bruce lee as boxer

[oldwarrior]

tell me what you think. i say that if bruce lee had trained as a professional boxer from say the age of 12 rather than a martial artist, he would have been regarded as one of the all time greats.

a little history: born in 1940, height 5-7, weight between 126 and 145. against the likes of say sugar ramos who was THE fighter at featherweight up to lightweight between 1963-1967, where would bruce end up? consdier bruce's speed, strength and power.

tell me what you think.

oldwarrior

[Sliquestylez]

ARe we talking about Kung Fu boxing here. I'm kinda wondering if boxing is ban in China.

[Dude]

I really don't know. He surley had the natural abilities and the dedication but that if in your question is just too big to answer you question.

I have never seen any footage of a real fight from Bruce Lee and I believe that there exists none. He started a revolution of martial arts when he created JKD but that doesn't necessairly make him an All Time Great as a boxer.

[realheavyhands]

almost all the punches bruce lee used was boxing punches...and he actually took ali's footwork scrutinized and made it better... lee would of been champ well into his 40s at 135...ali was also a blackbelt

[Nautilus]

It is very hard to say; the two sports are so different...

If Byrd fought without gloves, he would have been a KO specialst...

Bruce Li fighting in gloves could have had no KO power...

[Hurlex]

SCrew that...whole different ball park..a better q would be..not to take anythign away from Bruce...what if he would have just fought the way he did and wit his power he had in UFC now..that would be far more interesting..the man was amazing...what abotu his chin tho?would anyone be able to touch/hit/reach his chin tho?would he connect thos high flying kick?etc...those are better fantasy q's...Bruce Lee (prime)-how woudl he have done in UFC? ...great fansty thing to think about when u cant sleep,hahaha.

[czars_salad]

bruce lee was an actor

[Dude]

bruce lee was an actor

Bruce Lee was no Jackie Chan. The things he did were mostly real. He started with WT, created a new art, brought the idea of mixing several martial arts to live and trained a lot of great fighters. Not bad for an actor, huh?

[michaeljackson]

He was well-versed in martial arts, and just think, if he channeled the same energy and force to the sport of boxing...I say that he would have been a great featherweight-lightweight pugilist. He was well-disciplined, had a treacherous training/conditioning regimen, and (though we only saw it in the movies) he had a tenacity/mean streak that would rival any fighter today. If he had all of those attributes and made the switch to pugilism, he would have been fierce.

[Smack]

bruce lee was an actor

You're right.