Body and Soul Page #3

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Give them anything they want.

Leon the Lover.

-What's happening?

-My man's a good man.

Good to see you.

-How're you doing, my man?

-Good to see you.

Leon, I want you to meet somebody.

Eddie Mustafa, light heavyweight

champ. Leon the Lover.

How are you doing?

My buddy, Charles.

-How you doing?

-Good.

I'm a big fan of yours.

There are some ladies over there,

see if you can find them.

I like your style. I am glad

we're not in the same weight class.

It's so good to see you.

-You're wonderful. Let me touch you.

-Sure.

How you doing?

-Are you here with someone?

-Well, I just....

Hi. How are you?

Here, my man, I got some good blow.

Are you really Leon the Lover?

Well, I try to be.

Don't try, honey. Show me.

Go find me P*ssy.

I need her here tonight, and fast.

I don't care how much it costs.

Hi. Hope I'm not in the wrong room.

As a matter of fact, no...

but I was beginning to wonder

what took you so long.

I am P*ssy Willow.

-I'm--

-I know.

But whether you're the lover or not...

that remains to be seen.

Out here

we got regular stuff for regular folks...

but we have special stuff

for special people.

Have you ever heard

of freebase, man?

No, I haven't.

Freebase, my man.

Right now you at bat.

I hope I don't disappoint your view.

Oh, I hope not...

because it gets so depressed

when it's disappointed.

Leon said to me, "I'm gonna

knock him out in the first round."

I said, "You should knock him out

in the second round."

He did.

'Cause he always listens to me.

Hello, ladies. Hold on to your seats.

Here comes the face that launched

a thousand heartthrobs.

One of the most controversial figures

in sports today.; Leon the Lover.

You can hear the reaction, Ed.

He now seems to be the life.

Not just a fighter, but

a master showman who also boxes.

This overflow crowd didn't come

to see you being champion...

they came to see this man.;

Leon the Lover.

That's the female cheering section

that follows him wherever he goes.

They call them Leon's Lovelies.

It's just about show time.

He's got his work

cut out for him tonight.

Giving up three-and-a-half inches

in reach, three inches height...

going against the tallest champion

in welterweight history...

the St. Louis Assassin.

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

the main event of the evening.;

fifteen rounds of boxing

for the United Boxing Association...

World's Welterweight Championship.

Presenting the challenger on my left

from Chicago, Illinois...

weighing in...

at a trim 145 pounds...

the man who's not just a fighter...

but a lover of life...

who wishes every woman

could be his wife.;

Leon the Lover!

And his opponent,

the defending champion...

weighing in at 146. 75 pounds...

the man whose hands

are considered...

an assault with a deadly weapon...

the welterweight boxing champion

of the world.;

the St. Louis Assassin!

We've got us a fight.

The Assassin, taller and stronger...

a true champion,

a man whose record speaks for itself.

And for the challenger...

tonight, it's put up or shut up

for one Leon "the Lover" Johnson.

Leon is sliding, gliding,

moving, looking pretty.

Not a single blow from the Assassin

has come close to Leon.

Leon is too busy showing

his ability to dance.

There they go. Two hard rights.

He's not the champ! I'm the champ!

He ain't nothing!

He ain't nothing.

He's an impersonator.

I'm gonna hold my hands down

for a minute and he still can't hit me.

You're looking bad!

You're making me make you look bad!

You're disappointing your fans!

You got 45 seconds.

An occasional panty is thrown

into the ring...

something we've come to expect

when the Lover fights.

He's just an amateur, he's an amateur.

This is a disgrace. You might as well

give me the crown right now.

-You're doing fine, son, looking good.

-Is my hair okay?

Leon, please, not tonight.

This is a championship fight.

Leon, I just love you.

A few more of those

and I could just love you, too.

I wanna give you something

close to me. I just took these off.

-Can I have your autograph?

-I can't write with my gloves on.

Honey, you're sweating.

Lady, please!

We're in a championship fight.

I just need one quick kiss.

Lady, please.

It'll get messy in here in a minute.

Leon the Lover is everywhere.

He's unmarked, untouched.

Hitting the Assassin at will.

This is unbelievable.

...eight, nine, ten.

I told you, I did it. I am the champ.

Leon the Lover reigns forever!

Leon the Lover, the champ forever.

...I've been listening to you.

All this time I had to read

all the garbage you wrote.

Tomorrow's headlines write this,

"We apologize to Leon the Lover...

"because he made the

St. Louis Assassin look amateurish.

"He had four bodyguards.

He had people with machine guns.

"He needed a machine gun

to beat me tonight.

"He needed an A-bomb

to beat me tonight.

"That's how good I was.

"I'm gonna fight the Iceman next

and make him look bad.

"Then I am gonna fight three people

in one night. That's how good I am."

You say I talk too much?

I'm through talking.

After tonight, I won't have to talk.

I never have to prove myself.

I'm no fluke. I work hard to be best.

Don't ever bet against me.

-Congratulations, champ.

-My girl.

-I love you, baby.

-I'm gonna borrow her for a minute.

-Sure. Bye, Kelly.

-We'll be right back.

First of all,

I wanted to say I love you a lot.

I'm just so proud of you.

Now everyone knows

how good you are.

You're really important now.

What I do isn't very important.

It doesn't take

a lot of brains or courage...

to jump around in the ring like I do.

That's so pretty.

It's for you.

You mean you're giving this to me?

You're the only champion I know.

I just want you to know

how important you are to me...

and how much inspiration

I get from you.

I learn a lot just from watching you.

So, Kelly, this championship belt...

it's for you.

I love you very much.

Hey, Judge. It's time for that meeting.

He just beat

the sh*t out of the Assassin.

That boy is bad.

You gotta keep him around for a while.

You could make millions off of him.

-How you doing?

-Good.

-Leon the Lover.

-Sure, I know who you are.

And I know who you are.

This is my friend, Charles.

You know, Leon, I've always thought

that something beautiful is simple.

So simple.

-You wanna fight my champion, right?

-That's why we're here.

I own the champion.

If you fight him,

then I take a percentage of you.

If you win.... Many others

have tried and lost, he's a tough kid.

But if you win,

then I own a percentage of you.

Sounds like the only real winner

is you.

You think you're big now?

Did it all yourself, right?

Just imagine for a moment...

what could happen to you

if I and my forces got behind you.

That handsome face of yours

would be known across the world.

I tell you when to fight,

when not to fight.

Anything to do with fighting,

I and nobody else tell you.

I don't deal with egos, emotion...

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