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Originally Posted by Kergan
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Chimps are about 4x stronger then the average human male, gorillas 6-12x. Both are considerably quicker and have denser bones and muscles.
Put it this way, even if you got a free shot it would barely register, then it would punch your head clean off.
This is a dramatization of what would happen:
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I am familiar wit the stats compared to the average human.
I think an A level athlete trained properly would have a fair chance, gorillas do know how to punch but it doesn't get used as a primary attack in a face-off style fight. They mostly "warning" punch beta apes in the chest, shoulder, and back when they aren't looking to assert dominance. In a real square-off type scenario they try to wrestle and slam and claw.
Based on this, due to the fact gorillas don't have natural "punch his head off" instincts, I give our best human a very strong chance of being able to knock a gorilla out. But maybe they don't need to punch a humans head, they could punch anywhere and perhaps cause a fight-ending injury
The thing I would be most worried about is the bone density. The human would have to land on the cheek/face area to effectively land a punch without breaking his hand. Hitting the forehead/skull would be suicide as even with wraps and boxing gloves the hand would break instantly.
Also I have no idea if the central nervous system of a gorilla, considering its skull structure and density, is even susceptible to a human punch even from one of our best. Just look at the difference between a Samoan human, and an average human in their ability to take punches. Its scary.