Ulysses S. Grant vs Audie Murphy: 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.
Audie Murphy
“To Hell and Back” · United States · 1925–1971 · about 5′5″ (165 cm), about 110 lb (50 kg)
The most decorated American soldier of the Second World War. Won the Medal of Honor at 19 by holding off a German company alone from atop a burning tank destroyer. Later a Hollywood star.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Grant by Decision. Murphy, turned down by both the Marines and the paratroopers for being too small, storms in anyway. But Grant is 11 kg heavier and calmly jabs him back for nine minutes. Murphy refuses to fall, so the referee never stops it. Grant takes the scorecards, no high-jump horse required.
Fair fight? Weigh both in at 50 kg, so Grant has to shed 11 kg before the bell and Murphy's size is no longer the whole story.
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