While making a series of boxing exhibitions, "Lightning" Bradley, the lightweight champion, is matched with Billy Morris in a small western town. Bradley knocks Billy out, and Billy, looking for another chance to fight, follows the champ from town to town, finally drifting into Hollywood, where Bradley is making a picture. Billy gets a chance to box Bradley before the cameras, and news of the bout is leaked to the press. Billy knocks Bradley out, and the sporting extras print the story. Billy also wins Virginia Avery, the star of the film Bradley has been making.