Los Angeles, 1954 ... Organized Crime, boxing, and ... romance... Jimmy Doherty, hard-luck orphan from the south side of Chicago, was mentored in the Sweet Science by Father Tim Brophy, the Battling Priest of St. Vincent's Asylum for Boys. Jimmy's fists were good enough to take him to LA where he's rising up the local fight-cards. He plans to be a contender and has even bigger plans for Lindy--his trainer's only daughter, who's sweeter than apple pie and harder to resist. When Lindy is arrested for killing a boxer, Jimmy is forced to join forces with the arresting detective--who would like to do much more with Lindy than put her in handcuffs--in a desperate search for the real killer. Love can be murder--in the ring and out...
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