The film offers a rare glimpse into the Cuban experience, paralleling a day in the lives of two boxers in Havana, one at the start of his competitive career and the other at his end. The former is 7-year-old Daniel who dreams of becoming a national boxing star, and the latter is Evelio, a 45-year-old former combat-sport champion who now works multiple jobs in order to make an adequate living. The film reflects on how the Cuban ambition has been hampered by the realities of a country weighed by economic siege for the past 60 years: unlike Evelio, Daniel has yet to realize that the real Cuban fight is the one that lies not within the boxing ring, but beyond.