Genghis Khan 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.
Genghis Khan
“The Great Khan” · Mongolia · c. 1162–1227 · about 5′7″ (170 cm), about 165 lb (75 kg)
Founder of the Mongol Empire, which grew into the largest contiguous land empire in history. Rose from an outcast childhood on the steppe to unite the Mongol tribes in 1206.
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)
Musashi by Decision. Musashi wins on the scorecards. Working both fists like his two swords, the 10 cm taller swordsman piles up jabs, while Genghis, who learned to ride and shoot as a small child, keeps looking for a horse. Even his Yam relay can't hand off a punch fast enough.
Fair fight? Move the bout to open grassland and let Genghis fight from horseback while Musashi stays on foot. The ring ropes are clearly cramping a man raised in the saddle.
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