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Against the Ropes
Ray, you wanna lose
your mouthpiece again?
Come on, use your jab!
Box the damn guy,
come on!
Get out of that corner!
That's it, that's my little brother!
Come on, busy hands!
Jab! Jab!
Come on, Uncle Ray.
That's it, little brother.
Come on.
He's getting to you, Ray.
Come on.
- That's it, that's it.
- Left hook.
- Once is not enough. Come on, again.
- Jab, jab.
That's it. You see what happens
when you listen to me?
- Way to go.
- Thanks.
Hey, you do not belong up here,
all right? I'm not gonna tell you again.
Go wash your hands
and make yourself invisible.
Pete, she's your daughter.
She wants to help out.
She's a midget with a head full
of stupid. Who's she gonna help, huh?
- Crisco, can I get a hand over here?
- Yeah.
On the way, Mr. K.
Come on!
Hey, do you know
who you are
out of all the girls
in the world?
I'm your favorite?
And what's she gonna do
when she grows up?
- Kick butt and break hearts.
- That's right.
The world's an oyster
and you're a pearl.
Pearls are pretty,
and they're tough.
And pretty tough can do anything.
Remember that.
OK, Uncle Ray.
OK.
Hey, Mr. Abel.
- Hey, how are you, sir?
- Good to see you.
- Good morning, Mr. Abel.
- Yeah, beautiful.
Coffee.
Where's my coffee?
Coffee. It was not a question
the first time I asked for it.
You told me last week,
"absolutely, positively no coffee",
and I absolutely,
positively believed you.
Tear sheets for tomorrow.
The Telegram bled our ad.
It's nothing major, but we should
get credit for the next fight.
Memo from finance:
The budget
is officially overdue.
I ran some numbers...
- Did you take care of my bookie?
- I stalled him and your ex-wife.
I also printed out your e-mail,
restocked your bar,
hosed down Mel Harris.
Numbers:
Top drawer, left side, all you
have to do is sign off on them.
You see, that's why
I'm the boss, Kallen.
Because I let you handle
things for me.
Nobody gives me credit,
but if I were you and worked for me,
Well, roses die and you might be
allergic, but thanks for thinking of you.
LaRocca's event briefing,
where do you want that?
In the conference room. And don't
stick the cutout in the corner.
It's my handiwork.
Put it someplace Sammy can see.
All right?
I hate it.
I hate it a lot.
Are these guys
gonna fight or foxtrot?
They look like Homo sapiens
or something.
They are Homo sapiens.
Kallen speaks.
And from a mile away.
- Am I contagious or something?
- No, it's not a hygienic thing.
She just gets
kind of shy around you.
I'm sorry you're unhappy
with the standee,
but we only went with the shot
because your guys approved it.
If I say the sh*t's sh*t,
it's sh*t.
I mean, they told me that you
signed off on it, Sammy.
I don't know what the hell happened.
Jackie, what happened?
I don't care what happened.
You have 48 hours before the fight.
I want the two faggots fixed.
I mean, who the hell does
- A made man, that's who.
- No, he is the antichrist.
He is...
With a bank account.
He is this.
An $80 shoe?
He is the gum
on the bottom of my shoe.
That's what Abel and LaRocca are.
They're the gum,
you're the shoe.
How come they walk all over you?
Get a little older, work a little longer,
you won't be so judgmental then.
You think I like working for idiots
who take advantage of me?
That's easy for you to say.
This is not the best job you ever had.
At least here I get to see boxing,
in person, for free.
Boxing makes
all the other sh*t bearable.
If I didn't love it
as much as I do,
I'd be the first in line to bend over so
LaRocca and Abel could kiss my ass.
OK, don't get upset with me
just because you know
that I know how smart you are.
So now you think smart
is all there is to it?
That your brain can just plot the best
course and your life just goes there?
The world is not an oyster.
It is a smelly tank
full of dirty water and sharks.
It is not that easy to swim.
Jackie, you need to get
which is stuck.
In the basement.
You can't even see
Find an elevator,
press some buttons.
At least the only way out is up.
Yo, Tyrell, wait up!
Clean towels,
we need more clean towels.
Bad break, Rex.
Bad break?
I won that fight.
Come on, you saw it.
Everybody saw it.
You would've won
if you hadn't run out of gas.
You train serious,
you could have a career.
I would've given you a draw.
You deserved a draw.
He looks like sh*t.
Day-old sh*t.
If day-old sh*t
shook like an AK-47.
Shut up! You can't say dick
that wouldn't piss me off more.
It's all good.
Mr. LaRocca, it's adrenaline.
Shakes don't mean nothing.
Ask my last 12 wins.
- Hey, Jackie.
- Hey, Devon.
I'm only interested
in the 13th.
Lose tonight and you'll be waving
bye-bye to your career, your fan club
and the free hoochie mamas
that go with it.
What are you selling?
Sorry to interrupt,
but it's showtime.
Let's get out of here.
Come on, you can do this.
Let's do this.
Get your hands up, you bum!
He's got no left hand. What's going
on? What's the story with Greene?
Pedro! Pedro! Pedro!
Pedro! Pedro!
Get off the ropes!
OK, OK. That's it. That's it.
- Forget this guy Greene.
- Yeah.
No more, no more.
He's dead.
That's a kaput.
No, he's good. It's like
he didn't bother to show up.
Trust me, he's dead. And if I know
Sammy, he already wrote the obituary.
- See you, Gavin.
- See you.
Excuse me. Yeah.
Jacqueline.
I'd offer a seat, but I don't think
anyone would get up.
- Thirsty?
- Let me buy you a drink.
Bowie, hi.
Can I get a wine cooler
and whatever Gavin's drinking
whenever he's ready? On me.
- All right.
- Like that dress.
- The cleaner's shrunk it.
- I'll send a thank-you note.
Did you get that fax on Needles'
demos? They're good.
Put him on your show. He's exactly
what your advertisers want.
- Do we have to do this now?
- Do what, talk?
We're not talking.
You're negotiating. Stop it.
Listen, if I was a man trying
to close a deal, you wouldn't say that.
Oh, please.
Don't throw sex in my face.
- Unless you mean it.
- You see how you are?
I can't have a regular
conversation with you.
You're afraid to have
a regular conversation with me.
Oh, right. You're Mr. Irresistible.
I wish.
Kallen!
Come here.
Come here!
I gotta go.
There it is.
Promise me you'll wear
this for the championship bout.
Promise me you'll wear
this for the championship bout.
- Here we go.
- Oh, yeah!
Kallen. Good. J. Lo's coming
to the Coliseum next month.
I want me and Pedro
front and center.
- Front and center? Consider it done.
- Done and done.
- Hey, shouldn't you have that on ice?
- What are you, a doctor?
No, the doctors are busy
stitching up Greene.
Unprofessional p*ssy
didn't even bother
to give the fans
a decent fight, nothing.
Screw him. He's a Polaroid.
He's out of the picture.
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