Finally, an interesting fight!! 
 
 
 
The rest of these forums are getting gay! 
 
 
 
The jaguar will definitely win because like you said it is "pound-for-pound stronger" and that's what will help it prevail in this battle. Because these cats are similar in many ways, so it would come down to size and strength, and the jaguar holds that over the leopard.

I can't believe this fight is even considered, its a true mismatch.  
The leopard would just climb a tree avoiding the conflict with the much stronger feline. The jaguar would destroy the leopard just like the lion does with it. Jaguar wins 9/10 times.

The jaguar can be calm and nice but if someone or something comes by it the jaguar can jump up and turn on its vicious mode! 

THIS ISN'T EVEN A FIGHT!!! 
 
 
 
The bigger pussy will win!

Yeah exactly, what is this fight doin on here? 
 
It's a JAGUAR and a leopard, that's not fair! 
 
 
 
Why not a Leopard and a Cheetah or something? That would b a better fight than this!

Jaguar wins. That's all I have to say about this lol.

this fight is a white wash jaguar wins the leopard fight vs cheetah one would b a miss match to the leopard would porn i say cougar vs leopard like the one i left in the white shark vs orca one plus the other animals that would b deemed fair to an extend too many miss matches

They should post a leopard vs a puma, these cats are evenly matched with the puma being sligthly bigger about 5-25 pounds heavier.Leopard vs cheetah leopard wud win. a cheetah cant even go up against a young hyena they are just built for speed

cheetahs r not fighters! Whoever said they r is retarded. And there is no point in arguing over an animal fight, that's the gayest thing I could think of. It is really, really gay to be on this site, I wish this jerkoff nvr made this bitch!!!!!! I'm only on it to inform everyone that THIS is GAY!!

Oh come on people, there is one creature none of you have mentioned that would pulverize any animal discussed on this website.....the one and only Chuck Norris.

I say Jaguar. They have the weight advantage but I doubt they'd even fight. Plus they would never meet in the wild.

Um, Damon Walker, I don't think that will be much of a fight man. cheetahs have a very weak build in comparison, not just to other cats, but to other mammals in total. They can chase down prey; however, in a head on fight, a leopard would destroy a cheetah. Cheetahs have blunt, non-retractable claws, weak jaws, and small teeth. The cheetah is a poor example of the feline strength. It has speed, but not strength. It can kill a baboon, but usually, cheetah brothers prefer to hunt in groups of two to four, for extreme safety and assurance of getting kills. Jaguar would crush the skull of a leopard with it's powerful jaws. Many people on here neglected to acknowledge how powerful the jaws of a jaguar are. Their killing methods are different from other cats. They just bite right into the skull and crush it.

I forgot to add a few points after revising this from a couple of weeks ago. Jaguars have a more compact build than a leopard, and have one of the strongest jaws of any big cat alogn with their total body strength, to match. They can piece the armor plating of caimans and armadillos. Leopards only have a bite that can match that of a wolf (700PSI).

Compact build or not the leopard would pawn the jaguar.

You must be kidding me, right? Jaguars have a much stronger bite, stronger muscle fibers, and is the strongest cat, pound for pound. The jaguar is also heavier. The leopard would kill the jaguar. Please look up more about the jaguar. You're arguing with someone who's been doing research and studying Carnivorans for years. The jaguar will go directly for the leopard’s skull, not the jugular like most other big cats. The jaguar will crush it with it’s powerful jaws.

I am sorry, I meant to say "The jaguar would kill the leopard."

friends, no use of mentioning jaguar's jaws . it's paws are enough to kill a leopard . jaguar has less stamina but 1 blow is enough to keep a leopard down .this fight can be compared to lion vs goat .

Arpan Sharma: Well, I don't think the battle will be that easy, he-he. Unless of course, you're talking about a Markhor goat, which can weigh 300lbs+ or the Rocky Mountain Goat, which can weigh up to 500lbs. 
 
 
 
The leopard is still more agile than the jaguar, which is an advantage, so the lose/win ratio would be an 8-9/10, in the favor of the jaguar. 
 

the jaguar is professional climber~ 
so, when they meet in battle field~ 
the jaguar can easily win if there a tree near there 

StarScream: Despite me thinking the jaguar will overwhelm the leopard 8-9/10, the leopard is still a very good climber, and is more agile than the jaguar, so if it were in the trees, the results would heighten for the leopard. However, the jaguar still has a 6-7/10 win ratio against a leopard in the trees. The leopard is a more efficient climber than a jaguar.

I'll give it to the leopard, they weigh almost the same on average and live in harsher conditions, the leopard is far more experienced when it comes to conflict unlike the jaguar who avoid fighting much. 
 
 
 
A leopard who competes with lions and hyenas and nile crocodiles will most likely outmatch the jaguar who isn't used to much conflict with anyone. 
 
 
 
The leopard's also more agile than the jaguar the only real advantage the jaguar has is bite force and strength and even that is not by a huge ammount.

Relish, Jaguars don't get into much conflict? You mean killing `12 foot logn caimans and 30 foot logn anacondas is not conflict?

Please, I would go with the leopard for a safe guess. Yes, it's true that a jaguar has brute strength. The leopard has the advantage though, with agility on its side. And seriously, OTTERS can kill anacondas and caimans!

The leopard is also more used to fighting than the jaguar. The jaguar doesn't have competition like the leopard does, and wouldn't see the leopard as prey. In fact, don't you think the jaguar would be kind of puzzled to see a large predator like itself wanting to fight? 

LOL, not 12 foot long caimans or 30 foot long anacondas. And I think you're thinking of the Giant river otters, who've been noted to consider piranhas as a delicacy. Mustelids are strong animals for their size, but I'm pretty sure even a giant 5 ft long river otter couldn't kill a 12 ft long caiman.

Well actually, leopards are quite timid animals. Single hyenas have been known to scare them off of their kills, even male leopards. Jaguars are more aggressive than leopards. Also, jaguars are not just stronger than leopards, but also have much stronger jaws than a leopard. Jaguars go for the head, not the throat, unlike other big cats. They crush the skull of the animal with their jaws.

jaguar wins all the time the lepard can be killed by babons iv witnessed it when i was in africa studeing them. when i was studeing jaguars they were mitey hunters and killers one aproched me. i shot my gun off in the sky and it did not scare him.it was a scarry time but i would defend myself if he would of attacted but he turnd and walked off when i back away slowly giving him lots of room to move away

jaguar wins all the time. were the jaguar lives hes the king so he backs down to nothing he has no threets. iff he meat a lepard it would be like another jaguar invading his taritory just not as big and not as strong. leaperds can defend them selfs but a jaguar is a killer i dont care iff he dosint have alout of fighting exsperiancs he knows how to kill

plus that jaguar has a bit force of 1 800 pounds one bite to the leaperds skull its don

The jaguar is pound for pound the world's most powerful cat. No cat less than a lion or a tiger would stand a snowball's chance in a volcano against a jaguar. 
 
Better fights: jaguar vs gorilla / leopard vs cougar.

Jaguar will surely win in a conflict between a Leopard.Leopard is more agile and aggressive but the Jaguar's strength is more than enough to kill a Leopard.

I must admit, both the leopard and the jaguar have advantages over one another, but nobody can say that one of them would win EVERY TIME, as it says in the stupid description. Animal fights are very unpredictible. The fight could go either way, but the animals are more likely to mate, or (if the same gender)fend eachother off.

Well, Luke, let's compare: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Advantages a leopard has: 
 
 
 
- Agility 
 
- Speed 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Advantages a jaguar has: 
 
 
 
- Strength 
 
- Bite force 
 
- Bones 
 
- Muscle mass 
 
- Aggression 
 
- Larger on average 
 

I disagree with what many are saying here. Pound for pound, the jaguar is the strongest living cat. He also has thew strongest bite of any cat. The jaguar is the only cat that kills by biting into the skull of his victim.  
 
But, the jaguar's strength has not slowed him down. I see no evidence that a jaguar is slower than a leopard.  
 
This fight belongs to the jaguar.

I find it interesting that the leopards closest relative is the lion, while the jaguars nearest relative is the tiger. This of course, has no bearing on this face-off. I would put the big cats in this order as to who is the better fighter. 
 
 
 
#1- tiger 
 
#2- lion 
 
#3- jaguar 
 
#4- puma / leopard.

Very correct Toby, but I don't think Mr. Animalia, the one who calls himself "The Famous Cat Fanatic" really knew the evolutionary relations of his favorite animal, but actually Toby, the cougar is not a big cat. It's more closely related to smaller felids. It belongs in the subfamily Felinae, while big cats, including both clouded leopard species, and the snow leopard, are in the subfamily Pantherinae. 
 
 
 
Ironically, in Big Cat Diaries, the consider the cheetah a big cat, when in fact, it’s closest living relative is the serval, and the cheetah is also another felid included in the subfamily Felinae. Felinae was the most diverse subfamily of felids. The closest relative of the cougar is Jaguarundi, being that both felid species are in the same genus.  
 
 
 
The tiger was suspected to be the first species in the genus Panthera, first coming around 3-4 million years ago. Then, eventually the jaguar branched off from the tiger, and eventually the lion, then the leopard, and then the snow leopard. The snow leopard is on debate as a species of Panthera. Some scientists think the snow leopard is part of that genus, while some think it should belong in it’s own genus; Uncia. I think it should stay in the same genus as the others, because it looks a lot more like a leopard, than a Jaguarundi resembles a cougar ,and yet that animal is in the same genus. Clouded leopards are branched into two species, and are not considered part of the Pantheria genus, and instead, classified in the genus as Neofelis. There’s two species of clouded leopard. 
 
 
 

I say that the jaguar will win due to my research a jaguar has better strength and bite force while leopards have speed and can climb up trees both have agression. don't get me wrong i love both jaguar and leopard. I also love cheetahs

even though one is stronger, it does not mean the outcome will always be in his favor, there are exceptions, and things can change. I do agree the jaguar would win 7/10. But, it's like saying the boxer with the hardest punch is always going to win, that's not true, other factors need to come into play, not just brute force

as much as I love leopards and they are amazing animals that have even been known to attack and kill gorillas, i have to say that this is an unfair fight and that the jaguar would win by a landslide. it is far stronger and larger, and has a bite force to rival that of a great white shark.

I may like the leopard more but ya i guess i have to admitt that the jaguar has the most powerful bite force of any big cat. But i think it would be a good fight for sure. Get 1 of each animal out of the wild that weigh 200lbs each and it would be an amazing fight. Oh and can someone please explain to me why some people think that the jaguar could kill a lion and tiger? Cuz thats totally fucked?! A lion and tiger would tear a jaguar apart! Right.

Depends on the lion or tiger, lion man. If it's a lioness, it's possible. The largest jaguars have been recorded over 300lbs, but they average at about 180lbs. The average lioness is about 300lbs, but also, the jaguar has now been thought by many experts to be the strongest big cat, pound for pound. So it could go either way, depending on the ion or tiger. Some lion and tiger species only average about 300-350 for males. The smallest tiger subspecies averages about 250lbs, for males (Sumatran tiger).

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First of all, the leopard would win, it's the more skilled and more experienced fighter, it's taller, faster, more agile, more aggressive, and pound for pound it's actually stronger, It's the leopard that can haul many times its weight up trees and is actually more adept to climbing trees than jaguars, they are the most skilled tree climbers amongst genus big cats, the leopard averages 200 lbs. and the jaguar averages 250 lbs.

i think the jaguar would definateley win this, even though leopards are aggressive animals.  
 
And when it comes to a jaguar/leopard fighting a lion, it all comes down to gender. Unless its a mother defending its cubs, males are more aggressive and powerful. So i think a male jaguar/leopard would hold its own against a lioness but would have no chance against a male lion. check out the website for confirmation.

this is the website: 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INOflR-UeWo

If a lone lioness was feeding on a carcass, neither leopard nor jaguar could take her kill from her. But, she could take a kill from either of the big spotted cats.

Actually size doesn't not matter here though I do support the jaguar to come out on top most of the time. 
If the leopard can get a good grip around the jaguar's neck then the fight is done. 
There are several records of leopards killing young tigers and lions by using the throat hold technique, there is even a video on youtube with a lone leopard standing up to several lions including an adult male. 
But my best guess is that those lions were probably not all that interested in killing the leopard.

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Leopard VS Jaguar-  
 
 
 
The Jaguar obviously pound for pound has the strongest bite force of all big cats and kills through biting the skull. The leopard has agility, aggressive behaviour and a skilled fighter with both cats being great tree climbers. If there was a face off It would be a great battle, 2 males weighing the same around 220 pounds could go either way. I have seen Jaguars jumping in to water and taking down large caimen without no fear and have seen leopards kill hyena and crocadiles and walk past male lion with a swagger so how do you decide. Each cat can kill prey weighing 400 pounds and more and drag them up trees, it all depends on the behaviour of the cat if the leopard is more aggressive he could win and the same with the jaguar. The jaguar and leopard are fantastic animals and large males of both species could stand up to a female lioness with no fear...