[Ian Lord]

Taken from The San Francisco Sun, dated December 26th, 2006.

It's the age old question, who would win between a good boxer and a good wrestler?
That question was to be answered here at the Bill Graham Civic Center on Saturday night, when top amatuer wrestler, Dan 'The Beast' Severn, signed to fight boxer Aaron 'The Hawk' Pryor.
However, Pryor, who is due to make his GBA boxing debut next month, was pulled by his handlers at the last minute. They claimed they didn't know what the fight entailed when signing for it, originally thinking it was to be an exhibition. They wasn't prepared to risk injury to their man, so Pryor was pulled.
The fight looked to be in jeopardy until at the last minute local martial artist Bruce 'The Dragon' Lee stepped forward to save the day, claiming that his fighting concept, which he has named 'Jeet Kune Do', can beat any man, regardless of size. And a difference in size there was, as during the pre-fight instructions Severn dwarfed his opponent. It didn't seem to bother Lee one iota.
The bell sounded to begin the contest, and both fighters circled one another, weighing each other up. Then the fleet flooted Lee made his move, darting in to try and hit his foe. However, the Coldwater, Michigan native caught Lee and slammed him onto the canvas, where he proceded to give him a few good, hard slaps to the face, before Lee managed to regain his feet.
However, he was soon back on the deck, with Severn using one of his Greco-Roman takedowns. He immediately punched and slapped 'The Little Dragon', before applying a choke hold and forcing Lee to tap out at the ten minute mark.
So, on this night, the wrestler was the better man, although it would be interesting to see Dan Severn in against someone more his own size. A dissapointed Bruce Lee was positive in defeat, stating that he would like to learn grappling, and add it to his repertoire.