In the game, players take control of an up-and-coming boxer known as "The Kid." The entire game is played from a first-person perspective. As The Kid, players face four computer opponents: "Honeyboy" Hernandez, "Mega" Joe Falco, T. Rex Hawkins and the champ, Nuke "the Duke" Johnson.[2] During matches, players punch and block to defeat the opponent, each of whom has a different style. Between fights, cutscenes play in which The Kid is approached by various people from handicapped children who look up to The Kid, to gangsters who want The Kid to intentionally lose the fight.