If your fighter ends up taking a lot of damage, the screen blurs and the speakers emit static…it’s probably a good time to clinch. Punches thrown may result in mists of blood and you may be on the receiving end as well. Counter an opponent or lay on a beating and the damage that you inflict on your opponent shows up on their face, conveying the feeling of fatigue and pain at the same time. Real Boxing is a that game rewards timing and the graphics really accentuates this. That manga revolved around boxing, and Real Boxing gave me the opportunity to act out the matches from the manga, right here on my iPad. I don’t watch pay-per-view boxing, but each punch, dodge, block and counter, reminded me of my favourite Japanese manga, Hajime no Ippo. My particular boxer went through the early rounds of the Rooster Cup, and despite the lower difficulty from the get-go (it gets harder as you advance), I couldn’t help but be impressed with the matches that I had. Once you’ve gotten to grips with either one of the two controls available, you basically can go for a quick match, go through a career mode or, if you have the guts and skills, take it online via multiplayer matches courtesy of Game Center. Players start off by picking a fighter and a nationality, and the tutorial takes players through the ropes of being a pugilist (but there’s more!). But graphics aside, what matters more was the boxing, and boy, Real Boxing really delivers a knock-out punch in this aspect. Vivid Games latest magnum opus for iOS devices (yup, it’s available for the iPhone and iPod touch too) features some of most, awesome graphics available on the platform, courtesy of the Unreal Engine platform. You know, I never had a more satisfying bout than the one that I had just now in Real Boxing for the iPad.