Iron Man is definately stronger/Faster/smarter and better armed.
But Darkhawk can heal himself by just switching back and forth. So if Darkhawk really tries to wear him down he could do it, but I'm going to give this to Iron Man 6/10
That's my realistic approach.
My fan-base approach is...
Darkhawk destroys him and forces him to dance to Sweating to the Oldies.
See, this kind of sucks. If I were a Superman fan-boy I could at least come up with an arguement against the strength issue, or a Hulk fanboy, or a Juggernaut fanboy; but if someone says, "Darkhawk isn't as strong as Iron Man" I just have to sit here and take it in the face.
He doesn't have Stark's Tech or arsenal.
He doesn't have his brains or experience.
He doesn't have his strength or speed.
He can last a long time if he tries and he can defend himself very well against his attacks due to force fields. It' s a good fight but I don't know if it's a fair one.
It's alright. Darkhawk can beat plenty of guys. Just because I have problems with powerhouses doesn't make me useless. There are some powerhouses I would destroy (i.e. Wolverine) if you consider him a powerhouse.
He can hurt ironman this I am certain of, Darkhawks attacks are mystically based, so they pentrate the armor... as far as the outcome of a battle I think Ironman will knock him out within time. This all depends highly upon whether or not Marvel goes and mutates his powers.
I hope they don't mutate his powers. I'd hate for them to make a Superman out of him. I'd rather him just stay the way he is.
I thought IronMan would knock him out too. It's a bit much for him to handle.
I definately think he could hurt him. If I needed to distract Iron Man or wear him down I would throw Darkhawk at him. He'd give him a hard time, but he wouldn't beat him.
Classic Iron Man suit went head to head with Iron Man. Iron Man actually initiated the attack to test Darkhawk's limits. Match was fairly even. Both were actually holding back. Iron Man would have probably won after a long battle. Darkhawk would probably be able to pull off a few wins if IM gets careless. Darkforce energy could help Darhawk's chances a great deal.