Game Boy’s first boxing title takes a lot of inspiration from Punch-Out!!… and then just keeps adding stuff and adding stuff, until it collapses into a heap of overcomplicated design. There’s merit here, sadly spoiled by a lack of restraint.
Heavyweight Championship Boxing
Japanese title: Boxing • ボクシング
Developer: TOSE
Publisher: Tonkin House/Activision
Release date: 5.18.1990 [JP] | 9.1990 [US]
Genre: Sports (boxing)
Super Game Boy: None
Previous in series: None
Next in series: None
Similar titles: George Foreman’s K.O. Boxing [Beam Software/Acclaim, 1992], Riddick Bowe Boxing [Equilibrium/Extreme Entertainment, 1994]
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