A former promising boxer, Taras, now earns a living with day jobs. When his mother becomes deadly sick, Taras decides to participate in illegal fights without any rules. Taras quickly makes a career of it, till he makes a powerful enemy in crime boss Skulsky, who refuses to pay him and endangers the lives of Taras's friends because Taras will never throw a fight. When Taras finds out that Skulsky's boxing club is preparing for a main fight against the club of his father, Taras returns to the sports to help his former coach with the main fight. But when the mafia bets one million dollars on the outcome, the rules of boxing no longer apply.