😅 Wonderfull Joe lewis

Esta mejor el bix

Agreed. Far more entertaining as a spectator sport than most other stuff today.

Style Fúll Contact?

Naw the ruleset is wack. However the way it was taught was cool. Seeing guys throw flying kicks casually is cool. But trust me this ruleset is trash and needs to stay dead and buried

@@tsuchinoko9417 Yeah let's trust the fucking unwashed weaaboo. Passionate ground hugging and low kick spamming is boring af, go hug your pillow waifu about it.

No... His killer instinct was gone. he had several moments to finish the fight and wasn't able to even approach doing it.. That said, this was a GREAT win against a very good fighter. I think more than anything, this style of fighter suited Lewis. Lewis had problems keeping up against pressure fighters late in his carrier, but this guy was more mid range, moderate aggressive, and Lewis experience prevailed.

@@User-rf3iq not the killer instinct gone, its the timing

@@daweilee1986 No, he backed off when he got him hurt. He either didn't have the stamina or instinct. Either way, he was a shell of his former self. Technique maturing doesn't make you a better fighter, and his technique was always good.

Could mean one of two things. One, he got tired of protecting the fact he was just a hollywood actor, or that he was always being challenged to protect his ring image of being undefeated. He was the worlds 1st Heavyweight Champion, in that same fight, Jeff Smith, the worlds 1st Light Heavyweight champion was my teacher and mentor. I was acquaintances with Sensei Joe, I called him. We never met face to face but we would trade words from time to time on facebook with John Worley, his brother Pat Worley who was also a teacher of mine. We all studied under the late Grand Master Jhoon Rhee in DC.

Full Contact rules doesn't have low kicks. Low kicks are boring as fuck, that's all they do all fight long.

@@Avenging_Archer Low kicks are still an important part of fighting. Which is why kickboxers got raped by thai boxers. that's the truth. and im no muay thai fanboy.

@@jkdfighter4964 who cares? It's a spectator sport. Full contact is far more entertaining to watch than just spamming low kicks. There's No kicks at all in boxing and it attracts way more viewers than boring Thai fights or MMA 🤷‍♂️ THOSE are FACTS. Btw people like Benny Urquidez and Don Wilson raped some of your vaunted low kick kickboxers and Thai champs without having trained for low kicks which is more humiliating than a low kick champ beating a complete novice lol. None of the low kick guys ever dared to go fight them in Full Contact rules, of course they had an easy time fighting people who never fought a round under those rules lol I wouldn't brag about fighting newbies in my sport when I'm a veteran but I guess that's all thai boxers had. They became irrelevant when MMA came 🤭

​@@Avenging_Archer I love Benny The Jet and Joe Lewis. both influential guys have had a respectful association with Bruce Lee's JKD. however, let's not forget that Benny did struggle a bit the first time. Yea, that was a nice spinning back kick on his first opponent, but his second opponent really gave him a hard time. Bruce Lee been talking about leg kicks since the 60s and no one listened. Imagine if Benny The Jet at least was doing low sidekicks to these thaiboxers, there would have been more of a challenge posed to these thaiboxers. They're not indestructible. I've sparred many muay thai guys. in any case, low kicks have a place, and are effective. Do they get boring when that's *ALL THEY DO* ? i wholeheartedly agree. but let's not forget that removing lowkicks at all from competition is like removing another layer of realism to actual combat fighting. i agree though, when all they be throwin is lowkicks, it gets boring fast. thai boxers literally only have a teep (front) and the roundhouse kick. no variety. gets boring quickly for me. but they work hard at those 2 kicks and get very far with it. still, i would rather have at least 5 kicks in my arsenal and work hard at those to create more variety and different openings.

@@jkdfighter4964Benny the jet went 63-0

Lee was not cocky??? Ok tubbers. Not to mention Lee never fought anyone at all LOL and Norris and Wall never fought Full contact. Thank you for making your ignorance apparent.

Lee was the cockiest

@@Avenging_Archer Lee fought, but just not on TV. Bruce trained Joe and was he was trained by Grand Master Jhoon Rhee who taught him Tae Kwon Do kicks. Also, Joe was USMC so that is what they saw, not cocky, just confidence.

Mira niñita ve y pidele prestada la computadora a tu papi y educate, para falta de variedad vete a ver muay thai, low kick o tus mariconerias de mma donde no conocen otra patada que la low kick. A llorar a tu cuarto de princesa.

Doesn't get enough recognition

Lewis died on the morning of August 31, 2012, at Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Coatesville, Pennsylvania,[22] at the age of 68. The cancer had spread to his left shoulder and hip prior to his death.[23] He was buried at Knightdale Baptist Church Cemetery in Knightdale, Wake County, North Carolina.[24]

I know right? His life story is epic enough on his own that he needs no Hollywood editing to make him badass. Truly a legend.

Fun Fact: he's the inspiration for Ken in the Streetfighter games.

Clearly a big shame, because guys like this and Chuck Norris et cetera, deserrve respect more than Bruce Lee, who never took the risks with his art form that they did.. Bruce Lee was just an actor, and doesn't deserve the recognittion he gets

Esta más chido el box

imagine if he was around now and had done thai fighting(To use knees annd elbows) and wrestling/BBJ, he would have been a Wrecking machine

He was offered Chuck Noriss part in the movie Way of the Dragon, He refused. Big Mistake.

He couldn't handle the Hollywood bullshit

At his core, Joe was a fighter, not an actor, that's why he returned to the ring at almost 40 years of age.Joe cited a number of reasons why he didn't take Bruce' s offer for Way of the Dragon, but he pioneered full contact. karate and was voted the greatest karate fighter of all time.pretty hard to top that.

From what I read,Joe's films did marginally well but I think he didn't have the artistic direction & control of the films he wanted to do.i read also Joe wasnt one to take direction well but he admitted the biggest mistake film wise is when he turned down the role of Colt,in Return of the Dragon with Bruce Lee,which Chuck Norris being cast instead.but in my opinion,Joe was a great film star too,being boyishly handsome,granite build,extreme presence& talented.R.I.P J ok e Lewis.

www.amazon.com/Lewis-Weight-Training-Martial-Arts-D/dp/B0007UZN6O

blackbeltmag.com/arts/japanese-arts/joe-lewis-okinawan-karate-roots

I know just what he told us in his seminar. He lifted a lot of weights over many years, and he concentrated a lot on his back muscles. He attributed his great punching power to the development of those muscles. Almost forgot, he liked pull ups, especially with "A FRAME"angled grip. I do not remember much discussion of cardio but he had a lot of footwork drills and said mobility was the greatest weakness he saw in black belts at his training sessions.

Joe had. a tremendous ability to dissect an opponent, and his speed( the sidekick), was too powerful for most if his opponents.It was stated, however , after he started training with Bruce, he was practiclly unbeatable.

Absolute. Joe Lewis is considered a legend among many other things because he was the first western martial artist to lace up some gloves and put his martial arts cross training to the full-contact test. As far as I'm concerned he's the father or at least grandfather of modern MMA.