I did a trial run and played out the fight between Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali.

15 rounds, both boxers went the distance without getting knocked down once, although as I played I found myself making mistakes that I corrected as play progressed.

For example, there’s a trait called ‘Killer Instinct’ that gets triggered under certain conditions when a boxer appears to have the upper hand.  Joe Louis had this in an early round, but I ignored it, but the result of the round seemed to reflect later rounds when I did remember to use ‘Killer Instinct’.

Both boxers were getting fouls later in the fight.  And Louis basically wore Ali down, winning round after round through sheer power.

At the end of the fight, the round by round point tally favored Joe Louis, so I figured he won.

I should come up with some sort of random tournament seeding for this game, starting with maybe 8 fighters who I recognize vs. 8 others who I’ve never heard of.  Round robin style, 16-8-4-2.

I should also review the rest of the rules.  Heh.

Stay tuned!

Title Bout II came in this week.

I’ve had the print-and-play copy of the game on the shelf for a while now, but now that I have the actual game, I want to dig right into it.

I already had my 1967 SF Giants replay set up on my table, so I made sure to finish the current series against the Dodgers before moving on to something else, again.

As mentioned elsewhere, my replay has the Giants with the same record at the All-Star Break as they did in real life.

There’s over 100 boxers (all heavyweights) in the game, and all I know is that my first fight will Muhammad Ali against… someone.

I played another boxing game with Ali vs. Tyson, can’t recall how that one went.

And to be honest, my knowledge of boxers is limited to Ali’s opponents, and a few others throughout history, mainly names mentioned in the barbershop scene in “Coming to America”.

So maybe I’l just have Ali fight Joe Louis.

Stay tuned!