Machamp 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.
Machamp
“The Superpower Pokémon” · Pokémon · 1996 · 5′3″ (160 cm), 287 lb (130 kg)
Fighting-type Pokémon with four muscular arms. Its punches can send an opponent clear over the horizon, but anything delicate gets its arms tangled.
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)
Machamp by TKO. Musashi claims 61 duels won, but never against four fists and 50 kg extra. His two-sword style leaves him two hands short, and both are empty. In round two Machamp pins him on the ropes with a flurry, and the referee waves it off. TKO.
Fair fight? Make Machamp hold a calligraphy brush in each hand and finish a tidy ink painting mid-round. Anything delicate tangles its arms, and painter Musashi gets a real chance.
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