[1] Boxing fan Sonya Bartow and manager Pop Richardson are both impressed the first time they see amateur Paul Callan win a fight.

A romantic relationship begins with Sonya, but she refuses to marry Paul until he's a champion.

Ann begins seeing Paul socially, takes him to a deaf-children's school and introduces him to her deaf father, a successful architect.

Paul goes back to Sonya and is excitedly told that a fight's been arranged with Logan, the champ.

Paul discovers that Sonya has hidden a telegram from the doctor, explaining that a beating in the ring could cause him to again go deaf.