设置在这两个80年代末和当天，“早在天”讲述的是安东尼·罗德里格斯（威廉保护套），半意坚韧不拔的故事 - 一半波多黎各年轻小将在本森赫斯特，布鲁克林街头长大;然后一个非常危险和种族主义邻里充满了恶霸，大款和社交俱乐部，所有的邻居镜头被称为。安东尼不得不忍受虐待，失业，酗酒的父亲但他失去了在一个非常早期的年龄谁，是由它破坏的培育，勤劳的母亲祝福。尽管他的苦头，他挣扎着坚持他的母亲教他的道德和保留尽管是高达排除万难他的尊严。他是当地的黑帮老大，恩佐DeVino（迈克尔·马德森），谁支持安东尼的愿望通过拳击运动逃脱他的恶魔翅膀下服用。恩佐与教练（丹尼·格洛弗），谁经营指接安东尼，而安东尼转成一个竞争者，虽然他坎坷的一生和朋友，谁似乎总是让他陷入麻烦，阻碍了他的职业生涯。当他旅行与实现一个成功的职业拳击生涯的几乎不可能实现的目标成年后，安东尼设法不仅走亲，但硬是打他的方式达到顶峰，并在一个不太可能的年龄成为世界冠军量级拳击手。但不能没有爱情，爱情，羞辱，报复和复仇扮演的角色在他的旅程顶端的损失。但是，当他终于没有让顶端，谁将会留下任何安东尼曾经关心，要分享吗？谁还会留在安东尼成功的方式来获得，而住他的梦想？

　Set in both the late 80's and current day, "Back in the Day" is a gritty tale about Anthony Rodriguez (William DeMeo), a half Italian - half Puerto Rican young teenager growing up on the streets of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn; a then very dangerous and racist neighborhood filled with bullies, big shots and social clubs where all of the neighborhood shots were called. Anthony had to endure an abusive, unemployed, alcoholic father but was blessed with a nurturing, hard-working mother who he loses at a very early age and is devastated by it. In spite of his bitterness, he struggles to uphold the morals his Mother taught him and retain his dignity in spite of being up against all odds. He is taken under the wing of a local mob boss, Enzo DeVino (Michael Madsen), who supports Anthony's wishes to escape his demons through the sport of boxing. Enzo connects Anthony with a trainer (Danny Glover), who means business, and turns Anthony into a contender although his troubled life and friends, who seem to always get him into trouble, hinder his career. As he journeys into adulthood with the nearly impossible goal of achieving a successful professional boxing career, Anthony manages to not only go pro, but literally fight his way to the top and become a world champion middleweight boxer at an unlikely age. But not without love, loss of love, humiliation, retaliation and revenge playing roles in his journey to the top. But when he finally does make it to the top, who will be left of anyone Anthony has ever cared about, to share it with? And who will be left to get in the way of Anthony's success, and living his dream?