Miyamoto Musashi vs Ryu: 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.
Ryu
“The Wandering Warrior” · Street Fighter · 1987 · 5′9″ (175 cm), 187 lb (85 kg)
Wandering martial artist who lives only for the next fight. Master of the Hadoken, which he has been asked to leave at home tonight.
The crowd
Miyamoto Musashi 0%, Ryu 100% (1 vote).
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Ryu by TKO. Musashi turns up late, then tries to sneak in a carved oar, which the referee confiscates. That leaves fists, Ryu's whole career. A Shoryuken uppercut drops the swordsman in round two, and the referee waves it off.
Fair fight? Let Musashi fight with a wooden oar, like at his famous duel. Ryu gets bare hands and the same white gi, and can wait for him to arrive.
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