Miyamoto Musashi vs George S. Patton: 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.
George S. Patton
“Old Blood and Guts” · United States · 1885–1945 · 6′2″ (188 cm), about 185 lb (84 kg)
US general whose Third Army tore across France in 1944. Competed in the first Olympic modern pentathlon in 1912, finishing fifth, and designed the US Army’s last cavalry sword.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Patton by Decision. Musashi arrives late to rattle Patton, but Patton, a 1912 Olympic pentathlete, has cardio to burn. Being 8 cm taller, he jabs Musashi's two-sword instincts to pieces for nine minutes and wins a unanimous decision. Musashi never lands a clean shot without his oar.
Fair fight? Make Patton wait for Musashi to arrive, then let Musashi pick his corner and the bell time, so his famous lateness finally counts as tactics.
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