Partial roster has been released. They said over 65 fighters. Bolded is what is new (and/or what was previously DLC)
1 Augustus, Emanuel Light Welterweight
2 Calzaghe, Joe Light Heavyweight
3 César Chávez, Julio Lightweight
4 Corrales, Diego Lightweight
5 Cotto, Miguel Welterweight
6 Donaire, Nonito Flyweight
7 Foreman, George Heavyweight
8 Frazier, Joe Heavyweight
9 Gamboa, Yuriorkis Featherweight
10 Guerreo, Robert Featherweight
11 Hagler, Marvelous Marvin Middleweight
12 Hatton, Ricky Welterweight
13 Hearns, Thomas Welterweight
14 Jones Jr, Roy Middleweight
15 LaMotta, Jake Middleweight
16 Lewis, Lennox Heavyweight
17 Chad Dawson Light Heavyweight
18 Monzon, Carlos Middleweight
19 Mora, Sergio Middleweight
20 Morrison, Tommy Heavyweight
21 Mosley, Shane Welterweight
22 Ortiz, Victor Light Welterweight
23 Pacquiao, Manny Lightweight
24 Pavlik, Kelly Middleweight
25 Paz, Vinny Lightweight
26 Robinson, Sugar Ray Welterweight
27 Taylor, Jermain Middleweight
28 Tyson, Mike Heavyweight
29 Whitaker, Pernell Lightweight
30 Wright, Ronald "Winky" Middleweight
31 De La Hoya, Oscar Welterweight
32 Holyfield, Evander Heavyweight
33 Hopkins, Bernard Middleweight
34 Klistchko, Vitali Heavyweight
35 Klistchko, Wladimir Heavyweight
36 Liston, Sonny Heavyweight
37 Sugar Ray Leonard Middleweight
38 Ali, Muhammad Heavyweight
39 Danny Jacobs Middleweight
40 Erislandy Lara Middleweight
41 Roberto Duran Lightweight
42 Cristobal Arreola Heavyweight
43 Tim Bradley Welterweight
44 Anthony Mundine Middleweight
45 Billy Dib Featherweight
46 Fernando Vargas Middleweight
47 Kevin Kelley Featherweight
48 Eddie Chambers Heavyweight
49 David Haye Heavyweight
50 Jesse James Leija Welterweight
51 Peter Manfredo Jr. Middleweight
52 Butterbean Heavyweight
53 Zab Judah Welterweight
54 Kendall Holt Welterweight
Who is noticeably missing are Barrera, Morales. Amir Khan who was in a screen shot (so he most likely is DLC). Gatti, Ward. juan manuel marquez. And obviously floyd but we knew that from the start. Margarito was also advertised so he'll likely be in it, and crosses fingers for Trinidad.
Here is an explanation from one of the games producers:
It's that time of year again. You win some, you lose some.
I'm not happy about it either. This is what Fight Night and KO Kings has gone through every year and it's never easy. Contracts are signed with fighters for a certain period of time and when they expire, we can't be certain we'll be able to reach another agreement with any of them.
- Some boxers were signed to deals over 3 years ago when things were pretty different, financially-speaking.
- All of the boxers that we lost were contacted, some of them several times by myself personally.
- I'm not kidding when I say this, sometimes we just don't hear back. Even from people we worked with previously.
- I personally had communications with one boxer - and his three different managers - over the course of 6 months.
- Arturo Gatti died under very suspicious circumstances. Sorry that we weren't able to re-do that contract in the wake of that. We would have signed him for an extra 2 years way back if we had known he was going to die.
- Some guys we had to drop because of a lawsuit last year, you might recall.
- Sometimes we have have verbal agreements in place with guys we really want and because of time-pressures we spend thousands of dollars making them. Only to have them make further demands, attempt to renegotiate, or simply fail to send us signed paperwork. So poof! They're off the roster and we just burned that money. I can tell you how much Mike looooooves that.
- Some guys just have unrealistic demands (mayweather).
Now, I know you probably don't care about this. The game doesn't have some of the guys you want, end of story. But like I've been saying for years, its not like boxing is chock-full of stand-up guys accustomed to a strict code of business ethics - nor is it populated by an abundance of athletes with a realistic perception of their brand value and/or mainstream appeal.
NOTE: Some guys are absolutely great. Very professional and very helpful.
All I'm saying is, we try our best and we didn't make the business of professional boxing an absolute clusterf**.
1 Augustus, Emanuel Light Welterweight
2 Calzaghe, Joe Light Heavyweight
3 César Chávez, Julio Lightweight
4 Corrales, Diego Lightweight
5 Cotto, Miguel Welterweight
6 Donaire, Nonito Flyweight
7 Foreman, George Heavyweight
8 Frazier, Joe Heavyweight
9 Gamboa, Yuriorkis Featherweight
10 Guerreo, Robert Featherweight
11 Hagler, Marvelous Marvin Middleweight
12 Hatton, Ricky Welterweight
13 Hearns, Thomas Welterweight
14 Jones Jr, Roy Middleweight
15 LaMotta, Jake Middleweight
16 Lewis, Lennox Heavyweight
17 Chad Dawson Light Heavyweight
18 Monzon, Carlos Middleweight
19 Mora, Sergio Middleweight
20 Morrison, Tommy Heavyweight
21 Mosley, Shane Welterweight
22 Ortiz, Victor Light Welterweight
23 Pacquiao, Manny Lightweight
24 Pavlik, Kelly Middleweight
25 Paz, Vinny Lightweight
26 Robinson, Sugar Ray Welterweight
27 Taylor, Jermain Middleweight
28 Tyson, Mike Heavyweight
29 Whitaker, Pernell Lightweight
30 Wright, Ronald "Winky" Middleweight
31 De La Hoya, Oscar Welterweight
32 Holyfield, Evander Heavyweight
33 Hopkins, Bernard Middleweight
34 Klistchko, Vitali Heavyweight
35 Klistchko, Wladimir Heavyweight
36 Liston, Sonny Heavyweight
37 Sugar Ray Leonard Middleweight
38 Ali, Muhammad Heavyweight
39 Danny Jacobs Middleweight
40 Erislandy Lara Middleweight
41 Roberto Duran Lightweight
42 Cristobal Arreola Heavyweight
43 Tim Bradley Welterweight
44 Anthony Mundine Middleweight
45 Billy Dib Featherweight
46 Fernando Vargas Middleweight
47 Kevin Kelley Featherweight
48 Eddie Chambers Heavyweight
49 David Haye Heavyweight
50 Jesse James Leija Welterweight
51 Peter Manfredo Jr. Middleweight
52 Butterbean Heavyweight
53 Zab Judah Welterweight
54 Kendall Holt Welterweight
Who is noticeably missing are Barrera, Morales. Amir Khan who was in a screen shot (so he most likely is DLC). Gatti, Ward. juan manuel marquez. And obviously floyd but we knew that from the start. Margarito was also advertised so he'll likely be in it, and crosses fingers for Trinidad.
Here is an explanation from one of the games producers:
It's that time of year again. You win some, you lose some.
I'm not happy about it either. This is what Fight Night and KO Kings has gone through every year and it's never easy. Contracts are signed with fighters for a certain period of time and when they expire, we can't be certain we'll be able to reach another agreement with any of them.
- Some boxers were signed to deals over 3 years ago when things were pretty different, financially-speaking.
- All of the boxers that we lost were contacted, some of them several times by myself personally.
- I'm not kidding when I say this, sometimes we just don't hear back. Even from people we worked with previously.
- I personally had communications with one boxer - and his three different managers - over the course of 6 months.
- Arturo Gatti died under very suspicious circumstances. Sorry that we weren't able to re-do that contract in the wake of that. We would have signed him for an extra 2 years way back if we had known he was going to die.
- Some guys we had to drop because of a lawsuit last year, you might recall.
- Sometimes we have have verbal agreements in place with guys we really want and because of time-pressures we spend thousands of dollars making them. Only to have them make further demands, attempt to renegotiate, or simply fail to send us signed paperwork. So poof! They're off the roster and we just burned that money. I can tell you how much Mike looooooves that.
- Some guys just have unrealistic demands (mayweather).
Now, I know you probably don't care about this. The game doesn't have some of the guys you want, end of story. But like I've been saying for years, its not like boxing is chock-full of stand-up guys accustomed to a strict code of business ethics - nor is it populated by an abundance of athletes with a realistic perception of their brand value and/or mainstream appeal.
NOTE: Some guys are absolutely great. Very professional and very helpful.
All I'm saying is, we try our best and we didn't make the business of professional boxing an absolute clusterf**.
