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Fight Night Round 4 Box Art Revealed
Ali? Tyson? Why Not Both?
by Coop
Following the rigorous (and by that, of course, I mean rigged) polling on www.AliorTyson.com, fans have chosen the box art above for EA's Fight Night Round 4. Voters have decided that one titan is not enough, and that they would rather see both Ali and Tyson mid punch on the game's cover. When asked for a response, Iron Mike mentioned fornication.
Actually, he was quoted as saying the following:
“I’m honored to be on the cover of Fight Night Round 4 with Ali. He was a special champ, and I have the highest respect for him as a person and a fighter,” said Tyson. “People always ask me if I think I would have beaten Ali if I had the chance to fight him when we were both in our prime. Now you can figure it out for yourselves. Fight Night puts you right in that ring and gives you the gloves to settle the score.”
Classy talk for someone best known for biting someone's ear off during a boxing match. It really does look fantastic, and I cannot wait to see it on shelves. The full press release is below, and be sure to check back for more Fight Night news as its release approaches.
Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson Chosen as Cover Athletes for EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4
Fans Unanimously Vote to Have Boxing Legends Share Cover Worldwide
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that “The Greatest of All Time”, Muhammad Ali, and “Iron” Mike Tyson will share the cover of one of the most anticipated games of 2009, Fight Night Round 4. Fan voting on www.AliorTyson.com started in late December 2008 and the final results favored having both legends together on the cover. Fight Night Round 4 is being developed under the EA SPORTS™ brand by EA Canada in Vancouver, B.C. and will ship to retailers worldwide this summer.
Muhammad Ali, the most celebrated boxer of all time, was famous for his quick tongue and his even quicker hands that wore down his opponents fight after fight. Ali was the first fighter in history to win the undisputed heavyweight championship three times, and is highly revered for his contribution to the sport of boxing. Mike Tyson, a knock out legend, will join Ali on the cover. The youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight championship, Tyson enthralled the world with his precision, power, and ability to put away his opponents in the first round. These two boxing icons finally come face to face in Fight Night Round 4.
“I’m honored to be on the cover of Fight Night Round 4 with Ali. He was a special champ, and I have the highest respect for him as a person and a fighter,” said Tyson. “People always ask me if I think I would have beaten Ali if I had the chance to fight him when we were both in our prime. Now you can figure it out for yourselves. Fight Night puts you right in that ring and gives you the gloves to settle the score.”
The addition of Mike Tyson to Fight Night Round 4 fills a hole in videogame rosters that has existed for almost a decade. Users will finally be able to fight as ‘Iron Mike’, or fight against him as one of many other all time greats. Promising to revolutionize the fighting genre, Fight Night Round 4 features an all new physics based gameplay engine that brings the most authentic interpretation of the sweet science to the videogame world. The action inside the ring will be faster than ever, delivering a true representation of the sport’s incredible speed, accuracy, timing, and power. Fight Night Round 4 allows you to create dozens of legendary match ups, including Tyson vs. Ali, with unprecedented realism.
Consumers can step into the ring sooner with GameStop’s exclusive pre-order program. By pre-ordering Fight Night Round 4 at their local Gamestop, or online at www.gamestop.com, fans will receive early access to the game’s demo. The game will be available for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360®™ video game system from Microsoft. This game has not yet been rated by the ESRB or PEGI. For more information, log onto http://fightnight.easports.com. Media can find images of the cover, screenshots and video at http://info.ea.com.
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Something about the art doesn't look right. And it's not the fact that it's Ali vs Tyson.
Okay... I'll start the debate: these two, in their prime.
Who wins?
I come down on the side of Tyson. Maybe it's that I grew up watching the man fight, but when he was the champ, he was like nothing I've ever seen before. When he stepped into the ring, there was the distinct possibility that you would watch a man get knocked into unconsciousness in one punch.
I know everyone says Ali is the best there ever was, but I've just never watched his fights. I go with Tyson.
ali owns tyson, unless biting is allowed.
I'm going to have to go with Ali. Little Mac showed that Tyson's chin was a little suspect.
In their prime, Tyson mauls Ali. The Lip was from a different time, when boxing was indeed an art form, full of skillfully placed strikes and tactical evasions. Tyson was a rhino on meth.