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''ABC Wide World Of Sports Boxing'' is a
boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...
video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...
released in 1991. The player can create, train, and manage their own character. It is based on the
American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, Cali ...
(ABC) program '' Wide World of Sports'' and was released at the time of the program's 30th anniversary. Sportscaster
Dan Dierdorf Daniel Lee Dierdorf (born June 29, 1949) is an American sportscaster and former football offensive tackle. A native of Canton, Ohio, Dierdorf played college football for the University of Michigan from 1968 to 1970 and was selected as a conse ...
, then a boxing commentator for ABC, is featured in this game. In Europe the game was renamed ''TV Sports Boxing'' and published by Mindscape as part of
Cinemaware Cinemaware was a video game developer and publisher that released several titles in the 1980s based on various film themes. The company was resurrected in 2000, before being acquired by eGames in 2005. Cinemaware Corp. (1986–1991) The compan ...
's ''TV Sports'' series.


Reception

'' Computer Gaming World'' stated that the game's fighting animation was inferior to that of '' 4D Boxing'' but that its career options were superior.


See also

*'' Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing''


References


External links

* 1991 video games Wide World of Sports Boxing Amiga games Boxing video games Cinemaware games Data East video games DOS games Malibu Interactive games Video games developed in the United States Wide World of Sports (American TV series) Mindscape games {{boxing-videogame-stub