[Punch-Out!!] No Getting Stars Challenge - Title Defense & DK

Challenge where you can't get any stars from star opportunities. Like that one exhibition challenge for Super Macho Man.

The amount of fighters you can get round 1 TKOs in is way lower than in contender. And by "way" I mean at least more than one this time.

World B -
[00:00] Glass Joe - TKO @ Round 1, 2:47
[01:56] Von Kaiser - TKO @ Round 2, 1:37
[05:52] Disco Kid - TKO @ Round 1, 2:40
[08:09] King Hippo - KO @ Round 2, 1:21

World A -
[11:08] Piston Hondo - TKO @ Round 1, 2:50
[13:50] Bear Hugger - By Decision
(You only get two punches after dodging an attack. You're supposed to use stars when he's stunned to get more(or 3 stars for an instant KD), but of course I can't. This is barely enough to knock him down once(twice?).)
(I didn't knock him down until the end of round 3 because both catch-and-release and the delayed hook are awful, and taking too many knockdowns will ruin your decision win.)
[18:28] Great Tiger - TKO @ Round 2, 2:46
[23:36] Don Flamenco (w/o infinite) - TKO @ Round 3, 2:46
(TKOing Don is pretty hard because the rose flurry wastes a lot of time and it only gives you three punches when you dodge it all. Compared to Great Tiger's magic rush which gives you, like, 12.)
(Also, I took my own advice and let myself get knocked down by the Flamenco Rage. Maybe it helped in this one?)
[29:53] Don Flamenco (w/ infinite) - TKO @ Round 1, 1:53

World S -
[31:41] Aran Ryan - TKO @ Round 2, 2:30
[36:13] Still an Asshole - TKO @ Round 1, 2:58
[38:48] Bald Bull - By Decision (too long)
(Bald Bull only goes down with a star punch. This challenge involves not getting stars. Problem.)
(Luckily you can bait him into doing the same 4 attacks by just "knocking him down" over and over. His weird comeback phase takes priority over the Bull Charge! Which is cool, because if you aren't perfect then you'll lose the decision win.)
[45:25] Super Macho Man (the original challenge!) - TKO @ Round 1, 2:26
[46:26] Bogus Released x2
[47:34] "MY TURN" Sandman - TKO @ Round 1, 2:37

Donkey Kong Island -
[50:24] Donkey Kong - TKO @ Round 2, 2:31

So that's 7 Title Defense fighters that can't be beaten in round 1 (including DK) compared to Contender's 1 (Bear Hugger). Hm.
They all have the same issue of just either attacking too slowly (Bear Hugger and TD Great Tiger), or not giving you enough stun punches until later in the fight (TD Von Kaiser and DK). Or because an entire mechanic is centralized on using stars (TD Bear Hugger and TD Bald Bull).
That being said, I was VERY surprised it was possible to TKO TD Soda Pop in round 1. Like, I thought that was an obvious "no".