4-D Boxing

4D Sports Boxing (1991), developed by Distinctive Software, Inc. (DSI), was a groundbreaking title that essentially brought the "4D Sports" series into the third dimension. While the title says "4D," it was actually a pioneer of 3D polygon-based sports games, moving away from the flat sprites common in the early 90s.
The primary objective is to take a custom-created boxer from the bottom of the rankings all the way to The Champ.
You start as a rookie and choose which attributes to focus on: Speed, Power, or Stamina. Between fights, you enter the gym to improve these stats through mini-games (like jumping rope or lifting weights). Your boxer ages over time. If you don't reach the top rank before your boxer gets too old, you’re forced into retirement, making it a race against time as much as against opponents.
Unlike Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!, which used 2D drawings, 4D Boxing used stylized 3D polygons. While they look like "triangular stick figures" today, in 1991, they allowed for incredibly fluid, motion-captured animations that felt much more realistic than anything else on the market.
The "4th Dimension" in the title (a bit of a marketing stretch) referred to the innovative camera system. You could play from a ringside view, a bird's-eye view, or even first-person mode through the eyes of your boxer. You weren't just mashing buttons. You had to time your jabs, hooks, and uppercuts while managing your stamina. If you swung too wildly, your boxer would get tired and become a sitting duck.

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