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Undisputed Could Still Be the Game Fans Were Promised—If Steel City Interactive Uses Today’s Technology and Hires the Right People

Boxing fans didn’t ask for the impossible — they asked for a boxing simulation that accurately represents the sport, its greats, its mechanics, and its strategy. Steel City Interactive (SCI) promised realism. They marketed Undisputed as the NBA 2K of boxing, using buzzwords like “sim” and “authenticity” to attract the hardcore fanbase.

And now? Many of those features remain absent, delayed, or outright ignored. But here’s the truth:

Every major feature boxing fans want is absolutely possible with today’s technology. The only thing standing in the way is poor leadership, the wrong development team, and misaligned priorities.

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 I. Technology in 2025 Can Easily Support Fan Expectations

Fan Feature	Technologically Feasible?	Engine/Tools to Use
Tendencies & AI Styles	✅ Yes	Unity ML-Agents Toolkit / Unreal Behavior Trees & Blackboards
Clinching, Inside Fighting, Referee Logic	✅ Yes	Unreal Engine 5 Motion Warping, Full Body IK (e.g., DragonIK), Root Motion
Ring Generalship / Footwork Battles	✅ Yes	UE5 AnimGraph + NavMesh zones + Custom Footwork Controllers
Chained Body Punches	✅ Yes	Blend Trees, Animation Montages, Timeline or Sequencer (Unity Timeline or UE5 Sequencer)
Realistic Knockdowns / Get-Ups	✅ Yes	Chaos Physics + Input Timing Systems (UE5), Procedural Pose Matching
Commentary & Crowd Layers	✅ Yes	FMOD / Wwise (Audio Middleware), Trigger Layering
Legacy Boxer Capture (Retired/Deceased)	✅ Yes	DeepMotion, Dynamixyz, FaceWare, RADiCAL Motion AI, Reallusion Headshot, MetaHuman Animator
Creation Suite with Mod Support	✅ Yes	Unity Editor Scripting / UE5 Editor Utility Widgets, Save-Load JSON, Steam Workshop APIs
Dynamic Career Ecosystem	✅ Yes	ScriptableObjects (Unity), DataTables (UE5), Simulation Layers, Time-based Event Systems

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 II. Reviving or Capturing Historic & Deceased Boxers (Ali, Louis, etc.)

Even if a boxer is no longer alive or can’t perform for mocap, SCI can still capture their style and likeness realistically using modern tools:

 Performance & Motion Tech:

• DeepMotion – AI-powered markerless motion capture from video footage.

• RADiCAL Motion – Converts 2D/3D video into motion data usable in Unity/UE5.

• MetaHuman Animator (Epic Games) – Animates facial and body data from reference footage or still photos.

• FaceWare / Dynamixyz – Facial capture systems from legacy footage.

• Reallusion Headshot & Character Creator – Used to generate authentic 3D head models from historic images.

By analyzing old fight footage or high-quality images, SCI could recreate legendary fighters down to their mannerisms, stance shifts, and signature techniques, just like 2K did with Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.

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 III. It’s Not the Tools — It’s the Team

The missing ingredient isn't technology — it's talent and intent.

 SCI Needs to Hire:

Role	Why It’s Critical
Boxing Historians & Trainers	To guide animations, AI logic, trait definitions, and realism
AI Engineers (ML/Behavior Trees)	For adaptive boxing styles, ring IQ, simulation logic
Combat Animators	To build fluid and reactive transitions between punches, blocks, and clinches
Gameplay Designers with Sports Sim Backgrounds	To implement sliders, ratings, modifiers, fatigue curves, and career logic
Audio Designers with Middleware Experience	To layer chants, commentary, and coach cues
Tools Programmers	For UI systems like Creation Suite, Trait Sliders, or Tendency Editors

SCI’s hiring history shows too many former EA arcade-focused developers and too few 2K-style sim designers. That imbalance shows in the product.

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 IV. What SCI Could Build Today (No Excuses)

System	Description
Tendency-Based AI System	Boxers fight like themselves using sliders (pressure, countering, feints, ring control) — powered by Unity ML-Agents or Unreal EQS/Blackboards
Dynamic Career Ecosystem	Over 100 boxers per division, with rankings, fatigue, damage carryover, gym choices, retirement, comeback arcs
Boxer Trait Editor	Sliders + dropdowns defining traits like “Dazzling Jab,” “Glass Body,” “Dangerous When Hurt”
Legacy Capture System	Scan real fight footage and reconstruct dead boxers with AI-assisted animation tools
Creation Suite + Mod Sharing	Templates for body types, stances, voice, ring walks, corner teams, and ability to download/share on console and PC
Real-Time Commentary Engine	Commentary shifts depending on momentum, fatigue, corner instructions, or taunts

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 V. What Other Games Already Do (SCI Should Learn From)

• NBA 2K: Signature tendencies, player builder, deep career paths.

• UFC 5: Real-time physics knockdowns, damage tracking, and style-based AI.

• WWE 2K: Creation Suite, full character logic sliders, modding support.

• Football Manager: Simulates thousands of fighters/staff across decades with evolving world states.

There’s no justifiable reason Undisputed can’t do the same, especially when it sold itself as “for the hardcore boxing fan.”

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The Technology Exists. The Time is Now.

“Don’t let developers tell you it’s not possible. Everything fans want — from deep AI, legacy boxer preservation, clinching, creation tools, dynamic rankings, to realistic physics — is entirely doable in 2025. They just have to care enough to build it.”

If SCI refuses to:

• Hire the right developers

• Consult real boxers/trainers

• Invest in tools already used across the industry

• Build the vision that fans bought into...

Then they’re not a visionary sim company — they’re another pretender using the sport of boxing to sell a half-finished arcade fighter.

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