Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.


The Champion (1915)
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Charlie Chaplin
Challenger

Edna Purviance
Trainer's Daughter
EVP
Ernest Van Pelt
Spike Dugan

Lloyd Bacon
Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee

Leo White
Crooked gambler

Carl Stockdale
Sparring Partner

Billy Armstrong
Sparring Partner
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Paddy McGuire
Sparring Partner

Bud Jamison
Bob Uppercut, Champion