For whom the bell tolls.
A boxer is being interviewed about the dangers of boxing.
INT: (TO CAMERA) Today I’m at the Bethnal green gym talking to ex boxer Jake “the punch bag” Harris.
INTERVIEWER TURNS TO JAKE.
INT: Just how many fights did you have Jake?
JAKE: 143.
INT: Wow, that’s a lot of punishment.
JAKE: Nagh! You don’t really feel it...not when you’re laid out on the canvas.
INT: But you must feel it the day after?
JAKE: No more than a bad headache, a couple of tablets and I’m as right as rain.
INT: But surely you must see the dangers involved in boxing.
JAKE: It’s no more dangerous than crossing the street, or being caught with another mans wife.
INT: Really? I have a report here commissioned by the boxing board of control that states quite clearly, that each blow to the head could be fatal, and there is the long term damage that boxing can cause.
JAKE: It’s just words, what do these doctors know? Have they ever been in the ring having seven bells knocked out of them with the crowd screaming for more?
INT: Well no of course not, but they have carried out stringent tests on ex fighters like yourself over many years, I have the testimony of several top Harley street doctors that confirms all fighters suffer some brain damage over a short period, let alone 20 years as in your case.
JAKE: They know nothing! 143 fights over 20 years and I’m as fit now as I was when I started, brain damage! Don’t make me laugh.
WE HEAR A BELL SOUND, JAKE SMACKS THE INTERVIEWER IN THE MOUTH.
JAKE: Though I do get the odd flashback!
