What I am curious about whether he ever fought another man, with apologies to all of us men. There was another tale about when he hit on another mans wife and the man threatened to beat him to death, he ran like a whipped dog.
In fact played no sports in any school.
How about the time he hurt his knee by claiming he tripped over his own feet? It is well-known in women's self-defense that to disable an attacker quickly, kick him on the knee, particularly if you have to fight on the ground.
My theory--and it is only a theory--is that he groped the wrong woman and she really let him have it. I'd have given him a black eye--just to see how he'd spin that one.