JUDO VS BOXING

'...I said, “Why me? I’m not known as a karate or kenpo guy.” They said, “Yeah, but you’re the most sadistic bastard we know.”'

A challenge issued, a mixed-rules bout, a last-minute opponent switch and a $1,000 purse... Thirty years before Royce Gracie ever stepped into the octagon. 

Better to let "Judo" Gene LeBell tell it in his own words, as he did in this interview with Black Belt magazine from April, 2014.

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