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William "Ironbill" Acosta possibly one of the most interesting Martail Arts fighter ever to come out of New York City. Born in a small town in Puerto Rico but rasied in Brooklyn New York Young William started his Martial Arts training at Ten years of age under the watchful eye of Grand Master Shihan-Dai Rai-Noh of the Ketsu-Rai system of Martial Arts. Master Rai-Noh immediately notice something very different about young William in that was he was not affaid to fight. William also loved competition William would often say " competition keeps you on your toes, keeps you sharp". William earned his black belt in three years making him the youngest first degree black belt in the Kestu-Rai system. William was also the first American Martial Arts fighter in the Eastcost to fight and defeat the Muay-Thai boxing champion from Thailand by way of knockout in the 8th round in New York City's Chinatown. Master Rai-Noh saw in William a powerful ability to over come anything and win. However, Master Rai-Noh was also concern that William's lack of fear and hunger for competition might prove dangerous in the far furture. William Acosta went on to become a true Martial Arts Champion with an impressive record of 60 wins, No loses, 57 by way of knockouts. William also was undefeated in The Kestu-Rai bare fisted knock down Martial Arts tournaments. William Acosta was known for his fury, fighting spirit, power and speed. William was also known for his ability to take a hit. Indeed not only could he pack punch but he take one as well. There were no weight classes back then so William fought any and everyone no matter how big, heavy, tall, small, powerful, strong, fast he did not care he would fight them all and win by knockouts. William was better at fighting taller, larger opponents. They would make the fatel mistake of letting William get close as a result with his fantistic speed and power he would crush, smash and destroy anything within reach. Darrly Washington a young fighter from St. Louis who stood at 6 ft 6 inchs tall and weighted in at 265lbs learned first hand what that meant when he fought William. Washington was a great fighter who's stick and move style got him on the "Top Ten" list of fighters in St. Louis. But Washington was not in the comfort of his hometown of St. Louis he was in New York City facing a human Pitbull with the power of a large grizzy bear and the speed of corbra. Darrly Washington knew from the first round that he was facing a very dangerous opponent with powerful and lightning fast hands so Washington performed his stick and move method for 10 rounds and was winning the fight. Washington was way ahead on all the score cards all he had to do was stay away from William for three minutes of the last round, the 10th round, and he would have won, but with only 15 seconds left in the final round Darrly Washington, for some unknown reason stopped moving and let William Acosta get inside. The results William Acosta crushed, smashed and destroyed Darrly Washington's ribcage and jaw knocking out cold to win the fight. Darrly Washington only responce to that night was " you can't let that anaimal get too close to you he has total disreguard for life he's not out to win he's out to kill" William Acosta's next opponent was the opposite. Jerome King from Jamica known as Jerome "The Jamican" King was a power hitter who never backed down or moved around but stood in the center of the ring exchanging shots with all his opponents knocking them out in the first three rounds. The experts were saying " these are two guys that can really throw punches this thing can end at any moment" They were right. King stood at 6ft 3inchs tall weighting in at 250 lbs. William Acosta was 5ft, 7inchs tall at 175 lbs. The fight lasted only two rounds with both fighters in center of the ring exchanging powerful hard hitting, bone crushing shots at each others head and bodies. In the 2nd round William hit Jerome with a right hook right on the jaw knocking down and out. Jerome was very strong in that William destroyed Jerome's ribcage in the 1st round which punctured his lungs and despite that Jerome kept fighting However with the ribcage smashed and the lungs punctured it was differcult for Jerome to breath. William nailed Jerome on the jaw it was all over for The Jamican King. William himself stated that he has never fought anyone as strong as Jerome and like wise Jerome stated he has never been hit as hard as William hits. William was nicked named "Ironbill" shorty after that. The name William "Ironbill" Acosta was his and his alone. William "Ironbill" Acosta retired and moved to Philadelphia living the quiet life in the suburbs. William Acosta once stated why he was so successful in combat He would say "in order for a man to beat me he is going to have to kill me and to do that he has to stand toe to toe right in front of me and to do that he has to be willing to die himself" Apparently they were not willing to die. There is a report that William "Ironbill" Acosta has been diagnosted with Parkinson and was qouted saying "Yes I do have Parkinson However I have Parkinson Parkinson does not have me" And He went on to say "I used to fight for fun, fame, fortune, but now I fight for my life and this opponent who is going toe to toe with is willing to die" Grand Master Shihan Dai Rai-Noh who has long since passed away was right the price for the lack of fear can be very costly. We prey and wish William Acosta God speed and blessing.