Burleigh Sullivan, a mild-mannered delivery man, gets into a street brawl with two drunkards, knocking out the middleweight champion, Speed McFarland, and his bodyguard. This incident ruins Speed's reputation, and his manager tries to revive his career by convincing Burleigh to become a boxer.
The Milky Way
Burleigh Sullivan, a humble milkman, stuns the boxing world when he inadvertently takes down a reigning champion in a chance street brawl, leading to an unlikely rise to fame as a formidable fighter.