Joe Greb

Birth : 1899-08-22, Arkansas, USA

Death : 1971-05-15

History

Joey Greb was a Brooklyn, New York club fighter whose career spanned 3 decades and over 115 fights. Born Joseph Greco in Brooklyn, New York, he relocated to Herkimer and launched his professional boxing career on April 19, 1928, losing by knockout to Joe Trabon in Kansas City. Over the next 12 years, Joey compiled a 51-58-10 record with 5 wins by knockout. He was defeated by world champions Fritzie Zivic (1933), Lou Ambers (1936), Jackie (Kid) Berg (1938, 1939), and Tippy Larken (1939). He went on to act in a few films, his most noted as a "punch-drunk", homeless ex-boxer in The Harder They Fall.

Movies

The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall
Joey Greb - Fighter (uncredited)
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.