Which is better to have?.... build and strength.. or... endurance and spirit?

Question

if a person 6' 5" who weighs around 320lbs. and is mostly muscle and benches 295lbs. (but has no real training in fighting except the fundamentals of guarding and boxing). He takes on a person who is 5' 11" and weighs about 180lbs. and is extremely fast and benches only about 120lbs. (but has disciplines in a lot of martial arts and is a descent street fighter). The big guy is slow and strong, the littler man is wirey and full of endurance...... who would win and why?

-thanks for your posts

Answer 1

I would choose the smaller man if he knows what he is doing.

I was watching a Taekwon-Do tournament not too long ago, and this small man, maybe about 5'' or maybe 5''3' was fighting a bigger man maybe 6''2' and he ended up winning. He actually went on and won the whole tournament!! It's a very good example of Indomitable Spirit and Perseverance, even if you're small, NEVER GIVE UP!

Also if you look up Genki Sudo vs. Butterball or whatever his name is, 150lb? vs. 300lb guy, and 150lb won

Also one of the Gracies (maybe royce) took on the same guy and won!

I also seen this muay thai guy that knocked out a guy that was bigger than him too. These are all professional fights (except for the TKD, unless you want to call blackbelt professional)

If you have indomitable spirit, you will win! never give up! never back down!

Answer 2

The bigger guy would win.  There's too much of a strength difference and the smaller guys isn't even average strength for his size.  I don't know how he would be 180 pounds and only be able to bench 120 unless he was very fat so I doubt that he can be that fast.

Answer 3

What you'll hear time and time again is "brain over brawn".  Sure.. Send some 90lb 10th degree black belt against a 220lb heavy weight and see if he can knock him out.  My bet is no.. Why?  Because while technique is important, one must have the power to execute those techniques.  Bigger guys can usually take a bigger hit.  Even if you slip and dodge 90% of his punches, you get caught a few times and you're going down.  While the lighter fighter can deliver 100 strikes to the bigger's 10, all it takes are those 10, if not less.  Better bet?  Lighter guy needs to hit harder.  Even if your smaller fighter knows his stuff, can hit to the groin, and do a bunch of fancy movements, he can still get caught with a big punch.

Please, do not get me wrong.  I'm a smaller guy and I train my butt off--6 hours a week at my martial arts academy, not to mention as much training as I can on my own.  While I do this, I still put in my hours at the gym.  My experience has taught me that no matter how good you are, mistakes can and will be made throughout the course of a fight.  If I go the distance with a bigger guy, my opponent will more than likely slow down and I'll probably win by decision.  In order to do so, I guarantee you I'll be circling around that ring like a mad man, spending as little time as possible inside this guys range.  But let's say during those few seconds I spend inside something lands from the bigger fighter.  Or even more likely, say I'm not in a ring.  Say there's no ref and I'm backed in the corner.  I wouldn't want to be that smaller quicker fighter.  I would want to be the powerful fighter who can execute his techniques as quickly and as devastatingly as possible in order to end that fight before anything can go wrong.

From one smaller guy to whoever.. It's not how much you weigh or how much you bench.  Bruce Lee weighed 130lbs and could send a 200lb guy flying through the air.  Work out your core and improve your strength, not size.  Not part of your question, but I had to throw that out there.  I weigh 150 and am confident fighting anyone much larger than me because I know I can hit hard.  I'm not trying to be cocky or anything, I'm just saying that strength does matter.

Answer 4

keith hackney vs emmanuel yarborough    - youtube

Answer 5

if he can stay away the smaller guy could win, but the big guy as you state has some training in boxing so chances are he will win. he's just too big i think

Answer 6

Size matters. The greater the size the more it matters. That is why you don't see boxers boxing out of their weight class, wrestlers, or ____ you fill in the blank.  Training matters and if the smaller guy has any chance at all it would be because of his skill. Unfortunately the laws of physics are stacked against him. If forced in a confined space he will most likely take a beating:(

Answer 7

i bet on the big guy almost every time.

i speak from experience in being he big guy...i'm 6'5 myself and weigh close to 300 lbs too. ...in my experience..most little guys simply can't do much damage to a big guy. no small guys could ever hurt me with their strikes. if you are a half *ss descent blocker and have a half *ss descent defense...you'll kill him...IF you can catch him lol...which i admit is harder than it sounds, but he can't run forever.

however if you tire too quickly, he'll slowly tear you apart.

but if you land a couple good shots on him, he's likely to quit or go down.

it depends really. if hes really alot better than you then id bet on him. if hes just "ok" then id bet on the big guy.

sports have weight divisions for a reason...because size does matter.

ultimately in such situations, it will boil down to strategy...he's not stupid, he knows he cant wrestle with a bear. and he knows he can't eat too many of your fists...so he's gonna stay away and wear you down bit by bit.

he also knows you're much slower than him, and he'll use that to his advantage.

you're tougher, bigger, and stronger. so you have to find a way to conserve your energy, and not waste it wingin punches at an elusive target. but find a way to get in on him, and he's done.

strategy would win.

and honestly...in my overall experience...the one who gets the upper hand first usually wins...not always...but usually. if he happens to nail you in the nose with a good cross and just jumps on you...you may lose. ...if you nail him with a good cross...you'll probably win.

Answer 8

I'm 5'5'', 170 lb. and I'm trained in many different martial arts. I have no idea how much I can bench but I doubt it's much. I've fought guys who were 6', 250 lb. and benched close to 300lb., squated over 400lb. and even took wrestling. I've had no problems winning fights, no matter what size the guy is. In Ninjutsu, superior technique is what wins the fight. Not size or strength. Speed doesn't matter that much either. I just move slowly out of the way of their strikes and then help then to their face where I either knock them out or break some bones.

Answer 9

Odds are the huge guy would pulverize the smaller guy.

An unskilled elephant would kill a skilled lion any day, using size alone.

There is always a puncher's chance, but odds are minimal for the smaller guy.