Best Bout Boxing, developed by Saurus and published by SNK in 1994 for the Neo Geo system, bets on a boxing simulation more technical than most fighting games of the era: guard management, dodges, and combinations built for players seeking strategy over spectacle. It was overshadowed by Punch-Out!!'s fame and by SNK's own fighting games, but it remains an interesting rarity for anyone wanting to see how the Neo Geo catalog, so associated with King of Fighters and Metal Slug, also had room for pure sport.
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