Joseph Stalin vs Zangief: 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.
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.
Zangief
“The Red Cyclone” · Street Fighter · 1991 · 7′0″ (213 cm), 256 lb (116 kg)
Russian pro wrestler who trains by wrestling bears in the Siberian snow. Loves his country, his muscles and the Spinning Piledriver.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Zangief by TKO. Zangief wins by TKO in round two. Stalin's stiff left arm leaves him jabbing one-handed at a man 41 kg heavier who has survived actual bears. The referee steps in, and Zangief celebrates with a victory jig. The "man of steel" turns out to be more of a "man of tin".
Fair fight? Tie Zangief's left arm behind his back to match Stalin's stiff one, and make him wrestle the ring's corner pads for a round first so he's tired.
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