A teenager home from military school dreams of seeing a historic heavyweight fight in person.
In 1972 Omaha, Nebraska, the residents are all talking about the heavyweight championship fight between Ron Stander and Joe Frazier. Teenage Tim Palensky has come home from Military school and desperately want to attend the fight but can't afford a ticket. Meanwhile, George Foreman is in town watching the fight, hoping to get his shot at the title.