Underplayed Gems

Knockout Kings 2001 (2000)

Knockout Kings 2001 cover
Platforms
PlayStation 2
Genres
Sport

How it feels

A straightforward boxing simulation that puts you in the ring with legends of the sport, rewarding patient, tactical punching over arcade-style button-mashing.

competitivesimulationrealisticaccessiblesports-focusedmethodicalgroundedstructured

About

All the egomaniacal, violent splendor of heavyweight boxing comes to the PlayStation 2 in Knockout Kings 2001 by EA Sports. This title employs EA's new CyberScan technology, which allows the boxers faces to be accurately reproduced in full polygonal glory. In addition to the graphical overhaul, the game features new modes of play and simplified control. Choose your champion from a stable of boxing's greatest, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, and Lennox Lewis. A new career mode allows you to play through several weight classes and to box at famous arenas all around the world.

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