Bruce Lee the Unbeatable

[Adamantium]

Bruvce lee was far from unbeatable. The real reason he never entered competition was because he was afraid his invincible image would get damaged. Who did Bruce Lee ever spar with? No joe Lewis, Mike Stone, Gene Lebell's let alone amateur boxers or wrestlers. He only ever sparred with guys he could beat up.
The Judo guy who locked him up, was Judo Gene Lebell, which proves that Bruce Lee wasnt superhuman fast.

[Wiley Hyena]

This doesn't have much to do with my post. I didn't mention MMA at all, and even if he was the greatest mixed martial artist of all time, that's no guarantee that he would be successful as a boxer.


Beating 1000 "karate guys" at once says little about how you'd do at boxing.

There are guys who win Olympic gold medals and then fail spectacularly in the pro ranks. There are guys who look fantastic against journeymen but cannot make the step-up to world class.

LOL! Fool.......

[MindBat]

This doesn't have much to do with my post. I didn't mention MMA at all, and even if he was the greatest mixed martial artist of all time, that's no guarantee that he would be successful as a boxer.

Beating 1000 "karate guys" at once says little about how you'd do at boxing.

There are guys who win Olympic gold medals and then fail spectacularly in the pro ranks. There are guys who look fantastic against journeymen but cannot make the step-up to world class.

Since there isn't any boxing footage of him in action, I'll concede. But millions around the world would say he would kick a boxer's ass.

I feel he would have been an all time great at boxing. That just wasn't his main focus or interest, to compete as a boxer.

His main focus was on no-rules fighting which incorporated boxing and MMA techniques.

Bruvce lee was far from unbeatable. The real reason he never entered competition was because he was afraid his invincible image would get damaged. Who did Bruce Lee ever spar with? No joe Lewis, Mike Stone, Gene Lebell's let alone amateur boxers or wrestlers. He only ever sparred with guys he could beat up.
The Judo guy who locked him up, was Judo Gene Lebell, which proves that Bruce Lee wasnt superhuman fast.

The reason he didn't compete was that he didn't like point tournaments which was prevalent in the 60's and 70's. He didn't think those tournaments proved anyone could actually fight. He was used to full contact, no holds barred fighting.

Bruce sparred with many top fighters back in the day. He taught Joe Lewis 'strategy' to improve his tournament and full contact game which he himself stated made a huge difference. In fact, Joe Lewis, currently dedicates his time to teaching Bruce's fighting methods in honor of what he learned from Bruce.

Gene LeBelle will vouch for Bruce's skills and abilities, as would the late Wally Jay.

I'm not sure if he ever sparred with Mike Stone, but I wouldn't doubt they did, as Mike was one of Ed Parker's top students and Ed and Bruce traded
a lot of techniques and philosophies.

[Junito-Rulez]

"Tournaments doesn't mean you are the best fighter because MANY great fighters haven't been in tournament and won many fights."

That's the most ****** statement i've read in a while. I won all my fights in the street against bum asses and chumps, now i can say i'm 5-0 and call myself a real fighter? **** that, it's bull****. In tournaments, you test yourself against competitors who have skills and know how to fight. Not against who never lace a pair of gloves and have bigger mouthes than balls.
I got my ass kicked in the gym more than anywhere, it's where you learn how to really fight. When you fight in a competition, you stepped into a new world too. It takes more balls to fight in a competition than fighting in the streets.

[WhoreUs]

i'd take pacquiao over bruce lee in a street fight.

boxers wouldn't do well with grapplers in a one on one fight but boxers would eat up all these kung fu/karate guys.

as far as strikers go , boxers would only be troubled by muay thai guys because of the leg kicks and knees in clinches.

[MindBat]

This is well publicized footage of Bruce 'sparring'. One can decipher who's Bruce and can agree he had the abilities to compete as a boxer at the top level.

[WhoreUs]

This is well publicized footage of Bruce 'sparring'. One can decipher who's Bruce and can agree he had the abilities to compete as a boxer at the top level.

yes and kimbo slice will be a ufc champion. he looked good on youtube.

[MindBat]

"Tournaments doesn't mean you are the best fighter because MANY great fighters haven't been in tournament and won many fights."

That's the most ****** statement i've read in a while. I won all my fights in the street against bum asses and chumps, now i can say i'm 5-0 and call myself a real fighter? **** that, it's bull****. In tournaments, you test yourself against competitors who have skills and know how to fight. Not against who never lace a pair of gloves and have bigger mouthes than balls.
I got my ass kicked in the gym more than anywhere, it's where you learn how to really fight. When you fight in a competition, you stepped into a new world too. It takes more balls to fight in a competition than fighting in the streets.

Actually, there are No Rules in the streets. No referees to stop the fight if you are being struck with "illegal" blows or are in a clinch. No timers indicating the end of a round. No one to step in if you run out of gas. I'm referring to an all out brawl where anything goes.

So, although tournaments and sparring serve a purpose for practice, it's
how you effectively you transfer that realism to the streets that matters.

Bruce was challenged numerous times to street fights and he either fought, or chose to walk away for fear of lawsuits.

[WhoreUs]

That is true seeing as how far fetched it would be since there's no live footage of him in real fights. There might be some hidden footage somewhere, but we'll never know until someone comes forth with it.

As far as his abilities to actually fight, just check out the responses of the majority of MMA fighters. The top fighters agree he was that good.

Some have gone as far as claiming him to be The Godfather of MMA.

Frank Shamrock said Bruce is the "FATHER" of MMA.

Randy Couture said Bruce is the "FATHER" of MMA.

So, if you disagree with me, you disagree with Frank Shamrock, Randy Couture and Dana White who have also crowned Bruce Lee as the inspiration and original martial artist in mainstream America, who trained like an MMA fighter and taught the teachings of the MMA world way before UFC was even thought of.

yeah bruce lee is the father of mma.

they've only been doing mma in greece during the days of the first olympics.

lmao

modern mma was around before bruce lee was born.

ever since a japanese judo master thought it to this scottish-brazilian family named gracies. maybe you've heard of them?

[Wiley Hyena]

Strange....bizarre. Bruce Lee kicks Kareem Abdul Jabbar's ass....but, the mystery here just adds to legend of the The Dragon.

I doubt that any modern boxer could tangle with Lee. Maybe one of the old timers...maybe.