after the suicide of his father and charlie kid davis ( ray ` boom boom mancini ) accept the invitation and advice of his friend tiny ( michael chiklis ) and travel to las vega with him try to become a boxer . on the road and they meet gina ( jennifer beals ) hitchhike and they give a lift to her and she become charlie girlfriend . johnny ticotin ( rod steiger ) be convince by tiny to be charlie couch and and the powerful agent alex duma ( joe mantegna ) and after watch him fight and become his manager and promote charlie career . this movie be so boring that it indeed do not deserve to spend much time write about it . i do not like box and but sometimes i watch some worthwhile movie about this theme . but this one be horrible . predictable and full of clichés and have an awful lead actor and a pure waste of time . my vote be three . title ( brazil ) represent ` corpo e alma ( ` body and soul ) .