Fight Night Round 3 review

The smooth boxing sensation steps into the ring once again, and it's looking better than ever

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Fight Night Round 3 offers up some impressive features for boxing fans, not the least of which are a roster of past and present boxing greats, including Muhammad Ali, Jake LaMotta, Oscar de La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins. For those wanting to re-enact classic rivalries, the ESPN Classic mode lets you tear it up with two giants of the ring, complete with era-appropriate color; the Robinson-LaMotta match is in sepia, for example, while the Ali-Frazier fight looks like '70s film stock. Interestingly, the giant Dodge and Everlast logos remain the same no matter what era you're fighting in.

Check the difference: That's the 360 version on the left, and the PS3 version at right

Of course, you're free to build your own legend in Career Mode, stepping into the shoes of one of the greats or creating your own hideous boxer from scratch. The character-creation setup is nice and detailed (if a little slow to load), and the training sequences between fights enable you to gradually take your boxer from pencil-neck to titan.

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GenreSports
DescriptionThe finest, best-looking boxing game ever is somehow even better on PS3, with slicker graphics and a jaw-smashing first-person mode.
Platform"PS3","Xbox","GameCube","PS2","Xbox 360","PSP"
US censor rating"Teen","Teen","Teen","Teen","Teen","Teen"
UK censor rating"","","","","",""
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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Mikel Reparaz
Mikel Reparaz
After graduating from college in 2000 with a BA in journalism, I worked for five years as a copy editor, page designer and videogame-review columnist at a couple of mid-sized newspapers you've never heard of. My column eventually got me a freelancing gig with GMR magazine, which folded a few months later. I was hired on full-time by GamesRadar in late 2005, and have since been paid actual money to write silly articles about lovable blobs.
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