Eddie "Hudson Hawk" Hawkins was given the nickname Hudson Hawk by his friends because a "Hawk" is the slang term for the cold breeze that comes off a river and Eddie grew up by the Hudson River...so Hudson River...Hudson Hawk. Orphened at an early age he and his portly older brother Tommy nicknamed Five tone survived on petty burgulary and the odd theft.

Most of his matches start off as clean technical bouts, but as the match goes on Cole tends to break rules and the matches lean a little more Hardcore and Violent.

Eddie though excelled...quickly becoming a master. But even the greatest of thieves gets caught. And Eddie eventually did. He did his time, and recently got paroled.

All he wants is a good cappuccino, but since being paroled he's been approached by the Mafia, a ruthless business corporation AND the CIA about doing a job for them. So much for retirement. It seems no matter what Eddie does, he's going to be bound to what he does best. Being a thief.