Undisputed review: hardcore boxing simulation lacks the fun of Fight Night

You can tell Undisputed is made by people who live and breathe boxing. From throwing your first punch in a lengthy tutorial taking you through dozens of different moves and button combinations, this is as sophisticated a sports simulation as you can get. Unfortunately, that doesn’t result in a great game. It’s the biggest boxing game since 2010’s Fight Night Champion, with a spectacular roster of past and present superstars. You can pit Tyson Fury against Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson against Rocky Marciano, Joe Frazier against Oleksandr Usyk, or Terrance Crawford against Ricky Hatton. There are a few notable omissions, like Anthony Joshua, Dimitry Bivol, Naoya Inoue and Gervonta Davies, but the roster will have boxing scholars salivating regardless. All of them are lavishly detailed, the spitting image of their real-world counterparts. That goes for their boxing styles too, many of the big names having their own unique animation. No one else in the game throws a snapping jab like Usyk, bobs and weaves li