Rocky Balboa Page #7

is gonna hit as hard as life.

But it ain't about how hard you hit.

It's about how hard you can get hit...

...and keep moving forward.

How much you can take

and keep moving forward.

That's how winning is done!

If you know what you're worth,

go and get what you're worth.

But you gotta be willing to take

the hits, and not pointing fingers...

...saying you ain't where you wanna be

because of him or her or anybody!

Cowards do that, and that ain't you!

You're better than that!

I'm always gonna love you

no matter what.

No matter what happens.

You're my son and you're my blood.

You're the best thing in my life.

But until you start believing in

yourself, you ain't gonna have a life.

Don't forget to visit your mother.

- Yeah, those are beautiful.

- Yeah.

- You get off early from work?

- No.

I left.

I quit.

Quit, why?

I wasn't very... .

I don't know, I just... .

I didn't fit in there.

I understand.

- So, what are you gonna do?

- Right now?

Right now I'd rather be with you.

Is that all right?

Yeah.

It's been a long time

since I seen a fight.

You know all there is

to know about fighting...

You know all there is

to know about fighting...

...so there's no sense us going down

that same old road again.

To beat this guy, you need speed.

You don't have it.

And your knees can't take the

pounding, so hard running is out.

And you got arthritis in your neck.

And you've got calcium deposits...

...on most of your joints,

so sparring is out.

I had that problem.

So what we'll be calling on is good

old-fashioned blunt-force trauma.

Horsepower. Heavy-duty,

cast-iron, pile-driving punches...

...that will have to hurt so much

they'll rattle his ancestors.

Every time you hit him with a shot...

...it's gotta feel like he tried kissing

the express train.

Yeah! Let's start building

some hurting bombs.

- Yeah, you'll get it.

- You can do it, Rocko!

Getting stronger!

- Up! Up! Up!

- Come on!

Go!

- Yeah!

- Yeah! Yeah!

Come on, Rocko!

Come on. Come on.

Let's hit them. Hit them.

You can do it, Rock.

Getting stronger!

- Up, up, up!

- Go! Go!

All right!

Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah!

Rocky Balboa, 217!

The undisputed heavyweight

champion, Mason Dixon, 221 !

Thank you very much.

I appreciate it, champ. Thanks a lot.

Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!

- Know how much money is in this?

- A lot of it.

Imagine trying to clean this place.

- No, seriously.

- Balboa!

You guys, I'll catch up

with you all later, okay?

Robert, why don't

you hang with me?

- How you doing, champ?

- I'm good.

No reason for neither one of us

to get hurt in this fight.

I'll do my best to carry you,

make sure you save face.

There'd be no embarrassment.

But I promise you, you try to press me,

you hit me, you hurt me...

...you hit me low, cheap-shot me,

I'll get you out of there.

You know, a lot of people come

to Vegas to lose. I didn't.

It's already over.

Ain't nothing over till it's over.

What's that from, the '80s?

That's probably the '70s.

Just remember what I said.

Hey, yo, champ.

Yo, ain't you a little scared?

I don't get scared.

I think you try a little harder

when you're scared.

This is what has worked for me.

- I ain't scared.

- Oh, yeah. You ain't scared of me?

Come on, let's see what you got.

Come on.

Hey, don't hit me, I'm brittle.

- Hey.

- Hi.

- How you doing?

- I was just thinking.

- Did you wanna come in?

- No, no, no, it's okay.

I just wanted to...

...I don' t know, come by and wish you

good luck for tomorrow.

- Thanks.

- Yeah.

I brought you something.

I hope you don't mind,

I took it from the restaurant.

- No.

- Thanks.

Adrian.

Yeah. Thought she would

keep you safe.

Yeah. Yeah, she always

brought me luck.

Yeah.

I wanted to say thanks for everything

you've done for me and my kid.

You've been great and... .

You know, tomorrow...

...you're gonna prove that the last thing

to age on somebody is their heart.

- I'll try.

- You go show them.

Thank you.

The heavyweight championship

has been...

... one of sports' most coveted titles

for 120 years.

Two-time heavyweight champion

Rocky Balboa...

... the Philadelphia slugger,

renowned for his cast-iron jaw...

... ferocious body attack

and will of steel...

... all of which have carried

the smaller fighter to victories...

... over the years against

physically superior opponents.

And Mason Dixon, the current

heavyweight title holder...

... with all the speed, determination

and confidence any fighter could want.

But many still question whether

he has the heart of a true champion...

... never having been pushed to go

the distance. Tonight, we find out.

Here at the Mandalay Bay

Event Center in Las Vegas...

... for the much-anticipated

showdown...

... between Mason

"The Line" Dixon...

... and Rocky

"The Italian Stallion" Balboa.

Hello, I'm Jim Lampley with

Larry Merchant and Max Kellerman...

...live from the Mandalay Bay Hotel

in Las Vegas, where we anticipate...

...one of the most outrageous and

compelling events in boxing history.

The unappreciated heavyweight

champion, Mason "The Line" Dixon...

... putting his reputation

on the line...

... against legendary ex-champion,

Rocky Balboa.

Even though most see this as more

of a glorified sparring session...

...the energy in the room is electric.

Larry, why is this billed

as an exhibition?

Wild guess:
So they wouldn't

have to call it an execution.

Zacariah 4:
6 says,

"It is not by strength, not by might...

...but by his spirit

we have already claimed the victory...

...in our Lord Jesus Christ."

Good luck, Rocky.

Thanks, Spider. Appreciate it.

Nobody's expecting much, I think,

from the way-past-his-prime...

...former champ, Rocky Balboa.

Rock, I gotta talk to you.

Look, I know you got a lot of stuff

you gotta get out of your system.

Tonight you do it. Right?

Get rid of the damn beast...

...let it be done, once and for all.

Please, I love you.

Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!

There go the lights. The buzz is

building toward a roaring crescendo.

Where did that come from?

I told you. I love Sinatra.

He's very good, Sinatra.

- Let's go.

- Very good.

And here comes Rocky Balboa,

veteran of the wars...

...here for one more last hurrah.

Or the Last Supper, perhaps,

with him as the main course.

What's that music?

You can't be serious.

"High Hopes"?

Talk about wishful thinking.

Well, maybe no hopes is more

realistic. Anyway, the crowd likes it.

Look at the Italian Stallion.

Cool and relaxed.

Rocky's an off-the-board underdog,

and they don't care at all.

This is about his pride and dignity

and his punch, guys.

The last thing to go

is a guy's punch.

Rocky always has

that puncher's chance.

Rocky Balboa is still, as you can hear,

the people's champion.

Prediction, guys:

For at least two rounds...

...Dixon's gonna have

his hands full.

Two whole rounds? We have

a cockeyed optimist in the house.

- How you doing?

- The crowd wants to see...

...something real, or at least--

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