Who wins in a fight: Bruce Lee or Prime Mike Tyson

[Dub H]

Yeh...Tyson may be fast. But he is nowhere near Bruce Lee size.

And Bruce Lee kicks are strong as(if no stronger) than Tyson kick.So when it boils to who manages to hit first and more.Bruce Lee would win.

I a pretty sure a single kick to the head or to the throat would be enough.

But more important,as many pointe dout.Bruce Lee is a FIGHTER. Tyson is a BOXER.

Bruce Lee knows almost everything you need about a true fight while Tyson has the one-track mindset of a Boxer,of a sport.

Tyson may be great,but he is no Bruce Lee

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If Tyson cornered him or caught him with a lucky punch he'd destroy Bruce, but ultimately Bruce was too fast and has more offensive weapons than just punching.

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Jan 2, 2013 18:02:44 GMT -5 Dub H said:

But more important,as many pointe dout.Bruce Lee is a FIGHTER. Tyson is a BOXER.

Tyson grew up on the street though. He was picked on mercilessly and fought all the time; sure, he wasn't formally trained until he took up boxing but you learn how to fight if you grew up the way he did. Guy was arrested 38 times before he was 13; it doesn't take much to imagine a good portion of that was for things he did to survive.

[Citizen Grimm]

Jan 2, 2013 18:10:06 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

Jan 2, 2013 18:02:44 GMT -5 Dub H said:

But more important,as many pointe dout.Bruce Lee is a FIGHTER. Tyson is a BOXER.

Tyson grew up on the street though. He was picked on mercilessly and fought all the time; sure, he wasn't formally trained until he took up boxing but you learn how to fight if you grew up the way he did. Guy was arrested 38 times before he was 13; it doesn't take much to imagine a good portion of that was for things he did to survive.

Yeah, but they you have a guy with world champion creditably but with street fighting skill in other areas. Tyson, while an absolute beast of a boxer, is not a well rounded fighter and probably wouldn't have any real idea how to properly defend a kick, especially one aimed at his legs.

In a street fight, Lee would kick Tyson's legs to the point where he couldn't walk, let alone fight.

In a boxing match, I think it would be much, much closer and Tyson would probably win.

[Dub H]

Jan 2, 2013 18:10:06 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

Jan 2, 2013 18:02:44 GMT -5 Dub H said:

But more important,as many pointe dout.Bruce Lee is a FIGHTER. Tyson is a BOXER.

Tyson grew up on the street though. He was picked on mercilessly and fought all the time; sure, he wasn't formally trained until he took up boxing but you learn how to fight if you grew up the way he did. Guy was arrested 38 times before he was 13; it doesn't take much to imagine a good portion of that was for things he did to survive.

Yeh...he survived in the streets.


Le spent his life studying about fighting in general.i think it is a pretty big difference.

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Lee's striking speed from three feet with his hands down by his side reached five hundredths of a second.
Lee could take in one arm a 75 lb barbell from a standing position with the barbell held flush against his chest and slowly stick his arms out locking them, holding the barbell there for 20 seconds.
Lee's combat movements were at times too fast to be captured on film for clear slow motion replay using the traditional 24 frames per second of that era, so many scenes were shot in 32 frames per second for better clarity.
In a speed demonstration, Lee could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.
Lee would hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.
Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks. - Witnessed by many such as Joe Hyams
Lee could thrust his fingers through unopened cans of Coca-Cola. (This was when soft drinks cans were made of steel much thicker than today's aluminum cans).
Lee performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger.
Lee performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups.
Lee could break wooden boards 6 inches (15 cm) thick.
Lee could cause a 300-lb (136 kg) bag to fly towards and thump the ceiling with a sidekick. ( According to Bob Wall, he has the video tape of him kicking 300lb bag towards the ceiling.)
Lee performed a sidekick while training with James Coburn and broke a 150 lb (68 kg) punching bag.
In a move that has been dubbed "Dragon Flag", Lee could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench and suspend his legs and torso horizontal midair.
Bruce lee was able to jump 8 feet from a stand still (this was shown in pictures and his films such as the one where he kicked the lightbulb out).

All Lee has to do is probably kick Tyson in the chest and kill him.

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Jan 2, 2013 18:20:26 GMT -5 Dub H said:

Jan 2, 2013 18:10:06 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

Tyson grew up on the street though. He was picked on mercilessly and fought all the time; sure, he wasn't formally trained until he took up boxing but you learn how to fight if you grew up the way he did. Guy was arrested 38 times before he was 13; it doesn't take much to imagine a good portion of that was for things he did to survive.

Yeh...he survived in the streets.


Le spent his life studying about fighting in general.i think it is a pretty big difference.

There is a difference. Didn't say in a single post that Bruce would lose. However, did Bruce have the killer instinct that Tyson did?

Funny enough, a lot of Bruce's earliest fights were essentially street fights.

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The movie undisputed 2 actually did this...albeit it was for a movie of course so of course it is exagerated , but I imagine it ends up the same way atleast in the first fight.

Bruce being the fighter pretty much kicks his ass , with Tyson maybe getting in 1 or 2 good shots but ultimately Bruces speed and ability to hit Tyson in every concievable way would be the end factor.

Now Michael Jai White Vs Bruce Lee has always been an interesting potential debate

[Danimal]

Lee wins majority of time, probably via attacks to knee, groin, and eyes. Lee also had some grappling ability, was studying with Gene Lebell at the time of his death. But Tyson would have a puncher's chance and would win some of the time. Lee never dealt with a combo of speed and power like Tyson. Either way it would usually be a fast fight.

[Mozenrath]

Whoever got the first hit in, probably. Both of them had a lot of power, and while I am sure both could take a hit, a solid blow would probably stagger them into taking more.

[MolotovMocktail]

Bruce just needs to take out his knees, and the fight's history.

[Throwback]

Jan 2, 2013 23:27:52 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

Jan 2, 2013 18:20:26 GMT -5 Dub H said:

Yeh...he survived in the streets.


Le spent his life studying about fighting in general.i think it is a pretty big difference.

There is a difference. Didn't say in a single post that Bruce would lose. However, did Bruce have the killer instinct that Tyson did?

Funny enough, a lot of Bruce's earliest fights were essentially street fights.

It was getting into to many street fights that caused Bruce's parents to get him involved in martial arts in the first place.

Mike Tyson gives his opinion of Bruce Lee at 1:40

[King Ghidorah]

I understand that Bruce can do all these parlor tricks, but there is a difference between a Martial Artist and a Professional fighter. Who has Bruce even faught? There is almost zero footage if him fighting anyone and a lot of myth/hype talk.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

WHY WAS DEADLIEST WARRIOR CANCELLED WITHOUT ANSWERING THIS VITAL QUESTION!?

[Hassan bin Sober]

Get on Street Fighter and pit Fei Long against Balrog.

[Kash Flagg]

If Tyson can get Lee cornered and rape him, then he has a strong shot.

[paulbearer]

Lots of people besides his wife knows that Lee was the real thing :

Jhoon Rhee
stunt men who worked with him in films (there was some guy who challenged him on Enter set , he really wanted to hurt Lee but Lee just toyed with him and taught him a lesson , no fiction story , it happened)
Carter Wong
Sammo Hung
Jackie Chan

Bruce would prolly kick Tyson in the groin and put him out of action......not fair play imo but if it was a fight to the death , who knows.

When it comes to punching Tyson would hit the hardest by far....that isnt to say that Lee couldnt deliver pain fist-wise though. Tysons stomach is like a brick shield so I dont really hed been affected much by Lees punches , he wouldve felt em for sure but it would not stop him that much and hed go into a rage.

[Yami Daimao]

Jan 3, 2013 12:19:43 GMT -5 King Ghidorah said:

I understand that Bruce can do all these parlor tricks, but there is a difference between a Martial Artist and a Professional fighter. Who has Bruce even faught? There is almost zero footage if him fighting anyone and a lot of myth/hype talk.

I don't think many people were recording spontaneous street fights back in late 1950s/early 1960s. This isn't WorldStarHipHop. And whatever professional bouts Lee had participated in may be archived and not released for unknown or legal reasons, or maybe not even recorded at all, especially for the time period.

Don't you think it's a little unfair to ask for footage from a fighter who wasn't about televised events (before his famous demonstrations, and movies) and didn't fight for sport, knowing well that Tyson has a library of professional fights because they were for a national televised sport?

You're grasping for straws at this point.