Need Help: Name of Arcade Boxing Game?

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Was there ever an arcade boxing game that featured two big levers or sticks that simulated the punching motions?
2D, pixel art, predating 3D graphics. POV was first person, or third behind your character, as found in Punch Out
This would have been mid to late 80's. I vaguely recall seeing it at Great America in Gurnee IL, outside of Chicago.
Was the cabinet or at least the frame around the monitor red plastic or metal?

My googling isn't turning anything up.
(Was there a special edition or deluxe version of Punch Out this could be, perhaps?)
 
Sure enough, I found it shortly after posting. Thanks ChatGPT!

It was Heavyweight Champ, by Sega, 1987
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There is a 1976 predecessor of this game with similar kind of controls, rare as hen's teeth and to this day I bite my backside about the fact that I stood before one, had no clue what it was, and didn't haul it in the truck.

 
There is a 1976 predecessor of this game with similar kind of controls, rare as hen's teeth and to this day I bite my backside about the fact that I stood before one, had no clue what it was, and didn't haul it in the truck.


Holy Hell! You've actually SEEN Heavyweight champ? Was it available to buy? How long ago? Wow. That's super cool.
 
Yeah, I stood in front of it, wondering about those weird controlers. It was in rough shape and might have missed the bezel with the name on it, not sure. This is a very long time ago, at least 20 years, maybe 25 or longer, I hadn't been in the hobby for very long. It was only stuck in my mind because of those unique controlers, and that's how I was able to identify the game many years after the fact.
Now, that I am much more knowledgeable and have developed a deep fondness for b/w games, I would know at least roughly what I was looking at and would grab it in an instant.
We were on a warehouse raid back then, the game would probably have not cost much, but we didn't even ask... 🫠🙄🧐
 
there was also title fight
Hey wait a sec! THIS is actually the game I remember!!! I distinctly recall the red frame around the monitor, and I had a vague memory of it being side by side with a second player. When I came across Heavyweight, I figured I had remembered incorrectly.

The green grid style character is what made me think it was some Punchout variant.

I am shocked that it was 1991 though. Didn't think it was that late.

Thank you!
 
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