Punch-Out!!/YMMV: Difference between revisions

* [[That One Boss]]:

** In the Wii version, Title Defense Bald Bull is unanimously considered to be ''the'' hardest opponent. Significant damage on every attack, a right uppercut that comes out very quickly, a change in timing on his Bull Charge (his [[One-Hit Kill]]), and most importantly, knockdown immunity unless hit with a Star Punch. It also doesn't help that the Stars are hard to get. Bald Bull's status as [[That One Boss]] is lampshaded in ''[[Family Guy]]'' when, while praying, Peter asks [[God]] for advice on how to beat him.

** Soda Popinski in Title Defense. If you don't have quick reflexes, have fun losing. Soda moves very quickly and early on takes little damage. Each consecutive time you counter, he'll take more damage, but if you get hit, it resets. And without quick reflexes, you'll be getting hit a lot.

** Dragon Chan in ''Super Punch-Out!!'' (arcade and Super NES). Blocks a lot, is fast, and has that [[One-Hit Kill]] kick. Especially in the rematch of the arcade game. He blocks a lot more efficiently and he does two of those kicks in a row. Not only is the timing on dodging the kicks difficult, he throws them with random build-up times, and if he ends on the player's right, he can't be countered after missing.

** Great Tiger in the arcade ''Super Punch-Out!!'', especially the rematch. He rarely stuns, and even if he does, the player gets at most one or two extra punches out of it. He also uses an annoying low hook attack with an odd build-up time, making it very hard to dodge or counter. Even worse, he'll dodge the player's attack and follow with an easily avoidable attack, allowing the player to dodge ''that'' and get in a hit or two. Great, until he suddenly counters ''instantly'' and gets a free hit on the player.

** Bear Hugger is notable in that he's one of the few boxers to not follow a specific pattern after the first knockdown. This makes him extremely difficult to read and anticipate his fakes. For the TD version, considering that the best way to do damage to him requires that you counterpunch his moves, not being prepared for his fakes only serves to aggravate the issue.

** Despite only being the third-to-last boss in the SNES ''Super Punch-Out!!'', Hoy Quarlow may well be the game's hardest opponent, due to his incredibly fast and powerful counter-attacks, which allow him to really whale on you if you get careless. By contrast, Rick and Nick Bruiser are more [[Mighty Glacier|Mighty Glaciers]], with the difficulty in their fights (especially Nick's) being more in actually taking them down before the timer runs out.

** Many people will agree that Mike Tyson is the hardest opponent in the entire series, and Mike Tyson is infamous for being one of the hardest bosses in ''any video game ever''. His quick reflexes and brutal attacks really make him a challenge.