James "Ice Man" Chambers is the world's top-ranked heavyweight boxer when he is accused of rape and sent to prison. Once inside, he meets Monroe Hutchen, the undefeated prison boxing champ 10 years running. Despite the efforts of prison officials to maintain order, a fight appears inevitable. Former mob boss and fellow inmate Emmanuel "Mendy " Ripstein calls in his last favors from the outside world to make sure the fight will happen and nobody, besides some Mafia gamblers from the outside, will ever be wiser.