Play It to the Bone Page #8

- It's Grace.- It's Hank, Grace.

- It's Hank.- See you later.

So Vince,you know anything about this Dominguez,this guy you're fightin'?

-Ah-ha -

Don't worry about it.We'll figure him out for ya.

Ah-ha

F*** you ! F*** you !F*** you ! F*** you !

F*** you ! F*** you !F*** you ! F*** you !

F*** you ! F*** you !F*** you ! F*** you !

F*** you ! F*** you ! F*** you !F*** you ! F*** you ! F*** you !

Larry, Rustikov has beaten a lotof guys whose names we don't know.

Does that make him a threatagainst Mike Tyson?

Jim, 115 countries have boughtthe televison rights for this event...

hoping that Rustikovcan and will fight Tyson,

but read my lipsin 115 languages::

no refunds.

I got it. No refunds.No recriminations.No regrets. No recourse.

That's the sportwe know so well.

Two-time heavyweight championGeorge Foreman here...

to tell us more aboutthe chances of Mike Tyson--

He's had a lot of bad moviesin his life, George.Could this be a good one for him?

You know what?He's still got that powerful punch.What can I say?

Well, we'll find out what you can saya little bit later on this evening,

but first, a fascinatingpreliminary bout.

A last-minute,once-in-a-lifetime chance...

for two guys who've been thrown inwithin the past 24 hours.

Let's get readyto see the battle between--

They're telling me Mike Tysonhas just entered the arena.We'll go and take a look now.

Hey, Cesar, it's time. Let's go,Jess.

Come on.

You look good, kid.

Equipment check.

Mouthpiece?

Equipment check.

Mouthpiece?

Cesar. Cesar !

Be strong.You can do it.

You all right?

You're the man.

Vince. Vince !

Be strong.You can do it.

And now, ladies and gentlemen,we go to the middleweight division.

This is a substitution fromyour program for our semi main event.

Introducing first, fighting out of thered corner, weighing in at 163 pounds,

with a professional recordof 32 victories,

six lossesand five draws.

A native of Madridby way of Philadelphia,

now fighting out ofLos Angeles, California,

here is Cesar"El Califa" Dominguez !

- - And his opponent across the ring,

fighting out of the blue corner,weighing in at 166 1/2 pounds...

with a fine record of 42 victories,11 losses and 9 draws,

he is the former number-one rankedsuper middleweight in the world.

Also fighting outof Los Angeles, California,

here is Vince Boudreau !

- - Vince.

Dominguez,Boudreau.

Gentlemen,you both received yourinstructions in your dressing rooms,

and I expect youto keep your punches up.

Any questions?Now, I want a clean fight.

Protect yourself at all times.Obey my commands at all times.

Touch gloves.Let's go.

That's fine. Now, I know this guy,and he's lost his speed.

- Right.- All right.Now, stay away from his left.

- I know.- He hits like a mule.Stay away from the left.

- I know. I know.- They say this guy's got a good jab,

but he's openfor the left hook.

Let's go, baby.

- Okay, box.- Round one begins.

We're told that Boudreauis a pretty good body puncher,

so you might look for himto start working to the rib cage early.

- Lookin'good, baby.- I like the footwork.

Oh, you can see that these arereal professional fighters, George,

both of them with 12, 15 yearsof solid experience in the sport.

- Come on !- Throw some heat !Throw some heat !

Boudreau looking to find a wayto get his jab in against Dominguez,

-Hey, hey !-who for the moment controls the action.

There's a terrific left hook !Down goes Dominguez.

- Shades of Dominguez'onetitle shot five years ago...- Cesar, get up ! Get up !

- against Roberto Velarioin Madison Square Garden...- Cesar, get up.

when he was flushed in less thana round on an identical left hook.

- Tie him up and clear your head.You said you'd make me proud.- We could have an early finish--

- Six ! Seven !- Come on, Cesar. Get up.

- Count reaches six, and he's up.- Eight !

- You okay?- And Dominguezwill continue.

So one knockdown alreadyfor Vince Boudreau.

And Boudreau,hoping to make a big splash...

- in front of this crowd,now moves in to try to finish.-

- Second knockdownon a straight right hand !- Get up !

- Boudreau !- Down goes El Califa again.

How could you do that,Vince?

- Get up ! Get up !- Three knockdown rule is in effect.

- You can do it !- So even if Dominguezmakes it to his feet,

- Five ! Six ! Seven !- he must survive more thana minute remaining in the round.

- Eight ! Nine !- Round one of the scheduled ten.

- Cesar Domingueztrying to make it up...- You okay?

from the secondof two knockdowns already...

at the handsof Vince Boudreau.

- Fight !- And Dominguez gets up.But now obviously shaken.

A monster left hookand a solid straight right hand.

You wonder how he'llmake it out of the round.

Good work to the body.

Tie him up !

- Referee looking, looking closely.- Wait. Wait.

- Stop punching.- Boudreau closing in again.

Dominguezfifing the jabto try to survive.

Dominguez, getting his feet under him,now ducks a couple of big punches.

- Attaboy ! Attaboy !- And that'll do it.Dominguez makes it...

out of the fifst round despitethe two knockdowns already.

I'm fine. I'm fine.

- Okay. That's okay. Relax.-

Okay, he's out on his feet,but you got careless, okay?Stay focused, and you got him.

- - You gottastay underneath his left.

- All right? You want usto throw in the towel, huh?- No way.

- No way.- All right. Okay.

Don't give up the jab.Don't give up the jab. The hookcomes off the jab,you knowthat.

There.

Okay, keep throwin'combinations,all right, and open up for the big one.

- Stay away from his left.- Combinations, all right?

- Double up on those jabs.- Double up, triple up,bust him up, and he's out.

- Stay away from that left.- Cesar, don't slug it out !Stick and move !

- Box him. Box him.- Okay. All right.

Stay focused.Stay focused, okay?

It is my understanding,Jim, that both of them drove down here,

and that must've beenan interesting drive.

Too bad they didn't get here earlyenough to tell us anything about it.

Used to be the only wayto get around.

Now Dominguezfifing the jab and making contact.

- And Boudreau is on the defensive.-Jab ! Jab !

- Demonstrating to the crowdthat he's got his energy back,- Come on ! Wake up, Vince !

after having been on his backon the canvas twice in the fifst round.

- - There's a cut abovethe left eye of Vince Boudreau.

Vince, it's a nothin'cut.Forget about it.Just throw some jabs.

Vince ! Some jabs !

- Dominguez now with a targetat which to fight.- Who you rootin' for ?

- Both of them.- Shifting tides of fortune already...

- I love these guys.- in round two ofthe scheduled ten-round bout.

- I thought you left 'em.- Circle to the left !

Dominguez an entirely different fighterthan in round one.

Fighting with energyand commitment,

the same Dominguez,in his only title shot,

was down in less than a roundand couldn't get up.

Nowthe crowd at ringsidebeginning to pay attention...

- to the pitched battlein front of them...-

as you have one fighterwho's been down twice...

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