Audie Murphy 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.
Audie Murphy
“To Hell and Back” · United States · 1925–1971 · about 5′5″ (165 cm), about 110 lb (50 kg)
The most decorated American soldier of the Second World War. Won the Medal of Honor at 19 by holding off a German company alone from atop a burning tank destroyer. Later a Hollywood star.
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's two-sword style converts neatly to two fists, and he's 30 kg heavier and 15 cm taller. Murphy, rejected by the Marines and paratroopers for being too small, keeps getting up, but the referee steps in during round two.
Fair fight? Meet in the middle on weight: Musashi drops 15 kg and Murphy gains 15 kg, so both fight at 65 kg. Murphy's stubbornness then gets a real chance.
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