Benito Mussolini vs Theodore Roosevelt: 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.
Benito Mussolini
“Il Duce” · Italy · 1883–1945 · about 5′7″ (169 cm), about 176 lb (80 kg)
Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943 and Hitler’s ally in the Second World War. Deposed, rescued by German commandos, then captured and executed by Italian partisans in 1945.
Theodore Roosevelt
“Teddy” · United States · 1858–1919 · about 5′10″ (178 cm), about 220 lb (100 kg)
Led the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill in 1898, then became the 26th US President. A keen boxer until a punch in a White House sparring session cost him the sight in his left eye.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Roosevelt by TKO. Mussolini strips to the waist for the photographers, then fences with his fists: all poking, no power. Roosevelt, 20 kg heavier and a keen boxer, shrugs it off and walks him down. The referee stops it in round two.
Fair fight? Tie one of Roosevelt's hands behind his back and let Mussolini's fencing footwork do the work. Failing that, give him a 20 kg weight boost.
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