<s>
Boxing	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
interpretation	O
of	O
the	O
sport	O
of	O
boxing	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
programmer	O
Bob	O
Whitehead	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Boxer	O
,	O
an	O
unreleased	O
1978	O
arcade	O
game	O
from	O
Whitehead	O
's	O
previous	O
employer	O
,	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Boxer	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Mike	O
Albaugh	O
who	O
also	O
wrote	O
Drag	O
Race	O
for	O
Atari	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
cloned	O
by	O
Activision	O
as	O
Dragster	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Boxing	B-Application
shows	O
a	O
top-down	O
view	O
of	O
two	O
boxers	O
,	O
one	O
white	O
and	O
one	O
black	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
close	O
enough	O
,	O
a	O
boxer	O
can	O
hit	O
his	O
opponent	O
with	O
a	O
punch	O
(	O
executed	O
by	O
pressing	O
the	O
fire	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	O
joystick	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Boxing	B-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
by	O
Video	O
magazine	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
Arcade	O
Alley	O
"	O
column	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
"demonstrat[ing]	O
Activision	O
's	O
willingness	O
to	O
strike	O
out	O
boldly	O
in	O
new	O
directions	O
"	O
and	O
praised	O
for	O
keeping	O
things	O
from	O
"	O
becoming	O
needlessly	O
complex	O
"	O
by	O
making	O
automatic	O
punch-type	O
selection	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Boxing	B-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Game	B-Device
Room	I-Device
service	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
an	O
extended	O
academic	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
called	O
Clever	O
Boxer	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
benchmark	O
for	O
Game	B-Application
AI	I-Application
.	O
</s>
