

Hawaii series, and he deserved that honor. In 1969 he was voted the top competitor on the mainland team in the Mainland vs. He was a very good counter puncher, a good technician and a good all-around karate fighter. He was a winner, and when he beat you, you knew he'd won. Mike Stone's fights weren't pretty, from what I understand. His attitude was, “If we're going to fight, we're going to fight hard." He was mean and aggressive, and the word “lose" was not in his vocabulary. I never saw Stone fight I'm just going by what other people have told me. I saw Chuck Norris fight several times, and if he's not No.
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I saw him on TV doing jump spinning back kicks and different combinations, and he was my hero then. When I started in karate in 1966, Norris was the epitome of the karate man. In my estimation, he was probably the best because he was always in great physical condition, he was strong and powerful, he didn't mind getting hit and he liked to hit you. Joe Lewis was very quick, and he knew where to hit you. I sparred with him several times and learned a lot, but I didn't enjoy it - it hurt! I picked him because I have never met anybody who said he enjoyed sparring with Joe Lewis. 1 on my list of the top 10 karate fighters was Joe Lewis. Here's my list again - for the benefit of all the martial artists who never saw it when it ran and for those who are too young to have lived through those early years of martial arts in America. In the early 1980s, I was asked to name the top 10 karate fighters of the 20th century.
