WATCH: Nintendo Fan Aiming to Make $100,000 Off Mike Tyson’s Name Suffers a Major Loss

Mike Tyson is a popular figure in the world of boxing while being regarded as one of the greatest sportspersons of all time. His unmatched popularity even led to him making a gaming debut with an iconic Nintendo title in the past.

Nintendo’s classic offering in Mike Tyson’s Punch Out! is a game that has gained a cult status ever since it was first launched more than three decades ago. Thanks to its amazing design, there are people who have got a special place in their hearts for this NES hit. Not to mention that many of them still have the copies of the classic.

However, once there was an incident where an owner of this retro hit decided to sell it for a highly desired amount. Unfortunately, their wish couldn’t be completed despite them having a rare physical copy.

Nintendo player gets ‘KOed’ while failing to sell Mike Tyson’s Punch Out! for $100,000 in Pawn Stars

Pawn Stars is an evergreen TV series showcasing the Harrison family members and their staff interacting with the customers. To their shop, the customers bring in a variety of items and artefacts to sell or pawn in order to get a desired price. In one of the episodes of the show, once there came a person who was a video game owner. He wanted to make a $100,000 deal by selling a rare title.

The game in this case was none other than Mike Tyson’s Punch Out! which is a Nintendo Entertainment System blockbuster of its time. The seller, whose name was Brian, thought he could sell the copy of the game for a whopping $100,000. However, to his disappointment, the staff was not too much interested in giving him what he wanted.

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The episode saw Chumlee interacting with the seller. He told him that he was a huge fan of Mike Tyson, as well as the Nintendo game based on him. He was very sweet also with Brian, thus making it seem like he would happily give him $100,000 to buy the NES title. Sadly, though, being a businessman, Chumlee had some other plans for Brian.

He wanted to offer him a figure between $50,000 and $70,000. But the game owner wanted nothing less than his desired amount, as he thought the copy of Punch Out he had was very exclusive and valuable. Eventually, he had to go empty-handed as he failed to make a knockout deal.

In other words, the seller got “KOed” as he said at the end of the video. Despite packing the punch of the great boxer, he couldn’t succeed in making a lot of money off his name. All things considered, it can be called a stroke of pure bad luck.

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