 3
- 2 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 22.6 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 2.9
- 300
- Bouts tracked
- 18
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
- 5′8″ (173 cm)
- Height
- —
- 71″ (180 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 132
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Middleweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyHarry Greb · 262 wins
KO/TKO
49
Decision
59
Other
154
Johnny Howard · 4 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
4
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (300 and 18 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
7 sharedHarry Greb
WNWS · Feb 1922DPTS · May 1921WPTS · Feb 1921WNWS · Dec 1920WNWS · Sep 1919WNWS · Sep 1917WNWS · May 1917Johnny Howard
LNWS · Jul 1920LNWS · Aug 1919LNWS · Feb 1919WNWS · Aug 1918Harry Greb
WPTS · Nov 1917WNWS · May 1917LNWS · Jun 1916DNWS · Oct 1915Johnny Howard
WNWS · Aug 1920WNWS · Jul 1919LPTS · Jul 1917LKO R6 · Mar 1916Harry Greb
WNWS · Apr 1919WNWS · Mar 1919WPTS · Jan 1919Johnny Howard
LNWS · Mar 1920LNWS · Sep 1915Harry Greb
WNWS · Sep 1919WNWS · Jul 1919WNWS · Apr 1919WNWS · Feb 1919WNWS · Aug 1918WNWS · Sep 1917Johnny Howard
LNWS · Jan 1920WNWS · May 1919LPTS · Jun 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
Harry Greb
LWWLW
L1 streak · last fought Aug 19, 1926
Johnny Howard
WLLLL
W1 streak · last fought Aug 25, 1920
Common Questions
- Have Harry Greb and Johnny Howard ever fought each other?
- Yes. Harry Greb and Johnny Howard met once on September 25, 1917, and Harry Greb won by TKO in round 9.
- Who has the better record, Harry Greb or Johnny Howard?
- Harry Greb is 261-18-19 and Johnny Howard is 4-14 across the 18 bouts 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Harry Greb or Johnny Howard?
- Harry Greb has 49 knockout wins and Johnny Howard has 0. Harry Greb has more.
- Do Harry Greb and Johnny Howard have any common opponents?
- Harry Greb and Johnny Howard share 7 common opponents: Jeff Smith, George Chip and Leo Florian Hauck (and 4 others). Harry Greb fared better against 7 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Harry Greb and Johnny Howard?
- This comparison is drawn from 300 bouts tracked for Harry Greb and 18 bouts tracked for Johnny Howard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.