There are lies, damn lies, and more lies....
but no statistics here. Well, maybe one or two. The movie "Bloodsport" is on my mind this morning. Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of its release date. It is a very good film in terms of the fight sequences and action. But it appears to me that the claims of the man whose "story" is suppoedly being told are specious. There was an L.A. Times article published not long after the movie opened. There is a book called "Stolen Valor" that provides supposed evidence to back its claims that he is a fraud.
But it is in the records that he claims to hold that are on display at the end of the movie, that truly call his boasts into question. Here they are:
From 1975 to 1980 Frank W. Dux fought 329 matches.
He retired undefeated as the World Heavy Weight
Full Contact Kumite Champion.
Mr. Dux still holds four world records:
Fastest Knockout - 3.2 seconds
Fastest Punch with a Knockout - .12 seconds
Fastest Kick with a Knockout - 72 mph
Most Consecutive Knockouts in a Single Tournament - 56
So someone was timing these fights that took place in the 1970s with a stopwatch that measured tenths of a second, during the 1970s, while the fights were being held in secret? Excuse me, hundredths of a second. And there were radar guns all around the ring to measure the speed of every kick? How else would anyone know the specific speed of a specific kick? Radar guns in those days barely recorded speeding vehicles.
Then there is the one statistical issue I alluded to earlier. 56 consecutive knockouts in a single tournament. Well, unless these tournaments involved every fighter fighting every other fighter at least once, just imagine how big a tournament would have to be in order to go 56 rounds? Single elimination would require over 36 quintillion fighters. Double elimination half that.
Even if every fighter fought every other fighter, 56 bouts would mean at least 28 matches per day over nearly two months of fighting seven days per week. If you forced these fighters to fight two full-contact matches daily it would still take nearly a month of daily punishment. Not to mention that 56 daily fights that were three rounds of three minutes each, with one minute between rounds would take 56 times 13 mintes (allowing one minute to get the fighters in and out of the ring between bouts) or over 11 hours daily. And that's pushing the limits of the possible.
To quote Bugs Bunny, it just don't add up.
Other items I'm pondering on a morning where I have to get out the door by 7:30 in order to be on-time for a doctor's appointment include:
Does anyone really care what specific kind of cancer killed Dr. Jerry Buss? I sure don't. I'm just saddened by his passing.
How is it that a 2% reduction in federal spending will bring the entire nation to a halt and cause major damage to the economy?
Do you think we could persuade North Korea to just keep Dennis Rodman and not allow him to come back to the U.S.?
When will they rename "Dancing With the Stars" to take out the word "stars"? One look at the next incarnation's line-up calls the use of that term into serious question.
Will the Weinstein Company ever allow Jennifer Lawrence to be cast in one of their films after she forgot to thank Harvey Weinstein in her Oscar acceptance speech? Speaking of Lawrence, you can own some of her wardrobe from the movie that garnered her an Oscar, if you want to bid on it at auction.
Do most people know that Hillary Swank forgot to thank her husband when she won her first Oscar, but did remember to thank her psychotherapist?
Will the world survive the spread of Honey Boo Boo outside the U.S.? She's apparently a big hit in Poland and now her show will begin airing in Italy.
Can someone please tell Israel to stop demanding the release of Jonathan Pollard from prison? He committed espionage against the U.S. It doesn't matter that it was done on behalf of an nation with close ties to the U.S. I bet Israel wouldn't be releasing any U.S. spies that delivered Israel's secrets to the CIA.
Calling 911 to order a cheeseburger is not bright. Doing it nine times in 90 minutes is the height of stupidity.
Sugardaddie.com and Seekingarrangement.com both hook up wealthy men with women willing to "date" them in return for "gifts". What's really striking is that college women make up 44% of those looking for a Sugar Daddy on Seekingarrangement.com. Reminds me of the guy who asked a woman at a party if she'd sleep with him for $1 million. She said "of course". Then he said "how about for $100" to which she replied, "of course not. Do you think I'm a prostitute or something" to which he responded "we've already established that. Now we're just haggling over price."
Speaking of sugar, a tragedy occured when a man working at a processing plant died when he fell into a vat of sugar.
Do people really get into watching darts on television?
This Date in History:
On this date in 425, the University of Constantinople is founded.
On this date in 1594, King Henry IV is crowned King of France.
On this date in 1801, Washington D.C. is put under the control of the Congress.
On this date in 1860, Abraham Lincoln makes one of the key speeches of his 1860 election campaign.
On this date in 1900, the British Labour Party is formed.
On this date in 1940, Carbon-14 is discovered.
On this date in 1964, Italy asked for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from falling over.
On this date in 1973, the American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, SD.
On this date in 1991, President Bush announced that "Kuwait is liberated".
Famous Folk born on this date:
Emperor Constantine the Great
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hugo Black
William Demarest
Gene Sarazen
John Connally
Joanne Woodward
Elizabeth Taylor
Ralph Nader
Roger Mahony
Barbara Babcock
Howard Hesseman
Neal Schon
James Worthy
Noah Emmerich
Chelsea Clinton
But it is in the records that he claims to hold that are on display at the end of the movie, that truly call his boasts into question. Here they are:
From 1975 to 1980 Frank W. Dux fought 329 matches.
He retired undefeated as the World Heavy Weight
Full Contact Kumite Champion.
Mr. Dux still holds four world records:
Fastest Knockout - 3.2 seconds
Fastest Punch with a Knockout - .12 seconds
Fastest Kick with a Knockout - 72 mph
Most Consecutive Knockouts in a Single Tournament - 56
So someone was timing these fights that took place in the 1970s with a stopwatch that measured tenths of a second, during the 1970s, while the fights were being held in secret? Excuse me, hundredths of a second. And there were radar guns all around the ring to measure the speed of every kick? How else would anyone know the specific speed of a specific kick? Radar guns in those days barely recorded speeding vehicles.
Then there is the one statistical issue I alluded to earlier. 56 consecutive knockouts in a single tournament. Well, unless these tournaments involved every fighter fighting every other fighter at least once, just imagine how big a tournament would have to be in order to go 56 rounds? Single elimination would require over 36 quintillion fighters. Double elimination half that.
Even if every fighter fought every other fighter, 56 bouts would mean at least 28 matches per day over nearly two months of fighting seven days per week. If you forced these fighters to fight two full-contact matches daily it would still take nearly a month of daily punishment. Not to mention that 56 daily fights that were three rounds of three minutes each, with one minute between rounds would take 56 times 13 mintes (allowing one minute to get the fighters in and out of the ring between bouts) or over 11 hours daily. And that's pushing the limits of the possible.
To quote Bugs Bunny, it just don't add up.
Other items I'm pondering on a morning where I have to get out the door by 7:30 in order to be on-time for a doctor's appointment include:
Does anyone really care what specific kind of cancer killed Dr. Jerry Buss? I sure don't. I'm just saddened by his passing.
How is it that a 2% reduction in federal spending will bring the entire nation to a halt and cause major damage to the economy?
Do you think we could persuade North Korea to just keep Dennis Rodman and not allow him to come back to the U.S.?
When will they rename "Dancing With the Stars" to take out the word "stars"? One look at the next incarnation's line-up calls the use of that term into serious question.
Will the Weinstein Company ever allow Jennifer Lawrence to be cast in one of their films after she forgot to thank Harvey Weinstein in her Oscar acceptance speech? Speaking of Lawrence, you can own some of her wardrobe from the movie that garnered her an Oscar, if you want to bid on it at auction.
Do most people know that Hillary Swank forgot to thank her husband when she won her first Oscar, but did remember to thank her psychotherapist?
Will the world survive the spread of Honey Boo Boo outside the U.S.? She's apparently a big hit in Poland and now her show will begin airing in Italy.
Can someone please tell Israel to stop demanding the release of Jonathan Pollard from prison? He committed espionage against the U.S. It doesn't matter that it was done on behalf of an nation with close ties to the U.S. I bet Israel wouldn't be releasing any U.S. spies that delivered Israel's secrets to the CIA.
Calling 911 to order a cheeseburger is not bright. Doing it nine times in 90 minutes is the height of stupidity.
Sugardaddie.com and Seekingarrangement.com both hook up wealthy men with women willing to "date" them in return for "gifts". What's really striking is that college women make up 44% of those looking for a Sugar Daddy on Seekingarrangement.com. Reminds me of the guy who asked a woman at a party if she'd sleep with him for $1 million. She said "of course". Then he said "how about for $100" to which she replied, "of course not. Do you think I'm a prostitute or something" to which he responded "we've already established that. Now we're just haggling over price."
Speaking of sugar, a tragedy occured when a man working at a processing plant died when he fell into a vat of sugar.
Do people really get into watching darts on television?
This Date in History:
On this date in 425, the University of Constantinople is founded.
On this date in 1594, King Henry IV is crowned King of France.
On this date in 1801, Washington D.C. is put under the control of the Congress.
On this date in 1860, Abraham Lincoln makes one of the key speeches of his 1860 election campaign.
On this date in 1900, the British Labour Party is formed.
On this date in 1940, Carbon-14 is discovered.
On this date in 1964, Italy asked for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from falling over.
On this date in 1973, the American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, SD.
On this date in 1991, President Bush announced that "Kuwait is liberated".
Famous Folk born on this date:
Emperor Constantine the Great
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hugo Black
William Demarest
Gene Sarazen
John Connally
Joanne Woodward
Elizabeth Taylor
Ralph Nader
Roger Mahony
Barbara Babcock
Howard Hesseman
Neal Schon
James Worthy
Noah Emmerich
Chelsea Clinton
posted by me at 5:57 AM
<< Home