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Whatever happened to boxing games? Fight Night Round 3 wore my thumbs out, and 20 years on I still love it for it

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Release · Oct 20, 2022
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Fight Night Round 3
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Fight Night Round 3
Genres · fighting, sports
Release · Feb 20, 2006
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