Tyson Page #8

At the peak of his manic state...

... Michael went down to the bar

and started drinking vodka...

... glass by glass, like it was water.

He then returned to our room...

... took a handful of lithium...

... and locked himself in the bathroom,

saying he was going to kill himself.

Mike, for future reference...

...never, under any circumstances,

call a coloured woman the C-word.

ROBIN:

- And I'm supposed to be abusing him.

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

- Look.

WOMAN 1:
That's Mike Tyson.

Oh, man. That's Mike Tyson.

[WOMEN SHOUTING]

Hey, Mike. What are you

doing up here in Harlem?

I came down here to see how the black

people live, know what I'm saying?

Well, I'm black myself.

A lot of people don't know that.

- Mike, baby, can I get your autograph?

- Yeah, baby.

- Dark and lovely.

WOMAN 2:
Hey, Mike.

Ooh! Mmm-mmm. Look at you.

- Damn, baby. Your man let you out?

- What can I tell you?

Damn. You coming with me tonight?

MAN 1:

There's that lispy motherf***er.

MAN 2:
Who's that?

MAN 3:
Some fighter wannabes.

Oh, what's this? "B*tch" Green.

Look at this motherf***er.

You ain't getting tired

of being p*ssy-whipped, motherf***er?

Your old lady?

Your old lady's old lady?

- Double p*ssy-whipped.

- There you go.

You're also a pitiful, poor-ass

motherf***er.

What, you want me

to whup that ass again?

F*** that!

You didn't beat me, motherf***er.

Anybody seen the TV knows that.

They know I knocked the Jheri-curl juice

out your head, motherf***er.

[CROWD LAUGHS]

I'll give you that, motherf***er.

Tell me where Robin's at.

I'll tell you where she's at. She's at

my house, butt naked, making grits.

How you like it? Bent over backwards.

- Come on.

MAN 4:
I wouldn't take that sh*t, buddy.

MAN 5:
Mike, what you gonna do?

WOMAN 3:
Do something to him.

So who's the biggest p*ssy, Mike?

You or Robin?

What's up, motherf***er?

[GREEN GRUNTS]

[CROWD SHOUTS]

You ain't nothing, motherf***er.

WOMAN 3:
Mike!

WOMAN 4:
Mike!

- Mike?

WOMAN 5:
Mike! Mike!

WOMAN 1:

Mike! Take me with you. Please?

MAN 4:
There's a car there.

WOMAN 1:
Wait up.

I would like...

... maybe date Mike Tyson.

[REPORTER ON TV SPEAKING

IN JAPANESE]

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

Forty-two to one.

Is there anything that you know

that the odds makers don 't?

Yeah, well...

... they can 't measure desire,

you know?

Mike's a great fighter.

I just hope to hold my own.

[CROWD CHEERING]

REPORTER 1:

- So far, over seemingly invincible...

...heavyweight champion Mike Tyson...

- ROONEY:
Look at that.

The one-punch bobs.

It ain't gonna work, Mike.

Come on, f*** him up, Mike!

REFEREE:
Break. Break clean.

Come on, punch your way out.

Break.

REPORTER 2:
... and he's been hit

more punches in this fight alone...

... than I think I've seen

in all of his other fights combined.

REPORTER 1:

It's been all Douglas up to this point.

And who would have thought that...

[BOTH GRUNTING]

REFEREE:

Fighters, punch your way out!

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[BOTH PANTING]

Break clean. Break!

Yes! Yes!

[CROWD CHEERING]

REFEREE:

Three!

Four!

Five!

Six, seven!

Eight! Nine!

No! The fight is over! It's finished!

What the hell do you call that?

That was the longest count...

...I ever heard in my life.

The fight is history.

That guy was down over 15 seconds.

[MAN SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]

[BELL DINGS]

Where the hell did you get this ref?

The man's gonna get my man beat.

BRIGHT:

He was down way more than 10.

Ten? Sh*t, it was more like 20.

Get me the enswell.

- Yo, you got any other stuff in there?

- I don't know.

RORY:
Where the f***'s the enswell?

BRIGHT:
We don't have an enswell.

- Give me an ice pack.

RORY:
Give him an ice pack, Jay.

BRIGHT:

Just a second.

[CROWD CHEERING]

REFEREE:

Fight!

[BOTH GRUNTING]

MAN:

That's it!

That's it!

RORY:
There you go. Body shots.

Hit him, man.

[BOTH PANTING]

REFEREE:

Punch your way out.

RORY:

Keep working, now.

Come on, get out of there, Mike!

RORY:

Keep your eyes open!

REPORTER 1:
After the knockdown,

Tyson unable to capture...

RORY:
Stick and move, Mike!

Stick and move!

Keep moving, Mikey!

Keep moving! Sh*t!

[DINGS]

REFEREE:

Go to your corners.

[CROWD CHEERING]

RORY:

Get in the chair, Mike.

TYSON:
Where's the f***ing chair?

RORY:
Damn it, Jay, get the stool!

Give me the damn stool!

[CROWD CHEERING]

- Ice.

- Get some f***ing ice.

- We don't have none.

- Well, find some.

His f***ing eye's closing up.

Rory, put some Vaseline

right on this eye.

- Aboline.

- Aboline? What's that?

- I'm allergic to Vaseline.

- Oh, sh*t.

We got any of that in there?

Sh*t. Aw, sh*t.

F***.

CORNER MAN:

Listen to me, James. Listen!

He ain't got nothing left.

Keep working harder, all right?

Let's go to work. Come on!

REFEREE:

Ready?

RORY:

Let's go. Come on!

[BELL DINGS]

REFEREE:

Fight!

SNOWELL:

Keep working!

- Keep working, Mike!

- Stick and move, baby! Yes! Yes!

REPORTER 1:

Tyson 's eye now completely shut.

He can 't see

Douglas 's punches coming...

... and Buster is landing a lot of them

in succession.

REPORTER 2:
It's been said that the

only man who could beat Mike Tyson...

... was Mike Tyson himself...

... but he's getting a lot of help

from a challenger...

- Keep moving, baby!

- Mike, you gotta keep moving.

[TYSON GRUNTS]

- Come on, Mike!

- Come on, champ!

Three!

REPORTER 1:
If Mike Tyson doesn 't

get up, this will be the biggest upset...

... in the history of

heavyweight championship...

RORY:

Mike, you gotta get up!

REFEREE:

Five!

Six!

RORY:
Come on, Mike!

SNOWELL:
Come on! Don't give up!

Seven!

Eight!

Nine!

It's over! You're out!

[CROWD CHEERING]

REPORTER 2:

Live fast, die young.

Will Mike Tyson ever get up

from this knockout?

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

[CROWD CHEERING]

KING:
Buster Douglas was on the canvas

for 16 seconds. He was out!

No, you listen to me. I got the tape...

...and I'm taking it to the WBA,

the WBC and the IBF.

All of them!

And they're gonna see that there was

a knockout in the eighth round.

No, no. Mike Tyson's

not losing his belt...

...because some referee

forgot how to count.

That's not right.

You know it's not right.

Don't you even know how to cut tape?

Get that sh*t off of him.

I'm gonna take care of this

for you, Mike.

And you know I always do what I say.

I know you do, man.

You're gonna get it all back.

Either they reverse their decision, or...

- I didn't have it out there tonight.

- F*** that! You won the fight, Mike.

- On my back?

- The fight was over!

I lost.

Goddamn you, Mike.

I don't wanna hear that kind of talk,

that goddamned defeatist attitude.

You did not lose.

I'm gonna prove it...

...and you are not gonna f*** me up.

You understand me?

Okay, Don. I see your point.

I did not lose.

[REPORTERS CLAMOURING]

REPORTER 1:

Hey, Don. What have you got to say?

I gotta go feed the seals.

REPORTER 2:

That kid took a beating there.

KING:

Hey, fellas.

All you're getting tonight is the truth.

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