Journeyman Page #2

(DIALOGUE DROWNED OUT BY CROWD NOISE)

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MC:
Judge Steve Watson scores the contest

115-113 in favour of the winner.

- And still...

- (CHEERING)

...the WBO middleweight

champion of the world,

Matty Burton.

CROWD:
Matty! Matty! Matty!

- Hey.

- Hey.

I f***ing did it.

(GROANING)

- Ow, ow!

- Sorry.

(SOBBING)

Oh, you did it.

Don't cry, baby.

Don't cry.

It's over.

Do you feel legit now?

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

Good.

What do you want?

Do you know what I want?

I just want a nice cup of tea.

(LAUGHS)

You're champion of the world.

You can have anything.

- And you want a cup of tea?

- Yeah.

A nice sweet cup of tea.

Okay.

Ow! You keep squeezing me.

Sorry, I just wanna touch you.

Oh, God.

Oh.

I'm very fragile.

Look at your face.

(MATTY SIGHS)

(GROANS)

Aargh! Oh, f...

(GROANS)

(KETTLE WHISTLES)

Oh, God.

(GROANING)

Em...

(BABBLING)

- (CUP SMASHES)

- Matty?

Matty?

God.

Matty?

Oh, God.

(MUFFLED SHOUTING)

I need an ambulance.

He's a boxer. He's been in a fight.

I don't know.

Er, Sheffield, S17.

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Okay, okay.

(MUFFLED SHOUTING)

I'm still here.

This one.

It's in.

Right.

- Ready?

- Mm.

- (MATTY SOBS)

- It's okay, baby. It's okay.

Hey.

We're home.

Let's get you inside.

Come on.

You're home.

It's okay. Come on.

Sit you down.

- Yeah?

- Mm.

- Get you a cup of tea?

- Yeah.

I want you to try and point them forward

so they're pointing towards the steps

That's good. I know it's hard work.

Lovely. Well done.

It's a lot to concentrate on.

Forwards again.

What I need to check first

is that we can actually get

this leg of yours up onto the step first.

What I'd like you to do

is you just pop this leg here

up onto the step.

Pointing forwards again.

Do it like we do it at home.

- What?

- Do it like we do it at home.

- Show them.

- Yeah.

Yeah?

PHYSIOTHERAPIST:
Well done.

That's lovely. Hand on the banister, though.

Lovely. Well done.

That's it. Got the leg position. Good.

Well done.

- Brilliant.

- Good. Put your hand forward.

(PUNCHBALL SWINGING)

(BALL BEING PUNCHED)

What are you doing down here?

What are you doing?

- Training.

- What for?

A fight.

Who are you fighting?

Um...

Black man.

- A black man?

- Yeah.

What am I gonna do with you,

eh, Matty Burton?

I don't know.

Let's take you upstairs.

- Yeah.

- Come on.

I'll take that.

Um, what's her?

It's Mia.

Oh.

Who her dad is?

You are, Matthew.

Oh.

How long?

Um...

From the moment she was conceived.

Basically, all of her life.

We made her. Do you understand?

No.

Am I gonna have to teach you

about that as well?

What?

That is your little girl.

Oh.

What his name is?

She's called Mia.

- Mia.

- Mia.

Made her.

100%, yes.

I made her.

We did.

- I'm pregnant there.

- Oh?

- Who's that?

- It's Darren from the gym.

He's wrapping your hands before the fight.

- Him my friend?

- Yeah.

Who's him?

That's Mia, when we brought her home

from the hospital.

- Eh?

- Yeah.

- Do you remember?

- Yeah.

So little.

- Who's that?

- Mia.

- Mia.

- Yeah. Ah, that's your dad.

Yeah. Remember my dad?

I do.

Er, he's in the ground now.

Yeah.

- Robin.

- Yeah.

- There's more Mia.

- Mia.

There's lots of her.

- One of my dad.

- Yeah.

This is us wedding.

Oh, yeah.

- That's you.

- Yeah.

Um.

Her beautiful.

Thank you.

Keep up with the compliments,

you might get a look in later.

Oh, is something waking up down there?

Hello, you.

- Oh...

- Yeah.

It's okay.

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

We got married here.

Yeah?

- Do you remember?

- Mm.

Do you remember?

Um...

You don't, do you?

Yeah.

It's here.

MATTY:
Who's that?

That's Jackie.

- Right.

- He's in your corner.

Oh.

Who's him?

That's Richie. He's your trainer.

Right.

And my dad.

Yeah, you know him.

Yeah.

Who's him?

That's Matt.

- I'm Matt.

- No, you're Matty.

- That's Matt.

- Yeah?

Matt.

- That's me.

- Oh.

Yeah.

Are my friends?

Yeah.

Where are they?

That's a good question.

Mm.

Mm.

# Like a diamond in the sky

# Twinkle, twinkle, little star

- # How I wonder what you are

- (# MATTY HUMS ALONG)

EMMA:
All right, sweetheart?

Er...

There you go, angel.

Emma?

Emma? Emma?

Yeah.

All right, sweetheart.

Mm.

(MIA CRIES)

Um...

Made you a cup of tea.

Aah.

Thank you, that's lovely.

Yeah?

Ah.

It's cold. Did you forget to boil the kettle?

Um...

Yeah, I think...

I think you might have forgot.

Oh, and it's still got the teabag in.

Next time, you just need to boil the kettle,

and then when you've made it,

just take the teabag out...

(BANGING)

(BANGING CONTINUES)

Matty, look up there.

My team.

- Yeah.

- And my dad.

Do you remember coming in before the fight?

Yeah.

And my friends.

Yeah.

I'll see you later, son.

Watch your fingers.

Hiya.

How are you doing?

Yeah, we're good, thank you.

Good.

- How is he?

- He's there. Ask him.

- Is it all right if I just say hello?

- Yeah, 'course it is.

Hello, mate.

Who he is?

- My friend from the picture?

- Yeah.

We go way back, mate, me and you.

- MATTY:
Where you been?

- RICHIE:
Busy at the gym.

Why you not take me to the gym?

Um, yeah, all right.

- Can I take him to the gym.

- Yeah.

I'll be in touch with you

and we'll go to the gym, all right?

Don't forget me.

RICHIE:
I won't.

See you later. It was nice to see you.

Um...

- C-c-can do... do the nice...

- No, Matty!

- I want to do the nice thing.

- No.

(SIGHS)

Um, but... um...

- Can we do the nice thing?

- I know it's nice, but no.

- Can do...

- It can't just be when you want it.

It's got to be right for both of us.

Right.

COMMENTATOR:
'Bryte's looking to finish this.

'He's looking to take him out.'

'It could all be down

to this last three minutes.

- 'It has been a tremendous fight.'

- (BELL RINGS)

'Oh, what a last round that was.

What a last round!'

(CHEERING)

MC:
'Judge Steve Watson

scores the contest 115-113

'in favour of the winner.

'And still... the WBO middleweight

champion of the world,

'Matty Burton!'

COMMENTATOR:

'Bryte believes he's been robbed,

'but for Burton it means so very much.

'He has survived a tumultuous last round,

'and he's still champion of the world.'

STEVE BUNCE:
'Did you feel old tonight?

It's been a long career.'

MATTY:

'I knew that it was probably my last fight.

'I don't wanna make any announcements.

I wanna go home and just talk to my wife.

'But, you know, Steve, if I'm honest,

I think this is the last time for me.'

- 'Is this a retirement statement?'

- 'Honestly, Steve,

'I think I knew a long time ago.

'I think I knew when I won the title.

'I can't... It was hard to find it

for this one, if I'm honest with you.

'It was hard to find it and, um...

But I got through it.

'What I had left, I gave tonight.

I haven't got no more.

'Yeah, as far as I'm concerned...'

MATTY:
Emma?

'Don't take this from me now.

'I won the title. Nobody gave me credit.

Please don't take this from me now...'

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