Captain America vs Big Boss - Who Would Win

Captain America vs Big Boss – Who Would Win

Today an epic battle of the military in a super soldier showdown. Captain America, the first Avenger takes on Big Boss, the greatest solider the world has ever seen. In a battle of epic proportions with no outside assistance who would win? We’ll start with the star spangled solider.

 

Captain America is one of Marvels most recognisable figures. He started life out as Steve Rodgers, a wimpy guy who proved that size doesn’t matter … except when in a fight. Then it matters a lot. However his high sense or justice and morality made him an ideal subject for the super soldier program. He was injected with sup serum and was transformed into the peak of Human condition. Now he’s proved that drugs are the answer to every problem he went on to fight crime and become a great American Hero.

 

Captain America has peak in physical condition far beyond what a normal human ever could. His physical strength is insane, he can bench press 545 Kg, nearly twice what the current world record is on Earth. He has also run a mile in 73 seconds, far quicker than the record 3 minutes 43 seconds world record and would mean he averaged 47 miles per hour. Thanks to the super Serum he also has durability and endurance as well as having a brain that can process information quicker than a normal human.

 

His brain processing information quickly means he has extremely fast reflexes as well as great agility and speed. These traits aid in his excellent hand to hand fighting ability. Cap is regarded as one of the best hand to hand fighters in the entire Marvel universe, limited by only his lack of super powers. He has a unique fighting style where he combines Judo, Western Boxing and kickboxing. He also is good with gymnastics adding to his already good agility. This makes the Captain an excellent brawler who has achieved some incredible feats, including winning a boxing bout against Thor.

 

The Captain isn’t all about punching things of course. His most iconic object is his mighty shield. It is made of a steel and made up vibranium alloy making it almost indestructible and certainly indestructible to anything Big Boss has to throw at it. The shield He doesn’t just use it for defence however. The Captain enjoys playing Frisbee with his one of a kind, priceless shield and throw it at the villains. The shield however acts more like a boomerang than a Frisbee as it always seems to return to the Captain after he throws it. The shield can ricochet off multiple targets without losing velocity making it an ideal throwing weapon.

 

The Captains uniform is fire retardant and underneath he wears a light weight bullet proof uniform to protect him from bullets. Captain America is far from invincible however and has pretty much the same weaknesses as a normal human being. Standard weaponry can take him down and his costume does leave his head exposed to attack from bullets. On top of this knives should be able to easily penetrate his uniform. Despite these weaknesses however he is a force to be reckoned with and a match for any man on the planet.

 

Big Boss, otherwise known as Naked Snake, otherwise known as Punished Snake, otherwise known as some other Snakes, otherwise known as Jack, even though his name is John is a legendary soldier and focal point of the Metal Gear universe. I am not Japanese enough to understand what’s going on for most of Metal Gear but Big Boss’s life has been filled with war and conflict. Because of this Big Boss is an experienced warrior and was trained by the great soldier, The Boss.

 

The Boss taught Big Boss everything he could ever need to know about combat. Together they developed the CQC fighting style. Standing for close quarter’s combat, CQC if a fighting style designed to quickly disable and disarm an opponent. It is designed so the user can rapidly alternate between armed and hand to hand combat. This allows the combatant to maintain the advantage in a fight against any type of opponent. CQC closely resembles Judo and consists of a number of grabs, choke holds, strikes, throws and a slam into the ground that instantly knocks out an enemy soldier.

 

CQC requires manoeuvrable weapons, thus making rifles and shotguns almost impossible to use. A pistol and knife combination is preferable and thus this is what Big Boss will have access to in this fight. The M1911A1 he used in snake eater is probably his most recognisable gun so he will be using that. Having a pistol allows him to easily switch to hand to hand combat with his knife. CQC is a highly advanced combat style, far more advanced than anything else being used. This makes an expert like Big Boss a skilful and tricky combatant.

 

Big Boss is also highly skilled in survival, espionage and destruction. At some point he also became a master marksman. He is also very intelligent while in combat or survival situation as well as immensely determined as shown by his resistance to torture. These traits make him one of the greatest soldiers earth has ever seen.

 

Despite all this he is still just a man and has the same weaknesses as any other. Bullets, stab wounds etc are fatal and while he did survive being thrown off a bridge he is still just a man. He does also seem to believe in Santa. This isn’t necessarily a weakness in combat but it seemed worth mentioning.

 

So who would win a fight here? I think it’s pretty obvious if Big Boss can remove the shield from the equation he shouldn’t have much trouble winning this fight. Big Boss does not know what the shield is made of or how he cannot destroy it but he would be intelligent enough to think to aim for the head or body of the Captain with his gun.

 

I’m sure you’re thinking that Captain America could just simply throw his shield at Big Boss, knock him out and win. This is not the case however as to throw the shield the Captain would have to expose his head for long enough for Big Boss to take a shot. A marksmen of Big Boss’s skill would have no problem taking him out and even the Captain cannot dodge a bullet from such a precise shot.

 

The Captain could use his shield as a defence to get close to Big Boss as negate the long range advantage of having a gun. I have mentioned that Captain America is one of the best hand to hand combatants in the marvel universe and while this is true he is really a simple brawler. Boxing is all well and good but CQC is advanced far beyond what a simple boxer can accomplish. Big Boss has fought opponents far more powerful than a normal human being. The Captain shield is still an issue in close quarters and he could use it as a bashing weapon but someone with the skill of Big Boss should not have an issue surviving this. The Captain would have to open up to attack where his lesser combat skills would allow Big Boss to disarm him of his shield. This would leave the Captain defenceless for the kill. The winner is Big Boss.