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This is picture of Jack Dutcher / Chuck Norris / Harvey Hastings
The First East Coast Professional Karate Championships Tournament was held in Ocean City, Md. June 1973. Harvey Hastings won the heavyweight kickboxing title in a fight against John Dutcher. There were eight of the Top Ten, as ranked by Professional Karate Magazine, in attendance: Joe Lewis, Bill Wallace, Skipper Mullins, Jeff Smith, Howard Jackson, Glenn Keeney, Fred Wren, Darnell Garcia.
Chuck Norris was the Chief Referee for the Harvey Hastings / John Dutcher championship fight. John Dutcher who was the undefeated Tae Gun Champion claimed he had never been knocked off his feet. That was before he met Harvey.
Harvey was a hell of a fighter and packed a mule kick for a right hand...
ReplyDeleteAnybody recognize the ref it's Chuck Norris Harvey is on the right.
ReplyDeleteJoe, Where did you find this info? Little more interesting history. Harvey was friends with the largest developer ever in Ocean City, James Caine, who was also a black belt and helped start the local karate club still in Parsonsburg, now owned by Dennis Lockwood, formally owned and run by instructor, 10 degree black belt Tom Lewis. Harvey was most recently known for the ownership of the "Harbour Club" riverfront bar in Mt. Vernon, where you NEVER wanted to get out of line!
ReplyDeleteA lot of hard heads went into the Harbor club drunk and disorderly and soon found religion.
ReplyDeleteHarvey was also a great trainer as he trained several world champions Steve Sheppard & Jerry Rhome to name a couple I was fortunate enough to have participated in some of his seminars with his students all of which had a winners mentality .
ReplyDeleteSure does bring back a lot of memories. I took karate from Tommy
ReplyDeleteLewis in the basement of the old Delamrva Convention Center back in the seventies.
Here is a compilation of photos from dads fighting history. Enjoy.
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Hey tedh ever spar with the old man ?
ReplyDeleteYes more than once. I ran more than I fought. I seen him pick grown men up a make them look like a rag doll so I played it careful.
ReplyDeleteI went to classes for many years at the Dojo (barn) in Walston Switch.
ReplyDeleteHarvey was already a legend among us in Isshin-Ryu. That son of a gun's punch came from nowhere and was so short it was hard to believe it was so powerful. THEN just as you wondered what the hell hit you he'd kick you with that durn concrete leg of his !!
Then there is the other brother, Eric the Hammer Hastings also known as,Hurricane Hastings. or Hastings the Hacker. Now he works for HBO Eric the Cable Guy.
ReplyDeleteThe only nick name I remember was the one Dad called me " The canvas back kid " Because every time he landed that painful right cross that's where I ended up on the canvas .lol
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ReplyDeleteCaptain Obvious strikes again! I guess you missed the names under the pic.
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ReplyDeleteCaptain Obvious strikes again! I guess you missed the names under the pic.
Captain double take fat finger strikes again.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember the very nice, but small restaurant that Harvey and a partner had on S Salisbury Blvd next to English Grill? I cannot remember the name of the place. Did not last long but was very elegant. Harvey also had a nice real estate company. jackkcharl@aol.com
ReplyDelete"Harbour Club" Wish it would reopen had many great times there.
ReplyDeleteIt was called the Ambrie not sure about the spelling but it was a nice place and behind that he had Bogart's. So you had those two plus the Flying club in a two block radius those were the days.
ReplyDeleteThank you, 5:13, you are right but, like you, not sure of the spelling. Bogarts was opened by Dean French and Mort Orutsky (?) and that did not flourish either. Only Frank Hanna's (later Henry Hanna) had much success. I remember Tommy Lewis as a neighbor on Liberty St eons ago. Good memories jackkcharl@aol.com
ReplyDeleteDad had a hand in Bogarts with the Bogie's blues room. That was a great time.
ReplyDeleteAnd Harvey could blow a mean blues harp, too.
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to Jack Dutcher anyway? He was a real bad news at one time but never was in the shape he should have been in when fighting. I think he would've easily been a force to be reckoned with if he had competed more and stayed in good shape. A tough former Marine.
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