Who would win in a fight tiger or lion?
Each is capable of killing the other. A fight between a lion and a tiger could go either way. There are numerous records of fights between these species, since many people in the past have wanted the answer to this question and tried to settle it by cruelly pitting tigers and lions against each other. In some cases the tiger wins, in some cases the lion. The largest tigers are larger and stronger than the largest lions, but not by such a margin that they could easily defeat a lion. There is some degree of overlap in size between the species, and depending on subspecies the lion might actually be the larger and stonger of the two (for example, the average lion is bigger than the average Sumatran tiger). Nor are size and strength the only determining factors – the age, sex, health, experience, temperament and so on of the particular individuals involved all play a part. Lions generally have more fighting experience than tigers – males spend several years wandering after leaving their bir