No Magic, No Flying, No Bucking. These are the rules of Manehatten Pro Boxing.

Boxing Glove and his brother Stryker Malt-House plan to open a bar in Ponyville, however they are a few thousand bits short. While in town Boxing discovers a pamphlet for a boxing tournament being held in Manehatten, with a first place reward of 10,000 bits. He enters but gets mixed feelings when he meets another contender (Applejack) and falls for her.

Applejack gets the same idea to compete so that she can replace expensive broken farm equipment.