Hailing from the great white north(Canada), Bear Hugger is surprisingly quick for such a large man. Watch for his very quick left hooks. There's not one single dodge that'll evade all of his attacks, though generally you're safe dodging to the left unless you know that his bear hug punch is incoming.

When you dodge one of his two lesser punches, follow up by attacking to the head. If you try to tag Bear in the body after dodging his two regular punches, he'll block the blows. After dodging his bear hug double-arm punch, you can hit him however you choose. Try to keep at least one star punch in reserve to catch Bear any time he taunts you with his hands up. Hit him with a star punch during this taunt and you'll get an instant knockdown.

Left Hook

Bear Hugger's most common punch is a left hook that he wings from the hip. It's very quick, but you can counter it with any punch. Be fast on the draw with your counter to beat Bear to the punch. Land your counter and you'll earn a star (again, from any punch). Since this punch is so easy to counter we suggest always going for the counter instead of dodging it.

Overhead Right

Bear pulls back to your left and throws a massive overhead right that can't be ducked or blocked. You can dodge it either left or right, though, and you can counter it. The timing for the counter isn't too tough, but you do have to delay a bit compared to the counter against his left hook. Alternatively, if you've got a star punch in wait, you can counter with the star punch for an instant knock down. For the proper timing, trigger your star punch just as Bear stops moving backward at the start of the animation.

Bear Hug

You won't see this immediately, but once you've pummeled Bear a bit he'll start throwing out his bear hug punch. He reels back far and says, "Need a hug!?" just before lunging at you with both arms. To avoid the punch, you'll have to duck. You can counter him (with any punch) just before he lunges at you to earn a star, but the timing is pretty ridiculous and generally we suggest simply ducking the punch and then smacking Bear Hugger around a bit while he recovers.

Biggity Wiggity Taunt

Bear starts every fight with this taunt, sticking his thumbs in his ears and making a sound not too unlike, "Biggity wiggity." Wait for Bear to flash yellow and then quickly tag him in the face with a jab (either left or right) to earn a star. You can hit him in the gut, but it won't give you a star. If you already have a...