Enough is Enough: Why It’s Time to Boycott SCI, Undisputed, and Any Sequel
For years, boxing fans have been asking for one thing: a realistic, authentic boxing video game that represents the sport we love. We didn’t ask for shortcuts. We didn’t ask for watered-down arcade mechanics. We didn’t ask to be treated like we don’t matter. Yet here we are, after five years of promises, excuses, and now blatant disrespect.
Ash Habib and Steel City Interactive (SCI) have gone on record essentially saying that the so-called “5%” of hardcore fans—the ones who live and breathe boxing—aren’t important. Let that sink in. The very community that carried this project with hype, feedback, and free promotion from day one is being told to sit down and accept a product that strips boxing of its authenticity. That is a slap in the face.
Stop Forcing Fans Into a Game We Don’t Want
SCI keeps trying to force realism fans into playing a hybrid-arcade product under the disguise of “balance.” They keep repeating excuses like:
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“It can’t be done without breaking something.”
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“The engine can’t handle it.”
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“We have to appeal to casuals.”
Enough with the excuses. In 2025, everything they’re saying “can’t be done” can absolutely be done. NBA 2K individualizes player animations across massive rosters. Madden and FIFA integrate realistic tendencies and ratings without crumbling apart. MLB The Show respects authenticity while still being fun. The tech is there. The knowledge is there. SCI simply doesn’t want to do it.
And let’s be clear—if we have a Director of Product, Authenticity, and the game is leaning arcade, then he isn’t doing his job. Is “authentically arcade” even a thing? You can’t claim to deliver authenticity and then strip out the very features that make boxing authentic. That’s misrepresentation, plain and simple.
Why Boycotting Matters
Fans, this isn’t just about one game. It’s about respect. If we allow SCI to push this product down our throats and ignore the voices of the very people who care most about boxing, what message does that send? That they can silence us. That they can misrepresent the sport. That they can rewrite boxing into some arcade spamming mess and call it “authentic.”
A boycott sends a message:
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We will not support a company that disrespects its core fans.
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We will not fund sequels (Undisputed 2) that continue down the arcade path.
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We will not be forced to play something we don’t want.
Publishers, investors, and potential competitors will notice when hardcore fans—the cultural backbone of boxing gaming—stand up and say no more.
A Call to Fans
This isn’t about being negative for negativity’s sake. This is about protecting the sport we love and demanding better. Boxing deserves a video game that respects its strategy, its history, its authenticity. We’ve waited too long and invested too much passion to let SCI rewrite what boxing is supposed to be.
If you’re tired of being told to “just accept it,” if you’re tired of excuses, and if you’re tired of being disrespected, then join in:
Boycott SCI. Boycott Undisputed. Boycott any sequel that ignores realism.
Because boxing fans deserve better. And if SCI won’t deliver it, someone else will.
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