Alexander the Great vs Ulysses S. Grant: who would win in a fist fight?
Pick the winner and how they win (TKO, DQ or decision), then see how everyone else called it.
Alexander the Great
“King of Macedon” · Macedon · 356–323 BC · about 5′7″ (170 cm), about 154 lb (70 kg)
King of Macedon who built an empire stretching from Greece to northwest India by the age of 30 and never lost a battle. Tutored by Aristotle; tamed the horse Bucephalus as a boy.
Ulysses S. Grant
“Unconditional Surrender” · United States · 1822–1885 · 5′8″ (173 cm), about 134 lb (61 kg)
Union general who won the American Civil War, then 18th US President. Slight of build, a superb horseman, and famously calm under fire.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Grant by Decision. Alexander leads from the front as usual and collects fresh wounds for his trouble. The calm, 3 cm taller Grant sits behind his jab and never rushes. Alexander stays upright and keeps swinging, but the judges give Grant every round on the scorecards.
Fair fight? Shrink the ring to phone-booth size so Alexander's 9 kg weight advantage can pin Grant in the corner. Grant would then have no room to jab and move.
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