Bear Hugger



Bear Hugger first appeared in the arcade verson of Super Punch-Out!!. His appearance resembles a Canadian lumberjack; however, with the lack of an undershirt, his appearance also resembles a hillbilly.

In the arcade version of Super Punch-Out!!, his stomach is immune to hooks. When someone gives him a hook, he sticks his tongue out to annoy his opponent. When knocked down, he stands up to do a two-handed smash that always knocks down his opponent with one hit. This is his signature move, known as the Bear Hug. To avoid this move, players must hit the duck button to duck and avoid it.

In the SNES version of Super Punch-Out!!, his stomach becomes vulnerable to hooks when he does a taunt during a fight. He also often does his two-handed smash when his opponent tries to punch him in the face, though his two-handed smash no longer does one-hit knock downs to his opponent.

Bear Hugger returns in the Wii version of Punch-Out!! as the second opponent in the Major Circuit. His opening cutscene shows that he has actually managed to tame a bear to be his boxing partner (though his Title Defense montage implies that the bear is actually his coach/boxing manager).

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, he gets hired by Isabelle Brandon (also known as Countess Inkspill) and the rest of the Preschool Pack as their bodyguard while Isabelle gets her trainer also to bring her a start to both her video boxing career (for the World Video Boxing Asscoiation) and her Soviet wrestling career (for the Soviet Championship Wrestling), all in one, thus giving pride and honor to her hometown, Bismuth Lake, her province, Quebec, her country, Canada, and her current residence, New Journey City.