Bleed for This Page #6

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What are you two

doing down there?

We're just going through

some of Vinny's old things.

Ten more.

Come on. Keep...

What, you're not even counting.

Five, six...

How you feelin'?

Huh? All right.

Hey, what happened to you?

Oh, yeah, I slipped coming out

of the bathroom yesterday.

Aaah!

I like the peppers.

They're good?

They're good.

One day you're fightin'

and callin' each other names.

Now you're gigglin'

like a bunch of schoolgirls.

What the hell's the matter with you two?

I don't know, pop.

- Just having a good day, I guess.

- Well, knock it off.

You don't mind the

construction site on his face?

Construction doesn't

last forever.

You know, I'm actually kind of into it.

It's like braces times a thousand.

I think this might be

the one, vin.

Come on.

Do it again.

Come on.

Baby, come on.

Oh, my god.

Get out of my house.

You've been training under

my roof without telling me?

Pop, listen... right

under my f***in' nose.

You were doing this

the whole time?

Yeah.

It's been the only thing that's kept

me alive these last few months.

You lied to me, Vinny.

I lied to you?

Where were you tonight?

F*** you just say to me?

I'm sorry, pop.

I didn't want you to worry.

Vinny, what are you doing? We

gotta get the show on the road.

Yeah, I know.

I told her I'm good.

You have to be given a sedative

for me to remove the screws.

No. Let's just do it.

Vinny, I can't do this without

giving you an anesthetic.

Listen... it would be

excruciatingly painful.

Listen, doc. I've never

done drugs in my life.

I've never taken a hit. Not a bump.

Not a drag on a joint. Nothin'.

So I'm not gonna start now.

Just take 'em out.

You ready?

Yeah, let's do it.

Holy sh*t, doc! You're

going the wrong way!

I'm not, Vinny.

Listen.

You sure? Feels like you

screwed it in deeper.

- What do you say

we give you a sedative?

No, I'm good.

Come on. I'm good.

Oh, sh*t, doc! It's lefty loosey!

Do you know what you're doing?

Y-yes, I know.

Thank you.

It's the calcification around

the threads breaking free.

It's like a rusty bolt

with loctite on it.

Okay.

All right. Let's go.

Okay. Breathe.

Okay, there we go. There we go.

All right.

Okay.

Piece of cake.

Whoo!

Okay, got it.

Hey.

Hey.

I think I'm gonna be all right.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Oh, thank you. Thank you.

- Thank you so much for helping.

- You're welcome.

Hey.

Thanks, doc.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you, doc.

Get him out.

F*** me.

Good. Good.

How's that weight?

Mm-hmm.

All right?

Sorry, Vinny, it's impossible.

I can't get anyone to

insure a fight with you.

Listen to me, Lou.

I've been busting my ass. Only

one thing got me through that.

- Come on.

- I don't care who it's with,

where it happens,

how much money it's for.

None of that.

Come on, Vinny.

I made the calls, Vinny.

No one will fight you.

No one wants to be the one to

send you back to the hospital.

I don't want to be

the one to say it...

Then don't, 'cause I worked

too hard to hear it.

Vinny...

to have any shot

at catching the Yankees.

The Red Sox play three

in Detroit starting tonight.

And let's face it. At six back,

they need a minor miracle...

Probably a major miracle...

To win this wild card race.

Thanks, Joe. The dream lives on.

Vinny Paz anxiously awaiting the chance

to once again pursue his boxing dream.

In the meantime, the Pazman is doing

all he can to keep his body in shape

as we discovered today.

There was always

something ironic

about seeing the pazmanian

devil wearing a halo.

But the irony is gone,

replaced by iron.

Vinny Pazienza

is pumping iron again.

Hey.

Hey.

What'd you do?

Hey.

I didn't know it was

gonna get this crazy.

Come on. We'll make it work.

Let's go.

No idea.

Whoa.

Hey, everybody.

How we doin'?

Vinny, how you feeling?

Are you feeling good?

Good to see you guys.

Yeah.

Getting that right there?

All right, Vinny. Come on.

Okay, thank you, guys.

I really appreciate it.

Give 'em a little show. Okay.

All right.

The champ is here.

Hey, Vinny, how you feeling?

How am I feeling? I'm feeling

like a two-time world champion.

What do you guys think? Feel like I'm

moving faster, hitting stronger?

Looking good. When's

the next fight? Uh...

I don't know, but it's gonna

be... it's gonna be huge.

- What's your weight class gonna be?

- Uh, super heavyweight.

Uh, I don't know. It's a good question.

Kev keeps fattening me up.

Can we get footage in the ring?

It'd be great for this piece.

Yeah.

Love to, but we didn't set up a

sparring partner for today's work.

All right?

Kev.

You wanna see me spar? Yes!

You guys wanna see me spar?

Come on.

Kev, seriously, find somebody.

I'm fine.

And they said I'd never walk again.

Said I'd never box again.

Hey, dino.

Go a couple of rounds?

What do you mean no?

Here I am six months later.

Had screws in my head.

Got these scars. Chicks dig

scars though, right, Cindy?

- Jos.

- Hey, time flies.

Jos, let's go.

Get in the ring.

Coming at his head...

Bah! Come on. Come on.

Kev, how we doing?

I don't know, Vinny.

Yeah.

What?

Nobody wants to spar with me?

Let's do it another day.

Nah, come on.

Hey, Tommy. Come here.

Tommy, I need you to spar with me.

Nah, I can't.

Why?

I just can't.

Come on.

Tommy. What...

What, nobody wants

to spar with me?

Hey.

I'll spar with you.

Yeah?

Yeah. Good. You're

doing a good thing.

How tall are you?

Six foot.

Oh, my god, you are huge.

Come on.

You can do it.

Come on.

Come on, ray. What are you doing, ray?

Let's go.

Come on.

Come on. What are you doing?

Hit me.

I-I can't hit you, man.

Why? We're not

dancing, b*tch.

Whoa.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm good.

Thank you.

Yeah.

All right, champ.

Way to go.

If all goes well at the

doctor's office on the 14th,

it won't be long until Vinny's

back here in the ring,

bobbing and weaving and sparring

his way to fighting form

as one of the most courageous comebacks

in boxing history continues.

The familiar desire and

determination are still there.

The halo has brought

a whole new appreciation...

I can sell this.

Come on.

This is too soon.

Is this ma?

No.

I mean, yeah, we talked about it. How many

times you think we had that conversation?

No, this is different.

This is... me.

You don't think I'm ready?

I think you're in great shape.

Then what is it?

This whole thing...

The accident...

It woke me up.

I got a taste of what

it'd be like...

Yeah, pop. That's what

it did for me.

I got a taste.

When I was lying on the cot...

That's all I was thinking about was

what am I gonna do after this?

Am I gonna train kids

at the gym?

You know, bartend at night?

Talk about how i... how I

used to be a fighter...

Used to be world champ.

Nah, this-this

is what I do.

And I don't know how

not to do it.

Okay.

Look, I know you think I've been

doing a bang-up job all these years,

but that ain't exactly true.

I let you put yourself

in harm's way.

- I-i pushed you to it.

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