Become a Prizefighter

Become a Prizefighter is an unmarked quest in Fallout 2.

The New Reno championship is a boxing tournament that the Chosen One can join if they want to. Having a high Unarmed skill is recommended prior to attempting this quest.

Detailed walkthrough
If the Chosen One goes into the Jungle Gym and talks to Stuart Little, they can box. A character with a Strength below 6 or female one has to pass a Speech check.

Four different opponents will have to be defeated in order to win:
 * First fight: Joqq ($50, 500 XP)
 * Second fight: Pete McKneely ($50, 750 XP)
 * Third fight: Evan Holyfeld ($400, 1,000 XP)
 * Final fight: The Masticator ($1000, 2,500 XP)
 * If Masticator has been killed, the Chosen One will face Xander Holyland instead.

The sums are given assuming that the Chosen One gets the default 50% of the winnings; with Speech 76% and Barter 76%, they can haggle for 75% instead. They would also get any corresponding kill experience if they happen to beat a boxer to death; the announcer would count this as a knockout. Other ways of winning include:


 * Knockout (scoring a Critical Hit that knocks the opponent unconscious, or if they get a critical failure to the same effect),
 * Technical knockout (making them flee), and
 * Points (somehow managing to make a fight last 12 full rounds and win the majority of them by landing more punches than the opponent).

In a fight, only punching the opponent with the gloves is allowed; any other attack would get the character disqualified. Likewise, Buffout is prohibited here as in its bonus immediately expires (i.e. is advanced to the penalty stage) at the start of a fight.

Upon winning all four matches, the Chosen One is awarded the Prizefighter reputation title, which also allows them to loot the gym lockers without the inhabitants stopping them.

If the Chosen One loses a fight, they must ask Little for a rematch immediately or they won't get another chance. They will then go up against another boxer and the royalties will drop to 25%, but the XP gained is the same. Little can only be convinced once (unless a bug is exploited), which means the Chosen One can fight five matches in total (for which, there is a reason if the player wishes to abuse yet another bug, see notes below).

Alternate boxers
If the boxer that the Chosen One is meant to face is dead, an alternate one is substituted. The substitutions are: The first and the last of them cannot actually be fought because Joqq isn't present anywhere before the fight and if Masticator is killed, Stuart Little disappears upon returning on the 2nd street map, making it impossible to proceed.
 * Joqq — Mal Fisto
 * Pete McKneely — Tony Gunn
 * Evan Holyfeld — "Steel" Mark Torrance
 * Masticator — Xander "the Sure Thing" Holyland

Behind the scenes

 * When picking the name for the box, some are silly. Among them the Chosen One can pick Balboa, Clubber Lang, Drago or Apollo - a reference to the movie series Rocky.
 * One of the possible names is Glass Joe, a reference to the NES game Punch-Out!!.
 * When the Chosen one bites off the Masticator's ear or vice-versa, it is reference to the infamous boxing incident in which Mike Tyson bit off a portion of Evander Holyfield's ear.

Bugs
If one kills the Masticator in the Shark Club's basement, Stuart Little disappears from the game and you can't get a (next) fight anymore when going back to the Jungle Gym. Xander Holyland should have been a replacement for the Masticator in the final match but this bug stops you from being able to fight him.