The shocking murder of a 92 year old woman in Poughkeepsie demands justice, and amateur boxer Dewey Bozella is fingered by some youths in the neighborhood. Against a travesty of false eyewitnesses, unreliable evidence, and similar crimes for which another man has been tried and convicted, Bozella is shipped off to Sing Sing. There he rekindles his love of boxing for survival and salvation. becoming the jailhouse champion while continuing to fight for his freedom.
—Joe Woodward