Former cruiserweight champion Orlando Leone runs a youth center and works as a security guard for a local hotel. He finds himself in a confrontation with the current cruiserweight champion when responding to a complaint of too much noise in the hotel. The boxing promoter, hearing of this and the publicity it brings, blackmails Orlando into a must-fight situation. The result of this is the story of a man faced with incredible odds as he is forced back into the ring to face the current champion.
