Veteran boxer “Stag” (George Bancroft) hasn’t quite had all the sense knocked out of him by the younger “Buzz” (John Wayne) so hangs up his gloves and takes up with his gal “Puff” (Wynne Gibson). That relationship is swiftly tested when his manager is accidentally killed and they end up rearing his now orphaned young son “Ted”. They are not a wealthy family by any means, but they are determined to give this youngster every chance to go to college and make a life for himself that doesn’t involve him getting pummelled. This doctrine proves even more sensible when they encounter “Buzz” a while…