Greatest Heavyweights is a boxing video game that was published by Sega in 1993. It was released for the Sega Genesis console. It is a follow-up to Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Boxing, and is virtually identical in many ways, apart from a number of significant improvements.

Overview – Greatest Heavyweights

The game features eight of the most famous and successful heavyweight boxers in history: Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, and Floyd Patterson. There are also a total of thirty other imaginary fighters present in the game. The cartridge supports the six-button control pad (an improvement over the controller options of its predecessor).

Gameplay – Greatest Heavyweights

The gameplay of the game is very similar to that featured in Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Boxing. Perhaps the most noticeable improvement is the speed of the game; it is significantly faster than the aforementioned title. The “taunting” feature is also improved; the phrases used are now more varied, because each of the boxers based on real-life fighters have their own set of taunts. Some of them reflect utterances actually spoken by them during their careers. Boxers will now also sometimes taunt their opponents before fights as well as during them.

The game uses an identical ‘attributes’ system for each boxer to Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Boxing, apart from one change: the attribute “defense” is no longer present. As with Evander Holyfield in the previously-mentioned game, the eight real-life fighters have maximum values on all of the attributes featured.

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