Not so sure about that. In a fight devoid of armor, speed would be your best asset.

I remember the sword fight between a master duelist and three street toughs, described by one of the writers in the Ring of Fire books and supposedly based upon an actual historical incident. All four combatants regard each other for a frozen second, then the blades come out and a VERY rapid exchange of blows - too rapid for the 20th-century observer to separate into discrete movements - follows . . . then the duelist steps back with a deep puncture wound slowly pulsing blood from his thigh, as the three bravos slump to the ground dead.