Mike Tyson in 2:00.00 (World Record)

I managed to beat my last record of 2:00.61 by 8 frames! For more info on this fight, read below:

The Mike Tyson fight involves an incredible amount of luck and execution. I hit all 21 frame perfect punches (1/60th of a second), and got luck that has roughly a 1/6,000 chance of occurring.

The fight is broken up into "phases", with Tyson's knockdowns marking the end of each phase. I played very well during phases 1 and 2, losing only 4 frames across all 16 dodges/ducks (although I messed up the first duck to lose another frame), while hitting all 14 frame perfect punches. Tyson also gave me a perfect pattern with no delays, which is a 1/1600 pattern. I then played perfectly during phase 3, hitting all 7 frame perfect punches, while Tyson gave me a fairly fast but far from perfect pattern. This is the most likely spot to improve over this record - getting a faster phase 3 pattern from Tyson, which has about a 19% chance of happening.

The game only tells you the whole second of the Tyson fight, but by framecounting using a tool developed by Omnigamer, you can figure out your decimal and exact frame. It turns out that this fight was a 2:00.00, occurring on the 3rd frame of the .00 increment.

In other words - this fight was only 3 frames away from being a 1:59. A sub 2 Tyson fight would be the most legendary achievement in Punch-Out history by far. You'd need to match this execution while getting roughly ~1/12,000 luck. I don't know if I'll ever get it, but I'm going to try.

Also, in case you want some more data... since taking the record under 2:01 in July 2020, I estimate I've done more than 40,000 Tyson attempts. Only 9 of those attempts ended at 2:00, and this was the fastest one by far. Here's a breakdown of the decimals I got:
2:00.99 - 4
2:00.97 - 2
2:00.82 - 1
2:00.61 - 1
2:00.48 - 0
2:00.25 - 0
2:00.00 - 1 (this record)
That's a pretty big jump from all the rest. Even though I'm only 3 frames away from 1:59, it could be many years before that time is a reality.