magazine in 1989 listed it as the second highest-rated NES game, after Super Mario Bros. They stated it bashes "the proverbial s@*t out of any other home boxing game on any other console or computer" and it proves "that even if Nintendo's hardware may be technologically naff, they can still squeeze an excellent game onto a cartridge". A GameSpot reader poll ranked it as the 6th greatest NES game. Nintendo Power magazine ranked it as the 17th best game for a Nintendo system in its Top 200 Games list. In August 2008, Nintendo Power listed it as the sixth best NES game, praising it for putting arcade-style fun over realism. Historian Steve L. Kent called it the second major game of 1987. Author Nathan Lockard cited the graphics, violence, controls, and the variety for making it a "true classic" and one of the best NES games. In 2005, Punch-Out!! is on GameSpot's list of the greatest games of all time. Editor Shawn Laib of Den of Geek ranked it 7th out of the 15 Best NES Games of All Time, and Esquire's Dom Nero and Cameron Sherrill ranked it fifth. GamesRadar ranked it the 11th best NES game ever made, calling it a "brilliant puzzle game [disguised] as a sports game". Game Informer ranked Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! as its 14th favorite game ever in 2001. The staff noted that no boxing game since has been as "beloved". IGN named it the 7th best NES game. Official Nintendo Magazine ranked the game 74th in a list of greatest Nintendo games. Punch Out!! has an active speedrunning community. For several years, the record for each fight in the game was held by Matt Turk. In media On The Tonight Show on October 29, 2014, Mike Tyson was challenged by host Jimmy Fallon to play the game on live TV. The virtual Tyson defeated the real Tyson in the first round by TKO. Notes References External links Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! at NinDB Hacked Nintendo Punch-Out!! Game Finally Lets You Fight Mike Tyson Using Motion Controls by Gizmodo 1987 video games Boxing video games Nintendo Entertainment System games Punch-Out!! Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Akito Nakatsuka Video games scored by Kenji Yamamoto (composer, born 1964) Virtual Console games Virtual Console games for Wii U Cultural depictions of Mike Tyson PlayChoice-10 games Single-player video games Nintendo Switch Online games Virtual Console