There are little touches you won’t notice at first too, like the fact that reigning heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk gets damage bonuses when attacking fighters from an angle, which encourages you to play in that elusive and mobile way that ‘The Cat’ does in real life. has that superman swagger and snap to his punches Deontay Wilder feels like his feet might get tangled at any moment before delivering a straight right hand from hell.ĪLSO READ: Why The Witcher 4 Should Say Goodbye To Geralt Tyson Fury looms over opponents, mixing up an almost old-timey upright boxer style with alarming foot speed and angles Roy Jones Jr.

The boxers resemble their real-life counterparts not only in appearance, but in movement and myriad little nuances as well.

Inside the ring, the game looks great already. So, after years of hype, tantalising gameplay videos, impressive fighter reveals, and a couple of multiplayer betas, to play Undisputed as it begins its Early Access journey feels special, even if at this point it’s still green and raw, with its potential yet to be harnessed into championship quality. This most gladiatorial of sports has a fine history of video game adaptions, but the rise of MMA and UFC was fast and meteoric, and like a flying knee kick it swiftly knocked boxing games out of contention. It’s hard to emphasise for non-fans of boxing (or boxing video games) just how many hopes and dreams have been riding on Undisputed (formerly ESBC Boxing Club) to revive a genre that’s for all intents and purposes been dead since EA Sports’ Fight Night Champion back in 2011.īoxing used to be well-represented in video games–from Punch-Out!! On the NES, through early ‘realistic efforts riding off 90s heavyweights legends like George Foreman’s KO Boxing and Evander Holyfield’s ‘Real Deal’ Boxing, followed by a good couple of generations of EA Sports’ Knockout Kings (which then morphed into Fight Night).

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