Audie Murphy vs Theodore Roosevelt: 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.
Theodore Roosevelt
“Teddy” · United States · 1858–1919 · about 5′10″ (178 cm), about 220 lb (100 kg)
Led the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill in 1898, then became the 26th US President. A keen boxer until a punch in a White House sparring session cost him the sight in his left eye.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Murphy by DQ. Murphy circles to Roosevelt's blind left side and pecks away for two rounds. In the third, Teddy, 50 kg heavier and out of patience, reaches for his White House judo and hoists Murphy for a throw. Throws are fouls, the referee waves it off, and Murphy wins by DQ.
Fair fight? Make it a 65 kg catchweight, with Roosevelt trimming down, and have the referee stand right beside him to shout "no judo" at every clinch.
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