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Cats are literally made of weapons and they are very assertive about their rights.
I don't know what precise definition you want to use for "win the fight," but in think in most cases, you will either kick the cat before it attaches itself to you or else it will do a significant amount of damage for which you should go to the hospital and then take its leave. I think the second outcome is probably a lot more likely if the cat has decided it's go time and I would generally define that as "win."
I'm sorry. I've owned house cats all my life and I can tell you you're severely mistaken.
They can turn 180° in the middle and you will not touch them without risk of major injury if they're in severe distress.
We had one that needed to be held down by three adults to get an injection. She was only pissed off, and not even a large or muscular cat.
They are predators. Do not mistake them being domesticated from an inability to fight.
I love my cats and would NEVER hurt them but you cannot tell me that I couldn’t easily crush their skulls if it came to life or death. This post is “could you take on in a fight” not “can you hold them down”.
They are faster than us. But not trying to convince anyone.
You could of course harm them in a surprise but that's also not what the question was.
You couldn't easily step on one in a fight.
Of course I could easily harm any cat not expecting it. But this is about a fight. And I've seen people trying to touch even their own cat during a fight.
Try a look at wild cats.
https://www.thepoke.com/2016/06/06/cat-experiement-goes-wrong-in-funny-way-yeah/
Fella was already ready to kill the cats and had 0 success at all in dispatching them once it was real. Like Mike Tyson said, everyone has a plan until the hand that's going to break the neck is getting eaten like a mouse.
I won't say that what you say is impossible, just that things like that are not as easy as they seem. Animals generally pretty capable when it's go time even if the theory seems like they should be easy to deal with.
By the picture and the comments there's a majority of people seriously underestimating cats. 😁
Like I said, everyone has a plan until.