De La Hoya covering Fight Night Round 3

**Donate Points** · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:17 pm

Welterweight champ will be spokesathlete for the Xbox 360 and PSP editions of EA's pugilist fest.

Electronic Arts has announced the cover athlete (pictured) for their latest boxing game, Fight Night Round 3. The plucky pugilist in question will be Oscar De La Hoya, the former WBC & WBA super welterweight champion, WBC welterweight and super lightweight champion, and 1992 Olympic gold medalist.

The 34-year-old will grace the covers of the Xbox 360 and PSP versions of the game, which are due out next month. "It's exciting to be contributing to a project that pushes the popularity of boxing to a new level and to a new audience," he said in a statement.

February will also see the release of the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of Fight Night Round 3. Those editions of the title will feature two kings of the ring--fellow welterweight champs Arturo "Thunder" Gotti and "Irish" Micky Ward--as cover boxers.

By Tor Thorsen -- GameSpot
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6141797.html

**Donate Points** · World Champion Joined: Dec 24, 2004 Posts: 624

Why will De la Hoya cover it when he's not even currently fighting and doesnt even hold a title

**Donate Points** · Amateur Joined: Nov 23, 2004 Posts: 82

TysonFanatic wrote:

Why will De la Hoya cover it when he's not even currently fighting and doesnt even hold a title

agree

James Toney was the right figther to cover it i think rather than DLH

**Donate Points** · World Champion Joined: Dec 24, 2004 Posts: 624

even though Toney doesn't currenlt hold the title. I think he's prolly the most talented heavyweight today. I'd say either Toney, Mayweather, or Hatton should cover it.

**Donate Points** · World Champion Joined: Jul 17, 2004 Posts: 563

I think EA considered Toney, but probably didn't chose him because of that failed steriod test.
Oscar will probably lose in his next fight. It's almost a doom-scenario to be on the cover of fight night (look what happened to RJJ and Hopkins after they were on the cover)...

**Donate Points** · World Champion Joined: Dec 24, 2004 Posts: 624

Mayweather should've covered then.

**Donate Points** · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:11 pm

need someone on the cover who will sell the game

**Donate Points** · World Champion Joined: Jul 17, 2004 Posts: 563

earl wrote:

need someone on the cover who will sell the game

That's right. Someone who sells and is wellknown with boxing fans.

TysonFanatic wrote:

Mayweather should've covered then.

I agree. Mayweather is one of the rising stars in boxing now. He would do right on the cover. Winky Wright could also be possible, but i think the general fans think he's too boring. And you also have Ricky Hatton...

But they always put fighters on the cover that is on the game so if the fighter isn't in the game then he can't be on the cover

**Donate Points** · World Champion Joined: Jan 08, 2006 Posts: 480

It would be soo sweet to have tyson on the cover. Atleast it would sell then. De La Hoya is kind of a hasbeen. Tyson in a way too, but he's still the biggest boxer out there.

Even more sad that Tyson is not even in it Confused

**Donate Points** · World Champion Joined: Aug 03, 2005 Posts: 312

who cares who is on the cover?

as long as the game is good it dosnt matter

**Donate Points** · Training Joined: May 04, 2005 Posts: 19

i played a demo of the game for x box 360 and its far to slow i hope its just the demo but it does not look to good

**Donate Points** · World Champion Joined: Aug 03, 2005 Posts: 312

Richie wrote:

i played a demo of the game for x box 360 and its far to slow i hope its just the demo but it does not look to good

slower than round 2?

**Donate Points** · World Champion Joined: Dec 24, 2004 Posts: 624

some people wanna know all the details on a game, and i do care who is on the cover. alright Mick

**Donate Points** · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:15 pm

Richie wrote:

i played a demo of the game for x box 360 and its far to slow i hope its just the demo but it does not look to good

That sucks, I watched some of the game play videos and I noticed that too, jabs and combos were fluid but so slow. Like they were in the 20th round or something. The graphics look amazing of course, I just hope they didn't spend all their time on the eye candy and forget what made it the best boxing sim ever.

Either way, I'm gonna wait for the PS3 version, plus it'll give me enough time to check out some reviews and what not on how the final product is.

**Donate Points** · Training Joined: May 04, 2005 Posts: 19

micky_knox wrote:

Richie wrote:

i played a demo of the game for x box 360 and its far to slow i hope its just the demo but it does not look to good

slower than round 2?

yes a lot slower by about 5 times