Translating the sweet science isn’t the easiest job because boxing is a sport of subtlety, and unless game creators can find a way to make a series of buttons and thumb sticks emulate shuffle steps, jabs, and guards, it just won’t satisfy. The third edition of the Fight Night franchise—for the PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox, and X360—is a great boxing sim because of the clever system of mechanics. The left joystick controls the movement of your fighter, while the right throws all manner of punches, a system EA refers to as the Total Punch Control. So don’t try to win matches by mashing buttons, because succeeding at Fight Night means being strategic and selective in choosing which punches to throw. Create your own fighter and manage him through a career mode, or just jump in and re-create the Muhammad Ali–Joe Frazier Fight of the Century. Rated teen.