In 1968, I fought and won the world middleweight karate championship by defeating the world's top fighters. I then held that title until 1974, when I retired undefeated.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
From 1964 to 1968, I won many state, national and international amateur karate titles.
In 1973 I became heavyweight champion of the world with 38 victories, no defeats as a professional. You get to a point where you think you cannot lose. I felt like I had the greatest power with my fists, I was the strongest man in the world.
I did karate for years and years and years.
I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college.
I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.
I wanted to prove I was the best fighter in the world.
I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up.
I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.
If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one.
When I was 15 years old, I left school and became a professional boxer.
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