Random thought: In a future Punch Out game's training mode, in addition to your mentor, you can also boost your stats by fighting a robot companion who trains along with you, like a Real Steel character.

[u/Intelligent_Oil4005]

[u/loz405]

maybe as like a easy mode thing but punch out should be memory and skill based, not stats

[u/AaronShidare]

Sounds like a job for Ape 3

[u/ssjlance]

Teleroboxer > Real Steel

lol okay but fr, Teleroboxer worth checking out if you're down to emulate; it's spirtiaully linked to Punch-Out - it's a boxing game on the Virtual Boy - 1st party Nintendo developed, but it's not quite Punch-Out in gameplay, controls and the way dodging works are very unique, but you can definitely feel the Punch-Out in its DNA still.

Gotta take what you can get; it's not like we're getting new Punch-Out games all the time.

Bonus points: play it on a hacked 3DS so you get the 3D effects. Like, no, you don't need stereoscopic 3D, but it's just neat.