Punching Out is a collection of short stories about fighters after all the fight has gone out of them. Eleven retired boxers receive an invitation to fight in one last televised match, and as they descend upon a rundown arena in Hell's Kitchen, New York, they each hurtle toward a personal reckoning. Based on the 1987 Nintendo game Punch-Out!! the collection catches up with the characters from the game 30 years later on, as they confront themes of gender, sexuality, culture, violence and redemption.