Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! [NES] Opponent Difficulty TIER LIST! 

Curious to see how these are ranked. My personal opinion of the game has always been it has a *perfect* difficulty curve... until you get from Macho Man to Tyson. It's a pretty smooth ride up, and suddenly the final boss is twice as hard as the guy before him, wtf. lol

One man once held the world records for all 14 opponents in the game. His name... Is Matt Turk...

I haven't played the Arcade games but I've got to say, Sandman and Macho Man are absolute nightmares here compared to Super Punch Out and Punch Out Wii. Both the Dreamland Express and the Super Spin Punch have massive tells in those games, but here it's a mere flash, blink and you'll miss it and you're down for the count, made worse by the fact they can knock you down right after getting up, ruining your momentum. Soda Pop and Bull 2 took me quite a bit to learn but they were nothing compared to these two final boxers (before Tyson). Not only that but the speed and power they have is higher than any other boxer before them, they deserve their own tier, just below Iron Mike. Also, Bald Bull 2 is the fourth hardest fight in the game, there is no world in which he is weaker/easier than Honda 2 and his Major Circuit counterpart. He has a pretty complex pattern with tricky timing, with delays and fast powerful blows, the Bull Charge has a much smaller window to counter and the Star punch Gimmick makes this fight one of the most tense encounters in the entire game, they nailed the intmidation and pressure factors perfectly here. If they didn't make Bull 2 beatable by Decision he would be an absolute nightmare, knocking him out isn't impossible, I can do it consitently with both Stars and Bull Charge counters, but there are times where it's much safer to stall to the Decsion once you have over 7k points. But it's a solid list! That's a bit of a wall of text, I know lol

Tyson has a weakness in the 2nd or 3rd round. When you get pink against him there, he almost always throws the same 3 punch combo*. This makes him more predictable. Nobody else has this flaw and it is a very bad thing to get pink against them. But, on Tyson, it is a great thing! The only exception is when he WINK pauses to do his combos in these rounds; occasionally, he'll do that WINK combo even when you are pink. Anyway, dodge his combo and attack. It is also a great place to land a star AT THE END OF YOUR ATTACK. GREAT LIST... *It does not work in Round 1...

M guy glass Joe got the skills beaten out of him when he faced Nick bruiser and somehow one.

I thought there was a tried and true pattern for a first round TKO on Tyson back in the day. I can’t remember it now. We got all our shortcuts from Nintendo Power magazine at that time. Which only came out 6x/year

This is so good why isn’t it viral?

I wonder if there’s a rom hack where instead of Tyson, you fight Muhammad Ali at the end.

I've only ever beaten Tyson (or Mr. Dream, as it was for me) once. It was incredibly assisted, as I had to watch all of KoachKrab's tutorial videos from Bald Bull 1 until the end, and it was still an absolute headache. It is a great memory I have of this game.

Unpopular opinion: i think bald bull 1 is harder than mr sandman. That bull charge is nearly impossible to counter man. Mr sandman is challanging, but once you get the head body combo down on him you are fine.

sandman was the toughest

Nice! Planning on doin one of these for Super Punch out.

I'm surprised you didn't go over the little blinking fits that Tyson has. And when he throws those quick jobs repeatedly. Still very nice video

What game What console and what tv? No mention of having to use a CRT tv.

The Super Spin Punch (The one he throws after he gets knocked down) is the hardest punch to dodge before you get to Tyson. Mr. Sandman is a cake walk compared to Macho Man. They aren't even close in difficulty. Once you beat Sandman, you will never lose to him again unless you just have horrendously bad execution. With Machoman, he can just keep spinning on the Super Spin Punch until he gets you.