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Ladies and gentlemen...

We're in Moscow in the Soviet Union.

This promises to be the most watched event in boxing history.

I must break you.

Throw your right.

He won't let him out of there.

Rocky.

Rocky Balboa is in serious trouble.

He's getting killed out there.

Drago continuing to punish Rocky Balboa.

No pain.

No pain.

Rocky's been hit with bombs.

Rocky's hurt.

A right hand from Drago sends Rocky Balboa 15 feet across the ring.

Come on. Get up.

It's been a one-sided fight so far.

And Drago throws a hard right hand that stuns Rocky Balboa.

They might have to stop this one before somebody gets killed.

Rocky taking punishment. He is completely exhausted.

And Balboa goes down again from a right hand.

Punch after punch. Amazing willpower.

Rocky Balboa has taken Ivan Drago's best punches so far.

He's cut and he's bleeding.

All right, what's happening out there?

I see three of them.

Hit the one in the middle.

Right. Hit the one in the middle.

- The Russian's cut. - Hit him.

- Yes. - Go.

To the ground like a wrestler.

It's a gutter war. No holds barred in Moscow.

All your strength.

All your power. Everything you've got.

Now, this is your whole life here.

And a big right hand by Rocky Balboa.

Rocky Balboa has done the impossible.

Yeah!

Rocky, Rocky, Rocky.

Rocky, Rocky, Rocky.

Rocky, Rocky, Rocky...

Oh, man, I never saw nothing like it.

Came through like the champ you are.

Did yourself and everybody proud.

Especially Apollo.

- Yo, Tony. - Yeah, what is it? What do you need?

Get Adrian.

Rocky?

How's everybody doing out there?

All right.

Everything's okay.

What's wrong?

What's wrong?

Remember when Mick said

when he was fighting sometimes,

he'd fight so hard that he was thinking that he broke something inside?

He was gonna die?

And that's what he said, that's when the angels was pulling on him.

Rocky, you're scaring me. I don't know what's wrong.

- I can't... - Can't what?

I can't stop my hands from shaking.

- I ain't never felt this thing. - You better see a doctor.

- No. - Right away, yeah.

No. I just wanna go home.

No. You can see a doctor.

I'm just tired.

I just wanna go home, Mick.

- I'm just tired. I just... - Okay.

- I just wanna go home, okay? - Okay.

Okay.

- Adrian, where's the kid? - I don't know.

I don't see the kid. Where's the kid? Ain't he here?

- Dad. - Oh! There he is.

There he is.

Hey, slugger. How you doing?

- Say hi to your mom. - Hi, Mom.

- I'm forgotten now? - Hi, Uncle Paulie.

- Dad, how do you feel? - A few new dents. How's school?

- I made the honor roll. - Beautiful.

Hi. Airport Security. Welcome home. There's a press reception inside.

Rocky, how did you feel about the Russian people?

You know, very good. They was great people.

I didn't understand what they said all the time, but I knew what they meant.

Mrs. Balboa, did you learn any Russian?

- Did I learn Russian? - Yeah, she got fluent in vodka.

Rocky, there are rumors of physical complications.

- Complications? - No, those were rumors.

He's in perfect physical condition.

Rocky, the American Medical Association has recommended that boxing be banned.

- Yeah. - Do you agree with the doctors?

Yeah, absolutely. I think that doctors should never fight.

That was a beautiful answer, champ.

Doctors should stay out of the ring. Doctors should never fight.

Rocky Balboa, the funniest champion ever.

America's own Rocky Balboa. How are you?

George Washington Duke, promoter extraordinaire,

welcomes Rocky Balboa, champion of all the Americas and all of the Russias.

I would, uh, like to digress from the questions a bit

and, uh, pose a proposition to the media.

Everyone in this city and in the world of sports knows my reputation

for promoting some of the finest extravaganzas in this country.

Well, now, with the press present, I'd like to ask you, Rocky Balboa,

to be the flamboyant, rambunctious sportsman we know you can be.

Give this man, Union Cane, a chance to challenge you

for the heavyweight championship.

Balboa, I want the opportunity to take what you got.

Isn't it bad timing to challenge, Duke? The man just got off the plane.

Timing is the essence of life, gentlemen and ladies.

Now what I have on this paper is the largest guarantee

ever offered to a champion on this planet.

I'm talking about a fantastic international extravaganza,

to be held in Japan,

called Letting It Go in Tokyo.

It's incredible. Only in America do people like us rise from oppression and poverty

to join hands in this international event.

- Excuse me. - Only in America.

Excuse me. My husband is retired.

He has nothing more to prove.

Wait a minute. Hey, Rocky.

Don't you consider this a public responsibility to respond now?

- Respond to the people. - Isn't this about professionalism?

- To talk about it now, not later. - Do you mind if I heal first?

- You got nothing like what I got for you. - What the hell does this all mean?

That isn't enough. We gotta know now.

Gotta think about that. So anyway,

I wanna tell everybody that the flight over was really nice.

- Come on, guys. We need more. - Adrian, if you weren't with me,

I never would've done as good. You're always there.

And my kid, having you is like being born all over again.

Come on. Are you gonna retire or not?

- Anyway, excuse me. I'd like to go home. - Give us something to write.

- Thanks very much. I appreciate it. - No.

Don't worry. We'll get him.

No, really. It's great.

Ah... Yo.

Look at this place. I swear I ain't never leaving this place again, you know that?

Hey, would you like to dance? Huh?

How about a homecoming dance for your old man?

- No, don't be silly. It's cold. - I'll warm you up, young lady.

Have a dance. Hurry up. The music's almost over.

- Do you like the song? - You should rest.

- Yeah, I know. - I'm tired. Come on.

Maybe I'll take you upstairs and violate you like a parking meter.

- Cost you a quarter. - Yo, Adrian.

Where'd you learn to talk dirty like that?

Uncle Paulie, you notice something strange about Dad?

He just took a few hard shots.

I think you tell better jokes than me, Adrian.

Yo.

Did I hear somebody call for their old man? Did you do this?

Sleep time, kid, okay?

Dad, did you know your bones grow three times as fast at night?

No, I didn't, but I heard something like that. Is that me?

- Oh yeah, that's you. - Excellent.

- Is that me? When we was fishing, right? - Yeah.

That's beautiful. Look at the tent.

You know, the fish was a lot bigger, if I recall.

Actually, that was a lot smaller.

Anyway, come on. Hit the bed. It's time for you to get healthy.

This is great. I don't know where you learned this.

It is something how this thing comes out of your fingers and...

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Who's this?

It's Madame Dupont, my French teacher.

Really?

Yeah. She looks French, sure.

I wouldn't show this to your mother,

because she don't understand French too good.

God. Better cover that one up.

Well, champ, it's bedtime.

Hey, you know what? I know some French talk.

- Knock, knock. - Who's there?

- Madame. - Madame who?

- My damn foot's caught in the door. - That's an old joke.

What do you want from me? I'm trying.

I don't know all the good things, you know?

- Whoa. What's this? - What?

Look what I found in your ear. Russian money. Huh? Money ears.

All right. Anyway, listen. You gotta get some sleep.

Dad? Today, when you said having me was like being born again...

- Yeah? - What did you mean?

Well, you know, you come up like I did

and you got, like, three square meals of zero a day, know what I mean?

You got the A-side of life and the B-side.

I'm on the B-side, but you, you got all the breaks.

So when I see you having all these things that I didn't have,

I, like, uh, live through your eyes.

I enjoy it a little bit. It's like having it all over again.

That's nice.

Hey, look at my face. Do I look like a raccoon?

- A little bit. - Like Rocky Raccoon?

- Yeah, a little bit. - Nah.

- Yeah, you do a little. - Really?

Hey, if you think I look bad, you ought to see the other guy's knuckles.

Anyway, yo. Good night.

- Okay, kid? - Night.

- Dad? - Yo?

- Glad you're home. - Thanks. I appreciate it.

We'll play tomorrow, okay? Maybe you can show me your English teacher.

- She's pretty hot too. - Nah.

Good night, kid.

You deserve the worst for what you did.

- That was Rocky's money. - You wanna be hysterical?

- You cost us everything. - It was a mistake.

You think I thought this was gonna happen?

Don't you walk away from me. You just gave up our life.

And you think it's some stupid thing?

Paulie, do you know what you did? Do you know how serious it is?

I understand it. I understand the whole freaking thing.

I understand it. Your accountant's a crook, not me.

I did what I thought was right. Don't blame me.

I want to murder the bum worse than anybody.

Adrian, what's wrong?

Look what you done now. She's dumping it all on me.

- Come on, don't turn this around on me. - What did you do?

He gave power of attorney to our accountant.

I just didn't gave anything to nobody.

He sent a letter. He says, "We'll be in Russia a couple of months,

and I need Rocky to sign a tax extension."

That extension was a power of attorney, Paulie.

He's the thief. I need alcohol.

Rocky, on my eyes, I never stole a freaking dime.

Adrian, what's happening here? Huh?

- It's gone. - What's gone?

The money. The money. Everything. It's all gone.

The piece of paper Paulie had you sign

wasn't a request for a tax extension.

It was a blanket power of attorney in favor of the accountant,

who was involved in some high-priced real estate.

He thought he could have your money back before you knew it was gone.

Unfortunately for you and everybody in this room,

his deals fell through because the market dried up. And you lost millions.

Ain't there nothing I can do?

I've filed eight criminal acts against him.

But you've got debt payment on this property,

he didn't pay your tax returns and your mortgage hasn't been paid in months.

We didn't have a mortgage. Our house was fully paid for.

- Don't take it from me. Ask him. - There's nearly $400,000 outstanding.

The only thing that is not encumbered is a gym, willed to your son

by a Mickey Goldmill in 1962.

You can sell things. Remember those commercials you did?

I ain't no commercial kind of guy. I'm a fighter. That's what I do.

No, we couldn't get sponsors. With the investigation of the accountant,

out pops a criminal record of Rocky's for assault.

But that was a long time ago. He didn't know...

Why not a couple more fights?

With your popularity, you'd be out in no time.

- He's retiring. - Rocko, fighting's the ticket.

I said, he's retired. Paulie, we're here because of you.

I'm not taking the heat for all this. I thought I was doing smart business.

You thought you did smart business?

- Hey, you. The accountant was your choice. - Me? What are you talking about me?

You should've known he was a thief, but in your fairy-tale world the air don't move.

- You're like a season that don't change. - Hey, enough.

Hey, you don't talk to her like this.

- I'm not no tomato can you kick around. - Paulie, no.

You call Duke. Tell him I'll fight Cane. I don't care. Anywhere, anytime.

- No. Rocky, no. - If that's what you want, I'll get on it.

- Rocky, please. - A couple of fights, we're out of trouble.

- Yeah, but you said... - No, I didn't say anything.

- Did we come this far to lose it? - You have to see a doctor.

I don't need a doctor. I need a promoter.

If the doctor says okay, I'll support you.

I gotta fight, okay? I got problems. I gotta fight.

Will you do it for me?

All right. For you.

Because of continuous violent blows to the head,

you have a condition particular to boxers called cavum septum pellucidum,

which is a hole in the membrane separating the ventricles.

The brain surface neurons in this area have also been traumatized.

Simply stated, Mr. Balboa, it means that you have suffered damage to the brain.

How long until he recovers?

The effects are irreversible.

Oh...

Rocky, you have to retire.

I don't wanna retire. This ain't the time to retire. Not in here, not in no office.

I just fought the best fight of my life. I just did that, you know?

- And all I need is a couple more. - No. You suffered severe brain trauma.

He could be wrong. Anybody could be wrong.

- I don't think he is. - He ain't God.

Adrian, only God ain't wrong.

- Rocky, this is what's good for you. - I only need a couple of easy ones.

Not the way it is. You can't get licensed in any state. He can't, can he, doctor?

- That is correct. - Rocky, do you love me?

- Yeah, I love you. Why do you ask that? - Because if you love somebody,

you live with them, you live for them. You don't gamble with a life.

Rocky, I don't care about the money. It's you.

That's all that matters.

Please. We'll be okay. We'll be fine.

- No one has to know, doctor, right? - It'll be strictly confidential.

Thank you.

May we hear our next bid, please?

Are you done?

Sold.

Moving along, ladies and gentlemen. Item number 46...

Hey, kid. Bike's been sold.

Hey, bike's been sold. Get off the bike. Come on.

Don't worry about it. We been down before.

I'll get it all back. We just gotta stick together, hey? Home team.

Yeah, right.

Come on.

You know, Mickey used to say, a fight ain't over till you heard the bell.

We ain't heard a bell yet, have we?

Rocky Balboa's boxing gloves from his first fight...

Rocky?

Hey, it still fits.

Why are you wearing those clothes?

I was just going through some stuff and I found them. They feel kind of comfortable.

I was looking all over for you downstairs. It's kind of depressing.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

Oh! What's this doing in your ear?

- Oh, God. - Remember these?

Yeah.

I remember when you took them off.

That's right. First time I ever kissed you.

Kissed you.

Adrian, I wanna go out for a bit. You know, just take a little walk.

I just wanna feel better. But hey, could you talk to the kid?

- Because he's really taking this hard. - Sure.

Okay.

- Where are you going? - I thought I'd go to Andy's.

- He used to be a champion. - How did he blow it all?

How you doing, Mick?

Slip the jab.

Slip the jab...

Slip the jab, will you?

Slip the jab.

That's right. That's it.

- Hey, I didn't hear no bell. - Okay.

All right. That's right. Slip the jab.

That's it. Mentalize. See that bum in front of you.

You see yourself doing right, and you do right.

That's pretty. That's very pretty.

Time.

Ah, come here, Rock. My God, you're ready, ain't you?

Apollo won't know what hit him. You'll roll over him like a bulldozer.

An Italian bulldozer.

You know, kid, I know how you feel about this fight that's coming up.

Because I was young once too.

I tell you something.

Why, if you wasn't here,

I probably wouldn't be alive today.

The fact that you're here and doing as well as you're doing gives me...

What do you call it? A motivisation, huh? To stay alive.

Because I think that people die sometimes when they don't wanna live no more.

Nature's smarter than people think.

And nature is smarter than people think. Little by little we lose our friends,

we lose everything, and we keep losing and losing, till we say:

"What the hell am I living around here for? I got no reason to go on."

But with you, kid...

Boy, I got a reason to go on.

And I'm gonna stay alive. And I will watch you make good.

- And I'll never leave you. - I'll never leave you until that happens.

Because when I leave you, you'll not only know how to fight,

you'll be able to take care of yourself outside the ring too. Is that okay?

- It's okay. - Okay.

- I got a gift for you. - Oh, Mickey.

- Wait a minute now. - Really, I don't need nothing.

Look at that. See that? This here's the favorite thing that I have on this earth.

And Rocky Marciano give me that.

You know what it was? His cuff link. Huh?

And now I'm giving it to you.

And it's gonna be like, uh...

Like an angel on your shoulder to you.

And if you ever get hurt and you feel that you're going down,

this little angel is gonna whisper in your ear.

He's gonna say, "Get up, you son of a bitch.

Because Mickey loves you."

Okay?

Thanks, Mick. I love you too.

Jesus. Go after him, kid.

- Go after him. - Thanks.

You was the angel.

- There it is. - What happened to his other cuff link?

I don't know. He only give me one.

He gave it to some bum.

Careful. Don't worry about these.

All right, let's go, Paulie.

I really can't believe it. This kid's taking this too good.

Hey, Rock, it's good I kept the place, right? It saves money.

Get back.

Right? A little aluminum on the front too. It's a winner.

Thank you.

Welcome back, Rocky. We missed you.

It's only temporary, you know?

Come on inside.

- Hello? - Mrs. Balboa?

- George Washington Duke here. - Yes?

Mrs. Balboa, can you hear it? Listen close. You must be able to hear it.

- Hear what? - The sound of the parade going by,

of opportunity knocking.

What'll take to get you to realize

I'm giving you a chance to pull yourselves together?

Let me handle your husband's career and you can live like human beings again.

Listen, Mr. Duke, we're living like human beings. You ought to try it sometime.

And leave my husband alone.

Women.

When'd you start that?

I don't know. It's like a bad habit that comes back. But, hey.

We ain't talking about me. We're talking about you.

- Hey, Rocky, how you doing, man? - How you doing?

- Good to see you back. - Thanks. Great to be back.

You're smart in school, but you gotta be smart on the street too.

- How do you mean? - You gotta know who the players are

- and who you're talking to. - Watch out for scams. Everyone scams.

- What's a scam? - Ask your father.

- A scam is like a hustle. - He don't get it.

- Well, a hustle's related to... - Rocky.

- Remember me? I'm Bubba's mother. - Oh, yeah.

- You used his head for a punching bag. - Yeah, he had a nice head.

Welcome back.

- Anyway, a hustle's related to a con. - He don't get it.

A deception? You're saying beware of deceptions.

Yeah, that's good. Absolutely. You're very smart, you know?

Hey.

Ain't this where the Atomic Hoagie shop used to be?

I'm new here, Dad.

- This neighborhood's got tooth decay. - It's called urban blight.

- Hm? - Huh?

I'll tell you something, this place is blighting everywhere.

A little aluminum siding and paint, this place could be okay. What do you think?

Anyway, we're late for school. Paulie, I wanna talk to the kid private like.

Man to smaller man.

- Like I got no feelings. - Oh, come on.

- That's how wars start. - Relax, would you?

- So anyway, everybody's got an angle. - Tough break, Rock.

Everybody's got a hustle. These kids have got street brains. That's how they live.

These kids ain't like no personalities that you've grown up with.

- So you gotta stay very sharp around here. - I intend to.

Intend. You know, sometimes you make me feel very stupid.

- Why? - Why? Because you're smarter than me.

- No, I'm not. - Yeah, you are.

It's like every day you learn something new and I forget something new.

But hey, listen. We're in this thing together.

If you can figure out how to fix things up, don't be afraid to tell me.

We gotta stick together, because what are we?

- What? - What are we?

- Oh, home team. - Home team. You've got that right.

I used to go to this school when I was a kid. Nice bricks.

Used to get milk at lunch. It was real tough then.

But I think you can handle it, don't you think?

If you went here, I can go here.

I'm not scared, really.

Really?

Well, I guess I'm a little scared.

- But that's normal, don't you think? - Oh, yeah. I had 72 fights.

And every one of them I was scared, so yeah, you know, that's real, real normal.

- I'll see you later. - Okay, kid. Here's the front door.

Hey, wait. What's this?

Goodness gracious. Where'd this come from?

It's a strange place to stash your lunch money.

It's just a lunch joke, you know?

- Thanks, Dad. - Okay, then, I'll see you later.

Remember, Daddy loves you. You're number one. Home team.

Just be nice, right? You'll be okay.

And don't mess with nobody's girlfriend. They don't like that around here.

You know, I'm really worried about the kid.

He ain't used to living like this. He don't know the streets.

At school, I know what's gonna happen.

Some wise guy's gonna come up to him because he's my kid

and try to bang him out.

Give him a cheap shot, you know? I mean, jeez...

- Mr. Balboa, my name's Tommy Gunn. - Yeah? How you doing?

- With that name, you better be tough. - True.

It ain't easy. Anyway, I'm from Oklahoma. My amateur record is 45 to 1.

I turned pro at 16 and I had eight fights.

You're a fighter?

And now that I'm 20, I'd just like to show you what I got.

- I've saved up about 400 bucks... - Mr. Rocky Balboa.

Excuse me, I have some business here. Good to see you again, friend.

How you doing?

My health is fine. What more can I ask?

- Listen, I gotta go to work now. - What, here? In a sweatbox?

- Can't be good for the image. - Urban light. What can you do?

- What'd you say? - Urban light.

It's blight. Urban blight.

George wants you to consider wearing gloves again. It's a hell of a payday.

- I'm officially expired. - You have marquee value.

You put asses into seats.

A businessman don't retire if he can still pull in the bread.

Only America gives these opportunities.

- Union Cane's going for the title. - Uh-huh.

Here's some tickets. We've a strong feeling about this.

If he takes it, that's the time to challenge.

People love comebacks.

There's nothing more commercial than a long-shot comeback

of a down-on-his-luck underdog.

As Mark Twain said, "Virtue has never been as respectable as money."

- Who's Twain? - A painter.

You're the Great White Hope.

You mean Great White Dope. No, forget it.

Hold the bullshit. I know the problem. You think I was born yesterday?

Merlin, show him the paper.

- What paper? - This is your medical report.

We can work around it.

- Where'd you get this? - It doesn't matter.

If you fight Cane, George can guarantee to get you a license.

- Guaranteed. - You can do this?

- No problem. - This comeback's in the bag.

- The time's hot. The deal's hot, caliente. - We could use one more payday.

- Adrian, where'd you come from? - Mrs. Balboa just appeared. She's magic.

I don't think you're funny. Are you talking him into fighting?

Talking business, darling. Do you like feeling hard up?

Do you like reaching in your pocket and only feeling your leg?

I didn't think so.

I'm offering you the opportunity to dump this loser image.

- Who are you talking to? - You ain't working across...

What the hell are you talking about, huh? This is a tremendous opportunity.

Opportunity for who? For you to make money? For him to be disabled?

What would you do if the choices were reversed?

You have to think about that.

Rocky, they don't care about you.

Let's get serious. You represent the dreams of the long shots.

The little people identify with you. That is the key to public success.

You a true champion, a true product of the people.

Sell it while they'll still buy.

That ain't gonna last forever. You say you a fighter, then fight.

And I'll make you so much money you can swim in it. You can swim, can't you?

What do you say?

Put some hustle behind this muscle.

He's done. He's done fighting.

You are a damn fool.

Maybe we ought to sign Mrs. Balboa to fight Cane, huh?

Looks like she's the one with the cojones in the family.

You don't talk like that in front of my wife.

That ain't no park bench, boy.

I'll get him.

Rocky, I'm really sorry. I didn't wanna...

You guys want privacy? I'll be upstairs.

Rocky.

Rocky, I'm sorry. I...

But it just takes one bad hit and you could be an invalid.

I feel like an invalid already. Why'd you come back? You're too smart for this.

I got nothing to do. I called Gloria.

- She said she could use part-time help. - But why do you wanna do this?

Why go back to where you started? I gotta do it, but you don't gotta do it.

I wanted to be there so I could be close to you.

All right, yeah. You know, it's getting cold out here.

Maybe we better get inside, okay? I understand.

- Are you all right? - What?

- Are you all right? - Yeah, I'm all right. I'm fine.

Adrian, it's getting cold, okay?

Yo, Adrian. Did we ever leave this place?

I don't know.

Hey, mind if I talk to you now?

My head's a little busy right now.

You won't get him. Balboa don't think straight.

- None of these bums do. I need an angle. - I'll fight Balboa right now.

- I'm better than Balboa ever was. - Hey.

I own the paper on you. You will fight who I tell you,

where I tell you and how I tell you. You got that?

Don't aggravate the hand that feeds you, huh?

None of these bums think straight.

All I need is a hook.

Hey. Ain't you Rocky's kid?

- Yeah. You Rocky's kid, right? - Yeah. How're you doing?

I've seen your picture in the paper.

- You know what? Your old man's a punk. - What?

- Get off me. - What are you wearing my coat for?

- Just leave him alone. - You want a beating too?

- Give me my coat. I'm not kidding around. - No way.

Don't get sick now.

Hope you don't catch cold, rich boy.

Keep it high. Slip and slide. That's it.

This is the cup Rocky drinks out of around the house. Ten bucks.

- How I know it's the real thing? - Look at the lip marks, huh?

- All right. Five bucks. No more. - You got a deal.

Okay.

- Excuse me. - Tommy Gunn.

- Is there someplace I can change? - In there.

Time. Hey, Richard, good friend, listen to me.

If you wanna survive, you gotta slip the jab.

Keep it high, and hit, and not get hit, you know? Okay, take off.

- Rocko, remember Tommy Gunn? - Oh, yeah.

He says he wants to fight. I tell him to get married.

Why?

- That's gym humor, Rocko. - Oh.

Oh, okay.

Let's see what you got there, kid.

Get married. I understand.

- Benson. Wanna move a little? - Yeah, all right.

Hey, Paulie, what's the cojones?

"Cojones" is Latin for "Spanish nuts."

- Yo, Rock, we're ready. - Wonderful.

Hey, uh, kid. You got the headgear?

Nah, I don't need one.

He's gonna get his cojones knocked out.

Okay. Ready, guys?

- Benson, go easy, all right? - Sure. Okay, Rocky.

Time.

All right, just go easy now.

Slip the jab now.

- Whoa. Ow. - Ooh.

- Hey, kid. What's his name again? - Tommy Gunn.

Tommy, whoa. It ain't no law to duck.

Go side to side. That's it.

Whoa!

Hey, man, take it easy.

Come on, lighten up. It's called sparring.

Whoa! Hey. Okay. Hey, kid.

Hey, lighten up. Time out.

Smell that, Rocko? The odor of opportunity.

Hey, that's it. What did I tell you? Time.

Hey, that's it. Time.

- Chill out, man. - Call time. Time.

Hey, back off. That's enough. What's the matter with you?

- Tommy, are you crazy or something? - What's the matter with you, man?

- Get out of the ring. - I'm sorry.

Go cool off, kid. Sorry about this.

He stinks of opportunity, Rocko.

Hey, look, going easy don't mean breaking bones.

I'm sorry. But what do you think?

What do I think? I don't think you listen.

But you brawl like you was a street fighter.

I know something about that, but this is boxing. It ain't mugging.

- I'm sorry, but I know I can do it all. - Yeah? Well, not on this date, okay?

- That's it? - I gotta work with these kids here.

How about you trying to manage me?

- Manage? - Yeah.

Unless you think I ain't got nothing going.

Nothing going?

Yeah, all right, you got a lot going. You got a lot of tools.

But I ain't no manager.

The gentleman that owned this place was a manager.

But me, I was always the managed guy.

Hey, look. Good luck, all right?

All right, guys. Let's go.

Come on. Move around.

That's it. Nice.

All right, you guys, come on. No cheap shots. Move it around.

How you doing?

Cold? You look cold.

I guess it has something to do with the weather.

Here. Take my coat.

No, thanks. Where's your boyfriend?

Him? Forget it. He ain't got no manners.

I'm Jewel, if you wanna know.

I'm Robert.

Hi.

Well, I been living here about six years now. It ain't Disneyland.

- You been to Disneyland? - Sure.

You make it sound like everybody has.

I know you can't tell by the way I look,

but I ain't like the other kids around here.

- Why? I mean, what makes you so different? - Uh...

I don't know. I guess it's because I wanna get out. You know how it is.

Hm! You know, for an Italian kid, you ain't got a bad butt.

First money I get, I'm going to Miami.

Why Miami?

- Miami needs new gigolos. - Yeah, I read something like that.

Ow.

My back is getting bad. How come you don't have arthritis?

Ain't I got enough?

Adrian's too good for this.

This place really depresses me, Paul.

Yo, Rock. Come inside. Everybody's been asking for you.

- No, thanks. I'm a little beat. - Hey, I'm a little thirsty.

- You go if you wanna. - Mr. Balboa?

- Look at this. Tommy Gunn. - Why are you still hanging around?

- Is there something I can do for you? - Yeah. I'd like to try again.

Kid, I'd like to help, but I really don't know nothing about managing.

Man, all I'm asking for is a chance. If I screw up, then hell, I'll leave.

- What have you got to lose? - Me? Nothing. It's what you got to lose.

- I got nothing to lose. - Maybe you do.

What if I don't do good, right? And you don't make it?

I don't want you blaming me for this, kid, you know?

Here's what I would do if I was you. Listen to me. If I was you,

I would go home and talk to your family people.

Come up with something better.

I got no family people. All I got is what you see here.

I know all about you, back from your first fight with Apollo Creed.

Yeah.

I read about how no one ever gave you a chance.

I'm not from the same streets as you, but I'm hungry, like you were.

Ever since I put on gloves I've wanted to meet you.

Because I knew that if anybody could make me a winner, it was you.

Hey, Paulie, you see a winner standing here?

Yes. Man, you beat the best. Nobody could ever say different.

Look, Rocky, you don't know me, but anything you want me to do, I'll do.

And if I can't, I'll bust my butt trying.

I'm not hustling you, man. All I'm asking for is a chance.

I mean, just one shot.

Are you hungry?

Yeah.

Yeah?

Come on.

You're really gonna like the way Adrian cooks.

She does amazing things with macaroni, especially tomatoes.

But I gotta warn you, she can be a little vicious with the garlic.

So why'd this kid smack your face?

It really doesn't matter, Dad.

It does matter. They took his coat.

I don't want the coat.

They took the one with the collar?

- I'll go to your school and... - You'll make it worse.

- Can't I do what I think is right? - What do you think is right?

- A baseball bat across the face. - Paulie. What are you telling him?

- Adrian, can I have the plate? - Yes, Rocky.

I had trouble like that when I was in school.

Every day I got chased by this kid, till one day my mother said to me,

- "Pretend the guy's like a balloon." - Balloon?

She said if you pop them hard, these guys just go away.

Uh...

Tommy, we're trying to raise our son so he can handle his problems

with his mind, not his muscles.

- Sorry. - That's why I'll get mangled.

- You ain't gonna get mangled. - Dad, will you teach me how to fight?

A baseball bat would be nice.

Do you wanna grow up and just use your fists?

Adrian, I don't think it'd be so bad

if I taught him how to throw a few... deadly punches.

Tommy, did your dad teach you to fight?

- Uh, no, not exactly. I had to... - Sweetheart, don't get personal.

No, it's okay. You see, my old man, he used to drink a lot. Seriously.

He'd go out with his friends, then he'd come home, look to punch on me.

He'd punch on my mother too. He did that a lot of times.

So growing up, I only thought about fighting my father.

You know, when I was 13, I got in trouble at school.

He tied me down and whipped me so bad I couldn't walk for a week.

I couldn't do anything.

The first guy I ever knocked out was my father.

In the ring, it's like all I see is him.

That's kind of sick, huh?

Yo, Tommy, at least you had an old man to knock out, you know?

Yeah.

I didn't even have that.

Someday you can punch out your pop.

- Paulie, what you telling him that for? - It's the fittest of the survival.

- Tommy, where you staying tonight? - Oh, I'll, uh, find someplace to stay.

No, I tell you what. We got room down in the basement.

- What about me? - Your son is sleeping there.

- Well, he can stay with his uncle. - What, am I a pit stop?

I don't wanna cause any problems. I can find a place to stay.

No, it's okay. It's just for a little while, you know.

Right? No problem at all.

Hey, kid. I appreciate it. It's cold outside.

- I'm not changing no sheets. - Hey, since when have you ever?

Tommy, why don't you come on down? We'll show you the whole place.

Why don't you go downstairs and show your father what you did today?

Hey, Junior. Your plumbing don't leak, do it?

- You know this guy? - Yeah. He hits hard.

- Adrian can really cook. - Yeah, she's okay. Listen, Tommy.

We ain't had a chance to get this place too nice.

We'll get it together in a while, you know?

Wow, man, this is what it's about.

- Holy mackerel. - Why do you keep this stuff down here?

When did you get a chance to do this? He took it all out of a box.

It's beautiful.

You painted. When did you get a chance to do this, kid?

- After school. It's no big deal. - Where'd you get the glove?

Oh, this? Thanks. This is one of my favorite objects.

Mickey give me this before he departed. It was Rocky Marciano's cuff link.

Really? The real Rocky Marciano?

You got me thinking about Mickey.

I wanna show you something. He told me a long time ago...

He says that, uh, fighting is like 90 percent in the skull

and 10 percent in the body. This is what he says to me.

Dad, I met this really nice girl today.

Really? That's wonderful.

- She's a lot better than... - Wait a minute. Don't change the station.

I'll be right back. I just wanna tell Tommy a few things.

Hey, who was your best friend back in Orlando?

- Oh, that's, uh, Oklahoma. - Well, yeah.

- Eric Elder. - No, no.

Your best friend is a guy named Frankie Fear.

You see, fear is a fighter's best friend. It ain't nothing to be ashamed of.

You see, fear keeps you sharp. It keeps you awake.

It makes you wanna survive.

But the thing is, you gotta learn how to control it.

Because fear is like this fire and it's burning deep inside.

Now, if you control it, Tommy, it's gonna make you hot.

But, you see, if this thing here controls you,

it's gonna burn you and everything else around you up. That's right.

Anyway, these are the things that was taught to me

and, if you want, I'd like to teach to you.

This mean you're gonna manage me?

- Absolutely. Hey, home team. - All right.

- Let's go for it. - Do you mind showing me a few things?

Sure, Tommy. I'll show you a lot of things.

Hey, rich boy. How much you got in your pocket today?

- Nothing. - Come on, let's have it.

- I got nothing. - Come on, give me the money.

- Come on. - Hey, I gotta eat.

He's hungry, he's gotta eat. Well, eat this.

I got it. Go.

Father Carmine.

Yo.

Father Carmine.

- Maybe he's not home. - Priests is always home.

Oh, Rocky.

Yo.

I didn't wanna disturb you that much, Father.

Oh, excellent. Everything is perfect.

Father, this is my new friend, Tommy Gunn.

I was wondering... Tommy here's a fighter and I'm his manager.

I wondered if you'd do me a favor, if you ain't busy.

Could you throw us a couple blessings? One, that I don't mess up as a manager.

And B, that Tommy does as good as I think he can do: great.

And don't get hurt none. Could you do that?

I love it when he does that. Thanks, Father. Really appreciate this.

- Anytime. - Okay. I'll see you in church.

- Okay. - Hey, man, what'd you do this for?

It don't hurt having an angel on your side. Come on.

- Hey, Rock. How's it going? - Doing great, guys.

Slow down or you'll get a ticket.

- This is Tommy Gunn. He'll be a champ. - How you doing, Tom?

All right, break it up. Break.

Break, break.

Get off the ropes.

- Go easy. - Man, I need more work.

- No, you're ready. - No, this guy's killing me.

- You're ready now. You're perfect. - He's killing me.

- I feel weak. - No, listen to me. Shut up.

Mick used to say the only difference between a hero and a coward

is the hero's willing to go for it. Take the shot.

This guy here is scared too. You're both scared.

Remember in the basement we talked about fear? How it was like this fire?

You gotta control it or it burns you up. Or it's gonna burn him up.

Make it work for you, Tommy.

I would never do nothing to hurt you, understand?

Fear is like this fire, okay? Now let it burn until it becomes like this volcano.

When you see the opening, explode all over this guy, okay?

Now, you can take him, okay? It ain't all muscle, it's all heart.

Heart and fire. Okay, now you do it.

Remember, I'm like this angel on your shoulder.

I ain't gonna let nothing happen to you. Go for it.

Got it.

Come on, Tommy. Jab.

Go on.

Left, right.

The body. The body.

Go.

All right.

Hook.

Yeah.

Now.

Go to the body, Tommy. That's it.

Sam, you okay?

Hey, Tommy Gunn. You got some guns, don't you?

Rocky.

Drive through it. Go on now.

And ten. You can do it.

You got it. Come on, bring it up.

I got you this time.

Tommy, these trunks is very special to me, you know?

Dig.

Hook.

Yeah.

Way to go, kid. That was great.

Tommy, Tommy, Tommy...

All right.

Yeah.

- I beat the man. I don't believe it. - You sure did. You're very swift, Tommy.

Yeah, Merlin. Listen, I got an idea. I think we can finally nail Balboa.

They're waiting again.

- If you want, I got almost a dollar. - Save it.

- Slumming again, bimbo? - Hey, what you got in the bag?

- What, you not talking to me? - Hey, stupid. I'll pound your teeth out.

- Go for it. - What'd he say? Punk's losing his mind.

- What'd you say? - Go for it.

Come on. Put up your hands.

No way. I didn't like him anyway.

I think that belongs to me.

Robert, Robert, Robert...

If you wanna end this, let's end it now.

Yeah, I got no problem with that. See you later.

I can't believe it.

- Are you gonna tell your dad? - Yeah.

Come on, let's go.

Good. That's it. One more time.

Look, you're doing great at combinations,

but you gotta learn to move side to side like a windshield wiper

- so you ain't getting hit with the jabs. - Dad.

I got my coat back. Look, I got my coat.

Oh, that's great, kid. That's beautiful.

I trashed this guy. Everybody in the school went crazy. Everybody.

- Rocky, I'm cooling down over here. - I gotta get back with Tommy.

He's cooling down. But go tell your mom. She'd like to hear that. That's beautiful.

Okay, let's go, Tommy.

Looking good. Come on.

Oh! Look at Tommy go.

Look at Tommy go.

Union Cane, the new heavyweight champion of the world...

- You think I have a chance at that? - Absolutely.

Tommy, anybody who's got two fists and a good heartbeat, they got a chance.

You're out.

Go.

Come on, kid, 49...

Yeah.

Boy, you got hands of gold. I want to introduce somebody.

Yeah, Tommy.

That's it. It's over.

Back him up.

- That's it. - There's your boat, Rocks.

- What boat? - The one that's sinking.

Tommy Gunn at the top.

You come with the Duke,

you can get the kind of payday fights Balboa could only dream about.

To the victor goes the spoils.

Slip the jab, Tommy.

Yes.

You're out.

- You did great, kid. You did it. - Now am I gonna get a shot at the title?

- Yeah, you will real soon. - Tommy, over here.

Hey, baby. How are you?

The winner, at two minutes ten seconds...

So, Rocky, when's Tommy up against Union Cane?

- We gotta talk about that. - Get a life, will you?

- Rocko, he ain't worth it, buddy. - He fought a great fight.

Your ship has sunk, Rocko. It's sunk. Huh?

Must be hung up in traffic. He should have been here by now.

- Why? - It's Christmas.

- He should be here with his family. - Maybe he doesn't think it is his family.

Sure it is. Yo, Adrian, look at this.

I wanna give this to him. What do you think?

I think you've given enough.

Hey, come on, Adrian. He's given us some things too.

He's given us like a second shot, right? Come on, it's Christmas.

All right. Only in America. Having the best and wearing the best.

- But you gotta stay on top. - Nobody remembers number two.

- I sure don't. - I checked with the boxing commission.

It seems there's no formal contract between you and Balboa.

No, nothing. Just a handshake.

This is a complex business. You got to stay sharp.

I don't have to tell you that.

It's hard living in Rocky's shadow, people calling you his puppet.

No one else could do it so long.

Tommy, I'm afraid that if you keep going the way you're going,

you're gonna be watching the parade go by.

- Exactly. - You haven't had the big payday yet.

And you won't until you fight those top contenders that I do surely own.

I got the contracts.

It's a complex business.

But if you want the best, go with the best.

- What about Rocky? - Rocky can still train you.

My God, he's done a wonderful job. Now look, here's $20,000.

Take it as an advance.

Time to put some hustle behind this muscle. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Stop the presses. Yo, Adrian, I can't believe it.

Just come up on the roof, will you? He just landed there and crashed.

- Who do you think it is? - Do I hear reindeer on my roof?

You know...

Antlers. Unbelievable. It's like a billion...

Whoa!

Come on. Look who's here. You know this guy.

- You got a weird family. - Don't I know?

It's gonna be next Christmas before he gets down. Hey, put it together for Santa.

- Merry Xmas. Yo, yo, yo. - I don't think you got it right, Santa.

- No, no, no. It's "ho, ho, ho." - What's the freaking difference?

- Where I come from it's "yo, yo, yo." - Looks like we got a 90 proof Santa.

Hey, Santa, tell all the kids what you've got in the bag for them

- that you brought from the north. - I got my laundry.

No, you got the wrong bag.

- Come on, Chubby. Get out of the way. - Watch it.

Let Santa sit down. Come here, little boy.

- You been nice? - Uncle Paulie.

Sit down.

- Kid, why not tell Santa what you need? - He's stretching the clothes, man.

- I don't need nothing. - Come on, kid. Tell Santa what you want.

That ain't Santa. It's Uncle Paulie. Let's get real.

What do you mean? Why are you talking like that?

We're just trying to have a good time. Santa's here and everything.

It's stupid.

Yo, you know... Come on, it ain't stupid. We're just trying to pretend here.

You see, you're supposed to be pretending. It's like this game, right?

I don't like pretending. You guys talk to him.

Hey, kid, I ain't talking to them. I'm talking with you here.

See, it's very important that you spend time with the family

and have a good time and just get the spirit going.

You know? It's good, right?

Good for what? Come on, let's go.

His friends are here. He doesn't want to.

- Adrian, I know what he wants. - How do you know what I want?

- Because I know you. - You know me?

He thinks he knows me.

- Look, I ain't celebrating nothing, okay? - Hey, wait. What's the matter with you?

We always done this before. We always had a good time. It don't have to change.

Do you remember last year, when we had fun, when we had a good time?

It ain't last year and you ain't the same, either.

What?

Adrian, what did I do?

Go talk to him.

Even I could've saw this thing happening.

I should've went to Miami when I had the chance.

You wanna talk? Let's talk.

Well, you know, I thought we was supposed to be like...

You know, be very close. Hey, come on, kid. I love you.

No, you don't.

Sure I do. Remember what the deal was?

We was supposed to be tight, like crossed fingers.

You want you and Tommy to be tight. That's what you're talking about.

- Oh, don't say that. - Why can't I say it?

Since he came it's Tommy this, Tommy that.

You got no time for nobody, so I got no time for you.

What are you saying? You're like another person.

You're the other person. You said I would be number one to you and you lied.

You lied to me and you lied to Mom.

I never lied to you. Tommy needed my help.

So did I.

And remember when you said to watch out for scams and deceptions?

Yeah?

You're the one that should've watched out.

- Where are you going? - Out.

- When will you be back? - Later.

- Later? When? - Later.

Season's greetings, Mrs. Balboa.

You take care of these people.

Behold the Santa for all seasons.

Are you guys lost?

Au contraire, mon ami, I know exactly where I am.

Yo, Rocko. Guess what's coming to dinner. Tommy Gunn's got new friends.

New friends for a new year.

Oh, please. Oh, Paulie.

Nice tree. Charming.

- Hey, Tommy. How you doing? - Merry Christmas, milord. Greetings.

- Yeah, how you doing? - Listen.

I don't want to take up too much time. Season's greetings.

- Don't need no presents. - You've done a hell of a job with the man.

Facts are facts.

I'd have to be blind if I didn't see a title shot on the cards.

- Title shot? - Right.

We'll work beautifully together.

No problems.

No friction. Only harmony, huh? It's time to put some hustle behind this muscle.

Tommy-boy's got a little something personal to discuss with you.

So I'm gonna be saying good night. Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas to you. - See you soon, huh?

Bye.

Sorry I'm late. I got hung up having dinner.

Hey, that's okay, Tommy. Adrian cooked something, but it's probably all cold.

- What we can do is make sandwiches. - Rocky, I don't wanna make sandwiches.

Tommy, why did you bring him here?

He just wanted to come by. Rocky, mind if I talk to you outside about a few things?

Oh, yeah. Sure.

It's getting late. We have to be there by 10.

- Rocky... - No, it's okay.

Hey, Tommy, what you wanna talk about?

- Isn't it a long drive? - Yeah.

So, uh, what do you think?

- Where'd you get this? - Duke gave it to me.

Tommy.

Hey, maybe you ought to give this thing back.

Man, I knew it. I knew you'd say that.

Give it back? Why? He likes the way I fight.

- It's almost 10. - We'll make it.

I know, but you see what he's doing here?

Tommy, hey, don't let him put nothing between us, okay?

Put like what? The guy was just talking about getting a shot.

Look, we don't need him. I mean, you're gonna get a shot.

You'll be able to buy ten of these.

When you gonna wake up? We're watching the parade go by.

What parade? What are you talking about?

The big time. The way I'm going, I won't get a shot for a long time.

I've got a perfect record. I'm 22 and 0. Where's the money?

Where? We haven't made serious money. And we won't without the man.

I ain't talking about money. It'll be there.

I'm talking about your rep, Tommy.

- Don't sell out. We don't need this guy. - Listen. Duke is a wonderful man.

- Put the top up. - Forget about the top.

- I'm signing papers with him tomorrow. - You sign them, you're like his property.

You got no control. This is a dirty business, full of thieves and gangsters.

They promise every good young fighter who comes by, they promise the world.

And then they suck them dry and they leave them in the gutter broke.

That's the way this business is run.

Guys like Duke... You know what he is?

He's a vampire. He's living off your blood.

Tommy, you know, the thing I'm trying to do is what Mick done for me.

He tried to keep me away from the dirty part of the business,

- the way I'm trying to do for you. - I ain't you and you ain't Mick.

When are you gonna understand this is a business? And in business you need...

- What, brains? - You said that, not me.

You saying I got no brains?

Duke gave me my title shot, you didn't.

If you wanna keep training me, do it.

If not, don't. But it's my way or it's the highway.

Tommy.

Rocky, put on your coat.

Just put on your coat. Come on. It's not worth it.

Adrian, it is worth it. He's just confused.

- You don't see what's happening. - Yeah, I do see.

- He's twisted around by Duke. - Come on, it's you. It's not him.

You can't live backwards or turn back the clocks. We live now. We live here.

Hey, I know where we live. Do you think I'm stupid?

I'm not as dumb as you think I am.

I look. You don't think I can smell it? I see where we are.

I don't want this no more. I want something good for the family, not this.

I don't want this. Did I come back here and get my brains beat out

for these guys to say "There goes Balboa, just another bum in the neighborhood"?

- I didn't want this. - No. Come on, nobody says that.

I'm saying it, Adrian. I'm saying this. I'm saying this.

When that kid was in the ring, you know what I was doing? I was winning.

- You were winning? - Yeah.

It was my last chance to get some respect for us, you know?

- Come on. I respect you. - You can't respect me.

- Yes, I do. - No, you can't. Don't tell me that.

All those beatings you took in the ring, I took them with you. I know how you feel.

I know when somebody like Tommy comes along, you feel alive.

But he's not you. He doesn't have your heart.

All those fighters you beat, you beat them with heart, not muscle. Mickey knew that.

That's why you and Mickey were special. But Mickey's dead.

If there's something you wanna pass on, pass it on to your son, for God's sakes.

Your son is lost.

He needs you.

I know Tommy makes you feel great.

He makes you feel like you're winning again.

But you're losing us.

Rocky, you're losing your family.

I'm sorry.

You know, it was always you and me. It was always you and me.

I'm sorry, Adrian.

I don't know about you guys,

but I gotta get out of here.

- What do you say we go to the shore, huh? - Oh, yeah, great.

- How are we gonna get there? - What do you mean?

We throw our thumbs in the air and hitchhike.

- Yo. - Oh, what's he want?

- You want me to stay with you? - No.

You're right. I got enough problems with my old man. Come on.

- You ain't gonna hit him, are you? - No, I ain't gonna hit him.

Yo, kid. When you, uh, start smoking?

- I don't know. Didn't you ever smoke? - Yeah. I done a lot of bad things.

So?

So I, uh... I wised up.

Okay, so maybe I'll wise up someday too.

Maybe tonight's a good night for both of us to start wising up.

- Don't worry about it. - I gotta worry about it.

The deal was we were supposed to be tight.

What about Tommy? You're tight with him too, huh?

Tommy.

Yeah, well...

That was yesterday, you know?

You know, kid...

Remember you told me a long time ago about deceptions?

And I was talking to you about scams?

I should've listened to you. I was trying to teach you, all right?

But you were teaching me and I didn't wise up.

I didn't know and I made mistakes. And I do things, you know?

It bothers me, you know? I forget a lot of things and I...

I just...

Hey, kid.

I know I made a few mistakes, you know?

But I would love to hang out with you again. Just you and me.

I swear to God.

It's just gonna be you and me this time.

Home team?

Yeah. Home team.

- Hey, kid, you wanna hear a joke? - Yeah, sure. Why not?

- Knock, knock. - Who's there?

- Tuna fish. - Tuna fish who?

You can tune a piano, but you cannot tune a fish.

- Ha. Well, you're getting better. - Yeah. That's a good one.

All right, folks. Lock the door and hide the kids. It's time to wage war.

Tommy Gunn is such a student of Rocky Balboa's style,

he's been nicknamed by the press the Clone Ranger.

- Relax, Rocko. He ain't worth the stress. - It ain't him, Paulie.

...turbocharged.

Tommy "The Machine" Gunn.

Tommy Gunn.

Looks like the fans are unhappy with Tommy Gunn

for leaving Rocky Balboa.

Of course. He's nobody's sweetheart, that kid.

Weighing in at 242 very impressive pounds,

the present world heavyweight champion,

Union Cane.

- Looks like he's in great shape, don't he? - Yeah.

The referee calling both fighters to the center.

Tommy, you're looking a little tight. He's nervous, you know?

Like the way I felt when I was fighting with Apollo.

Rocko, he ain't you and he never was.

Give him a break, would you?

Come on, Tommy. Do what you was told.

In and out. Side to side. Don't eat the jab.

- Ho, ho! - Off the ropes. Are you blind?

- He's getting hit with everything. - Come on, Cane. Go for it.

Come on, Tommy. What's the matter?

That's it.

That's it.

Slip the jab. Move side to side.

Back and forth, like a metronome. Slip, slide.

That's it.

You see? He remembers everything.

Come on, Tommy.

I'm in there, man. Do what I'm doing. Back and forth.

Side to side. That's it.

Roll.

Come on, kid. Don't let him off.

Roll, roll, roll!

Dig.

Got him.

The heavyweight champion is down.

Yeah.

One. Two.

Three. Four.

- Five. - Six.

- Seven. - Eight.

- Nine. - Ten. You're out.

Yeah.

Yo, yo!

Yeah.

Ladies and gentlemen, by way of a knockout,

we have a new champion,

Tommy "The Machine" Gunn.

[booing

Congratulations. A sensational upset victory.

You're now champion of the world. How do you feel?

Never better. I don't know what's wrong with these people.

Because you're not a champeen. You're a crumbum dirt bag.

Come on, Paulie. Give him a break. He did something wonderful.

Long live the king.

I'd like to say thank you. I'd like to thank the man who made this happen

and made me believe it could happen.

He's been like an angel on my shoulder.

Mr. George Washington Duke.

And there you have it.

A new champion of the world, Tommy "The Machine" Gunn.

I'll tell you, a big surprise, at least to me,

that the new champion thanked Duke and not the guy that got him there.

- This crowd is not happy. - Rocky, Rocky, Rocky...

- Rocko, too much TV's bad for the eyes. - My eyes are okay, Paulie.

- Well, too much TV is bad for my ears. - Yeah.

- Hey, slugger. Good fight, huh? - It's okay, Dad.

You're the real champ. I made this for you.

Oh, yeah?

Beautiful.

Rocko, let's put our teeth around a few brews, okay?

- I could use the company. - Yeah, good idea.

- Think I should go out with Paulie? - If I can watch TV.

Okay, listen. You can watch TV, okay? But don't stay up too late.

- You gotta get them bones growing. - All right.

- Wow, what a fight. It was something. - Something.

Jeez.

I told you, you could give him everything but you.

- You can't give him your heart. - Oh, it's okay, Adrian. Really.

- Yeah? - Yeah. It's... It's all right.

Hey, kid. Don't you stay up too late, okay?

Some fight.

- Are you okay? - Oh, sure.

- I won't be out too late. - Okay.

See you, champ.

- Have a good time with Uncle Paulie. - Yeah.

Let me present the newest, the youngest heavyweight champion of all time,

Tommy "The Machine" Gunn.

- Do you think it was too easy? - I took some shots, but I was never hurt.

I'm just glad to be the champ.

Don't you think this looked like more like a sparring session than a championship?

- It didn't look like you broke a sweat. - Very observant.

Union Cane wasn't feeling that good.

But Tommy Gunn would have done the same thing if Union was 100 percent.

One hundred percent? He fought like he didn't have a heartbeat.

We all know Cane is a paper champion.

- What do you mean? - Cane's title was manufactured.

- He never won it from Balboa. - Gentlemen, give him a break.

Tommy, will you ever get out from under Rocky's shadow?

- I won the title. What more do you want? - You gotta fight some real opponents.

But I beat the best tonight.

The best? This guy's a bum. He doesn't even deserve a title shot.

Gentlemen, whoa. We're getting carried away. Cane was the recognized champ.

We know the ratings system can be manipulated.

Fact is, Tommy Gunn beat a second-rate fighter

with so much glass in his jaw, he ought to be a chandelier.

This man will prove to be a great champion.

He might win a few fights, but a Rocky Balboa he'll never be.

No, he's no Rocky Balboa.

Let's face it. There's only one Balboa. He was the people's champion.

But in time Tommy Gunn may be able to fill his shoes. Next question.

Not by fighting stiffs like Cane, he won't.

I'll fight anybody, anywhere.

When are you gonna fight a real fighter?

Gentlemen, come on. Thank you for coming tonight. We look forward to...

Hey, Tommy, I got something for you.

For your next fight, try the redhead in the front row.

I hear she comes real cheap.

What about that?

We look forward to seeing you at Tommy Gunn's next fight.

Why did you say Balboa's better? Do you believe that?

Of course not. Look, we can't talk in here.

Who are you gonna fight next, Tommy?

What the hell happened in there? I won the damn title and they think I'm a bum.

- Why didn't you help me? - When the press is right, they're right.

I'm as good as Balboa ever was and I'm tired of being called a damn robot.

Listen, Tommy. You can't fight the press. I can't fight them.

As long as they got Balboa on the brain, he's champ. He fought wars in the ring.

Tommy, face facts. You're in his shadow.

- This is your own man talking. - No, listen.

There is a way to get the respect you deserve. Challenge Balboa to fight.

- George could set it up in just weeks. - It'd be the greatest fight ever.

Teacher against student, old lion against young lion.

That's the only way you ever gonna get peace of mind.

The press will hound you with that man's legend for as long as you wear gloves.

You gotta get him into that ring, Tommy,

or you'll keep hearing questions like that.

You'll start to ask yourself, "Could I take him? Am I really good enough?

Do people think I'm a carbon copy

or a second-rate pretender who only got a shot because of my skin tone?"

Got to challenge that man to fight, Tommy.

If he refuses, you gotta insult him. You gotta dog him, you gotta humiliate him.

Do whatever you got to do to get him into that ring. But that's what you got to do.

Okay. Blast off. Rolling silver. And down.

Andy, these flippers ain't flipping.

- That machine cost me a fortune. - It's costing me a fortune too.

- Rocky Balboa. - What was that?

Rocky Balboa, there's a man out here wishing to speak with you.

Rocky Balboa.

Rocko, you know who that is, huh?

Yeah, I know who that is.

- Rocky, you need some help? - No, guys. It ain't no pie-eating contest.

Look what's in the street.

Tommy, what are you doing here? You ought to be celebrating.

I'm challenging you to a fight. Anytime, anyplace, anywhere.

- Fight? - That's right.

You're coming here with these people asking if I wanna throw hands with you?

- Is that what this is about? - Yeah. And I ain't nobody's robot.

Nobody's boy. Now are you accepting the challenge or are you yellow?

He has no class. Come on, Rocko. Hey, he has no class. Come on.

Hey, it ain't him. You wanna shoot some eight ball or something?

Hey. I ain't through talking with you yet.

Look, I ain't got no more to say to you, okay?

- I wanted good things for you. - The hell you did. You're in it for money.

- Money? - Yeah.

I'm tired of people calling me a robot.

You thought I was in this for the money, Tommy?

We were supposed to be like brothers, you know?

You don't know it, but you got a deception here.

This guy was using you for the bait. He wants to get you and me in the ring.

He wants us to fight each other to make the money.

He don't care about you and he don't care about me neither.

Come on. Enough of the fantasy. Let's talk reality.

Rocky Balboa, are you prepared to accept Tommy's challenge?

- Tommy... - Hey. I would have taken you anytime.

- You're a piece of garbage. - This ain't none of your business.

- None of my business? - Come on, Paulie. Forget it.

He spit blood for you, put you ahead of his own family.

And you bring these rat bums around here? Kill his dignity?

Rocko made you your shot. He's the real champ. You're just a joke.

Get out of here before I break your face.

Paulie?

What?

- Don't break your hand on that bum. - Paulie, are you okay?

You should've left him on the street where you found him.

Get off me, man.

- Merlin, get him out of here. - Get off of me.

- Tommy. - Get off me.

You knocked him down. Why don't you knock me down?

No, in the ring. Tommy Gunn only fights in the ring. Let's get out of here.

- My ring's outside. - Yeah? Let's do it.

- Tommy. - Let's go live.

Rocky, kill this here punk.

Take him right down quick.

He's a punk, Rocky.

He's a street fighter. You a prizefighter.

- Don't be a damn fool. - You don't own me.

- You don't own me. - What's wrong? Take it easy.

Nobody does. I want my respect.

Well, come and get it. Come on, Tommy.

I loved you, man. You know that?

You and me, we were supposed to be like this, Tommy.

You blew it. You...

Lucky punch. But I told you never to fight a street fighter fight.

- Come on, let's get out of here. - You're always a champ, Rocky. Great.

- Hey. - Get him, Rock.

Watch out.

Rocky, come on. Get on him, Rocky, come on.

- Rocky, get on him. Come on. - Stay with them.

I got them.

Rocky, come on, Rocky.

Great stuff. This is beautiful.

Mom. It's Dad.

- He's on television. He's fighting. - What?

Come on, man. Come on.

Rocky, come on.

Come on, Balboa. Who's your papa now, huh?

Come on.

Get on him, Rocky. Get him, Rock.

Come on, come on.

Come on, Rocky, come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Rocky, you gotta get up.

Come on, get up. Come on, Balboa.

Rocky Balboa...

- Come on. - Come on, Rock.

Rocky.

You're out.

If he dies, he dies.

You're the champ. Now get up. One more round.

Come on.

Get up. Don't lay down. Fight this guy hard.

Come on.

He's no machine. I didn't hear no bell.

Get up, you son of a bitch, because Mickey loves you.

Yo, Tommy.

I didn't hear no bell.

- Tommy. - Tommy.

- One more round. - Tommy, get back. Come on.

- You don't need this. - You lose, you're finished.

I got one more round. Come on.

I'm not gonna knock you out this time. I'm gonna put you through the street.

One more round.

Come on, Rocky.

Come on, Rock.

Come on, Tommy.

Yeah.

Come on. Again.

Come on, Tommy.

Touch me and I'll sue.

All right, Rocky. You done it.

What in the hell are you doing? Get up. What in the hell...?

Come on, knock the bum out. He took my room.

Throw your right.

Jab. Jab.

You're losing everything. Come on.

Come on, Dad. You can beat him.

Fight back, you bum.

Stop.

Rocky.

Come on, Dad, go for it.

Hit him, Dad. Come on.

Hit him, Dad. Come on.

Go for it.

Rocky, Rocky, Rocky...

Hey, Adrian. You were right. You were right.

Goddamn.

Only in America.

Hey, Rock. You outclassed the bum, huh?

Rocky, come on. Don't.

Touch me and I'll sue.

Come on, punk. Touch me and I'll sue.

Sue me for what?

Rocky, Rocky.

Hey, yo, Father.

I love it when he does that.

Rocky, Rocky, Rocky...

- We're gonna be late. - Come on, Speedy Gonzalez.

- Come on. You can do better than that. - No way.

I don't know. It's like these steps keep growing taller every year. My goodness.

Whew!

Look at this thing. As long as this thing is here,

pigeons is always gonna have a place to sit.

I can't believe it. This is where it all started for me.

- Running up and down these steps. - Dad?

- Dad, we're gonna be late. - Oh, yeah. Okay.

Hey, wait. What's wrong with your ear?

- What's wrong with it? - You got something wrong, like a bump.

What bump?

This bump.

- Thanks, Dad. - Hey, you deserve it.

Thank you for being born. Thank you.

- What do you think? The new me? - Well...

- You're the daughter I always wanted. - What are you talking about?

Hey, don't punch me. I'm getting brittle as it is. Look at this, you know?

I been running up and down these steps for 20 years.

And I never knew there was valuable pictures in this building.

You're never too old to learn something new. You're gonna love Picasso.

Oh, yeah. Well, I love almost everybody.