History Awesome / PunchOut

* [[FridgeBrilliance In a sense]], Mac retiring after three defeats in Mac's Last Stand is this. As the world champion, he chooses to retire from his career once it becomes clear he's losing his touch; to him, retiring while still being known as a champion is better than suffering a humiliating chain of defeats and being remembered as a has-been.

* [[{{Badass}} Mr. Sandman]] gets two on the Wii.

* [[{{Badass}} Mr. Sandman]]'s final rush in Title Defense Mode on the Wii. Basically if he's one KO away from losing the match, Mr. Sandman will start attacking with a flurry of uppercuts. If the player survives the onslaught Mr. Sandman will completely drop his guard out of exhaustion. This enables you to combo him as much as you want, and get stars for doing so. Finish up the combo with a [[{{Shoryuken}} 3-Star Punch]] and you win. ''Awesomely''.
* There's another one for the fight against Mr. Sandman, but for Little Mac instead. When your first fight with him starts, it shows him entering the stadium, so large that the ''[[BadVibrations ground is shaking with every step he takes.]]'' When Doc sees him, he lets out a small [[{{Oh Crap}} groan]] of fear, followed by another more questionable one at Little Mac as if to say, "Are you sure about this?". Little Mac's response?... [[{{Death Glare}} He furrows his eyebrows]] at him, [[{{Nerves of Steel}} pats his fists together,]] and then [[{{Badass}}calmly stands up to start the fight.]] Considering the fact that he's doing this against a man who is twice as tall as him, over a hundred pounds heavier than him, and is notorious for knocking all of his opponents out in one punch, [[{{Determinator}}this only further proves how brave and determined Little Mac really is.]]
** In Title Defense, Mr. Sandman's re-introduction consists of him taking a gander at Little Mac and immediately goes into a roaring rage. You know you're one of the best boxers in the association when you turn a previously-undefeated boxer roughly twice your size into a raging SoreLoser.

* The ComebackMechanic were Little Mac supposedly gets KO'd, but [[{{Determinator}} manages to keep standing with his last ounce of strength]]. It's even more awesome if you ''manage to win''.
** And it's one of the Challenges for TD Mr. Sandman, as well.
* ''Beating Mike Tyson!''
** If you've defeated Mike Tyson/Mr. Dream in the NES version, you might as well consider yourself a true champion.
* When Doc asks Mac if he's sure he wants to do [[spoiler:The Last Stand]], Mac's response is a simple punch at him (he misses a few inches though, but he proved his point).
** Also worth noting Doc didn't flinch in the slightest, but calmly responded with "OK Son…"

* Losing to [[WarmupBoss Glass]] [[ButtMonkey Joe]] in Title Defense ([[TookALevelInBadass Which is surprisingly easy to do]]) theoretically means he becomes world champion. Read that again. '''It's very possible for Glass Joe to become World Champion.'''

** When he comes back for a rematch in Title Defence Mode, he gets a new montage. He punches the walls of a brick building, and then the whole building collapses. He ''punched out a building''. Dude is ''[[ScaryBlackMan scary]]''.

* There's another one for the fight against Mr. Sandman, but for Little Mac instead. When your first fight with him starts, it shows him entering the stadium, so large that the ''ground is shaking with every step he takes.'' When Doc sees him, he lets out a small [[{{Oh Crap}} groan]] of fear, followed by another more questionable one at Little Mac as if to say, "Are you sure about this?". Little Mac's response?... [[{{Death Glare}} He furrows his eyebrows]] at him, [[{{Nerves of Steel}} pats his fists together,]] and then [[{{Badass}}calmly stands up to start the fight.]] Considering the fact that he's doing this against a man who is twice as tall as him, over a hundred pounds heavier than him, and is notorious for knocking all of his opponents out in one punch, [[{{Determinator}}this only further proves how brave and determined Little Mac really is.]]

* The fact that WebVideo/GamesRepainted's Brian did this with an input-lagged controller.

* The fact that [[Main/GamesRepainted Brian]] did this with an input-lagged controller.

* [[FridgeBrilliance In a sense]], Mac retiring after three defeats in Mac's Last Stand is this. As the world champion, he chooses to retire from his career once it becomes clear he's losing his touch; to him, retiring while still being known as a champion is better than suffering a humiliating chain of defeats and being remembered as a has-been.

* Losing to [[WarmupBoss Glass]] [[ButtMonkey Joe]] in Title Defense ([[TookALevelInBadass Which is surprisingly easy to do]]) theoretically means he becomes world champion. Read that again. '''It's very possible for Glass Joe to become World Champion.'''

** The fact that he was the former champ at all is a moment of awesome. Think about all the other boxers in the world circuit or hell, the entire game. All those boxers got where they are by either cheating, or using a gimmick to win for example, Soda Popinski drinking soda to keep his stamina up or Aran Ryan using underhanded tactics to get a punch in. How did Mr. Sandman get all the way to the top then? By just being a good boxer with powerful punches.

* Losing to [[WarmupBoss Glass]] [[ButtMonkey Joe]] in Title Defense ([[TookALevelInBadass Which is surprisingly easy to do) theoretically means he becomes world champion. Read that again. '''It's very possible for Glass Joe to become World Champion.'''

* [[CheatersNeverProsper Countering Aran Ryan's illegal attacks with a Star Punch]] for a OneHitKO.

** Also worth noting Doc didn't flinch in the slightest, but calmly responded with "OK Son…"

* Beating [[{{Badass}} Mr. Sandman]] in Title Defense Mode on the Wii. After he takes enough of a beating, he'll start swinging too fast to counter. If you can dodge long enough, he'll completely drop his guard out of exhaustion. This enables you to combo him as much as you want, and get stars for doing so. Finish up the combo with a [[{{Shoryuken}} 3-Star Punch]] and you win. ''Awesomely''.

** Also worth noting Doc didn't flinch in the slightest, but calmly responded with "OK Son…"
* Little Mac being PromotedToPlayable in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS'', after being an Assist Trophy in ''Brawl''.

* When Doc asks Mac if he's sure he wants to do [[spoiler:The Last Stand]], Mac's response is a simple punch at him (he misses a few inches though, but he proved his point).

** In Title Defense, Mr. Sandman's re-introduction consists of him taking a gander at Little Mac and immediately goes into a roaring rage. A boxer who's a fraction of his size has made him ''this'' mad.

* ''Beating Mike Tyson!''

* The ComebackMechanic were Little Mac supposedly gets KO'd, but [[{{Determinator}} manages to keep standing with his last ounce of strength]]. It's even more awesome if you ''manage to win''.

** When he comes back for a rematch in Title Defence Mode, he gets a new montage. He punches the walls of a brick building until it collapses. He ''punched out a building''. Dude is ''[[ScaryBlackMan scary]]''.

* The voice acting, and the fact that every boxer speaks their native language.

--> "I ''invented'' the Star Punch!"

* There's another one for the fight against Mr. Sandman, but for Little Mac instead. When your first fight with him starts, it shows him entering the stadium, so large that the ''ground is shaking with every step he takes.'' When Doc sees him, he lets out a small [[{{Oh Crap}} groan]] of fear, followed by another more questionable one at Little Mac as if to say, "Are you sure about this?". Little Mac's response?... [[{{Death Glare}} He furrows his eyebrows]] at him, [[{{Nerves of Steel}} pats his fists together,]] and then [[{{Badass}}calmly stands up to start the fight.]] Considering the fact that he's doing this against a man who is twice as tall as him, over a hundred pounds heavier than him, and is notorious for knocking all of his opponents out in one punch, [[{{Determinator}}this only further proves how brave and determined Little Mac really is.]]

* There's another one for the fight against Mr. Sandman, but for Little Mac instead. When your first fight with him starts, it shows him entering the stadium, so large that the ''ground is shaking with every step he takes.'' When Doc sees him, he lets out a small [[{{Oh Crap}} groan]] of fear, followed by another more questionable one at Little Mac as if to say, "Are you sure about this?". Little Mac's response?... [[{{Death Glare}} He furrows his eyebrows]] at him, [[{{Nerves of Steel}} pats his fists together,]] and then [[{{Badass}}calmly stands up to start the fight.]] [[{{Complete Monster}} Considering the fact that he's doing this against a man who is twice as tall as him, over a hundred pounds heavier than him, and is notorious for knocking all of his opponents out in one punch,]] [[{{Determinator}}this only further proves how brave and determined Little Mac really is.]]

* Beating [[{{Badass}} Mr. Sandman]] in Title Defense Mode on the Wii. After he takes enough of a beating, he'll start swinging too fast to counter. If you can dodge long enough, he'll completely drop his guard out of exhaustion. This enables you to combo him as much as you want, and get stars for doing so. Finish up the combo with a [[{{Shoryuken}} 3-Star Punch]] and you win. ''Awesomely''.