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Originally Posted by Thai Bri
I don't believe that Geoff Thompson had 300 "fights" and won them all. He's probably knocked out loads of drunks, and probably had lots of fights too. If he has had 300 "fights" then he must have been a Grade A Arse-hole in his bouncing days. I think much of it is down to having a book to sell......
The martial arts are full of claims that get ridiculously magnified - that's how legends are made in the first place.
I remember a post one the old GT forum where a certain camoflagued tactical cap wearing military wannabe was extolling the skills of Terry O'Neil. He went on about how Terry could take loads of people out at once using classic Karate kicks to the head etc. Now I've never met Terry O'Neil, and I certainly would not want to fight him. But I reckon the claims that his camoflagued mate were making were massively exaggerated.
As regards the Cammo Clown himself he said words to the effect of "I didn't rely on high kicks much myself... I only got about 40 knockouts with them......" What a day dreaming bullshitting nonsense spouting buffoon.
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Bri,
You know as much as I know, neither of us were there. However in my brief tenure on the door it was not unusual for trouble to kick of 5 or 6 times in a night. If you work 5 nights a week for 11 years, its really not that hard for me to believe in 300 fights. I can't vouch for Mr Thompson's attitude on the door, but his attitude on the occasions I have met him has been superb.
As for Terry O'Neil, no - you wouldn't want to fight him. Yes, he has taken people out with high kicks, I'm not saying they were classical Karate kicks, they were Terry O'Neil kicks - and THAT is the difference. I say again, these people are one-offs.
As for the cammo guy, yeah you are probably right.