ActionScript 2.0 :: Linking To A Html Page Within The Site From An Intro Swf?

I am having a strange delay issue when clicking on a button. My code is simple and is as follows:

fight.onPress = function() {
getURL("pages/pageOne.html", "_self");
}
stop();

-fight is the instance name of the button

-the code is in the actions layer as it should be

-there is no other AS within the animation

The problem is when the animation finishes and a "click here" button comes up, it takes several clicks for the button to actually work. It eventually goes to the url but only after multiple clicks, between 1 and 8. The hit box of the button is larger than the button itself so its not the empty counters in the letters or spaces between words.