<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> William Mark Clark (1838) believed that the Bengal tiger was "more than a match" for the Asiatic lion . </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> Trainer Bert Nelson, who witnessed a struggle between lions and tigers, said that a tiger would surrender' sooner' than a lion . </Li> <Li> Clyde Beatty, the animal trainer and performer who owned several tigers, lions, hyenas, and other exotic animals, believed that in nine out of ten times, "a full - grown lion would whip a full - grown tiger ." He mentioned that since he first began mixing the animals, 25 of his tigers (2 of them being Siberian tigers, the rest of them being Bengal tigers) were killed in the circus arena, but there was not a single lion casualty . </Li> <Li> Renowned naturalist and conservationist of India, Kailash Sankhala wrote in his book' Tiger' that the tiger would be unable to get close to lion's vital joints because of his thick mane, and that the tiger would be vulnerable to the lion . He mentioned that once an Indian prince organized a fight in which the lion killed the tiger, and opined that "a tiger is no match for even single lion of equal strength ." </Li> <Li> Dave Hoover, the animal trainer for Cole Bros. Circus, mentioned that "lions are better fighters than tigers," and that some of their circus tigers were killed by lions . </Li> </Ul>

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