Little Mac vs Miyamoto Musashi: 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.
Little Mac
“The Kid from the Bronx” · Punch-Out!! · 1987 · 4′8″ (142 cm), 107 lb (48.5 kg)
Seventeen-year-old boxer from the Bronx who punches his way up the rankings against opponents twice his size, coached by Doc Louis. Listed at 4′8″ and 107 lb in the original Punch-Out!!
Miyamoto Musashi
“The Sword Saint” · Japan · c. 1584–1645 · about 5′11″ (180 cm), about 176 lb (80 kg)
Japanese swordsman who said he won all 61 of his duels, and author of The Book of Five Rings. Famously turned up late to his duel with Sasaki Kojirō and won with a wooden sword carved from an oar.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Musashi by TKO. Musashi wins by TKO. He was winning duels at 13, four years younger than Mac is now, and he's 32 kg heavier. Mac lands a few Star Punches, but Musashi keeps walking through them, and Doc Louis throws in the towel in round two.
Fair fight? Make Musashi lose 31.5 kg so both fight at Mac's 48.5 kg. Then Mac's speed and boxing training decide it, and Musashi's 38 cm height edge is the only thing he has left.
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