After two minutes and thirty-nine seconds into the first round, it was all over. Bonecrusher Rocco had knocked out Leftie Louie. The sports reporters flocked around Rocco. They were like pigeons around a large canister of popcorn, except pigeons are polite. Mel Bromley, from a local radio station, had a free lane to Louie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“How are you, Louie?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Huh?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I mean, after almost three minutes in there?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“What time is it? Is that the time?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louie’s manager, Al, told Mel to take it easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He needs more smelling salts, not an interview,” said Al, motioning to Stan, the corner man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reporter looked to Stan. “Is he hurt bad?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I’ve seen worse. Another round would’ve been a lot worse.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mel kept questioning and recording. “Louie, was it the right to the body and left to the head that did it?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Head? What?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“When he knocked you down for the third time?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twice down was bad enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Wasn’t it a left to the body and right to the head?” said Al, correcting the record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I was worried about Louie’s head,” offered Stan, squeezing a wet sponge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I plan to hit him with a left to the body, then a right to the jaw,” said Louie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s over, Louie.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“You’re right. Once I finish with that right\u2026”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Leftie,” said the reporter. “It’s over.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I told you we need more salts.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boxer’s eyes started to focus. He looked better with his eyes uncrossed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Al,” he said. “Let’s get this thing started.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mel motioned to Stan. “Maybe it’d be easier for him to remember if you bandaged that cut over his eye?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leftie Louie wiped away the blood. “Where is he? Do you think Rocco’s going to fight? Or even show up?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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David Sydney is a physician. He writes fiction in and out of the EHR (Electronic Health Record).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"