Talk:Joe/@comment-2601:586:4680:40E9:890E:33DA:7F0A:D174-20190303063223

It's possible that the moniker "Gearless Joe" is a play on "Glass Jaw". Someone with a "Glass Jaw" is someone who goes down easily, referring to a boxer who, no matter how skilled, cannot take a [usually single] strong direct hit [normally to the jaw, and traditionally in an uppercut or clean hook]. Joe being gearless in Megaloboxing makes him more susceptible to being easily knocked out from powerful enhanced physical attacks from his augmented opponents.

Notably, popular Boxing game "Punch Out" has a character referencing the "Glass Jaw", the first, and weakest, opponent, "Glass Joe". A frail, yet skilled, Boxer whose jaw specifically is a detrimental weak spot.