Saddam Hussein vs Joseph Stalin: 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.
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.
Joseph Stalin
“Uncle Joe” · Georgia / Soviet Union · 1878–1953 · about 5′5″ (165 cm), about 165 lb (75 kg)
Dictator of the Soviet Union from the 1920s until 1953. Led the USSR to victory over Nazi Germany while his purges, famines and labour camps killed millions. His left arm was stiff and shortened from childhood.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Hussein by TKO. Saddam is 23 cm taller and 20 kg heavier, so Stalin's old seminary training in Tiflis offers no defence. Stalin might try the bank-robber approach and go for a cheap shot, but a long jab settles it. The referee stops the fight in round two.
Fair fight? Make it a 15-round bout of a single subject: an argument over who writes the worse romance novel. Otherwise, hand Stalin a 20 kg weight advantage, or drop Saddam's weight to match.
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