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Why you so scared to fight me, Billy?

We all came and gave a good show

tonight, didn't we, Jordan? Yeah?

That's right.

And I'm pretty sure

we did business, didn't we?

Yeah, all right.

Y'all have a good night, okay?

Sign the contract, baby!

Gonna be a fight, Billy?

Just sign the contract, baby!

Is there going to be a fight?

I want you to line it up!

Line it up?

Miguel's just showboating, Billy.

I'm gonna shut him the f*** up.

Line it up.

Turay just makes sense.

If it makes money, it makes sense.

Two for the bills, one for the belt.

The Turay fight makes better sense.

No, no, no, no.

You think Miguel's a better fighter?

No, I didn't say that.

I didn't say that.

What do I got to do, say it again?

- You want me to say it again?

- You want to fight me?

Do you want to say it again?

What do you want me to do?

Why do you do this in front

of all these people?

What happened?

- What's the problem, Billy?

- Hey, yo, yo, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry about that.

- I'll just...

- Don't worry about it. Go on.

- Just, come on, man.

- Don't worry about this.

I want to get you out of this dress.

Yeah, me, too. You have no idea.

Hey, Lee, put those in the office.

Come on. Come with me.

Come with me. Where you going?

- Come on.

- What?

Come with me.

Let me put my stuff down.

I got to get you some ice...

- Leila?

- ...and some food...

Leila?

Hey, hey. Shh. She might be sleeping.

- Leila...

- Hey.

- How's it going, Gloria?

- Congratulations, Mr. Billy.

Is she up? Is she up?

Yeah, she's probably

still waiting up for you.

Tell me she didn't watch that fight.

Oh, I saw you.

I saw you.

Don't try and fool me.

I'm coming for my hug.

Hey, wake up. Aw! You... Yeah... Oh.

Hi, baby.

Oh, I missed you so much.

I missed you, Daddy.

- Can I count?

- Mmm-hmm.

- That's a big one.

- Yeah.

- Eight.

- Mmm.

- You got hit a lot, Dad.

- Yeah, you should see the other guy.

No, she should not.

- Aw.

- She needs to go to bed.

And so do you. Come on.

Party's over. Come on.

- Why can't I go see the fights?

- Why can't she go to your fights?

Your mom thinks they're too

violent, baby, come on.

- Don't... what are you doing?

- But I see stuff like that

on TV all the time.

- I know you do.

- What do you mean?

I watch The Walking Dead with Gloria.

All right, that's gonna stop.

You, up. Come on, this is your hint.

Okay, all right.

Come on, time for bed. Please... no...

You have a phone?

She's had a phone for two months.

Why are you looking at me

like I'm crazy?

'Cause you asked me

to get her the phone.

- Give a 10-year-old a phone?

- Out!

Do you have the pass code on it?

Dad would say yes.

Well, sometimes I think

your daddy confuses you

with the other children who

hang around him night and day.

You're talking

about Mikey and Jon Jon, right?

That's right, baby.

- I love you so much.

- I'm serious.

Okay. Come on. Bedtime.

Hey, get away from my daughter.

You, get out.

- Get out.

- Go away, Dad.

Good night.

What would you like?

I want... I want to take a break.

I was just thinking we could

maybe blow off the Turay match,

rethink things, pick a fight

- for later next year, you know.

- Wait a minute.

Why?

I didn't like what I saw tonight.

What did you see tonight?

You saw me win tonight.

Baby, look at your face.

What are you talking about?

Look at your face.

Baby, what are you saying?

Hey, baby, can I ask you something?

- What?

- What if I said this...

"Look at your face, Look at your face,"

and then I started crying? Okay?

I'm sorry.

Nah, it's-it's all good.

- I'm sorry, but...

- It's good.

...you f***ing scared me.

You can't fight like that anymore.

Baby, we... we won tonight.

Yeah, but it's the way you're fighting.

- What are you talking about?

- Oh...

The way I fight bought us this house

and bought you

that f***ing beautiful dress.

Yes, I know. I know.

And it gave Leila

that f***ing private school.

I know, baby. I know.

All the sh*t in this house.

Our f***ing life,

that's what my fighting bought.

But I want to enjoy it.

- Where is this coming from?

- With you.

This is the talk you have

when you lose, not when you win.

The more you get hit,

the harder you fight. I get it.

I don't want to hear this right now.

Only now you're taking way too many hits

- before you get off.

- Hey. Listen to me.

This was a good night...

I love you. You are all I care about.

The three of us, that's it.

That's all that matters.

So I'm going to tell you the truth.

You're going to be punch-drunk

in two years, if you keep this up.

Think about her.

When she graduates,

what do you want to look like?

F*** me. F***.

Why do you got to lay

the f***ing truth right now?

F***.

You say it, I'll do it, all right?

You say it, I'll do it.

Come here, baby.

They're all gonna keep you in that

"Billy the Great" bubble, you know?

And they'll take their pound of flesh,

but, baby, when that bubble pops,

they're all just gonna

scatter like roaches.

And me and Leila are gonna

be here to pick up the pieces.

There are no pieces.

I know.

Hey, you know what?

- What?

- I wanna know...

- you know how I only went ten rounds?

- What's that?

I only went ten rounds tonight,

so do you know what that means?

What does that mean?

That means that I still have...

...two rounds left in me.

Oh, you want to go two rounds

with me, champ?

- Mmm-hmm.

- Yeah?

- Mmm-hmm.

- That's very impressive.

Very brave.

- Good.

- Good.

Wow!

Oh, f***. Baby.

Uncle J, watch!

I smell a gold medal

in your future, missy.

- Flip a little higher.

- No, no, no!

No. No, no, no... no flips.

Not too high, baby.

Yeah, she's a cutie.

Oh, I got... I got, uh...

got a few things for you.

I put that together

for the people over at HBO.

- It's a two-year, three-fight deal.

- Mmm-hmm.

Hey, whoever wins...

whoever wins...

- ...gets one of these.

- Again with the gifts?

How much you spend on this sh*t?

Oh, sh*t, you all just won.

Oh, yo, I owe some sh*t

to the government.

Let me hock this sh*t.

Nah, just playing.

Yo, is this the sh*t

with the bezel right here?

Yeah, Gabe, it got the bezel

just like the last deal.

Oh, this sh*t got the bezel on it...

You don't got these shits

in big-boy sizes?

- I win, you win. All right?

- That's too much.

It's not gonna happen.

Maureen, Billy's been

my fighter for ten years.

I know what's best for him.

And I've been his wife

for, like, a hundred.

I know what's better for him.

Come on, he needs time off.

To do what? Sit on a beach

and watch the sun go down?

- Yeah.

- How long he gonna do that, Mo?

One week? Two weeks?

Then he's gonna start looking around.

He'll f*** around and bite his hand off

if you don't give him something else

to do with them.

- Are you hustling me?

- Oh, no, I'm not hustlin'.

- We've been friends a long time.

- Look at this.

He ain't got to pay me a dime for this.

You know, all of the fighters is

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