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I'd think Tyson had his fair share of street fights himself
When he was young thug gun-butting and robbing people, sure but not as a grown man and a trained boxer.
He was the World Famous Heavyweight Champ at 18, can't go around beating people up when you're that famous. He would've been in even more legal trouble than he already was.
When he talks about the Mitch Greene street fight he says that he was nervous because he hadn't had a street fight in so long.
Bruce also had a bunch of street scuffles as a kid, that's part of the reason his parents moved him to the US.
But people in Bruce's inner circle as an adult have a bunch of first hand stories about his frequent street fights in Cali. Word has it that he lived for street fighting and that's how he was able to develop and perfect the techniques for his Jeet Kune Do style, which is revolves around real life situations.
The martial arts culture in Cali and NY in the 60's and 70's were all about taking what you practiced in the dojo and testing it out in the street.
So while Mike was the more ferocious looking individual, Bruce was probably much more dangerous and experienced in a street fighting situation.
Mike was still a beast so nothing is definite. But The Dragon was a true master that could literally break you apart in a variety of ways.
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