Rocky V Page #9

Looks like the fans are unhappy with

Tommy Gunn for leaving Rocky Balboa.

(laughs) Of course.

He's nobody's sweetheart, that kid.

Weighing in at 242

very impressive pounds...

...the present world

heavyweight champion...

...Union Cane!

- Looks like he's in great shape, don't he?

- Yeah.

The referee calling

both fighters to the centre.

Tommy, you're lookin' a little tight.

He's nervous, you know?

Like the way I felt when

I was fightin' with Apollo.

Rocko, he ain't you and he never was.

- Give him a break, would you?

- (bell)

Come on, Tommy. Do what you was told.

In and out. Side to side. Don't eat the jab.

Off the ropes! Are you blind?

- He's gettin' hit with everythin'.

- Come on, Cane. Go for it.

Come on, Tommy. What's the matter?

That's it!

That's it!

Slip the jab. Move side to side. Back

and forth, like a metronome. Slip, slide.

That's it!

You see? He remembers everything.

Come on, Tommy. I'm in there, man.

Do what I'm doin'. Back and forth.

Side to side. That's it.

Come on, kid! Don't let him off!

Dig! Dig!

- Got him!

- The heavyweight champion is down!

One! Two!

Three! Four!

- Five!

- Six!

- Seven!

- Eight!

- Nine!

- Ten! You're out!

Yow! Yow!

Yeah!

Ladies and gentlemen, by way of

a knockout, we have a new champion...

...Tommy "The Machine" Gunn!

(booing)

Congratulations.

A sensational upset victory.

You're now champion of the world.

How do you feel?

Never better. I don't know

what's wrong with these people.

Because you're not a champeen.

You're a crumb-bum dirt bag.

Come on, Paulie. Give him a break.

He did something... wonderful.

Long live the king! Yeah!

I'd like to say thank you. I'd like to

thank the man who made this happen...

... and made me believe it could happen.

He's been like an angel on my shoulder.

Mr George Washington Duke!

(booing)

And there you have it. A new champion of

the world, Tommy "The Machine" Gunn.

I'll tell ya, a big surprise, at least to me...

... that the new champion thanked Duke

instead of the guy that got him there.

- This crowd is not happy.

- (crowd) Rocky! Rocky!

- Rocko, too much TV's bad for the eyes.

- My eyes are OK, Paulie.

- Well, too much TV is bad for my ears.

- Yeah.

- Hey, slugger. Good fight, huh?

- It's OK, Dad.

You're the real champ.

I made this for you.

Oh, yeah?

Beautiful.

Rocko, let's put our teeth

around a few brews, OK?

- I could use the company.

- (Adrian) Yeah, good idea.

- Think I should go out with Uncle Paulie?

- If I can watch TV.

OK, listen. You can watch TV, OK?

But don't stay up too late.

- You gotta get them bones growin'.

- All right.

- Wow! What a fight. It was somethin'.

- Somethin'.

I told you you could

give him everything but you.

- You can't give him your heart.

- Oh, it's OK, Adrian. Really.

- Yeah?

- Yeah. It's... It's all right.

Hey, kid. Don't you stay up too late, OK?

That was some fight.

- Are you OK?

- Oh, sure.

- I won't be out too late.

- OK.

See you, champ.

- Have a good time with Uncle Paulie.

- Yeah.

Let me present the newest, the youngest

heavyweight champion of all time...

...Tommy "The Machine" Gunn!

- Do you think it was too easy?

- I took some shots, but I was never hurt.

I'm just glad to be the champ.

Don't you think this looked like more like

a sparring session than a championship?

- It didn't look like you broke a sweat.

- Very observant.

Union Cane wasn't feeling that good.

But Tommy Gunn would have done

the same thing if Union was 100%.

he didn't have a heartbeat!

We all know Cane is a paper champion.

- What do you mean?

- Cane's title was manufactured.

- He never won it from Balboa.

- Gentlemen, give him a break.

Will you ever get out

from underneath Balboa's shadow?

- I won the title. What more do you want?

- You've gotta fight some real opponents.

But I beat the best tonight!

The best? This guy's a bum.

He doesn't even deserve a title shot.

Gentlemen, whoa! We're gettin' carried

away. Cane was the recognised champ.

We know the ratings system

can be manipulated.

Fact is, Tommy Gunn

beat a second-rate fighter...

...with so much glass in his jaw,

he oughta be a chandelier.

This man will prove

to be a great champion!

He might win a few fights,

but a Rocky Balboa he'll never be.

No, he's no Rocky Balboa.

Let's face it. There's only one Balboa.

He was a true people's champion.

But in time Tommy Gunn may be

able to fill his shoes. Next question.

- Not by fighting stiffs like Cane, he won't!

- I'll fight anybody, anywhere!

When are you gonna fight a real fighter?

Gentlemen, come on. Thank you for

coming tonight. We look forward to...

Hey, Tommy, I got somethin' for ya.

For your next fight, try the redhead in the

front row. I hear she comes real cheap.

We look forward to seeing you

at Tommy Gunn's next fight.

Why did you say Balboa's better?

Do you believe that?

Of course not. Look, we can't talk in here.

(reporter) Who are you gonna

fight next, Tommy?

What the hell happened in there? I won

the damn title and they think I'm a bum!

- Why didn't you back me up?

- When the press is right, they're right.

I'm as good as Balboa ever was and

I'm tired of being called a damn robot!

Listen, Tommy. You can't fight the press.

I can't fight them.

As long as they got Balboa on the brain,

he's champ. He fought wars in the ring.

Tommy, face facts. You're in his shadow.

- This is your own man talking!

- Listen to me.

There is a way to get the respect

you deserve. Challenge Balboa to fight.

- George could set it up in just weeks.

- It'd be the greatest fight ever.

Teacher against student,

old lion against young lion.

That's the only way

you ever gonna get peace of mind.

That press will hound you with that man's

legend for as long as you wear gloves.

You gotta get him into that ring, Tommy,

or you'll keep hearing questions like that.

Then you'll start to ask yourself

"Could I take him? Am I good enough?"

"Do people think I'm a carbon copy...

...or a second-rate pretender who only

got a shot because of my skin tone?"

Got to challenge

that man to fight, Tommy.

If he refuses, you gotta insult him, you

gotta dog him, you gotta humiliate him!

Do whatever you got to do to get him into

that ring! But that's what you got to do.

(Rocky) OK. Blast off.

Rollin' silver. And down!

Andy, these flippers ain't flippin'.

- That machine cost me a fortune.

- It's costin' me a fortune too.

- (Duke) Rocky Balboa!

- (Andy) What was that?

Rocky Balboa! There's a man out here

wishin' to speak with you.

Rocky Balboa!

Rocko, you know who that is, huh?

Yeah, I know who that is.

- Rocky, you need some help?

- No, guys. It ain't no pie-eatin' contest.

(Paulie) Look what's in the street.

Tommy, what are you doin' here?

You oughta be celebratin'.

I'm challenging you to a fight.

Any time, any place, anywhere.

- Fight?

- That's right.

You're comin' here with these people

askin' if I wanna throw hands with you?

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