# World leaders: who'd win a fight?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-leaders-whod-win-a-fight/264768>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 17, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-leaders-whod-win-a-fight/264768 "2004-09-17T01:14:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcbiggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@mcbiggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcbiggins)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-leaders-whod-win-a-fight/264768/1 "2004-09-17T01:14:50Z")

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I had this debate with my friends the other night, and I though I would what you dopers had to say.

Of the currently ruling world leaders, who do you think would win a fight? Ground rules: no weapons and they both see each other and know the fight is coming. I vote for Putin. He’s still youngish and is some sort of Judo blackbelt. Who can best him in hand to hand combat?

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**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-leaders-whod-win-a-fight/264768/2 "2004-09-17T04:49:56Z")

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Arnold S. is trying to get a bill passed that will let him run for president.

Let’s wait on him before we try this out for real.