Miyamoto Musashi vs Barack Obama: 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.
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.
Barack Obama
“No Drama Obama” · United States · b. 1961 · 6′1″ (185 cm), 175 lb (79.4 kg)
44th President of the United States and commander-in-chief during the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Serious pickup basketball player. A natural southpaw.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Musashi by TKO. Musashi won his first duel at 13 and swings both fists like his two swords. Obama, 5 cm taller, stays calm and cites constitutional law to the referee, but a second-round combination folds him and the ref waves it off. TKO.
Fair fight? Move the bout to a basketball court and play pickup to 21. Obama's serious hoops game finally gets home-court advantage, and Musashi has to work out what a screen is.
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