When the daughter of his trainer dies of a drug overdose at his house, world light heavyweight champion Travis Austin (Lee Kholafai) takes the blame and goes to prison, even though the drugs were brought into his house by his sparring partner, Joe (Brandon Sklenar).

After four years of being incarcerated, Travis is released into a brand new world.  His wife (Korrina Rico), who waited for his release and only cheated on him once in a moment of weakness, now works as a waitress and lives in a small apartment.  Joe is now not only the light heavyweight champion but also refuses to help Travis get back on his feet.  Travis finally ends up working at a gym, owned by the cantankerous Frank Maloney (Mark Rolston).  It’s a tough life but an unexpected opportunity gives Travis a chance to win back his title.

Glass Jaw pretty much lost me as soon as Travis decided to take the rap and go to prison for something that Joe was responsible for.  Being loyal is one thing but being stupid is something else and, by taking the fall, Travis put his wife in a terrible position.  The film had all of the usual boxing cliches but the Big Fight at the end was strangely anti-climatic, even if both Kholafai and Sklenar looked credible while they were throwing punches at each other.

The best performance in the film was delivered by Jon Gries, who had a small role as Travis’s alcoholic father.  I would have liked for the entire movie to have been about his character.