[1] During an amateur boxing prizefight a young boy, Joey Parker, is beaten to death, and there is no acceptable official reason for why it happened.

A newspaper refuses to print the truth of what lies behind the Parker boy's tragic death, so sportswriter Wally Matson resigns in protest.

The truth is that Parker was only one of many boys unscrupulously used by a boxing promoter, Joe Taggerty, who has paid off Wally's editor at the newspaper for his silence.

Wally personally invites amateur Billy Crane to participate in the tournament's opening match.

Taggerty's deceit is exposed, and the Golden Gloves amateur tournament wins national acclaim.