Decided to celebrate boxing day by revisiting this. One of the best NES games for sure, the best part about it IMO is all of the work obviously put into making the game look charming and making every fight look and feel distinctive. It also has fun and responsive controls, probably would be even more fun if I played it on a CRT but alas we can't always get all the nice things in life. The main problems are that all of the fights can be beaten purely through reflexes with no real strategy required, and also a sorta wonky difficulty curve at times (both of which are improved on the Wii's Punch-Out!! (2009)). Still though, this is a game whose fun factor has endured, and it has stood the test of time quite well for a game from the 80s.