Idi Amin vs Barack Obama: 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.
Barack Obama
“No Drama Obama” · United States · b. 1961 · 6′1″ (185 cm), 175 lb (79.4 kg)
44th President of the United States and commander-in-chief during the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Serious pickup basketball player. A natural southpaw.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Amin by TKO. Obama's southpaw jab and basketball footwork buy him a lively round one, but Amin was Uganda's actual light-heavyweight champion for most of the 1950s, and 31 extra kilograms of ring pedigree walks the president down. By round two the corner throws in the towel.
Fair fight? Cap Amin at his actual 1950s light-heavyweight fighting weight instead of his 110 kg dictator-era bulk, erasing the size gap.
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