Back in the Day Page #4

Yo, Larry.

Remember Hector Gomez?

Who could forget him?

Bad blood between these two

and we got a rowdy crowd

here tonight, folks.

Come on, baby!

Gomez popping the jab,

showboating.

Come on, Anthony! Yeah.

Look at him taunting Rodriguez.

And a shove

at the end of the round.

Go back to your corner.

Come on.

What the f***, Anthony?

Hey, I know this Colombian moves

like he's on an eight ball

of cocaine,

but that don't matter.

You let him float

as much as he wants,

then you get him on the

inside and pound that body.

Send that prick

back to Colombia.

Okay! Get him!

I love this guy! Yeah!

Rodriguez comes out like a ball

of fire to start the round.

Come on!

Fierce trading in the corner.

Whoa!

The crowd loves it!

You got him! Come on!

Rodriguez pummeling him!

- Mother...

- Boom, boom, boom!

And down goes Gomez!

Three, four, five...

Six, seven...

Eight, nine, ten.

Out.

Rodriguez, you suck.

You suck, Rodriguez!

Excuse me.

What'd you just say?

He just got lucky, bro.

You heard me. He sucks!

You suck!

That's my best friend, man!

Who you talking about?

Yeah, man, he sucks!

F***in...

you're a bum! Yeah, he's gonna

be the champion! You'll see!

I knew that Hector Gomez

had nothing on you.

I went wild

when you knocked him out.

I almost had my own brawl

in the stands.

Not everyone

is gonna like me, Matty.

You gotta understand that.

I'm glad we finally got a

chance to check this place out.

I know, there's some show

tonight too.

Gino Fratelli

is up at the balcony.

That's Enzo's boss, right?

From what I hear,

he's everyone's boss.

Look at this.

Gino wants to talk to you.

Okay.

I said you.

Not yous.

No problem.

Come on, let's go.

I must have called him,

I don't know, like,

15, 20 times, I mean.

And he doesn't answer the phone.

And you ought to make it

clear to him,

- that's not good enough.

- I'll take care of it.

I don't have time for them.

It's like you gotta use

your head.

I know.

You gotta think about the big picture.

Where you're gonna...

here.

Anthony, sit down.

You know who I am, right?

Of course, Mr. Fratelli.

I remember,

back when I was a kid,

my mom told me a very

powerful man owns this place.

And now

I'm sitting here with you.

First of all, call me Gino.

I saw your fight last night.

That's some left hand you got.

That Colombian guy,

he never knew what hit him.

Thanks.

I'm left-handed myself.

Back when I was fighting

guys in the streets,

they were always

guarding for the right hand

and I'd slip in that left hook.

Crack to the eye.

I wasn't so bad with my

hands when I was your age.

Maybe you should of been

a fighter.

No, no.

There's not nearly

enough money in it.

I know they probably didn't

pay you very much money

for last night's fight.

A guy like you,

struggling to come up,

they pay you nothing,

and this low-life

Reggie Dawson,

they pay him what,

like $30 million a fight?

Yeah, well, he's the champ.

He's a piece of garbage.

It's his arrogant f***in'

attitude I don't like.

I can't wait for somebody to

knock him on his f***ing ass.

You and me, both.

Yeah.

Enzo really loves you, Anthony.

He thinks the world about you.

He talks about you all the time.

He's been real good to me.

Good.

I'm gonna make sure

it stays that way.

Not a lot of people

from this neighborhood

go on to achieve great things.

No matter what it is

you're doing,

it's hard to climb

your way to the top.

I think you know

where I'm coming from.

I do.

You keep believing

in yourself, Anthony,

because we believe in you.

Thanks, Gino.

You go enjoy yourself.

We'll talk soon.

- Thank you.

- Yeah.

Here you go, buddy.

Thanks a lot, Anthony.

Sure.

- Hey, Anthony!

- Hi, Maria.

I heard you won your fight.

Yeah, I did.

You know, you never come

to any of my fights.

I guess someone

don't want you there.

You know I would love to come.

It's just not so easy

sometimes, all right?

Dominick's got his

jealous moments.

Yeah, well,

that's what you chose.

So...

- What can I get you?

- Look.

I'm not here for the pizza.

I wanted to congratulate you

on winning.

I mean, I know how long you've

been working on this boxing thing

and I really want it

to pay off for you.

Start making some real money.

Real money?

I guess that's what it's

all about for you, Maria.

That's not true

and you know that.

Then why you wearing

a huge rock like that?

I guess all that loan

sharking and bookmaking

can really come in pretty handy.

I can't believe you

would talk like that.

I can't believe

you would go this route.

You know,

I just lost my appetite.

Hey, what's the matter?

Nothing.

Don't tell me "nothing."

I saw who just walked

out of here.

I don't believe

after all these years,

she still could get to you.

You know

she's with Dominick now.

You know what

Dominick's capable of.

He's a made guy.

I really don't care what he is.

Let's talk about something else.

All right.

Let's talk about how I just plowed Mrs.

Schwartz

on my last delivery.

It was a really good day

today, Matty.

The place is really

starting to come together.

What the f*** are you doing?

I thought I'd be doing something better

than making f***in' pizza boxes.

What are you talking about?

The pizzeria is doing good.

Didn't it pay for the sweet

Chevelle that you're drivin'?

Yeah.

But I thought I'd be doing

something better.

This ain't enough action

for me, man.

You know what I want to do.

Then take the test again.

I failed it three times,

Anthony.

Three f***ing times!

I can't seem to get

this series seven.

You know why?

Because I'm not disciplined

like you.

You wake up every morning,

you exercise, you eat right.

Me, I can't even stay focused

enough to f***ing study right.

Well, that's on you.

If you want to be a

stockbroker, then do it.

Stop chasin' all these girls

and pass the test, bro.

You want me

to stop chasing girls?

Yo, Annie can't go to ac

with me this weekend.

Why don't you come instead?

No, Matty. No way.

I'm not going with you

to Atlantic city tonight.

No, don't give me

that look, Matty.

I'm not going.

All right.

What a break.

I can't believe it.

That's six hands

in a row I lost.

Maybe you should call it

a night.

You're down about four gs.

That's a lot of pizza to make.

You know what?

I'm all in.

All in, baby. Come on.

Nice.

Queens, baby, I love it.

Twenty.

I'm good.

Nice! Come on, baby, bust!

Bust! Come on!

Come on!

Twenty-one.

You suck! You know that?

You can't give me

a frickin' hand?

I'm sorry, sir.

It's not his fault.

Come on, let's go home.

No way, Anthony.

My host comp'ed a suite.

Let's go to the pool party.

I heard it's pumping.

Come on, let's go.

You know what? Take a

walk to the bar with me.

You, too. Come on.

That waitress wants you.

Yeah, right.

You're so hooked on Maria,

who you're not even with.

I need some p*ssy, man.

I'll even bang a hooker tonight.

Yo.

I noticed you from my table.

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