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Cojimar 1945 wrote:Do people think that some guys might be able to beat a tiger or a bear with their bare hands? These cases of little guys defeating much bigger guys are really impressive and have got me wondering more about potential matchups between people and other animals.

What kind of bear, precisely? Polar bears can be surprisingly quick but are prone to excess hydration, which hurts them in championship-length fights. With grizzlies, it's all a matter of staying out of range and taunting them for 3-4 rounds, so they tire themselves out - but one swipe and it's over, so it's a tricky strategy to pull off. Now, a brown bear of modest size and similar ring experience, I could see ... just bait him with a bit of honey on one glove and then smack him upside the head with the other when he goes for it - which he always will.

You'd think Koalas would be pushovers, but they can be surprisingly fierce when riled and they're genrally hard to hit, with that low-crouching "Eucalyptus-eater" defense.

Now, if some boxer could beat one of those Chinese bamboo-eating bears with the crazy martial arts skills, that's be really impressive - I bet it'd be absolute panda-monium.

Eric good work on keeping us apprised of the Human vs Animal world trends and stats.

BoxBuzz wrote:Eric good work on keeping us apprised of the Human vs Animal world trends and stats.

..and thanks for, um, bearing with me through my fight-breakdown-slash-zoology-lesson.

I hope to provide some insight into the human vs. tiger topic at a later time ... note that perhaps the main reason such fights are so rare is not anything to do with venue, glove weight or choice of referee and judges (how many tiger, how many human, that sort of thing) or even with the crazy animal-rights lobby, but rather contractual disputes - for one thing, how do you translate a purse bid into "fresh kills"? I tell you, writing a fight contract with a tiger ... I swear it's one special clause after another. Tigers do so love their clauses.