can't beat laramie in hanging dog ranch barn fight

[dohh]

I hit him over and over...and he hits ME over and over, I block and hit, block and hit, and hit, and hit...and he does NOT go down. I've tried time and time again, having to go back to auto save point outside the barn and help shoot the gang members (and go through all THAT again), just to have him jump me inside barn and...we fight it out and neither of us goes down for long. But...I CAN'T beat him no matter HOW many times I punch the guy. Using KB/M only. Tried a tip from someone here who said to try adjusting "hold to tap" buttons in control settings. Still no difference. I know other have had issues with this, too. Video walkthoughs make it look easy...punch him several times and he finally goes down.
Not for me. I've won many other fights in this game...but can't beat this one. Is it a bug?

[dohh]

anyone?

[dohh]

Thanks to a kind person who posted this in the Steam GUIDES portion for RDR2, here's how to get past any bugs or unbeatable checkpoints. I was able to skip this unwinnable and buggy fight!
<<<Press "ESC" or Left Mouse Button and hold to skip cutscenes.
During gameplay press "L". Your mission will be at the top of the list, press Enter. Hold "SPACEBAR" to abandon.
Hold "ENTER" to retry checkpoint, do this twice and on the third time you will be able to press and hold Right "SHIFT" to skip 1 checkpoint.
Sometimes checkpoints are short, so there is no need to do this. But you have to know in advance.
You can also fail missions through other means, like killing your character with dynamite, alerting law, getting too far away from target, or doing one of many other things Rockstar doesn't want you to do during their railroaded missions. However, the method I describe here works for any situation, even when you can't move and/or kill your character.>>>

[Elitepatriot]

This was helpful. Thank you

[dohh]

Glad to help (so long ago) !