Setinboththelate80’sandcurrentday,BackintheDayisagrittytaleaboutAnthonyRodriguez(WilliamDeMeo),ahalfItalian-halfPuertoRicanyoungteenagergrowinguponthestreetsofBensonhurst,Brooklyn;athenverydangerousandracistneighborhoodfilledwithbullies,bigshotsandsocialclubswherealloftheneighborhoodshotswerecalled.Anthonyhadtoendureanabusive,unemployed,alcoholicfatherbutwasblessedwithanurturing,hard-workingmotherwhohelosesataveryearlyageandisdevastatedbyit.Inspiteofhisbitterness,hestrugglestoupholdthemoralshisMothertaughthimandretainhisdignityinspiteofbeingupagainstallodds.Heistakenunderthewingofalocalmobboss,EnzoDeVino(MichaelMadsen),whosupportsAnthony’swishestoescapehisdemonsthroughthesportofboxing.EnzoconnectsAnthonywithatrainer(DannyGlover),whomeansbusiness,andturnsAnthonyintoacontenderalthoughhistroubledlifeandfriends,whoseemtoalwaysgethimintotrouble,hinderhiscareer.Ashejourneysintoadulthoodwiththenearlyimpossiblegoalofachievingasuccessfulprofessionalboxingcareer,Anthonymanagestonotonlygopro,butliterallyfighthiswaytothetopandbecomeaworldchampionmiddleweightboxeratanunlikelyage.Butnotwithoutlove,lossoflove,humiliation,retaliationandrevengeplayingrolesinhisjourneytothetop.Butwhenhefinallydoesmakeittothetop,whowillbeleftofanyoneAnthonyhasevercaredabout,toshareitwith?AndwhowillbelefttogetinthewayofAnthony’ssuccess,andlivinghisdream?