<Ul> <Li> John Varty, owner of the Londolozi Reserve in South Africa, said, "People always ask me which one is bigger? If a tiger and a lion had a fight, which one would win? Well, I've seen tigers crunch up a full - grown leopard tortoise like it was nothing . And lions try, but they just don't get it right . If there's a fight, the tiger will win, every time ." </Li> <Li> The animal rescue organisation Big Cat Rescue of Tampa, Florida answered, "While it would depend on the size, age, and aggressiveness of the specific animals involved, generally tigers have a significant advantage ." </Li> <Li> The conservation charity Save China's Tigers stated "Recent research indicates that the tiger is indeed stronger than the lion in terms of physical strength . Lions hunt in prides, so it would be in a group and the tiger as a solitary creature so it would be on its own . A tiger is generally physically larger than a lion . Most experts would favor a Siberian and Bengal tiger over an African lion ." </Li> <Li> John Smith Clarke, a British lion tamer, said, in a lecture on the fight between a tiger and a lion given to the Glasgow Zoological Society, while showing the actual fight on the screen, "in 100 cases out of 100 the tiger would always beat the lion . It was far more agile, it was not so clumsy in its movements, it was equally strong, it was equally armed, but it fought in a different way . The tiger very often fought rolling on its back and held the lion in its grip until it defeated him ." </Li> <Li> The BBC (2016), in a 3 - round study of agility, strength and intelligence, favored the tiger in the case of intelligence, due to the time spent for a particular challenge . </Li> <Li> National Geographic Channel's documentary The Last Lions of Asia mentioned that a Bengal tiger had a weight advantage of 50 kilograms (110 lb) over an Asiatic lion, and could kill a lone lion in a fight . </Li> </Ul> <Li> John Varty, owner of the Londolozi Reserve in South Africa, said, "People always ask me which one is bigger? If a tiger and a lion had a fight, which one would win? Well, I've seen tigers crunch up a full - grown leopard tortoise like it was nothing . And lions try, but they just don't get it right . If there's a fight, the tiger will win, every time ." </Li> <Li> The animal rescue organisation Big Cat Rescue of Tampa, Florida answered, "While it would depend on the size, age, and aggressiveness of the specific animals involved, generally tigers have a significant advantage ." </Li> <Li> The conservation charity Save China's Tigers stated "Recent research indicates that the tiger is indeed stronger than the lion in terms of physical strength . Lions hunt in prides, so it would be in a group and the tiger as a solitary creature so it would be on its own . A tiger is generally physically larger than a lion . Most experts would favor a Siberian and Bengal tiger over an African lion ." </Li>

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