When socialite Eleanor Wayne meets Albert "King" Cole, a cocky, uncouth boxer whose contract her father has just purchased, the two fall in love and are married. Soon after their wedding, Albert, who is consumed with winning the world championship, leaves his wife behind as he travels the country entering matches. The self-sacrificing Eleanor permits her husband's career to take precedence over her needs as a wife, and consequently faces the birth of their first born, Albert Jr., alone. The boy grows up resenting his absent father, and when Albert returns home years later, the boy shuns him. Albert, his pride hurt and believing that Eleanor no longer loves him, leaves her. Eleanor then sues for divorce and wins, but Albert is awarded custody of their son for the first six months. Albert does everything in his power to win Albert Jr.'s love, but it is not until the night of the championship match, when Albert meets defeat, that he gains the respect of his son and regains the love of his wife, who is waiting for him at ringside.
