Harry Greb vs. Bob Roper (5th meeting)

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Harry Greb 168 lbs beat Bob Roper 180 lbs by PTS in round 12 of 12

Notes

The Pittsburgh Post reported that Roper entered the ring with a live snake draped around his neck! After he removed it, Greb moved in closer and buried Jack under a blizzard of flying leather. Roper took such a pasting that he was content to clinch and stall out man of the later rounds. According to Bill Paxton in The Fearless Harry Greb, Roper was thumbing or attempting to thumb Greb often in this fight. Based on assessments by opthalmologists familiar with retinal detachments, especially occurring to boxers, Paxton pinpoints this fight as probably being the one which finally cost Greb his sight in the right eye. To quote Paxton, "Unlike after the Kid Norfolk fight, when Greb didn't immediately go to a doctor, he was immediately seen with patches over his eyes days after this fight." This was Greb's last fight under the management of George Engel. He was under contract to Engel until December 29 and would not fight until after the contract lapsed. Also, Mrs. Greb was ill and Harry said that he would take a rest.

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