Hit the headlines in 1998 when he fought off a gang of eight muggers
single-handed. The 70-year-old former bodybuilder and Italian epic star
was getting off a bus in Cape Town, South Africa when the gang struck
with baseball bats and knives. 6 ft 2 ins Joe poleaxed two with flying
kicks, karate-chopped another in the chest and broke the arm of a
fourth. The rest fled!
