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1922 Harry Greb vs. Tommy Gibbons boxing fight....

Item # 727290
March 14, 1922
THE DAY, New London, Conn., March 14, 1922

* Harry vs. Tommy Gibbons
* Heavyweight boxing fight
* Madison Square Garden

The top of page 9 has a banner heading: "Harry Greb Upsets Calculations of Boxing Experts by Defeating Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul" with subhead, photo and round by round description. (see images)
Complete in 12 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, tiny binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

Background: The March 14, 1922 edition of The Day carries immense historical and journalistic significance, preserving a meticulously detailed, round-by-round artifact of one of the greatest schematic upsets in boxing history: Harry Greb’s legendary 15-round decision victory over the heavily favored heavyweight contender Tommy Gibbons at Madison Square Garden. This specific publication is an incredibly rare and vital primary source document; because little to no film footage survives of "The Pittsburgh Windmill" in action, contemporary ringside newspaper chronicles like this banner-headed page 9 layout provide historians with the only authentic visual and tactical blueprint of Greb's frantic, unorthodox style. The event itself completely shattered the calculations of 1920s boxing experts, handing the masterful, textbook technician Gibbons the first official defeat of his career and proving that Greb’s legendary stamina and roughhouse middleweight swarm could systematically dismantle world-class heavyweights. By capturing the raw, immediate reactions of a packed arena that included reigning champion Jack Dempsey, this rare archive stands as a definitive monument to an era-defining triumph that propelled Greb toward his iconic, brutal ring legacy.