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1979 Ranked #6,749

Title Bout

This card-driven boxing simulation has players arrange bouts, tournaments, and fantasy matchups across weight divisions. Fighter cards and strategic choices produce injuries, knockouts, and technical stoppages over bouts of varying lengths.

Thematic Games Fighting Sports Area Movement Simulation

Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.17/5

Rating

6.76

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Avalon Hill's card-driven sports game of Professional Boxing. Play with over 500 current (as of 1979 and up to 1990) and all time great Boxers for each weight division.

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Avalon Hill's card-driven sports game of Professional Boxing. Play with over 500 current (as of 1979 and up to 1990) and all time great Boxers for each weight division. Create tournaments, arrange fantasy matchups and title bouts. Ali vs Marciano? That can happen in this game. The game can simulate a bout of 10,12, or 15 rounds. There are TKO's, injuries, and KO's. Different card strategies can be employed to influence each bout as well. Each fighter card gives a brief history on the back of the card to give you an idea of why they are notable fighters in the world of professional boxing. The game supports solitaire play.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
1–2
Play time
45 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
James Trunzo Tom Trunzo

Publishers

2
The Avalon Hill Game Co TJ Publishing Company