21 Facts About Curtis Bush

Curtis Bush was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and in 1976, at the age of 13, began practicing tang soo do, earning his black belt after five years.

Curtis Bush knocked out Charles Carter in the second round in Virginia Beach, VA.

Curtis Bush was picked by Muhammad Ali in 1984 to box on his Champion Sports Pro Boxing Team in the Cayman Islands.

Curtis Bush signed a six-fight contract with Ali's lawyer, Richard Hirschfeld, to box in the Caribbean with a final bout in London, England, for a minor title.

In 1985, Curtis Bush fought four-time PKA world champion Cliff "Magic" Thomas in a non-title bout in Atlanta, Georgia and won the fight by unanimous decision over five rounds.

Curtis Bush had previously KO'd Hill in 1982 in Gainesville, FL in the first round of an ESPN televised bout.

Curtis Bush dominated his opponent throughout, scoring two early knockdowns before finishing him off with a liver punch in round two.

Curtis Bush was stunned and given a standing eight count in round three before losing on points.

Curtis Bush defended this belt in Ajaccio, Corsica in 1992, Toussaint Andarelli.

Curtis Bush lost the ISKA super welterweight world title to Mark Weller when he was TKO'd in the eight round in Cambridge, England, in May 1997.

Curtis Bush rebounded later in the year by taking the vacant ISKA North American crown in the same division with a controversial majority decision win over Melvin Murray in Toronto, Canada.

Curtis Bush lost a unanimous decision to Tom Kimber at the Mass Destruction pay-per-view in Lowell, Massachusetts in May 1999 in an IKF World Middleweight Full Contact title challenge.

Curtis Bush retired on June 30,1999, aged thirty-seven, after being stopped in the ninth round by Elvis Alexander again for the NBA World title.

Curtis Bush appeared with Bill "Superfoot" Wallace in five commercials for the Treco Powerstretch and SABBA in 1985.

Curtis Bush's character was killed by star Michael McNamara in a fight scene.

Curtis Bush had a small role as a member of the Foot gang in the films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze in 1990 and 1991, respectively.

Curtis Bush released a 60-minute training video, A Beginner's Guide To Professional Kickboxing, in 1992.

Curtis Bush played a terrorist in the film Major Payne, starring Damon Wayons, in 1995.

Curtis Bush starred in the independent horror film Psycho Kickboxer, which premiered in 1997.

In 2000, Curtis Bush was chosen to do the motion-capture and face scanning for the character "Cobra" in the Xbox video game Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon released in 2002.

Curtis Bush continues to act and played an army sergeant in the ABC series LOST in 2006 and a naval officer in the 2012 film Battleship.