Ulysses S. Grant vs Joseph Stalin: 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.
Joseph Stalin
“Uncle Joe” · Georgia / Soviet Union · 1878–1953 · about 5′5″ (165 cm), about 165 lb (75 kg)
Dictator of the Soviet Union from the 1920s until 1953. Led the USSR to victory over Nazi Germany while his purges, famines and labour camps killed millions. His left arm was stiff and shortened from childhood.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Grant by DQ. Grant stays calm and picks off Stalin, whose stiff left arm limits his jab against a man 8 cm taller. Trailing on the cards, Stalin takes a bank-robber's shortcut in round three and stomps Grant's foot. The referee disqualifies him, and Grant never drops his cigar.
Fair fight? Hold the bout in a cramped bank vault, where Stalin has some history and Grant's extra 8 cm counts for much less.
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