Biography about boxer Jørgen 'Gamle' Hansen.

"The best man" is the story of the legendary Danish boxer Jørgen "Gamle" Hansen and his wife Hanne. When we meet Jørgen at the end of the 1970s, most people have judged him finished in boxing. He is afraid to go in the ring, his body is worn out and the bank is threatening to take the house from him and his family. Only one thing holds it all together. His beloved Hanne - manager and wife in one. But when Hanne decides that the Hansen family will house promoter Mogens Palle's new African boxing hope Ayub Kalule, an unexpected friendship sprouts, and thanks to his new friend and sparring partner, Jørgen slowly begins to regain faith in himself. And when, against all odds, he is offered an EC title fight against the fearsome Englishman Dave "Boy" Green, who can save both his career and his family's home, he must face his greatest enemy once and for all: A panicked horror of boxing .—Nordiskfilm