Bleed for This Page #3

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All right.

Sit.

The fight came in.

Hey.

And it's a f***in' title bout.

Are you serious?

Yeah.

- Who?

- It's the French guy. "Deal."

Del? Oh, yeah, Del. Whatever.

He's back in.

With a title fight!

Kev, you hear that?

I got a title fight.

I got a title fight, baby!

Are you kidding me?

Come on!

Get back to work!

You're back in the game!

Come on! Yeah!

It's bad enough

you're promoting both fighters,

but you made a deal for Del to fight

Rossi in Europe in three months.

250k.

And we both know

he's only worth that much

if it's a unifying title fight.

You need Vinny to lose.

It's worth just as much

to us if Vinny wins.

Make del/rossi the undercard,

put Vinny in the ring

with Sugar Ray or Durn.

Durn!

That's a big f***in' if.

Did you buy your tickets

to Italy yet?

Huh? I'll bet you did.

Nah. It's too soon.

Forget using Vinny

as a stepping-stone.

You're making him

a f***in' doormat.

We had options at 140.

At 54, our hands are tied.

You said you wanted a fight.

Yeah, a fight.

You're sending him to the lions.

I thought he was coming here to

bring us a bottle of champagne.

I just talked to Angelo.

It don't sound like nobody over

there's too upset. Just you.

Go home, Kev.

Relax.

This is good.

For who?

You didn't finish his career

in Vegas, you're doing it now.

We are? We were

the ones who asked for this?

We were the ones who bumped him

up two weight classes?

We're the ones who wanted

to make a big splash

so that the world

could know Rooney's back?

I mean, this is on you, Kev.

Vinny Pazienza is hoping to find

some stability and consistency

at his new 154-pound home.

Vinny Pazienza has perhaps one last

shot to win a world championship

when he takes on undefeated WBA junior

middleweight champ Gilbert Del.

When Del won the title

in February,

he coldcocked a helpless

opponent named Carlos Elliott.

Elliott left on a stretcher,

facedown with a broken jaw.

Well, good news is

he hits like a girl.

The Providence civic center.

Fighting here has been one of

Vinny Pazienza's greatest dreams

since becoming

a professional boxer.

Well, it's no longer a dream.

Coming up:

Vinny Pazienza, the homecoming.

Gilbert is cool, nice, uh...

Well, you know

he's a very fine guy.

He's a fine guy, but, uh,

he's a rough, rough, rough guy.

What does that mean?

Does he got rough hands?

My mom owns a salon in Cranston.

He can get a manicure

if that's the problem.

Gilbert says, uh, he can, uh,

kick your Italian ass

in any country you like.

Yeah, well, not this one, Gilbert.

All right?

You're stepping in front of Providence.

You're stepping in front of my people.

I've worked really hard to get here, and

I'm not going anywhere without that belt.

He wishes you the best of luck.

Hey!

Come on.

Come on, Kev. Turn the music up.

I'm feeling good.

I want you fresh for tomorrow.

Come on.

- All right, all right.

- Come on, Jon.

He asked me to hold the bag.

You want me to say no?

Come on, man.

What?

This fight...

We gotta be careful.

Yeah. Kev, you bumped me up

two weight classes.

It's the night before the fight.

You're telling me to be careful?

No kiddin'.

What are you doing? How is

this supposed to help anybody?

I could ask you the same question.

It's 9:
30.

I mean, come on.

Kev, look. I get it. You need

this win as much as I do.

You're damn right

I need this win.

But this isn't about me.

It's about you.

You're all in, all the time.

Scares the sh*t out of me.

What you want me to do? Only be half in?

A quarter in?

You want me to smoke

a cigarette between rounds?

I want you to understand the difference

between a risk and a gamble.

Yeah, risks, gambles, whatever.

No, not whatever.

This, what we do here,

this is calculated. Okay?

We weigh the odds.

We make a choice.

This ain't Blackjack, Vinny.

It ain't orange juice

and tit jobs and sunglasses.

This is it.

This is f***ing it!

Do you think I'm gonna

lose this fight?

No.

Good. Me neither.

They come from

opposite ends of the spectrum.

Suave, smooth gentleman from

Paris, the champion, Gilbert Del.

Going up, the blue-collar fighter

from Providence, Rhode Island,

Vinny Pazienza.

Sarah, come on.

It's starting.

Come on, champ!

You be first, Vinny.

You be first.

Come on, Vinny!

Come on. Let's go.

No punches thrown.

Come on, vin.

Oh!

Push off the ropes!

He nails Pazienza upstairs.

Get off the ropes!

Push off the ropes, Vinny!

Come on. What are you doing?

There you go.

Golden opportunity for

Gilbert Del. Vin.

Doreen, why you so quiet?

Come on! Come on!

F*** is he doing?

I'll be here all day. I love it.

I can do this all day.

I'll see you right after this.

Come on!

What are you doing, champ?

Stop playing around!

Come on!

Give me the water.

This isn't the game plan,

all right?

Why you going

toe-to-toe with this guy?

Hey, Vinny, look at me.

You don't move,

you're gonna get hurt.

All right?

You're gonna get hurt.

Don't let the fillies

get the better of you.

You don't have to slug

with this guy, all right?

What?

What is it? He doesn't

hit like a girl at all.

Jesus Christ.

He actually hits pretty hard.

Vinny, move your head.

All right? Come on!

Vinny, kick his f***in' ass!

There you go. There you go.

There you go, there you go.

Now you're movin'.

Oh, yeah!

Yeah, that's Vinny. Yes!

Stay on him, champ!

Come on!

Vin, stay on him.

That's it. Yes!

Come on!

Whoo!

Yeah!

What are you doing? Come on!

What?

Come on, Vinny! Come on!

Finish him off!

No way!

Could be the knockout!

Neutral corner.

Nine, ten.

Ma, he did it!

Ma, he just did it!

He knocked him out!

He knocked him out? Oh, my god!

Champ!

Vinny! How ya doin'?

Oh!

Vinny!

- Oh, my god!

- Whoo!

Oh, my god, he did it!

Yeah!

- Stuck it out, Vinny.

- Yeah.

I did it with dogged determination

and persistent perseverance.

I'm back on top.

How do you feel, champ?

Like I should be on a box of Wheaties

doin' a Gatorade commercial.

I feel like I should be going

to Disneyland or something.

I'm so happy.

So what? You bulk up.

No big deal.

It's Durn.

You have to fight him

at super middleweight.

Yeah, you think

I can handle him?

I'd rather you fight

where you naturally live.

Don't want you to have to

starve yourself or bulk up.

But, yeah.

You can handle him.

"Handle him"?

He's gonna murder him.

You're too f***in' nervous,

Kevin. You know that?

Yeah, you're not nervous enough.

Yo.

- Hey, hey, you got it?

- She's outside.

Nice.

Where you goin'?

We're just going to Dunkin'.

Yeah, grab some coffee.

- All right.

- Okay.

You be back for dinner.

He just got this new car, pops. I

might be a little late for dinner.

Does this mean

we're not going to ac?

Nah, I gotta be back tonight.

Let's just do Foxwoods.

Hey, so did you figure out

your next fight?

Gonna skip the rematch with Del and

go in straight to something bigger.

How big?

Like Durn big.

Holy sh*t. How much?

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