Knockout Kings
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Knockout Kings is a boxing game that was produced by EA Sports for the PlayStation in 1998. Later versions of the game have been made for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
Knockout Kings gives the user a chance to compete against 32 real fighters, such as Muhammad Ali, Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya, Larry Holmes, Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello, and Ray Mancini. In the game's "slugfest" mode, fighters can knock each other out at any given moment of the fight, or suffer 6 or 7 knockdowns and still last for the whole fight.
There are several differences between Knockout Kings and real-life boxing careers. Championship bouts are only for 10 rounds and not for 12 as in real life. In the career mode of Knockout Kings, a fighter is made to retire right after winning the title and defending it for only the first time. Also, Knockout Kings does not have women's boxing.
Knockout Kings' sequel, Knockout Kings 2002, adds several new boxers, like Naseem Hamed, to the existing lineup.
Félix Trinidad came as an extra boxer on the Knockout Kings 2003 game edition. After Knockout Kings 2003, the series was canceled and replaced by EA Sports Fight Night 2004.
External links
- EA Sports: Knockout Kings 2002 for PlayStation 2 (http://www.easports.com/platforms/games/kok2002/playstation2.jsp)
- EA Sports: Knockout Kings 2001 (http://knockoutkings2001.ea.com/phase2/main.html)