You asked for it. Well first I can simply have you watch the multitude of videos of the actual animals actually fighting which actually shows you the Lion actually losing. The sad part is , in half of them it is a smaller female Tiger, punking grown male lions. The few videos of a male Tiger vs. Male Lion was so one sided it wasnt even funny.
Tigers also fight to the death just as much as Lions but since Lions live in the savannah (something that eluded you apparently) they are easier to watch and study. The average male Tiger is 70-100 lbs heavier than your average male lion. They have a bite force that has been measured up to 300-400 psi more than a Lion.
Lions inherently standnon one paw and swipe where a Tiger willnstand on his back paws and swipe using both, along with higher strength of the Tiger allows this to be devastating.
Tigers in siberia also hunt and kill some brown bears.
Bengal tigersnjump in the water and hunt fu***** crocodiles, an animal that on a consistent basis steals foods from Lions.
Now I dont condone fighting of animals. I find it abhorrent. But when I was in Korea we saw a.few of these fights. We saw a lion vs. Dogs and we watched a tiger vs. Dogs. In both cases the cat won (obviously) but the Tiger didnit in half the time.
Both of these creatures are amazingly powerful animals.And in a one on one it all depends on the animal itself. In the wild even larger more powerful animals will back down to save themselves even the slightest injury. (Grizzlies backing down from wolverines, etc.)
And in ancient roman times, they used to pit Barbary Lions against I believe Bengal (could be wrong ) Tigers and the quote was that the Tigers "invariably" won. Can anyone prove this? Why no. But what I do know is that both of these cats can kill a raptor. Easily.
Now come watch Tony rage out on the sentry vs thanos thread.