With a modern rhino, Triceratops will almost certainly prevail. Even a white rhino is “only” four tons at most; Triceratops max out at probably more than ten tons. While the rhino is quicker both in terms of speed and intelligence, Triceratops is just as agile, and, as I say a LOT bigger. read more
But I’d like to see a fight between Triceratops and the mammoth-sized ice age rhino Elasmotherium. Triceratops is still bigger, heavier (30 feet long, and we’ll say 18,000 pounds), and better armored, and is armed with not only three horns, but a heavy tail and a powerful bite. read more
Best Answer: Triceratops was much bigger and therefore much stronger. Rhinos fight by buttinig and ramming, and the weight difference is therefore decisive. It would be as much as a mismatch, if not more, as a 200 pound linebacker going up against a 700 pound Sumo wrestler. read more