Originally posted by Q99
Spike 'hit' him repeatedly, but the shield absorbed it.
Gene has advantages like his own light shield too, and he fights superhuman foes all the time.
Spike hit him for the same reason Logan takes hits he should dodge.
And true, Gene's fought super humans. Sometimes he's done well, and sometimes he's run like hell as vs Asia Clan Clan, or lost as vs Shime (Or whoever the bounty hunter is.) And even his wins sometimes had "but's" attached to them, as vs the tea toting samurei woman who underestimated him.
In any event, Spike himself only won on a technicality. If Gene turtles up, he has a shot, but Pierott was popping out rockets like candy, so his supply should last a long while..