... for those who claim that he was " just an actor". Another world champion's testimony.

I met both these guys in the early 70s and learned a lot about physical fitness that has keep me in great shape today

Joe is a intelligent man. Very well spoken. Great clip. Loved this.

I’m very glad this interview wasn’t lost. Thank you for sharing.

Regardless if he's fought Bruce they took Martial arts to a new Level!!! Thanks for sharing

I love this interview, joe translates bruce lee's intensity probably like no one else.

I have an autographed photo of Joe Lewis to this day. I met him in an early version of UFC in the 90s. He is very observant of details and when you meet him in person, he seems to always be looking at his surroundings. Very respectful man who was unbeatable in his early days.

I just haven't heard anyone speak bad of Mr Bruce Lee. He must have had charisma that was off the charts. For a decorated champion like Joe Lewis to be so humble shows a lot of character.

Man this guy has a classy smooth way of explaining everything.

Joe Lewis would openly refer to being a student of Bruce Lee & admit he was trained by him.

You can tell Joe has tons of respect for Bruce

Wow! Really enjoyed this video. I have seen and read a lot about Mr. Lewis, but I had never seem this video before. Thank you so much!

I saw Joe Lewis win the World Championship back in 1967 in Long Beach Ca.

And Joe lewis was 22 time world champion father of kick boxer

Another outstanding video my bother Beerdy... Thank you... Happy Easter :)

Wow... Good stuff, but what about the brutal fight they had?

every commentary, every archived footage of the men who knew Bruce Lee, sparred with Bruce Lee, had nothing but the highest respect and love for the man. When you can get champions to humble themselves about some stories about him, makes me appreciate the amazing things he accomplished in that small window of time that he was with us

MISS THESE GUYS, THEY BUILT MARTIAL ARTS IN AMERICA. THE GOLDEN AGE.

So where is that brutal fight you were talking about?

An instructor I knew when I was young told me Football player turned actor Rosey Greir was a friend and brief student of Bruce Lee, and used to tell a story of Bruce beating another NFL players azz after being aggressively challenged. I never seen this story anywhere else but I do know Rosey Greir is still alive in his 90s now, wish I could ask him.

Imagine a wasp is buzzing around you. You can exercise caution, with respect of the wasps ability to sting you. Now imagine on the next day, you ask yourself, what is that stinging pain I feel on my neck. As you look around, you see a huge horsefly flying off. You're only aware of this painful interaction, after it is over. You're a victim. Now imagine that there are 50 huge horseflies hovering towards you. You strangely and suddenly find yourself wishing there was just a Wasp. The wasp can sting.. true. But the horsefly is out for blood. Be a horsefly my friend.

I started training at 12 never stopped. I have known and even trained with guys like Joe. A lot of ego in the arts in the mid 20th century. Joe Lewis was respected as being totally “about it”, with no need or inclination towards ego. God bless you & Semper Fi, Mr. Lewis. - Matt’s dad Dan

Love all these video beers do have full segment with Joe ?? Thank you long time subscriber. Any videos on Brandon 30yrs since his passing many viewers would watch thank you

Joe is very honest, the other guy made famous by Bruce is very dishonest.

Wow, this is a gold mine of 1st person "I was there". Where is more??? Outstanding!

Fantastic rediscovered insight!

wow , thank you for sharing !

All the old Chinese styles are not about fighting. They are about killing. They were not playing a sport for points.

Bruce Lee opened a door that for any martial artist to be relevant they have to go through it.

I take from the sparring match. after the slip and 3punch counter, Joe knew "oh crap, I'm beat", ...RIGHT THERE!!!! Edited2Add: I respect his total honesty!!!! 👍 Beerdy, this was a GOOD ONE. THX

Thanks for the informative ive done taekwondo when i was a teenager for a while now ive heard this about bruce Lee's own JKD style im.goung get into this finally now to get fit again and learn vto fight to defend myself!! Thank you 😊 💓

I was impressed by the recommendation from Mike Stone. I didn't know he had worked with Bruce Lee. Great Video. 🙂

Bruce lee is correct " get them before they get you by using faster speed !" Etc etc

Blood and Guts . i had this on VHS and put it on DVD too . great stuff

Great video

Well done Beerdy ! 👍

Great video 👍Joe

Amazing legend By Joe

Hey Folks. With ALL the trash/garbage on Social Media today, this was one of the best videos I’ve ever seen. Very informative and very nicely done 😊

That's pretty good beerdy, Find the footage of that flight!!!!!

Bruce Lee Changed the WORLD! I actually had the pleasure of meeting, "Joe Lewis." It was at a, "Full Contact Karate Fight" he was very nice. It was back in the late 70's early 80's. I knew he had worked out with Bruce Lee. It was so KOOL to meet a person who knew and learned from my, "HERO BRUCE LEE, THE LITTLE DRAGON !" RIP 🙏👏👍 ENOUGH SAID !!! ✌️

When will you post rest of it?

Does the tape just stop there or does it go on¿

I took seminars with Joe Louis! Dude had hands like cinder blocks

If he is still alive and well, much of its narrative might not be the same due to aging. Bruce died at a young prime age. That's at his best form, making the memories of him in moments frozen in a time capsule of his best. Making it legendary then after.

Excellent clip, even though the title; is obvious clickbait. ''Joe Lewis Talks About His BRUTAL Fight Against Bruce Lee In 1972''

Wow 😮

Where is this without the edit??? It cut early???!!!

If Joe Lewis was the student and he studied under Bruce Lee and not the other way around then Bruce Lee was the better fighter it's not rocket science

Nice video but the title (Brutal fight against Bruce Lee) is bullshit. Or is that part two. Maybe not.

Great video, but please stop with the click bait. It's not necessary.

i fought with one of his students and close friend of Lee. Like the apple does not fall far the tree. i learned from my experience. i used it on the street and it never failed me. For those who think Bruce Lee was just a actor ….you think to much

It was getting interesting. Any more tape of Joe Lewis talking about sparring with Bruce Lee?

Learn something new every day. Mr. Lewis really seems to understand the JKD, which I had a bit of back in the day. So that's 2 guys you don't wanna fight, Joe Lewis or Chuck Norris.

Where is the rest of this interview? Why the cut right there? Thanks for the effort

1:18 Wasn’t this documented on the original Panther Video series ? 5:30

Presumably the video did not end there, where is the rest of it?

Bruce was a street fighter..... his brother said that he would usually fight the Choy Li Fut players on a rooftop or just on the street. His parents sent him to California to save him from hurting or killing or being arrested.

Beerdy you're the best!

Now this Jeet Keen Do might be rly interesting

Hmmmmm this puts to bed the lie that some push that Bruce Lee wasn't a fighter and just would have gotten beaten by anybody

We're was the Brutal Fight ,don't advertise when it's not going to be there wtf😊

Here is a pro fighter who knew Bruce Lee and even addressed him as Mr. Lee. Why the disrespect by Michael Jai White saying he could beat him? When here you have a professional fighter who knew Bruce Lee. Mr. Joe Lewis would and could beat down Michael Jai White yet he's very respectful of Bruce Lee. True winners don't need to hype themselves up like Michael Jai White!!!

Those 3 principles are still true today, and we see them being applied by UFC fighters in their fights.

I was painting a apartment complex once and one of the tenants windows was open. Now I know what was going on but I did not at the time. Apperantely there was a scizo living in one of the apartment and he had not been taking his meds. The police showed up later in the day to collect him. However when we where painting outside his window we heard about an hour long monolog from the man inside. He had an entire fantasy about how he used to train with bruce lee and him and bruce lee formed a plan to rob the hells angels. However eventually during the monolog he betrayed bruce and started banging his wife. DUring t he retelling of the wife portion of the story he began master baiting furiously to the point where we could hear it very loudly. When bruce lee found out this guy was doing his wife he was furious... but this guy kicked his ass or so thats what he said. It was pretty amazing to peer into the mind of a person who was completely mad and off his meds. We where laughing our asses off as quetly as we could outside his window. Listening to him go on, but it was also a little scary to know someone could be that unhinged.

We will never know will we.

Okay, despite the interesting content - the fact remains, I've ( and probably you've ) been clickbaited..... ...must remember that next time.

Damn Beerdy, you should work for the CIA! You uncover everything 😂

Sounded like they were exchanging techniques and ideas not fight at all.

I fought Bruce Lee too!!!

I’m not sure, but I think I missed the part where the brutal fight took place.

Wouldn't be surprised if Bruce was inspired by Heinz Guderian.

Joe Lewis is certifiably insane, tried to ride Lee's coattails, had a fallout with him and recanted every positive thing he ever said about Lee once he realised Lee used him and tried to steal credit.

Former heavyweight champion. More complementary than another former middleweight champion. Mike Stone…Priscilla Presley’s boyfriend, who she left Elvis for.

Regardless where’s the footage anyone can say anything without he you speak of not there to speak for himself and what is respect to fight your teacher is no respect at all

And then the video just randomly ends....🤷

In my dreams i never, lost a fight to Bruce but, we tied. Later, on in real life i never lost any fight.

Don't think, feeeellll.. emotional contact. -bruce lee... enter the dragon..

What happens when it's six Against one and you haven't had your weedies that morning.

IN YOUR DREAMS

Is that chal sonnens dad haha

Drizzle Drizzle

Is there a zello channel for this

O thought he was going to show technique or an actual sparing session.

Maybe it was something like this, He thaught some stuff, Joe though it was JKD But it was more about how he should behave in the ring. And level up his decay.. Bruce knew he would accept the offer because he didn't have any choice already missed, messed up a movie opportunity. Many of JL students up till today believe they understand JKD. Because they believe in illusions.

What brutal fight?

So you never said anything about why he switched his lead hand to the south Paw stance instead of Unorthodox. 😊

Bruce Lee got beat up by security guards and ex military dudes. His philosophy and training was great, his actually fighting not so great. His acting, pretty good!

How many professional fights did he (Lee) have? did he fight a pro boxer with brass knuckles like gene leblel in which he was not able to kick or punch him back yet win? this is on film and he can be seen from beginning to end. Did he go in a ring with a real bear and win leaving with claw marks on his back. fastest kick, punch how about block? I never heard of Lee saying I can block anyone. Why because the day he loses his reputation about being the fastest goes away even if the person throwing the punch has a slower punch than the blocker. he was great made significant contributions. let him rest in peace and stop trying to get views for money from his achievements. I am not into people beating each other up at the end like colt said, he made everyone equal

Read "Wrath of the Dragon: The Real Fights of Bruce Lee" if you want the truth.

I'm sure a lot of "lost" videos are going to be found now that AI can create them. In a hundred years, history will not resemble what it looks like today.

Is this the guy who fought bruce lee and beat him using wrestling moves, so then he ended up teaching bruce some grappling which you can see pulled off in kater movies

This dude high as fuq

So it does prove that Bruce trained with fighters, which is what MMA guys usually say he didn't do.

It kind of sounds like he's disrespecting Bruce. Not only for his fighting skills but for his philosophy.

Jaguar lives

Why did we, back in those days, never see Bruce Lee fight competitively? Because he was all show and pizzazz ! Strutting and jumping and squealing. Lewis learned showmanship from Lee apparently. I was there in the late 60's and early 70's. Lewis never showed up for tournaments where the big black belt guys appeared. Lee would have gotten his ass handed to him if he had fought the real, authentic competitors.

BRUTAL FIGHT, yeah sure 🤣🤣🤣

6:30 You know of the situation which arose during one of training sessions Joe ended up in the nearby pool after BL kicked him into it while Joe was holding a shield…the understanding was BL thought Joe was hitting on him ?

Linda said Joe Lewis and chuck Norris were looked like amateurs in sparring with Bruce Lee, numerous of encounters she had witnessed.