Much of the control and gameplay in Fight Night Round 3 is similar to Round 2, with some additions and tweaks.  Total Control Punching is back, although you can also choose to use the buttons to punch if you are not comfortable with it.  The way Fight Night’s total control punching works is with a combination of both analog sticks and the top triggers.  The left stick moves your boxer; left and right sidesteps your boxer in the ring, while up and down moves your fighter forward and backward.  It will take you a couple of fights to get that figured out right.  The right analog stick does all your punching.  Up and left throws jabs to the head, up and right throws straights to the head.  To throw body punches, you need to hold the left trigger and punch as if you were throwing head shots.  Throwing hooks and uppercuts are accomplished by doing "street-fighter"-style fireball moves on the right stick.  Moving the stick to the right, then up will throw a right hook, and vice-versa for a left hook. Doing a dragon punch will throw an uppercut. And of course, holding down the L2 will throw these to the body.  A match in the last version of Fight Night often turned in to a haymaker fest.  This essentially took any strategy out of the fight.  EA changed that in Fight Night Round 3 with the addition of three new Impact Punches.  It only takes one punch to change a fight, and these new punches can do just that.  There is a lot of risk with these punches, but the reward is well worth the risk.  One of the new punches will even put you in a mid-fight mini-game that will let you land a knockdown punch.  If you fail to land one of these punches, you better be prepared to take a beating.  Also, you can really use ducking and blocking to your advantage much more than before.  In fact, ducking and weaving becomes a critical part of winning bouts in the game.  And just like before, you can parry a boxer’s attack and open him up for a devistating counterpunch.  In fact, if you can parry off someone’s punch, and counter with a heavy Impact blow, you can pretty much send your opponent to the canvas in a big hurry.