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I said $1 million so your show doesn't have a headliner.

$1 million?

That's totally unacceptable.

I usually, I'm going right for it because I've found a $2 million

three. Don't worry, Gilbert, he's not going to get a penny. I wouldn't be so

sure of that, Valerie Iron.

You know, I'm not sure, but I think now would be a good time to bring into

action. You're right. Tasha!

Shut your mouth!

Too many steps, pal!

away with this, okay?

What?

You guys don't understand. I got my lucky punch. I'm not a bodyguard. But we

are. You'd be a figurehead. A name on the door. You'll probably never even

the office.

You'll help us pull in the rich and famous.

We'll do the rest. We're professionals.

We'll take care of all the tough stuff.

So I'll never be in any danger?

Never. Never?

Never.

Haven't you heard?

I can handle a peel.

Yeah, well, apples are rough on Eve, but I still eat pie.

I have invested way too much money in your boxing syndicate.

Right now, I'm better than the Dow Jones.

So don't go joking about your book.

It's a great stable of boxes.

We don't see the real money until the competition is gone.

When comes?

There's Sicilian mob.

Roots deep.

We have all the rules.

One good chop, and we see sunlight.

My tree cutter's working on it even as we speak.

Did you guys see that movie Raging Bull where Robert De Niro got his nose, like,

smushed everywhere and it was disgusting?

Hey, look, we're talking the real thing tonight, Val.

Poetry in motion.

Real blood.

Sweaty, bare -chested men.

You know, boxing's okay if you're into only using your hands. Hey, now, Quick

did it for a living. Can't be that bad.

They don't do it for a living. They live to do it. Ah, okay, Bogart and the

heart of their fault.

So, who's this Rigo guy you're dying to see fight tonight?

Rigo Fernandez, my old sparring partner.

Back to Wicked by Kroc.

Nothing's going to stop him after he wins tonight.

Get your scrawny butt off the canvas. You got a family to feed.

He does?

I don't know. But that's what got Sly going in Rocky III.

One.

Two. Six. Must take quite a talent to walk on canvas in those heels. Eight.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, for tonight's main event in the welterweight

division.

Well, if it isn't the beautiful and lethal Valerie Irons. Do I know you?

Forgive my lack of manners. I'm Carlo.

I'm the promoter of this fight.

And allow me to introduce the next middleweight champion of the world.

You're getting punchy, Williams. Yeah, well, you've taken one too many upside

your head.

Get out of here.

Yeah, well, I believe it was Hanley that kicked your butt in the last fight you

fought.

Wasn't it, Williams?

I do hope that we meet again.

I don't think he heard you.

No, see, he's real focused right now. He's got his game face on.

No private parties up here. Arena personnel only. Got an electrical

Better tell that to the guys in the press booth. Can't get their mics

Got you working overtime, huh?

Show's got to go on.

No problem.

You take it easy.

Congratulate. Tell him I think it's awesome.

Why don't you come tell him yourself?

Okay. All right, come on.

Excuse us.

Excuse us.

You're a good fighter, Rigo.

But you got no options here.

Look, I'm not going to lay down for Hanley.

Okay.

I'll give you a choice.

You take a dive in the Hanley fight where you can give it your best shot

only nine fingers.

Here's Rigo's room right here.

What's going on?

You want to give us a minute here? There's a closed door meeting.

Absolutely. Guess you missed the buzzer.

The buzzer? At the zoo, it's time to lock up the cages.

Your boy's overdue.

What? Yeah, come on. You want pizza, mate?

That's right. Come and tell him whatever he said.

I miss science.

You really don't need to get involved here. This ain't your fight either, man.

It is now.

You two wait in the limo. Go.

Go.

Johnson. Yeah, you better amp her before she has another one of her mood swings.

This doesn't change anything.

Hey, man.

Oh, don't expect me to thank you. Come on, Rico.

It's happening all over again, isn't it?

What's he talking about?

What you ask him.

Look, whatever the two of you guys got going on, it doesn't make any

You still need our help.

Thank you.

But no thanks.

in like that for almost an hour.

I think it has something to do with Rico.

Oh, you think?

Did you look up Quick's boxing record like I asked?

Eight wins, one loss in professional battle.

After the loss, it's like he fell into a wormhole or something.

Oh, and Mickey said that she had some checking up to do.

Whatever that means.

He's not going to open up.

Not until he's ready.

I have ways of making him talk.

Work it out now. Chat later, okay?

Fine.

Just tell me what could happen to you in the 54 like boxing to get you this

upset.

54? Yeah, you heard me.

I know what you're doing.

Tell you what.

I'll put on gloves and we'll go at it.

You men, we're done talking. You don't win. You explain to me why a simple

knife ends up with us throwing the punches.

Or would you rather take it out on a little bang?

All right.

I was a little distracted.

I mean, your body's moving in places where most boxers don't even have

Enough of Jesus.

Not bad.

Did you lose a thing?

I got plenty.

Yeah, you mean hot air.

You know what? I ain't getting tired of this so long.

I said I'd talk.

I didn't say to who.

Are you sure that these shoes go with this outfit?

Yeah, I wouldn't have picked them out otherwise.

Oh, oh, I'll get it. You sit there and stuff yourself.

I need to talk to you.

Oh, really? Well, do you want coffee or anything? I mean, how do you take it

again? Decaf, lashes nonfat, no sugar.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I always wanted to be a fighter. You had a dream.

I trained hard.

Drinking raw eggs, pounding a speedy bag.

Speed bag.

Whatever.

Then I made a mistake.

A bad mistake.

Wait a second. How bad?

Bad.

Anyway, it was a long time ago, and... Oh, my kitty.

I'm still not ready to talk about it.

Well, this thing you're not ready to talk about, is that why Regal has a

problem? Yes and no.

Back then, the problems were mine, not his.

And now he's the one in trouble.

Exactly.

I gotta help him, even if he doesn't want me to.

Oh, well, you guys will get back together. You guys will work it out.

Look at me and Max. We fight all the time.

Just the other day, she was throwing this huge hissy fit about the garbage

was piling up around here. It just stunk like crazy. So I took matters into my

own hands, and I took out the garbage, and I said, you, from now on, take out

the garbage every Wednesday.

See what I mean?

Yeah.

Right.

That's exactly where you're coming from.

Glad I stopped by.

You know, I could, um, call Rigo if you want me to. No, it's my problem.

You two just stay out of the mix.

Thanks for the coffee, Maxine.

Okay.

Now trash is your job.

I was just trying to make a point. Yeah, but trash is your job.

It doesn't matter, okay? I've got to help Click. No, no, no. He just said

had to go mix.

Whatever he doesn't know won't hurt him. Yeah, but how's he not going to know

that we're in this mix after we just mix, you know, where we're not supposed

mix?

Exactly.

You know, this reminds me of this reminds me of Fat City with Stacey Keats

Jeff Bridges. Yeah. They were guys. Yeah.

Yeah.

Way to work it, sugar.

Who you got working in your corner?

What class are you looking for?

Class?

We already graduated.

Weight class, Billy.

Oh, I see a weight I like.

We'll get back to you. We'll get back to you. Uh -huh. Keep up the good work.

Nice move.

You kind of got a John Garfield kind of body and soul thing going on. True.

You look familiar.

Oh, just a couple of broads, you know, in the fight game.

Yeah, that's us.

Oh, you want to fight on a boxing card with Quick Williams? Not interested.

Guy's a punk.

He's dreamy is what he is.

She means he has a dream to make a comeback.

That won't happen.

No one would make a match after what he did.

Which is?

Why don't you ask him yourself?

Yeah, give me a hand, will you?

You know, maybe he wants to straighten things out.

Why all the interest in Williams?

Who are you two?

Nobody important, you know.

Hey.

You trying to start something?

I mean, I'm not scared of you.

I'm scared of you. They bugging you, Rigo?

I'm scared of you.

I'm supposed to play in tea. Which is? Get the hell out of here. All right.

Come on.

Tell me the truth.

You didn't come here just for socializing, right?

Grandpa, come on.

Nicolette, I may be an old man, but I know things.

What's your interest in Rigo Fernandez?

I hear things.

You know, I still got my hand in the fight game.

More than those young Turks would like.

So, Rego and Quick Williams, what's the connection?

A bit of boxing history we'd like to forget.

Grandpa, that doesn't really hit me.

Look, I got to tell a story my own way.

Understand?

Have a seat.

Quick, will you?

Used to call him the Toro Fiero.

The Iron Bull.

When he came charging.

Hey, look out.

Tell me again why I'm here. Oh, come on. You're the best salesman we got.

True. And it's a big potential client. And who could turn you down? Be

Good head for business. Nice body.

What does that got to do with it? Well, it couldn't hurt, though.

We lied, but we thought if you guys could talk it out, you could be friends

again. There's nothing to talk about.

I've got to use the ladies' room. We've got to go.

Okay,

you two.

What's the problem?

He knows.

Stop what you think.

How do you know what I think?

Did you ask me?

If I'd have let you get involved, you would have been tarred with the same

brush. Okay, one of you guys has got to tell us pretty soon, because we're not

leaving until you do.

He did was unforgivable.

Ruined him forever in the fight game.

I had no choice.

Even though I knew I'd never fight again.

He threw a fight.

Right there in front of 2 ,000 paying fans.

Plop. He laid down and kissed the mat, for God's sake.

I had money on him to beat Jib Hanley. Against Hanley, too.

I knew I could have taken him.

Ah, I didn't want to think of that.

It's not a pill.

They framed me with a bogus drug rap.

If I didn't take the dive, everyone around me would have gone down.

You too, Riggo.

I don't really feel any better, but at least I know.

Now you know.

So now that the table's a turn, you think you can help me?

It's true, Riggo. Just don't make the same dumbass mistake that I had.

Sorry.

No.

I should have told you.

I see that now, and I'm sorry.

Okay, I accept.

Then shake hands and make up.

Missed you, brother.

Missed you too, ma 'am.

I don't know what's going on with Quick.

We're way ahead of you.

Uh -huh.

Wow.

Okay, I'll call you back. I'll call you back.

Take my jacket, man.

Just take it. I'll explain later.

What's going on?

Give me the keys, too.

Stay here. Count to 30. Take Rigo to the penthouse and the Jag.

I'll meet you there. Come on. Go.

Forget about what Quick said. I say recovery is bad.

You didn't expect this pretty face, huh?

Not so fast.

Quick!

Couldn't leave you behind, man.

Hey, man.

Hey.

How you feeling?

I don't know.

How do I look?

Not too good.

Yeah, at least I have an excuse.

You're a lucky man, Riggle. A couple of clean breaks.

Doctor says you'll be good as new.

Yeah, in eight weeks.

Looks like the Henley fight's gonna have to wait.

Because the only other guy I know who could take him is right in this room.

I was just thinking.

Maybe we shouldn't let Hanley off so easy.

I said could take him. Past tense.

You're no shame.

What you talking about, man? I'm beating down bad guys all the time.

There's no way Montesinos will let you fight him.

What if he did?

This could set a lot of things right for me.

I need your blessing.

You got it.

I told you Tasha's diplomatic immunity card wouldn't work anymore.

We would have gotten towed if I hadn't been here.

Kay, I want you to do me a favor.

Oh, no. Forget it. I am not hacking into the Department of Motor Vehicles again.

Just pay the ticket.

I was thinking more along the lines of Rigo's account at the hospital.

Why? I want his bill sent right to me.

It's the least I can do.

Come on.

a progress.

Williams came by looking for a shot at my boy Hanley this afternoon.

I turned him down.

So what's next?

I'll have to go elsewhere to make it happen.

And when he does?

Like I said, we cut down the tree.

Check every angle. The plan is solid.

You're as good as you say you are.

Give me the distraction.

I'll be more precise than a machine.

It's nice to see you too, Don Franco.

I just said you are more beautiful than a flower, Val. Oh, thank you.

Hey, Val,

you want to take this shop for me?

Let me see.

Five on the side, three in the corner.

Grandpa. Remember that little problem we discussed about my partner?

Oh, yeah, Quick Williams.

He wants to fight again.

I know you said he wouldn't, but there's a reason for what he did in the past.

Hey, where'd you learn to do that?

Community college.

So you can help us, Don Franco?

Let me guess.

Carlos Montesinas won't make the match.

You know Montesinas?

Montesinas. Do I know Montesinas?

If that means yes.

Montesinas was wearing short pants when we was drinking martinis with every

crooked cop in the city.

I don't like the fazool.

He thinks he runs this town.

He walked into the gambling, into the protection racket, into the box.

Giuseppe, make a note.

If that little punk tries to edge in on our palm top business, we do something.

Palm top?

Yeah, a buck and a half in parts for the whole shebang.

I mean, it's got a better profit margin than stealing.

Can we stay on track here?

Montesinas won't let Quick fight Hanley.

He won't? Well, let me tell you something.

Carlos Montesinas has got no say as to who fights who in this town. You want to

fight? Vittorio Franco's the man to take care of that.

Yeah.

Let's kick some fazoolies.

I love this kid.

Like I said, 41, 42, 43, 44,

45. Jab,

jab, jab, right, left, right, left.

One, two, three.

Uppercut, uppercut.

Uppercut.

You probably haven't brought in a side of beef for me to pound.

Wait. I went veggie for Linda McCartney, did you?

No.

Looks like he's ready.

Carolina.

We're there.

I can see this is somebody you don't want to mess with.

Quick is going in the ring in less than an hour.

But they're not going to be big enough tired -ass losers to go after him in

here. Yeah, well, they're feeling pretty desperate.

All right, now you guys are scaring me.

They're not going to let Quick just walk away from this.

Let's take our positions and make sure that he does.

All right, look, we need a distraction, okay? So see if you can take a punch and

go down for an eight count.

If I let him hit me, he's going to pop my eye open.

it'll still leave you with one good one.

Look, we're going to make it worth your while. Just create the distraction.

Hey, hey, you did a great job. Easy, easy. You're driving me a little harder

than I expected, right?

Oh, well, don't worry about it, because you know what? With the payoff you're

going to get, you won't have to suit up for a long time.

Why don't you go talk to your old sparring partner and give him some words

encouragement, huh?

This is going to be a great day in boxing history.

Williams versus Hanley.

Not exactly the fight of the century.

It's not about you and your fighters.

Today at Varas and how we took over the fight scene in Los Angeles.

In a way that sends a real message to the old man.

Electronic mail, wait there.

Oh,

that can't be right.

Minor injury, paid in full by Carlos Montesinas?

Oh, no.

Tell you, Montesina's paid Rigo's bill.

Something is going on.

You're breaking up. I will see you when you get here, okay?

No, no, not okay.

Hey, man.

You don't have to do this, man.

What could you, man?

You don't have to prove anything to me.

But maybe I'm doing it for myself.

You all right?

I'm about to beat this fool down, man.

Come on, baby.

Give me some.

There it is, baby. What?

What?

Maxine in position?

The okay sign's still up.

I wish we could have put radios on.

Where would we put them?

Your grandfather's here.

Really? He actually came?

It's just like the old days.

What are you doing here?

Are you surprised I'm here? I made this far. Of course I'm going to be here.

Well, it's good that you never leave the house anymore.

Thanks to you.

I'm getting a little fresh air.

That's what I like to hear.

What's the matter?

Rico is one of the bad guys. He practically went into a body bag for

I don't think so.

His injuries were fake.

Get set up.

Nikki, meet me up in the quick stretching room now. No time to explain.

I have to go.

What's wrong?

Just stay right here.

Okay, I'm in position.

Wait here.

Is he alive?

Check him. No, no. Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my gosh. Okay.

He's not breathing. Okay, he's not breathing.

Good. Okay, come on. Let's go to Tasha.

No, no, no.

Don't come, sir. Let's go, let's go, let's go.

You are not Cagney and Lacey.

I know.

Not in these outfits, we're not.

Hey, you.

I can't breathe.

What's Montesinas up to? How should I know?

Tom, you like the produce section at the market, don't you? What?

Because one more twist and you'll be a vegetable. Okay, I'll tell you.

Montesinas made a deal with the rest of the market.

I want to force the old mob out of boxing and get control.

Why have Quick fight Hanlon?

That bastard Montesinas was going to frame me just like to try to acquit.

They don't care about the Hanlon fight.

The whole thing with that VIP after bringing Don Franco.

Grandpa.

Don't click on fine.

Something's wrong.

Nothing's wrong.

I'm telling you, it's going bad.

What's up? They tried to kill Don Franco.

Where's Montesinos?

There they are.

We'll handle it. We'll go this way.

You've got a fight to take care of.

You ready?

Take care of that.

Now!

Nice toy you got here.

Uh -uh.

You're not done here.

There's the little matter of Williams versus Ham.

My pleasure.

Wouldn't it be great to be in the arena, be at the center of it all, feel that

crowd, that excitement?

Yeah, you got to do that again.

Oh, don't think so.

I don't have anything to prove anymore.

I've hung up my gloves for good this time.

That's all very nice, but I wasn't talking to you quick.

Val, you're a world -class trainer.

Thank you, Don.

Would you mind that style, that finesse?

A little Scorsese, a little Visconti.

Rock on his brothers. I love that picture.

If you ask me, that city was the boxing movie.

Raging Bull. My force, my force, my force.

Right.

Misogynistic, homophobic. Hey, Nicky, don't be knocking De Niro.

Whatever with De Niro.

They're going to remake Body and Soul.

The champion, Kirk Douglas.

I love that.

Rocky I.

A boxer? Rocky I, very good. Yes, Rocky II.

No, Rocky I. No, she's a gold.