Idi Amin vs Fidel Castro: 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.
Idi Amin
“Big Daddy” · Uganda · c. 1925–2003 · about 6′4″ (193 cm), about 243 lb (110 kg)
Military dictator of Uganda from 1971 to 1979, whose regime killed an estimated 100,000 to 500,000 people. Earlier, Uganda’s national light heavyweight boxing champion for most of the 1950s.
Fidel Castro
“El Comandante” · Cuba · 1926–2016 · about 6′3″ (191 cm), about 198 lb (90 kg)
Guerrilla commander who seized power in Cuba in 1959 and ruled for nearly five decades. Survived the Bay of Pigs invasion and, by Cuban count, more than 600 assassination plots.
The crowd
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The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Amin by TKO. Amin, a former national light heavyweight champion and 20 kg heavier, meets a Castro whose fatigues are ready but whose boxing isn't. Amin's jab lands at will, and in round two Castro's corner throws in the towel. Amin promptly awards himself the title Conqueror of the Ring.
Fair fight? Cut Amin down to Castro's 90 kg and give Castro six months of boxing lessons. Amin would still be the favourite, but at least Castro would know which end of a glove is which.
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