World Championship Boxing Manager
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In World Championship Boxing Manager the player can develop the careers of aspiring heavyweight boxers. The options are selected through an icon-based system, representing the manager's office.
Training the boxers involves deciding which areas they should work on, considering their strengths and weaknesses and any damage inflicted in previous fights, and those of their next opponent. There are 97 of these in the game, so reaching the top of the rankings will take about 15-20 fights. Choosing a beatable opponent who can get the fight as high up the Friday Night bill as possible, as well as negotiating the best financial deal and a mutually agreeable dare, are the main considerations.
Two different governing bodies are included in the game, each with subtly different rules. A fight in one set of rules won't be viewed quite as significantly by the other.
The matches are presented from the commentary box, with the two expert analysts exchanging textual descriptions of the key punches, and who is doing the best (a clue to how any judges’ decision would go). Before and during the fights the player can instruct the boxer as to what tactics to adopt.
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Average score: 69% (based on 13 ratings)
Critic [ Expand All ] | Platform | Score |
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ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | Amiga | 96% |
Your Sinclair | ZX Spectrum | 91% |
Commodore User | Amiga | 90% |
Commodore User | Commodore 64 | 89% |
ST Format | Atari ST | 80% |
Amiga Joker | Amiga | 80% |
Computer and Video Games (CVG) | Amiga | 80% |
Amiga Format | Amiga | 76% |
64'er | Commodore 64 | 60% |
Games Machine, The (UK) | Amiga | 57% |
Games Machine, The (UK) | Atari ST | 56% |
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) | Atari ST | 53% |
Zzap! | Commodore 64 | 52% |
Play Time | DOS | 50% |
Play Time | Atari ST | 50% |
Play Time | Amiga | 50% |
Power Play | Atari ST | 38% |
Power Play | Commodore 64 | 38% |
Power Play | DOS | 38% |
Power Play | Amiga | 38% |
Zzap! | Amiga | 33% |
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Average score: 3.1 out of 5 (based on 10 ratings with 0 reviews)
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Trivia
One of the game's 97 computer boxers was called Juan Montoya, many years before the similarly named (and very combative in his own right) racing driver emerged.
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Game added by Martin Smith.
Amstrad CPC added by B.L. Stryker. Windows added by Sciere. ZX Spectrum, Acorn 32-bit, Commodore 64 added by Kabushi. DOS added by Xoleras.
Game added May 12, 2004. Last modified August 2, 2024.