Originally posted by Odekahn
Of course not, lol.But we're arguing for Hulk now, right? What other ways besides BFR do you think Hulk could win against Thanos here?
Look to striking power for the answer.
Against Surfer, it took Thanos three or four punches to land a K.O.
Against Black Bolt, it took Thanos two or three strikes to land a K.O.
That helps place how hard Thanos strikes.
By comparison:
Savage Hulk once dropped Black Bolt with a single haymaker.
WWHulk took down Skrull-Bolt with ease (Note: at the time Pak wrote the fight between Black Bolt and WWHulk, Bolt was NOT YET known as a Skrull. Pak wrote it as the true BB fighting Hulk. It was later retconned. Point being that WWHulk was "written" to be capable of tanking a direct scream from BB (much like Thanos did) and leap back into combat to smash Bolt down (also much like Thanos did).
That is power comparison # 1.
For #2- look to Silver Surfer.
Surfer has been K.O.'d multiple times by Thor.
Powerful strikes from Mjolnir are enough to lay out the Silver Herald.
Savage Hulk has taken down Thor with his own hammer in three or so strikes.
Savage Hulk also stalemated Thor in over a dozen fights.
In at least one of those fights, Thor was taken by the Warrior Madness and screaming his intent to kill Hulk (so arguments about holding back really don't hold water).
WWHulk is multiple times stronger than Savage Hulk at base level.
By virtue of compared battle analysis- it is easy enough to deduce that WWHulk would be more than capable of matching Thanos in a purely Hand to Hand encounter.
And the moment Hulk hits WB levels- it's all over for Thanos.
It's not an easy fight. But WWHulk wins this "purely hand to hand" fist fight.