Branden Manuel Bousum

From The Great Outdoor Fight

"Goddamn Bastard" Bousum, 1967 Champion

Branden Manuel Bousum, or "Goddamn Bastard" Bousum as he was known, was one of the dirtiest Fighters ever to win the Great Outdoor Fight, using devastating personal taunts (he was a private detective, and put those skills to good use when digging dirt on fellow Fighters), psychological tricks, sly moves, and sneaky takedowns, although he did it with such style (and sheer arrogant bombast) that no-one begrudged him his victory. No-one, that is, except for Rude Boy Willocks, his deadly rival throughout both men's Fight career.

The rivalry between the two actually culminated in the 1967 Day-Long Duel, where by the morning of the third day, only Bousum and Willocks remained standing, and the two fought it out in a gruelling and brutal all-day battle which only finished when Bousum pinned down Willocks and broke both of his legs. Taken out of the Fight, an angry Willocks shouted out: "You're a goddamn bastard, man, and don't you forget it none."

Bousum replied in kind: "You damn right I'm a bastard, Rude Boy! I'm the dirtiest, meanest, sneakiest, fast-talkinest, cunningest, smartest, low-down goddamn bastard that you'll ever know, and you'll rue the day you messed with me! I'm Goddamn Bastard Bousum, and don't you forget it."

Bousum retired from the Fight after that, "so that that asshole doesn't ever get the pleasure of taking me out to become Champion like I did to him."