This is an obscure gem, but for your own sanity play the emulated Genesis/Megadrive version instead. Believe me, the save/load feature is a huge lifesaver and far, far better than the in-built save system.
True. But it wasn't on SNES. There was a japanese fighting game called Battle Master on the SNES but it was unrelated. And another japanese fighting game with the same name on PS1 but again unrelated to both.
I probably got confused with the Atari version for some reason. I will edit my comment accordingly.