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for

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in 2000, and developed by Virtucraft and published by

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for

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in 2002.

Reception

The game received "unfavorable" reviews on both platforms according to the

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. Doug Trueman of '' NextGen'' said of the PlayStation version, "Although

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's reputation would be hard pressed to get any lower, this game manages to do just that." ''

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'' gave the same console version a negative review, over a week before the game was released Stateside.

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* 2000 video games Boxing video games Codemasters games Cultural depictions of Mike Tyson Game Boy Advance games Multiplayer and single-player video games PlayStation (console) games Ubisoft games Video games based on real people Video games developed in the United Kingdom Virtucraft games {{boxing-videogame-stub