lion vs tiger

Okay, no offense, but some of the comments made earlier were mostly based on bias of the animal, not true fact. First let us get something straight. When we say 'Tiger' we are talking Siberian or Bengal. Any other of the small subspecies are no match for the African lion. and when we say Lion, let us refer to the African Lion because the Asian Lion is smaller and not as good of a fighter. Okay, one of the latter statments was,
" Plus that big-old mane would probably fool the tiger into thinking the lion was bigger, so it might just back down " This, - im sorry - is not true. In ancient Roman times Tiger and Lions were pitted against eachother quite often. It has been documented that Tigers are the animals that attack first most of the time. The large mane of the Lion, doesnt scare the Tiger away beacause some of the shorter ans smaller Bengal Tigers are still the same size. And all Siberian Tigers are much larger. The mane acts as a force of protection against the Tiger. Since both species attack at the neck, the Mane helps protect the Lions neck.
Another comment was what if a Tiger runs into a group of Lions. Well, what if a lion ran into a group of Tigers? Lets stick to one on one.
The Bengal Tiger, is the quickest of the Tigers or Lions when it comes to fighting. The Siberian is the biggest. The Lion is the best protected.
Read this document and sea what I meen.http://www.geocities.com/kinesisksweden/ig4b.jpg

First, if you’re going to revert back to ancient Roman Pit Fights, let me get something straight. In this type of fight, the Lion would be a Lion that the Romans imported from Africa, and the Tiger would be a Bengal. Romans believed the Amur Tiger was too large, and that it would die from the heat in the large coliseums. From the link you used, you can tell it was created in Word so... The Bengals were the first of the two animals to attack frequently. This was because the Tiger was a solitary animal, and not used to other large cats in its territory. Back then, there were less humans and more land for the Tigers. The mane acted as a shield, it protected the Tiger from biting the Lion's throat and neck. But because the Lion would normally weigh about an average of 50 pounds more that the Bengal, so the Bengal would go for the throat, where the lion was more protected. This creates for a longer fight, since the Lion hits slower.