Hands of Stone Page #6

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Now you are mad?

-(shrieking)

- Hey!

What the hell are you doing?

Can't you see you got us all wet?

You are a f***in' parasite too!

I'm telling you to get out you idiot!

Rob, what are you doing?

He got me soaked.

Get out I said!

This is my f***in' house, you moron.

Get out or I'll get in and break you.

It's Chaflan, Rob!

Stop it, it's Chaflan.

("Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer

playing)

Chivo, where's the Cholo?

Chow'.!

(whooping)

FA:

(indistinct chatter)

That's the man, talk to him.

How are you?

I saw you on TV.

I was in town and, uh...

said to myself, "Why not?"

Hey, listen. Uh...

I'm not proud of what I did.

But look:

you're the world champ.

She was 14.

No money.

Your son.

I was in the army.

And, uh,

when they say you gotta leave,

there's no ifs or buts.

What do you want?

Nothing.

Just, uh,

just thought I'd say hi.

Hi.

I thought you were American.

(man chuckles)

I am American.

You look Mexican to me.

Well, Mexican heritage.

You thought I was, uh, blond,

-blue eyes, eh?

- Yes.

I can't take back what I did.

All I can say is, uh,

I'm sorry.

And I'm...

I'm proud

that you're my son.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I bring you this show from Las Vegas.

Don't miss this international show

for all Panamanians.

(gasps theatrically)

Let's play a game.

Everyone look at the ball...

(shrieks)

Hold it right there!

I'm hungry, man.

Catch him!

(shouting in Spanish)

FA:

(shouting stops)

A bit salty...

but thank you.

FA:

(exhales)

FA:

(grunts)

Revolting!

FA:

"(Speaking Spanish)

FELICIDAD:

F*** you!

While you were at your party...

What?

Chaflan was killed.

Who told you?

(Felicidad sobbing)

You can't discipline him by

forcing him to do something.

You have to let him live

his life in a certain way.

Stunned!

I was stunned!

And he will be stunned

when he hears what you did.

And I have to explain it

to him.

Yeah, explain to him

that I got him $8 million,

-which is the most money...

- He doesn't care.

-...that anyone has ever made.

- But he doesn't even know that.

He doesn't know that

even for himself.

That the money is

the least important thing.

He's a professional fighter.

He can lose that weight.

Three months to lose

almost 4O pounds.

You know what that does

to a fighter?

I want what's best for him.

I want us to do

-what is best for him.

- That's not best for him.

That's best for you

but not for him.

Well, that's your opinion.

Let me tell you this...

That's not my opinion.

That's a fact.

If he doesn't take this fight,

you know what's

going to end up happening? He's

going to go fight some nobody.

He's going to lose

and he will never,

in a million years,

get close to making the money

he's making right now.

He's Durn. He can't lose.

He's Durn. When he is focused,

he doesn't lose to a nobody.

You know that.

He won.

Let him enjoy it.

Let him party.

So what if he's partying?

So what if he's eating?

Let him eat.

Let him have a good time.

He never had anything.

He never ate anything.

And now he's finally

earned something.

He's earned it himself.

Nobody gave it to him.

And you just take it away.

I've been dealing with that

animal for the last ten years.

He's a, he's a, he's a,

he's a good kid...

He needs to be disciplined!

He will be disciplined!

That's my job.

If he loses, then we can sign

another rematch and...

You're a sick paskudnyak

wanting your fighter to lose.

No, what I said was, "if"...

- Carlos, you have the money.

- Ray.

- Family has the money.

- Ray.

He didn't have it.

He doesn't care.

The most important thing

for him is to win.

The most important thing

for me is to win.

To have the respect of winning.

Right.

What I said was,

if he loses,

he can have a rematch...

I'm done.

DURAN:

I met my father.

- RAY:
Did you?

- Mm-hmm.

RAY:

What was he like?

He's Mexican.

I thought you said

he was American.

Um, he's American.

I mean, he was

born in America.

And I thought that he would

look like Paul Newman.

But he looks more like

Pancho Villa.

Think you look

like Paul Newman?

No, but Charles Bronson, maybe.

There's someone else

you're going to have

to learn to forgive.

Carlos.

Why?

He agreed to the rematch.

For when?

- Three months from now.

- Well, that's impossible.

We have to make it possible.

He already signed.

He can't sign

without my permission.

He said you gave him

your permission.

At your house, at a party.

In front of a lot of people.

Witnesses, he said.

(bat crashing against metal)

Hi!

ELETA:

Hi. They're insured.

So you can destroy them

if you want.

No matter what,

you're going to do the fight.

- You want me to call the

police? -Yeah, call the police!

They put me in jail and you

lose... you lose your f***ing

$8 million!

Well, now, Cholo, now

you understand it's a business.

- I'm not a hooker!

- A hooker is cheaper

and it doesn't create

this much problems.

You should be

training right now.

I've been training

all my f***ing life!

Go home, Roberto.

If you lose the fight,

we can have a rematch.

I don't lose!

ANNOUNCER (on TV): In Panama,

a nationalist demonstration...

RAY:
We got 75 days

to lose 35 pounds.

You've got to keep working,

Cholo.

DURAN". I don't want to do this,

man, I want to rest.

- You want to rest?

- I'm tired, man.

- You want to rest?

- Yes.

To rest is to rust.

And you know that.

You're the kind of fighter

that's gotta stay on your toes

and if you don't

stay on your toes,

then you're gone, that's it.

And you can do this.

But you're going to have

to decide to do this.

Nobody can do it for you.

There's no such thing

as a reluctant hero.

You're going to have

to do it on your own.

I work all my life, man.

I work all my life.

I didn't have any food

when I was a kid.

I'm hungry, man, I'm hungry.

I don't want to be

hungry anymore.

I want to enjoy

what I have, Ray.

ANNOUNCER (on TV): The rioting

that followed was unexpected.

The Zone police used tear gas

and fire hoses

to drive off the demonstrators.

RAY:

I understand that.

I can try to convince Don King

to delay the fight.

But we got to be ready to fight

in case you have to.

0K8)'-

You still mad?

Don't know what to tell you.

Forgive me?

0K8)'-

I need you.

I don't want to fight.

Focus on your training.

Why don't you come with the kids?

I wanna see you.

You need to rest, Robert. Go to sleep.

Love you.

I love you.

Me too.

KING:

Do you realize I'm black?

Do you realize that I am

the only black promoter

in the business

and that if you pull out,

-they will fry me?

- RAY:
We're not pulling out.

He can't make the weight.

It's impossible for him

to make the weight.

We got CBS.

We got the stadium.

We got the sponsors.

We got the tickets.

You can't go to them

and ask them?

Yeah, I can go to them

and ask them.

I'll say, "Excuse me, Mr. CBS,

I need another month."

They'll say,

"Black n*gger, no."

That's what's going to happen.

Your boy either has

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