When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.
A middle-aged insomniac lives a pretty basic life except for using cancer support groups weekly to help him sleep until he meets Tyler Durden. Tyler Durden is the absolute opposite of the main character. Together they start an underground fighting club, make soap, out of human fat, to sell to rich people, wreak havoc on the city and terrorize most of everyone around them.