Ulysses S. Grant vs Saddam Hussein: 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.
Saddam Hussein
“The Ace of Spades” · Iraq · 1937–2006 · about 6′2″ (188 cm), about 209 lb (95 kg)
President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. Launched wars on Iran and Kuwait and brutally crushed opposition at home. Found hiding in a hole near Tikrit in 2003 and executed in 2006.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Grant by DQ. Grant, cool as he was under artillery fire, boxes rings around a lumbering, palace-fed Saddam for two rounds. Cornered again like Tikrit, Saddam panics and hauls Grant into an illegal throw — instant disqualification, and Grant wins without landing a haymaker.
Fair fight? Ban cornering entirely — fight in an open field, not a ring, so Saddam never feels trapped enough to foul.
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