Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man

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- You bringing Micky in?

- Yeah, he's gonna come.

He should be here as well.

You think he'll answer questions?

They said it was

gonna be both of us here.

- Am I looking right in the camera here?

- Just look at me, right here.

All right. You don't want me to look

in the camera with the...

- Right over here.

...interviews?

I started boxing

when I was 12 years old,

and I'd lie and say I was 18,

or whatever it was.

You know, I had a different

name and everything.

I mean, I don't know how many fights...

I'd done a hundred, more than that,

before I turned professional.

- Go ahead and sit right there.

- Why we doing this?

- I don't wanna do this.

- You want to start again?

This is my younger brother.

I taught him everything he knows.

I'm still his trainer.

You know, we got different styles.

I'm f***in' squirrelly as f***.

I'm like... I'm not even there.

You know, that's what Sugar Ray said.

I was the most tricky fighter

he'd ever come across.

In '78, I fought Sugar Ray Leonard.

I went toe-to-toe with him.

He couldn't get to me.

He couldn't get to me.

They called me the pride...

the pride of Lowell.

Everybody still talks about it,

especially my brother.

His whole life he wanted

to do what I did, you know?

But we're very different fighters.

Micky's, you know,

he's a heavy hitter.

He's got... a thunderous,

I'm telling you,

thunderous left punch.

Micky, he gets you

and he takes a punishment,

I don't know why he does it,

till you're right f***in' in there.

He likes getting on the inside,

I stay on the outside.

Come on.

Dicky.

Would you come on?

Will you stop?

You gotta help me finish this.

Come on!

- And predictable as ever.

- All right.

- You don't need to be Columbo

- Here you go.

To see where this fight is headed.

Bam! Over right hand

puts Micky Ward down!

HBO's making a movie

on me and my comeback!

And my brother is gonna beat

Saoul Mamby in Atlantic City next week!

The pride of Lowell is back!

Quacka!

Who wants some?!

Who wants some?!

Hey! I want a cut.

Are you good?

You guys having a good day?

How are ya?

Come on! What you got?

What you got going on?

Lou! Hey, Lou!

- How are you guys?

- Dicky.

Making my comeback.

Hey, naughty, naughty.

What's going on here?

Hey, Dicky, Micky!

Take my picture.

- Take a picture?

- Yeah.

- Hey!

- Hey, Louie!

HBO's making a movie on me!

What's going on? Hey, beautiful.

Did you tap that?

I can't remember. I got CRS:

I Can't Remember Sh*t!

Hey, Jerry Garcia!

Are you nuts?

How'd you get here?

You drive around?

Hey, Ray. Ray. I love you, Ray.

You're doing well.

You're walking. Get on it.

- We make a mistake?

- Nah, I mean, he'll be here.

You know, like I said,

sometimes he goes on his own schedule

but when he gets here, we work hard.

You know, nobody pushes me harder.

He's supposed to be

training you right now, right?

Why don't you just go talk to them,

my sisters? They'll talk your ear off.

You gotta pay them to shut up.

He can tell you

how Dicky was helping him.

Yeah, come on, Micky.

- O'Keefe!

- Hey, we don't know where Dicky is.

You know where he is.

What's that Keystone Kop

doing in there? Where's Dicky? Girls?

- I don't know.

- Did you see him, your brother?

- Not this morning?

- Look at Ma!

All dressed up for the movie, huh?

- Wow!

- Get outta the ring, O'Keefe.

My Dicky should be doing that, huh?

Your Dicky ain't here, Alice.

Micky's got an important fight

coming up and he's not training.

Don't. Just forget about him.

He's number two man.

He's not part of this, all right?

- He's not being handled right.

- You get me coming in all right?

You want me to do that again?

Get out of the ring, O'Keefe.

Dicky's the trainer.

- I'm doing a favor, Alice.

- I will show you over here

these scrapbooks

I've been collecting for years.

Micky used to follow

his big brother everywhere.

Taught ya everything, didn't he, honey?

In '78, we got the offer

to fight Sugar Ray Leonard.

Oh, my God, it was...

Have you seen that video?

Oh, you're from HBO.

You gotta see it again. Come on.

Art, Art, where's the video at?

Tonight, my son is gonna surprise

everybody and beat Sugar Ray Leonard.

Believe me, I know it.

Sugar Ray might have

some trouble tonight.

That's a good possibility.

He comes in here against a good boxer,

a young man who can punch,

and I would like to say at this time

that physically

they're just about equal.

Leonard is down.

Let's see if that's a knockdown.

This is unbelievable.

Eklund just walked over him!

Nobody seems

to know what's happening!

Dicky did it.

Yeah. Tricky Dicky did it.

- Dicky did it.

- Weren't you supposed to be

training Micky right now?

- No, it ain't till 9:00.

- Dicky, it's f***ing 11:45!

- It's 11:
45, Dick.

- What?!

Where'd you f***in'

park the car, Boo Boo?!

I didn't park it. You did.

- I didn't park it.

- Check your pockets for the keys.

- You got the keys, yeah?

- I didn't park it, man.

- Down there? I don't know.

- Check your pockets, all right?

- You're f***in' mental.

- F*** it!

I'll run. I need the f***in' roadwork.

- Roadwork? Are you crazy?

- He's a great runner.

Hey.

Hey!

Quacka!

- Hey, Dicky.

- Better late than never.

Oh, look! Detective's on the scene.

Gonna get to the bottom of this.

- Figure this one out, huh?

- Dick, you're an a**hole.

Hold it, hold it.

Let me get this straight.

You guys are working in the same corner

as Micky, together, right?

Yeah. Yeah, they're both in my corner,

and this is what goes on.

OK.

Don't you have

a job to go to or something?

Really, O'Keefe has a job

that he should be at.

Yeah, Sergeant

O'Keefe's working overtime here.

So we got Saoul Mamby,

Jewish, black, former world champ.

I think we got all the bases covered.

And my kid brother,

he's lost three fights in a row.

You know, he can't get used

to losing. It's a mental thing.

But we're gonna break

that with Mamby, right?

Yeah, I hope, if we can train...

We can train, right. Enough of you

wasting time, Mick. You know?

- Wasting time?

- Half the f***in' day's gone!

- We got work to do.

- Yeah, half the day's gone,

- and I been waiting here for you.

- You wanna win?

Jab, two, three, four.

Left, right, punch right. Jab...

And again! One, two, three, four...

One, two, three, four, five...

Jab, jab...

There you go! There you go!

Come on, move!

Might as well drop the weight,

we're gonna out-box Mamby.

- Take it out on the mitts.

- Head, body, head.

That's your f***in' combo.

Head, body, head.

Head, body, head, body.

My Dicky taught him that.

You know,

Sugar Ray's gonna be there,

calling the fight for ESPN.

I ain't seen him

since I knocked him down.

Like 14 years ago or somethin'. Right?

Hook!

Let's get

a real sparring going on here.

Don't wanna embarrass yourself.

Don't wanna embarrass yourself

in front of Sugar Ray, do you, Mick?

- You got him...

- Come on. Head, body, head!

F***.

- F***in' yeah. That's your punch, Mick.

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