Knuckles 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.
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.
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)
Knuckles by TKO. Saddam swings big and slow while Knuckles glides circles around him, spike-fists cracking ribs like Angel Island granite. When the wobbling dictator finally staggers, his cornerman body-double taps out for him. Referee stops it before the "real" Saddam even lands one.
Fair fight? Give Saddam one of his palace bodyguards as a tag-team partner to match Knuckles' rock-shattering punching power.
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