Napoléon Bonaparte 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.
Napoléon Bonaparte
“The Little Corporal” · France · 1769–1821 · 5′7″ (169 cm), about 170 lb (77 kg)
Emperor of the French who conquered much of Europe before his final defeat at Waterloo in 1815. Not actually short: about average for his time. The myth came from British cartoons and French inches.
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 TKO. Patton, 19 cm taller and 7 kg heavier, has an Olympic pentathlete's fitness and no patience for Napoleon's artillery-officer plan, which requires artillery. Napoleon escapes the corner once, as he did Elba, but round two ends when his corner throws in the towel. TKO, Patton.
Fair fight? Tie one of Patton's hands behind his back, and let Napoleon's corner be staffed entirely by tame rabbits for morale.
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