Hawking as a Boxer

Listen up, genius. This joke is funny because Stephen Hawking couldn't actually "roll with the punches" due to his medical condition, which severely limited his physical mobility. The joke uses irony because we imagine Stephen Hawking being a boxer, which is absurd considering his actual physical limitations. He didn't actually do stand-up comedy as a job, but he did make some humorous remarks throughout his career and life, especially about his condition.