Fidel Castro vs Joseph Stalin: 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.
Joseph Stalin
“Uncle Joe” · Georgia / Soviet Union · 1878–1953 · about 5′5″ (165 cm), about 165 lb (75 kg)
Dictator of the Soviet Union from the 1920s until 1953. Led the USSR to victory over Nazi Germany while his purges, famines and labour camps killed millions. His left arm was stiff and shortened from childhood.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Castro by DQ. Castro, 26 cm taller and 15 kg heavier, jabs from the parking lot while Stalin's stiff left arm leaves him swinging one-handed. Frustrated, the self-styled Man of Steel goes full 1907 bank job and stomps Castro's foot in round two. The referee disqualifies him.
Fair fight? Make Castro fight with one hand tucked into his fatigues, and give Stalin a step stool for the clinches. Then the former seminarian might actually reach a decision.
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