Theodore Roosevelt vs Saddam Hussein: 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.
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.
Saddam Hussein
“The Ace of Spades” · Iraq · 1937–2006 · about 6′2″ (188 cm), about 209 lb (95 kg)
President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. Launched wars on Iran and Kuwait and brutally crushed opposition at home. Found hiding in a hole near Tikrit in 2003 and executed in 2006.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Roosevelt by DQ. Saddam's 10 cm height edge lasts until Roosevelt, who kept boxing as president and once gave an 84-minute speech after being shot in the chest, walks through his jabs. Between rounds a suspiciously fresher Saddam appears, the body double is spotted, and the referee disqualifies him.
Fair fight? Fingerprint both fighters at the weigh-in and station a guard at Saddam's corner stool, so only one Saddam can climb through the ropes. Add a 5 kg weight-gain plan for him.
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