Two teenagers are drawn into the dangerous world of underground boxing, each with their own motivations: one to save his ailing father and pay off his father's debts, and the other to escape the poverty of the ghetto. As they fight for survival, they form an unlikely friendship, but are ultimately forced to face each other in a brutal showdown.

Gladiator
Tommy Riley, a young boy, moves to Chicago with his father and finds himself immersed in the underground boxing scene following a spontaneous street fight.