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Bruce Lee was indeed a fighter:He was challenged on the set of Enter the Dragon by an extra. There were numerous eyewitnesses including american actor John Saxon, cameraman Dave Friedman, producer Henry Morgan and Bob Wall. Imagine the level of mastery to engage in an unprepared fight against a younger opponent, assess him, handle him with the correct amount of force, beat him and then go back to business (watch 5mn 30s in the following video).Below at 12 mn 53s in the video, world-renowned photographer Dave Friedman talks about the time he saw Bruce Lee fight an extra for real before going on lunch break (his teeth fell off after Bruce Lee’s kick). This is real.Here is the detail of the fight if you have the patience to read, but it is worth it as it is Bruce Lee last known/verifiable fight:The pressure from filming Enter the Dragon began to wear Bruce Down (he lost 20 pounds). In the beginning he succeeded ignoring one of the extras who had been taunting him for days. He kept harassing Bruce in Chinese in front of the film crew : “You can’t really fight, you’re just an actor!”.Finally Bruce Lee lost his patience one morning and called the troublesome youth to step forward. “The kid must have been in his 20s” said Bob Wall, “he knew what he was doing as he came out fighting, his form was good and his techniques were solid, he really went after Bruce!”“But Bruce took the kid lightly, as if he was just sparring with him. When the kid threw a punch or kick, Bruce would avoid it and make a comment in Chinese like ‘hey your punch is too weak’ or ‘your punch is too slow, I can easily counter it like this’ and then touch the guy’s head lightly.”“The kid went all out and became frustrated as Bruce would just play around with him, when the kid didn’t give up and Bruce got tired of the nonsense, he threw a side kick, not too hard but enough to knock him off his feet.”Bob Wall said the kid had a lot of spirit because even after he was knocked down, he came right up and resumed the attack. “Bruce had to flatten him with a harder kick before he finally quit.”When M. Uyehara asked Bruce Lee about this particular encounter he pooh-poohed the whole thing: “I knew the kid had no chance with me so I just fooled around. Nobody can lay a hand on me right now.”He also knocked out Uechi (a black belt karateka) in 11 seconds (it was timed by Ed Hart) at the YMCA handball court:Uechi was Japanese and he hated Bruce Lee for putting down traditional karate.It is true that Bruce Lee spoke his mind and could hurt people. He truly didn’t believe in systems and was able to back up his statements with action.James DeMile recalls an occasion when Bruce and his friends were strolling through Chinatown when they saw a young Chinese girl being harassed by some men in a car , Bruce Lee walked over to the driver’s door and told the guy to cut it out. As the guy leaned out of the window to threaten him, Bruce Lee snapped a back fist into the man’s face, busting his nose before the car sped off.====When Bruce Lee fought for real, there were no fancy moves and no wild noises: only simple, direct, and efficient strikes with no facial expression except for the look in his eyes —a fierce and unflinching glaze of what he himself called “controlled cruelty”.Bruce Lee sparred with world class professional fightersAll of the reliable evidence indicates that Bruce Lee sparred a number of times with point fighters Louis Delgado and Chuck Norris. According to Delgado (last fighter to defeat Chuck Norris), he was humbled by Bruce during their sparring sessions to the point where he deemed Bruce to be the toughest martial artist he had ever faced. All of their sparring sessions occurred at Lee's home in Culver City.People who actually know what they are talking about acknowledge Bruce Lee’s skills:Ernest Lieb, a fifth degree black belt in karate who won 42 tournaments didn't consider himself a match for Bruce Lee. Another top karate man, Ken Knudson, said that when Bruce Lee side-kicked him, he felt as if his eyeballs were left where he'd been standing. Fred Wren, one of the top 10 karate practitioners in the US when Bruce was alive, says that he never met anyone with more fighting knowledge and ability than Bruce Lee. Dan Inosanto did see him fight on the streets of Hong Kong he said "I've seen guys who wanted to break his bones, but they could not".Sugar Ray Leonard is International Boxing Hall of Fame and is ranking BL as one of the best of his era, he said “Bruce Lee had tremendous speed and power because he understood body mechanics”. Light heavyweight kickboxer Joe Lewis, 16–4–0, who won 14 times by KO and was trained personally by Bruce Lee for a while said: “You didn’t know when he was gonna squeeze that trigger, he always knew when you weren’t ready. He had blinding speed. I know this because he stood in front of me and popped me a few times. I always told people I know how hard Bruce Lee can hit”. Louis Delgado was the last point fighter to defeat Chuck Norris, in 1974, he told Fighting Stars Magazine that Lee was the toughest fighter he ever faced and that sparring with him was a humbling experience.Bruce Lee recruited street fighters and world class martial artists as his students:When he first arrived in the US, he wanted to be a kung fu instructor, Bruce Lee recruited his students among brawlers and boxers (ex: Jesse Glover) by famously saying “hit me as hard as you can”. And was handling them, thus they wanted to learn from him. Everyone in his life had doubt of his abilities because of his size and then were quickly convinced after testing him. Now, actual boxers and brawlers wouldn’t have followed Bruce Lee if he couldn’t handle a fight.Bruce Lee was a real Mixed Martial ArtistThe first time Bruce Lee put on boxing gloves, as a teenager, he became an inter-schools champion, beating the three-year title holder. He had fenced with his brother Peter, a Commonwealth Games champion, and done some Tai Chi with his father. He had trained extensively in Wing Chun while being involved in almost daily street fights in Hong Kong.Before coming to America, he learned forms from other styles of Kung Fu, such as Choi Li Fut, Eagle Claw and Hung Gar. Soon after arriving to the US he trained with the praying mantis master Gin Foon Mark. Bruce had met with with Wally Jay, a Judo and Ju-Jitsu exponent who was responsible for many innovations in that field and has become close friends with karate and kung fu pioneer James Yimm Lee. He’d practiced Judo with Taky Kimura, Fred Sato and Jesse Glover. He had trained in Filipino martial arts with Dan Inosanto and travelled to meet with instructors in other styles (ex: Ji Han-jae founder of Sin Moo Hapkido). The champion wrestler Gene Lebell and Bruce Lee became close friends and traded techniques for over a year. Bruce Lee also worked with karate champion Bob Wall, Chuck Norris, Mike Stone and Joe Lewis. He’d tried Thai boxing, Western boxing, Savate and had learned a few dirty tricks for good measure. Bruce Lee amassed an extensive library (2500 books), he would study each new book intently, analysing its fighting techniques to find the weaknesses by acting them out.Bruce Lee also collected films of Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Max Baer, Gene Tunney, Jack Dempsey and Muhammed Ali. Bruce used to watch Ali’s films over and over to analyse and imitate his movements, since Bruce was experimenting a right lead stance, he set up a mirror so he could watch Ali’s movements and practice them the appropriate way.Pro fighting is sport2 people prepare to exchange similar blows against a known opponent with the help of coaches, nutritionists, modern equipments for training, months of preps etc ..The mental attitude isn’t the same as a street fight. Cage fighting is not street fighting. It is unprepared, you don’t know who you’re up against, you don’t know what the guy{s} will do to you if you’re down, etc .. See above.At the time Bruce Lee lived, the standards of other fighters was lower than it is Today.Half a century ago, karate and kung fu practitioners weren’t using conditioning as part of their training. Bruce Lee was training every part of his body including his fingers and grip strength. I let you imagine what a vice type of grip can do to different parts of a potential opponent.Above: Bruce Lee one handed 2 fingers push ups.Above: Bruce Lee performing V sits for extended period of timesHistory has been made of fighters who were not pro-fighters.The vast majority of people train in martial arts to be able to defend themselves, not to enter a cage to face an opponent of similar weight following a coach’s advice and behind the relative safety of a set of rules.It all depends what you consider a fighter: someone who has a record in Sherdog? A boxer? A gipsy who does bare knuckle fighting ? Underground fighter?Some pro-fighters never engaged in a street fight,can they be considered “fighters”?

The average woman has 52% of the upper body strength and 66% of the lower body strength of the average man. Overall, the average woman is stronger than 2.5% of men, and the average man is stronger than 97.5% of women.Here’s an example in grip strength, which is easy to measure:(Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health [2016] pp. 117–132 doi:10.1093/emph/eow00)And the situation doesn’t get much more “equal” when it comes to comparing female elite athletes with all men:Physical strength differential is a point that conclusively attests to the fact that men and women are different.

FOUR true test of strengths AT THE GYM.PullupsIf you can pull up own body weight against the force of gravity, that is a true test of your upper body strength. It is a combination of grip strength, forearms, lats and back muscles which helps you pull your own body weight. Majority of gym goers struggle to complete 10 consecutive pull ups. No wonder this is a must do for people who go to the gym.Bench PressBenching is a true test of your upper body pushing strength. It requires explosive power from your pectoral muscles, triceps, deltoids and is a combination of speed and technique.DeadliftDeadlift is a true man’s test of pulling strength. It is an old school irreplaceable movement which requires progressive overload, consistent training, right technique to master the move. Advanced dead lifters dedicate years of training to lift heavy. As with other exercise, technique and form are very essential to master in the beginning to prevent yourself from lower back injury.SquatThe true test of your lower body strength is undoubtedly Squat. You need to have a solid quad, hamstring and calf muscles to squat heavy. It requires years of training to learn the right technique and form. No wonder it is called the King of all exercises.Edit: Thanks everyone for so many views and upvotes!