I was 5’11” and 180....could curl my own weight, bench twice my weight and was very fast...also had enough martial arts training to have an edge...but I wasn’t the front man...I would hang back with the crowd if something was developing and if it came to actual fighting, I tried to pop in from behind, put an arm around their neck and grab their manhood hard enough to make them “Tiptoe through the tulips” as 2-3 of us escorted them out the door. Had a few hairy scenes but we also had some big and capable bouncers...one had been a Point Man for 3 tours...a guy pulled a knife on him and spent 2 months in the hospital...
I went in USN at 5’9” 120 at 17 and got out 8 years later at 6’ 140 or so...STAYED in 140-150 range for 25 yrs until 1990, quit smoking and drinking 1991 and ALL that weight I was ‘unable’ to carry found a place....
Went to Virginia State Police in 64 or 65 and they laughed and told me to put some meat on my bones...Weight distributed evenly etc...
They try that crap today and I would probably be able to ‘own’ them...IF they were to use the same language and demeanor to tell me I wasn’t ‘worthy’ to join their ranks... <: <: <: