The Challenger Page #6

Yes, yes!

Did you see that?

I know that kid!

I have never seen

James burchard down.

He's not only down,

he's bleeding

and he's hurt.

And he's struggling to

- get back to his feet.

That's my boy! That's my boy!

Come towards me.

-Let's see your gloves.

-I'm good, I'm good!

Box!

And burchard is furious!

That has got to have

- shaken him up.

Time!

Whoa, whoa! Break it up!

What a round!

Where did

Jaden Miller come from?

That's easy.

And I hope they're watching,

because Bronx boy Jaden Miller

is making history

here tonight.

The champ of the Bronx

versus the

champion of the world!

Hold onto your seats, folks!

We've got a fight

on our hands!

And now Miller is down!

What a shot!

Welcome to the big leagues,

Jaden Miller!

And he looks hurt.

Get up, get up.

Get up! Get up!

Get up! Get up!

-Come on.

-Get up, j, not now!

Come on. Get up!

Jaden...

Yeah?

If you don't stand up

and fight for

who you are now...

...I'm afraid of this.

Right now. You never will.

I know.

Get up. Get up!

Right now.

- Wait a minute.

- One,

two, three,

four, five, six...

Jaden Miller is back up!

There is no doubt about it!

Nobody is getting out of this

fight easy here tonight.

Whoo!

Jaden! Jaden! Jaden!

Let's see your gloves.

Time!

That's my son.

He's out there

fighting for me.

As round 4 begins, Jason,

this is uncharted territory

for the challenger.

The question is,

how long can he survive?

--How you feelin'?

I can't feel my arms.

That's all right. Believe me,

he's hurtin' just as bad.

Okay, do me one favor.

-Yeah.

-Forget the training,

forget the pain...

Just dance. Remember that?

Remember the man with no arms?

The hips, the hips, baby.

That's all we gotta do

in this fight.

Forget everything else.

Dance on him.

Come on, you got this.

You got this, come on!

This is our fight, come on!

This is what we worked for.

Let's do it!

The crowd

is electrified, Jason.

We've gotta be

the only two people

sitting down

watching this fight.

Round 4 may have done it.

That's a knock-down!

Shake that off!

Shake that off!

...six, seven, eight,

box!

That's it! That's it!

Move! Move!

Keep moving! Keep moving!

Come on, baby, come on!

There you go,

almost time, almost time!

Beautiful.

There you go baby, beautiful!

--Come on, get up!

Peter,

burchard takes that round,

but the champ has never

seen a challenger like this.

--Work the body, work the body!

Burchard with

another powerful right,

but Miller answers again.

That's it, that's it!

Knock his ass out! Yeah!

One,

-two...

-I'm okay.

...three, four, five...

Here we go! Here we go!

-I'm good, I'm good.

-...Eight. Come towards me.

- Let me see your gloves.

What the hell's

going on out there?

Anyone who is

scoring this fight

has gotta give that round

to the challenger.

Endurance.

Endurance, right?

Speed kills, baby.

Speed kills.

I don't know what to do.

I don't know what to do.

Keep your arms up.

Watch the body.

Watch the body.

-Just like we practiced.

-Okay.

-Just like we practiced.

-Yeah.

Let's do it!

Keep movin' there.

Keep movin', endurance!

Both fighters

are simply exhausted.

Burchard with

another weak jab.

He can barely

keep his hands up, Jason.

Miller comes back with

another shot to the body

as he continues to pound

the champ's midsection.

Burchard

now in excruciating pain!

One-two, one-two.

This could be it, folks!

And burchard

is saved by the bell!

Unbelievable!

Listen to this crowd!

What was anticipated to be

a one-round fight

has now turned

into an all-out war,

with James burchard

literally in jeopardy

of losing his title!

All right,

everyone take a ticket!

For good luck because

it's the last round.

Everyone take a ticket!

Spit it out.

Let me take a look.

- They're broken.

- You think?

- Can you breathe?

- -Yeah.

-I'm good.

-James,

if they broke...

-No, no...

-Look, I can't let you...

I said no, okay!

You're not stopping

this fight!

Okay, kid...

Keep 'em covered.

-You hear me?

-I got this.

Keep 'em covered.

Jason,

how do you score the fight?

Every round has been close,

but I've got it 7 to 4,

James burchard.

But I've gotta tell you,

what a job by Jaden Miller!

Going the distance!

Nobody saw this coming.

If he has anything

left to prove,

it's to himself.

This is it!

-I got nothin' left.

I know. I know.

And in 10 minutes,

this'll all be over.

You can rest.

You can go back to your mom

and you can tell everybody

about how you made it to

the last round with the champ.

Nobody can take that

from you now.

But if you can just find it

within yourself,

to give me

three more minutes...

180 seconds...

One day,

you'll tell your kids,

when you were up

against the ropes,

when you were down

and had nothin' left,

that you stood up

and you fought

for who you are!

When I first met you,

they didn't even

know your name.

Now listen to 'em!

Jaden! Jaden! Jaden!

Where we're from, we gotta

fight for what we get.

Seconds out!

Okay, okay, okay.

There's just 10 seconds left.

Look, listen to me.

Go for his ribs.

They're hurting.

You can do this, j.

I know you can.

Let's show 'em

where you're from, j!

Show 'em

where you're from, baby!

Burchard with

a left hook, and another.

-Miller counters with a jab...

Burchard

with a powerful right.

Miller now with another shot

to the body.

Burchard is taking a beating

here in the final round!

Miller just

attacking those ribs!

Working so hard

for the knockdown!

Finish him! Finish him now!

...pounding away at the body

with everything he's got left.

Jason, I can't believe

both of these guys

are still standing

at this point.

And now it's Miller

who's in the corner!

Come on! Don't give up!

Body! Body!

Hips!

...two...

...four...

- ...seven... it's over!

You've taken enough

punishment, champ.

--I can't believe it!

Jaden Miller

has done the unthinkable!

Miller, the new

light heavyweight

champion of the world!

How about that!

Oh...

And you lost.

Never did win these things.

You ready?

Yup.

We did it, pop.

Always the last one.

You know, I never asked you

how those sneakers feel.

They're a little

tight actually.

Oh, really?

Well, get your own next time.

Here you go, ma.

We don't train to lose.

I'd just like to say

it's been a pleasure

working on the challenger.

This has been one of the most

innovative movies

i have ever done

and I told this guy

right here,

when I first met him

at the airport...

I said there's only

two director-actors

that I've ever worked with...

Anthony Hopkins and him.

He's in a really

good category.

From this guy right here...

From this guy right here.

This is our man.

He's the sound guy.

And all these guys standing

over here, all you guys,

come here.

Come here. I want everybody

over here, come here.

I want everybody to see this.

All these guys made

the challenger...

And are gonna make

the challenger a great movie.

- Everybody.

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