Miyamoto Musashi vs Samus Aran: 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.
Samus Aran
“The Hunter” · Metroid · 1986 · 6′3″ (190 cm), 198 lb (90 kg)
Galactic bounty hunter raised by the bird-like Chozo, who wipes out Metroids for a living. Nintendo lists 190 cm and 90 kg; fans still argue whether that includes the Power Suit.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Samus by Decision. Musashi arrives late and fights the round-one bell with an oar-shaped grudge, but Samus is 10 cm taller and 10 kg heavier, and she's raised to handle things bigger than a swordsman. Musashi's two-fist Niten Ichi-ryū finds nothing to hold. Samus wins on the scorecards.
Fair fight? Give Musashi his wooden oar and take away Samus's Power Suit, so both fight at a size that suits the ring. Or make her show up on time.
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