Fight Night Round 3 is a PS3 launch boxing game with impressive graphics for the time. Realistic boxing physics, solid roster of legends. Aged but strong testimony of PS3's potential at launch.
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Sports2 players12+
Description
EA Sports boxing simulation opening the HD era of the noble art on PS3 with innovative analog stick controls. Published by EA, released in Europe in March 2007. Total Punch Control system on the right stick, iconic licensed boxers, in-depth career mode, impressive facial animations for the time, and online multiplayer fights.
Fight Night Round 3 review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Bodies modelled with stunning realism, sweat, bruises and ring light: every bout looks like a television broadcast. The fluidity of the dodges and the impact of the blows reinforce an almost tangible presence. This visual realism, polished and visceral, places the game among the console's showcases.
The Korean version of Fight Night Round 3, the same EA boxing title, here in a local run distinct from the Asian edition. Released on the Korean PS3 market at the console's launch, this quickly superseded sports game stays rarer than the Western versions, with no aura of its own. Desirability rests mainly on the scarcity of this Korean pressing, sought by completists of territorial editions.
Is Fight Night Round 3 still worth playing in 2026?
A boxing simulation from EA Sports, Fight Night Round 3 impresses with the rendering of battered faces, the calculated slowness of exchanges and its stick based punch system that reproduces the boxer's gestures. The satisfaction of the perfect dodge followed by the counter, the damage modelling and the big fight atmosphere win over combat sports fans. The stiffness of some chains has aged. A good boxing simulation for fans of precision sport and devotees of the noble art.
