Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man. The business man owns most of a boxing-mad town called Diggstown. The bet
is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men| in a boxing ring| within 24 hours. "Honey" Roy Palmer is that man - although at 48| many say he
is too old. A sub plot is thrown in about Charles Macum Diggs - the heavyweight champion that gave the town its name - and who is now confined to a wheel-chair.