Somebody Up There Likes Me Page #10

Come on, what could I do for you, huh?

Let me do something for you?

Be a champ...

...like I never was.

Don't worry about a thing.

Pa, don't worry about a thing.

- Rocky. Rocky.

- Hi, baby.

We were so worried about you.

Where have you been all night?

I was thirsty. I went to get

an ice-cream soda.

- An ice-cream soda? Where?

- Well, Benny's, where else?

- Look, are you all right?

- Oh, yeah, I feel good.

What are you doing up so early?

We heard Chicago

had beautiful sunrises.

- Now, listen to me, Rocky.

- What?

- Do you realize that...?

- What? What?

Look, Norma, please. See that he gets

some sleep. Will you, please?

What's this?

I brought you some ice cream

from Benny's.

Maple walnut. He packed it in dry ice.

- How did you know?

- Well, how did I know what?

That right now, next to you,

the thing I want most...

...the thing I've been dying to have

all night is...

Norma...

...definitely?

Fifteen rounds for the middleweight

championship of the world.

Introducing, in black trunks...

... weighing 155 and a quarter...

...from New York City, the challenger...

...Rocky Graziano.

And in this corner,

wearing purple trunks...

...weighing 159 pounds...

...the finest piece of steel

ever to come out of Gary, Indiana...

...the middleweight champion

of the world, Tony Zale.

And in just a few moments,

two very big questions will be answered.

Can Rocky Graziano shake off

every roof that has caved in on him...

...during the past six months...

...and bounce back to take the title from

the only man to ever knock him out?

Or will Tony Zale prove that he is

every inch a champion...

... and go on to give Graziano

the same type of savage beating...

... that he gave him

in Yankee Stadium last summer?

The betting fraternity

has made Zale the favorite.

Here comes the bell for the first round...

...and here is your blow-by-blow

reporter, Sam Taub.

Thank you, Harry Wismer.

And there's the bell for round one.

Come on, Tony. What's going on?

- Kill that bum, Tony.

- Hit him hard, Tony. Come on.

Come on, Tony boy. Hit him.

Straight to the guts, Tony. Come on.

Tony boy, you can do it.

Knock him out, knock him out.

Tony, come on, punch his left, Tony.

Go get him, Tony.

Come on. Last one, Tony.

A right to the head,

and another right to the head.

Graziano is hurt.

He takes a hard left to the body.

He tries to tie Zale up

but the champ steps back...

... comes in with another right

to the head. Once again.

And there's the bell ending round one.

And a very rocky round indeed

for Mr. Graziano.

- That guy hits hard.

- Well, hit him back. It's legal.

Keep your left up.

Shoot that left, shoot it up.

- Come on, Tony.

- Come on, Zale. Let him have it.

- Come on.

- Come on. Hit him.

Come on, Tony.

Kill that bum.

Kill the bum.

A hard right by Zale.

The referee looks closely

at Graziano 's eye.

The champ has him against the ropes.

He's bleeding badly.

His left eye is almost closed.

Another hard right

to the face by Zale.

Come on, Tony boy, hit him.

- Come on, Tony.

- Come on.

What's wrong, Tony?

Get up, get up.

I bet the 100 bucks on you.

He's up. There was no count.

Lucky he heard you.

Graziano is up. Zale follows him

to the ropes...

... drives a hard left to the body.

A left high to the head, another left.

- Fight him back.

- Graziano falls back against the ropes.

Graziano lands a left of his own.

- Takes a right and a left in return.

- Come on, fight back.

Rocky's eye is raw.

A hard right over the eye by Zale.

Another. Another. Rocky's in trouble.

He's really in trouble now.

Come on, Zale, let him have it.

Rocky. Rocky. Do you know who this is

talking to you?

Who am I, Rocky? Who am I?

Whitey, I'm ashamed of you.

I got him just where I want him.

If this wasn't a championship,

I'd stop it.

Don't worry, he's gonna be all right.

They give you the chair for murder in this

state, and if he don't come out of it...

You stop this fight,

I'll break every bone in your body.

- You hear me? I'll tear you apart.

- Not him. Not him. Him.

Keep the left up. Keep your left...

Keep this left up.

Get him, Tony. Come on.

Graziano misses

with a left to the head...

... takes a left jab to the face,

a hard right.

Come on, Rocky.

Zale keeps throwing, he doesn 't stop.

A right to the body

and a left to Graziano 's head.

Come on, Tony,

let's hurt this bum tonight.

Give it to him.

Way to go, kid. Keep going.

- Rocky, who am I? Who am I, Rocky?

- Give me a hint.

That's Irving.

Rocky, have you had it?

Have you had it?

What are you talking about?

He ain't got me. I got him.

He's wide open now.

I'm gonna go out...

...I'm gonna bust his head open.

This round.

You know something, kid?

I think I'm beginning to believe you.

Now, go out there and nail him.

Come on, Tony boy.

Come on, Zale, let him have it.

- Come on, Tony boy.

- Give it to him.

You can do it, Zale.

Come on, Tony. Come on.

- Come on, Rocky.

- Come on, Rocky. You can do it.

Come on, Rocky.

Baby.

Baby, your father is the champ.

I have to go to the bathroom.

The time, two minutes and 10 seconds...

... of the sixth round.

The winner and new middleweight

champion of the world...

... Rocky Graziano.

Well, drink it all in while it lasts, honey.

I'm gonna be losing this title someday.

Sure, I'm gonna be losing the punch

in this right hand too. It's gotta happen.

But it don't make no difference

because what I won...

...they can't take away from me

in no ring.

You know, I've been lucky.

Somebody up there likes me.

Somebody down here too.

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