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And I knocked him out, O-U-T.

And the fight went the way we talked about?

He could have taken Sanchez anyway.

You understand me?

I'm out of here.

Sounds like Sonny's under a lot of pressure.

Sonny's possessed.

I mean, Sonny will do anything to be a champ.

His description of the suspect matches Sonny to a T.

I won't lose any sleep over it.

No, you'd need a conscience for that.

Let me see a combo.

Combo!

Jab it.

Let me look at that eye.

How bad's my cut?

No, it's O... it's OK.

It's OK.

Come over here.

Just let me press this.

There you go. You're looking sharp.

You're looking sharp.

Make it look good, there's a big payday.

Look sharp out there. Look sharp.

Ray, one voice in the corner.

Just one voice.

All right, all right.

I'm sorry.

Stay off of the ropes.

Get away from him, box him.

Keep your hand up to protect that eye, you understand me,

and the fight is yours.

You've got one more round.

OK.

Hector, last round.

Touch gloves now.

Sonny, it's the last round.

I want you to touch gloves.

OK.

Box him, Sonny.

Box him!

Combo!

Combo now!

Jab, jab, jab, jab, jab!

Sonny's going to win the fight.

Relax, Nick.

It's not over yet.

Are you kidding?

Vegas had him a 6 to 1 underdog and I've got $200 on him.

What did you do, get a tip?

Eh, a sentimental reason.

Yeah.

There's Sporty. Hey Sporty!

Leo, why don't you go see what Doc

Bealer's blood pressure's like?

What do you think?

Apparently all three judges have us in good shape.

All we need is a fight right here.

Get him!

Get off the ropes!

Take it to him, Sonny.

Take it to him.

Combo, combo now.

Combination.

Take him when you're ready.

Ah, you got him.

Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

That's it.

- Ah! - Ah!

You got him! You got him!

You got him!

Ladies and gentlemen, we have the time.

One minute 37 seconds in round number 10,

the winner by way of knockout and still undefeated,

Sonny Ruiz.

Congratulations, Sonny.

Oh thanks, Mr. Gleason.

Listen, if you don't have any plans,

we're having a little get together at the house later

on tonight. - Hey, that's great.

Unfortunately we do have other plans.

Thanks a lot, but no thanks.

OK, let's go back.

I'll introduce you to Benny. Come on.

All right.

Sonny, way to go.

How about Cyclone Williams next time, Sonny?

Get him, huh?

As soon as the locker room clears, we'll go in.

You're all right, Sonny.

You'll live.

Benny, the eye's OK.

Got a great physical specimen here, going to go places.

Hey, nothing can stop me now.

I'm on my way.

That's what I like to hear.

I told you we could take Sanchez, didn't I Benny?

Yeah.

Yeah, you did.

Now we got Gleason banging down our door.

That's the big time. - Yeah.

Gleason's got Cyclone Williams, number three contender,

in his stable.

I must be doing something right, hey Benny?

Yeah.

You're feeling pretty good now, aren't you Sonny?

- Yeah. - 13 and 0 as a pro.

You know what a real pro would have done

to you in that corner tonight?

He would have murdered you.

What I'm saying Sonny, is that it's not just hooks and jabs.

It's head butts, its elbows.

There's 1,000 tricks that you haven't even

begun to learn yet.

Gleason's one of the top promoters in the country.

You know what the Gleason's of this world are looking for?

They're looking for a big payday.

Kid, he'll use you, he'll abuse you,

and he'll drop you like a bad habit.

I just want a damn big fight.

How about a little support?

Well, um, congratulations fellas.

- See you next week. - Hey doc!

Hey doc, how's he doing?

Take a good look in the mirror, pal.

You're trying to live your life through the kid.

Well it won't work.

You had your turn, now it's Sonny's.

Hey Benny, great fight!

Hi Nicky.

Rick Hunter, Benny Schaeffer.

Hi Rick.

Pleasure.

I saw you fight Iron Man Johnson years ago.

It was a long time ago.

You a fight fan?

Well, yeah.

Yeah, a little bit.

Sonny, this is Nicky Blair and Rick Hunter.

- Yeah, how you doing guys? - Pleasure.

How are you? - Great fight, Sonny.

Yeah, congratulations.

I understand you got a shot at Cyclone Williams.

Sure hope it happens.

Cyclone Williams, he used to fight out of your gym,

didn't he Ben?

Yeah.

Sonny will fight him one day.

Benny... Martha's waiting.

I'll talk you tomorrow.

Would you like to go to my place to get something to eat,

Ben?

Thank you, Nicky, but give me a rain check will you?

Sure.

Pleasure.

My pleasure.

You call me, huh?

You'll call me by the end of the week?

- Yeah, I'll call you. - OK.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Whoa, whoa. Come on, fellas.

Come on, let him go.

Sonny, go ahead.

When's the next fight?

That would be about six months.

I don't think Benny's going to show.

Yeah.

Ray, what's the problem?

Benny thinks an awful lot of that kid, Mr. G.

So do I. We all want what's best for the kid.

Benny wouldn't like to see the kid get hurt.

Doc, is the kid going to get hurt?

Kid's in great shape.

He's 13 and 0.

13 and 0.

His reflexes are sharp, he's got a punch like a mule.

No physical problems as far as I can see.

And the fight went the way we talked about, right Ray?

Come on, Mr. G. The kid's a hell of a fighter,

he could have taken Sanchez anyway.

You know, Sonny's like blood to me and Benny.

Ray, to me he's like gold.

I just can't take any chances.

I need him.

I need him to move my fighters toward the big money.

Now along the way, he'll pick up a nice pile for himself.

Who knows, maybe even a title shot down the road.

Ray, you are into the bookies for over 100 grand.

I can't keep them off your back any longer.

I'm doing the best I can.

Do better.

End of meeting.

Hey, where's my money?

Relax, Ray, you'll get paid.

It takes time.

I need it now I can't think straight until I

get these bookies off my back.

Look, give me my share now and lend me to rest.

Listen, Ray... once Sonny moves into Gleason's camp,

your problems are solved.

Benny won't go along with it.

Anyway, I don't like the way this whole thing's gone down.

It's too late now, Ray.

Oh, yeah?

What do you think Gleason's going

to do when he finds out what you've

been pumping into Sonny, huh?

And maybe I'll go to the commission with it, too.

You'd do that, wouldn't you?

You can make book on it.

Oh, did you see me in there tonight, baby?

I mean, I had it.

I mean, I walked into that ring and I

felt like a fine-tuned machine working on all eight cylinders.

And I come to this kid, and I knock him out,

O-U-T. Not bad for an underdog.

Benny says you were lucky tonight.

What do you mean, because of this?

He's just afraid to unleash me.

Ray thinks I'm ready for Cyclone Williams.

You know what I tell Ray?

I say, why don't we move it and wait and take on Sugar Ray?

What's happening to you Sonny, huh?

You're really talking crazy, you know that?

Crazy?

The only thing I'm crazy about is you.

Come on, let's go to Gleason's.

I don't want to go to Gleason's.

Come on, I just won a fight.

You want to be a couch potato? Let's go party.

Not with Gleason.

You know, you're starting to sound just

like Benny after the fight.

What's wrong with sounding like Benny?

I mean, what is happening to you, Sonny?

I mean, ever since Gleason all you talk about is you.

What about us?

Our dreams, our goals, remember Sonny?

Baby, baby.

I love you, and I love Benny, and I love Ray.

But right now, I'm on a roll.

I can feel it every time I walk into a ring.

I can feel it.

You know what that feels like?

And I just get out there and...

Ray. Ray.

That's it, teach him that spin.

Spin on your right foot.

Fellas!

Hey!

Hey!

What are you doing here?

Ah, come on, slow down.

I just wanted to convey best wishes from Mr. Gleason.

I'd like to talk to your boy.

Oh, you would, hey?

Well, you can't, because this is my gym, these are my fighters,

and I want you out of here.

Take it easy.

Hey, you ever touch him again, I'm going to break your nose.

Yeah, right.

Buzz off.

I'll talk to you girls later.

What the hell's going on here?

Just take it easy.

Don't give me that take it easy stuff!

You too, Ray.

I'm sick and tired of this.

You get it straight or I'm out of here.

You understand me?

I'm out of here.

What's going on?

What have you been telling Gleason?

You know what I've been telling Gleason.

Well I'm telling you, it's no good for Sonny.

Benny, I'm sick and tired of these crummy club

fights with no payoff.

Just once, just once in my life, I want a big payday.

And if you get a big payday, you'll

have to turn it over to the bookies, which is what you've

been doing all these years.

If you hadn't, you'd have money today.

Benny, what's the matter with you?

What's happened to us, we used to be like brothers?

Won't you listen to me just this once?

Just this once, please, I'm begging you.

Come on, Ray.

You don't have to beg me, man.

Look, all I'm saying is, we finally

got a kid with a future, huh.

If we're good to him, he'll be good to us.

But we've got to be straight with him

and don't let him down.

Yeah.

You're right, you're right, you're right, you're right,

you're right. - Good-o.

All right.

Come on, I can still get one in there faster than you.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Sure, Boss.

All right.

All right, go back to the bags.

The hell are you doing here?

What time did you and Benny leave the TKO bar?

About 10:00 or 10:30.

I just can't believe it.

Not Ray.

Where'd you go after that?

Come on.

Ray and I were like family.

Don't... I went to my girlfriend Martha's house,

you can check it.

Benny, have any idea what Ray was doing here so late?

I don't know.

Maybe you wanted to be alone.

You have any idea who would do this?

I wish I knew.

Well if you were me, where would you start.

Bookies, I mean all of them.

Because he was in hock up to his butt.

Maybe... maybe one of them just pushed a little hard.

Yeah, see that doesn't makes sense,

Benny, because if a bookie kills him, he doesn't get paid,

right?

Well it's the best I can come up with.

Well if you can think of anything else,

why don't you come on down to the station house,

we'll have a nice little chat.

If I think of anything, I'll call you.

I hate station houses, it's a hang-up from my childhood.

I hope you're happy, Benny.

How's the kid doing?

I think he's pretty shaken up.

His girlfriend's Martha Gomez, I'll go over and talk to her.

What did Benny tell you?

He told me Ray was in deep with every bookie in town.

Tell you what, I'll run it by Sporty, see what he can dig up.

Yeah, good.

He was at the fight.

Thanks, I'll talk to you later.

Nick, how are you doing?

Yeah, hi, Rick.

I appreciate you coming.

He's been here for a couple hours and he's really down.

Let's go take a look.

OK.

He's a wreck.

I've known him for 20 years, Rick,

and I've never seen him like this before.

I'm really worried.

Let me have a word with him by myself, huh.

OK.

I'll... I'll be in the kitchen.

Yeah, good, thanks.

I don't know where to start.

Listen, Benny, an awful lot's happened

over the last 24 hours.

Why don't you relax, take your time,

and start at the beginning.

It's a lot of years ago, Hunter.

Ray and I go back over 20 years.

When Sonny's father died, we took the kid in.

Well, we trained him, looked after him.

I brought up that kid like he was my own son.

He won't make a move without my say-so.

You and Ray ever argue?

Yeah, we argued.

He always pushed the kid too fast.

Well, what's wrong with that?

You too, Hunter?

Look, the only thing Ray was interested in was a big payday.

And Gleason, he offered him the moon.

So with Ray gone now, there's no way you'd ever turn the boy

over to Gleason, is that right?

Hunter, whoever killed Ray is trying to put

a wedge between Sonny and me.

Now if something happens to me, then the kid's

got no place to go except to Gleason

and I ain't going to let that happen.

Let me just tell you something Benny, you relax about Gleason.

Let worry about him, OK?

All right.

I want you to be available to me if I need you,

you understand me?

All right.

All right.

You what the Gleason's of this world

are after?

One big payday.

They'll use you, abuse you, and drop you like a bad habit.

Make it look good.

There's a big payday, look sharp.

Martha Gomez?

Yes?

Sergeant McCall, PD.

Sonny?

No, I just need to ask you a couple of questions.

He's fine.

Thank god.

Listen, could we go inside and talk for a little bit?

Yeah.

Let me help you with that.

Thanks.

Where should I put these?

Just on the coffee table, please.

Just have a seat on the sofa.

Thanks.

So how can I help you?

Ray Sullivan's been murdered.

Talk to me.

Look, ever since this guy Gleason's been around,

Sonny only has time for Sonny.

Leaves you feeling left out, huh?

You're a good cop.

Well, I understand.

How's Sonny taking Ray's death?

Not well.

Tell me about Gleason.

Gleason wants Sonny to fight for him.

He wants to promote Sonny, he wants to manage Sonny,

but Benny doesn't think he's ready yet.

Ray did.

Sounds like Sonny is under a lot of pressure.

Sonny is possessed.

I mean, Sonny will do anything to be a champ.

What do you mean?

Just wait right here a second.

He's been taking these for the last 6 and 1/2 months.

He's taking anabolic steroids?

Yeah.

Sergeant Hunter, Good afternoon.

Can I offer you something to drink?

No thanks, Mr. Gleason.

I presume you're here because of Ray Sullivan's death.

Am I a suspect?

Oh, I don't know.

You tell me.

I've been accused of a few killings

in my time, Sergeant Hunter, but those were all financial.

Well I can greatly appreciate that,

however I'm here to discuss a homicide.

What was your relationship with Ray Sullivan?

Ray's Sullivan was a small-time fight promoter,

I was trying to help him with him financial problems.

How's that?

We were talking about buying one

of his fighters, Sonny Ruiz.

Oh, I see.

Well, I won't pretend there was nothing in it for me,

the kid's a hell of a fighter.

Another financial killing, huh?

Sergeant Hunter, I have a stable full of fighters,

including the third-ranked middleweight, Cyclone Williams.

Sonny Ruiz is just another property.

See, I don't dirty my hands with the Ray

Sullivans in this world.

So he was in a different league, Ray, huh?

Just another business deal gone south.

I won't lose any sleep over it.

No, you'd need a conscience for that.

You don't want any part of me, so sit down.

Sit down, Leo.

OK Mr. Gleason, appreciate your hospitality.

Well all be chatting soon.

Excuse me, can I help you?

Excuse me!

Physical therapist to Four West.

Physical therapist to Four west.

Dr. McFadden, please meet discharge planner

at Three East.

Dr. McFadden, please meet discharge planner

at Three East.

Hey Kelly, there he goes!

You say this happened about 2:00, huh?

That's right.

I was sitting at my desk and this guy came running in here.

I asked him if I could do something for him,

but he just ignored me, and ran past me

and got into the elevator.

He got off on two, so I came back and called security.

OK.

Now that's the guy you saw, right?

- Yeah, that's the guy. - You're sure about that?

- Yeah, that's him. - OK, good.

Thanks very much.

Listen, if you think of anything else,

please call me at that number.

The one on the bottom right hand corner is my office.

- OK. - Thanks.

I interviewed the guard.

His description of the suspect matches Sonny to a T.

He also got a license plate number off the car,

L-Y-T-E-S-O-U-T.

Lights out.

Yeah, and the car's registered to Sonny Ruiz.

Mm-hm.

The receptionist ID'd him as well.

What did you hear from headquarters?

They confirmed that both of Gleason's men...

Dino Morelli and Leo White... have

real strong alibis for the night that Ray was killed.

OK, look... it's about time you dig up to see

what Sporty has to offer.

I'll go find Sonny.

You weren't supposed to kill the guy!

I just wanted to find out what Ray and Doc were up to.

Now I'm going to have Hunter walking all over my business.

I keep telling you, it was just an accident.

Who told you to hit him?

I slapped the guy a couple of times!

He fell and hit his head!

Look, the guy's dead, all right.

But we're better off.

He told me he killed him.

Said he was going straight to the boxing

commission about our business.

Maybe you're right.

You're still sloppy.

Now you think you can do this without having an accident?

Talk to Benny, tell him, we don't

sign Sonny, we waste the kid.

Can you do that without killing anybody?

Don't worry, it's covered.

And Dino, you tell Benny, that kid doesn't fight for us,

he doesn't fight for anybody.

Capeche.

So where'd you put your money, Sporty?

Hector Sanchez or Sonny Ruiz?

In a larger sense, Sergeant, what's the difference?

I lost, my man went in the tank.

What makes you think it was a fix?

Look, wagering ratios altered drastically

in the last few moments.

Sonny's odds went from 6 to 1 to 3 to 1 in the last 10 minutes.

So what does that mean exactly?

Well, in the parlance of the gaming community,

a bet on Sonny is smart money.

Rumor has it that there's a guy really who laid down 50,000

on him in the last 10 minutes.

50 G's?

Who's that?

A fight doctor by the name of Bealer.

- Doc Bealer? - Mm-hm.

You think Benny and Ray knew it was a fix?

Well whoever knew made a lot of money.

Huh, you're not kidding.

Gee, what's that?

Don't they know we're closed?

What the hell are you doing in here?

Leo, take him in the back.

Benny!

Have him show you one of those beautiful cannolis he's got.

What does it take to get through to you,

for you to get the message?

I do not want to deal with Gleason.

We just want Sonny's name on a contract.

You got no chance of it, and it's no deal.

You do know Sonny's popping steroids, don't you?

Oh, yeah.

Ray and Doc turned the kid onto the stuff.

Didn't anybody tell poor old Benny?

You get the kid delivered to Gleason

or you won't have any kid.

You try living with that.

You'd kill Sonny, wouldn't you, just like you killed Ray?

Ray was stupid.

We didn't kill Ray, Doc killed him.

Ray was about ready to sing to the boxing

commission about the drugs.

So you killed Doc.

That was an accident.

And if you don't want any more accidents, deliver the kid.

Leo, let's go!

Don't be stupid, there's a lot of money in this.

Benny, what happened?

Sonny, I don't get it.

I still don't understand why you went there.

I told you, something was going on with Ray and the doc.

That's why I was there.

Yeah, what? What was going on?

I don't know.

Something.

- Is it Ray's gambling again? - No.

Maybe. Hell, I don't know.

I mean, everything's going so fast.

First, it was Ray, then the doc.

I mean, Benny might be next.

Sonny, Sonny, listen to me.

Please go to the police, Sonny.

Oh, Baby are you crazy?

The woman in the building saw me.

Doc Bealer was beaten to death.

The cops are going to think it was me.

Sonny, if you think Gleason killed Ray,

go see Sergeant McCall.

She'll help us.

Murder.

The cops can't help people like me,

not against guys like Gleason.

He's got all the juice in the world.

No, but Sonny...

No, Sonny, enough!

Don't you understand?

Gleason's the only one that can help us now.

He's my only answer, you understand me?

Yeah.

If I don't sign with Gleason...

If I don't sign with him, something bad

is going to happen to Benny.

Benny, get a hold of yourself, will you?

Stop talking crazy, heh?

You don't understand, Nick.

The Gleasons of this business have been picking my pockets

for the last 20 years.

Take it easy.

Stop talking like that.

I've given this game everything I've got.

First Ray, now they want Sonny.

No way.

Sonny is a good kid.

He won't do anything to let you down.

You don't know Gleason.

He's got to be stopped.

He's got to be stopped before he messes up Sonny's life.

Benny.

McCall, come in here on the double,

I've got something good for you.

Sergeant McCall will be right in.

Thank you.

Captain?

This is Ann Smith.

Sergeant McCall.

Yeah, I remember you.

You're the receptionist at Dr. Bealer's building.

Right.

Miss Smith, tells Sergeant McCall what you just told me.

Well, when Sergeant Hunter interviewed me at Dr. Bealer's

building, I told him that all I saw

was a guy run in and run out a few minutes later.

What I forgot to tell him was, is I'm six months pregnant,

and that I arrived earlier than I usually do,

which is 9 o'clock.

Well I had an 8:00 AM appointment that morning

and my doctor is in the same building.

So when I came through the parking lot,

I saw a man parked in a gray car.

Did you get the license number?

No.

So what happened?

Well, when I walked past him, he quickly

put on a pair of sunglasses.

It seemed kind of strange to me, it seemed like he

was trying to hide his face.

I really didn't think too much about it until after Sergeant

Hunter left.

If you saw this man again, do you think

you could recognize his face?

She already has.

It's Dino Morelli.

It's one of Gleason's boys.

Excuse me, Captain.

Sergeant McCall, you want to take an urgent call

from a Mr. Nicky Blair? - Yeah.

He's on line two.

Hey Nicky.

Thanks.

He says that Benny just left his restaurant,

he seems real upset and he thinks he's on his

way over to Gleason's.

Get on it.

I'll call Hunter and I'll get some backup.

So Sonny, you throw the punches, I do the rest, right?

You saw me handle Sanchez, right?

Like an ace.

Listen, let's go in here, we'll have a little visit,

sit down, talk a little contract.

You want a drink? Do you drink?

- Don't drink. - Oh, all right.

Well have a little fruit juice.

Now Sonny, sit here.

Sit down, take it easy.

Now, let's talk.

Sanchez was fighting with two-thirds of his hand speed

in his prime.

If it was Cyclone, he'd take the guy.

Maybe, but not yet.

First, we've got to get you a rep, see?

I'm going to put you on a prelim card with O'Connor.

O'Connor?

I could take that guy with one hand.

Sonny, I pick the fights, you do the boxing.

OK, no problem.

Just don't hurt Benny.

Put it in writing and I'll sign anything.

You don't have to sign nothing.

Benny, what are you doing here?

I can't let you go through with this, kid.

Now get out of here.

Now let's all calm down.

Benny, you're taking this much too personally.

It's strictly business.

Business?

Business like when you killed Ray?

That was business, too, wasn't it?

Now you know I had nothing to do with that.

.Yeah.

Yeah, I forgot.

You had nothing to do with Doc, either.

Right Dino?

Kid, these guys will stop at nothing.

Benny, listen to me.

I'm giving Sonny what he needs...

Big paychecks, big cable deals.

You want to jump on for the ride, you're welcome.

Now let me tell you something, Gleason,

I've been caving into guys like you much too long.

But not this time.

Benny, don't do it.

Don't do it.

Look, we'll just get out of here.

You don't understand, Sonny.

If it's not today, then it'll be tomorrow.

Freeze it right there, Benny.

Take Mr. Schaeffer outside.

You promised me you weren't going to hurt him.

Nobody's talking about getting hurt.

Take him outside, let him cool off, and then take him home.

All right.

Now Sonny, you want to help Benny?

Let's finish our business.

Freeze, police, right there!

Don't even think about it.

Benny's hit!

I got it covered.

Don't move.

Halt!

Police!

I didn't hurt him.

Come here.

That's right, come right over here.

Over here.

You all right, Sonny?

Yeah, Benny.

I'm OK.

Drop the gun, Benny.

Stay out of this Hunter.

Benny, I mean it.

Come on, give me the gun.

No.

It's payback time for all the small-time promoters

that he has rolled over.

You don't worry about him.

He'll pay it.

Benny, don't blow it on this scum.

It ain't worth it.

He's right, Benny.

Give me the gun.

Come on.

That's right.

That-a-boy.

Eight, nine, ten, and you're out.

Works for me.