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"..There's no question that the career mode and its trimmings look very promising. We've never seen a boxing game try for this kind of presentation before with name athletes and Don King himself providing a look at the career of a once-great fighter. Where boxing games are cast out or crowned champions, though, is in the ring. There are 80 boxers total in the game, 40 of which are licensed with 30 of those being currently active in the sport. Your main rival is a fictional character, but that's only to allow for some custom story arcs to build throughout the course of the game.

As we said, the pure boxing action is what really makes or breaks a boxing title and is one of the main reasons why Fight Night Round 3 is still an awesomely fun and addictive game. The presentation values made you feel like you were watching a real fight with real combatants. Prizefighter isn't quite up to the level of Fight Night just yet, but there's still time for things to smooth out a bit. Our main problem was with the fluidity of the action. Some punches went through character models and none seemed to have the power or pack the "wallop" that we saw in Fight Night..."

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