Little Mac

Pint-sized ring contender

Little Mac is the protagonist of Nintendo's *Punch-Out!!* boxing video game series, a diminutive boxer from the Bronx who fights his way through a roster of cartoonishly exaggerated opponents.

His small stature relative to his towering rivals became central to the game's appeal—the underdog narrative of a scrappy fighter taking on giants.

He appears as a playable character in *Super Smash Bros.*, where his ground game is powerful but his recovery notoriously weak.

Related

uppercut · ring · knockout · gloves · trainer · NES · fighter · title · title bout · belt · dodge · jab · corner · referee · arcade · pixelated · green · shorts

Opposites
size/physical stature

Little Macsuper heavyweight

Heaviest competitive fighting category

Mike Tyson · heavyweight · giant · Donkey Kong · colossus

role in narrative (underdog vs. champion/boss)

Little MacMike Tyson

Former heavyweight boxing champion

final boss · reigning champion · defending champion · title holder · Apollo Creed

fighting game archetype

Little MacDonkey Kong

Nintendo's barrel-hurling simian

Ganondorf · heavy · grappler · zoner · super heavy

Family

little, littler, littlest, mac, mack

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Rated G