Runner recalls fight to the death with mountain lion https://www.smh.com.au/environment/...fight-with-mountain-lion-20190218-p50yh9.html
That was only a juvenile that weighed 40 lbs. I had a tiger stripe Tabby that weighed 23 lbs. We called him "horsey boy" because of the way he trotted around. Imagine he would not have been able to fight off a full grown, 180 lb cat.