Norris said in a real fight he would have crushed Bruce Lee. I believe him.
Yeah, I do too.
Lots of very experienced fighters thought the exact same thing. The tales of Bruce’s real fights are legendary.
Bruce really was more than an actor, he had a lot of experience in what were essentially street fights.
Bruce Lee also new grappling, don’t be so sure, Bruce Lee also fought in tournaments and had the goods to back himself up as a true fighter.
Joyce Gracie was a lean dude taking out 10th degree black belts and dudes bigger than him the early stages of UFC before other fighters caught on to that fighting style.
“Norris said in a real fight he would have crushed Bruce Lee. I believe him.”
In a ‘real fight’ I think it would have been a close thing. Bruce fought in Hong Kong street fights before taking up martial arts and Norris had military experience.
Hard to say really as real fights aren’t like ring fights or other safe fights. Even the vaunted ‘no holds barred’ fights have plenty of holds and strikes that are illegal, because both viewers and fighters prefer not to have crippled or dead contestants after each match.
I doubt he would say he would lose...I’d take Lee.
Norris was an actual world champion martial artist. I don’t know that about Bruce Lee.
Really? I thought Chuck always gracefully dodged that question?