Not a knockout - but definitely a contender.
Don King Presents: Prizefighter rewards fans of boxing with a more realistic ring experience where button mashing and haymakers are not useful.
You can not throw hundreds of punches per round and your punches do not always go where you wanted them to. Your opponent will not stand around like a complete idiot for two or three seconds after you parry his punch so that you can knock his head off. Not every punch will land cleanly on your opponents face, head, or body.
What you can do is box. You can move around your opponent and create openings. You can keep them off you with a strong jab. You can put in work downstairs and slow them down. You can bob and weave, dodge and deke. Your punches will be blocked a lot of times. You will hit and be hit on the shoulders, elbows, arms, chest, etc.
You can train your boxer so that he can move better around the ring. You can train him to be stronger and punch harder. You can go for a boxer that has a well-rounded set of attributes. The choice is yours.
The mini-games are well done and I enjoy them - although the speed bag is tough for me.
The presentation of the career mode with its storyline was definitely a big plus for this game.
Definitely give this game a fair shot if you are a fan of boxing; It is a very ambitious first entry for this series... and I hope that there will be more.
Also remember that for a more arcadey boxing fix - Facebreakers is right around the corner.