The History of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out World Records 

Download Empires & Puzzles today! pixly.go2cloud.org/SH493 I’ve been waiting to make this video for the last 7 years. The time has finally come. It truly means a lot to be able to tell this story. Hope you all enjoy!

"This runner, was me" I cant describe how glad that line made me. After all that has been done on this channel, some self-acknowledgement is both overdue and beyond deserved.

I think Salt really understates how amazing his achievement is. No one but him has held the record in almost EIGHT YEARS.

I love that so much of the frustration with Tyson is from the 8 second delay he does. The idea of of losing a run to "He's just standing there! MENACINGLY!" is frustrating, but also quite funny.

1:06:09 “This runner, was me.” What a moment for SummoningSalt. Thank you for everything you’ve done for us!

This was such a beautiful and inspiring video it almost makes me want to get back on the MTPO grind...almost.

Tyson's 8-second delay is one of the biggest mockeries for a speedrunner in any game. He just does his little dance in your face and you can't do anything about it.

It actually made me emotional hearing about how Sinister and Zallard were in Salt's chat cheering him on and helping him calm his mind before Tyson. And the way they congratulated him at the end, just a heartwarming moment.

This is like if a longtime ESPN show host busted out of his formal suit, threw on shoulderpads, and scored 8 frame-perfect touchdowns to win the Super Bowl.

Gotta love when Summoning Salt talks about Punch Out and gets to go into first person for once

I love the dichotomy between how gentle Salt's voice is vs his totally understandable gamer rage

I genuinely think the introduction of matt turk in this video is hands down the best moment in all of your videos. Changing my view of him from the final boss of Punch Out to an ancient hero of legend.

Around 4 years ago, I underwent brain surgery and was stuck in the hospital for over a month. After leaving, I couldnt really do any activities since the surgery left me unable to physically move for a while. DK64 had always been my favorite N64 game, so I decided to search for "DK64 speedrun" since longplays of the game were over 8 hours and came across your DK video. I was immediately hooked and ended up watching the rest of your videos that day. The videos motivated me to start running for myself and so I started with Limbo, pretty simple game. I tried for a couple of weeks and on one of my runs I got a PB which was in the top 10 spots (unrecorded just like Billy Mitchell). I was so proud of myself and told my parents and loved-ones about it and coming from a country in latin-america, they didnt really approve or show interest. It really hurts when someone that you love doesnt support you. I had loss the little motivation that I had left and stopped running. And even though I dont run anymore, I still watch every single one of your videos and I was so proud once I knew that you got a WR yourself. For some reason I thought you only did the commentary. Some of these moments warm my heart and get me a bit emotional, just like the moment Simply got WR and told his parents. I thank you for helping me out during tough times. Hope youre doing well and I'll be waiting for your next video. Hope this message gets to you my man. So proud.

Best thing about this? Guy manages to tell about his own records for more than an hour without it feeling self-serving. Props, man!

What a great gift to have this uploaded on my birthday of all days. Completely and totally planned I'm certain :P It's so great to see this video after all these years. I'm glad to have been able to witness your progression with speedrunning and RU-vid videos from the very beginning, ultimately leading to the full Mike Tyson's Punch Out WR video finally taking form. I'm thankful to be able to call you a friend

summoning has held the record since 2016 never boasted about it had this amazing speedrunner historian career we all know never tooted his own horn on one of the hardest games ever made bro, thank you.

The data on these runs is awesome, love that splits graph

Holy hell, Zallard1 and Sinister1 being in the chat as you made it to Tyson was like having Doc literally pep talking you before the fight. This is a phenomenal video that is so many years in the making and incredibly deserved, congratulations Salt!

A feature-length Punch-Out video. This is what it’s all been leading towards.

30:52 (World Record Pace) Mike Tyson: “Imma stand still.”

Awesome stuff!

Sinister and Zallard cheering you on and calming your nerves while watching their own times get beaten is a beautiful moment, really embodies the “We’re rivals, not enemies” mentality that the best speedrunning communities have. Props to them for being awesome

Man, it’s weirdly delightful to hear you say, “And that runner… was me!” Like, I put these on while working on other projects, and I actually looked up with a big smile on my face when you said that. Really heartwarming as someone who only really keeps up with speed running through your videos to get to hear more of your personal story like this.

I actually cried when you said "that runner...was me" after all the effort you have done to cover all these amazing runs and records, seeing you up there (even though i knew it was already the case) literally made me tear up. You are amazing at storytelling, thank you for such beautiful content.

Wow, I'm floored! As a kid, I thought I was a champ at MTPO. Clicking on your video was like stepping into the ring with Mike Tyson himself - thrilling and totally unforgettable. Your passion and dedication have taken gaming documentaries to a whole new level. Seriously, Netflix, Hulu, Prime... are you watching this? This guy's making content that's a real 'knockout'!

I think what blows me away most about this video is knowing you were setting these records while still making RU-vid content for numerous other world record categories and games. It really shows your dedication. Keep on keeping on!

It's crazy how multi-talented SS is. If you think about it this is kind of like having a documentary about boxing written, voiced and directed by the actual Mike Tyson.

Its so heartwarming hearing you say "One punch at a time" years after it was first said to you on world record pace. Shows how far even a little bit of encouragement can push a person. Never stop.

I know I'm probably beating a dead horse at this point, but Sinister and Zallard cheering you on legitimately made me cry.

Summongsalt finally made a world record progression about himself, GOAT. Edit: I usually see people edit their comments to say "omg 1 trillion likes?!?!" But I just wanted to say that I like men💀.

"... this runner... was me." I've never heard Summoning Salt introduce himself as if he's an immortal historian telling you how he became a living legend, it was chills-inducing for me lol

It's extremely evident how much passion you have about this game from the way you talk about it. No regrets staying up until 2am the night before Christmas to experience this.

What an achievement!

Not mentioned here is that Summoning Salt also holds the record on: Mr Sandman (individual fight) (by less than half a second) Another World Circuit (a special mode) (by more than 15 seconds) RTA (the real-time clock count of the full run) (by 2 seconds) 90 minute challenge (you have 90 minutes to compile the best possible times in all fights) (by just under 8 seconds) Blindfolded (by two goddamn minutes) Mike Tyson (individual fight) (by 5 goddamn seconds) He is also tied for first on a variety of other individual fights (for example, tied with 17 others on King Hippo).

I really like that Summoning Salt left in some of his rage moments. He could have framed this video to show how he has dominated this game for seven years, but he instead showed his frustrations and failures in between to show just how goddamn hard he's worked at this game.

This video was awesome!! I'm an animator and usually have long videos on in the background to keep me entertained while working, but this one kept distracting me because it was just so good. My jaw completely dropped when he said "This runner was me"

1:28:50 this tweet from Sinister1 is how I found out about you! Really cool to see the whole journey before it now, and it's definitely been crazy seeing what has happened since.

One thing that this video illustrates beautifully is what drew me to speedruns in the first place. From Sinister reaching out to Matt Turk for early strats, to Zallard showing Sinister the Don 1 buffers, to both Sinister and Zallard showing up in chat to cheer you on, the collaborative aspect and community has always been this hubby's biggest strength, and it's kinda beautiful.

“this runner… was me.” choked me up. i’ve known about salts runs and his leaderboard times for a long time. the fact that he has only mentioned it now in this video is a testament to his respect for the players and love for the game. you are awesome salt and i hope you know how important you and your videos are to all of us. thanks for everything. can’t wait to see the next vid.

That -22 second split coming into Mike Tyson from Zallard1 was crazy.

1:42:37 bro played so well that he decided to play punch out irl

Man, I love the tone shift the video took once it got into Salt’s own reign over the record halfway through it. It went from documenting the records, its holders, change of strategies etc. in the typical thorough and accurate detail Salt’s become known for on top of his usual excellent and ever improving storytelling, to a personal soliloquy on his feelings grinding the record, taking it and then holding it, his respect of his competitors (especially zallard and sinister), his history with MTPO and speedrunning as a whole; even going into the little things like Tyson going from his weakness to his strength (he holds the WR on just the Tyson fight also btw), how much Don Flamenco kicked his ass, and his changing comfort level in holding the record. It’s so neat. And it’s not just the tone of the video itself either. It’s the tone of his actual voice that changes too. At 1:12:20 where he goes into getting back into beating his first WR, you can hear a combination of joy, pride (in a good way) and nostalgic reflection in his voice talking about getting back to the lab and on the grind on top of his sheer passion for the game. Just tops. The best part is? Even though you can tell the tone shifts, he still continues to explain everything about the game’s quirks and the development of the record (and his many failed attempts) with objectivity and doesn’t sound self-absorbed even slightly. He’s just happy as fuck dude, and he gets to own that shit. Fantastic video, probably my favorite he’s done and I’ve been watching for 6 years. Now drop and give me 14:3X.

Perhaps what I love the most about speedrunning is how sportsmanlike everyone is. The fact that the top two speedrunners were cheering you on as you beat them is such a great example.

One of the best ones in a while… your storytelling is truly something special. It makes you feel the tension and importance in these runs that the runners and the chat feel in a way that a simple world record video simply cant

“This runner… was me.” My mouth was wide open. Seeing SS as a storyteller, maybe the greatest storyteller that speedrunning history has ever seen, is a thing. We all are used to seeing some rare footage of clutch moments from the best speedrunners in the world, stacking the puzzle of the best moments in videogame speedrunning history piece by piece, with an iconic background music and some real talent at script writing and telling. But then you watch this, and you realize that Summoning Salt, the same guy you’ve always watched keeping you on the edge of the seat for every world record broken in every game possible, is that same guy that set every WR ever in Punch-Out history for more than 3 years (if I’m not mistaken), breaching the sub-15 and sub-14.50 barrier for the first time ever, without anyone ever getting close to the same time, and basically being one of the best players ever existing at this game… I’m not seeing this man the same ever again. If you told me that he was a good speedrunner, well… I would have believed it. Sure, you can have time and talent to spend, and learn most tricks in order to get really competitive. But to get to be world-class, and actually clinch to the WR, and stand on top for it for all this time… you’re just the best Punch-Out player in the world, at least at the moment. Very good work of yours man. I sure didn’t expect this. At all. And by far, that’s all deserved after all you’ve done for the speedrunning community and RU-vid in general. That’s just one more achievement for you. Keep strong on this. Sincerely, an anonymous Italian fan of yours, who’s almost crying in joy after seeing that you’ve actually made it into a speedrunning WR

"it was me" literally brought tears to my eye bro what a twist. the man i have listened to for hours and hours and hours over these years.. hes the protagonist, not just the storyteller. this is magic

Zallard and sinister encouraging the world record run is an amazing moment. Seen this happen quite a few times in these world record history videos and it really shows that they actually are communities where people work together towards a shared goal rather than just competing for their own ego.

I can't stress this enough. DO NOT scroll through the comments until you finish the video for yourself. One of my absolute favorites.

Brother, I'm halfway through and when you said the new contender was you I got chills and started to tear up. I'm a 35 y/o grown ass man, wtf is happening to me.

The run to take the record for the first time with Zallard and sinister cheering you on in the background at 1:10:33 is one of the most heart warming moments I've seen on this channel. Words probably can't describe how appreciative you were in that moment.

Not only has this man held that record for 8 years, but currently he is holding 6/7 of the Records for full game but also 4/14 records for individual level. complete domination

This video was an incredible journey. The you reveal had me shook. Your storytelling is unparalleled and I’ve loved your videos for years, now getting to cheer you on in one of them, so satisfying. It feels like your entire channel has been built up for this video. All these years of making speed run world progression documentary videos, you’ve been slowly creating the story of your own. Thanks for everything that you do

Seeing a video of yours is like getting that one exact gift you have always wanted on Christmas morning and then it ends up being way more than you had ever dreamed it would be. Your story telling, your attention to extreme detail, the way twists and turns are presented. I got a huge grin on my face half way through the video. Oddly proud and happy to see that name on the leaderboard. The dedication to the craft and effort put in to not only your videos but speedrunning is so wonderful. And seeing the people you saw as absolute legends in the category in your chat telling you had it, and encouraging you and celebrating with you after it occurred brought tears to my eyes. It is the wonderful thing of not just video games but communities. Keep up the amazing work. Your videos are always the perfect treat and then so much more.

This is so precious because it's about Salt having the record. We get to see him have the "happy gamer popoff" and get first person insight into the mentality of breaking a world record. I kinda figured that somebody who knows so much about speedrun records had some firsthand experience and I'm glad I got to know about it. Congratulations, Summoning Salt!

To spend an hour not knowing this was going to be about your speedrun was insane. My mind exploded. Congratulations on such an amazing feat

Man I found you when you pulled off that record in 2016 because I was a Zallard1 fan after the blindfolded AGDQ runs, and then I watched that run and you started doing the History of Speedruns stuff and I've watched all of them since then. It's great, great stuff, and now it's come full circle - you've set the world record again (while I wasn't paying attention - congratulations!) and it's excellent to see this video catch people up on things. Can't wait to see what's next, and hopefully this keeps being something you wanna do for many, many years.

“I’m on pace to get the record” **Tyson staring menacingly** “Wanna see me dance?”

2 hours of Summoning Salt explaining how he is the best boxer in the history of gaming, and yes I'm all for it congrats on all of the speedrunning categories you rightfully occupy top spot on

It takes a visionary to see potential in an untapped market. Everyone was used to watching speedruns for years but summoning salt was the first to slow speed running down to show the trials and tribulations in between the world records. You are a great ambassador for video gaming.

Got goosebumps multiple times in this video. Edge of my seat and holding my breath through some of those Tyson fights you had. You really took me their with your narration. Thanks heaps for the great video. You’re a legend

More than any other SummoningSalt video, this opened my eyes to just how important mental training is in addition to finding new ways to save time and having luck to be successful. I'd honestly like to see this encouraged more. Thanks, SummoningSalt!

There are a number of other Categories that Salt has the WR on, including Tied ones: Another World Circuit: A secret bonus mode that you can access with a unique passcode while holding A, B, and Select simultaneously. It has 9 fights and ends at Mike Tyson. Strangely, it gives you the decimal time for Tyson here. Salt's WR is an 11:34 90 Minute Challenge: Construct an IL Sum Of Best within 90 minutes. You can start on any fighter you want, and the cut-off to start your last fight is when the timer hits 90 minutes. Salt's WR is a 14:21, 25 seconds ahead of the Single Segment WR and 4 seconds ahead of Matt Turk's Sum of Best (Yep, we might actually beat Turk's Sum of Best with a Single Segment run! Crazy). RTA: Basically just Single Segment with a real-time timer instead of in-game. Some strategies are changed around and there is a truckload of more RNG in play. Salt recently lost his longstanding 18:36 WR to KThree's 18:34, but took it right back the next day with an 18:32. Blindfolded: Pretty self-explanatory. Salt made a video about this, and then got the WR a few years later. He's brought the time down to 18:03. Tyson Challenge: You know how Single Segment is getting through 14 fights from Glass Joe to Mike Tyson while adding the times up? Now imagine that, but it's all Mike Tyson. Salt's WR is 32:14 (Average per fight is 2:18) IL Times: Glass Joe: It's a freebie with many buffer strats to get it. In fact, it's why the category was eventually removed. Still, it's a WR. Some buffer strats do have a possibility of getting you a 42.25 instead of a 42.00. Von Kaiser: It involves 50-50 stars, and _Quest to Beat Matt Turk_ goes more in-depth about it, but Salt has recently joined the TAS Perfect 35.61 club on Speedrun started by Zallard many years back. Don Flamenco: Another freebie thanks to the buffer strat. A ton of people got that 14.97, and Salt is one of the first players with recorded proof on Speedrun. King Hippo: Thanks to Hippo Manippo, the TAS Perfect 37.61 has become a lot more consistent (still hard to pull off, but at least it's more consistent). Only 18 Players on Speedrun, Salt included, have gotten it. Great Tiger: Phase 1 is the only difficult portion with the 4 Frame Perfects you have to land, but at least he always gets up on a 1 count if you get Phase 1 right, meaning you can just buffer an uppercut for Phase 2 and 3 and boom, fight's over. Salt and 18 other players have gotten the 47.48 WR. Honda 2: As a result of Max Damage Uppercuts, McHazard managed to make an improved Honda 2 Perfect Time with a TAS, a time of 39.97, which Salt would eventually get. JLet and Jefeman82 got it too. Sandman: Because you can't get stars in Round 1, he takes the longest. The time has been gradually brought down and was stuck at a 2:16.82 (first achieved by Lucandor) for a long while before Salt was able to get perfect luck and execution and get a 2:16.48, another perfect time according to McHazard's TAS. Mike Tyson: Salt's first World Record Progression (or at least the oldest surviving one) was about the Mike Tyson WR. For a long time, it was believed that 2:05 was the lowest time anyone could get, which Salt would be first to achieve. However, McHazard's TAS revealed that you can start Phase 3 with an uppercut, but Phase 2 has to end at a mid-1:25 at the latest. To this day, Salt is the only known player with recorded proof to achieve this AND a sub-2:05, bringing the time down to a 2:00.61 (decimal time found by old-school frame counting). TAS time is 1:58, but I do believe 1:59 is possible

My man really had the nutsack to make a video that fully includes him. Massive respect my guy, I used to watch your runs all the time.

Damn that “This runner, was me” actually got me to tear up a bit.

This isn't my usual kind of game, but once again it was brilliantly done. Always look forward to these kind of videos, it especially helps with work breaks. It was great seeing you being apart of this, and pulling off such an amazing record. Insane amount of grind, but paid off in the end.

The fact that you played the music Chris Doerksen dedicated in your name when you revealed your own name in the leaderboard makes it all the more beautiful. Thanks for everything you've done, both for RU-vid and the MTPO community. That's insane levels of dedication, congrats !

Being able to watch a 2 hour long SummoningSalt video after a week of finals is so damn cathartic

This might be one of the best produced speedrun videos ever. Amazing storytelling, always highlighting the challenges and nuances of the run, and the legend himself is in it. It doesn't get much better than that.

You are absolutely a freaking inspiration. I've loved your videos forever, but the fact that you were a part of this one makes speed running anything achievable. Keep it up!

I just watched a 2 hour documentary on a game I’ve never played and I couldn’t be more satisfied, amazing.

Dear Summoning Salt, Your video several years ago regarding the Quest to Beat Matt Turk is still to this day one of my most favorite RU-vid videos of all time. I grew up in an NES and Mike Tyson era, and the nostalgia that I get from watching your detailed breakdowns are soothing to a troubled mind. To now discover that you did all that research, all that time and effort, only to take up the mantle in order to take the sport to a new level while the GOATs cheered you on … It makes my heart happy for you. Bravo brother, bravo.

I envy the passion that you have for the game and enjoyed the commentary. I especially enjoy the reveal where you announced that you are the new record holder which I did not expect at all. Most RU-vidrs look for content but you actually created it and talk about it from your POV.

So proud of you! I've been enjoying your videos for years, so it's especially great to hear you be able to talk about your own accomplishments. Well done!

you know what's crazy? in a few years time, someone is going to make a "The Quest to Beat SummoningSalt" video.

"This runner... was me." Such a fucking hype moment dude. Amazing video.

i have waited for this for SO LONG, i waited till i could watch it all in one sitting; you did so good, you made history and then proceeded to tell all of it (and obviously, being part of it, you had to talk about your own journey at some point!!)

To this day the moment where Salt switches from a third person retelling of WR to his own story saying *"This runner...was me"* Its like hearing your grandpa tell you about this amazing stories and then suddenly he pulls out pictures of them, making you realize he was there for every single story he told you.

One day, maybe months or years from now, the video "The Quest to beat SummoningSalt" will arrive. In the meantime, congrats on continuing a 7+ year hold on the #1 spot. What an absolutely incredible accomplishment.

Matt Turk is an absolute legend and always has been

I’ve just found this channel and this was the first video I’ve watched. You managed to make the story of a game I knew nothing about extremely interesting. Great channel, subscribed

I straight teared up at the end, man. That home music coming in with such a journey… great job, man. Great, great, great, great job.

A 2 hour Summoning Salt video is always a good time, especially after finals

For those curious, that once in a lifetime RNG run had ~1/3100 odds

I had a great idea for a video. On April Fools, you should make an actual history video, just history. I think it would be funny and still be something I would watch.

1:12:20 this is so cool to watch. Your channel has been so fascinating, opened my eyes to speed runs. I watched the MTPO video from years ago and now I get to see you go for it. So awesome to see your heroes cheer you on. Got the record! Can’t wait to see where this video goes now.

1:06:08 this was the most epic SummoningSalt moment yet. As someone who doesn't follow you outside of RU-vid I was NOT prepared for this.

Oh I am excited for this one. A 2 hour Salt video just after I’ve finished finals and gotten home for break. Perfect.

That was an incredible 2+ hour long journey you took us all on. Amazing video, props to you Salt.

Crazy man! I saw your original history, and it was awesome. This is just top-notch. Thank you for creating and grinding!

A really cool milestone that I don't think has gotten talked about enough is the fact that Matt Turk's sum of WR's from 2008 is a 14:25.05. We're slowly approaching that territory. And I think one day it could happen. Probably from you.

It's almost crazy to me that you talking about your own achievements could somehow be even more humbling. From making it clear that it wouldn't have happened without Zallard & Sinister cheering you on, to the absolutely brutal grind, it puts just how insane this world record is into perspective. Massive props to you and everyone else who speedruns the game!

It's so wonderful to see you having so much fun and joy in not only the speedruns you accomplish through blood, sweat and tears, but also through these amazing videos you deliver to us. Thank you for continuing to bring us such amazing videos full of speedrunning history for us to watch. Keep on keeping on, and may the splits line up perfectly for you!

I watched this video over the past few days and it was a complete joy. Great job on the record and your determination is crazy. Wish you a merry christmas and may the new year give even more speedrunning joy!

as someone who only absorbs speed run content through you, the absolute shock i felt when you said "that runner... was myself" was insane

This is more than a speedrun documentary. This is a love letter to speedrunning in general, and what it personally means to SummoningSalt Congrats on your best video to date. I am eager for the future.

That was incredible. Documenting the history of these WR is important and this is maybe the best example of this I ever saw. I'm not even a huge fan of this game, as I was very much a strong player of the original arcade version and I'm no speedrunner. I admire this sort of dedication. Congratulations!

So proud of this video. With all the uplifting Summoning Salt has done for so many over the years, to hear his own story is amazing!

This was amazing.

The fact that summoning salt is a speed runner in this game makes him the best person to talk about this

Congratulations brother! I’m so glad you got to experience the feeling of greatness. You left a legacy for others to look back on. You’re an actual OG. My brother loved this game. If he was still here today I’m sure your video would inspire him to take on your record. This was his most favorite game ever made. Thank you for everything you’ve done for the video game community.