A tiger would win. They defeated lions the majority of fights in Everland, India, Korea and Rome. Eye-witness accounts even point to the tiger, from Martial inside the Colosseum. Bengal tigers also caused Asiatic lions to be driven from India.
@CHURCH - You're correct. Tigers are stronger than lions by -
30.91% in forelimbs
34.91% in hindlimbs
30.07% in shoulder joints
34.10% in hip joints
The tiger has a muscle mass of 72.6% and body fat of 7.7% plus it requires nine men to control a tiger.
The lion has a muscle mass of 58.8% and body fat of 13.3% plus it requires five men to hold a lion down.
Tigers are said to be strongest.....I don't know why to be honest....some say its the way they are built.
You would think years of liones experience in African wildlife would make them better.
Sadly evolution doesn't favor the Just or Fittest
Liger wins :)