Hands of Stone Page #5

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Look at me!

Who the f*** are you today?

Huh?

This is honor I'm fighting for.

ANGELO:

F*** that sh*t!

-(clangs)

- Make him fight.

Go get him, champ!

- Run him around!

-(shouts indistinctly)

(cheering)

-(commentator speaking Spanish)

- Durn! Durn! Durn!

Durn! Durn!

(grunts)

COSELL:
Durn lands

a left hook to the neck

that wobbles Leonard!

Ankles! Ankles!

(bell clangs)

Dale Chucha tu Madre!

COSELL:

This is not

the Leonard

we're used to seeing.

Can you believe he's trying

to match macho with macho?

ANNOUNCER 2:

Durn pushes back.

Leonard has some room now.

Good right hand by Leonard.

Break. Open. Open.

(whistle blows)

ANNOUNCER 2:
The key to Leonard

is his left jab.

But it's also working in tandem

with those legs.

-(bell clangs) -Right now,

seems like he's flat-footed,

just trying to tee off

on Durn.

Go! Beat him!

(commentator speaking Spanish)

ANNOUNCER 2:
Now, Sugar Ray

is fighting an inspired fight.

(bell clangs)

You gotta try

to knock him out, Cholo.

You never know

with these darn judges.

They can take

the fight away from us.

This has been your best fight.

But you're still human.

You could still lose.

I want you to focus.

Are we gonna be champions?

Tu eres mi campen.

FA:

(whistle blows)

Against the ropes.

(speaks indistinctly)

Last round, champ!

- Now or never!

-(bell clangs)

ANNOUNCER 2:

Round 15!

Not many thought

it would come to this.

The crowd is on their feet.

And at the battle here

in Montreal.

- COSELL:
We are in the waning

moments of this fight. -Go, go!

I cannot believe

what I'm seeing.

I cannot believe

what is taking place.

To the very end,

these two warriors going at it.

Like they don't know

that a bell is going to ring.

This is what we are here for.

We are witnessing history.

- Cholo, knock him out!

-(yells in Spanish)

ANNOUNCER 2:

Who wants it more?

MAN:

Let's go, Cholo!

(commentators shouting)

ANNOUNCER 2:

An amazing battle!

And we're in the 15th round.

This fight is gonna go

all the way!

We are counting down.

Six, five,

four, three...

And the bell is going to ring!

-(bell clanging)

- Here they are!

Look at these two warriors!

(cheering)

Behave,behave,behave!

- We could get penalized,

behave. -You sh*t!

COSELL:

We've seen this before,

when a fight is close.

The decision

usually goes to the champion.

Who's the c*nt now? Who's

the c*nt now, motherf***er?

- Maricn!

- F*** you!

- You are my b*tch!

-(shouting)

Robbie!

You won, my love!

COSELL:
Three judges

score the fight as follows:

OFFICIAL:

Judge Angelo Poletti

calls the match 147 to 147.

It is a draw.

(shouting in Spanish)

(booing)

Be calm, my love.

OFFICIAL:
Judge Harry Gibbs

calls the match

145 to 144.

- You've proven yourself.

For Roberto Durn.

(cheering, whistling)

Attention. Attention.

Judge Raymond Baldeyrou

calls the match 146 to 144.

- The new welterweight...

- Yeah!

...champion of the world,

Roberto Durn!

(shouting, whooping)

FA:

(telephone ringing)

Hello.

WOMAN:
I'm calling from

the Coney Island Hospital

in regards to a patient

with a heroin overdose.

- Yes?

- Patient's records

indicate she's the daughter

of Ray Arcel.

No, th-this is the wife

of Ray Arcel,

and my husband

does not have a daughter.

You must have the wrong number.

- Sorry, ma'am.

- Nope, no worries. Good night.

-(exhales)

- What happened?

Nothing.

It was just a wrong number.

What'd they say?

They said there's another guy

named Ray Arcel

and his daughter

is in the hospital.

What hospital?

What-what happened?

I don't know, but I know

I'm not gonna be able

to go back to sleep now.

What are you doing?

Aw, Jesus.

Thank you.

I understand

you're related to the patient.

Yes, I'm her father and, uh,

I'll, uh, be responsible

for anything that...

Why are you here?

All these years...

you come now?

Why?

You have no fighters

to-to nurture?

(crying):

What are you doing here?

I don't want

to be seen like this.

I'm not one of your fighters.

RAY".

Hazel and I couldn't have kids.

And we... wanted to adopt.

We adopted Adele

and when Adele was four,

Hazel passed away.

I didn't know what to do.

I had no money.

I couldn't take care of her.

I...

I-I thought she'd be better off

with my in-laws. I...

(sighs)

I was, uh...

-I-l know I should have

told you, I was... -Told me'?

What about her?

What about the girl

hanging onto her life

by a thread in a hospital bed?

FA:

DURAN (echoing):

Sure. Leonard.

You are my friend now.

(laughter)

Baby, I want to show...

I want to show you something.

Yeah?

What do you want to show me?

(mumbling)

- Uh...

- Want to go in there?

Yeah, we will.

But I-l want to show you

something before we do, okay?

Just... just let me...

let me...

COSELL:
...have respect

for Sugar Ray Leonard?

Sure.

Sure. Leonard.

You are my friend now.

(laughter)

Look at this.

DURAN:

Leonard.

You are my friend now.

All along, he's been

doing this on purpose.

He hurt you to drive me crazy.

To get me to be

in his macho tough guy war.

Ray, you're obsessed.

I'm telling you,

it's a strategy.

It's been a strategy...

I'm gonna f***

your husband in the ring

and when I'm done with him,

I'm gonna go

and f*** you all night, baby.

From the moment

he insulted you,

he knew that he could

get in my head

and cause me to stand

toe-to-toe with him.

I've never lost.

I don't lose.

Angelo.

Talk to Don King.

Durn should fight

no one but me.

Set the rematch immediately.

KING:
Tell you what

I'm gonna do, Carlos.

I'm gonna add a two

to that eight

and bring it up to ten.

$10 million, Carlos.

You're gonna have the highest

paid fighter in history.

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, boy.

I know you like

the sound of that, Carlos.

I know you like

the sound of that.

("Bonjour Madame"

by Camilo Azuquita playing)

Eva.

ELETA:

Hey, Show.

Cholo.

I'm exhausted.

ELETA:
Hey.

I've been calling you for a week.

What's up, Beta'?

- I have great news, Cholo.

-' Que pas?

They want a rematch.

Who?

What do you mean who? Leonard!

Leonard? What is he a masochist?

I got you the most money ever

-for a welterweight.

- How much? How much?

$8 million.

Hey, Boba.

$8 million for

a rematch with me.

He must be desperate.

No, the--

no, the man needs the money.

(laughing)

- Cholo. Cholo.

- What?

Look at me.

Pay attention.

Okay, 0K8)'-

I have to respond

to these people tonight.

In front of witnesses,

do you accept a rematch

with-with Leonard?

(Speaks Spanish)

I'd fight him, but

I'm not gonna

f***ing marry a guy.

You're drinking.

You're getting fat.

You come to my house

and you call me fat?

You have mirrors in your house?

You're the one

who's getting fat.

You're getting fat from all

the food that you're eating

because of the money

that I'm making for you.

So what the f***?

Parasite.

That's what you are,

you're a f***ing parasite.

You call me fat,

I call you parasite.

Hey, hey.

Hey, hey, Eleta.

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