Talk:Dudley vs. Little Mac/@comment-2197224-20150808085705/@comment-2197224-20150811181836

Fair points- although Mr Sandman broke down the building with multiple punches rather than just one (Still a very impressive feat for Little Mac to still live through blows capable of doing that, though.), and as Quantonaut mentioned, DK was holding back a lot and taunting practically throughout in that fight.

Dudley has fought, tanked, and defeated similarly powerful opponents as well in canon- most notably fellow pugilist Balrog, who was shown to be capable of killing one of Dhalsim's elephants with a single punch, Hugo (Who is about 8ft tall and weighs about 200kg.), and Gill- the final boss of Street Fighter 3, whom he defeated to get his father's vintage convertible back. Plus, he's also capable of dealing with much smaller, faster and more agile opponents (Cammy, Vega and El Fuerte) as well as unpredictable ones (Necro, Twelve, Dhalsim, etc.) effectively, so he'd be able to keep up with Little Mac- and is no slouch in the power department either, capable of launching massive foes like Hugo and Zangief with his uppercuts, and being fast/powerful enough to generate whirlwinds with his punches, like with the Rocket Upper and Corkscrew Blow.

The biggest things that swing it in Dudley's favour for me however, is the much bigger variety in his repertoire (Especially with regards to his aerial/defensive options, rather than just attacking.), easier access to his Super Arts (Rolling Thunder, Corkscrew Blow/Cross, and the Rocket Upper) than the Star Punch, being both fast and powerful enough to keep up with Little Mac, more experience against different fighting styles, and by extension having a similarly strategic approach- albeit with more powerful and varied attacks.

Ergo, whilst Little Mac relies a lot on his Star/KO Punch to do major damage and his other powerful attacks (Rising Upper, Jolt Haymaker, Straight Lunge) are relatively easy to see coming and dodge/counter, Dudley has far more in the way of options to use in the meantime, and even then can either use the Cross Counter to stop the Three-Star Punch when necessary, or Duck/Feint to bait him into using it and then dodging accordingly. And as previously mentioned- Dudley is used to fighting and defeating much bigger (Zangief, Hugo, Sagat) and stronger (IE. Gill, Akuma) opponents than Giga Mac, so he'd be able to deal with him accordingly as well.

So yup- as mentioned, although it would be one hell of a good fight, Dudley for me would be able to take the knockout after a long and bloody war of attrition between the two.