Who would have won a fight between Bruce Lee and Mike Tyson ?

[the other mike]

you ever see Tyson’s neck? A nuclear missile couldn’t break it.

His workouts would have killed most people.

 

[Unkotare]

.... .he would absolutely destroy Tyson.

You don't know that.

dude ive been punched and ive been kicked !! Trust me when i say a full out kick to the ribs or the head from a Kung Fu master and street fighter like Lee would be worse than any punch any boxer would land .

When you spout fanboy nonsense like that, I have to conclude you have never been in any kind of fight in your life, let alone against an experienced boxer or practitioner of wushu. Put the comic books down and relax a bit.

 

[Unkotare]

you ever see Tyson’s neck? A nuclear missile couldn’t break it.

His workouts would have killed most people.

"Killed"? Really? A little hyperbole?

 

[yidnar]

Each in their prime, in a real-life fight with no gloves or weapons.

All due respect to Bruce Lee, I think Mike Tyson would have killed him.

The promoters and whatever TV network got to carry it.

People would pay big money to watch Bruce tear up Mike.

I would have no interest in watching Tyson carry Bruce Lee to try to create suspense and the finally Knock him out just like mayweather did with McGregor. Actually I think wouldn’t even do that. He would just kill him off the bat. Either way no interest in seeing it. Now John Jones I believe would have been able to defeat Tyson soundly, even though he’d been giving up significant weight

Bruce Lees kicks were far more powerful than a punch thrown by any boxer ..one lightening fast kick to Tysons head would have broken his neck ..in a boxing match Tyson would win in a street fight Lee would destroy him .

you ever see Tyson’s neck? A nuclear missile couldn’t break it.

oh im not saying Tyson couldnt take a punch from Lee ....but the legs are much much more powerful than the arms !! and Lee was a well conditioned athlete !! Tyson could not withstand an unprotected kick to the skull from Lee and continue to fight broken neck or not !! remember Buster Douglas knocked him out ..now you can say that Tyson wasnt ready for that fight and i would say you are right but in shape or out his chin would be the same ..and Trust me Lees kick would be easily several times more powerful than Douglas's punch .

 

[Unkotare]

... ..and Trust me Lees kick would be easily several times more powerful than Douglas's punch .

Trust you? Why?

 

[yidnar]

.... .he would absolutely destroy Tyson.

You don't know that.

dude ive been punched and ive been kicked !! Trust me when i say a full out kick to the ribs or the head from a Kung Fu master and street fighter like Lee would be worse than any punch any boxer would land .

When you spout fanboy nonsense like that, I have to conclude you have never been in any kind of fight in your life, let alone against an experienced boxer or practitioner of wushu. Put the comic books down and relax a bit.

bwaaa haaaa haaaaaa im not a martial arts expert but ive been in a lot of fights ..won some lost some .

 

[yidnar]

... ..and Trust me Lees kick would be easily several times more powerful than Douglas's punch .

Trust you? Why?

are you trying to say that Buster Douglas punches harder than Lee kicks.

 

[rightwinger]

... ..and Trust me Lees kick would be easily several times more powerful than Douglas's punch .

Trust you? Why?

are you trying to say that Buster Douglas punches harder than Lee kicks.

You got to land the kick

Douglas weighed about 230, Lee 150
Buster could protect himself and would eventually land punches

 

[Rocko]

Each in their prime, in a real-life fight with no gloves or weapons.

All due respect to Bruce Lee, I think Mike Tyson would have killed him.

The promoters and whatever TV network got to carry it.

People would pay big money to watch Bruce tear up Mike.

I would have no interest in watching Tyson carry Bruce Lee to try to create suspense and the finally Knock him out just like mayweather did with McGregor. Actually I think wouldn’t even do that. He would just kill him off the bat. Either way no interest in seeing it. Now John Jones I believe would have been able to defeat Tyson soundly, even though he’d been giving up significant weight

Bruce Lees kicks were far more powerful than a punch thrown by any boxer ..one lightening fast kick to Tysons head would have broken his neck ..in a boxing match Tyson would win in a street fight Lee would destroy him .

you ever see Tyson’s neck? A nuclear missile couldn’t break it.

oh im not saying Tyson couldnt take a punch from Lee ....but the legs are much much more powerful than the arms !! and Lee was a well conditioned athlete !! Tyson could not withstand an unprotected kick to the skull from Lee and continue to fight broken neck or not !! remember Buster Douglas knocked him out ..now you can say that Tyson wasnt ready for that fight and i would say you are right but in shape or out his chin would be the same ..and Trust me Lees kick would be easily several times more powerful than Douglas's punch .

Tyson’s punch with boxing gloves > Bruce Lee’s kicks

 

[rightwinger]

Other than movies

Did Bruce Lee ever fight anyone?

 

[yidnar]

... ..and Trust me Lees kick would be easily several times more powerful than Douglas's punch .

Trust you? Why?

are you trying to say that Buster Douglas punches harder than Lee kicks.

You got to land the kick

Douglas weighed about 230, Lee 150
Buster could protect himself and would eventually land punches

remember we're talking about a street fight ... are you saying Lee couldnt land a kick to the body or groin ?? now of course if a boxer landed a punch on Lee he would hurt him . but they wouldnt get close enough to punch him ..and if you think bare forearms can just absorb Lees kicks without knocking you on your ass you are wrong.

 

[yidnar]

Other than movies

Did Bruce Lee ever fight anyone?

oh yes .. he was in several street fights in his youth ..his style of Kung Fu was developed for street fighting .

 

[G.T.]

Tyson.

Lee had the skills to overcome a size difference against a REGULAR man...but he was just too little for someone like Tyson in his prime.

Also Tyson was no slouch on speed or footwork. His footwork was actually quite remarkable.

We are not talking the Flash versus a Turtle.

We sre talking a tiny man with know how versus a big man with only slightly less know how.

 

[Rocko]

... ..and Trust me Lees kick would be easily several times more powerful than Douglas's punch .

Trust you? Why?

are you trying to say that Buster Douglas punches harder than Lee kicks.

You got to land the kick

Douglas weighed about 230, Lee 150
Buster could protect himself and would eventually land punches

Tyson is not going to square up to Lee and make himself a stationary target for one of Lee’s kicks. Tyson is going to go inside and maul Lee. Boxing is a FIGHTING sport. The idea that Tyson wouldn’t know what to do in a street fight against a karate expert is laughable

 

[rightwinger]

... ..and Trust me Lees kick would be easily several times more powerful than Douglas's punch .

Trust you? Why?

are you trying to say that Buster Douglas punches harder than Lee kicks.

You got to land the kick

Douglas weighed about 230, Lee 150
Buster could protect himself and would eventually land punches

remember we're talking about a street fight ... are you saying Lee couldnt land a kick to the body or groin ?? now of course if a boxer landed a punch on Lee he would hurt him . but they wouldnt get close enough to punch him ..and if you think bare forearms can just absorb Lees kicks without knocking you on your ass you are wrong.

Mike Tyson grew up street fighting
Bruce Lee didn’t

 

[Rocko]

Other than movies

Did Bruce Lee ever fight anyone?

he broken plenty of necks in his day. Oh wait...he hasnt

 

[rightwinger]

... ..and Trust me Lees kick would be easily several times more powerful than Douglas's punch .

Trust you? Why?

are you trying to say that Buster Douglas punches harder than Lee kicks.

You got to land the kick

Douglas weighed about 230, Lee 150
Buster could protect himself and would eventually land punches

Tyson is not going to square up to Lee and make himself a stationary target for one of Lee’s kicks. Tyson is going to go inside and maul Lee. Boxing is a FIGHTING sport. The idea that Tyson wouldn’t know what to do in a street fight against a karate expert is laughable

Agree
A boxer is not going to give you much of a target. Tyson was also always pressing the fight and crowding the other fighter

 

[G.T.]

Tyson easily

He outweighs him and could take Lees shots
Don’t think Bruce Lee would survive a Tyson shot

They were both capable of beating each other. Both in their unique way are so devastating though, that a fight would have probably swung on who got the first upper hand.
I think in a ring, with gloves and specific rules.... fight goes to Tyson maybe 80-20 , but in a street fight? That increases the amount of things Lee would be able to do to him. Lee was not just another kung-fu fighter, he was a master or def on that level. The thing with Kung fu that Lee possessed at that level was his amount of body/ mind control which was off the charts, and while Tyson in his prime was a force of nature that was going to steam roll you over, a good part of Kung Fu is knowing how to use your opponents energy against them.

Tyson would, bring that energy and it would either be used to crush Lee.... or it might also be a mistake on his part from which he might not be able to pull back. A traditional boxer like tyson hits you and what his punch is doing is breaking your body from the outside in. You go up against a true martial arts master... and what their punch will do to you, is find a pin point spot, and send the energy right through your body to the other side...
I had it explained to me by a Master. I took Kung Fu for a short while under Lilly Lau in her school, (who was God Mother to Jackie Chan by the way...) (well interpreted because she did not herself speak English well enough)....

So what she explained was it takes someone learning Kung Fu about 5 years to even learn how to throw a punch properly, and then you can start from there. A westerners punch is something like Tyson or Liston. Imagine grabbing the door handle of your front door and slamming it shut as hard as you can, throw all the strength you have and listen to how it sounds. Now go back in your memory to when you had your windows and doors open one day and the air currents, softly flowing through your house caused your front door to slam so hard that it made all your windows rattle and the house vibrate. THAT is a real Kung Fu punch when done properly. She basically said, visualize your hand as if it is a metal ball on a string... the string is soft and loose but as the ball swings, it hits with a tremendous force that is pin point as well. As opposed to just trying to bash someone with a stick.
This woman for instance would do this little demonstration... hand her one of those little wooden chop sticks, she would hold it in her hand with half of it sticking out, then throw a punch so quick... and stopping so quickly that the chop stick would snap in half from the sudden G-force. Thats, years and years of practice. Someone like that could rip your eyes out of your head before you could even raise a hand... from that speed and accuracy and control that someone that good possesses.



Great example of that hand eye, and mind coordination

The metal ball on a string analogy you used is how Boxing is taught. Boxing isnt unga bunga meathead stuff when it comes to using your body's mechanics properly...its a science like the other Martial Arts

 

[Rocko]

Tyson easily

He outweighs him and could take Lees shots
Don’t think Bruce Lee would survive a Tyson shot

They were both capable of beating each other. Both in their unique way are so devastating though, that a fight would have probably swung on who got the first upper hand.
I think in a ring, with gloves and specific rules.... fight goes to Tyson maybe 80-20 , but in a street fight? That increases the amount of things Lee would be able to do to him. Lee was not just another kung-fu fighter, he was a master or def on that level. The thing with Kung fu that Lee possessed at that level was his amount of body/ mind control which was off the charts, and while Tyson in his prime was a force of nature that was going to steam roll you over, a good part of Kung Fu is knowing how to use your opponents energy against them.

Tyson would, bring that energy and it would either be used to crush Lee.... or it might also be a mistake on his part from which he might not be able to pull back. A traditional boxer like tyson hits you and what his punch is doing is breaking your body from the outside in. You go up against a true martial arts master... and what their punch will do to you, is find a pin point spot, and send the energy right through your body to the other side...
I had it explained to me by a Master. I took Kung Fu for a short while under Lilly Lau in her school, (who was God Mother to Jackie Chan by the way...) (well interpreted because she did not herself speak English well enough)....

So what she explained was it takes someone learning Kung Fu about 5 years to even learn how to throw a punch properly, and then you can start from there. A westerners punch is something like Tyson or Liston. Imagine grabbing the door handle of your front door and slamming it shut as hard as you can, throw all the strength you have and listen to how it sounds. Now go back in your memory to when you had your windows and doors open one day and the air currents, softly flowing through your house caused your front door to slam so hard that it made all your windows rattle and the house vibrate. THAT is a real Kung Fu punch when done properly. She basically said, visualize your hand as if it is a metal ball on a string... the string is soft and loose but as the ball swings, it hits with a tremendous force that is pin point as well. As opposed to just trying to bash someone with a stick.
This woman for instance would do this little demonstration... hand her one of those little wooden chop sticks, she would hold it in her hand with half of it sticking out, then throw a punch so quick... and stopping so quickly that the chop stick would snap in half from the sudden G-force. Thats, years and years of practice. Someone like that could rip your eyes out of your head before you could even raise a hand... from that speed and accuracy and control that someone that good possesses.



Great example of that hand eye, and mind coordination

The metal ball on a string analogy you used is how Boxing is taught. Boxing isnt unga bunga meathead stuff when it comes to using your body's mechanics properly...its a science like the other Martial Arts

^^^^hes right you know

 

[yidnar]

... ..and Trust me Lees kick would be easily several times more powerful than Douglas's punch .

Trust you? Why?

are you trying to say that Buster Douglas punches harder than Lee kicks.

You got to land the kick

Douglas weighed about 230, Lee 150
Buster could protect himself and would eventually land punches

Tyson is not going to square up to Lee and make himself a stationary target for one of Lee’s kicks. Tyson is going to go inside and maul Lee. Boxing is a FIGHTING sport. The idea that Tyson wouldn’t know what to do in a street fight against a karate expert is laughable

calling lee just any expert is laughable ...and notice i am not saying lee was the greatest martial artist of all time but he was very very good at it . of course Tyson could knock him out if he landed the right punch but lee has many more weapons at his disposal.