Miyamoto Musashi vs Yoshi: 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.
Yoshi
“T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas” · Nintendo · 1990 · about 5′3″ (160 cm), about 132 lb (60 kg)
Friendly green dinosaur and Mario’s loyal ride since Super Mario World. Swallows enemies whole with a long tongue and turns them into eggs. Nintendo has never published his measurements.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Musashi by TKO. Yoshi flutter-jumps, swallows nothing, and lays no eggs, because tongues aren't punches. Musashi, 20 cm taller and 20 kg heavier, shows up late, ignores the bell, and lands a calm right hand. The referee waves it off in round two before Yoshi's ground-pound earns a warning.
Fair fight? Let Yoshi's tongue and egg-throwing count as legal, and give him Mario as a tag-team partner. Otherwise Musashi's height and weight advantage keeps deciding this.
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