Ulysses S. Grant vs Napoléon Bonaparte: 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.
Napoléon Bonaparte
“The Little Corporal” · France · 1769–1821 · 5′7″ (169 cm), about 170 lb (77 kg)
Emperor of the French who conquered much of Europe before his final defeat at Waterloo in 1815. Not actually short: about average for his time. The myth came from British cartoons and French inches.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Napoleon by TKO. Grant stays perfectly calm, cigar lit, and that calm carries him right into Napoléon's 16 kg weight advantage. The artillery man finds range early, and by round two the referee stops it as Grant, still unbothered, keeps walking forward and eating punches.
Fair fight? Let Grant fight from horseback while Napoléon stays on foot, or give Grant a 16 kg weight allowance in the form of a heavier pair of gloves for Napoléon.
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