[ CROWD CHEERING ] [ HIGH-PITCHED RINGING ] [ BELL DINGS ] Referee: FIGHTERS TO THE CENTER OF THE RING. LISTEN AND OBEY MY COMMANDS AT ALL TIMES. WATCH THE LOW BLOWS AND RABBIT PUNCHES. TOUCH GLOVES AND COME OUT FIGHTING. Man: I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, KID. [ WATER DRIPPING ] [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] Kid: HEY, MIJO. Manny: HMM? Kid: WHAT YOU DOING UNDER THERE? Manny: HIDING. Kid: OH, YEAH? Manny: MM-HMM. Kid: WHO YOU HIDING FROM? Manny: NOBODY. PAPI, DID YOU WIN THE FIGHT? Kid: NOT REALLY, MIJO. Manny: BUT MAMI SAID YOU BEAT HIM. Kid: [ SIGHS ] COME ON, DON'T PLAY THIS ANYMORE. WHY DON'T YOU READ A BOOK. Manny: ALL RIGHT. MM-HMM. Kid: [ BREATHES DEEPLY ] [ SIZZLING ] Sylvia: FOOD'S ALMOST READY! MI AMOR, I WENT DOWN TO PEPE'S TO GET US SOME STEAK. [ KEYS JINGLE ] YOU GOING SOMEWHERE? Kid: I'M GOING OUT. Sylvia: YOU HAVE TO EAT FIRST. Kid: I'M NOT HUNGRY. [ SNIFFS ] DID YOU TELL MANNY I WON THE FIGHT? Sylvia: YOU DID WIN! Kid: WHAT ELSE DID YOU TELL HIM? [ MOODY, MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ] [ SIREN WAILS ] Benny: AW, MAN, COME ON. UNH-UNH. UNH-UNH. MAN, GET YOUR STINKY ASS OUT MY DOORWAY. COME ON, MAN, LET'S GO. HEY -- KID? HEY. YOU BEEN OUT HERE ALL NIGHT? COME ON, MAN, HERE. GET YOUR ASS IN HERE, MAN. LET ME MAKE YOU SOME COFFEE. [ DOOR OPENS ] COME ON. GET YOUR ASS IN HERE. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? [ SNIFFS ] COME ON. [ CROWD CHEERING, BELL DINGS ] I TAKE IT YOU AIN'T HERE TO TRAIN. HEY, LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT THAT EYE, MAN, SEE HOW IT'S HEALING. LET ME JUST SEE WHAT WE GOT GOING HERE, MAN. HOLD ON, LET ME SEE. OH! YEAH, IT'S HEALING NICELY, MAN. YOU SHOULD START TRAINING AGAIN NEXT WEEK. LISTEN, KID, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANY OF US. THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS, MAN. YOU KNOW, I FOUGHT AN IRISH KID A LIFETIME AGO, '79. Kid: WHAT HAPPENED? Benny: I KNOCKED HIM OUT, HE DIDN'T GET BACK UP. MY GUYS RUSHED ME OUT OF THERE, FAST AS LIGHTING. [ Chuckling ] THEY THOUGHT THEM IRISH CATS WAS GONNA KILL MY BLACK ASS. I HEARD LATER HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH SOME KIND OF BRAIN DAMAGE. Kid: BUT HE RECOVERED? Benny: HE CAN'T PUT A FULL SENTENCE TOGETHER. YOU CAN CALL THAT "RECOVERED" IF YOU LIKE. [ LIGHT THUD ] Kid: I AIN'T FIGHTING NO MORE, BENNY. Benny: YOU TALKED TO SYLVIA ABOUT THIS? Kid: THIS AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH SYLVIA. Benny: GO HOME, MAN. GET SOME SLEEP. [ MOODY, MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ] Man: I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, KID. I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, KID. [ DOOR SLAMS ] [ FOOTSTEPS APPROACH ] Kid: I THOUGHT WE WERE BROKE. Sylvia: WE ARE. WE STILL HAVE TO EAT. WHERE'D YOU SLEEP THE OTHER NIGHT? Kid: AT THE GYM. Sylvia: COULDN'T BEAR TO COME HOME, HUH? I SAW BENNY. Kid: YOU WENT TO THE GYM? Sylvia: WERE YOU PLANNING ON TELLING ME YOU WERE GONNA QUIT FIGHTING? Kid: [ SIGHS ] I'M GONNA GO TO BED. I'M TIRED. Sylvia: AND I'VE BEEN CLEANING OTHER PEOPLE'S...ALL DAY. WHAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL? DAMN IT, KID. I WISH YOU'D TALK TO ME. I CAN'T EVEN TOUCH YOU. Kid: DON'T BE SILLY. I'M JUST TIRED. Sylvia: ...YOU BEING TIRED! Kid: WILL YOU HOLD IT DOWN? YOU'RE GONNA WAKE UP MANNY. Sylvia: DON'T USE HIM AS AN EXCUSE TO SHUT ME UP! I MEAN, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? Kid: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WRONG WITH ME? Sylvia: YOU KNOW, OTHER MEN, THEY LOOK AT ME. OTHER MEN WATCH ME. OTHER MEN WANT ME. Kid: FINE, THEN GO...OTHER MEN! Manny: PAPI? Kid: IT'S OKAY, MIJO, WE WERE JUST PLAYING. GO BACK TO BED. [ CROWD CHEERING ] Man: HEY, MARICON, YOU WANNA KISS ME? Man: BREAK. Kid: [ GRUNTS ] Referee: BREAK! BREAK! GO TO YOUR CORNER. Kid: [ BREATHING HEAVILY ]