Audie Murphy vs Horatio Nelson: 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.
Horatio Nelson
“Hero of the Nile” · United Kingdom · 1758–1805 · about 5′5″ (165 cm), about 132 lb (60 kg)
British admiral who destroyed the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar in 1805 and died at the moment of victory. Fought on after losing the sight of one eye and most of his right arm.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Murphy by Decision. Murphy wins by decision. Nelson is 10 kg heavier and never quits, but with one arm and one good eye he keeps swinging at where Murphy used to be. Murphy, rejected by the Marines and paratroopers for being too small, quietly banks all nine minutes of points.
Fair fight? Tie Murphy's right arm behind his back so the arm count is level, and give Nelson a third-round bucket, since the seasickness has to go somewhere.
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