Actor on set of Big Boss confirmed a fight with Bruce Lee with a thaiboxer

Funny thing is that when I met and spoken with Gene he said they did indeed train together but only a short while.

Lee stoped training with him because he didnt want to fly wall to wall like a little girl anymore.

Also one stunt man confirmed those training sessions.

 

My local bar also has couple of those proven fighters.


One guy I met some time ago named Rane, I believe. Said that just couple of days ago he beat ten armed man in front of a local McDonalds.
Two months later he had beat ten guys in same place again just couple of days before coming in the bar.

He had friend named Pena with him, who confirmed those stories.

Now that is what I call proven fighter, just not in the ring.

The fact that YOU don’t probably know him is your fault and should not change the fact that he is one off if not THE best fighter of all times.

 

Ok. Name the time and the place this happened. What production were they on, and the name of the stuntman who witnessed it.

I'll research it accordingly after you supply the details.

There is not one mention of Lee training with LeBell in Lee's daytimer diaries. And he listed practically everything he did martial arts wise. And there has been no record of Lee telling anyone about them or anyone else talking about them, stuntman or otherwise.

I like Gene, but he's open to...how you say...'hyperbole'.

 

If you consider your friend THE best fighter of all times, then great for you and your friend. Give him a hug.

However, only an idiot would be that gregarious in assuming someone is the best fight of all times - Lee never thought so, and I certianly don't think that of Lee.

So, what's your point?

 

70ish year old helio could have if he was so inclined.

I know beebs, norris seems a nice guy and i think your right he did eventualy get his black.

 

gung fu, hes mocking you because you have just about as much evidence for bruce lee as he does for his friend.

So, do you have any solid proof or documentation of outside-the-ring fighting with skilled fighters that bruce did?

 

Yes I do understand the difference, and Gene clearly states they trained formally.

Either way, the point I was making is that Lee had access to a great grappling trainer but never became a great or anything approaching great grappler. People just assume he would be good at BJJ, but in reality he had the opportunity to be a great grappler in his own lifetime and did not.

 

I know of his fighting outside of the ring, that is why I think so little of it.

A few kung fu teachers and other self-proclaimed fighters is not a record worthy of being mentioned as a proven high level fighter.

 

If that vid of him on the punchbag was anything to go by then bruce lee would get his ass handed to him by most trained fighters. The comparison to rocky was fair because they are both actors in films not real fighters.

 

This seems to assume that there's a direct correlation between intelligence and fighting ability (as long as you're athletic and focus your intelligence on learning martial arts). I disagree. While many MMA fighters are intelligent, they do not need to be smart to succeed as long as their trainers know what they're doing. Otherwise, Chris Langan:

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would be the Ultimate Fighting Champion.

 

It would be sort of interesting to compare intellectual ability and academic accomplishments of various fighters. I know Chuck Liddell has an accounting degree from Cal Poly and might have been licensed as a CPA at some point; not sure about actually getting licensed, although if he didn't get it I imagine it was because he didn't pursue it.

A lot of other wrestlers earned degrees as you have to meet academic standards to be an NCAA athlete, and most wrestlers don't have the option of "going pro" as in other sports.

Both Klitschko brothers famously have Ph. D's in sports science.

Karelin has a Ph. D in Physical education.

I am sure there are many other examples, anybody else?

 

Interesting issue, and one which deserves its own thread. An anecdote, if I may:

Bobby Czyz was a member of MENSA. This didn't stop Holyfield--a far more skillful fighter with a sixth grade education--from destroying him.

 

I forget the exact quote but Richard Pryor had a bit about how boxers didn't need to be geniuses.

Something along the lines of "What do you do champ?" "I knock mother****ers out"

Obviously it isn't funny without me remembering the actual bit :verysad, but hopefully it spurs somebody else to find it.

Don't get me wrong Pryor loved and respected boxing and even did some himself, but he is right, you don't need to be an academic to be a fighter or any other athlete.

 

By basically all accounts Cassius Clay was a "ring genius" but had a room temperature IQ, no joke or disrespect intended. Although I am not a fan of the man's polotics.