I'm in chapter 3 and that guy started to pick a fight with me. Is it rigged to lose or something. I did press the appropriate keys in the fistfight but I still ended up getting punched. I was fairly quick about it, so I'm not sure why I couldn't land a blow. Thoughts?

All I can tell you is that it isn't rigged.

I just thought it was a bit weird that I had no problems with any other fistfight. This one though seemed different. Pressing the appropriate keys didn't seem to have any effect, as I still got punched.

Tried it again and no problems winning. Maybe it was bugged or something.