Opportunistic Duke told Tommy that he had to prove himself to the press as more than a "cheap carbon copy or a second-rate contender" by challenging Rocky: "There""s a way for you to get the respect you deserve, but what you""ve got to do is challenge Balboa to fighting, man to man.Although Ambrose slashed Ethan with a knife and missed his eye by only a few millimeters with the knifepoint, Ethan was able to angrily knock his opponent unconscious (with a kick to the face, after which his head hit a rock) when Ambrose reminded him of how "bitch" Nyah would die.The platinum blonde hooker was fleeing from Indo-Chinese authorities in Saigon ("I got mixed up in a little trouble and I thought I""d stay away out of town until the gendarmes forgot about it").Each of the disparate individuals presented a skewed look at beauty from many different vantage points.