Reader poll Our recent piece on the verbal spat between China's kung fu monks and an anonymous gobby net ninja provoked a certain amount of reader speculation as to who might in fact be the meanest kick-ass mutha on the planet.

Well, we have a certain amount of clout ourselves down at Vulture Central, and a quick phone call to Don King confirmed that if El Reg readers were to pick their top contenders for the title, the Don would be able to arrange a last-man-standing 15-rounder to decide the matter once and for all.

Accordingly, we invite you to vote for who you'd like to see go head-to-head. The televised death match showdown is, of course, subject to combatants' availability and other contractual considerations, so Vulture Central reserves the right to substitute our own homegrown champion - John "Fist of Titanium" Lettice - whose editorial prowess is matched only by his merciless single-handed combat skills. Let the games begin:

Come on then if you think you're hard enough...