 It s wartime 1942, and hapless entrepreneur Yaakov Gendelmayer has an idea for a morale-boosting publicity stunt: bring Jewish former heavyweight boxer Max Baer to Palestine to fight a German boxer, in an effort to recreate Baer s legendary bout against Hitler s darling, Max Schmeling. Sixty years later, Gendelmayer s son comes to Israel to meet old-timers and find out the truth about Max Baer s last right hook.