what if bruce lee was a boxer instead of a martial artist?

[Caractacus]

Junto Nakatani
height 5 ft 8"-
reach-68.5 inches
and another Southpaw !

[gilgamesh]

So does every win that every Black boxer ever got also boost the legacy of Denzel Washington?

And don't even get me started on all the Mexican Boxers. The success those other guys had absolutely PROVES that Danny Trejo could've and would've won titles if he had pursued them.

Whenever I saw Sergio Martinez spark out Paul Williams in their rematch. I was shaking in my boots at the thought of what Antonio Banderas could've done to a man in a fist fight. I mean plus he played a total badass in Play it to the Bone so you know he must've been one for sure.

[Caractacus]

Flyweight Champion -Pancho Villa-height 5 ft 1" (1.5 m)

[Ambling Alp II]

Not sure why this video is been shown, but he was a great fighter.

[Caractacus]

your not sure why this video is being shown ?
Do you think Pancho Villa could have takin Bruce Lee in a Boxing match-if Bruce Lee
had decided to become a professional boxer instead of continuing his acting career in Hollywood ?

[robbydecker]

I think he'd be okay in pure boxing but definitely considerably better in kickboxing or mma.

[pound per pound]

ok guys. imagine if bruce lee had trained to be a boxer instead of getting into martial arts. with his devotion to training, speed and power, i say that he would have been an all time great.

my guess is that at age twenty, he would have started out as at 122# and by age 30 topped out at 135-140. consider the era and the boxers from that time.

born in 1940, he would have started out in 1959-60. his height was about 5-7 and his reach was around 69". kick it around a little bit and let me know pro or con what you think?

oldwarrior

Bruce Lee was famous for his lightning-fast kicks, but those wouldn’t help him much in boxing, where you can only strike with your gloved hands .On the surface, he might have made a decent lightweight boxer. He had exceptionally fast hands and long arms that would give him good reach. However, he was never a particularly durable fighter and dealt with several health issues throughout his life.

Footage of his bag work shows that while his kicks were explosive, his punches lacked real power. He was never tested in full-contact kickboxing, boxing or karate matches ( was he? ), so it’s hard to say how he would have fared. His stamia and chin are ? marks. In my opinion, he wouldn’t have ranked among the top ten boxers in his weight class. That said, none of this changes the fact that Lee was incredibly quick and had an electrifying screen presence in his movies.