Winston Churchill 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.
Winston Churchill
“The British Bulldog” · United Kingdom · 1874–1965 · about 5′6″ (168 cm), about 209 lb (95 kg)
Prime Minister who led Britain through the Second World War. Earlier a cavalry officer who rode in one of the last British cavalry charges and escaped from a Boer prisoner-of-war camp.
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
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The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Musashi by Decision. Churchill advances like a cavalry charge, but Musashi, 12 cm taller, keeps sidestepping it and jabbing from range. The bricklayer's fists find mostly air, and Churchill loses on the scorecards. Musashi extends his self-reported 61-0 record by decision.
Fair fight? Shrink the ring to roughly the size of a phone booth so Musashi can't sidestep, and Churchill's cavalry charge finally has something to hit.
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