Late-night host and ’80s cultural enthusiast Jimmy Fallon invited Mike Tyson to play himself in the epic Nintendo game Punch-Out!! And, of course, hilarity ensued.
“This is longer than many of the people you’ve fought before in the ring,” Fallon joked as Tyson got smacked around by his own virtual avatar.
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For those of you who remember, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! was an instant classic. It consistently ranks in the top 20 NES games of all time. In the early days of video games, game makers had a nasty habit of making the final boss vastly more difficult than every other challenge. So beating a game was a badge of honor.
The actual Mike Tyson, no surprise, got virtually knocked out in only a few minutes. But that’s longer than it took him to win the Junior Olympic Games. To this day, real-life Mike Tyson holds the Junior Olympic Games record for a knockout in a mere 8 seconds (video below).
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