 On the night of Tommy 's fight with Kane , Tommy and Marty plan to force Kane to exhaust himself pursuing Tommy until the seventh round and then put him away . The plan works and Tommy knocks out Kane in round seven . After the fight Marty plans to take everyone out for a celebratory dinner but Bob Silver ( Paul Raci ) , a big @-@ time promoter , has watched the fight and , impressed , invites them all out . Marty declines and goes home , but later that night is taken to the hospital . Tommy rushes to the hospital and finds Diane there . He asks if Marty is in the hospital because of what happened at the cabin . Diane tells him that when Marty was a fighter , people threatened to expose Marty 's homosexuality , so he ended his career by putting his hand through a window and damaging it . He became a teacher and his influence led Diane to make herself a success . When Marty is released , Tommy moves in with him temporarily to help him recuperate . 
