Who Did Glass Joe Beat in Punch Out? - Gaming Mysteries 

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If Mike Tyson was a fighter in Punch Out, that means he exists in that universe. Tyson said he lost to Glass Joe. That's where the 1 win came from.

Glass Joe beat Cancer.

I personally believe that glass Joe once killed a man in the ring. The trauma of knowing he was the cause of a human persons death, a human person with a family, maybe kids, caused him to purposely do awful in every fight he was in, to make sure it never happens again.

headcanon: Glass Joe's one win was his first fight, but it caused the opponent to either die/get seriously injured. Ever since, Glass Joe has gone easy on all future opponents to prevent the same thing from happening again.

Glass joe knocked himself out

Glass Joe and Gabby Jay knocked each other out simultaneously and the referee gave them each a point out of sheer pity :)

Glass Joe was actually just grinding for the headgear, and accidentally won

I thought I heard somewhere that Glass Joe beat Mr. Sandman by making him laugh himself unconscious.

i always thought Glass Joe was the only one who knew King Hippo's secret, and thats where Glass Joe's 1 win and King Hippo's 1 loss came from

I like to think he's getting paid for losing.

When you look at everything there's a decent explanation. First ask yourself "Why would Glass Joe get the opportunity to fight Bruiser?" The fight was an exhibition set up by a shady advertising firm, but Bruiser had a car accident a few weeks before the fight. Of course the ad agency knew who Glass Joe was and assumed Bruiser would still be fine despite any potential injuries. The ad agency bribes the WVBA doctor to clear Bruiser for the fight despite the accident. *Ding ding* and Bruiser wails on Glass Joe relentlessly for a full 50 seconds before Joe goes down, as the referee is counting though Bruiser's blood is flowing and his adrenaline is pumping and he starts feeling a build up of pressure in his skull .*ding ding* Bruiser hears his cannon and begins his onslaught, but he notices his fists aren't quite keeping up, but no worries, Joe can't catch the rythym and goes down after just a few blows connect. Bruiser walking back to his corner finally realizes the pain he's in, his vision starts to blur and sounds are echoing within his head, despite not being touched Bruiser is getting dizzy and confusion is stealing his skill. As Joe gets up from his second down he notices Bruiser seems tired and distracted*ding ding* Joe sees a tiny opening as Rick stutters on his opening punch and Joe manages to land a solid hook to Rick's temple. Rick screams in pain falling to the ground clutching his head, but he manages to get to his feet before the 10 count, though something is obviously wrong with him.*ding ding* Joe goes on the offensive landing a flurry of body blows, to no effect. Rick getting irritated throws a wild haymaker that Joe barely manages to block, but his hand is broken in the process. The attack throws Rick off balance and leaves him open for another shot to the temple by Glass Joe. Bruiser goes ragdoll and is out for the count. An investigation is launched as drug tests are conducted doctor's perform full body scans on both fighters and the WVBA discovers a breach in protocol the doctor didn't perform any kind of x-ray/ct scan during the pre fight physical on either contestant. The investigation uncovers Rick's car accident and concludes that given the events of the fight it's impossible to 100% prove that Rick's skull injury was a result of the fight or the wreck. The WVBA chairman holds a vote and Bruiser's loss is nearly unanimously thrown out, the one opposition is Bruiser's manager, who says that Bruiser insists that even if his loss is overturned Joe still won the fight and it would be inappropriate to take that win away from him. The WVBA is stunned, afterall Joe also finished the fight with a fairly serious injury and with the doctor's screw up there's no way to know if the injury happened before or during the fight. The decision is made, Joe keeps his victory, but Rick Bruiser is also officially redeclared undefeated

I wanna come to Glass Joe's defense, here. Glass Joe wasn't always a joke. In the original arcade game, he actually _does_ put up a pretty decent fight. Like, he's even tougher than in his Title Defense fight in the Wii game. It's really _surprising!_

I love how every time he said gabby jay he played the ‘Yay!’

Imagine a punch out game where you play as Glass Joe, down on his luck after losing time and time again but something ignites him and you play his journey to becoming strong.

When I was in elementary school my friends and I were talking about this and one kid, and I have no idea how he came up with this, said that the lore was that Glass Joe's opponent had a heart attack and died before ever entering the ring, thus giving Joe the win by default, I believed him for so long because of how confident he sounded when he said it

Can we appreciate Nick Bruiser's record of 42-0?

“YAY🥊” -Gabby Jay

A young Joe, stepping into the ring for the first time in his pro career: an exhibition match with World Heavyweight Champion Nick Bruiser. Joe made the challenge as a drunken joke on a talk show, but Nick Bruiser took the young Frenchman seriously, as he did all other comers. The reedy, inexperienced Joe stood no chance. Much to his surprise, Nick is far sloppier than one would expect, and Joe manages to down him a couple times, thought takes a beating in return. In the last seconds of the third round, Joe knocks Nick down once more. Each second is an eternity, but Bruiser isn't moving. Then ten count rings out through the arena, the ref steps into the ring and raises the astonished Joe's arm. Bruiser had suffered a hairline fracture in his skull that had gone unnoticed for years, and somehow Joe managed to split it open. The man's brain hemorrhaged, and he died in the ring, but despite this, the decision held. He had passed his pre-fight exam and Joe had scored better. The shock of having killed a man, as well as the unexpected status of lineal champion shook Joe to his core. Over and over, he lost, his nerve failing him in every fight. Even his student had a go and downed the poor Frenchman. Super Punchout was to be released on the 15-year anniversary of Bruiser's unfortunate death, so to commemorate the legend he was included as the final fight, with the flawless record he held before passing. "It is a happy thing for me," Joe said in an interview. "I hope to face him again here and win on fair terms. It will be some closure."

I'm thinking of the Simpsons episode where Homer fights Drederick Tatum, and Moe tells homer to picture how he's going to win and homer imagines him winning and the announcer saying "Due to a congenital heart defect, a fatal heart attack has befell Tatum moments before he stepped into the ring."

I like to think that the W.V.B.A covered up nick bruiser's loss, but felt bad for Joe so they didn't remove his win Or another theory I really like is that glass Joe got that win on bruiser before all of his losses, then Nick beat him so bad that he was barley able to fight again. The W.V.B.A then banned nick bruiser and allowed the severely beaten glass Joe to continue fighting

Gotta give it to Glass Joe: He is the opposite of the French stereotype. He doesn't surrender, but keeps going even after 99 losses. Edit: I forgot to add this but I really want another Punch Out game. And it needs Glass Joe. Mostly because I missed out on all of the Punch Out games.

Glass Joe beats his wife

He hired the mob to have his next fight fixed in his favor since his mom was coming to it

As a boxing fan, I can attest that when a boxer has like a 1-50 record, his 1 win is often against an opponent who is 0-4. As an example, Andrew Hartley is 2-28, and his wins are against 0-4 Jeff Lee and 0-1 Charlie Zelenoff.

Plot twist: the numbers are the wrong way round, and Glass Joe has 99 wins.

These are the important stories that the main stream media isn't covering.

I've always preferred the narrative that he beat Mr. Sandman in his first fight, which pissed him off so much that he beat Joe senseless in the rematch and caused so much damage that became a shadow of what he was, thus starting his perpetual losing streak

I remember seeing somewhere that the only reason Glass Joe beat Nick Bruiser was because of a freak accident in the ring, so I always took it as "Glass Joe can have his 1 'win' but Nick Bruiser never officially lost"

The first victory was Mike Tyson, it was a small nod to the game being “Mike Tyson’s Punch Out” and Mike Tyson saying “I can’t even beat glass Joe”

Glass Joe played Super Punch out the game as a training tool. He got so good at following Nick Bruiser's pattern that he challenged him in reality, and beat him with the knowledge he learned from the game.

Remember now in the Wii when the doctor gave him a helmet he rose Glass Joe’s arm like he won? Maybe that was the win...

I really want to see this franchise continue. What if we got a game that is a prequel, and stars a Doc Lewis in his prime? It would give us a “new” playable character, and open up the opportunity for a new roster of opponents. Maybe even have an opponent be the father of someone that Little Mac went up against. Kinda like a Mayweather Jr and Sr situation.

Theory: Glass Joe is secretly an almighty god and his first win was when he accidentally destroyed his opponent. So he decided to make himself a weakling so he doesn’t accidentally destroy anyone else.

Glass Joe actually just fought a small child going through cancer and won

One thing I noticed about Glass Joe, if you just start going ham on him and don’t actually land punches, he starts getting way more dangerous (still a wuss though). I literally NEVER saw him throw that hook even once during my first few dozens of plays because he was too busy getting punched in the face.

Glass Joe was the quintessential B-side opponent. He serves a purpose in the sport, and that is to help build up your record. I hope Glass Joe is doing well in retirement.

Glass Joe beat the common cold.

Glass Joe defeated Doc Louis, in Docs last professional fight, even though Doc was old and ready to retire, he could have beat Joe, but he was in deep with the bookies, and took a dive to pay off his debts, now he starts all of his fighters off against Glass Joe, and loves to watch him get his ass kicked

Gabby Jay Vs. Glass Jo their fight must have been epic.

There is a video recently of Mike Tyson actually playing MT Punch Out. And he lost to Glass Joe. That's where his win came from. It has come full circle.

I'd like to imagine Glass Joe was the most humble boxer in the game, and just boxed for fun... until someone very arrogant got him mad enough to really show his true skill. Thus he kicks this guy's ass, giving him that one win... The guy he beat... Doc. He learned from the experience, and went on to train the champion. Doc left boxing, but kept up with the sport in general. By the time Glass Joe fights Little Mac, Joe is already old (relatively old), and so is Doc.

To be fair, after he walks back and mocks you, he goes for that swing… and it’s a decent punch

I always assumed Glass Joe's 1 win came from a forfeit...the other boxer just couldn't make it to the match. But then I guess that would also have to be true for Gabby Jay.

Blah, blah, blah... whatever! The real question is how’d Mario land that referee job? I’ve been trying to enter that ref’s union for years!

I swear I heard Glass Joe beat one of the highest ranked boxers due to a major fluke. Like high ranked fighter literally fell into an uppercut after losing his footing or something. The combination of the fall and the uppercut ended up knocking out the high ranked fighter, giving Glass Joe his one victory.

I love how analyzing one small detail can completely flip around how you view a series just for it to make full sense

Looking back on this game as an actual boxer now it’s pretty funny how it is so strange. The way they wind up their punches and stuff, to the way the teleport (great tiger). When I was younger I grew up playing this, Zelda, and Pokémon. Nintendo will never be taken out of the number one company for anything technology.

Glass Joe's first win was actually from Nick Bruiser, but since it was a "freak accident", it wasn't counted as a loss on Nick's record.

Wait a minute... If Glass Joe is this bad, then why does he have his own boxing school? And why would Gabby Jay and anyone else decide to go to it? If anyone wanted to get good at boxing, why would they get taught by someone with 99 losses and 1 win?!

I’m glad I found this video again, I got curious again since I had recently started playing again.

I just always assumed it was like how toothpaste brands never say "10/10 dentists approve!" or how soap companies never say "kills 100% bacteria"

Nick Bruiser was absolutely dominating that fight, already knocking him down 2 times. Nick Bruiser then performed his leaping attack to try and finish him off. Right when Nick was about to hit him, Glass Joe ducked low, lunged forward, raised his head back up, and wound up hitting his head on Nick’s nuts, resulting in Nick landing awkwardly and leaving him down for the count, and giving Glass Joe the KO.

It’s ok for Glass Joe to go 0-99 but if someone loses to him “you’re not cut out for this”? Is joe the promoter’s son or something?

Glass Joe beat me one time.

They could've meant Rick Bruiser, as he looks similar to his brother and is only a letter off from Nick. Rick also has 1 loss, meaning it could've been Glass Joe. Unless another theory comes up stating that Nick falsified his record to try and keep a perfect image.

Glass Joe actually did beat someone but the thing is, Glass Joe was in the ring with someone who had a heart attack and went into cardiac arrest. He ended up being given the win without any punches pulled since the person died, so that is why. That is legit the actual answer.

The real answer is his opponent didn’t show up, declaring he gets the win, simple

Wow the Minor Circuit is incredible: Mac at 17 yo and not even having fought yet is ranked #3, while glass Joe at 1-99 is ranked #2

My theory is that his opponent gave up because Glass Joe wouldn't stay down, and the opponent just felt bad about punching his face so much.

I love how seriously he says “if there was an encounter between Lil Mac and Glass Joe prior to the first Punch Out game it wasn’t sanctioned by the WVBA”

My theory is that glass joe beat vodka drunkensky, but then when nintendo changes his name to soda popinsky the WVBA also changes the name of his records but they forgot to change the name of glass joe victory and now he still has his victory, but it is against someone who "technically" doesn't exist in the association

Thank you so much for explaining this Great Tiger!!

0:53 Mike Tyson Can’t Beat Glass Joe

"You have to really really try to lose to Glass Joe" I drop my controller, it's so much effort

I'm awestruck that you were able to pull off an entire video about glass joe... truly incredible, love it

0:00 Title Theme - Mike Tyson's Punchout 0:59 Championship Won - Mike Tyson's Punchout 1:22 Unknown SNES 2:05 Dungeons Theme - Startropics 3:48 Minor Circuit - Super Punchout 4:35 Major Circuit - Super Punchout 5:32 Piston Hurricane - Super Punchout 6:51 Menu - Super Punchout 7:25 Main Theme - Mike Tyson's Punchout 8:10 Earthbound Cue 9:15 Spinach Rag - Final Fantasy 6

This video is awesome. Just stumbled across the channel and it was a good time. Definitely gonna check out other videos because of this one.

Glass Joe beats his meat... He loses

If Glass Joe has his own boxing school, and winning a match against him both gives you a win on your record and lets you graduate, what if one of Glass Joe’s STUDENTS lost to him? That would explain the win because the boxers are inexperienced enough to actually go to Glass Joe’s boxing school.

Never seen anyone cosplay as Glass Joe. That's just so sad...

After the wvba took Mike tyson's title and illegally gave it to mr dream I lost any trust for the wvba.

I actually laughed so hard out loud when you showed the react kids getting destroyed by glass joe 😂

Now I want to know what Glass Joe's first loss was.

Another thing that backs the game within a game theory is that there is an arcade machine of the original Punch Out in Doc and Mac' training gym in Mac's reveal trailer for Smash WiiU/3DS. The original arcade games and the SNES version of Super Pinch Out also use the power meter mechanic while the NES and Wii games (aka Mac's games) use hearts and stars.

“ Glass Joe is tied with Gabby Jay” Gabby Jay: Yeah!

I introduced my cousin to Punch Out one Thanksgiving, after going all the way to Bald Bull (and proceeding to mess up the Bull Charges) I handed him the controller and taught him how to play. His first match against Glass Joe was hilarious and sticks to me, cause the dude (and he's not like some toddler or anything, we were both teenagers when this happened, and he's pretty good at fighting games) managed to go three rounds with Glass Joe, and LOSE by decision to the judges, and I still laugh at that

Interesting topic! Just subbed, and keep 'em coming. Cheers!

6:30 Super Punch Out “Universe” actually helps a lot here since it implies it is a separate universe from the NES game

Sand Man: I am the most deadly Boxer in the world. *Glass Joe has entered the chat*

Glass Joe did win over a sandbag. there was even a judge, at the fight, it was a clean punch, that gave Glass Joe a victory.

Glad this was the first video I saw on your channel

I like how Glass Joe always has that "what the hell am I doing here?" expression on his face, lol.

Glass Joe, the DSP of the boxing world :D

The reason why Nick doesn’t have the loss is because the win was “a freak accident”. This IS the canon answer from Nintendo

Excellent video! I agree with your conclusions & look forward to more theories confirmed.

One thing i just noticed is that when comparing wins/losses, some returning characters have less wins and more losses.

Oh, you're one of THOSE guys who call *"Mario" as **_"MARY-OH"_*

Maybe Joe's rival didn't show up, giving Joe an automatic victory

One thing thats impresive is that glass Joe's win was not only a win IT WAS A KO

My theory is that Glass Joe and Gabby Jay knocked each other out simultaneously in the same fight with one punch.

It was James Rolfe trying to beat him with the Power Glove

Man, Punch Out really needs a new game, just look how praised the wii game was

It's impressive that Glass Joe still got his marbles after getting knocked-out so many times.

This is the video that introduced me to your channel... Now I'm at the point where one of my friends changed his username on a few things to NotWhang due to us referring to him as such 😂 Anyway idk the point of tell you this, but I'm a huge fan! Keep up the great work!

Bold of you to assume glass Joe didn't knock himself out

My theory: Dev A: ok first enemy what should his win record be? Dev B: hm... 1-99 Dev A: Any particular reason? Dev B: Naw

He beat Nick Bruiser, that’s actually canon.

My headcanon is that Nick Bruiser decided he wanted to have a ton of money to his name, so he had someone take some money of his, bet on Glass Joe, then threw the fight in a way it's not suspicious then split the money with this mysterious person, probably paid the Bookie to stay quiet and then retire after an 'embarrassing fluke loss'.

Answer: Glass Joe beat me first time I played and had no idea what I was doing.