Lion is a better fighter than a tiger

Here’s a few documented accounts, on the Roman days.
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1. “Next, the arena was lowered to feature combat between them — Romans cheered as lions tore apart tigers, an went up against bears, leopards against wolves. It goes without saying that the Romans had never heard of animal rights.”
~Ken Spiro; WorldPerfect (Book)
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2. The Memoirs of Cleopatra
“They took on tigers, bears, bulls, and wild boars. Usually the lion won. page 284” (Book)
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3.Despite the final appearance given by the movie, tigers were largely unsuccessful in the gladiatorial area. Lions were more popular as they put on an excellent fight display, where as tigers were surprisingly reluctant to enter into battle. Placed in with lions, the tigers would often simply retreat.
Tiger Territory (Book)
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4. “Another subspecies very closely related to the Asian lion – the Barbary lion or Panthera leo leo – became extinct in the wild in 1922 (in Morocco). This animal the Barbary lion had been the dominant animal in the blood sports of the Roman arenas.”
~Martin Seyer’s dissertation (synopsis), (Vienna University Documentation).
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Most people straight from Rome, like italy, baglug an other districts, have told me that tell any one if they think tiger’s alway’s won, to come here themself’s. You wont find to much statue’s an art of tiger’s, but you’ll find at mostly every corner in every town, a statue dedicated to the Champion of the gladitorial arena, the “Lion”.

Thanks for your contribution to the lion vs tiger debate. You make a good argument.