Did you know Doc Johnson, the guy who wrote the first English dictionary, was a fierce boxer? His uncle was an accomplished boxer in his own right and taught him as a kid. The word ‘box’ comes from the fact that the closed fist is a box made from the fingers, but boxing back then wasn’t just punching with the closed fist. Modern boxing is the result of rich, spoiled aristocrats not wanting to get their faces wrecked while getting in on that sweet science action. So back then, there was kicking, clubbing (hammering with the bottom of the fist), sweeps, and throws.
He was tall in an age of malnourished and tiny men, rotund, and muscular, so imagine a bear that knows karate. I read that one time Johnson was walking home from a tavern and was jumped by 4 muggers. He beat them so badly that when the constables showed up, they tried to arrest Johnson until they figured out who had attacked whom.
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