Glass Joe



Glass Joe (Japanese: グラスジョー; Hepburn: Gurasu Jō) is usually seen as the easiest character to beat in any version of Punch-Out!! he is in. He has poor defensive skills and takes quite a while to mount any offense. His lone signature maneuver is his "Taunt Punch" in which he takes a few steps back, shakes his gloves, mumbles a few words and then rushes forward to unleash his right hook, which can easily be counterpunched for an immediate knockdown.

Nicknamed "France's Glass Jaw," Glass Joe is by far the easiest opponent in all the games. He has lost 99 times and has won once, in a freak accidental win against Nick Bruiser, states the Official Nintendo Magazine Punch-Out!! programmer. The cutscene theme for him in all games is "La Marseillaise," the national anthem of France.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, Glass Joe retired his boxing career after having 101 losses (two more losses from Little Mac), three more wins (over Little Mac in his last stand, which forced him to retire), and even 97 more wins (against Aran Ryan, Bald Bull, Bear Hugger, Bob Charlie, Disco Kid, Don Flamenco, Donkey Kong, Dragon Chan, Gabby Jay, Great Tiger, Heike Kagero, Hoy Quarlow, Kid Quick, King Hippo, Mad Clown, Masked Muscle, Mr. Dream, Mr. Sandman, Narcis Prince, Nick Bruiser, Piston Hondo, Piston Hurricane, Pizza Pasta, Rick Bruiser, Soda Popinski, Super Macho Man and Von Kaiser), thanks to his former opponent, coach, trainer and his friend, Little Mac.

He also got final win (and his only decision win) over A.R.N.O.L.D., a formerly undefeated/undisputed WVBA World Circuit champion, which is a boxing robot that's made by two scientist kids, Marley Macdonald (a 10-year-old brunette-haired, blue-eyed, freckled boy) and Willy Jones (a 10-year-old blonde-haired, green-eyed, freckled girl), as declared by the referee after the third round ended (yet he faced his Steve Harvey-like mistake that the judges have made, making him, thus making Joe so lucky).

He may have retired from boxing with a record of 102 wins, 101 losses and 101 knockouts (one by decision) long after A.R.N.O.L.D. lost the bout, he gets hired as a bodyguard of Marinette "Ladybug" Dupain-Cheng in hopes that he'll fight against Hawk Moth.

Soon after getting a therapy from Adrien Agreste, he now overcomes his fear of everything, and thus his cowardice is no longer suffered onto him, meaning that he is now very brave, and not only that, but he gets even more stronger because of his training from his friend, Little Mac, and his trainer, Doc Louis.