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 ricoswaff:
Tyson over Lee is something I would put a million dollars on if I had it.
This. Lee was an amazing martial artist, but Tysons size and strength advantage would play heavily here. Assuming it were a street fight and there were no rules, the fight would almost certainly end up on the ground. If this were the case, Tyson would smother Lee and the game's over. Look, I'm a huge Bruce Lee fan, and I think he was one of the baddest dudes that ever lived...but Mike Tyson in his prime would kill most people with his bare hands. [Reply]
One good punch from Tyson mike kill Lee. I just can't see how Lee can get over the size advantage. It's not some regular joe who happens to be big. It's one of the fastest, most powerful boxers in the world. Lee can do a lot, but he'd have to be on his absolute best game to beat Tyson. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Strongside:
This. Lee was an amazing martial artist, but Tysons size and strength advantage would play heavily here. Assuming it were a street fight and there were no rules, the fight would almost certainly end up on the ground. If this were the case, Tyson would smother Lee and the game's over. Look, I'm a huge Bruce Lee fan, and I think he was one of the baddest dudes that ever lived...but Mike Tyson in his prime would kill most people with his bare hands.
Lee was quite capable of killing Tyson with merely a few strikes. [Reply]
Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer:
As a third generation JKD student - I can say with confidence that in a no rules fight, Bruce would handle Mike easily.
As a former collegiate wrassler, I can say with confidence that in a no rules fight, JKD is for the birds.
Jk...to an extent. All depends on the JKD student. A lot of them are birds, but I'm sure there might be 1 or 2 of them out there that aren't....but if they aren't birds, they probably have wrasslin skills.
But Tyson would kill Bruce Lee. No doubt about it.
There is a JKD clinic in our area. These people were feared locally. Heck, the biggest prag in the world would simply start attending sessions there, and they were seemingly automatically given tough guy badges. I never bought that crap. I always thought they were birds. Their tough guy images were tarnished a bit when they actually started competing in MMA and every one of them got their (_l_)s handed to them (unless they had wrasslin experience). The real deals in the MMA in our area are the former wrasslers. [Reply]
Originally Posted by listopencil:
Wrong. Bruce Lee was a ****ing ninja master who was so cool that someone put him in movies. Bruce Lee would destroy Tyson.
Hey man, Tyson is so cool that he was put in movies.... Hangover, yo. [Reply]
