Night and the City Page #5

Again with Sanchez!

Look, you see everybody there,

except that guy in the blue?

Everybody there,

when they was in their prime, fighting,

Sanchez couldn't have

even sparred with them,

and they fought when the

days were the days!

They'd fight ten, 20 fights a year.

- No kidding.

- Yeah.

There. See that guy there, with the ears?

He beat Tami Mauriello.

Tami Mauriello?

Tami used to come in here.

Back then, you had ten arenas.

You'd fight ten, 20 times a year.

You'd go around a corner,

you'd see a fight.

Coliseum, St. Nick's,

Dykeman Oval, Fort Hamilton,

Star Casino, Hippodrome, Greensborough.

You'd go up to White Plains.

There's nothing now.

If you want to see a fight,

you got to watch TV.

Cable TV, pay TV.

So how come there are no

local arenas anymore?

I mean, you got lots of fighters, right?

What the f*** am I?

It's a different class of people.

The fighters don't give a sh*t.

The managers...

Hey, you see that guy over there?

He don't give a sh*t.

Trainers don't know sh*t!

Promoters...

they're scumbags.

Like Boom Boom Grossman.

He's the king of scumbags!

Hey, you know who used

to come around here?

Al Grossman.

Who's Al Grossman?

The good one, the good brother!

That's Boom Boom's brother?

And he used to hang here?

Yeah, up until about six months ago.

He moved to some Jew retirement

home in Coney Island.

He used to hang around here all the time.

Al Grossman.

He fought Tami Mauriello.

No, not Tami Mauriello.

Maxie Berger.

Yeah. He lives

in Miami Beach.

Who does?

Who are we talking about?

Ya bastard.

This is wild, you know?

I mean, really, I've never

been in a boxing gym before.

This is really wild.

OK, I fill this out,

throw it back to you,

throw you a check for 450,

form a corporation...

That's it.

I'm a promoter?

We run a check on you.

You clear that, that's it.

You gonna run

a check on me?-

Go into my past?

'Cause I was involved, you know.

There are things: OSS, CIA.

I don't know if they'll

let you have access.

Burma, Macao... national

security, you know.

There are things.

What should I call my corporation?

Bullshit Productions.

Bullshit Productions?

You want to see scars?

No, I don't want to show you my scars.

Tiger cages, sweats in the night.

Bullshit Productions?

Bullshit Productions.

I'll think about it.

Are you married?

I'm gonna run a check on you.

Bullshit Productions.

I like it.

Just remember what I said:

Keep your nose clean till the court date.

You understand, Mike?

You wanna take a walk in Central Park,

leave the baseball bat at home.

Hey, Harry, I told you,

I didn't do anything, man.

I know, I know. Just

remember what I said, OK?

Please.

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