Paul Phoneix is an American fighter whose battle-spirit was first kindled by his watching 'Bear Killer Willy Williams' as a child. Something of a drifter, Paul has no real career, instead making money by street fighting and taking occasional work as a bouncer while he pursued his real passion: proving himself to be the toughest fighter in the universe. He is good friends with the boxer Steve Fox, the martial artist Marshall Law and his son, Forest Law.