I think it was Marlon Brando who said his biggest regret was not punching his father before he died.
I don’t want to live with this kind of regret, but I think i’ll wait till i’m totally financially secure 
Anyway, you think you got what it takes?
He’s pretty strong, but I can take the old man.
He’s 73, I’m 36. He’s 5’7", I’m 6’2". He is wracked with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), and I am healthy.
I could take him easy. I just would never want to.
Yea, I could probably take mine. He’s bigger than me, but he’s got at least one bad knee and a bad back, so a nice baseball bat to the knee, preferably from ambush, would drop him like a rock.
Or do we hafta fight fair?
He’s been dead for 14 years, so I’d win on a forfeit.
But when he was alive - not on my best day. Even if I wanted to.
Hmm. I’m rather out of shape at the moment, but when I’m in a bit better shape perhaps. He does a lot of physical work - carpentry, garden work, construction, etc. (despite being a banker. 
) so he’s going to be stronger than me pretty much regardless of how good shape I am in, but he’s basically a big softy unless really angry (which I’ve very rarely seen him in). Also I’m a stubborn bastard when fighting, which I know from martial arts and playfights with my brother than any real practical experience thankfully, so I would might be able to win in the end.
Not really something I’d ever care to find out though, except purely in a playful way.
He’s in his 60s, I’m five inches taller than him and we’re both about the same weight. I don’t think I’d have much difficulty ;).
But he always whips my ass in arm wrestling
My dad taught me everything I know about fighting (go for the temple, how to properly aim a groin shot, etc.) I really wouldn’t want to find out what he hasn’t taught me.
-Age isn’t really a factor (my 25, his 54).
-I’m 6’ and 200 and in great shape, my father is 6’1 and 155 and also in great shape.
-My father is phenominally strong considering how slender he is but I’ve still got a sizable edge on strength.
-He is way smarter than me which probably makes up what he lacks in strength.
-We are both pretty quick.
I think it would be a close fight but would never ever want to find out who is the better fighter.
Any father who is doing his job as a dad should hope his son is capable of taking him by the time the son is in his mid 20’s. I would certainly hope my 12 year old could kick my then 55 year old ass by the time he’s 22. I’d be disappointed if he couldn’t.
My biggest regret is the same as Marlon Brando’s: not getting a chance to punch his dad before he died.
As for my own dad, since he’s in a wheelchair I think I could probably take him. Although if he got me on the ground, he could run me over, so I’d have to be careful.
I’ve heard many guys talk about the day they punched out the old man. It never entered my mind. I hated my dad, but I always felt that beating up one’s father was something so egregiously bad, that I’d never do it.
I don’t think I could have until I started playing football and lifting weights in high school. Ever since then, not a problem.
“My biggest regret is the same as Marlon Brando’s: not getting a chance to punch his dad before he died.”
Giraffe… that was hilarious.
Both my father and step father have passed on but were they still alive, these are two guys I would have a healthy fear of.
My father worked construction and pipeline and was a huge bear of a man. He’d had more than his share of bar fights and brawls and come out of those with nary a scratch. My uncle (father’s brother) is one of the toughest and most skilled brawlers I have ever met and even many decades after he quit his wild and rambunctious ways, his exploits are legendary. He said there was no way in hell he could ever take his older brother in a fight.
My step-father (five foot ten, 340 pounds) could dead lift and toss a full oil drum without breaking a sweat.
I met an old friend of my step-fathers who used to be a semi professional fighter. He said my stepfather was the scariest piece of work he’d ever met and was always glad that they fought on the same side.
He said he was virtually impervious to pain and could take a huge amount of punishment… he rarely hit anyone but would pick people up and toss them around the room like paper.
He related a tale of how my step-father had gotten into a fight with a man who had robbed and beaten up another one of their friends. The hapless crook was nearly unrecognizable after being repeated thrown into a brick wall.
Feynn… you must have gotten a lot of “my dad can beat up your dad” mileage out of that!
I could certainly beat mine. I’ve lifted weights for years, while he never has, and I’m meaner and a LOT crazier.
I’m 23 and my dad is 50. He could kick my ass if he wanted to, but if we actually got in a fight, I’d win. He’d never hit back.
My father is a good and caring man. I have no desire to beat him.
My dad’s almost sixty. He’s put on a little weight in the last ten years or so and he’s slowed up a little.
He’s a little shorter than me, but I ain’t that big to begin with.
I’m in my extremely late 20’s (I’m 37) and not in too bad a shape.
I’d almost think he could kick the ever-loving shit out of me if he wanted to.
My dad was a professional fighter (wrestling, boxing and bare knuckle) and I’m sure that 99% of the time he could wipe the floor with me.
The one time we did mix it up, that other 1% was on my side.
My dad died in 1985, I think that gives me the edge.
I’m not at all sure I could have done it while he was still alive … and, to be honest, I’m not at all sure I would have wanted to. If only because one of the things he taught me was that it’s better to win arguments than to win fights.