Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! - Blindfolded Race w/ sinister1 performed at AGDQ 2016

This run was done on January 7th 2016, at about 2:37PM EST in the afternoon, meaning at the time of this scheduled upload being public, it'll have been 6 years since this race took place!
I was extremely nervous for this run, because at this point, I still felt like my Super Punch Out blindfolded run from 2014 was probably a fluke, and that I would fall apart if I were to try something like that again for a live run.
There are a couple of logistical things about this run that didn't pan out like we had hoped beforehand that I should mention. First off, I had asked several months ahead of time on if we would have proper noise cancelling headphones that were strong enough such that neither of us could hear the crowd.
Unfortunately when we got there, we had discovered that their headphones were not strong enough to cancel out the intense crowd noise when they're cheering, so for the sake of the run, we needed the entire crowd to be quiet for the duration of the run. This was kind of a bummer, because we were both set on the idea that the crowds would be able to cheer and have fun constantly, but we managed it as best as we could despite this setback.
At this point in time, I had just recently gotten the Mike Tyson's Punch-Out record from sinister, but it still felt like despite this, I was still an underdog in this race due to sinister's much longer history with GDQ performances than I had, especially with this game. In the practice room, I was getting 14-0's blindfolded constantly, even with distracting noises, so I at least felt reassured that I would be fine, but I was still deathly afraid of some unknowable disaster that I hadn't practiced for that would come back at me during the race.
When the run started, I was mortified when my Honda 1 buffer strategy started backfiring due to really rare outcomes where my punches could randomly sneak through his guard (I hadn't had this happen a single time in any practice run beforehand), which meant I had to counter Honda 1's rush attack at 1 minute in purely by feel. Thankfully right before this race, me and sinister were talking about random cues we had for various fights, and one of the ones he told me was for this Honda 1 counter, which is super different from Honda 2's counter. I'm so glad I remembered this just in time for that, and hit it when it mattered.
For whatever reason, I had a really really hard time with Bald Bull 2, even though he had a pretty solid blindfolded route by this point. I think it had something to do not practicing whenever I would go pink from 0 hearts, since I would usually just take the knockdown and start over, but I kept getting lost so frequently, and his erratic pattern when Mac is pink is hard to dodge when you don't know it. I barely squeak by him in round 2 after already losing a fight deep into round 2, and at this point I feel awful, thinking sinister is probably at Sandman or Macho by this point. Once I got past Bull 2 though, Don 2 through Macho were extremely clean, which I was hoping would help offset the massive time loss I sustained from Bull 2.
When I finished off Macho, there was a brief moment of silence as the endscreen of Macho finished playing the jingle, but before the newspaper theme started playing where I could actually hear a single small phrase from Breakdown on commentary, which I could make out that "9 count" was said. This actually gave me information that I didn't know, which was that sinister still hadn't finished yet! The only two places where a 9 count would be usable would be for Macho or Tyson, and due to how bad Bull 2 was, I was guessing it meant Tyson. It helped mainly because it told me this race wasn't a complete blowout where sinister was the clear winner like I was thinking it was.
Once I finally got Tyson down, I was terrified to unblindfold myself, because I figured I was way WAY far behind sinister at this point due to how shoddy that Bull 2 was. When I finally took it off, I still saw sinister fighting Tyson, and for the first instant once I could see again, I for some reason thought sinister was just fighting Tyson again way after he won the race as a joke or something, hahahaha. It was only when I noticed that no one cheered yet that it started to sink in that I really did win the race.
Overall, this was probably my worst blindfolded performance at a GDQ compared to what my potential was. For the most part, I felt like sinister's run went far better than mine, as his loss was decided by him as a race strategy, vs my loss on Bull 2 being entirely on me. Also sinister's finish on Tyson was such a cool moment, because as I was watching, I knew that if he were to go for the planned routed strategy that we both practiced on Tyson, he was going to go to round 2. He instead opted to go for a blindfolded frame perfect punch to get a star on Tyson to send him down. This was sick to see, and was probably the highlight of the entire run to me, haha.
Anyways, thanks for watching!

[@dixdown]

28:14 Love how sinister lifted zallards arm, but then someone comes in and lifts both of their arms to show that they both did it and won

[@rasmusdegn9690]

I'm sure that SummoningSalt guy they mentioned at 12:45 went on to not do anything else of note, especially not involving Punch-Out.

[@pannnella]

Yeah

[@echelon1014]

Lmao

[@BobTheAnimeDude]

the summoning salt guy holds the world record speedrun for mike tysons punchout

[@firesd7306]

@@BobTheAnimeDude had no idea

[@BobTheAnimeDude]

@@firesd7306 yeah its insane

[@anonymous1501]

I wish I was as good at anything as Zallard is at Punch Out.

[@shadowwally]

Same brother

[@pluxyio]

Let’s keep dreaming

[@Hugelag]

Don't sell yourself short.

[@RNG630]

me to man me to

[@turkeyleg72]

JUST GRIND!

[@doctorreed_]

in the elder days, before the dominion of man, titans clashed and the universe trembled.

[@Joselle_Astrid]

Really interesting to read what you were thinking as the race unfolded. It's easy to take these performances for granted from a casual perspective, but there's a lot going on!

[@MentalLiberation]

Only a minute difference in their runs and blindfolded? These two are the very best and practically any Punch Out game. Loved this!

[@spartacus778]

two legends having a friendly duel

[@YondanDrill]

Tyson is a nightmare in regular conditions, imagine being blindfolded lol

[@quentincampbell612]

I can't even beat him seeing him lol.

[@NutsBeStinky]

Crazy how this doesn’t have as much recognition as it needs. This is like Olympian levels of skill

[@catchifyoucan232]

The one time where cheering and applause is something you DON’T want to hear when you’re the player!!! That’s got to be a weird sensation, your body is built to like applause but if you hear it right away when you finish you know you lost!

[@soulslayer434]

One of the coolest moments in ADGQ History.

[@DTysonator]

TERMINATED! Good times :),

[@MrVariant]

And this is what should be meant as a blind playthrough lol

[@Acedafox]

12:46 OMG SUMMONING SALT!?!?!?!?!?!??! *We're finally landing intensifies*

[@Malysitos]

I read through the entire video description and I gotta say, you pulled through like a champ. Despite the stumbles you took, you thought fast on your feet and salvaged the situation. A legendary performance, Mr. Zallard1!

[@Mina_Angel]

This was amazing to watch! I felt so hyped near the end.

[@frozenaorta]

Flamenco 2 and Sandman beat Sinister alone with their RNG. If you know, you know. Zallard is a superstar, but sometimes there's no accounting for luck of the RNG in a video game. Both ridiculously skilled Puncher Outers.

[@SamtheBravesFan]

Always impressed with these.

[@soupman2282]

beautiful just beautiful

[@Magic_beans_]

Adjusting for the soft lock, the margin of victory was what, ten seconds? That’s ridiculous.

[@theroadie1346]

Love the cost Zallard1 and incredible blind run race

[@bunnehboi1985]

Like Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior at Wrestlemania VI, both are winners in the end!

[@Purpleman-1234]

Great job zallard!🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳

[@GGamerLiam]

“I don’t have a buffer for tying my shoes” 😂

[@Stetch42]

Legends

[@lenerxs]

Run starts at 1:00

[@mikyylee]

Cheers

[@raredays2767]

Bro couldn’t wait a minute 🫤

[@you41041]

In the world of speedrunning we save every second possible

[@clamidia7729]

Because of course you would

[@Mohamed-vk2kq]

Hype

[@brentdavis62]

Zalard1 your My hero

[@TheWaffleState]

Lets go!!

[@Niagaranobs]

Nice

[@someonesomewhere7587]

Oh man... this is actually real

[@FNAF_kid420]

I couldn’t imagine fighting Mr sandman blindfolded

[@andrewboucher5501]

Ur both gods

[@jelbecornelis3139]

Estimate: 45 minutes Video: less then 30 minutes Oh boy

[@brentdavis62]

Zalard1 is my favorite gamer

[@RVSMNK]

classic

[@WTMR-FM]

i swear to god this game bout to make me take up boxing

[@mikel4526]

Nice! I knock Joe down at 42 seconds but he usually gets up. Anyone have precise input clarification on how to make sure he stays down?

[@NesuProps]

Do a body blow counter once he does his attack around 40s

[@mikel4526]

@@NesuProps Thanks. I have the world record now. I am #1 Get it?

[@NesuProps]

@@mikel4526 Jerk.

[@moogobIin]

@@mikel4526 I get it. Good one

[@mikel4526]

@@moogobIin thanks! I am World Champion! Are you?

[@chadmilligan342]

I love this game but y’all are absolutely pure dorks you playing with power😂 I beat this game in 87 when it came out and I got the game directly from Tyson .

[@zallard1]

We both beat the game blindfolded to raise several thousand dollars for charity; we did a pretty good job I think. Congrats on beating the game on release though, that's cool too.

[@qwvxzz]

zallard solos bro