Knuckles vs Benito Mussolini: 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.
Knuckles
“The Echidna” · Sega · 1994 · 3′7″ (110 cm), 88 lb (40 kg)
Guardian of the Master Emerald and the Sonic character built for punching. His spiked fists smash through rock.
Benito Mussolini
“Il Duce” · Italy · 1883–1945 · about 5′7″ (169 cm), about 176 lb (80 kg)
Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943 and Hitler’s ally in the Second World War. Deposed, rescued by German commandos, then captured and executed by Italian partisans in 1945.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Knuckles by TKO. Knuckles wins by TKO. Mussolini's fencing lunges sail harmlessly over a target 59 cm shorter, while spiked fists that shatter rock work the body of a former newspaper editor. The referee waves it off in round two, mid-pose.
Fair fight? Make Knuckles wear padded 12-ounce gloves over the spikes, and let Mussolini's corner work up a stronger plan than "lunge at the sky". Otherwise this is a 40 kg-heavier man losing to rocks' worst enemy.
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