Indigenous African tribes have been successfully defending themselves from lions for many thousands of years with much less than that.
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Depends on the "full armor". Full plate? The knight can probably win even without a weapon, as the gauntlets will make his punches more dangerous. Chainmail + gambeson would probably protect the knight enough, but any exposed parts, especially the neck, would make the fight super dangerous for the human.
Keep in mind that certain blunt strikes, or even the strength of the lion's bite, can hurt or even disable a limb, even if it's protected with armor, be it plate or chainmail (the gambeson helps protect against these strikes). Ever seen how dogs can grab a person's arm and twist it hard? Now imagine that dog weighs 150kg and it should be pretty clear how you can still get fucked. Also, the lion will likely run and pounce, taking down the knight who will be at a disadvantage. Humans are strong, but lions are waaaaaay stronger.
Armed or unarmed? Armor might help you not die for a while...but without weapons, there isn't much a person could do to kill a lion.
Punches with steel globes do hit hard. Lions can get concussions as well. Specially if they are not wearing helmets.
Shove an armored arm down it's throat to the shoulder. It will possibly suffocate and die. This is the advice I have emheard for unarmed and unarmored humans to survive a Jaguar attack in South America. I would wager that chain and plate mail would level the playing field against a lion.
That sounds like someone was pulling your leg. How do you get an arm down a moving animal's throat, and past it's limb-severing jaws?
Who would win in a battle to death, a lion or a pilot in a B-29 including it‘s load?
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If the knight was equipped with a shield and sword - Knight.
If the knight had neither - Knight.
Even if the knight had no shield or weapons, it would fare better because his limbs become the next weapon being covered in armor a lion cannot penetrate. At least immediately. The only chance a lion remotely has is if it manages to knock the knight's helmet off and go for the face and head following a takedown.
But I also wouldn't say it'd be easy for the knight either because, all of that weight will just fall onto him should he be tackled. A full suit of armor typically weighs 50 pounds all over combined. So if a lion tackles the knight and manages to have enough intelligence to try and use suffocation as a means, that's 50 pounds + the weight of the lion of 420, that knight is not getting up anytime soon.
Winner: Lion (in round 1)
I think you gotta consider that a knight has likely never seen a lion or a beast of such proportions before. If you put the knight into a moderate-sized arena with a large cat, I’m willing to bet the bravery of the knight fails him and he is mauled to death by the lion.
It all comes down to the mental game.
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