The Quest to Beat Matt Turk

[@Sinister1]

Shoutouts to Matt Turk for setting the bar so high before speedruns were even really a thing. If he didn’t I promise this game would not be close to where it is today. Respect.

[@kanto5244]

Sinister1 Respect. The upmost Respect. Amazing job. Just phenomenal.

[@australianclaude_527]

Sinister1 do we know anything else about him, or is he just some mystical figure who we haven’t learned anything about since? Like has he done runs on any other games?

[@brettbryson2611]

@@australianclaude_527 He did a ghost and goblins run apparently but said the game was unplayable and that is the only other thing I have found. Dude is a mystery.

[@rezahydra]

@Sinister1 Good to see such comradery and friendship in speedrunning. I still remember when Punch-Out! Wii was being broken, all because someone tried to SkipTheTutorial and revived this community’s interest in it. You all make up the prime example of what speedrunning, both for community and mentality, should strive to be.

[@zallard1]

Beating the Turk times was unbelievably difficult, and took incredible teamwork to achieve. I'm so glad the community was able to come together and bring this game to incredible heights. Turk truly was ahead of his time with how hard he pushed the game.

[@capitaljjenius]

"I just beat the TAS" is one of the most powerful sentences in any human language

[@Damaniel3]

I still think VAJ said it better. Well, louder at least.

[@karsten69]

"I just beat the TAS" Did you perhaps mean, "Rise Against the Machine" ?

[@lukraniom8731]

@@Damaniel3 "I BEAT THE TAS Y'ALL!!! SECOND LAP MAN!!!"

[@darriusdavis35]

Yes! Hell of a statement!

[@rainbowappleslice]

It’s up there with “I beat a Matt Turk time”

[@SoleaGalilei]

You ever heard about Fermat's Last Theorem? The guy wrote a note in a book's margin claiming he'd found a great proof for this math theorem but didn't have room to write it there. For hundreds of years, other mathematicians tried to find a proof, while many doubted that Fermat ever had proven it, thinking maybe he was just trolling all along. But at last, in the 1990s, someone did find a proof, and developed all kinds of innovative new techniques to do so. Maybe it never mattered whether Fermat really had a proof, maybe the important thing was how he inspired others to strive for something. When you talked about Turk's records that had no video evidence, it reminded me of that story.

[@i.suk.6146]

I wish I could save comments on youtube, just for these interesting tidbits.

[@nothomebutnotreally3782]

That's pretty interesting

[@thenewsubwayrider3999]

That's literally two of the records in this video, though. No joke

[@CrystalMethEnjoyer]

Reminds me of the last guardian/secret

[@digitsdigitsdigits808]

Plot twist: fermat already discovered group theory, elliptic curves and scheme theory etc but he was too lazy to publish it

[@Krail07]

"I beat a Matt Turk time" almost as powerful and legendary a sentence as "I just beat the TAS"

[@rreteertet525]

No comments?? Woah lemme. Fix that

[@transnewt]

@@rreteertet525idk, id rather have 1.5k likes and no comments than 10,000 comments and any amount of likes. just means im right.

[@ladyofthedarkmoonlotus]

@@transnewt not about being right or not.

[@cyber_pirate]

did he say this in the video? if so time stamp pls

[@transnewt]

@@cyber_pirate i believe he still has the record

[@tommykarrick9130]

Salt revealing he has the Mike Tyson record by 12 seconds is like when the old man is telling you an epic tale by a fire and as he walks away into the darkness you realize the story was about him

[@Komo-en8dn]

tommy karrick You may be wondering why I know so much about Michael Scarn, that's because I am Michael Scarn

[@The_Fregg]

he made the whole video just to flex he got the record

[@Komo-en8dn]

Liam Rea but he barely mentions him being the world record holder for tyson?

[@bluesox2762]

"of course i know him, he's me"

[@pjdj]

Oddly specific, *eh*

[@greenetomphson6164]

of course the dude who held all the boxing game WRs was named "Matt"

[@masonwaite8506]

Oh shit I didnt even think of that 🤯

[@german_doggy7314]

Imagine if they made matt the final boss just because of matt turk

[@samuelandrews1282]

@@german_doggy7314 Oh no

[@mommylefttogetmilk]

Was looking for this comment

[@EverytingAllAtOnce]

Wait... did wii sports do that on purpose?

[@wpk914]

"Matt Turk only had 3 records remaining to his name." 25 MINUTES LEFT IN THE VIDEO THE PACING GODLIKE

[@abrahamo2895]

These 3 records These 3 records These 3 records

[@InsanexHero]

SS is a god among men makes an hr seem like 20 min

[@22freedom33]

For those wondering, as of 2022 Summoning Salt completely dominates Mike Tyson's Punch Out holding the number 1 record in all 6 categories of the game, including blindfolded. What a Chad.

[@JetFalcon710]

I just looked that up because I was just like "oh no fucking way"...and it turns out you're completely right. SummoningSalt does indeed hold the world record for all categories _(except Single Segment High Score, but that's for points instead of time and it has two entries anyway)_

[@ncspite8635]

The truth no one wants you to know is Summoning Salt is Matt Turk’s son, and he’s been training him his whole life for this monumental achievement 😉

[@Tha-mountain]

@@ncspite8635 lore??

[@kazumakiryu77]

The Quest to beat SummoningSalt

[@darkmodeenjoyer3367]

"The quest to beat summoning salt"

[@zallard1]

Really great retelling of how brutally difficult it was to improve Turk's records. I'm so glad Turk pushed the game so hard so early when speedrunning as a whole was in its infancy. It really was significant to have been able to get close to any of his legendary records, let alone tie or break any of them. Shoutouts to everyone for pushing this game to the limit!

[@SummoningSalt]

I would pin this one too if I could lol

[@zallard1]

@@SummoningSalt Totally understandable lol

[@cringem6660]

Why can you not pin it?

[@takemehomecountryroadsbestusa]

@@cringem6660 You can't pin two comments at the same time, sadly

[@HeavenlyArmed]

@@cringem6660 Because you can only pin one I assume, and he already pinned Sinister1's comment.

[@258thHiGuy]

McHazard is seriously the back alley TAS black market that everyone goes to when they have no hope left

[@thatonehumanoid7756]

I always pictured him as more of the Otacon on the radio for the Solid Snake runners.

[@PowerClash693]

He's like the Golden Super Leaf you get in some Super Mario games when you die like a thousand times

[@winnipeginstinct]

"hey kid, you wanna buy some TAS?"

[@falsebaroness]

Awesome

[@egg_crate]

He is their doc ;)

[@Scrimsion]

salt just casually slipping in that he's the world record holder in this game Kappa

[@Nate-bd8fg]

Scrimsion for glass joe?

[@jaedondiesing5811]

Scrimsion Bro where?

[@eurovisioncyan9550]

@@Nate-bd8fg Mike Tyson

[@Blackhearto]

@@jaedondiesing5811 at the very end, our boy Summoning Salt holds the WR for the Mike Tyson fight

[@tba_aro2115]

he also holds single segment WR

[@dylanm1174]

For those who don’t wanna check the dates, Salt got the World Record after creating this masterpiece of a video. He documented the history of this game & then beat everyone anyways…absolute legend

[@TheWolfman1071]

He has the highest record in all 6 categories including blindfolded lol, impossible for me to understand

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

My mans did the biggest flex possible

[@Dyleniz]

No wonder he explains the technical aspect of the game so good I been rewatching this for a couple of months now

[@anderslearnsmusic]

You didn't check the dates yourself, he already had the world record before creating this masterpiece of a video.

[@SwordandKeyboard29]

There is one record that Matt Turk still holds: longest stretch to ever hold all punch-out records simultaneously

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Lmao you right

[@SwordandKeyboard29]

@Barf Bagglol

[@guyfieri148]

@Barf Bagg weee, crinj

[@skyravenwoods]

@Barf Bagg lol

[@skyravenwoods]

@Barf Bagg lol

[@hmmmooops]

Matt Turk is like those lore characters in epic fantasy where the characters have to dig up old lore and shit and figure out techniques that he already knew about years ago. Mad.

[@willychonkers9360]

Lmao he is the Gaunter O Dimm of speedrunning

[@thegooldash2443]

Okay but we shouldnt forget about mchazard who is the only one who knows about the elder magic even if he cant master it himself

[@CATTSICA]

the legend 27

[@benjaminshields9421]

What's crazy is he shows up elsewhere too. Like cynthia from pokemon

[@turtz4life432]

if anyone’s ever read Enders game that’s exactly what mazer rackham is like

[@Tommy9834]

"It ain't about gettin good RNG. It's about gettin bad RNG, and getting back up" -Rocky Balboa (probably)

[@joelsimons3239]

@Barf Bagg is this a nice comment I see? Wow.

[@matthewdowling6549]

@Barf Bagg Wow. A comment where you don't attack anyone.

[@joelsimons3239]

@Barf Bagg okay

[@slimeyplayz245]

inspiring quote

[@18rocksthegames78]

Hey can I use this

[@jamiebeal3852]

I love how salt doesn’t even acknowledge the fact that he has the world record time in this game

[@cl0p38]

And by more than 10 in-game seconds than the LEGENDARY 2 13???? HOW?

[@D-03181]

@@cl0p38 demon

[@ObservationofLimits]

I'd love a video on that

[@TitaniumDragon]

@@ObservationofLimits His very first video is actually about the history of the Mike Tyson fight. The TL; DR; is that, beyond insane levels of execution and luck, it's possible to down Mike Tyson enough before 1:30 that he does one more of those uppercuts. This lets you do a bunch more damage early and massively accellerates the fight.

[@oleksandrkashlyuk5726]

Summoning salt just got a 14:52 like 3 days ago. Insane.

[@coolguyj7934]

imagine being so beyond cracked at a game that it takes 5 years, multiple people, and TAS strats to beat your times

[@supernova3241]

This isn’t the only game Matt Turk did speedruns for. He’s not beyond cracked at this game only....

[@yepperz]

@Barf Bagg Calm down bud

[@Apotheosister]

@Barf Bagg As long as it gives a legacy then I'd call it a life.

[@Apotheosister]

@Barf Bagg This is clearly a personal thing, what you define as life and I define are two completely different things.

[@poop.9654]

nice bait

[@axel_yeen3971]

Everyone gangsta till Summoning Salt goes out of cryostasis.

[@kathgd]

Ikr

[@degeneratemale5386]

FullTimeSlacker it implies that once Summoning Salt uploads, he becomes the coolest person, and everyone else is just peasants

[@hypnotoad28]

@FullTimeSlacker It works, what do you think it means? Are you the meme-god?

[@pitabread1344]

@FullTimeSlacker you a cop

[@edub12385]

@FullTimeSlacker It still works because "everyone gangsta" can also imply chill, and no one's chill when they see a Summoning Salt upload. But since it's not used for the meme's original purpose, I'll give you this one.

[@Apollo9898LP]

I love how Summoning Salt, the current world record holder for Mike Tyson, never lets his own participation in the speedrunning community get in the way or steal the limelight away from the overall narrative of everyone coming together to push these games to their absolute limit. One of the reason why this is the number 1 channel I go to for videos about speedrunning

[@Rockymann27]

Update on that: A day after he finished the video, he beat the piston honda 2 world record.

[@amelialonelyfart8848]

Another reason: He's not an asshole. Seriously, a bizarre amount of speedrunning channels are hosted by racists and homophobes.

[@staniskucharski4491]

@Lex Bright Raven to be fair to the 40k universe that's sorta how it be. :/

[@digitsdigitsdigits808]

@@amelialonelyfart8848 M Y F R I E N D S

[@steventeglman]

Right?? Came here to say this! I just thought he made these great videos; didn't know he was a speed runner. To see him make this incredible video, giving credit to EVERYONE for their amazing hard work, and then for him to not even say his own accomplishment but instead show it on the screen for one second... That's what heroes do.

[@artfulhobbes7428]

That ending hit me like a fucking truck dude. Not only do you see how even more insane improvements have been made to beat these seemingly "impossible" times, but it caps off with the creator of the fucking video itself completely blasting apart Mike Tyson by 12 in-game seconds. My jaw was on the floor. Absolute king shit. What an emotional rollercoaster, and a fantastic video.

[@silverflight01]

What makes Salt's record even more impressive is that in order to get his time, you need enough short delays to get a mid-1:25 or earlier 2nd Knockdown so Tyson can throw one uppercut in Phase 3, which saves a few seconds. To this day, Salt is the only player on the current leaderboard to achieve this, everyone else didn't get this extra uppercut, ending in a 2:05. The limit is 1:58, but you're more likely to get a 2:00 flat

[@silverflight01]

@everything.editzz 2:00.61

[@polygondwanaland8390]

Normal speedrunners getting a world record: aaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA khananaphone getting a world record: hey I beat don 2

[@akydatravel]

Ahh

[@caritahearts2405]

:) horray

[@cashmancool2879]

Time stamp?

[@franchstar1]

@@cashmancool2879 yeah hate comments like these without time stamp..

[@Kunal29Chopra]

@@cashmancool2879 27:42

[@raynmanshorts9275]

Imagine being so legendary that it takes a game's *entire community* several years to beat *most* of of your best times, and even then can only tie some of them. You can't beat Matt Turk because *that* is Matt Turk's true record.

[@momataco7266]

Indeed

[@bryal7811]

Reminds me of Hotarubi's Super Metroid record.

[@axllbk]

Turk's times was what motivated the entire community during the 2010's. Who knows what today's records would look like without him.

[@christianthompson7915]

Raynman Gaming matt turk is the true definition of a major league gamer

[@QuintaFeira12]

Remember, Matt Turk himself was doing it "alone" for over half a decade between 2004 and 2009, and by "alone", this means he kept contact with a few people on non-public forum, because any public forum for speedruns of this game was straight up dead at the time. And these people were dedicated people who liked taking games apart, but not dedicated to single games the way someone like Matt Turk was. So they left one by one. He had a community but a declining one. When people found out this and wanted to start building up a community - THERE WAS NO COMMUNITY. Everyone who arrived and faced up to Turk's challenge was doing it from the seemingly dauntless perspective of knowing absolutely no one else who ever took this game seriously. Anyone who had previously was seemingly gone, or was never much too serious in the same place, or had moved on to other games LONG before the game go to the standard pushed by Matt Turk, and had no significant input to give. And it's hard to find the motivation to do so, be the first in on the challenge, without either the validation of accomplishment that other are paying atenttion, or support of others finding out or digging up forgotten old strats to help you along with. It's hard to keep playing the same old video game, over and over, one little bit at a time, for months on end at a time, with runs and re-runs numbering in the thousands, all for a number that, if you get it, you'll be posting about it a crowd equal in impact as pissing the accomplishment in the wind, and from whom you'll be getting no more helpful hands than from your own echo. It's not anyone that can do that. It takes someone outstanding. It's very, VERY likely that from late 2007 onwards, Matt Turk was himself improving the few times he had left to improve completely on the lonesome, and writing guides on a long-term perspective or archiving the knowledge, rather than a short-term one of any semblance of a community. In fact, it's NOT AT ALL A COINCIDENCE that his last and less precise accomplishment, Soda Popinski, went completely undocumented on methodology: He didn't find anyone that would care to archive that knowledge. He left the community the same way it was later found: Deserted. And yet, he preserved up to that point, and kept trying to get that world record on everything till the end despite that. Because he was outstanding.

[@penguinmcswaggn2936]

I love how Matt Turk managed to destroy an entire speed running community just by his skill level being way too good for anyone to actually beat him

[@JakeTheHawk]

My cynical ass kept expecting this to end up being a "it was revealed he lied/cheated" type thing. I'm so glad I was wrong. This was a fantastic video.

[@Danstry]

Jake The Hawk SAME

[@simongreve]

@@JakeTheHawk World record is nice and all but we all know the true badge of honor is being so good people think you are cheating.

[@karanjoshi2662]

He is basically doom slayer or this game. A man feared by even the speedrun demons.

[@thelurker7]

420 likes so imma not press that

[@borisbutterscotch9482]

I love Khananaphone's reaction to beating a Matt Turk time. This guy who barely speed runs the game, grinding attempts on a fight no one wants to do because it is all luck, no skill, gets the record by a fraction of a second after hundreds of attempts, and all he says is "Hey I beat Don 2."

[@aurav4643]

He's a Giga chad

[@austinfletchermusic]

"Hey, I beat Don 2 :D"

[@indeeeed]

I feel like Matt Turk watching his records being slowly taken felt like a proud dad.

[@bobsofia68]

I hope so!!! Way to go Matt Turk, absolute LEGEND!!!!

[@coolnoah8183]

Definitely. He clearly enjoyed the game enough to set such incredible records, so to then see its community grow in the sole effort to beat those times must have been awesome

[@indeeeed]

@@coolnoah8183 A true dad watching his sons carry on his legacy

[@NoNameAtAll2]

Matt Turk is probably time traveller and those times are records from his timeline

[@TriangularDuck]

this is potentially the most legendary humblebrag of all humblebrags, with a 59 minute buildup. you love to see it

[@mrdressup]

It's not really a humblebrag; those are something else. It's amazing how SS really seems to almost avoid receiving any kind of glory for his Tyson accomplishments. In his other Tyson video he only mentioned himself once when he took the record, and that was it.

[@thehellsage]

I've noticed Karl Jobst does the same thing, he did a new Goldeneye video recently and didn't even mentioned that he himself broke a few of the long standing records.

[@sprcrzy110]

Yes! I howled laughing when I saw it.

[@morthostalisint1720]

I want a, "Quest to Beat Summoning Salt" video in the future. Lol.

[@JmonVids]

I was floored once I saw that. I actually had no idea that SummoningSalt was a speed runner. I just thought he made top tier videos about speed running.

[@BlackSkullArmor]

Not only did he set the World Record, he left detailed strategies behind so the future generations could analyze his methods and improve them for better results. What a legend

[@ShivamYadav-fp1hb]

indeed

[@theofficalpapyrus8479]

@@ShivamYadav-fp1hb post more plz

[@apothecurio]

Matt Turk truly understands speed running. It’s both a competition, but it’s also a community project where everyone is working together to push a game to its limits.

[@ShivamYadav-fp1hb]

@@apothecurio it's truly amazing what people can achieve when they work together

[@mistermonologue2442]

Also he left one (Piston Honda 2) for them to figure out themselves :)

[@nathantrest2345]

The programmers of Mike Tyson's Punch Out really deserve some credit for their great work. This game is from the 1980's.

[@Nebol]

My thoughts exactly. This ain't no simple button-smasher game. A lot of thought went into these fights....

[@yesno7264]

@@Nebol And then some of them are just fucking weird with how much RNG are they have. I wonder if they just wanted to see how random they could make them and if anyone would notice lol

[@pjdj]

@@yesno7264 they had to to make fights less repetitive, coding a 1/8 chance is easier than making a bunch of new sprites, new mechanics, etc. they literally had to choose between gameplay and making the game fun or making it less random. I guess don 2 doesn’t make that much sense though.

[@alexpurdy673]

Math: so there’s a 1 in 1.6 million chance you get the perfect cycle Punch out community: so what you’re saying is there’s a chance?

[@Datoda]

Or as Mando would say: I like those odds

[@kevinli2220]

I Think it was 6,7

[@KSupes]

It was 1 in 6,700,000 not 1 in 1,600,000

[@kefkapalazzo1]

Mysterious Gamer goddamn

[@KirbyMobile1]

I know what I’m doing during quarantine.

[@somejackassontheinternet]

imagine if matt turk came out of nowhere and took all the records back in like a week

[@bigboss4178]

MK64's Matthias moment

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Bonus points if he refused to post videos still. Kinda like how his super sus clap back was with no video in an era of all videos.

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Mattias

[@DS-se3ol]

He might?

[@AriaFromMahabre]

@Barf Bagg nice b8 m8

[@thepotatocouch]

I love how all these people came together to collectively beat Matt, but can we just sit down and appreciate for a moment how in the fuck Matt found all these strats in the first place?

[@fricc3824]

and the fact that, even after FIVE YEARS of waiting for his record to be broken he actually came back and beat it again

[@dahSweep]

I'm mostly surprised that his records were all universally believed to be true even without any video proof.

[@xxhobocatxx2869]

@@dahSweep Well he gave detailed descriptions of the methods he used for most of the fights. Besides nobody recorded runs back then for pretty much any game you look at. So yeah his runs were definitely real.

[@reginaldmeta2762]

@@xxhobocatxx2869 Also I believe he has done speedruns of other games like Contra with video proof, so he's generally accepted as a reliable runner.

[@nahdontevenstart]

@@xxhobocatxx2869 he literally said he came back and beat someone who tied him but still didn’t record it lmfao imagine being this gullible

[@xenasaur520]

fun fact: about 2 years ago, when this video first came out, i watched it and was inspired. after a bit of practice, i officially became the world record holder for the blindfolded speedrun of the first don flamenco fight. it's a bit of a freebee but it's still nice to be a record holder :)

[@swisXD]

Nice!

[@jamiejohnson157]

Congrats dude that's so cool!

[@deswood5760]

I may be late but lad you definitely earned it

[@JetFalcon710]

Awesome, good job bro

[@vinccool96]

Why are you lying? SummoningSalt has the record, and second place is 5 years ago.🤨

[@augustopdrocha]

Salt can say "a tool assisted speedrun, or 'TAS'" a thousand times and I'll still enjoy learning about it.

[@psychiron]

I like your beard

[@aidyplays1013]

@@psychiron ... I have no words.

[@house_cocoon]

@@aidyplays1013 it is a nice beard

[@General12th]

@@house_cocoon I agree, it's a good beard!

[@ryansanagustin6553]

J.J. Shank a very nice beard

[@takigan]

Plot twist: "Matt Turk" is actually SummoningSalt, and SummoningSalt is just Matt Turk waxing about the old days when he was REALLY into 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' and has come out of retirement to reclaim his prized Mike Tyson record.

[@psychiron]

NANI?!?!?

[@RenegadeShepTheSpacer]

@@raphaelsanchez7386 Drip.

[@system_runner41]

Half of that contradicts the other half.

[@themaniac8596]

@Dom LS1 thats why he has almost 400 likes, cause his humour is so lost xd. Ure lost m8

[@nicholasavasthi9879]

TheManiac he wasn’t responding to OP. He was responding to a different comment which has since been taken down.

[@SwordandKeyboard29]

Matt Turk was so dominant he almost killed the running community for a game because people assumed he was unbeatable

[@mcmonkey26]

and so dominant he pushed the running community for a game somewhere it never could have gotten otherwise. the duality of being really good at punch out

[@mythalieon7829]

Damn

[@mythalieon7829]

I do think that Matt Turk might be me favourite runner of all time

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

@@mythalieon7829 him along with some other legendary people. Matthias, Andrew G, Karl and many more of course.

[@casedistorted]

I don't get it but i'm sure it means something.

[@jordangroff8978]

Just realized, this is the only Summoning Salt video that has a Speed Runner's name in it. Just goes to show how dominant Matt Turk really was.

[@XkinhoPT]

Quest for World Record Perfection is basically Quest for Stopping Matthias from getting 32/32

[@holap2104]

@@XkinhoPT yea I am still mad at what Dan did

[@nicolaspietrangelo5573]

@@holap2104 Same here. What a douche move.

[@HonkeyKongLive]

@@holap2104 I legitimately had to make a playlist of his videos with that one excluded because it upset me so much that he never got his 32 lol

[@bcaz385]

@@holap2104 same, I just cannot watch that one again even though I have watched summoning salt video like 20 times for each one. It was one of my favorite summoning salt video when it got release and I have watched it multiple time until the incident, watching it now just make me salty lol, name check out I guess.

[@evangallagher4825]

"Wow thats crazy do you know who has the Mike Tyson Record right now??" Summoning Salt: "Well of course I know him, he's me"

[@intsoccersuperstar1]

Evan Gallagher “Where did you dig up the old fossil?”

[@SvendleBerries]

(happy beeps)

[@DutchTheHooligan]

I haven’t gone by the name of Matt Turk since oh before you were born

[@theaceking3508]

“It’s an older reference sir, but it checks out”

[@denret]

@@DutchTheHooligan Wtf are you doing here Dutch?

[@madmanmortonyt4890]

Mike Tyson's Punch Out is for the cool kids Matt Turk's Punch Out is for champions

[@KoopaMedia64]

I wanna play Matt Turk’s Punch-Out now

[@Raindrop_2401]

In Matt Turk's Punch Out you must defeat every opponent by either tying or beating Matt's times. Failure to do so will result in a loss. There is no game over system, as that would be too unfair. You can also save after beating every fight, and can re-match opponents that you have previously beaten in a time attack mode. After beating Mike Tyson, the game will autosave without asking you (trust me, you will need it). You will face one more fight, Matt Turk himself. He will spend the first 42 seconds taunting you and throwing no punches unless provoked (a reference to the first two records that others have beaten) his counter punches are insanely fast and do massive damage. If you manage to dodge them, you will be able to hit back, but damage will be minimum and he will recover quickly. Assuming that Matt has landed a hit on you, he will do a fast variation of Mac's iconic star punch at the 42 second mark. The wind up will be much like Sandman's Dreamland Express, a quick flash before an insanely fast punch that is an instant knock down. Dodging this leaves him vulnerable to 5 punches, but that is it. After this, it will be rapid combos of straights and uppercuts that all do lots of damage. His goal is to ko you 3 times as fast as possable. You can counter his punches, but you won't be able to do a lot of damage. Star punches also won't work on him, he will quickly dodge them and respond with a fast counter that is undodgeable. If you somehow survive round one, things get a little bit more extreme and Matt's gimicks will come in to effect. Matt will have 3 star punches that he can unleash at random. He will also use fake punches (in a reference to guard manipulation) in order to make you dodge or block accidently, which he will quickly punish you for. These fake outs will have a different sound effect, so you will be able to get used to them with practice. You better make sure that you are good at speedrunning and have taken him down before the end of this round, because Matt will punish you for it in round 3 Round 3 has Matt using faster variations of all the major gimick attacks from previous boxers. The Honda Rush, Tiger's Tornado Attack (I forget the name), The Bull Charge, The Dreamland Express, The Super Macho Spin, Tyson's 90 seconds of OHKO uppercutts, and finally, a Star Punch. If you survive and properly counter attack all of those, Matt will finally go down and not get back up, regardless of how much health he had left or how few times you knocked him down.

[@thecrabhex]

Man, Matt Turk’s punch out is a classic!

[@thesparxeffect9734]

Someone, I don't care who (preferably Matt possibly). Make that Rom Hack happen.

[@ARandomSpace]

@@Raindrop_2401 I've been saving this pre-fight message for a while... "This is going to be a painful fight..." Originally intended for a silly idea for another game.

[@Amalgemotion]

Plot twist: Summoning Salt was Matt Turk all along, now having regained his title

[@drewlincoln2143]

Wait you can be on to something he has mike Tyson runs on well mike tyson the fighter so maybe after the people beat it then he does it himself so people would not come up with the idea and delete the 2:13:00 and maybe even stole some 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@Yahula1edits]

@@drewlincoln2143 i think summoning salt is too young to be Matt Turk, otherwise he wouldve been under 10 years old when he got all those records lol that would be amazing tho

[@Emel_unlegit]

@@Yahula1edits maybe he was?

[@RealGateGuardian]

What a twist!

[@condor2279]

Debunked, there's a few videos with Matt Turk speaking and he sounds nothing like Salt.

[@game84cube]

I'm just glad to know Matt Turk wasn't found to have forged his speedruns and he got his times through nothing more than years of practice and honed, unprecedented skills, thus making the times all the sweeter to have been beaten

[@dang476]

We actually don't know that his times were legitimate though. One of his times was even impossible to achieve and had to be revised up a second.

[@yamsdev]

​@@dang476He described how to achieve almost all of em, right?

[@ДюсековИльяс]

@@yamsdeveah, the only one he didn’t was Soda Popinski, I think. And he showed on video his Mike Tyson WR, so he probably did in fact did all of the rest legitimately, as Myke Tyson is the hardest fight in the game

[@WusterWasti]

@@yamsdev He could gain his knowledge from TAS and describe it from there. Again videoproof would be nice, but being a legendary players doesnt make u immune to cheating and stuff.

[@yamsdev]

@@WusterWasti I dunno... were there even TAS runs back when Turk was in the scene?

[@FengLengshun]

Matt Turk is like one of those ancient civilizations: doing things we only figured out now and giving lessons so that we can do better than it.

[@oldmanyellsatscreen]

Byzantines: Hold my Greek fire

[@ambrizfer7898]

Go to salts alternate account Matt Turk made a video on it

[@justas423]

Fucking Roman cement and ancient clothes. Ancient clothes were made to LAST.

[@justas423]

Damascus steel

[@drugsilove2364]

This "Matt Turk" is bullshit.

[@Tracequaza]

"1/4096 chance" Don 2 is a shiny pokemon

[@M3rtyville]

well, when you have the shiny charm that is

[@silversnow4777]

Beat me to the comment lmao

[@Tracequaza]

@@M3rtyville or if you're just playing gen 6 or later

[@GloomyGhost28]

Don 2 is like the RNG god, like literally jaja

[@max954]

I direclty thought about that when I heard 1/4096!

[@GoodVibes-nn6gb]

Ok but can we respect what kind of god Matt Turk has to be to have “Turk times” become a term in speed running

[@drugsilove2364]

This "Matt Turk" is bullshit.

[@nintendude6477]

@@drugsilove2364 Elaborate, please.

[@ketsupo]

He won’t, he’s just going around being salty and copypasting the same thing over and over.

[@nintendude6477]

@@ketsupo I see

[@TheDuckyDino]

@@drugsilove2364 well all of his records were eventually broken or tiee

[@silverflight01]

There's something poetic about the fact that the very final beacon of hope wasn't from an old TAS, it didn’t come from McHazard's TAS efforts, it came from someone from Turk's era. Someone who had been in the speedrunning scene of Punch-out in the distant past, and came back

[@neph9205]

Fun fact: Summoning is still playing the game, holding the record for Single segment, 90 minute, AWC and RTA aswell as Mike Tyson and since last month Piston Honda 2

[@neph9205]

In conclusion: he is matt turk

[@Chrispy9393]

@@neph9205 facts

[@aetherarcanist4819]

He just broke his Tyson record 4 days ago!

[@L16htW4rr10r]

@@aetherarcanist4819 Holy shite

[@PKINGU]

@@neph9205 that would be a fun plot twist

[@Hose_10]

“And then Matt Turk came back and beat all of the new records by 4 seconds.”

[@esotericVideos]

Matt Turk: "Alirght... looks like it's time for one last ride..."

[@benjaminyarleque2345]

"Including glass joe and donc 1"

[@MiamiMarkYT]

I’d love to see him come back and take one untied

[@Hose_10]

Miami Mark same

[@huh968]

"and then todd rodgers showed up and beat all fights in one second and twingalaxies gave him all the wrs"

[@hx364]

Salt doesn’t even mention his own WR, he only shows it at the end of the video at 59:03.

[@CatBoyCass]

it caught me off guard lol

[@kevinruiz903]

Im Stirdu that’s king shit right there 👑

[@skuarf]

The best flexes are the humble ones.

[@pallafox]

all the years came to this. he started off with punch out for this channel and ended up breaking the Tyson record. what a champ!

[@Seergun]

@@skuarf Which video did he humble brag he only had 9 subscribers when he got mentioned at a GDQ about punch out?

[@SteefPip]

If all 14 slayers of Matt Turk have themselves been beaten, you should make a video about it called The Quest to Avenge Matt Turk.

[@TetraBui]

Salt is the avenge of Matt turk at this point, holding both the best Mike Tyson and littarly dominating every catagory

[@Slender_Man_186]

Well then he’d just be doing a video about himself, Salt has routinely proven to be the second coming of Matt Turk, dominating multiple categories at a time, sometimes even holding every record in the game (including all individual fights, single segment playthroughs, and even blindfolded runs) at the same time.

[@Slender_Man_186]

@Angelic you’re not the first to suggest that, and they haven’t been seen in the same room at the same time...

[@Synthc4t]

'cept the glass joe record, everyone and their mothers have done that

[@gcollins1992]

@@Slender_Man_186 Salt's too humble to do that, I think. Guy had (at time of video) the WR for Tyson and didn't even acknowledge it verbally.

[@bigbuhh]

I like to think that Matt Turk is so proud of everyone who tried to defeat him

[@Bellite91]

This

[@theofficialchannelofoffici7962]

I'm sure he is

[@givemeyoureggs456]

Hell he even collabarated with them

[@conorlynch007]

Matt Turk: Are ya winnin son?

[@markhirsch6301]

@Seanny how do you know that?

[@dotcom137]

My favourite "character" on this documentary is Jack Wedge. The guy was an old schooler on Punch-Out, even held a record at some point, but like all the other old schoolers, he was beaten by Matt Turk. Watching the new generation beat every Turk's record each time, in silence... but then, on the last record, on the most difficult of them, with almost no margin to improve, years later, he appears and gives his contribution, which is essential for the new generation to finally take down the last Turk Time standing. Tell me you have not watched an anime, movie or series with this type of character in your life. The older one giving his hand to help the heroes in the crucial time.

[@d-louse9918]

I want to meet Jack Wedge some day

[@esotericVideos]

Anime Heroes: "It cannot be done, Matt Turk's final form is too powerful to be defeated!" Old Shadowy Figure: "I believe I might be of assistance..." Anime Heroes: "Master Jack Wedge?!? Huh? You've been retired for generations!" Retired Master Jack Wedge: "Yes, I have been in isolation waiting for this day to come. However, I always known there would come a time where Matt Turk would show weakness." Anime Heroes: "But he's too strong! We have tried everything!" Retired Master Jack Wedge: "There is a secret technique, long lost from the history books. Your generation would not know of it. With it I believe Matt Turk can finally be defeated." Anime Heroes: "Whaaaa!?" Retired Master Jack Wedge: "The technique is called 'The Screwdriver'"

[@ttp1364]

esotericVideos I’d watch it

[@Exponaut_R-01]

Bonus points for this mysterious new method being extremely dangerous and having a 99% chance of killing you

[@DetectiveOlivaw]

This is totally accurate. I mean, he shows up with a mysterious new technique-that he NAMED-that proves crucial to defeating the reigning champ. There is no cooler entrance in fiction.

[@mr.krustykrust]

“I just beat the TAS” More powerful words have never been spoken 15:57. Just time stamping so people that want to hear the quote can find it

[@enricopucci6226]

But those words Those words are made out of dreams

[@mr.krustykrust]

I typod so hard lmao

[@Cscuile]

Haha

[@Vzixae]

Feelings of power

[@beponeko]

I skipped 1:13

[@demi-femme4821]

Ultimately, isn't this what Punch-Out is about? Taking down a seemingly insurmountable foe through your own hard work and thinking.

[@shreyanshsingh379]

Matt Turk is definitely one of the punch-out of all time

[@iris-sano]

goddamn he has the wr for the whole game as well and hes nearly 20 seconds ahead of #2 who is zallard *who are you SummoningSalt???*

[@fluorinegas6944]

Matt Turk

[@kenmej8706]

He is the embodiment of finding out that the guide is the final boss

[@TayoEXE]

@@fluorinegas6944 Don't hear from Matt Turk, Summoning Salt has quite the assurance his records were true without footage, and he seems to know an awful lot about him. Hmm. Coincidence?

[@stevenwolfe591]

@@TayoEXE Now that you mention it, we've never seen Summoning Salt and Matt Turk in the same video... I think you're onto something.

[@themariokid2310]

@@stevenwolfe591 hmmmmmmm

[@l33tloy]

this man is so humble he has the WR and doesnt even mention himself once in this vid

[@periwinkuru]

SummoningSubtlety

[@jstar3382]

holy shit he has EVERY record for all the categories

[@abbyh5158]

@@jstar3382 by huge margins

[@mitlanderson]

@@abbyh5158 for every category?

[@knightlautrec4311]

@@mitlanderson for all the full run categories not individual levels

[@terzarima05]

The most impressive thing in this story is Matt Turk, he set these incredible times before speedrunning was even popular. The times he set took tons of people 5 years to beat, not 1 speedrunner could match his consistent skill in the game back then. Nowadays his runs are still great despite some of them being 15 years old.

[@jong2359]

@@daewol You have quickly become a joke with your comment.

[@TheDevilinThePaleMoonlight]

@@daewol I rarely call people names in KZbin comment sections but u sir are a moron, ninjas not only a douchebag but he plays a game for 12 year olds and when 90% of ur competition doesn't even have hair on their nuts yet it's a whole lot easier to be good. Hes not playing other professional players hes sitting in his room playing ur nephew online there's a huge difference between him and someone like Matt turk.

[@tomhill3248]

@@jong2359 OOf, U lot sure are sensitive aren't ya? I thought you were talking about actual ninja's for a sec then realized you just felt threatened by a fortnite streamer. As someone who has a thousand hours in mount and blade Warband and has completed the Donkey Kong Country trilogy, video games don't matter. Try not to get so bent out of shape by a literal child comment.

[@jong2359]

@@tomhill3248 felt threatened? Nope.

[@tomhill3248]

@@jong2359 I do not believe you.

[@agenthappypotato868]

Summoning Salt: Frame delays, guard manipulation, frame-perfect punches. The fastest Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! times had all been won by one man: Matt Turk. Before disappearing from the Internet, the words he spoke drove countless speedrunners out to their NES. Matt Turk: My record times? They're yours if you want them! Beat them! I left all my strategies there on RedTom's Punch-Out!! Summoning Salt: And so speed runners set sights on the Quest to Beat Matt Turk, in pursuit of surpassing his records. The world has truly entered a Great Speedrunning Era!

[@cinami5588]

:thumbsup:

[@RRVCrinale]

Hammer out a parody of the 4Kids rap and I'll _really_ be impressed.

[@DaShoopdahoop]

@@RRVCrinale Dreamin'! Don't give it up, Sinister! Dreamin'! Don't give it up, Zallard! Dreamin'! Don't give it up, Hazard! Dreamin'! Don't give it give it up give it up give it up give it up give it up give it up SPEEDRUN! Here's how the story goes, we find out 'bout some records on RedTom's site, there's no doubt The speedrunner whose eye is on it, he'll sing I'll be the best Speedrunner, I'm gonna be the King! Ya-yo, ya-yo, ya-yo... oh-ho... His name is Sinister (That's Sinister1!) Gonna find out strategies! He's done it blindfolded! (How did that happen?) Yo-ho-ho, with a lot of practice! Ya-yo, ya-yo... His name's Zallard, always getting better! And a G-A-M-E-R Harzard's not shy The Speedrunner community, comin' through, doin' their thing Trying to defeat the former King, they are gonna beat him! Ya-yo, ya-yo, ya-yo, oh-ho... Punching Out for One Record! It's the name of the game! In the Forums! Ya-yo, ya-yo... Speedrun for One Record!

[@rruhland]

Arittake no yume wo kaki atsume

[@RRVCrinale]

@@DaShoopdahoop Boom! I'm impressed.

[@OptimalLeisure]

There's no way I'm the only one who thinks Matt Turk sounds like it could be a name of an enemy boxer, right?

[@md244-w6v]

Lmao I thought Matt Turk was an impossible boxer to beat in the game when I first saw the video not a speed runner

[@capone51]

Or an NFL punter with a long career.

[@jasperzz2859]

ah wii sports reference

[@OptimalLeisure]

@@jasperzz2859 Not what I was going for, but does work.

[@mrincodi]

Matt Turk => MT => Mike Tyson

[@fionncoolican6867]

All the boys: *stumped* McHazard: Aight, lemme grab my TAS real quick

[@NickGreyden]

I love how TAS runs have evolved over the years to not be dirty among speed runners but a tool to be used and then you have the TAS engineering wizards that figure out and build runs... it's insane.

[@Faygris]

McHazard was like the pale nerdy guy in the movies who did the fancy hacking stuff in the background

[@Kevin-wx7wu]

@@NickGreyden it has never been dirty among runners only viewers that don't understand them

[@erikaz1590]

"A TAS is-" *takes a shot*

[@The_Humbugg]

Erika Z lol

[@JishtheFish]

TAS: Takes A Shot

[@krullachief669]

A frame rule is like a bus

[@trviis]

Imagine a bus-

[@muzzyLimon]

@@krullachief669 OH SHIT HERE COMES THE BUS

[@mobkiller0415]

Never gonna forget that feeling when I saw Salts name with the WR of Tyson. Seriously admire someone who doesnt rub it in or anything, only mentioning it with the rest of the times. I seriously love this channel

[@fernerture2432]

I mean he could totally run it in and I wouldn’t be mad, it’s quite amazing what he did it just makes him that much cooler that he chooses not to flex

[@silverflight01]

Heck, he rarely refers to himself by name. His Double Dash Shortcut video has him refer to himself as "Some random dude"

[@Kosmicd12]

1 hour of punch-out and no mention of yourself until the final capstone at the end is so beautiful

[@glockspeedgaming5072]

Oh my god... THE KOSMICd12 from the Mario community? How are you NOT top comment?!?

[@forgiveman]

I am glad to see one legend cheering other legend. You on the Speedrun community are awesome.

[@sommeone]

Summoning Salt: Spends 8 minutes recounting how hard it was for anyone to beat Mike Tyson in under 2:13 Also Summoning Salt: Doesn't verbally acknowledge that he beat Myke Tyson in 2:05

[@webbowser8834]

To be fair, he did make an entire video on the subject, his first video in fact. Definitely an impressive show of restraint though.

[@FraserSouris]

He also just got a record for beating Piston Honda 2 in 40.61

[@tom_ad9343]

The end of his video states he beat Mike Tyson in 2:01

[@TitaniumDragon]

@@tom_ad9343 Yeah, it's kind of funny, because his old Tyson WR progression video was made when he was the record holder with an almost as good as possible time, but he noted at the end that it could be even better... and now it is, and he holds the WR by like 5 seconds. Kind of ridiculous. It's funny that the Tyson fight was so ridiculously hard, and yet was one of the fights that had the most space for improvement even still.

[@joeh4955]

The room for improvement is because it’s so hard.

[@aclonymous]

“with help from: Matt Turk” trust no one, not even yourself

[@wastucar8127]

Lmao

[@stebjin]

i used the stones to destroy the stones

[@ItsRubyGD]

you became the very thing you sought to destroy

[@gydorack]

I love that summoning Salt explains things like TAS and frame rules just in case there is someone new watching. He's like one of those teachers that goes over basic stuff just in case there is someone in the class that might be a little behind and might be too afraid to ask for clarification. You are the salt of the earth.

[@_rifle_3805]

the “summoning” salt of the earth! no? ok ok sorry

[@donweatherwax9318]

@@_rifle_3805. . . . . . [chirp chirp] . . . [chirp chirp]

[@kohwenxu]

Also if you don’t know he’s a speed runner too

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

It's even better in this format, because if you already know, you can just skip over it.

[@OriginalOutlook]

Can we take a moment to recognize that he only put one mid-roll ad on an hour long video? SummoningSalt is undoubtedly one of the best and most grounded KZbinrs by far.

[@leonblum816]

And he didn't even mention his Tyson record until the very end. Humble to the core!

[@vaughnblakely7595]

And an hour long video with tons of production value.

[@raulh5457]

Leon Blum when did he mention it?

[@leonblum816]

@@raulh5457 59:05

[@warhawk3972]

@@raulh5457 59:05. Not verbally mentioned, but as one of the many current records. Humble

[@NCG337]

"Game F-A-Qs" No, salt. Nothing will stop me from saying GameFacks

[@waifu_png_pl6854]

i always read FAQ as fuckyou

[@AboMuh1245]

@@waifu_png_pl6854 same

[@eleazar6831]

@@waifu_png_pl6854 lol

[@Akumasama]

Game Frequently Asked Questions. The Chaotic Neutral option.

[@theNova99]

@@waifu_png_pl6854 same lmao

[@BaalFridge]

this dude so humble he didn't mention having the myke tyson record and just put himself in the credits, no show off. this is the level of humility we should all strive for.

[@rubadubmedia]

59:05 for those wondering, thanks for pointing this out!

[@mikaeluhl]

True, true. Although the video is not about the current records for when it was launched, but about being able to take down Turk's reign of terror :P

[@rezhaadriantanuharja3389]

Those who followed him from the beginning know he’s a Punch Out speedrunner

[@draakisback]

This is still my favorite summoning salt video. The premise is just so good, and the story is epic. I've come back so many times over the past 2 years and Matt turk is still this mythical figure in the community.

[@nickiedarling360]

Me before Summoning Salt: They only improved their time by 1 second? Thats so low Me now: 0.2 seconds faster?!?! A God has risen in the community!

[@forgiveman]

With Summoning Salt and SMB I learned about those frames. And I saw the Kosmic WR. It is awesome to understand better the effort involved in these games.

Hey stay safe out there. Dont get sniffed by Joe Biden. Great comments you are a straight up butt pirate.

[@medjed7422]

@ ???

[@nickiedarling360]

@ Just very confused by this comment, but okay

[@connorbro5281]

@@forgiveman I love your luffy pfp

[@zyrocomet]

UPDATE 3: Summoning Salt got a 39.97 on Piston Honda 2, and that is the world record as of today (58:33)

[@darkness74185]

there's something about Salt publishing a very detailed commentated video on the records, and then outdates it himself days after that makes me smile

[@officerwizz]

He beat it again, it’s now a 40.25

[@SanchoPandaVTW]

And again, now it's 40 seconds flat! You can see the clip highlighted on his twitch channel :)

[@JustKiddingNYC]

What do his celebrations sound like? "yes... Yessss... Fuck yesss.... It's done?" maybe?

[@GustoFormula]

@@JustKiddingNYC more like "John Cleese, man. John Cleese! John Fucking Cleese." lol Here's the current WR by SummoningSalt: www.twitch.tv/videos/575280166

[@NintendoCapriSun]

9:31 "Enter Mr. Sandman" Nice.

[@red_dead_lex6173]

Why do you not have more likes my guy? You are popular!

[@garlic.naan2]

Man how you only got 4 likes?😂 hope you enjoyed the video like us al

[@leonpaul6198]

Came for this

[@ThePoltergust5000]

Enter the Garfaccino.

[@toooydoeur]

Timmm

[@Michallote]

I really like that having those records broken meant Matt was vindicated as legendary and honest. His times in my book where all absolutely legitimate. I hope Wii fit's Matt boxer is honouring him

[@exittea616]

The fact that salt doesn't even mention his world record for Mike Tyson for the entire video until 59:05, right at the end, with nothing but a subtle line of text speaks volumes to his humility. He'll talk the whole video about how every other person mentioned is an amazing player, and how brutal the luck and execution is for all of them, then he gives himself 3 seconds of text, not even spoken words, at the very end, knowing a portion of people watching have already clicked off, and those who haven't might not even notice it's him. Him regarding himself as really "just another name" in the punch out scene gives me a whole lot of respect for him. Although I have to imagine a humble, yet proud grin came across his face while typing that ending.

[@forgiveman]

You can also check Karl Jobst. He has the same vibe regarding GoldenEye.

[@oatmeal42]

It’s even more exemplified by how far his record is from Turk’s original time

[@NeverNude]

@@forgiveman so many times, Karl is like "oh yeah I also hold that record," and I'm just like, that would be one of the first things I'd mention! I very much enjoy both these guys.

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

@@forgiveman yea summoning salt and Karl are those youtubers that I always get excited when a video comes out, I love both of their stuff!

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

@@forgiveman you absolute legend

[@pablowoods1848]

Everyone: everything is terrible, we're all gonna die and nothing is good. Summoning salt: hold my video

[@CZ-PC]

Matt Turk is like some ancient god. His strats long since forgotten to time never to be worshipped. It's honestly insane that such a player exists for a speedgame. EDIT: Around 10 minutes you mention that Turk came back and beat the record yet someone else beat the record but didn't have a recording. Why is Turk allowed to keep unrecorded record but at the same time he cant? I can understand the standards for older records but it sounded like these were achieved at similar times.

[@VERTHASAMVS]

And so early it's life cycle to. He was coming up with strats that would be emulated or rediscovered a decade later.

[@hotpinkfryingpan]

He's like takumi fujiwara but for punch out

[@soulswordobrigadosegostar]

@Zach Sybrant yeah,seems like it

[@QWERTY708100]

@@hotpinkfryingpan Moreso Bunta.

[@blueyandicy]

Because the other time was a 2.19.97...which is slower...dumbass. I regret liking this comment a year ago if you're just gonna edit it with something completely unrelated at the end.

[@mewgiah8057]

I think it's cool that the community honored Matt Turk's records. While I know it was common back then to not record your speedruns, other communites might not honor a record without more proof. The fact that they took the time to look into it, and then were set on beating the best - is what makes this sport so special. Like these players could have taken an easy out, but were like - hell no, we know what the actual best time is and we are GOING TO beat it.

[@SB-pf5rc]

The speedrunning community basically made a 5 year project out of validating all of Turk's times. The title doesn't suggest it, but this is an homage to Turk. Greatest MTPO player fosho.

[@mewgiah8057]

@@SB-pf5rc I never realized that until you pointed out, but your comment gave me chills. You are so right. I am new to the speedrunning community (only have seen videos from Summoning Salt). But man I have so much respect and admiration for what this community does. Literally incredible.

[@commcrimson9999]

Too bad they’re all fake besides the Tyson fight

[@TheSwigstasticSwigtabuli]

@@commcrimson9999 troll opinion

[@commcrimson9999]

@@TheSwigstasticSwigtabuli lol how kid no video ur so delusional and a sheep ur a bot kid

[@danlorett2184]

Matt Turk was that one 90 year old hermit that lives on the top of a mountain who knows Kung Fu that hasn't even been invented yet.

[@34charss]

Master roshi

[@fricc3824]

that explains why he will go back to beat a record that was stolen from him no matter how old it is

[@garylloyd9949]

I hear Matt Turk was playing Punch Out 2 years before it was even released

[@Winasaurus]

@@garylloyd9949 I hear he actually CAN start his dragster in 2nd gear.

[@Razorlight3]

@Virtual Pro Wrestling Matches r/woooosh buster. get the joke next time.

[@Vesi9000]

I still look at Turk as the goat. All these “finally took him down” proofs just serve to show how far ahead he always was, before he casually stepped aside so the streamers could have a go with TASers clearing new paths for them.

[@youlittlerocket]

What is TAS?

[@perturbo4253]

@@youlittlerocket tool assisted speedruns. It's in the video lmak

[@mcmonkey26]

@@youlittlerocket tool asststed speedrun, where people used tools such as savestates, setting your luck, or even putting inputs in frame by frame

[@mcmonkey26]

even if someone gets all records ever again, and even if they get every theoretically perfect time, i will still consider matt turk to be either the goat or tied for the goat

[@flamingrubys11]

3 bucks says without tas they would be fucked

[@edgelord8337]

How this guy narrates this is just amazing. Summoning salt fills a particularly part of KZbin being the guy who covers speed runs and tbh nobody can do this better than him. There's probably going to be thousands of comments on this video but to anyone taking the time to read this one thank you two thank you summoning salt for putting all this time and effort into these videos. You are a pillar of the speed running community and the gaming community as a whole. I hope to see more videos from you in the near future. But now I'm going to watch this thingm

[@nivek6728]

Salt is the best but Karl Jobst is a worthy substitute if you're pressed for time

[@aka_Jarod]

I agree. It’s a blue moon when I find a person like this. I miss the old times where speedruning was popular.

[@Habica93]

Nivek Six Karl Jobst doesnt have the narration quality imo. His style is more bro and less professional that SS

[@zigmeisterful]

Most of what I know about the speed running community is through watching Summoning Salt's videos on KZbin. There is a certain calmness to his voice that i find almost hypnotic. Something that I can blaze to, chill out and watch.

[@HonkeyKongLive]

Salt for the progression history, bismuth for the mechanics.

[@yaboirogers6342]

I can't imagine how sinister and the other guys felt. walking into an abandoned game community to find the footsteps of a giant. it took them years and many shortcuts to imitate what he did. i read another comment talking about matt's dedication. how we watched the community die out around him and how he kept on going on his own and left detailed records for posterity. He told everyone EXACTLY how he had done it, and it took years of effort from some of the best speedrunners on the planet to even come close. Legendary. The Only True God Gamer.

[@davecronce3127]

59:03 I love how you made a very well thought out, meticulously researched, very entertaining, hour long video just to tell everyone you hold the world record against Tyson. I like your style, sir.

[@allemon93]

Ultimate flex

[@abigdumbamerican315]

Rappers these days spend a track telling you how great they are. This man takes a whole hour just to set up a flex. Godlike madladdery.

[@Richard0915]

its not a flex, he is just showing current world records again matt turk's records, it just so happens that summoningsalt is the world record holder for this game in nearly every category. It really shows how humble he is that he didn't talk about his history with the game and instead kept the story focused on the legendary people that revolutionized the game after it was lost for so long

[@birdy369]

You must realize the greatness of those I've defeated, to realize the greatness of me. - birdisyourword I wonder if any famous person has ever said anything like that before. Like, I wonder if that's an already established famous quote/saying. Idk of any, I just thought that up myself. Edit: this is why I've never understood the whole trash talking thing in the UFC or in other sports... if the guy boasting he's the greatest, yet trash talking his opponent, saying he's no good, he sucks, Then it wouldn't be a big deal at all for the so-called greatest to beat the so-called worst... it's just to be expected. Especially if he spoke that way about everyone he's defeated... what makes him so great then, if everyone he's ever fought has just been trash amateurs? What did he actually conquer to become so great? Now, if you told me, "I'm the champ, but my next opponent is someone I consider to be an expert, a near master in the sport. I'm up for an incredible challenge and if i come out on top, it will be the greatest achievement of my career!" That right there would tell me that this match up is the best of the best, the ultimate match up worth watching, it might be a history making match. It would also show great respect for the sport & its participants, as well as the greatest sportsmanship. That was my attitude when i took TaeKwonDo as well, I wanted to find everyone who was better than me to compete against, so if I lost, I could then learn from them and expand my knowledge & skill in the sport. What's the fun in competing against no competition?

[@abigdumbamerican315]

bubsedoodles it’s called a joke. You know, comedic hyperbole or misconception. Maybe you don’t.

[@ICY-HURR]

“What do you do as a hobby?” Summoning Salt: “Beat up Mike Tyson” 😂

[@sybrwookie]

Also, making hour-long documentaries to brag about how fast he can beat up Mike Tyson ;)

[@codekhalil6437]

@@sybrwookie Lol - I know what you mean. Truth is he didn't brag once. Just more of a nice wink at the end. That is as humble a brag as you can get :-D If anything, his video paid tribute to all those other players.

[@abrahamo2895]

When did he beat up Mike Tyson? It was zallard1 and sinister1.

[@ICY-HURR]

Aquatic Sans 59:06

[@turquoisenomad8418]

Salt revealing he has the record on Tyson at the end is such a huge flex. Edit: for anyone complaining about spoilers, you came to the comments, a place to discuss the video. Cry me a river.

[@setlerking]

The best flex is a subtle one

[@KingOfDarknessAndEvil]

Still has it to this day

[@MrVG-qt8ob]

@Barf Bagg he holds 3/4 W/R for this game alone but aight

[@Redox_Rajox2628]

@Barf Bagg why do hate salt and speedrunners so much?

[@glctcthnkr8059]

@@Redox_Rajox2628 he’s obviously baiting

[@Benjamin_Tech]

I believe Matt Turk should be listed as the honorary WR holder for the 4 tied records. What a complete legend.

[@TABBYMUSIC]

These aren’t videos. *_These are documentaries._*

[@pedrojustice]

yeah, they are. and awesome documentaries, to put it midly

[@dddmemaybe]

This one's a movie

[@troll4life662]

These aren’t just documentaries. These are a way of life!

[@CoolGuyMemeHead]

documentaries are videos

[@BoleDaPole]

Yes this videos are nicely edited, not like other youtubers that just show generic gameplay over audio

[@oCloudy]

Bro who that guy "SummoningSalt" with that WR

[@andy4an]

learn more about him here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKWUdXmEiLOViM0

[@FraserSouris]

He also just got a record for beating Piston Honda 2 in 40.61

[@drxshock6957]

@@FraserSouris holy shit did he actually

[@sharp7171]

@@drxshock6957 no it was all a joke

[@officerwizz]

DrXshock he lowered it again to a 40.25 two days ago, go on his ‘summoning alt’ yt account to see it on KZbin

[@thiccycheeser5866]

Plot twist: Matt Turk comes back and gets all the records back so everyone has to beat his records again

[@Greennoob2]

Matt Turk's fight is eternal. roll credits

[@totallynotjeff7748]

Idk if that's even possible but it sounds like something he'd do.

[@rasmusdegn9690]

Title Defense Matt Turk

[@xartecmana]

Matt Turk's Punch-Out!! 2

[@leg10n68]

This isnt even my final form -Matt Turk, various dates

[@onelater]

can't imagine being matt turk and seeing your old hobby records kickstarting an entire community rebirth of speedrunning. the emotions he must've felt seeing it explode back to life, solely because of how much his work inspired new kids. man.

[@colincraigo5793]

The fact that Turk figured all this out basically on his own YEARS before anyone else and then told no one his secrets is probably the most impressive. In other words, Matt Turk was so ahead of his time, he is probably one of the best video game speedrunners in the world.

[@oldmanyellsatscreen]

He reminds of Paul Morphy, a legendary chess player from the 1800s who was quite literally decades of his time, then gave it up to become a lawyer. To this day, no one knows how he got so good.

[@telemonlikehappy]

Mr Meme thanks for the new rabbithole I’m going down

[@svankensen]

Yeah, and the fact that all of his records were tied or beaten means they were legit accomplishable, not made up.

[@Precise-Sight]

I remember when i last played this game a while ago ( i played Punch-out only 3 or 4 times in my entire life, for a short time ) Glass Joe was beating by me in even less time. It is possible to force him to do his power punch attempt way earlier, not waiting, FORCE HIM, you can beat him in a few seconds means somewhere between 10 and 20 seconds.., i did it, but not recorded it, i play only for fun, i should mention that my IQ is over 130.. also all the other fights are also possible to win very fast.. In case of Glass Joe,, try it out, force him to do his power punch , DON'T WAIT !!!

[@actually_well_]

@@Precise-Sight ok

[@moahammad1mohammad]

"What, one guy has 14 records all by himself? From 10 years ago? Pffft, he's a softie, I'll beat these in no time." "I've made a severe and continuous lapse in my judgement and I don't expect to be forgiven."

[@Battlemage15]

That final frame before 'Thanks for Watching' had me laughing. When the storyteller turns out not only to have been there for the great battle, but is actually also one of the heroes of it. And doesn't tell you. Until the last sentence of the story before he stands from the fire, and moves on into the night.

[@FilmscoreMetaler]

Best comment I've read today. Now I want to watch an epic fantasy movie so badly where they pull this off in a perfect but totally unpredictable way.

[@ConfusedGeriatric]

Beautiful comment haha

[@Charlie-hv3dh]

FilmscoreMetaler same, summoning salt videos always seem magical in a way, it’s just the adventure and atmosphere and the music. But now I wanna watch a film with an ending like that

[@camofelix]

For those coming here near the end of 2021: Summoning Salt has now pushed the Mike Tyson time as low as 2:00.97(!)

[@illusion9289]

X_X he's just flexing at this point

[@alecrutz956]

that's 2 seconds short of the TAS holy smorks

[@tehpunisher4568]

He set the wr for blindfolded single segment

[@HalfOtaku]

Jesus Christ

[@SilverAlex92]

I just love how when zallarrd beats mr. sandman record he doesn't says 'I got the world record" or something like that... No, he says "I beat one of Matt Turl's times". And this is what I love about this speedrun community in general, the sheer love of respect and camaraderie between the players, and how Matt Turk became this ultimate end game boss like figure on it and inspired everyone else to get better. Without him, the world of speed run would be a vastly different and lonelier place.

[@JetFalcon710]

Yeah, and I also love how Khananaphone just calmly says "hey i beat don 2" upon getting the world record

[@TerrorInWords]

This is usually how it is with retro games. Growing up through the 90s, it's normal to see the respect between players. They talk to each other as if they are on a couch and playing together, that's what was great about back then. Sharing your videos and times made it feel like that even more. Most retro game communities are like that. Sadly now days with the more modern games, speedrunners are kinda douchey and toxic. Not all of them are tho.

[@ChrisHinners008]

@@JetFalcon710 I love how casual he is on beating a fricking Turk time

[@JetFalcon710]

@@ChrisHinners008 Same lmao

[@lucaswhoolery3777]

matt turk🤝mike tyson being the final boss

[@NewbyTon]

59:03 This is the equivalent of your science teacher telling the students that they created the cure for smallpox or like the swine flu after teaching about plagues in history

[@notryan3203]

And not even mentioning it, but leaving it as a footnote on their PowerPoint.

[@livingoctopus]

Idk if this works but I found out my criminal law teacher used to be an actual lawyer and was vp of comicon for a hot sec

[@LushSSB]

22:00 dude’s trying to beat one world record and just casually ends up breaking a different one that he’s not even working on just like that what a beast

[@ph03n1xm9]

"Okay i'mma start grinding for a piston honda WR but first i gotta play through von kaiser to get to him" "Oh snap i got a von kaiser WR"

[@nickmartz]

Sigma grindset

[@prestongarvey2599]

@@ph03n1xm9 him: *_presses casually_* also him: oh shit i just made history, neat

[@Gematrinator]

@@prestongarvey2599 history that means nothing

[@doboom7948]

@@Gematrinator history is history

[@sadboitimes9012]

21:40 When he realized he did absolutely perfectly and the rng screwed him over. You can feel the pain in his voice.

[@GlowingCross]

Me, a Rise Jesus Christ RPG player: first time?

[@V1_The_Go-Pro]

RNGesus was not happy that day

[@Isaac_E_M]

Matt Turk was mad ahead of his time. He was clearing fights with tricks that took so many years for others to figure out or beat.

[@oz_jones]

Ali of Punchout speedrunning

[@Isaac_E_M]

@@oz_jones Facts

[@mobious01]

Makes me wonder if those really tight scores were all real tho, i mean there are few cheaters from back then so maybe the i disclosed ones were made up but i could be wrong

[@Isaac_E_M]

@@mobious01 Yeah i thought that too. But since all the times were so close to the near perfect times he must have used the same strategies. It definitely is possible that he cheated but it's likely he didnt.

[@randoman8654]

well regardless they were beaten so even if he cheated it doesn't matter anymore

[@noahford8989]

The fact that Salt has the WR for Mike Tyson in general, but by such a large margin, and only showing that on screen for a second out of an hour long video just adds immensely to my respect for Salt. I didn't even know he was a decorated speedrunner, but...damn, man. Props. You were already far and above the best channel to make content like this and one of the best content creators on the site but I guess you're an incomprehensible living legend as well (Do a video on your time plz???)

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

Karl Jobst did the same thing in one of his Goldeneye videos. They're both absolute legends!

[@Pusfilth]

Lol 😂 @ “decorated speed runner” wtf haha 😂

[@onionjack4533]

He already has many videos on his times, if you scroll back to the earliest ones you can find them, including a full Punch out record progression, that's how he started making world record progression videos.

[@SolarZero]

Doesn't even mention when he took the Tyson record for himself outside of the ending.

[@malcovich_games]

I guess, unlike the World Record Progression videos, this is only about the struggle to beat each record and the first time it was ever done. Otherwise we'd probably be talking about that Brandon Silva guy more.

[@jrbudoybudoy]

He talked about it in his very first video. (It was Mike Tyson's Punch Out! Vid)

[@SolarZero]

@@malcovich_games suppose that's true

[@AydenMK8]

@@malcovich_games damn my surname is Da Silva... Kinda close tho

[@drwill439]

He's brought it up before, but he's very humble about it.

[@gangreen7880]

Matt Turk getting a few frames off theoretically perfect on some of the fights well before speedrunning was a thing was insane. Imagine all that grind with no one around to tell about it.

[@dang476]

Convenient that he did something borderline impossible without recording it.

[@kecki2]

@@dang476 Must be pretty lucky to guess 4 perfect times in a row. "convinient" lol

[@softan]

@@dang476So you're suggesting he by pure accident just happened to guess on times that coincided with several TAS times and on some were very close to TAS times but not once did he use a time that was quicker than TAS. All this before these TAS times existed. So basically you choose to believe he by some mathematical miracle landed on those times and cheated instead of him just actually beating it on those times?

[@TitaniumDragon]

@@softan TAS times actually existed back then, and he actually used strategies developed by early TASers. There was a whole community around Punch Out speedrunning back then that died out. He DID have people he was sharing it with - he didn't develop all those strategies on his own, though he did come up with a number of them. The TAS got better over time, but none of his times were beyond the TAS records even back then.