Happy Birthday Joe Lewis!

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Happy Birthday Joe Lewis! If he was still with us today he’d be 70-years old, sadly he passed away on August 31st 2012.

He was a champion kickboxer, point karate fighter, as well as an actor and trained privately with Bruce Lee.

As a fighter Lewis gained fame for his fights in the 1960s and 1970s; he became the undefeated United States Heavyweight Kickboxing champion in 1971 with a perfect 10-0, 10 KO’s. He is one of only five men to defeat legendary Chuck Norris.

Film wise his notable roles were in Jaguar Lives! (1979) and Force: Five (1981).

Jaguar Lives! trailer:

Force: Five trailer:

Want to see some gripping strength? Joe appeared in this short video with Silvio Simac demonstrating incredible gripping prowess!

We found a couple of short interviews on YouTube he gave not too long ago which make for interesting viewing:

Part 1

Part 2

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Elliot Richards

Elliot is KFK's Web Content Editor, writer and lover of all kinds of movies, including martial arts ones. Favourites include The Prodigal Son, Magnificent Butcher, The Victim, Legend of a Fighter and the Ip Man movies with Donnie Yen.