Back in the mid 1900's Mexico was proud to have more world boxing champions in the small categories, than any other Country. Boxing was perhaps one of the few opportunities where a typical low income Mexican(75% of the population)could have success in life. Kids started boxing in their ghettos, a few of them made it to the Pro's and an even fewer amount got to be famous and earn good money from it. Those that got to the top soon found out that suddenly they had a great amount of people that surrounded them and helped them spend their money. But immersed in their new life styles they could never leave their origins and find a better future for them. This is what "Campeon sin Corona" tries to convey; a boxer that even when he has succeeded can not live up to his new status and prefers to be the same loser he was in his earlier years. There may not be in the Mexican Movies Industry a picture that better displays the way of thinking and acting of the vast majority of Mexicans of the 20th Century....
20世纪三十年代的美国富兰克林，Bondurant家的三兄弟Forrest（汤姆·哈迪 Tom Hardy饰），Howard（杰森·克拉科 Jason Clarke饰）和 Jack（希亚·拉博夫 Shia LaBeouf饰）做私酒生意做得风生水起，在当地小有名气。然而当地真正的黑帮老大却是Floyd Banner（加里·奥德曼 Gary Oldman 饰）。Forrest的酒吧里新招了一名女服务生Maggie Beauford（杰西卡·查斯坦 Jessica Chastain 饰），而Jack则爱上了一个神父的女儿Bertha Minnix（米娅·华希科沃斯卡 Mia Wasikowska 饰）。Jack经常和他的好朋友Cricket Pate（戴恩·德哈恩 Dane DeHaan 饰）一起鼓捣一些新奇的东西，然而在他两个哥哥眼里他却始终是个不能真正......
