HBO Boxing

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Product Details

• ASIN: B00004TJDZ
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 5 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,392 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, November 29, 2000

By A Customer

This game reminds me of the first Knockout kings from EA Sports 2 years ago, except this game has much more to offer. This game in my opinion is better than Knockout Kings 2001 because there are so many more options here, especially when you get into the career mode. There are so many different features you can add to your fighter when you create him, which is also true of KO Kings. But this game takes it a step further, allowing many additional features that can be added to a fighter such as extra height(A heavyweight here can be listed up to 6'8, unlike the 6'5 limit in KO Kings), more weight, different facial features, different gloves and shoes. All this is nice, but when the game begins its all about gameplay and this game delivers with realistic and exiting action that is comparable to KO Kings. There are a nice selection of combinations that can be thrown, the illegal blows and taunts found on KO Kings are here, and its all pretty straightforward and easy to control. The fighters move fairly fluidly as well and the defensive moves are very realistic. You can also cumstomize the controls so that its easier for you to play. For fans of HBO Boxing, the announcers Jim Lampley/Larry Merchant are here which without question is a step up from the ESPN announcers found on KO Kings. There is also nice selection of fighters here including Roy Jones Jr. who isnt featured in Ko Kings. There are more venues here, Ballys Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Hilton are just a couple that are featured here, and not on Ko Kings. And you can play a single elimination tournament here which is a nice feature. I have only played the game a few times and already I am very impressed with it. If I had to choose between this and Ko Kings 2001 I would have to lean towards this not only because of what I have mentioned above, but also, if your a fan of boxing , you know that HBO is where its at when it comes to great boxing coverage and the announcers, the logos, the venues, are all include in this game. Great game.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!, November 25, 2000

By A Customer

Wow. The controls are great and animations are much smoother and realistic than the other playstation games. had knockout kings first - this is way better.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars wish i could give it 1/2 star, December 28, 2000

By A Customer

I tried to like this game, I really did. Especially since i spent so much money on it. The main problem wih it is the graphics. They look stupid. I am not sure if they meant for the models to look like monkeys but they do. Also you can punch right through your opponent. My next main problem is in the game play. Its really slow and that made it very hard to enjoy fighting. I have played all the fight games on PS and this is by far the worst of the worst. Now I am sure all you people will bag on me for saying so, but this game is LAME.