Hitmonchan vs Zangief: 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.
Hitmonchan
“The Punching Pokémon” · Pokémon · 1996 · 4′7″ (140 cm), 111 lb (50.2 kg)
The boxing Pokémon. Throws punches faster than the eye can follow and is said to carry the spirit of a boxer who trained for a world title.
Zangief
“The Red Cyclone” · Street Fighter · 1991 · 7′0″ (213 cm), 256 lb (116 kg)
Russian pro wrestler who trains by wrestling bears in the Siberian snow. Loves his country, his muscles and the Spinning Piledriver.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Hitmonchan by DQ. Hitmonchan peppers Zangief with punches too fast to see. Zangief, a man who wrestles bears, does what bear wrestlers do: he grabs. Round two, he hoists the tiny boxer for a slam, the referee waves it off, and Hitmonchan wins by disqualification.
Fair fight? Legalise grappling, so Zangief's bear-wrestling instincts earn points instead of penalties. Then Hitmonchan's speed has to survive a wrestler 73 cm taller, and he'd need a very good dance partner.
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