Fidel Castro vs Miyamoto Musashi: 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.
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.
Miyamoto Musashi
“The Sword Saint” · Japan · c. 1584–1645 · about 5′11″ (180 cm), about 176 lb (80 kg)
Japanese swordsman who said he won all 61 of his duels, and author of The Book of Five Rings. Famously turned up late to his duel with Sasaki Kojirō and won with a wooden sword carved from an oar.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Castro by Decision. Castro wins on the scorecards. Musashi, who claimed 61 duel wins, can't stop a man 10 kg heavier who survived, by Cuban count, more than 600 assassination plots. Castro's 11 cm height edge banks the rounds while Musashi eyes the corner stool for a spare oar.
Fair fight? Let Musashi carve a wooden oar into a practice sword before the bell. Once he has something to hold, the height and weight gap stops mattering so much.
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