Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.
Joe Palooka est un jeune homme naïf dont le père Pete était un boxeur champion, mais son style de vie a poussé la mère de Joe, Mayme, à le quitter et à emmener le jeune Joe au pays pour l'élever.