Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man Page #3

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Why don't you just go talk to her?

She's a nice girl.

I told her all about you.

I don't wanna ask her

if she's gonna say no.

Can't beat that ass, can ya?

Get out of the booth.

Come on. Come on.

Are you just gonna stand there

and stare at my ass?

Your father stares at my ass,

but he talks to me.

Thinks you're the greatest.

- He didn't tell me you were mute.

- Keep the change, doll.

He told me you're

Kenny Fleming's sister.

- This is a tip?

- Yeah, that's my tip.

You know what the bell

says about this tip?

Cheap bastard. Cheap f***er.

Comes in here every day,

gives me shitty tips.

- F*** that.

- Yeah, f*** you, too.

- Forget it, boys...

- You pave streets, right?

- Yeah, I do. And I'm a fighter.

- Oh, yeah,

I heard you were a stepping-stone.

- No, I'm no stepping-stone.

- You're the guy they use,

against the other fighters

to move the other fighters up.

I've had a few tough fights,

but that's not who I am.

The next fight's gonna show who I am.

Yeah, and he's

gonna lose that one, too.

Scotch and soda, Charlene.

And one for yourself.

So move that sugar ass

and get my...

You be nice. OK?

Be respectful.

Don't disrespect her.

Hey, don't hurt your hands.

We got a fight next week.

Besides, you wipe

your ass with that one.

Don't lean up, or I'm gonna hit you

in the cocksucker.

- He's gonna beat Saoul Mamby, say it!

- Yeah, he's gonna beat him!

Right? Right? Hey!

- Right.

- That's right!

I'm gonna take your drink, as well.

I'm taking his drink.

Hey, this guy's gonna be champion.

He's a great guy.

He's a great fighter. You can't

go wrong. Thanks for the drink.

Those cameras are makin'

a movie about him.

He knocked down

Sugar Ray Leonard on HBO,

that's why they're following him

around with the camera.

And now they're making

a movie about his comeback.

Yeah, everybody's talking about it.

But who are you fightin'?

- Saoul Mamby.

- Saoul Mamby?

- What kind of name is that?

- Black and Jewish.

Where did they find a guy like that?

He's no joke. Former world champ.

- Former champ?

- Yeah.

- I match up good with him though.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- What does that mean?

Well, I got lighter, you know?

I have a reputation for brawlin',

but I'm not gonna brawl with him.

I'm gonna try and out-box him.

- And there's a difference?

- Yeah, you know.

Brawlin', you slug it out.

I hit you, you hit me.

Boxing's a chess game, you know?

I pick my punches to take him down.

And go head, body, head, body.

- What is "head, body, head, body"?

- Well, I hit him in the head,

and then his hand's gonna go up

to protect himself,

so it opens up his body,

and then when I hit him in the body,

the hand goes back down,

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