Ulysses S. Grant vs Abraham Lincoln: 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.
Ulysses S. Grant
“Unconditional Surrender” · United States · 1822–1885 · 5′8″ (173 cm), about 134 lb (61 kg)
Union general who won the American Civil War, then 18th US President. Slight of build, a superb horseman, and famously calm under fire.
Abraham Lincoln
“Honest Abe” · United States · 1809–1865 · 6′4″ (193 cm), about 181 lb (82 kg)
16th US President and commander-in-chief through the Civil War. As a young man, a feared frontier wrestler said to have lost only once in about 300 matches. In the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Lincoln by TKO. Lincoln, 20cm taller and toughened by years of splitting rails, backs Grant into the ropes early. Grant's famous calm under fire keeps him upright and unpanicked through heavy punishment, but his corner finally throws in a cigar-scented towel in round two.
Fair fight? Match them within the same weight class, or make Lincoln fight with one hand tied behind his back to offset the 21 kg gap.
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