Boxing isn’t what is used to be. Once upon a time household names like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis ruled the sport. Masses watched the big title bout. Everybody was excited to see the next major slugfest.
Today...not so much.
With that said, is it really a surprise that EA has loaded old legends in its new game Fight Night
It’s been almost a decade since the critically acclaimed Fight Night Champion, the final title in a series of beloved boxing video games from Electronic Arts. Since 2011, the studio has been focused on its mixed martial arts title, UFC, instead. But with the rise of the popularity of boxing again, thanks to fighters like Floyd Mayweather and Tyson Fury, could we possibly have another Fight Night game on the way?
I honestly cannot state enough just how much i want a new fight night!!!
Boxing is one of my fav sports to watch and it has been way to long since iv had a game to enjoy.
Undisputed looks like a ps3 game, cmon EA, stuff UFC, give the people what we really want which is a boxing game!!!
I agree we need another fight night, however undisputed, I’d have to part ways with that ps3 claim.
IT'SSSSSSSS FIIIIIIGHT NIIIIIIGHT!!!!
I hope they make it like round four instead of champions but ill take any fight night at this point
They need to go back to the good roots of FN R2 and FN R3. Everything after watered down the formula too much and enabled gimmicks. FNR2&3 are some of the greatest fighting games ever.
3 was fun and you could smash out so many haymakers. But I found 4 more technical and enjoyed it for that too.
At least in 3 you had to wind up your shots, it was more skill based as opposed to 4 where you just held down L1 or R1 whilst flicking the analogue stick.
Agreed, i played FNR 3 the most on Xbox 360 back in the day and using the analogue sticks to kinda mimic punches thrown was fun af. FNR 4 ruined it by just flicking the analogue stick to throw hooks, felt really unintuitive after the previous games.
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It’s been almost a decade since the critically acclaimed Fight Night Champion, the final title in a series of beloved boxing video games from Electronic Arts. Since 2011, the studio has been focused on their mixed martial arts title, UFC, instead. But with the rise of the popularity of boxing again, thanks to fighters like Floyd Mayweather and Tyson Fury, could we possibly have another Fight Night game on the way?
In the words of the great Stone Cold Steve Austin Ooooh Hell Yeeeeah!!! lol. Also it would be sweet if EA gave us a new Def Jam Fighting game with a roster of Rappers that's unheard of. Biggie.Pun.Pac.Jam Master Jay.Eminem.JayZ.Eazy E.MGK.Naz. and over 60 of the best rappers ever past and present. One can only hope.
They have no choice
I was born in the wrong decade to be honest. I love 80's movies, 80's music, and the Boxing of the 80's. I wish I couldve lived through wacthing all those fights happening, but you're right, it's a dying sport given the way of ninnny-prancer soccer, bromancing MMA, and fake-as-pamela's-tits wrestling.
Rugby has almost the same intensity as Boxing, but its unfortunately a team-based effort.
boxing has a lot of up and coming talent that EA skipped over.
it's always funny how much the US people think the USA = the world.
boxing is still quite popular here in europe and the lost interest in the USA is clearly to blame on the fact, that in the last years no US boxer was competitive against the eastern boxers, like for example the klitschko brothers.
over here in middle europe nearly everybody knows the klitschkos.
there fighting style may not be as exciting as mike tyson's was, but keep in mind it's highly effective and they, both holding a doctorate, fight with brain.
the change to MMA to me looks like: we have no competitive fighters in the boxing world championship anymore, so let's make an own league with US fighters ... and it's more bloody too ;-)
no offense to my US friends, but keep in mind that the world is bigger than only the USA.
something that often is forgotten by the US media.
and EA sells many games over here in europe. most of them from the FIFA series, also a sport not popular in the USA.
anyone saying that boxing is on life support needs their head checked...and stats checked..
boxing is still outselling MMA...period.
at a ridiculous amount..
i hate the band wagoneers who only love MMA and wear all the tap out sh!t because it's popular..
it's annoying...
i like mma..i personally know Rampage Jackson and some other fighters...good friends..and they themselves would tell you that mma still has a long way to go and is still not comparable to boxing as far as worldwide appeal goes..