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5. Get out of here, you useless tit.
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6. When I met him, he was already the best
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8. Started training and managing
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9. No.
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10. Let me have a look at him.
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11. He's fine. He's fine.
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12. He ain't if you don't stop this bleeding.
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13. I'll give you one more round.
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14. - Seconds out. Let's go.
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17. Cut's too wide, too close to the bone.
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18. Maybe you got a severed vein . . .
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19. or you just can't get the coagulant
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20. - Come on!
- Break. Break.
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21. There are all kinds of combinations
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22. . . . down in the different Iayers of meat . . .
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23. . . . and Frankie knew
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24. - That's it! Come on!
- What are you doing?
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25. Knock him out, Willie!
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26. People love violence.
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27. They'll slow down at a car wreck
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29. They got no idea what it is.
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30. Boxing is about respect.
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31. Getting it for yourself . . .
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32. . . . and taking it away from the other guy.
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33. I'll warm up the car.
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34. Mr. Dunn?
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35. I owe you money?
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36. No, sir.
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37. I know your mama?
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38. Don't rightly know, sir.
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39. - Then what is it you want?
- I was on the undercard.
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40. I won my fight too. Maggie Fitzgerald.
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41. Well, Maggie Fitzgerald, what's up?
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42. - Did you happen to see it?
- Nope.
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43. I did pretty good.
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44. Thought you might be interested
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45. I don't train girls.
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46. Maybe you should. People see me fight
say I'm pretty tough.
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47. Girlie, tough ain't enough.
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48. It's a mistake.
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49. Car should be able to back up, Frankie.
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50. Just push, will you?
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51. - What did Hogan want?
- Offered us a title shot.
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52. About time.
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53. I turned him down flat.
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54. Two or three more fights, you'll be ready.
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55. Been two or three more fights
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56. Look, Willie,
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57. You lose it,
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58. Now, two or three more fights
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59. Whatever you say, Frankie.
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60. Frankie Iiked to say that boxing
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61. that everything in boxing is backwards.
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62. Sometimes...
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63. . . .best way to deliver a punch
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64. Well, do your best, Lord . . .
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65. . . . protect Katy.
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66. Annie too.
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67. Other than that . . .
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68. . . .you know what I want,
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69. But step back too far,
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70. - Bye.
- Bye.
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71. Father, that was a great sermon.
Made me weep.
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72. What's confusing you this week?
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73. Oh, it's the same old
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74. Frankie, most people figure out
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75. Is it sort of like Snap, Crackle and Pop
all rolled up in one big box?
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76. You're standing outside my church
comparing God to Rice Krispies?
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78. - It won't happen this morning.
- I'm confused.
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79. - No, you aren't.
- Yes, I am.
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82. - What about the Holy Ghost?
- He's an expression of God's love.
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83. - And Jesus?
- Son of God. Don't play stupid.
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85. There are no demigods,
you fucking pagan!
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86. - Did you write your daughter?
- Absolutely.
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87. Now you're lying to a priest.
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88. You know what? Take a day off,
don't come to Mass tomorrow.
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89. Some people would say the most important
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90. Frankie would say, "Show me a fighter
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91. . . . and I'll show you a man
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92. Think I only ever met one fighter
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93. My name's Dangerous Dillard
Fighting Flippo Bam-Bam Barch . . .
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94. . . . out of Broward County, Texas!
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95. Danger showed up
a couple of years back.
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96. He'd come visiting L.A. with Ervel,
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97. Apparently Ervel got lost
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98. Danger Iooked for him for about a week
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99. Hey, you know, I gots nothing
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100. Well, that's nice to hear.
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101. Yeah, lots of people where
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102. . . . but my mama taught me
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103. . . . niggers or not.
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104. You got a nice mama.
Anything else I can do for you?
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105. Just one of those questions you ask...
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106. . . . but Danger wanted to give it
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107. Well, sir, I'd likes to become
the welterweight champion of the world.
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108. And I challenge the Motor City Cobra . . .
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109. . . . Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns . . .
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110. . . .to fight me for the welterweight
championship of the whole world!
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111. Yo, Flip, shut up, man!
You ain't even ranked.
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112. You gotta have at least one fight
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113. Hey, I'll fight any man, anytime!
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114. Hey, you a bad man, huh?
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115. Get in the ring. Go a round with me.
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116. - Shawrelle.
- I will.
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117. Leave him alone.
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118. Danger, you go on back to training.
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119. Will do, Mr. Scrap.
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120. Them's some nice tights, Danger.
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121. I'll give you that ass-whupping later,
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122. Hey, bro, those pants look
real pretty on you.
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123. Give his mama back her tights.
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124. Shawrelle Berry had a left hook
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125. . . . but he had a heart
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126. Frankie bought the Hit Pit
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127. Bobby wanted to move to FIorida,
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128. Bobby died while he was packing.
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129. And Frankie found out
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130. I thought I told you I didn't want
Danger working out here anymore.
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131. He ain't hurting nothing, Frankie.
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132. Well, he's hurting me.
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133. Breaking my heart, watching him punch
the air like he thinks it's gonna punch back.
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134. And how many times have I gotta tell you
that bleach is bleach?
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135. Why can't you buy the cheap stuff?
You don't have to buy the expensive stuff.
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136. It smells better, Frankie.
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137. Bleach smells like bleach.
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138. - Hey, Scrap.
- Hey, Mr. Willie.
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139. Hey, nice fight last night.
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140. Nice fight.
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141. - Big Willie.
- Hey, Sally.
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142. - Nice fight.
- Thanks, man.
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143. People are talking.
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144. What the hell kind of language is that?
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145. What do you want?
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146. I thought you might like to know
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147. . . . not talking to another manager.
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148. Not talking to another manager?
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149. And not just any manager.
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150. Mickey Mack.
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151. You came in here to tell me that Big Willie
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152. Not a word. Neither one of them.
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153. I'm trying to read here.
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154. Well, if you think that's more important.
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155. Who's your new girl?
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156. What?
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157. Jesus Christ.
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158. Better hurry up.
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159. She keeps hitting it like that,
she gonna break her wrists.
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160. You're wasting your time.
I told you I don't train girls.
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161. Thought you might change your mind.
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162. Dozens of trainers train girls.
You won't have any trouble finding one.
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163. Don't hardly need a dozen, boss.
You'll do fine.
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164. Don't call me boss, now. I'm not your boss,
and don't you be calling me that.
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165. - Willie, you ready to work?
- Anytime.
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166. If I stop calling you boss,
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167. No.
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168. Then I might as well keep calling you it.
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169. She came from southwestern Missouri...
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170. . . . the hills outside the scratch-ass
Ozark town of Theodosia . . .
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171. . . . set in the cedars and oak trees
somewhere between nowhere and goodbye.
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172. She grew up knowing one thing:
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173. It's for my dog.
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174. She'd come 1800 miles,
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175. Working the bag, boss.
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176. I'm not your boss.
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177. Give her her money back.
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178. You sure?
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179. - How much did she pay?
- Six months.
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180. - Jesus Christ.
- No, I'll give it back.
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181. No, don't be a smartass now, will you?
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182. Woman thinks I'll throw away
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183. . . . just to get rid of her,
she's out of her mind.
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184. - But just don't encourage her, understand?
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185. And what's Danger doing out there?
What's he looking at?
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186. Looks like a bottle of water.
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187. He paid his dues?
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188. Dues? Boy can't afford pants.
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189. Get out of my office.
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190. Fuck me.
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191. Can't think of it as a bag.
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192. I'm not a trainer,
but I can show you this if you'd like.
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193. Appreciate any help I can get.
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194. What you wanna do is,
you wanna think of it as a man, see?
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195. And he's constantly moving.
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196. He's moving towards you, around you,
away from you. All right?
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197. Don't hit him when he's coming towards you
because he's just gonna push you back . . .
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198. . . . he's gonna smother your punches
and take your balance, right?
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199. So you watch him real carefully.
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200. Keep rotating.
That keeps your head moving.
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201. And keep one shoulder back so you're
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202. Right? Go ahead, now. Good, good.
Keep rotating, keep moving. That's it.
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203. Good, good. Keep that chin tucked in.
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204. Come on around.
Keep moving, keep moving.
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205. - Good, good, good.
- Like that?
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206. Yeah. Give it a few shots.
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207. Tuck that chin in, now.
Tuck that chin in.
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208. Yeah, that's good. That's good.
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209. Now, you get this down,
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210. You do have a speed bag.
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211. I'll just borrow it till I can buy my own.
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212. All right, you go on home now.
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213. - I'll walk out with you?
- No, I am home.
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214. - Wanna see?
- Yeah.
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217. No, just pull the door closed
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218. Thank you.
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219. If there's magic in boxing...
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220. . . .it's the magic of fighting battles
beyond endurance . . .
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221. . . . beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys
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222. It's the magic of risking everything
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224. Hey, that's it. That's it.
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225. Hands up.
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228. Hey, Flippy, come here, man.
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231. Why not, bro? It's perfect, bro,
because you know why?
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232. Because she—
Like, you, you could fight to him . . .
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233. . . . and then you could kiss to him.
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234. Then you fight to him one more time.
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235. That's beautiful, man. That's like poetry.
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236. - It's like poetry.
- You been reading and shit.
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237. - Thanks, bro.
- That's a girl, man?
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238. Flip, I think you right. Look at her little
bitty titties. They're like mosquito bites.
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239. Man, that's barely even a mouthful.
Let me see.
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240. Saw your last fight, Shawrelle.
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241. Spent so much time face down,
I thought the canvas had titties.
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242. Canvas has titties.
Hey, look at me. I'm Shawrelle.
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243. Just humping the canvas.
Humping the floor.
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244. Come on, bro. The floor having titties?
That's funny, bro.
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245. Shut up, man.
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246. Man, hold the bag, stupid.
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247. Some titties right there, man.
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248. Yo, when they start making those tights
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249. Punk.
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250. All right, that's enough.
That's enough for the day.
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251. - I'll give you a rubdown.
- Oh, I can't, Frankie.
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252. Middle one's got a piano lesson.
I told Grace I'd drive her.
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253. - Something wrong with Gracie's car?
- She hates that car.
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254. Wants the old one back,
but the dealer said he's already got a buyer.
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255. Maybe I should talk to the dealer.
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256. I'd appreciate that.
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257. Okay.
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258. - Thanks.
- See you later.
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259. The man's a rubdown whore.
Today he doesn't want one.
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261. Not my job I'd worry about, if I was you.
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263. Yeah. It's almost like
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264. She might just be a natural.
Looks like she's got something.
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265. She's got my speed bag,
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266. I wonder how the hell she got that.
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267. I wonder.
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268. I'm gonna need that speed bag back.
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269. - This bag?
- Yes, that bag. That's my bag.
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270. And if you're hitting it,
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271. Is that such a bad thing, boss?
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272. Yes. Yes, it is.
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273. Every time you touch it,
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- Yeah.
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275. Well, I can't just lend it
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277. Yeah.
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278. Look, you seem like a nice girl.
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279. - Can I give you some advice?
- I'd appreciate that.
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280. You'll find a trainer in this gym
or somewhere else . . .
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281. . . . that's gonna wanna train a girl.
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282. It's the latest freak show out there.
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283. The trouble is, they're gonna be
wasting your time . . .
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284. . . . because you're too old.
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285. I don't feel that old.
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286. Well, neither do I, but you don't see me
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287. Takes about four years to train a fighter.
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288. How old are you?
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289. - Thirty-one until my next birthday.
- Oh, well, there you go.
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291. You wouldn't start training to be
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292. Already been working it
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293. And you can't hit a speed bag?
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294. Never had any, boss.
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295. Well, I hate to say it, but it shows.
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296. Somebody's gotta be honest with you.
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298. Yeah.
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299. Well, sorry for using your bag, Mr. Dunn.
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300. - You're not gonna cry now, are you?
- No, sir.
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301. Yeah.
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302. Here.
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303. - Keep the goddamn thing.
- No, you need it.
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306. I've had three since then.
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307. - I'll just borrow it till I buy my own.
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309. Yeah, I know, Hogan . . .
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310. . . . your guy's the champ,
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311. . . . but if I don't see 40 percent—
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312. Look, you call me back when it's 60-40
or don't call me back at all.
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313. - Hey, Willie.
- Hey, Frankie.
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315. I'm sorry to come by your house like this.
I know you don't like people dropping in.
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316. Oh, you're not people, Willie.
You're welcome anytime. Come on in.
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318. Oh, well, you don't have to thank me.
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319. Paying an extra thousand dollars
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320. Gracie cried when she saw it.
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323. Oh, yeah, well, I just got off the phone
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324. Everything but the split.
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326. What?
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328. It ain't that, it's—
It's like you said, I got one shot.
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329. If I win, I gotta make
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330. I need somebody in the action
who can make things happen.
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331. And I gotta make the change
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332. Only way this guy say he'd take me
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333. So I get you the title fight,
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334. Only way he'd do it.
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335. I'm sorry, Frankie. I know how long
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337. Mickey Mack's a businessman.
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338. You already taught me
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339. There's some things people
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340. And I challenge the Motor City Cobra,
Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns . . .
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341. . . .to fight me for the welterweight
championship of the whole world.
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342. Danger, I'm wearing
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343. Just working on my footwork, Mr. Scrap.
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344. Danger, you throw a punch
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345. Danger, while you thinking about
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346. I'm thinking how I'm gonna hit it hard
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349. That's cold. That's dead cold.
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351. Yeah, well, at least I can see
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352. Didn't do you
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353. Well, I've got the gym.
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354. Don't need to be training fighters
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356. It was Mickey.
Mickey's got the connections.
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357. Oh, it ain't about connections.
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358. Well, I found him,
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360. You could've got him a title fight
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362. Well, getting there and taking home
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365. Oh, you were protecting him
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366. - Yeah.
- Well, now it makes sense.
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What did your manager do?
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368. You were a hell of a fighter,
better than Willie.
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369. He get you a title fight,
or did he just bust you out . . .
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370. . . . banging your head against other
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371. I had my shot.
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374. And excuse me if I didn't want my fighter
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375. - . . .cleaning up other people's spit.
- Yeah, right.
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378. Well, you just protected yourself
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382. The action continues as the champ
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383. . . . and commanding him
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384. Up against the ropes,
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387. You wanna move to the left . . .
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388. you don't step left,
you push on the right toe.
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389. To move right, you use your left toe.
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390. Instead of running from the pain,
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391. . . .you step into it.
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392. But Big Willie comes back. Oh, my God,
he hits the champ with a right hand.
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393. And the champ is down.
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394. Ladies and gentleman,
the ref is in for the count.
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395. And Big Willie Jones
is the new champion of the world.
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396. It's unbelievable how
this has taken place tonight . . .
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397. . . . but there you have it, folks,
a new champion.
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398. Everything in boxing is backwards.
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399. Want a cheeseburger?
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400. - You bought me a cheeseburger?
- Yeah.
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401. I never see you buy anybody
a cheeseburger.
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402. Well, I couldn't eat it, and I ordered it.
You want it?
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403. Well, I guess the planet
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404. - You watch the fight?
- Yeah, I watched it.
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405. Willie did good.
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406. That's what you've got to say?
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407. Well, he won, didn't he? He did good.
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408. I see you been working on yourself,
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409. You watch it?
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410. Yeah, I got HBO.
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411. Now, how can you afford HBO?
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412. How long have I been telling you
to save your money?
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413. Ever since I fought
Louis "Typhoon" Johnson . . .
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414. . . .at the Stadium Club
in Tupelo, Mississippi.
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415. - That true?
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416. Manager ran off
and left you and me to hitch home.
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417. Don't you remember nothing?
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418. Well, I remember walking halfway
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419. I remember you leaving me with my dick
in my hand behind that gas station.
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420. Yeah, well, I got a ride. The guy took off
before I hardly closed the door.
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421. I had to walk back two miles.
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422. Your conscience got the better of you,
that's what.
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423. What the hell's that?
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424. It's her birthday.
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425. You're not breathing right.
That's why you're panting.
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426. So it's your birthday, huh?
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427. How old does that make you?
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428. I'm 32, Mr. Dunn.
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429. I'm celebrating that I spent another year
scraping dishes and waitressing . . .
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430. . . . which is what I been doing since 13.
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431. And according to you, I'll be 37
before I can even throw a decent punch . . .
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432. . . . which after working this speed bag
for a month and getting nowhere . . .
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433. . . . I now realize may be God's simple truth.
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434. Other truth is, my brother's in prison . . .
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435. . . . my sister cheats on welfare by pretending
one of her kids is still alive . . .
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436. . . . my daddy's dead,
and my mama weighs 312 pounds.
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437. If I was thinking straight,
I'd go back home . . .
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438. . . . find a used trailer,
buy a deep fryer and some Oreos.
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439. The problem is, this is the only thing
I ever felt good doing.
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440. If I'm too old for this, then I got nothing.
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441. That enough truth to suit you?
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442. This your speed bag?
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443. Put yours behind the counter.
Wish I could say I wore it out.
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444. Okay, just hold it. Hold it.
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445. I'll show you a few things,
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446. No, sorry.
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447. - You're in a position to negotiate?
- Yes, sir.
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448. Because I know if you train me right,
I'm gonna be a champ.
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449. I seen you looking at me.
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450. - Yeah, out of pity.
- Don't you say that.
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451. Don't you say that if it ain't true.
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452. I want a trainer.
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453. I don't want charity,
and I don't want favors.
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454. If you're not interested,
then I got more celebrating to do.
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455. Stop, stop, stop.
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456. Goddamn it, stop.
What the hell are you doing?
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457. Okay.
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458. If I'm gonna take you on—
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459. - You won't never regret it.
- Look, just listen to me.
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460. - If I take you on—
- I promise I'll work so hard.
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461. God, this is a mistake already.
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462. I'm listening, boss.
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463. If I take you on, you don't say anything,
you don't question me.
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464. You don't ask why, you don't say
anything except maybe, "Yes, Frankie."
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465. And I'm gonna try to forget the fact
that you're a girl.
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466. That's all I ask.
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467. And don't come crying to me
if you get hurt.
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468. - Alrighty.
- We got a deal.
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469. No, not quite.
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470. I'm gonna teach you how to fight . . .
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471. . . . then we'll get you a manager,
and I'm off down the road.
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472. - I hate to argue with you, but—
- Don't argue, that's the way we're doing it.
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473. I teach you all you need to know,
and you go off and make a million dollars.
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474. I don't care. You get your teeth
knocked out, I don't care.
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475. I don't wanna hear about it.
That's just the way it's gonna be.
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476. It's the only way I'll do it.
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477. All right.
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478. Now, one of the things I've noticed around
the gym is you never move your feet.
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479. You stand there just flat-footed.
You've gotta move your feet.
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480. That's one of the best things
I can teach you.
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481. So here's what you do.
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482. You get yourself—
Bend your knees a little bit.
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483. Get in an athletic position.
Look like you're gonna hit something.
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484. - Move them how, boss?
- Just— Go— Hit the bag.
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485. - Stop.
- What'd I do wrong?
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486. Okay, you did two things wrong.
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487. One is you asked a question,
and two is you asked another question.
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488. Now, what I want you to do,
it's not about hitting it hard . . .
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489. . . . it's how good you hit it. So watch me.
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490. You can count with me if you want.
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491. It's just count. On a one-count,
I hit right through the bag.
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492. - Can you show me that again?
- I just—
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493. Just say "one," please.
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494. - One.
- Okay.
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495. - One. Okay.
- One.
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496. Yeah, just say "one." That's good.
That's good.
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497. Then I move over to my right foot. You'll
see my weight is shifting to my right foot.
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498. Then I hit it with my back of my hand, sort
of like I'm chipping ice with an ice pick.
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499. Then I come over, and I shift to my left foot,
and I hit it with my right hand.
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500. And ice pick maneuver again.
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501. And I come over on my right foot
and hit it right.
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502. Don't watch anything but my feet.
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503. Just do it like that. Just keep practicing.
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504. You show them how to stand,
keep their Iegs under their shoulders.
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505. To make a fighter,
you gotta strip them down to bare wood.
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506. Rest when you're dead.
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507. Come here.
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508. You can't just tell them
to forget everything you know . . .
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509. you gotta make them forget it
in their bones.
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510. Make them so tired
they only listen to you.
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511. Only hear your voice,
only do what you say, and nothing else.
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512. Move your feet.
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513. Move your feet around. Let's see you go.
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514. Show them how to keep their balance
and take it away from the other guy.
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515. Not so low. Look at me.
Right hook and just turn right.
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516. How to generate momentum
off your right toe.
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517. And how to flex your knees
when you fire a jab.
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518. How to fight backing up, so that the
other guy doesn't wanna come after you.
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519. Then you gotta show them
all over again.
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520. Over and over and over...
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521. . . . till they think they were born that way.
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522. Shift.
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523. Shift away.
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524. Okay. That's enough for today.
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525. Good work. Good girl.
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526. You think I ready for a fight, boss?
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527. Hey. Hey, come here.
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528. You're not breathing.
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529. Hate to disagree with you.
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530. Every time you get under pressure,
you're holding your breath.
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531. - Now, stop doing that.
- Okay.
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532. But other than that,
I'm doing pretty good, right?
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533. - I mean, for a girl.
- I don't train girls.
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534. Think I might be ready
for a fight, boss?
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535. Well, we'll get a manager,
and we'll find out, won't we?
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536. I'd like to,
but you been keeping me too busy.
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537. - Got any family, boss?
- What?
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538. You been spending all this time with me,
I didn't know if you had any.
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539. No.
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540. Well, I've got a daughter, Katy.
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541. That's family.
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542. We're not exactly close.
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543. How much she weigh?
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544. What?
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545. Trouble in my family
comes by the pound.
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546. Yeah.
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547. Not very big.
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548. Used to be real athletic.
Don't know if she kept it up.
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549. So, what do you think?
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550. I ready for a fight?
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551. Hey, Sally.
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552. Come here for a minute, will you?
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553. Frankie, I need to see you
in the back for a minute, okay?
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554. - Can I see you a minute?
- Sally here's a real good manager.
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555. Has a couple of Golden Glove boys.
Looking for a girl, Sally?
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556. I'm looking for a good one.
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557. Well, see, there you go.
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558. Nice working with you, girlie.
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559. - What'd you want?
- Nothing. It's nothing.
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560. I ain't lying, I've been watching you work.
You got a hell of a left.
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561. Thank you.
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562. So you wanna give this a try?
See if it's a fit?
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563. - Yeah, sure.
- Good.
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564. Because I think you're ready for a fight.
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565. Break.
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566. What am I doing wrong, Sally?
Every time I get inside, she's on me.
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567. You're doing great.
You're wearing her down. Keep punching.
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568. - I ain't doing great, I'm losing.
- You're wearing her down.
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569. You okay, honey? Can you see okay?
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570. - Come on.
- Do it.
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571. Come on, let's do this!
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572. That's it!
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573. Nice night, eh?
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574. Jesus Christ.
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575. That's Lonnie Washington's girl.
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576. Hell of a fighter.
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577. 11 -0.
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578. Your left. Keep your left up.
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579. Lonnie's got a lot of good fighters.
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580. He's got Joey Adagio,
lightweight champ?
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581. Yeah.
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582. Your left, damn it.
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583. Wouldn't have been my choice for
her first fight, but Sally's a good manager.
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584. - He must think she can take her.
- Jesus H.
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585. Your left. Keep your left up.
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586. You think she can hear you
from back here?
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587. Of course, if Maggie loses,
it wouldn't mean anything to Sally.
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588. Might even help him.
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589. Lonnie's girl gets another win . . .
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590. . . . Lonnie might let Sally's lightweight
fight Joey Adagio for the title.
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591. Sally's trying to set a fight with Adagio?
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592. Hey, what do I know?
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593. I just come because I enjoy the fights.
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594. Mother of God.
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595. Okay, break.
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596. Hey. Come here, come here.
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597. Hey. Get over here.
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598. You're dropping your left hand.
Quit dropping your left hand.
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599. Hey, Frankie,
you mind if I talk to my fighter?
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600. You're doing a hell of a job.
Is this the way you advise your lightweight?
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601. Dunn.
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602. - What are you doing?
- I'm talking. What are you doing?
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603. - Is this your fighter?
- It's my fighter.
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604. It ain't fitting real well, Sally.
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605. Fine, you take her.
She can't fight worth a shit anyway.
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606. - Somebody tell me what's going on.
- I was late. Sally was just subbing for me.
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607. You telling me this is your fighter?
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608. Yeah, this is my fighter.
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609. Then you got 10 seconds.
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610. I keep holding my left up,
then I throw a punch and it keeps dropping.
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611. - Well, let it drop.
- That'd be a lot easier.
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612. She thinks she knows you.
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613. Every time you drop it,
she comes right over the top.
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614. So you just wait for her, see?
That's all she's thinking about.
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615. - When she cocks that right hand— You hear?
- I hear you, boss.
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616. When she does, step to the side
and come with a good-night hook.
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617. - Got one?
- Got it right here.
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618. - Okay.
- Fight, or I'm calling it.
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619. - Go give it to her.
- The body knows what fighters don't.
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620. How to protect itself.
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621. A neck can only twist so far.
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622. Twist it just a hair more,
and the body says:
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623. "Hey, I'll take it from here because you
obviously don't know what you're doing."
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624. Neutral corner.
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625. - See the way she did that?
- Yeah.
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626. Sugar Ray would do that.
Girl's got sugar.
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627. "Lie down, now, rest, and we'll talk
about this when you regain your senses."
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628. It's called the knockout mechanism.
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629. Don't get all carried away, now.
You did good.
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630. Thanks, boss.
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631. You . . . . You forgot the rule.
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632. - Now, what is the rule?
- Keep my left up?
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633. It's to protect yourself at all times.
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634. Now, what is the rule?
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635. - Protect myself at all times.
- Good, good.
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636. You gave me away.
How was that protecting me?
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637. It wasn't.
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638. It's okay.
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639. - I'll work on my left, boss.
- Drink your water.
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640. Other than that, how'd I do?
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641. Fine. You did fine.
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642. You gonna leave me again?
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643. Never.
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644. That place you work, do they have
homemade lemon meringue pie there?
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645. - Sure.
- Not the kind with the canned-filling crap?
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646. Oh, big can, yay size.
Says "homemade" on the label.
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647. - I want you to take the weekend off.
- It's only Thursday.
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648. - You gonna argue with me?
- Know better than to do that, boss.
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649. Well, good.
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650. All fighters are pigheaded
some way or other.
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651. Some part of them always thinks
they know better than you about something.
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652. Can you spare a few minutes
for the Immaculate Conception?
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653. Truth is, even if they're wrong . . .
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654. . . . even if that one thing
is gonna be the ruin of them . . .
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655. . . . if you can beat that last bit out of them,
then they ain't fighters at all.
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656. - Thought I said I'd see you Monday.
- You sure did, boss.
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657. That was last night.
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658. You said not to argue with you.
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659. Damn woman won't do a thing I tell her.
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660. You want my advice?
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661. What?
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662. Where are your shoes?
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663. I'm airing out my feet.
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664. You got big holes in your socks.
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665. Oh, they're not that big.
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666. Didn't I give you money
for some new ones?
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667. These are my sleeping socks.
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668. My feet like a little air at night.
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669. How come you're wearing them
in the daytime, then?
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670. Because my daytime socks
got too many holes in them.
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671. Well, if I give you some more money,
you buy some new socks.
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672. Please?
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673. Well, I'd be tempted,
but I couldn't say for sure.
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674. Might find its way to the track.
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675. It's over. It's over.
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676. Didn't take Maggie long
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677. I got the breathing thing down.
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678. No, you ain't breathing because you're
knocking them out in the first round.
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679. - Thought that was the point.
- The point is to get good.
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680. Can't get good if you keep
knocking them out first round.
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681. How am I gonna get you fights?
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682. Nobody wants to see
their fighter embarrassed, now.
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683. Why am I still doing
four-rounders, boss?
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684. Because you haven't got the lungs
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685. I do if I keep knocking them out
in the first round.
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686. Frankie made her fight
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687. just to let her know who was boss.
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688. Three, four, five . . .
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689. . . . six, seven . . . .
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690. Sorry, boss.
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691. Maggie left no doubt about it.
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692. All right, let's do it.
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693. Her first six-rounder
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694. Get up!
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695. To your corner.
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696. - Three, four, five . . .
- Get up.
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697. - . . . six, seven . . .
- Get up.
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698. - . . . eight, nine, ten. It's over.
- You can do this.
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699. Maggie didn't knock her out
till the end of the first round.
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700. After that, no manager wanted
to put his fighter in with Maggie.
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701. Frankie had to go into his pocket
to get her decent fights . . .
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702. . . . sweetening the purse
by paying managers on the side.
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703. That only worked for so long.
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704. Then Frankie did something
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705. He took a chance.
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706. Box.
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707. He moved her up in class.
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708. That could've been a mistake.
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709. Watch the right!
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710. Watch it. Watch it.
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711. Break, break. Step back. Break. Time.
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712. Damn, damn, damn.
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713. Give us two seconds, will you?
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714. - Okay.
- Just two seconds.
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715. - Your nose is broke.
- Oh, damn.
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716. - Fix it.
- I can't, I can't.
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717. - You can fix it.
- I can't. I've gotta call it.
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718. I've seen what you can do. Fix it.
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719. I can snap it back into place,
but I can't stop the bleeding.
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720. The ring doctor's gonna call it.
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721. Please, Frankie, if you
can stop the blood, I can beat her.
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722. Bite down on this.
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723. - Inhale.
- What?
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724. Breathe in.
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725. - Okay, huh?
- Yeah, it's okay.
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726. All right, you got 20 seconds
before this turns into a geyser . . .
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727. . . . and it's gonna spray
all over the front row.
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728. Twenty seconds, that's all you've got.
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729. Now get going.
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730. Go to your corner.
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731. Three, four, five . . .
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732. - Come on, breathe. Breathe.
- . . . six, seven, eight . . .
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733. . . . nine, ten.
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734. Mo cuishle.
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735. - All right!
- Yeah!
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736. Right.
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737. What you reading?
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738. What's she saying?
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739. Wants to know what you're reading.
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740. It's Yeats. Keep your head back.
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741. Why don't you talk
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742. Show her what a treat that is.
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743. When the hell they gonna get to her?
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744. I'm okay, Frankie.
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745. - What'd you learn tonight?
- Always protect myself.
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746. - What's the rule?
- Always protect myself.
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747. - Margaret Fitzgerald?
- Here.
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748. I'll be right here.
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749. - How you doing?
- Me?
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750. - Yeah, you.
- I'm not the one who's hurt.
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751. Broken nose don't hurt that much.
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752. Why are you telling me that?
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753. No reason.
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754. But some wounds are too deep
or too close to the bone.
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755. And no matter how hard you work at it,
you just can't stop the bleeding.
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756. - Did you write your daughter?
- Every week.
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757. I've no idea why you come to church.
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758. After her 12th straight knockout,
Frankie got a couple of real good offers.
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759. The first was to fight
Billie "The Blue Bear" Osterman...
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760. . . . for the WBA welterweight title.
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761. Billie "The Blue Bear."
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762. Billie was a former prostitute
out of East Berlin.
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763. Had a reputation for being
the dirtiest fighter in the ranks.
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764. Didn't seem to matter to her . . .
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765. . . . that something like that
could kill a person.
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766. And the crowds loved her.
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767. He turned it down
without even telling her.
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768. The next was to fight
the British champ . . .
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769. - ... a Jamaican girl Billie just beat.
- Hello?
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770. Not interested.
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771. He turned that down too.
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772. That's a lot of money, boss.
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773. Yeah, you're making money.
What are you still working here for?
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774. It's a title match, right?
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775. Are you British?
It's a title you can't take away.
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776. She's got nothing to lose,
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777. Might still be a good fight.
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778. Yeah, I just— I just brought you up
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779. Too good to fight these contenders,
you'd rather fight some bullshit champ?
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780. Didn't notice I was fighting
any contenders.
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781. Well, you can get yourself
another manager any time you want.
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782. In fact, if you'd learn
to protect your face a little better . . .
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783. . . . I wouldn't have
to turn down this money.
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784. My face is out there so much it's a miracle
I haven't been knocked out yet.
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785. No, you can't work here
anymore tonight.
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786. I made us a reservation.
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787. You might wanna shower.
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788. Here you go.
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789. What's this?
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790. Well, it ain't no big secret
what you're wishing for.
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791. Go on and blow.
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792. Thank you.
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793. Thirty-three ain't so old.
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794. I was still fighting at 39.
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795. Fought for 23 years.
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796. How's it going, Scrap?
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797. Doing good, Mickey.
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798. Doing good.
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799. - What'll you have?
- Coffee.
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800. You two not speaking?
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801. Don't hardly know him.
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802. I met Frankie right after
my 37th birthday.
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803. He was picking up cut work.
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804. He used to patch me up
when I thought it was impossible.
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805. Good man to have in your corner.
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806. Yes, he is.
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807. He stayed with me
through my last fight in San Berdu.
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808. My manager was off
getting drunk somewhere . . .
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809. . . . and it was just Frankie and me.
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810. I was taking a hellacious beating.
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811. Everybody's got a particular number
of fights in him.
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812. Nobody tells you what that number is.
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813. Mine was 109.
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814. I just didn't want to admit it.
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815. Fourth round, this . . .
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816. . . . cut opens up.
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817. Blood starts pouring into my eye.
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818. They should've stopped the fight, but,
hell, I was a black man in San Berdu.
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819. Blood was what I was there for.
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820. Round after round, I kept getting
Frankie to patch me up.
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821. He's talking about
throwing in the towel . . .
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822. . . . but he ain't my manager,
he can't throw in nothing.
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823. Round after round . . .
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824. . . . he's arguing with me.
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825. And I'm almost laughing because, hell,
it's getting more to him than to me.
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826. I go 15 rounds . . .
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827. . . . lose by decision.
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828. Next morning, I lose the eye.
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829. In 23 years, he's never said
a thing about it.
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830. Doesn't have to. I can see it
in his face every time he looks at me.
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831. Somehow . . .
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832. . . . Frankie thinks he should've
stopped that fight . . .
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833. . . . should've saved my eye.
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834. Spends his life wishing he could
take back that 109th fight.
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835. I wanted to go to 1 1 0.
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836. Thing is . . .
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837. . . . if you wanna get to the title . . .
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838. . . . maybe he's not the one
to take you there.
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839. You tell Mr. Mack we'd be here tonight?
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840. You go on, eat your cupcake.
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841. No, I got it.
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842. It's the rule.
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843. Always protect yourself.
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844. People never take their own advice.
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845. If she was gonna leave Frankie,
better she did it to him then.
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846. Mr. Mickey Mack?
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847. I'm Maggie Fitzgerald.
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848. I hear you're a real good manager,
doing good things for Big Willie.
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849. But I thought you should know
I ain't never leaving Mr. Dunn . . .
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850. . . .so you don't need to make any more
excuses to bump into me.
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851. Sorry for interrupting your dinner.
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852. Maggie always did like
taking them out in the first round.
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853. The Ietters always came back
marked the same way:
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854. "Return to sender."
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855. I'll make you some coffee.
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856. What are you doing with your money?
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857. - Saving it.
- Good girl.
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858. You know, you save enough of it,
you ought to get yourself a little house.
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859. Cash, no mortgage.
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860. Gonna be a while before I can do that.
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861. Yeah, well, it might be a stretch . . .
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862. . . . but you gotta get yourself
a place of your own.
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863. Go around wasting it on things
that don't matter and what do you got?
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864. You understand?
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865. Pretty soon, you wait long enough,
you got nothing.
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866. Okay, soon as I get the money.
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867. I made a lot of mistakes in my life. I'm just
trying to keep you from doing the same.
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868. I know, boss.
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869. - I'm not gonna live forever.
- What is it?
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870. It's a tape on that girl in England
you're gonna fight.
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871. If you're gonna go for the title,
we got some moves to— Hey.
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872. Hey, get the hell down.
You know how old I am?
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873. - Thank you, boss. Thank you so much.
- Yeah.
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874. You're welcome, darling. Here, just—
Here, let me put this in the machine.
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875. What machine?
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876. Don't have a TV, huh?
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877. No.
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878. Yeah!
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879. All right. Okay.
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880. - Ten minutes, love.
- Thank you.
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881. Man says he loves me.
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882. He's probably not
the first one to say that.
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883. First since my daddy.
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884. I win, you think he'll propose?
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885. You win, I'll propose.
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886. Look, I got you a gift here.
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887. I think they gave you somebody else's.
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888. No, no, this is it.
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889. What's it mean?
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890. I don't know.
Just something in Gaelic.
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891. - It's beautiful.
- Yeah, I thought so.
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892. - Yeah.
- Real silk thread.
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893. From the United States
of America, the challenger . . .
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894. . . . Maggie Fitzgerald.
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895. Mo cuishle.
Did you see what was on her robe?
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896. - Mo cuishle. Mo cuishle.
- Mo cuishle.
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897. She wasn't the main attraction.
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898. She was on the undercard
of a middleweight title fight.
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899. But ask someone who was there . . .
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900. . . . they couldn't tell you who else
fought that night.
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901. Box.
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902. - Come on!
- Mo cuishle!
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903. Mo cuishle! Mo cuishle! Mo cuishle!
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904. Mo cuishle!
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905. Mo cuishle! Mo cuishle! Mo cuishle!
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906. She's tough.
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907. I can't get inside.
I can't get close enough to hit her.
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908. - You know why that is?
- Why?
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909. She's a better fighter than you are.
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910. She's younger, she's stronger,
and she's more experienced. Now . . .
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911. . . . what are you gonna do about it?
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912. Get in there.
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913. Box.
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914. Three, four, five, six . . .
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915. . . .seven, eight, nine, ten.
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916. Mo cuishle! Mo cuishle! Mo cuishle!
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917. - Mo cuishle!
- Mo cuishle!
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918. I could ask someone, you know?
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919. Good.
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920. You find out, you let me know.
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921. Whatever it meant, the name stuck.
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922. Maggie fought in Edinburgh and Paris,
Brussels and Amsterdam.
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923. It was always mo cuishle.
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924. Seems there are
Irish people everywhere...
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925. . . . or people who wanna be.
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926. By the time they came back
to the States...
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927. Maggie was in a whole new Ieague.
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928. Mo cuishle! Mo cuishle! Mo cuishle!
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929. After that they got another offer
to fight for the title.
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930. What's the split?
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931. - Sixty-forty.
- Good.
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932. We'll take 60 and you take 40,
being as that Maggie's the draw.
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933. That little girl?
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934. You think I'm wrong, really?
You think people are saying . . .
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935. . . . that they wanna see some scabby Kraut
beat up on little Miss What's-Her-Name?
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936. You find someone who says that,
and we'll take the 40.
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937. There you go.
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938. They're at 60-40,
but they'll come up to 50-50.
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939. How's that girl doing?
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940. Well, she's got a concussion
and a broken eardrum.
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941. She be all right?
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942. - And if she isn't?
- Maybe I should send her something.
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943. Well, you could send her your check
if you'd like. I'm sure she'd take it.
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944. Boss?
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945. That little house we talked about?
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946. I bought it.
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947. Well, smart girl.
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948. For my mama. It's only about a mile
from where she lives now.
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949. No mortgage, just like you said.
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950. You're a good daughter.
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951. She don't know about it yet.
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952. I was hoping maybe we could
stay an extra day, drive over there?
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953. I know she wants to meet you.
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954. Yeah, we could do that.
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955. Oh, my God. Mama, come on out here.
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956. Mary M.'s here.
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957. - This is the Johnsons' old house.
- Not anymore.
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958. It's all yours, Mama.
For you and Mardell and the kids.
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959. - Mary M. , you bought this for me?
- Yeah, all yours, free and clear.
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960. Darling . . . .
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961. There's no fridge. No stove neither.
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962. They'll be here before you move in.
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963. - How much money did this cost you?
- Never mind that.
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964. - You shouldn't have done this.
- You need a decent place.
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965. You shouldn't have done it.
You should've asked me first.
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966. Government's gonna find out about this,
they're gonna stop my welfare.
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967. - Mama, no, they ain't.
- They are. You're fine, you're working . . .
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968. . . . but I can't live without my welfare.
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969. Mama, I'll send you money.
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970. What about my medicine?
Medicaid gonna cut me off.
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971. - How am I supposed to get my medicine?
- I'll send you more money.
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972. I hope you don't expect J. D.
to move in with us.
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973. He's getting out, you know.
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974. Why didn't you just give me the money?
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975. Why'd you have to buy me a house?
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976. I didn't have to, Mama, but it's yours.
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977. You want the money, sell it.
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978. I don't—
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979. I know you didn't mean
nothing hurtful . . .
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980. . . . but sometimes you just
don't think things through.
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981. - That's true, Mama.
- I'll try and keep the house.
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982. I'm just worried about
all those expenses.
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983. I'll send you some more money.
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984. That man hitting you?
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985. It's from the fight.
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986. I'm a fighter, Mama.
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987. Find a man, Mary M.
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988. Live proper.
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989. People hear about what you're doing
and they laugh.
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990. Hurts me to tell you,
but they laugh at you.
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991. Hi.
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992. You ever own a dog?
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993. Nope.
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994. Closest I ever came was
a middleweight from Barstow.
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995. My daddy had a German shepherd, Axel.
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996. Axel's hindquarters were so bad . . .
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997. . . . he had to drag himself
room to room by his front legs.
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998. Me and Mardell would bust up laughing . . .
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999. . . . watching him scoot
across the kitchen floor.
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1000. Daddy, he was so sick by then,
he couldn't hardly stand himself.
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1001. But one morning he got up,
carried Axel to his rig . . .
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1002. . . . and the two of them went off
into the woods, singing and howling.
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1003. But it wasn't till he got home
that night alone that I saw . . .
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1004. . . . the shovel in the back of the truck.
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1005. Sure miss watching
the two of them together.
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1006. I got nobody but you, Frankie.
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1007. Well, you've got me.
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1008. At least, that is,
until we find you a good manager.
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1009. Hey, can we stop just up here?
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1010. Yeah.
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1011. This place has
the best lemon pie around.
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1012. None of that canned-filling crap.
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1013. Now I can die and go to heaven.
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1014. I used to come here with Daddy.
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1015. Wonder if a place like this is for sale.
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1016. I got a little bit of savings.
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1017. That's fine, fine, thanks.
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1018. Hey, what the hell's Danger looking at?
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1019. Looks like another bottle of water.
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1020. Wanna come to Vegas with us?
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1021. Watch you suffer over the nickel slots?
My heart can't take that kind of pounding.
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1022. Well, she's got a title shot.
The Blue Bear.
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1023. Million dollars,
split right down the center.
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1024. That's good, Frankie. That's real good.
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1025. Well, I could use a good second.
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1026. Can't find one,
I thought I'd ask you.
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1027. Now, why the hell
would I wanna do that?
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1028. Well, because you're a half-blind old fool
who never got there himself.
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1029. I thought you might like to feel what
it's like to be in a ring on a title match.
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1030. Excuse me for feeling sorry for you.
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1031. No, you pick up somebody
there in Vegas.
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1032. Somebody with young hands.
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1033. You're not gonna cry now, are you?
I've already got one girl.
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1034. I leave this place for one day . . .
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1035. . . .got any idea what it would look like
when I come back?
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1036. Kind of like it looks right now.
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1037. Oh, go to hell.
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1038. You tell Maggie don't come back here
without a belt.
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1039. Will do.
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1040. Hey, Mr. Scrap.
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1041. I got a question,
but I feel real stupid asking it.
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1042. No such thing as
a stupid question there, Danger.
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1043. Okay.
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1044. How'd you get all the ice in here
through this little tiny hole?
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1045. I've been thinking on it.
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1046. Can't figure it out.
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1047. Why don't I show you, Danger.
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1048. - You could do that? You could show me?
- I think so. I think so.
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1049. Also, Mr. Scrap, I was kind of thinking
I might be ready for a fight.
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1050. Well, I got the tickets. You ready?
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1051. - We're flying?
- Would you rather drive?
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1052. You're asking me?
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1053. Would you rather fly,
or would you rather drive?
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1054. So I finally get to decide something?
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1055. That's what I'm saying.
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1056. Fine.
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1057. Fly there, drive back.
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1058. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
How the hell we gonna do that?
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1059. You said it was up to me.
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1060. Give them hell there, Danger.
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1061. Hey, old school,
the toilet's overflowing.
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1062. Hey, Flippy, come here for a minute.
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1063. Jesus.
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1064. Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
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1065. Oh, God!
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1066. Dumb-ass.
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1067. Come on, Danger. Come on, Danger.
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1068. Come on. Defense!
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1069. Could be sitting up at the Mirage . . .
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1070. . . . drinking mai tais . . .
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1071. . . . looking at naked women.
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1072. Come on, Danger,
put up your hands and fight.
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1073. Danger, get out of there!
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1074. Fight back! Come on!
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1075. - There you go, Danger, there you go!
- Good job, man.
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1076. Jab him with the left.
Come on.
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1077. Come on.
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1078. Hey, come on now, Flip.
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1079. - What you doing? Let him go.
- All right. Okay.
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1080. I got you. Come on, come on.
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1081. It's all right.
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1082. We don't need no corner trainer.
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1083. How'd I do, Mr. Scrap?
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1084. You did good, Danger. You did real good.
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1085. You my man. You rock.
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1086. Come on, Flip, man, you ain't done.
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1087. You ain't even fight good yet.
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1088. Anybody can lose one fight.
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1089. Anybody can lose one, son.
You'll come back from this.
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1090. You'll be champion of the world.
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1091. No, I won't, Mr. Scrap.
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1092. I should have knowed.
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1093. - Come on. We don't need to be talking.
- Let me help you.
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1094. Oh, no, I can do her.
Just untie the Velcro for me.
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1095. All right.
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1096. Come on, don't take the gloves off, man.
You ain't even used them, Danger.
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1097. Mind if I borrow this, Danger?
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1098. Man, I thought your name was Danger.
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1099. Come on, now.
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1100. Oh, oh, I see. Now I get to fight
a retard and a old man.
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1101. Call ESPN, because you can't
write this shit.
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1102. Look out, Shawrelle. Easy, Shawrelle.
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1103. Keep going, man.
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1104. All right, man.
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1105. He ain't so tough.
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1106. One hundred and ten.
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1107. Get a job, punk.
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1108. Win this one, I'll tell you what it means.
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1109. I got you some pipers.
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1110. Mo cuishle! Mo cuishle! Mo cuishle!
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1111. All right, now!
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1112. I want you to jab her right in the tits . . .
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1113. . . . until they turn blue and fall off.
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1114. Ladies and gentlemen,
this is the feature . . .
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1115. . . . presentation of the evening.
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1116. In this corner, the challenger,
Maggie Fitzgerald . . .
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1117. . . . in the red corner.
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1118. In the blue corner . . .
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1119. . . . the WBA welterweight champion
of the world . . .
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1120. . . . Billie "The Blue Bear."
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1121. Sweet Jesus.
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1122. Fitzgerald is pushing The Blue Bear
around the ring. She's coming on strong.
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1123. Challenger darts in, lands a combination
to the head and the body.
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1124. - And a right hook stuns the champ.
- All right.
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1125. Break it up!
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1126. Break it! Break it!
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1127. Do that one more time,
it'll cost you a point, do you hear me?
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1128. Go fight.
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1129. You motherfucker.
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1130. Come on. What the fuck?
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1131. All right, that's it.
I'm gonna take away a point.
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1132. One point deduction
off the blue corner.
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1133. —comes back, hits Fitzgerald...
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1134. Ref, open your eyes, you . . . .
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1135. Ladies and gentlemen, the first round
is in the books on this championship match.
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1136. - Hold onto that.
- There you go.
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1137. - Looking good.
- You pull that crap one more time . . .
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1138. . . .you're disqualified.
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1139. It's gonna be all right.
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1140. Got no doubt, boss.
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1141. Okay, just watch yourself.
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1142. Stay away from this dame.
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1143. Go to the neutral corner.
Neutral corner.
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1144. - Four, five, six . . .
- Stay down, you bitch.
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1145. . . .seven, eight, nine.
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1146. Yeah, yeah!
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1147. Break it! Break it!
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1148. Fitzgerald continues to pummel
The Blue Bear. The East German champion...
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1149. Yes! Come on!
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1150. I got it! I got it.
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1151. Eyes are blurring, boss.
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1152. - How many eyes you need to finish this?
- One's enough.
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1153. - Good.
- Now . . .
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1154. . . . what do I do about the Bear?
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1155. Do you know that step into the outside
and hook into the liver?
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1156. - I been doing that. She's made of steel.
- I don't want you to go to the liver.
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1157. I want you to hit her right up
under her skinny ass, understand?
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1158. Right in the sciatic nerve.
Just keep digging it in there.
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1159. And just keep sticking her.
You hear that?
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1160. - What about the ref?
- Keep between the ref and the Bear . . .
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1161. . . . and everything will just be fine.
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1162. This is yours. You keep your guard up.
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1163. You keep it up.
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1164. Oh, yeah!
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1165. Break, break!
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1166. Mo cuishle! Mo cuishle! Mo cuishle!
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1167. Doctor.
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1168. Come on.
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1169. Breathe.
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1170. That's it. Breathe.
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1171. Good.
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1172. Look at me. Concentrate on me.
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1173. Breathe.
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1174. Good.
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1175. That's it.
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1176. Breathe.
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1177. How you feeling, darling?
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1178. Growing a beard, boss?
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1179. I thought it might help me
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1180. Can't say it does.
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1181. Does it—? Does it hurt much?
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1182. Don't hurt at all.
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1183. Well, that's good.
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1184. Where's Frankie?
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1185. Well, he's . . . .
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1186. He's out there talking to the doctors.
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1187. Probably telling them how to do their job.
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1188. They're telling him
I'm a C1 and C2 complete.
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1189. Means that my spinal cord's so broke
they'll never be able to fix it.
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1190. Gonna be frozen like this
the rest of my life.
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1191. I asked them to tell him.
I don't know how he's gonna take it.
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1192. Did you see the fight?
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1193. Of course I did.
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1194. You had her cold, Maggie.
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1195. I shouldn't have dropped my hands.
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1196. I shouldn't have turned.
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1197. Always protect myself.
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1198. How many times he tell me that?
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1199. Yeah . . .
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1200. . . . he does like to repeat himself.
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1201. Will you tell him I'm real sorry?
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1202. No.
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1203. I won't do no such thing, Maggie.
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1204. Damnedest thing.
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1205. So, what's the plan?
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1206. I know you got one,
so you might as well tell me what it is.
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1207. It's your fault.
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1208. Yeah, it's your fault
she's lying in there like that.
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1209. You kept after me until I trained her.
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1210. I knew I shouldn't have done it,
her being a girl and all.
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1211. Everything kept telling me not to.
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1212. Everything but you.
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1213. I'm gonna get you out of here.
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1214. These doctors around here
don't know squat.
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1215. Otherwise, why would they be
living out here in the desert?
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1216. As soon as you're able to be moved . . .
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1217. . . . we'll find some place where
they've actually studied medicine.
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1218. You just rest there, I'll . . . .
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1219. I'm on it.
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1220. Frankie must have called
every hospital in America . . .
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1221. . . . Iooking for somebody
who'd tell him they could fix her.
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1222. He came close twice,
till they checked her over . . .
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1223. said there was nothing to be done.
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1224. Took two months till she was
stable enough to move.
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1225. They got nurses for that, you know.
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1226. Yeah, but they're amateurs.
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1227. She developed skin ulcers
because she couldn't change positions.
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1228. Thank you.
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1229. They made the six-hour trip
by ambulance.
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1230. Fly there, drive back.
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1231. The rehab center Frankie found
was a nice place.
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1232. They took good care of Maggie.
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1233. She wouldn't have complained
if they hadn't.
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1234. Took several hours every day
to get her ready for the wheelchair.
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1235. One, two, three, up.
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1236. Since she couldn't breathe on her own...
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1237. . . . her respirators were always on.
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1238. Oxygen was pumped into her
24 hours a day.
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1239. Maggie's mama called to say
they were all coming for a visit.
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1240. She waited by the window
every day for the next two weeks.
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1241. Sure.
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1242. Frankie finally tracked them down.
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1243. Learned they'd checked into their hotel
six days earlier.
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1244. Kept leaving messages
which were never returned.
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1245. You don't have to hang around all day.
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1246. I like it here. I don't mind.
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1247. In fact, if you weren't here,
I'd come here anyway to read my books.
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1248. Mama will be here soon
to share some of the burden.
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1249. Well, it's no burden.
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1250. Here.
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1251. Read this.
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1252. Okay, okay, that's enough.
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1253. That's terrible.
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1254. Anyway, I'll tell you in English
what you were saying.
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1255. It says:
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1256. I will arise and go now
And go to Innisfree
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1257. And a small cabin build there
Of clay and wattles made
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1258. And I shall have some peace there
For peace comes dropping slow
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1259. Dropping from the veils of the morning
To where the cricket sings.
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1260. Not bad, huh?
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1261. You gonna build a cabin, boss?
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1262. - Me?
- Yeah.
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1263. You know, when you quit all this.
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1264. You mean boxing?
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1265. No, I'll never quit.
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1266. I like the stink too much, I guess.
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1267. You think?
Because I could see you there real easy . . .
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1268. . . . with your books and lemon pie.
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1269. How about you?
Would you like to go live in a cabin?
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1270. I could learn how to bake.
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1271. Well, then, I'll . . . .
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1272. Maybe I'll start looking then.
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1273. Yeah.
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1274. - Go ahead.
- All right. Okay, sounds good.
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1275. Hi, I'm Frankie Dunn.
I met you back out in Missouri.
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1276. Where's my little girl?
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1277. Don't you think you ought to go back
to the hotel and change?
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1278. She doesn't know you've been here
a week visiting Woody and Mickey.
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1279. We got business with my sister.
Why don't you just tell us where she is.
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1280. Oh, you must be J. D.
And you must be the business guy?
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1281. There's some rides you missed.
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1282. Why don't you go back.
I'll tell her you couldn't make it.
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1283. I drove all the way here
to take care of my child.
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1284. And you're suggesting
I'm not a good mother?
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1285. Mary M. can't go nowhere.
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1286. If we could've taken her to Disneyland,
we would've.
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1287. Margaret Fitzgerald?
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1288. Right down here, 301.
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1289. - Come on, Mama.
- Let's go.
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1290. And I saw myself breathing.
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1291. Like, my body was going up and down.
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1292. I thought,
"Why didn't somebody tell me?"
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1293. Your hair needs washing.
It's kind of greasy.
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1294. It's just a . . . .
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1295. It's just some kind of legal thing.
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1296. What is it?
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1297. How we all doing here?
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1298. Sorry, darling,
but we ain't got a lot of time.
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1299. Mr. Johnson's charging us a lot of money
to be here to make sure this is done proper.
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1300. Why don't you just leave that.
I'll read it to her later.
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1301. Hey, old man . . .
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1302. . . .you part of our family?
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1303. Stay the hell out of this.
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1304. Read it to me, Mama.
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1305. Well, it's just something legal
to protect your money.
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1306. Mama, you don't have to worry.
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1307. The boxing commission's
paying for all this, everything.
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1308. But what if they don't, Mary M?
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1309. Mr. Johnson says
they can take my house.
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1310. If you assign your assets to your mother,
no one can touch them.
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1311. No doctors, no funeral expenses.
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1312. - Nothing.
- Yeah, look, why don't you just leave it.
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1313. - Then I'll just read it to her later on—
- With respect, this ain't your business.
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1314. All right. I'll be out in the hall.
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1315. You been a good daughter, Mary M.
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1316. You sign that paper . . .
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1317. . . . it'll take care of your family . . .
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1318. . . . the way your daddy
would've wanted you to.
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1319. How do you make your mark?
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1320. Can you hold a pen?
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1321. She gotta do it with her teeth, Mama.
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1322. You gotta put it in her mouth.
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1323. Here you go, honey.
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1324. Did you see the fight, Mama?
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1325. Honey, you know how I feel about that.
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1326. I did pretty good.
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1327. You lost, Mary M.
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1328. Ain't your fault, the way I heard it,
but you lost.
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1329. Don't wanna lose the rest
of what you got left.
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1330. There you go.
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1331. What happened to you?
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1332. Well, what's that supposed to mean?
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1333. Mama, you take Mardell and J. D.
and get home.
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1334. Before I tell that lawyer that you were
so worried about your welfare . . .
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1335. . . .you never signed those house papers
like you were supposed to.
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1336. So any time I feel like it,
I can sell that house . . .
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1337. . . . from under your fat, lazy,
hillbilly asses.
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1338. And if you ever come back,
that's exactly what I'll do.
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1339. Well, maybe someone ought
to count to 10.
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1340. Don't smell real pretty, does it, doc?
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1341. We might have to lose it, Maggie.
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1342. They took my leg, boss.
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1343. It's gonna be all right, you hear?
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1344. I always hear your voice, boss.
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1345. You need anything?
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1346. I need to know what "mo cuishle" means.
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1347. But you didn't win.
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1348. I don't have to tell you.
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1349. You're the meanest man I ever met.
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1350. No wonder no one loves you.
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1351. You remind me of my daddy.
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1352. Well, he must have been . . .
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1353. . . .a very intelligent, handsome man.
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1354. You ain't gonna make me talk
no more Yeats, are you?
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1355. No, I was . . .
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1356. . . . looking at this catalog
from City College.
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1357. I thought I'd get you a wheelchair . . .
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1358. . . . maybe the kind that operates
by blowing through a straw.
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1359. I thought maybe you'd like
to go back to school.
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1360. I got a favor to ask you, boss.
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1361. Sure.
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1362. Anything you want.
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1363. Remember what my daddy did for Axel?
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1364. Don't even think about that.
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1365. I can't be like this, Frankie.
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1366. Not after what I done.
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1367. I seen the world.
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1368. People chanted my name.
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1369. Well . . .
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1370. . . . not my name,
some damn name you gave me.
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1371. But they were chanting for me.
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1372. I was in magazines.
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1373. You think I ever dreamed that'd happen?
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1374. I was born at 2 pounds,
1 and a half ounces.
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1375. Daddy used to tell me
I fought to get into this world . . .
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1376. . . . and I'd fight my way out.
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1377. That's all I wanna do, Frankie.
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1378. I just don't wanna fight you to do it.
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1379. I got what I needed.
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1380. I got it all.
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1381. Don't let them keep
taking it away from me.
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1382. Don't let me lie here till I can't hear
those people chanting no more.
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1383. I can't.
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1384. Please.
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1385. Please, don't ask me.
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1386. I'm asking.
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1387. I can't.
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1388. Hello?
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1389. In the middle of the night . . .
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1390. . . . Maggie had found her own solution.
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1391. She had bit her tongue.
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1392. Stop. Stop.
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1393. Look at me. Look at me.
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1394. Nearly bled to death
before they stitched her up.
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1395. She came around and ripped them out
before Frankie even got there.
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1396. They stitched her up again . . .
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1397. . . . padded the tongue
so she couldn't bite.
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1398. You can't do it, you know that.
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1399. I do, Father.
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1400. But you don't know how thick she is . . .
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1401. . . . how hard it was to train her.
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1402. Other fighters would do
exactly what you'd say to them . . .
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1403. . . . and she'd ask, why this and why that,
and then do it her own way anyway.
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1404. How she fought for the title, I . . . .
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1405. It wasn't by anything . . . .
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1406. Well, it wasn't by listening to me.
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1407. But now she wants to die . . .
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1408. . . . and I just wanna keep her with me.
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1409. And I swear to God, Father, it's . . . .
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1410. It's committing a sin by doing it.
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1411. By keeping her alive, I'm killing her.
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1412. Do you know what I mean?
How do I get around that?
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1413. You don't. You step aside, Frankie.
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1414. You leave her with God.
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1415. She's not asking for God's help.
She's asking for mine.
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1416. Frankie, I've seen you at Mass
almost every day for 23 years.
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1417. The only person comes
to church that much . . .
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1418. . . . is the kind who can't
forgive himself for something.
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1419. Whatever sins you're carrying . . .
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1420. . . . they're nothing compared to this.
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1421. Forget about God or heaven and hell.
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1422. If you do this thing, you'll be lost.
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1423. Somewhere so deep . . .
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1424. . . .you'll never find yourself again.
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1425. I think I did it already.
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1426. We're keeping her sedated
so she won't try that again.
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1427. I went to see Maggie this morning.
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1428. You must have been somewhere else.
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1429. Yeah.
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1430. You got a fight I don't know about?
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1431. It wasn't your fault.
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1432. I was wrong to say that.
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1433. You're damn right.
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1434. I found you a fighter . . .
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1435. . . . and you made her
the best fighter she could be.
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1436. I killed her.
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1437. Don't say that.
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1438. Maggie walked through that door
with nothing but guts.
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1439. No chance in the world of being
what she needed to be.
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1440. A year and a half later, she's fighting
for the championship of the world.
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1441. You did that.
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1442. People die every day, Frankie.
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1443. Mopping floors, washing dishes.
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1444. And you know what
their last thought is?
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1445. "I never got my shot."
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1446. Because of you, Maggie got her shot.
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1447. If she dies today, you know what
her last thought will be?
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1448. "I think I did all right."
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1449. I know I could rest with that.
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1450. Yeah.
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1451. I'm gonna get a cup of coffee.
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1452. Yeah.
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1453. All right.
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1454. I'm gonna disconnect your air machine . . .
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1455. . . . then you're gonna go to sleep.
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1456. Then I'll give you a shot, and you'll . . .
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1457. . . . stay asleep.
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1458. Mo cuishle . . .
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1459. . . . means "my darling, my blood."
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1460. He gave her a single shot.
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1461. It was enough adrenaline
to do the job a few times over.
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1462. He didn't want her
going through this again.
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1463. Then he walked out.
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1464. I don't think he had anything left.
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1465. I went back to the gym.
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1466. Waited, figuring he'd turn up
sooner or later.
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1467. And that's when a ghost
came through the door.
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1468. I got to thinking what you said,
Mr. Scrap.
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1469. What was that, Danger?
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1470. Anybody can lose one fight.
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1471. That's the truth.
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1472. Go on, put your gloves on.
You missed a lot of training.
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1473. Will do, Mr. Scrap. Sure thing.
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1474. Frankie never came back at all.
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1475. Frankie didn't leave a note,
and nobody knew where he went.
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1476. I'd hoped he'd gone to find you . . .
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1477. . . . and ask you one more time
to forgive him.
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1478. But maybe he didn't have
anything left in his heart.
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1479. I just hope he found someplace
where he could find a Iittle peace.
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1480. A place set in the cedars and oak trees.
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1481. Somewhere between
nowhere and goodbye.
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1482. But that's probably wishful thinking.
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1483. No matter where he is . . .
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1484. . . . I thought you should know what kind
of man your father really was.
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