Alright Planeteers, I've been arguing on message boards with people about this off and on for a couple years now and I want to get CP's input on it. The question is this: Who would win in a fight between Bruce Lee and Mike Tyson in his prime? Let's hear it! [Reply]
Originally Posted by rabblerouser:
Lee claimed that the human bone breaks at around 12 or 13 lbs of pressure...and that Lee's conventional punch measured 325 pounds of force, while the infamous 'one-inch punch' measured 153 pounds.
On Superhumans, the Shaolin monk Shi Yan Ming demonstrated his one-inch punch on a crash test dummy. The testing showed it was 1.7 times more injurious than a 30mph (48.3 kmh) car crash with modern safety features.
These mother****ers aren't athletes, or entertainers, or actors - they will break your bones and kill you.
Originally Posted by listopencil:
You know nothing of Bruce Lee.
I've come to the conclusion that the majority of the people posting this thread :
A:-) know nothing about Bruce Lee
B:-) make a lot of assumptions
C:-) have never been in a fight in their lives
And
D:-) are posting out of their asses [Reply]
Originally Posted by rabblerouser:
I've come to the conclusion that the majority of the people posting this thread :
A:-) know nothing about Bruce Lee
B:-) make a lot of assumptions
C:-) have never been in a fight in their lives
And
D:-) are posting out of their asses
The only thing that COULD be true with me is "B." The other options are very far from the truth with me. I may make a lot of assumptions.
Tyson being able to literally kill Bruce Lee in a fight is just one of those things that I know...not an assumption.
I have read that Kareem Abdul Jabbar has indicated that he would have been able to kick Lee's ass, due to their difference in size.
Does someone want to make a case that Kareem Abdul Jabbar can kick Tyson's ass? Errrrrgh.....yeahhhhhh....mmmmkay. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Halfcan:
This amazes me every time.
Funny all the comments that Lee was just an actor. His muscles were just for show. :-) Lee grew up on the streets fighting, he was also a dancer. He was trained by the greatest of all time. He was kicking everyone's ass so his parents sent him to the States to keep him out of trouble.
Tyson never really fought anyone of substance, he padded his record and image with bums. The quality fighters that faced him, punished him badly.
I am sure I stated this in this thread already.
Lee founded his own successful martial art. He is considered the founding father of MMA and was a master at many other disciplines. Lee would rip his eyeballs out and hit him so hard in the chest, Tyson's heart would stop-fight over-60 seconds.
Originally Posted by rico:
The only thing that COULD be true with me is "B." The other options are very far from the truth with me. I may make a lot of assumptions.
Tyson being able to literally kill Bruce Lee in a fight is just one of those things that I know...not an assumption.
I have read that Kareem Abdul Jabbar has indicated that he would have been able to kick Lee's ass, due to their difference in size.
Does someone want to make a case that Kareem Abdul Jabbar can kick Tyson's ass? Errrrrgh.....yeahhhhhh....mmmmkay.
Lee was so much quicker...
When Tyson came at Lee, Lee would go low and break Tyson's knee with one kick.
And that would be it.
If it's a fight to the death, while Tyson is bent over, making the sounds of a squealing pig while cradling his knee, Lee jumps up in the air and comes down on Tyson's chest.
It wouldn't take long for Lee to put Tyson out of misery at all.
Karen Abdul Jabbar couldn't kick shit if he had a bagful. He took lesson from Lee.
Originally Posted by rabblerouser: Lee was so much quicker...
When Tyson came at Lee, Lee would go low and break Tyson's knee with one kick.
And that would be it.
If it's a fight to the death, while Tyson is bent over, making the sounds of a squealing pig while cradling his knee, Lee jumps up in the air and comes down on Tyson's chest.
It wouldn't take long for Lee to put Tyson out of misery at all.
Karen Abdul Jabbar couldn't kick shit if he had a bagful. He took lesson from Lee.
I want to say I've heard that Lee could side kick with so much force that the punching bag would hit the ceiling. If true, that's pretty incredible.
Bruce was exceptionally strong. The guy could do one-fingered push-ups off of one hand!
And everyone knows he was lightning fast. There may be some weight to the idea that he could get a powerful leg kick in on Tyson's knee or something and end him.
Tyson did have about like 100 pounds on him at the same time. I'm not sure about Lee's durability. One well-placed uppercut would wreck his fucking life. [Reply]
