Audie Murphy vs Saddam Hussein: 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.
Saddam Hussein
“The Ace of Spades” · Iraq · 1937–2006 · about 6′2″ (188 cm), about 209 lb (95 kg)
President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. Launched wars on Iran and Kuwait and brutally crushed opposition at home. Found hiding in a hole near Tikrit in 2003 and executed in 2006.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Murphy by TKO. Saddam is 45 kg heavier and 23 cm taller, but Murphy single-handedly held off a German company atop a burning tank destroyer. A soft ex-dictator who built palaces instead of training camps tires fast; his corner throws in the towel. TKO, Murphy.
Fair fight? Let one of Saddam's rumored body doubles tag in for round two, doubling his manpower to match Murphy's one-man-army reputation.
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