Play It to the Bone Page #3

Aw, whatever.

Sometimes I miss you, Vince.

Sometimes I miss you.

You know, my mom died.

No, I didn't.I'm sorry.

She liked you the bestof all my boyfriends.

But you didn't.

I'm lookin' for something else.I don't know what.

The right man?

The right career ?

The right circumstance.I don't know.

But I'm lookin' for something.

Maybe you're lookin'for Jesus.

No. I am not looking for Jesus.

I'm lookin' for money.

One ! Two !

Three ! Four ! Five !

Six ! Seven !

Aah.

Guys.

I have come to the conclusion thatI am a truly underappreciated fighter...

and human being.

I love you, man.

I do.I love all Mexicans.

I love Mexicans too,but I am a Spaniard.

You speak Mexican, right?

No, Mexicans speakSpanish from Spain.

- You from Madrid?- Yeah.

And Madrid is in Mexico,right? Right?

Sure. Yeah.

And besides-- You know, I understandMexicans are our neighbors,

but what the hell did Spanish peopleever do to deserve to bein this country?

We-- We discoveredthis land.

- Italians discovered it.- And who paid for-- for the trip?

- Do you have your green card?- Of course I have my green card !

- Let me see your green card.- Why--- Guys.

- - Guys, cool it !

- Hey !- Get out of here. Come on.

- Cesar.- Yeah.

What happened to youat the Garden?

Hmm?

Grace, the sun is gonna kill us.

- Can you get this top up?- Yeah. Good idea.We shouldn't be in the sun too long.

What are you sayin'aboutthe sun? The sun is good for you.

Guys, I'm gonna stay in Vegas an extrafew days to make some business contacts,

so you guys can takethe car home.

I'll treat itlike it was my own.

Cesar's driving.

What did you want to doin Las Vegas, alone?

I can take careof myself.

- It's stuck.- Oh, yeah. She does that sometimes.

- Be gentle.- Yeah, right.

Hey, hey, hey.Not with our hands.

- We gotta save our hands for tonight.- All right.

Then elbow the son of a bitchlike you'll be doing me tonight.

Hey, I am not a dirty fighter.All right?

It's not dirty to elbowon the inside.

You know, like I've been showin' you.Roberto Duran had the best elbowsin the business.

Careful.Come on.

Get off the paint job !That's sassy-grass green !

You just gotta coax it.

Hold on.Come on, sweetie.

Come on, baby.Come on, baby. That's it.

Attagirl.

- Now, you see? You see that?- Good girl.

She's really, really behaving weirdwith me. I don't understand that, man.

Well, get used to it, man.I've had that my whole--

- You know--- Well, it's an advantage to you.You have to recognize that.

- Let it go. Let it go.- I don't have time to let it go.

Only thing you can dois let it go.

- That's all you can do.- Yeah, you got-- You got six years--

Well, you gonna hang onto it? You gota big night tonight. Don't hang onto it.

- Let it go.- Corazon.

- So let's talk about the Garden.- He don't wanna talkabout the Garden.

Y-You're leaving me and you'reasking me something like that?

Well, I'm curious.I wanna know.

All right, fine. Don't tell me aboutthe Garden. I'm not gonna ask you again.

You know, there werenot enough tough fights in Europe.

The boxing environment,there was almost none.

That's why I movedfrom Madrid to Philadelphia,

because the best fighters inthe whole world are from Philadelphia.

I mean, if there is two guys you'venever heard of fighting each other...

and one of them is from there--

You bet on him.Isn't it right?

- Ah, that's true.- So, I was 23 years old.

- I was 19 and 0 and 16 knockouts.- Wow.

And I had the best management.I had the Duvas in my corner.

I was on the cover of Ring magazine.Remember ?

True.

And-- And this motherf***er...

Joe Domino came calling.

Ah, he was one of the biggestpromoters of all of them.

And, uh, now he said to me that ifI left the Duvas and signed with him,

he would give me a title shotin Madison Square Garden.

New York. You--You imagine what that means !

- You know?- Right.

The-- The Duvaswere pretty upset.

They-- They said thatI was a couple of years away,that I needed more experience,

and they were probably right,but...

I broke from the Duvasand signed with Domino.

I was ready.

In the red corner,the challenger,

with a record of 19 winsand no losses,

sixteen by knockout,

from Philadelphiaby way of Madrid, Spain,

Cesar "El Califa"Dominguez !

Dominguez !

The guy in the Garden,

after he says your name,he says it again.

He says, "Dominguez.Do-o-o-min-guez !"

- Oh, my God.- Dominguez !

It was so cooljust to hear your name so big.

You know, in front of so manypeople. Oh, my God, so good.

So good. You know, the championdidn't look like much.

Roberto Velario !

And I didn't care, you know?I was ready.

I beat tougher guysin Philadelphia.

All right, touch 'em up.All right, good luck.

Cesar, listen. This next 36 minutesis gonna change the rest of your life.

If you've ever listened, you listen now.You understand that?

- Yeah, yeah.- We prepared for this.This guy is older than you.

He's not as young as you.He can't stay 12 rounds.

But one thing he can do ishe can think, and he can set you up.

He's gonna come out. He's gonnathrow a few jabs at ya.

He's gonna shoot a right hand in frontof ya. It's a fake right hand.

That's not the danger.The left hook is the danger.

Don't let him move you back to yourright. Don't ! Not even for a second.

Because if you do, it's gonnabe over. Do you understand that?

- Go out there now,and let's get a title !- Yeah. Yeah. Come on, come on.

- Let's go, let's go ! Come on.-

So the champion comes out, and then...

I start circlingto my left, uh,just, uh,

keeping my left footoutside his right foot.

And just like the guy said,you know, he just fires a jab.

Nothing. And another jab.Nothing.

And another one. Nothing.And then a straight right hand.

And I slip it, and-- and here he comes.You know, the left hook.

And just like the guy said, nothing.Hit my shoulder. Powder puff.

- Powder puff.- Powder puff ! Nothing on it.You can hit harder.

In fact, you have hit harder.

Don't go there.

Amen.

So I continue circlinga bit, you know,

sizing him up now,uh--

You gotta understand somethingabout this guy, Velario.

He's got a sweet face.He's like--

A little smile, almost,you know, when he's out there.

So another couple of jabs,just little flicks, don't do nothing,

and I stop circling for, I don'tknow, a millionth of a second.

Yeah. Here it comes.A straight right hand.

But, oops, the guy did a movementlike this, you know, and pulls it back.

A-And that's it. That's the feintedoverhand right my guy told me about.

And I am thinking at that point--I am thinking.

Because sometimes in the ring,

all time stops and--and you can think.

You can see everythingslow motion and--

And time stops.

And I-- And I am thinking,

"This guy--This guy ain't got sh*t." You know?

And then I'm thinking the otherthing my guy told me, you know.

That it's over.

That it's over. You know.

Cesar, get up !

Get up ! Get up,you Mexican motherf***er ! Get up !

I picked up the count at five,a-and I got to one knee,

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