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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:17,198 --> 00:00:20,865 The following is a presentation of... 2 00:00:29,698 --> 00:00:33,448 Eight, six, one even for Frazier. 3 00:00:33,531 --> 00:00:35,531 Nine to six for Frazier. 4 00:00:35,615 --> 00:00:38,031 Eleven rounds for Frazier, 5 00:00:38,114 --> 00:00:39,698 four Ali. 6 00:00:39,782 --> 00:00:42,865 The winner by unanimous decision, 7 00:00:42,948 --> 00:00:44,573 Joe Frazier! 8 00:00:44,657 --> 00:00:46,740 For the first time in his career, 9 00:00:46,823 --> 00:00:49,865 Muhammad Ali was beaten. 10 00:00:49,948 --> 00:00:52,073 I wasn't happy at all. 11 00:00:52,156 --> 00:00:53,615 Why not? 12 00:00:53,698 --> 00:00:55,989 Well, I'm a Muhammad Ali fan, 13 00:00:56,073 --> 00:00:58,365 and, uh, he just let me down. 14 00:00:58,448 --> 00:01:00,114 Good fight. Very good fight. 15 00:01:00,198 --> 00:01:03,031 But considering the way Clay fought... 16 00:01:03,114 --> 00:01:05,424 - I don't n-need to like it. - I thought it was terrific. 17 00:01:05,448 --> 00:01:07,132 - Best fight I ever saw. - Best fight I ever seen. 18 00:01:07,156 --> 00:01:08,657 I seen 'em for a long, long time. 19 00:01:08,740 --> 00:01:10,531 Clay's twice the man I thought he was. 20 00:01:10,615 --> 00:01:12,695 - Really terrific. - Good decision. 21 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:14,674 - Good decision. - It was a very good fight. 22 00:01:14,698 --> 00:01:16,657 Very good fight. Worth the money. 23 00:01:16,740 --> 00:01:19,448 And worth every penny I paid. Every penny. 24 00:01:19,531 --> 00:01:21,323 I-I don't even feel like waking up tomorrow. 25 00:01:21,406 --> 00:01:23,740 - Not behind that fight. - Or that decision. 26 00:01:23,823 --> 00:01:25,406 That's really upsetting to me. 27 00:01:25,490 --> 00:01:27,740 Well, don't worry about it. 28 00:01:27,823 --> 00:01:30,073 We'll be back. Them three years 29 00:01:30,156 --> 00:01:32,156 ain't gonna be three years no more. 30 00:01:32,239 --> 00:01:33,907 We comin' right back to war, 31 00:01:33,989 --> 00:01:35,448 and now when we come back, 32 00:01:35,531 --> 00:01:38,031 we gonna have to really take the title from a champ. 33 00:01:38,114 --> 00:01:40,698 Joe Frazier, tonight, have beat a champion. 34 00:01:40,782 --> 00:01:43,573 And he is the champion of the world, without a doubt. 35 00:01:55,490 --> 00:01:56,573 ♪ Hey! ♪ 36 00:01:58,156 --> 00:01:59,615 ♪ Got to, got to pay back! ♪ 37 00:01:59,698 --> 00:02:01,615 ♪ Get payback! ♪ 38 00:02:01,698 --> 00:02:03,156 ♪ Revenge! ♪ 39 00:02:08,573 --> 00:02:11,281 - ♪ I'm mad! - ♪ To bring payback! ♪ 40 00:02:11,365 --> 00:02:13,823 ♪ 'Bout to get back! ♪ 41 00:02:13,907 --> 00:02:15,531 ♪ I need some getback! ♪ 42 00:02:17,281 --> 00:02:19,615 ♪ Payback! ♪ 43 00:02:19,698 --> 00:02:21,573 ♪ Yeah! ♪ 44 00:02:21,657 --> 00:02:23,615 ♪ Revenge! ♪ 45 00:02:23,698 --> 00:02:25,198 ♪ I'm mad! ♪ 46 00:02:25,281 --> 00:02:27,365 ♪ To get down with my girlfriend ♪ 47 00:02:27,448 --> 00:02:28,989 ♪ Huh ♪ 48 00:02:29,073 --> 00:02:31,073 ♪ That ain't right ♪ 49 00:02:32,698 --> 00:02:34,698 ♪ Whoo! Talkin' ♪ 50 00:02:34,782 --> 00:02:36,156 ♪ Holla' and cuss ♪ 51 00:02:38,948 --> 00:02:40,281 ♪ You wanna fight ♪ 52 00:02:42,073 --> 00:02:44,323 ♪ You gotta get ready ♪ 53 00:02:44,406 --> 00:02:46,823 ♪ For the big payback ♪ 54 00:02:46,907 --> 00:02:48,406 ♪ The big payback ♪ 55 00:03:02,239 --> 00:03:03,716 Before the championship fight 56 00:03:03,740 --> 00:03:05,740 with, uh, with Joe Frazier, 57 00:03:05,823 --> 00:03:07,663 I never considered you, like, a brutal fighter. 58 00:03:07,698 --> 00:03:09,156 And I don't wanna say it like that, 59 00:03:09,239 --> 00:03:10,740 but I thought you outpointed Frazier. 60 00:03:10,823 --> 00:03:12,740 Yeah, well, I thought I won nine rounds. 61 00:03:12,823 --> 00:03:15,448 But I've seen people protest after decisions, 62 00:03:15,531 --> 00:03:16,782 and it really don't help. 63 00:03:16,865 --> 00:03:18,323 So, I'll just do better next time. 64 00:03:18,406 --> 00:03:20,740 I think I played too much with Joe Frazier. 65 00:03:20,823 --> 00:03:22,663 I played three rounds. I shouldn't have played. 66 00:03:22,740 --> 00:03:25,573 I didn't stay on my feet and move like I should've. 67 00:03:25,657 --> 00:03:28,531 And tryin' to prove he couldn't hurt me standing in the corners, 68 00:03:28,615 --> 00:03:31,239 and this... I lost the fight like this. Judges took it. 69 00:03:31,323 --> 00:03:34,657 One judge gave him... 11 rounds and me just four. 70 00:03:34,740 --> 00:03:37,198 But at the time, I hadn't won my draft case. 71 00:03:37,281 --> 00:03:39,323 And then one black man in the million-dollar bracket 72 00:03:39,406 --> 00:03:42,114 who tells it like it is, and you know, stays with his own kind, 73 00:03:42,198 --> 00:03:44,948 naturally, they gonna pick the best "boy" to give it to. 74 00:03:49,448 --> 00:03:51,615 But the next time, 75 00:03:51,698 --> 00:03:53,698 I've learned a lesson. The next time, 76 00:03:53,782 --> 00:03:55,531 there will be no doubt, 77 00:03:55,615 --> 00:03:57,281 for he must go out. 78 00:04:07,573 --> 00:04:08,965 Well, when I'm in training for fights, 79 00:04:08,989 --> 00:04:10,239 I don't like to be surrounded 80 00:04:10,323 --> 00:04:11,740 in plushness and luxury. 81 00:04:11,823 --> 00:04:13,782 Like the Fontainebleau Hotel, 82 00:04:13,865 --> 00:04:16,365 and the, uh, the Hilton, and all those places, 83 00:04:16,448 --> 00:04:18,248 you know, you have the beautiful soft carpets, 84 00:04:18,323 --> 00:04:20,406 you have the chandeliers, and you know, 85 00:04:20,490 --> 00:04:23,073 you order room service, and the beds are so nice, 86 00:04:23,156 --> 00:04:25,989 and you got the mirrors, and it makes you soft. 87 00:04:26,073 --> 00:04:31,907 So, I had to find a old... a place that wasn't too plush. 88 00:04:31,989 --> 00:04:34,281 And this is why I've just built a training camp 89 00:04:34,365 --> 00:04:37,073 in Deer Lake, Pennsylvania, right outside Reading. 90 00:04:37,156 --> 00:04:40,406 I built a 50-by-60 log cabin. 91 00:04:40,490 --> 00:04:42,198 And I bought about three acres of land, 92 00:04:42,281 --> 00:04:44,239 and I have my cabin there. It's rugged. 93 00:04:48,698 --> 00:04:52,448 Those living close to nature, in the solitude, 94 00:04:52,531 --> 00:04:54,698 or peasants living in the country, 95 00:04:54,782 --> 00:04:58,615 have greater intuition than educated people 96 00:04:58,698 --> 00:05:00,406 living in the midst of city life. 97 00:05:00,490 --> 00:05:02,615 Mm-hmm. - Why? 98 00:05:02,698 --> 00:05:06,031 I'm breathing fresh air. My mind is clearer. 99 00:05:06,114 --> 00:05:10,281 I'm drinking fresh water from the ground... God water. 100 00:05:10,365 --> 00:05:13,531 The food that I eat, the vegetables 101 00:05:13,615 --> 00:05:15,615 are not frozen and sprayed. 102 00:05:15,698 --> 00:05:17,615 It's from a farm down the road. 103 00:05:17,698 --> 00:05:19,573 So I'm nourishing my mind and my soul 104 00:05:19,657 --> 00:05:22,156 and my thoughts with clean air, 105 00:05:22,239 --> 00:05:25,156 real water, and real food. 106 00:05:25,239 --> 00:05:26,740 That's why they say God's prophets 107 00:05:26,823 --> 00:05:28,531 and wise men go off and meditate, 108 00:05:28,615 --> 00:05:30,239 go on top of a mountain, 109 00:05:30,323 --> 00:05:32,448 and they fast and don't eat a thing, 110 00:05:32,531 --> 00:05:36,239 and they have... they can... things just come to 'em. 111 00:05:40,948 --> 00:05:43,365 We've seen a lot of camps all over the world. 112 00:05:43,448 --> 00:05:45,365 You know, usually above a bar, 113 00:05:45,448 --> 00:05:48,323 above a strip joint, above a drug store, 114 00:05:48,406 --> 00:05:49,989 connected with something, a resource. 115 00:05:50,073 --> 00:05:51,323 But it's never the thing. 116 00:05:51,406 --> 00:05:52,698 Now, this is the thing. 117 00:05:52,782 --> 00:05:54,823 This is a fighter's camp, 118 00:05:54,907 --> 00:05:56,823 so that's what Muhammad is doing. 119 00:05:56,907 --> 00:05:58,989 The core conception is Muhammad. 120 00:05:59,073 --> 00:06:00,156 Design is Muhammad. 121 00:06:00,239 --> 00:06:01,615 The architect's Muhammad. 122 00:06:01,698 --> 00:06:03,782 - The whole schmeer. - Right. 123 00:06:05,615 --> 00:06:07,281 I want it real rustic. 124 00:06:07,365 --> 00:06:08,865 Old floors, or... 125 00:06:08,948 --> 00:06:10,740 or the water we using, 126 00:06:10,823 --> 00:06:11,948 no electricity. 127 00:06:12,031 --> 00:06:13,239 Nothing modern. 128 00:06:13,323 --> 00:06:14,989 Right, right. 129 00:06:15,073 --> 00:06:16,907 You putting windows out here with the view? 130 00:06:16,989 --> 00:06:19,698 Two nice windows where you can see the view, yeah. 131 00:06:19,782 --> 00:06:21,049 Whose name is going to be printed 132 00:06:21,073 --> 00:06:22,531 on the big black rock over there? 133 00:06:22,615 --> 00:06:24,114 Jack Johnson. 134 00:06:24,198 --> 00:06:27,198 First black world heavyweight champion, so... 135 00:06:27,281 --> 00:06:30,531 The big white rock on the end is Rocky Marciano, 136 00:06:30,615 --> 00:06:34,114 and, uh, Joe Louis is the big rock 137 00:06:34,198 --> 00:06:36,073 right in front of the gym. 138 00:06:38,448 --> 00:06:41,531 See, this is gonna be a well-integrated camp. 139 00:06:41,615 --> 00:06:43,615 I want half and half. 140 00:06:44,573 --> 00:06:46,657 Black and white champions. 141 00:06:53,156 --> 00:06:55,198 What kind of training are you doing up here? 142 00:06:55,281 --> 00:06:57,633 I'm running up and down the mountain in these big boots. 143 00:06:57,657 --> 00:06:59,490 I'm chopping down these trees every day, 144 00:06:59,573 --> 00:07:00,615 as you see up through here. 145 00:07:00,698 --> 00:07:01,907 And I'm ready. 146 00:07:01,989 --> 00:07:03,215 What kind of shape you in? You in good shape? 147 00:07:03,239 --> 00:07:04,740 Lookin' for a few bears. 148 00:07:04,823 --> 00:07:06,215 I heard there's some bears loose around here somewheres. 149 00:07:06,239 --> 00:07:07,299 I'm gon' catch a few wild bears 150 00:07:07,323 --> 00:07:08,490 and whup them too. 151 00:07:08,573 --> 00:07:09,674 I'm in good shape. I'm ready. 152 00:07:09,698 --> 00:07:10,782 I'm in topnotch shape. 153 00:07:10,865 --> 00:07:11,924 I'm out to get my title back 154 00:07:11,948 --> 00:07:12,865 from the new tramp... 155 00:07:12,948 --> 00:07:14,281 I mean new champ, Joe Frazier. 156 00:07:14,365 --> 00:07:16,281 I'm the real champion, and I'm gonna prove it. 157 00:07:16,365 --> 00:07:17,490 Now, I'll see you now. 158 00:07:17,573 --> 00:07:19,090 I gotta go chop down some more trees... 159 00:07:19,114 --> 00:07:20,531 - Okay. - ...out here somewhere. 160 00:07:22,531 --> 00:07:24,698 This whole estate has given me the incentive 161 00:07:24,782 --> 00:07:26,156 to keep going. 162 00:07:26,239 --> 00:07:28,531 This is like a new life here. 163 00:07:28,615 --> 00:07:29,657 Come in here, 164 00:07:29,740 --> 00:07:31,281 go in the gym when I want, 165 00:07:31,365 --> 00:07:32,657 have my own cooks in the kitchen, 166 00:07:32,740 --> 00:07:34,615 my own bunkhouses, my own crew, 167 00:07:34,698 --> 00:07:36,114 fresh air, fresh water, 168 00:07:36,198 --> 00:07:37,615 peace, looking at the view. 169 00:07:37,698 --> 00:07:39,073 Can't beat it. 170 00:07:39,156 --> 00:07:40,615 I didn't know it would be this nice 171 00:07:40,698 --> 00:07:42,865 when I first got it. It's nice. 172 00:07:49,073 --> 00:07:50,615 Muhammad, in the past, 173 00:07:50,698 --> 00:07:52,948 you've been highly critical of the American system. 174 00:07:53,031 --> 00:07:56,281 In view of the decision today by the Supreme Court, 175 00:07:56,365 --> 00:07:59,239 how do you feel about our system now? 176 00:07:59,323 --> 00:08:02,239 Well, all I have to say is what's concerning my case. 177 00:08:02,323 --> 00:08:04,782 I don't know what's happening this moment. 178 00:08:04,865 --> 00:08:06,907 I don't know who will be assassinated tonight. 179 00:08:06,989 --> 00:08:09,615 I don't know who will be enslaved or mistreated. 180 00:08:09,698 --> 00:08:12,114 I don't know who will be deprived of some other justice 181 00:08:12,198 --> 00:08:14,782 or equality, so I can't say nothin'. 182 00:08:14,865 --> 00:08:16,907 All I can talk about is my case, 183 00:08:16,989 --> 00:08:18,989 and I'm thankful that the court's recognized 184 00:08:19,073 --> 00:08:22,365 my sincerity of my beliefs in this case. 185 00:08:32,406 --> 00:08:34,989 Once he was a very great fighter, 186 00:08:35,073 --> 00:08:37,657 now he is a worn relic of the past, 187 00:08:37,740 --> 00:08:39,698 a faded hero of yesteryear, 188 00:08:39,782 --> 00:08:42,989 but still mouthing words that he can no longer 189 00:08:43,073 --> 00:08:45,490 employ the skills to back up. 190 00:08:45,573 --> 00:08:48,823 And, uh, he still proclaims to be that 191 00:08:48,907 --> 00:08:50,323 which he is no longer, 192 00:08:50,406 --> 00:08:53,031 the heavyweight champion of the world. 193 00:08:53,114 --> 00:08:55,573 So, I am going to bring out 194 00:08:55,657 --> 00:08:58,490 the former heavyweight champion of the world, 195 00:08:58,573 --> 00:08:59,989 Muhammad Ali. 196 00:09:02,490 --> 00:09:05,031 Howard, every time you open your mouth, 197 00:09:05,114 --> 00:09:07,406 you should be arrested for air pollution. 198 00:09:18,948 --> 00:09:20,406 Jimmy Ellis was one of 199 00:09:20,490 --> 00:09:22,823 Muhammad Ali's favorite sparring partners. 200 00:09:22,907 --> 00:09:26,698 In 1967, I asked Ellis about his dreams for the future. 201 00:09:26,782 --> 00:09:29,031 Do you enjoy sparring with the heavyweight champion? 202 00:09:29,114 --> 00:09:30,156 Yeah. When I box with him, 203 00:09:30,239 --> 00:09:31,531 I know I'm boxing with the best. 204 00:09:31,615 --> 00:09:32,531 You probably know more 205 00:09:32,615 --> 00:09:33,823 about Muhammad Ali's habits 206 00:09:33,948 --> 00:09:35,239 and style than anybody else. 207 00:09:35,323 --> 00:09:36,799 Yeah, I think I know quite a bit about him. 208 00:09:36,823 --> 00:09:38,090 Ellis took his sparring instructions 209 00:09:38,114 --> 00:09:39,365 from Angelo Dundee, 210 00:09:39,448 --> 00:09:41,823 who is now training him for the Ali fight. 211 00:09:41,907 --> 00:09:43,490 I'll come out the winner 212 00:09:43,573 --> 00:09:44,573 if I'm in shape. 213 00:09:44,657 --> 00:09:46,365 But what worries me now 214 00:09:46,448 --> 00:09:47,657 is this belly I got. 215 00:09:47,740 --> 00:09:49,198 It just won't come off. 216 00:09:49,281 --> 00:09:50,799 How about some of that poetry of yours? 217 00:09:50,823 --> 00:09:52,490 After I defeat Ellis 218 00:09:52,573 --> 00:09:54,156 in the Astrodome, 219 00:09:54,239 --> 00:09:56,989 I'm gonna run him and Angelo home! 220 00:09:58,782 --> 00:10:01,323 One minute remaining in this fight. 221 00:10:04,281 --> 00:10:06,239 Ellis is reeling! 222 00:10:06,323 --> 00:10:07,989 The referee may be deciding 223 00:10:08,073 --> 00:10:09,948 whether he's going to stop the fight. 224 00:10:10,031 --> 00:10:11,615 He is stopping the fight! 225 00:10:13,989 --> 00:10:15,448 What's the word on Frazier? 226 00:10:15,531 --> 00:10:17,156 Frazier's not actually doing 227 00:10:17,239 --> 00:10:18,448 too much right now. 228 00:10:18,531 --> 00:10:20,573 They forced him to take a fight, 229 00:10:20,657 --> 00:10:23,239 and still, I might not come off with one win, 230 00:10:23,323 --> 00:10:25,114 because I want one more shot at Joe Frazier. 231 00:10:25,198 --> 00:10:27,573 So, Muhammad, why couldn't you put him away? 232 00:10:27,657 --> 00:10:29,573 - Did you hold back? - Anybody in the world 233 00:10:29,657 --> 00:10:31,448 could have seen that that man was finished, 234 00:10:31,531 --> 00:10:33,782 and just letting him stay there was public crucifixion. 235 00:10:33,865 --> 00:10:35,198 And I hope the judgment system 236 00:10:35,281 --> 00:10:36,573 that we have around here 237 00:10:36,657 --> 00:10:38,049 will stop fights when they see people hurt 238 00:10:38,073 --> 00:10:39,865 because as soon as one's killed, 239 00:10:39,948 --> 00:10:41,132 they'll want to say, "You wouldn't go to the Army 240 00:10:41,156 --> 00:10:42,281 to fight for your country, 241 00:10:42,365 --> 00:10:43,490 and you don't like to kill, 242 00:10:43,573 --> 00:10:44,633 then why did you kill that man?" 243 00:10:44,657 --> 00:10:45,531 All right. 244 00:10:45,615 --> 00:10:46,948 So leave me alone, 245 00:10:47,031 --> 00:10:48,507 and shut up and be glad you saw a good fight. 246 00:10:48,531 --> 00:10:49,948 We after Joe Frazier, 247 00:10:50,031 --> 00:10:51,782 and he's running, he's ducking, 248 00:10:51,865 --> 00:10:54,239 and he's talking about he won't fight for a few years, 249 00:10:54,323 --> 00:10:55,823 and I hope the public bring him on out 250 00:10:55,907 --> 00:10:57,382 with that title, and defend it like I did! 251 00:10:57,406 --> 00:10:58,865 I'm still resurrecting the game, 252 00:10:58,948 --> 00:11:00,989 although they say I'm not the champion. 253 00:11:01,073 --> 00:11:03,299 Muhammad, knock him out! What's the matter with you? 254 00:11:03,323 --> 00:11:06,657 They're stopping it, for the protection of the lad himself! 255 00:11:06,740 --> 00:11:09,740 What a showman! Look at that! 256 00:11:09,823 --> 00:11:12,448 This athlete's one of the most unique fighters 257 00:11:12,531 --> 00:11:13,989 in heavyweight history. 258 00:11:14,073 --> 00:11:16,823 The world's greatest heavyweight, 259 00:11:16,907 --> 00:11:20,073 Muhammad Ali. 260 00:11:20,156 --> 00:11:22,836 Yeah, I kept asking Angelo at the end of each round, How is it going? 261 00:11:22,907 --> 00:11:25,073 He said, "It could be close, but you're winning." 262 00:11:25,156 --> 00:11:26,156 Then I looked up and saw 263 00:11:26,239 --> 00:11:27,490 Sammy Davis Jr. at ringside, 264 00:11:27,573 --> 00:11:29,907 unannounced, and when a man this great 265 00:11:29,989 --> 00:11:31,490 takes time out to come to see you, 266 00:11:31,573 --> 00:11:33,782 how can you lose? 267 00:11:37,073 --> 00:11:38,823 Ali at 221, 268 00:11:38,948 --> 00:11:41,865 fighting the sixth-ranked heavyweight, Kenny Norton, 269 00:11:41,948 --> 00:11:43,198 at 210. 270 00:11:43,281 --> 00:11:45,031 You haven't heard much about Norton, 271 00:11:45,114 --> 00:11:49,114 and this is supposed to be a routine exercise for Ali. 272 00:11:49,198 --> 00:11:51,114 Ali is wearing 10-ounce gloves, 273 00:11:51,198 --> 00:11:52,490 as Norton will be. 274 00:11:52,573 --> 00:11:54,365 That's the way it is in California, 275 00:11:54,448 --> 00:11:56,239 and 10-ounce gloves are a worry 276 00:11:56,323 --> 00:11:59,073 because they can really punish a man. 277 00:12:00,239 --> 00:12:02,239 The bell for round one. 278 00:12:03,281 --> 00:12:04,615 Norton in the early going 279 00:12:04,698 --> 00:12:06,365 should show a pretty good left jab. 280 00:12:06,448 --> 00:12:08,448 His best punch is a left hook. 281 00:12:08,531 --> 00:12:11,365 The man with the highest total points wins the fight. 282 00:12:11,448 --> 00:12:13,406 Good left there by Norton... 283 00:12:13,490 --> 00:12:15,531 that excited the crowd. 284 00:12:15,615 --> 00:12:17,406 I have a habit of playing in the ring 285 00:12:17,490 --> 00:12:18,782 with opponents, you know. 286 00:12:18,865 --> 00:12:20,490 They seem to be so easy to hit, 287 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:24,073 and sometimes I just like to show him and the public 288 00:12:24,156 --> 00:12:26,198 how simple this fellow is. 289 00:12:26,281 --> 00:12:29,323 And I played around with him two or three rounds too, 290 00:12:29,406 --> 00:12:31,114 which I should have opened up. 291 00:12:31,198 --> 00:12:32,406 The crowd now senses 292 00:12:32,490 --> 00:12:33,573 that Ali is doing nothing, 293 00:12:33,657 --> 00:12:35,198 while Norton presumably 294 00:12:35,281 --> 00:12:36,531 may be punching himself out, 295 00:12:36,615 --> 00:12:38,698 so the crowd is beginning to boo. 296 00:12:38,782 --> 00:12:42,740 We saw Ali last night, at a party, actually, just sitting there. 297 00:12:42,823 --> 00:12:45,698 You have to wonder if he's taking Norton too lightly. 298 00:12:49,281 --> 00:12:51,782 All right, we're back for round eight, 299 00:12:51,865 --> 00:12:55,031 and Ali just hasn't been right, 300 00:12:55,114 --> 00:12:58,907 and I think he may have cracked a tooth in his mouth, 301 00:12:58,989 --> 00:13:02,406 judging by the way he's holding his mouth. 302 00:13:02,490 --> 00:13:03,865 I knew something was wrong, 303 00:13:03,948 --> 00:13:05,323 but I did not seriously worry. 304 00:13:05,406 --> 00:13:07,323 See the countdown on the clock. 305 00:13:07,406 --> 00:13:10,365 One has to wonder, has he gone stale 306 00:13:10,448 --> 00:13:12,448 from the constancy of fighting, 307 00:13:12,531 --> 00:13:14,615 no matter the caliber of opponent? 308 00:13:14,698 --> 00:13:16,073 One has to wonder, 309 00:13:16,156 --> 00:13:18,114 is it all suddenly going out? 310 00:13:18,198 --> 00:13:20,865 Is he now but a relic of the fighter he was? 311 00:13:24,323 --> 00:13:25,865 Ali is tired! 312 00:13:27,406 --> 00:13:29,406 Ali is really tired. 313 00:13:31,281 --> 00:13:32,657 Good right, Mike, 314 00:13:32,740 --> 00:13:35,406 and that right hurt Muhammad Ali. 315 00:13:35,490 --> 00:13:37,573 That right hurt Ali. 316 00:13:37,657 --> 00:13:41,156 The countdown to the end of the fight. 317 00:13:41,239 --> 00:13:43,114 Ali's mouth is bloodied. 318 00:13:43,198 --> 00:13:45,323 A left gets him, and a good right! 319 00:13:45,406 --> 00:13:46,865 He is all over Ali! 320 00:13:46,948 --> 00:13:49,239 He is punching him around the ring! 321 00:13:51,615 --> 00:13:56,865 Judge Hal Rickards scores it 5 Norton, 322 00:13:56,948 --> 00:13:58,907 4 Ali. 323 00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:04,573 Judge Fred Hayes... 324 00:14:04,657 --> 00:14:06,198 I can tell you now, 325 00:14:06,281 --> 00:14:08,323 Kenny Norton has won the decision. 326 00:14:08,406 --> 00:14:10,156 ...5 points, Norton. 327 00:14:10,239 --> 00:14:13,406 Ladies and gentlemen, 328 00:14:13,490 --> 00:14:18,615 referee Frank Rustich, 329 00:14:18,698 --> 00:14:19,989 7 points Norton, 330 00:14:20,073 --> 00:14:21,907 5 points Ali. 331 00:14:21,989 --> 00:14:24,323 There it is! There it is! 332 00:14:24,406 --> 00:14:28,698 One of the greatest upsets, again, in boxing history. 333 00:14:28,782 --> 00:14:30,615 Muhammad Ali, I am told, 334 00:14:30,698 --> 00:14:33,573 suffered a broken jaw in the first round, 335 00:14:33,657 --> 00:14:36,073 in an unbelievable fight here today. 336 00:14:36,156 --> 00:14:39,114 Muhammad Ali would have talked to you, I'm sure. 337 00:14:39,198 --> 00:14:42,031 He couldn't because of the broken jaw. 338 00:14:42,114 --> 00:14:43,615 He has a broken jaw. 339 00:14:43,698 --> 00:14:46,698 He is a beaten man, and he is a broken fighter, 340 00:14:46,782 --> 00:14:49,114 and so all of the millions of dollars 341 00:14:49,198 --> 00:14:52,031 that loomed before him for the Frazier rematch 342 00:14:52,114 --> 00:14:53,490 are suddenly gone. 343 00:14:53,573 --> 00:14:55,698 What was once a very great fighter 344 00:14:55,782 --> 00:14:58,365 becomes now part of fistic history, 345 00:14:58,448 --> 00:15:00,073 in all probability. 346 00:15:00,156 --> 00:15:03,114 That's the end of the story here... 347 00:15:05,323 --> 00:15:06,841 Fight fans all over the world 348 00:15:06,865 --> 00:15:08,573 were shocked, really, 349 00:15:08,657 --> 00:15:10,531 when a relatively unknown boxer 350 00:15:10,615 --> 00:15:12,490 broke the jaw of a man who's been considered 351 00:15:12,573 --> 00:15:14,406 maybe the greatest fighter of all time, 352 00:15:14,490 --> 00:15:15,490 and defeated him, 353 00:15:15,531 --> 00:15:17,657 and maybe this is the only man 354 00:15:17,740 --> 00:15:19,340 who can explain what happened that night. 355 00:15:19,365 --> 00:15:21,299 All sorts of people have been trying to piece it together. 356 00:15:21,323 --> 00:15:23,239 Do you think it was a lucky punch? 357 00:15:23,323 --> 00:15:24,698 I really don't know. 358 00:15:24,782 --> 00:15:27,031 My mouth wasn't completely closed, I remember, but... 359 00:15:27,114 --> 00:15:29,090 You can remember the moment when it happened clearly? 360 00:15:29,114 --> 00:15:31,114 You know... you know when it... when the jaw went? 361 00:15:31,198 --> 00:15:32,490 Yeah. I, uh, 362 00:15:32,573 --> 00:15:35,073 don't make excuses, you know, for losing, 363 00:15:35,156 --> 00:15:37,948 so, but my major reason 364 00:15:38,031 --> 00:15:40,198 was because I didn't train properly, 365 00:15:40,281 --> 00:15:42,907 taking him for granted, mainly, um, 366 00:15:42,989 --> 00:15:46,615 not living up to my religious convictions like I should. 367 00:15:46,698 --> 00:15:47,823 If they told you tomorrow 368 00:15:47,907 --> 00:15:49,573 that you could not fight again... 369 00:15:49,657 --> 00:15:51,965 if they had a look at your jaw and said it's just too dangerous, 370 00:15:51,989 --> 00:15:53,073 would you, uh... 371 00:15:53,156 --> 00:15:54,782 would you cry? 372 00:15:54,865 --> 00:15:55,782 No. 373 00:15:55,865 --> 00:15:56,948 I'd rejoice. 374 00:15:57,031 --> 00:15:58,907 I'd be glad that I found out 375 00:15:58,989 --> 00:16:00,615 before I killed myself. 376 00:16:06,989 --> 00:16:09,782 The heavyweight championship of the world, 377 00:16:09,865 --> 00:16:11,907 the biggest event in all sports. 378 00:16:11,989 --> 00:16:14,281 The challenger for the heavyweight title, 379 00:16:14,365 --> 00:16:15,907 Big George Foreman. 380 00:16:15,989 --> 00:16:18,073 The undefeated champion, Joe Frazier, 381 00:16:18,156 --> 00:16:19,573 cemented his hold on the crown 382 00:16:19,657 --> 00:16:22,740 with a decision over undefeated Muhammad Ali 383 00:16:22,823 --> 00:16:24,156 in 1971. 384 00:16:27,907 --> 00:16:29,907 Foreman having a very good round. 385 00:16:30,989 --> 00:16:32,907 Twenty seconds to go... 386 00:16:34,948 --> 00:16:38,490 Frazier's never taken this kind of punishment. 387 00:16:38,573 --> 00:16:41,281 Frazier is being battered in Foreman's corner. 388 00:16:41,365 --> 00:16:43,740 Joe's about to go down again! 389 00:16:43,823 --> 00:16:46,031 Joe's been down four times. 390 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:49,573 There goes Joe down again. 391 00:16:52,865 --> 00:16:54,573 Frazier doesn't know where he is. 392 00:16:54,657 --> 00:16:56,823 The fight is over, 393 00:16:56,907 --> 00:17:00,281 and the winner is George Foreman. 394 00:17:00,365 --> 00:17:03,615 George, I gotta know about your plans for the future. 395 00:17:03,698 --> 00:17:04,823 Will you fight Frazier again, 396 00:17:04,907 --> 00:17:06,865 or will you fight Muhammad Ali? 397 00:17:06,948 --> 00:17:08,323 Right now, that was my main goal, 398 00:17:08,406 --> 00:17:10,206 was to win the world heavyweight championship. 399 00:17:10,239 --> 00:17:11,448 You got it now. 400 00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:13,323 I'd like to go out and tell a lot of kids, 401 00:17:13,406 --> 00:17:14,698 and preach it for a long time, 402 00:17:14,782 --> 00:17:17,365 that all you gotta do is work and pray hard, 403 00:17:17,448 --> 00:17:18,865 you can get anything you want. 404 00:17:18,948 --> 00:17:20,281 I'd like to spend my whole life 405 00:17:20,365 --> 00:17:21,740 getting that message out. 406 00:17:24,573 --> 00:17:26,156 I want to see the inside of your house. 407 00:17:26,239 --> 00:17:28,198 - Is this it? - This is an old, antique house, 408 00:17:28,281 --> 00:17:29,615 replica of a 200-year-old cabin. 409 00:17:29,698 --> 00:17:30,865 Did you design this yourself? 410 00:17:30,948 --> 00:17:32,281 Designed everything, 411 00:17:32,365 --> 00:17:34,085 and it's just like the days of Jack Johnson. 412 00:17:34,156 --> 00:17:35,758 No, come on in, don't be talkin' 'bout you... 413 00:17:35,782 --> 00:17:37,257 Hey, I love what you've done with the place. 414 00:17:37,281 --> 00:17:38,573 Oh, yeah, this is all antique. 415 00:17:38,657 --> 00:17:39,948 I did all this up myself, Dick. 416 00:17:40,031 --> 00:17:42,198 This is a 200-year-old rope bed here. 417 00:17:42,281 --> 00:17:44,114 This table weighs about 850 pounds. 418 00:17:44,198 --> 00:17:46,281 This was made out of real oak trees. 419 00:17:46,365 --> 00:17:48,948 This is an old antique pheasant I picked up. 420 00:17:49,031 --> 00:17:50,191 Energy crisis don't bother me. 421 00:17:50,239 --> 00:17:51,406 I have coal oil lamps. 422 00:17:51,490 --> 00:17:53,657 I've got the big old coal stove over here, 423 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:56,907 and the water pump right from the well under the ground. 424 00:17:56,989 --> 00:17:58,448 Everything's antique. 425 00:17:58,531 --> 00:18:00,291 I like the idea of getting up in the morning, 426 00:18:00,365 --> 00:18:01,883 just making my coal, getting a real natural heat, 427 00:18:01,907 --> 00:18:03,239 something you don't get nowadays. 428 00:18:03,323 --> 00:18:04,683 Everything's just gas and electric. 429 00:18:04,740 --> 00:18:06,406 This is real. No pollution. 430 00:18:06,490 --> 00:18:07,799 This comes right out of the ground. 431 00:18:07,823 --> 00:18:09,299 Nice, cold... take a taste of that, Dick. 432 00:18:09,323 --> 00:18:11,156 - No electricity in here? - No electricity. 433 00:18:11,239 --> 00:18:12,799 - How do you watch television? - No television. 434 00:18:12,823 --> 00:18:14,989 I go over in my kitchen to watch television. 435 00:18:15,073 --> 00:18:16,239 What do you watch? 436 00:18:16,323 --> 00:18:18,031 I watch the Johnny Carson show, mostly. 437 00:18:19,657 --> 00:18:21,865 Dick Cavett Show sometimes. 438 00:18:21,948 --> 00:18:25,156 According to who's got the most colored guests on. 439 00:18:36,531 --> 00:18:37,948 I've been so publicized, 440 00:18:38,031 --> 00:18:40,865 I've won fights so easy, unmarked. 441 00:18:40,948 --> 00:18:42,448 And you can be intoxicated 442 00:18:42,531 --> 00:18:44,365 with not only alcohol or narcotics, 443 00:18:44,448 --> 00:18:46,615 but you can be intoxicated with greatness, 444 00:18:46,698 --> 00:18:48,657 and if a man's intoxicated, he'll do something 445 00:18:48,740 --> 00:18:50,239 that he wouldn't do otherwise. 446 00:18:50,323 --> 00:18:53,031 So, now that I've been sobered up a little 447 00:18:53,114 --> 00:18:54,782 and realize that I can slip, 448 00:18:54,865 --> 00:18:56,782 that if I don't work like I should 449 00:18:56,865 --> 00:18:58,782 and my mind might tell me to do something 450 00:18:58,865 --> 00:19:00,198 but my body won't. 451 00:19:00,281 --> 00:19:02,615 Well, this is getting me more hungry, 452 00:19:02,698 --> 00:19:05,490 like I used to be coming up. 453 00:19:05,573 --> 00:19:07,989 ♪...around creating ♪ 454 00:19:08,073 --> 00:19:09,448 ♪ All the groovy kinds of love ♪ 455 00:19:09,531 --> 00:19:11,698 ♪ But I'm a man ♪ 456 00:19:11,782 --> 00:19:13,114 ♪ Yes, I am ♪ 457 00:19:13,198 --> 00:19:15,281 ♪ And I can't help but love you so ♪ 458 00:19:15,365 --> 00:19:16,948 ♪ No, no, no ♪ 459 00:19:17,031 --> 00:19:20,156 ♪ But I'm a man, yes, I am ♪ 460 00:19:20,239 --> 00:19:22,073 ♪ And I can't help but love you so ♪ 461 00:19:22,156 --> 00:19:24,031 1971. 462 00:19:24,114 --> 00:19:27,198 That's when I met my pro... my first pro fighter. 463 00:19:27,281 --> 00:19:29,989 He took me up to Muhammad Ali's training camp, 464 00:19:30,073 --> 00:19:34,740 and I met Muhammad Ali. 465 00:19:34,823 --> 00:19:37,448 Said, "Wow, I met the heavyweight champion of the world." 466 00:19:37,531 --> 00:19:39,365 Just to meet a star or celebrity, 467 00:19:39,448 --> 00:19:41,490 and most kids don't get that opportunity. 468 00:19:41,573 --> 00:19:43,031 ♪ Yes, I am ♪ 469 00:19:43,114 --> 00:19:44,740 ♪ And I can't help but love you so ♪ 470 00:19:44,823 --> 00:19:46,156 I say, "Kids, 471 00:19:46,239 --> 00:19:48,490 your chances of being a great fighter, 472 00:19:48,573 --> 00:19:50,013 or good enough to make a good living, 473 00:19:50,073 --> 00:19:52,989 is about a hundred thousand to one, 474 00:19:53,073 --> 00:19:54,948 and if you spend most of your life 475 00:19:55,031 --> 00:19:56,406 trying to be a fighter, 476 00:19:56,490 --> 00:19:58,490 and you get hurt or you don't make it, 477 00:19:58,573 --> 00:20:00,198 your whole life is ruined, 478 00:20:00,281 --> 00:20:01,657 it's too late to get education, 479 00:20:01,740 --> 00:20:03,156 it's too late to look for a trade 480 00:20:03,239 --> 00:20:05,448 or something to fall back on. 481 00:20:08,531 --> 00:20:10,239 He liked the way I boxed, 482 00:20:10,323 --> 00:20:11,823 and, next thing you know, 483 00:20:11,907 --> 00:20:13,657 I had a job, a full-time job, 484 00:20:13,740 --> 00:20:15,198 being a sparring partner for Ali 485 00:20:15,281 --> 00:20:16,948 for, like, four years. 486 00:20:19,698 --> 00:20:21,365 "Operation Test the Jaw" 487 00:20:21,448 --> 00:20:23,823 is not a karate movie starring Cary Grant. 488 00:20:23,907 --> 00:20:26,698 It is what Muhammad Ali calls his first sparring session 489 00:20:26,782 --> 00:20:29,615 since Ken Norton broke his jaw last March. 490 00:20:29,698 --> 00:20:31,615 This is all of course in preparation 491 00:20:31,698 --> 00:20:33,698 for Ali to break Ken Norton's jaw 492 00:20:33,782 --> 00:20:36,239 this September in Los Angeles. 493 00:20:44,323 --> 00:20:46,281 I'm trim. My jaw is ready. Look at my body. 494 00:20:46,365 --> 00:20:47,615 Look at me. 495 00:20:47,698 --> 00:20:48,782 In perfect shape, 496 00:20:48,865 --> 00:20:49,948 212 pounds... 497 00:20:50,031 --> 00:20:51,448 same weight fought Sonny Liston. 498 00:20:51,531 --> 00:20:53,490 Done chopped down 85 trees for this fight. 499 00:20:53,573 --> 00:20:55,281 Talkin' 'bout Norton closed my mouth. 500 00:20:55,365 --> 00:20:56,924 You tell Norton he opened my mouth wider. 501 00:20:56,948 --> 00:20:58,674 Don't believe that stuff, predicting on the predictor. 502 00:20:58,698 --> 00:21:00,198 I'm gonna be so fast. 503 00:21:00,281 --> 00:21:01,721 Watch what I'm gonna do with my hands 504 00:21:01,782 --> 00:21:02,782 in the ring that night. 505 00:21:02,823 --> 00:21:03,823 I'm gonna be so fast, 506 00:21:03,907 --> 00:21:04,965 if Norton do any dirty stuff, 507 00:21:04,989 --> 00:21:06,109 I'm gonna reach from nowhere 508 00:21:06,156 --> 00:21:08,198 and pull out a long cane! 509 00:21:08,281 --> 00:21:10,782 Even though Muhammad Ali is training for Ken Norton, 510 00:21:10,865 --> 00:21:14,198 his mind and his mouth stretch all the way to George Foreman. 511 00:21:14,281 --> 00:21:16,299 Foreman? I don't know. George Foreman got the title, 512 00:21:16,323 --> 00:21:17,758 just like Joe Frazier. He's killing the game. 513 00:21:17,782 --> 00:21:19,582 Frazier had the title two years, fought twice. 514 00:21:19,615 --> 00:21:21,073 I fought 12 times. 515 00:21:21,156 --> 00:21:22,758 Frazier... Foreman, haven't heard nothing about him 516 00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:23,989 since he fought Frazier. 517 00:21:24,073 --> 00:21:26,281 All this preparation to get ready for some man 518 00:21:26,365 --> 00:21:28,239 ranked number 22 in the top ten. 519 00:21:28,323 --> 00:21:29,865 He should fight the topnotch fighters, 520 00:21:29,948 --> 00:21:31,740 and after I annihilate Ken Norton, 521 00:21:31,823 --> 00:21:33,156 going to Jakarta, Indonesia, 522 00:21:33,239 --> 00:21:34,281 to whup this Rudi Lubbers, 523 00:21:34,365 --> 00:21:36,114 the Dutch heavyweight champion, 524 00:21:36,198 --> 00:21:38,341 I'm gonna come back and settle this whole thing with George Foreman, 525 00:21:38,365 --> 00:21:39,531 and for old times' sakes, 526 00:21:39,615 --> 00:21:41,114 I'm gonna whup Joe Frazier again 527 00:21:41,198 --> 00:21:42,698 right there at Madison Square Garden. 528 00:21:42,782 --> 00:21:44,302 Now, I'm tired. I've got to go to work. 529 00:21:44,365 --> 00:21:46,281 I ain't got no time to be talkin', 530 00:21:46,365 --> 00:21:47,448 playin', and jivin', 531 00:21:47,531 --> 00:21:49,782 'cause I'm a-workin'. 532 00:21:49,865 --> 00:21:52,406 Remember, in his locker room interview, 533 00:21:52,490 --> 00:21:56,073 we asked him, did he have on his dancing shoes? He has. 534 00:21:56,156 --> 00:21:58,490 This is the best I've seen Ali look 535 00:21:58,573 --> 00:22:02,031 since going back before the Joe Frazier fight. 536 00:22:02,114 --> 00:22:03,698 For a year now, 537 00:22:03,782 --> 00:22:05,466 we've seen the layer of fat around the midriff, 538 00:22:05,490 --> 00:22:07,114 and you don't see it tonight. 539 00:22:07,198 --> 00:22:09,323 If Kenny Norton beats this Ali, 540 00:22:09,406 --> 00:22:12,573 Kenny Norton is gonna get some great, great respect. 541 00:22:14,198 --> 00:22:17,239 Last punch of the fight for Ken Norton, 542 00:22:17,323 --> 00:22:18,823 and he yelled at Ali. 543 00:22:18,907 --> 00:22:22,281 Ali got him a split-second after... 544 00:22:24,073 --> 00:22:25,073 When you in the ring 545 00:22:25,156 --> 00:22:26,198 and you hot and you warm 546 00:22:26,281 --> 00:22:27,281 and you started, 547 00:22:27,323 --> 00:22:28,615 and you train all the time, 548 00:22:28,698 --> 00:22:31,156 most fighters are used to getting hit. 549 00:22:31,239 --> 00:22:33,490 And, uh, they just ready for it. 550 00:22:33,573 --> 00:22:35,114 They don't feel it. 551 00:22:35,198 --> 00:22:37,865 The punch that might hurt is a glass scrape 552 00:22:37,948 --> 00:22:39,448 that might tear your skin, 553 00:22:39,531 --> 00:22:41,989 or you might feel the burn from the leather, 554 00:22:42,073 --> 00:22:43,657 or a thumb might get in your eye, 555 00:22:43,740 --> 00:22:45,490 but you talkin' to the wrong man there 556 00:22:45,573 --> 00:22:48,073 when you ask me how'd it feel to be hurt, or hit. 557 00:22:48,156 --> 00:22:49,257 He's hurt Norton. 558 00:22:49,281 --> 00:22:50,531 Whoa! 559 00:22:50,615 --> 00:22:52,114 Whopping right hand 560 00:22:52,198 --> 00:22:53,698 right on the jaw of Ali. 561 00:22:53,782 --> 00:22:56,865 A good left hook on the jaw of Norton. 562 00:22:56,948 --> 00:22:58,573 Another hook on the jaw of Norton. 563 00:22:58,657 --> 00:23:01,031 The crowd is going absolutely berserk 564 00:23:01,114 --> 00:23:03,365 as these fine heavyweights unleash their attacks. 565 00:23:03,448 --> 00:23:05,365 Fight of the year. 566 00:23:05,448 --> 00:23:08,198 Three minutes of excruciating time 567 00:23:08,281 --> 00:23:10,323 for these well- conditioned performers 568 00:23:10,406 --> 00:23:11,782 on this round. 569 00:23:11,865 --> 00:23:14,948 And he's on his toes again. 570 00:23:15,031 --> 00:23:16,573 He's on his toes! 571 00:23:16,657 --> 00:23:18,448 It's going the distance. 572 00:23:18,531 --> 00:23:20,948 And there is the bell. 573 00:23:22,490 --> 00:23:24,198 Judge John Thomas 574 00:23:24,281 --> 00:23:27,865 scores it 6-5, Ali. 575 00:23:30,531 --> 00:23:35,989 Judge George Latka scores it 6-5, Kenny Norton. 576 00:23:38,406 --> 00:23:40,657 Referee Dick Young sees it 577 00:23:40,740 --> 00:23:42,865 7-5 to the winner, 578 00:23:42,948 --> 00:23:45,073 Muhammad Ali! 579 00:23:46,615 --> 00:23:49,615 There's a very tired Muhammad Ali, 580 00:23:49,698 --> 00:23:50,698 worn out. 581 00:23:52,573 --> 00:23:55,156 Hittin' Cosell on the head, just like he should! 582 00:23:55,239 --> 00:23:56,759 Get him! 583 00:23:56,823 --> 00:23:58,490 I got Ken Norton out of the way, 584 00:23:58,573 --> 00:24:00,406 now I'm gon' get Joe Frazier out of the way! 585 00:24:00,490 --> 00:24:03,156 When I'm through, you won't hear no more about Joe Frazier. 586 00:24:03,239 --> 00:24:04,740 I'm gonna get Joe Frazier, 587 00:24:04,823 --> 00:24:06,406 I'm gonna wipe out George Foreman, 588 00:24:06,490 --> 00:24:09,323 then I'm go on and put two more pages in the book 589 00:24:09,406 --> 00:24:11,573 and get on out of this mess. 590 00:24:14,073 --> 00:24:15,989 At Kennedy Airport this morning, 591 00:24:16,073 --> 00:24:18,948 Joe Frazier and his rock 'n' roll group, the Knockouts, 592 00:24:19,031 --> 00:24:21,198 departed for a six-week European tour. 593 00:24:22,573 --> 00:24:24,174 Do you find this more difficult than fighting, 594 00:24:24,198 --> 00:24:25,865 or do you have to stay in the same shape 595 00:24:25,948 --> 00:24:27,615 to dance and sing as you... 596 00:24:27,698 --> 00:24:29,424 You have to keep the weight down, you know what I mean? 597 00:24:29,448 --> 00:24:31,156 So, therefore, while you're onstage, 598 00:24:31,239 --> 00:24:32,448 you keep the weight down, 599 00:24:32,531 --> 00:24:33,823 and it's much easier, you know? 600 00:24:33,907 --> 00:24:35,615 But let's say after that, 601 00:24:35,698 --> 00:24:36,740 while performing, 602 00:24:36,823 --> 00:24:38,281 that's something different. 603 00:24:38,365 --> 00:24:39,907 It's twice times as hard as boxing. 604 00:24:39,989 --> 00:24:42,073 ♪ Oh, she didn't bat an eye ♪ 605 00:24:44,198 --> 00:24:47,031 ♪ As I packed my bags to leave ♪ 606 00:24:48,365 --> 00:24:50,989 ♪ Thought she might start to cry ♪ 607 00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:52,657 Who told him he could sing? 608 00:24:52,740 --> 00:24:54,573 He cannot sing. 609 00:24:54,657 --> 00:24:58,865 He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. 610 00:24:58,948 --> 00:24:59,948 He cannot talk. 611 00:24:59,989 --> 00:25:01,365 He got him a big band, 612 00:25:01,448 --> 00:25:02,989 he started traveling the world, 613 00:25:03,073 --> 00:25:04,823 figuring that he's gonna sell 'em all out. 614 00:25:04,907 --> 00:25:08,281 They said, Joe Frazier appears this place in England. 615 00:25:08,365 --> 00:25:09,365 The arena held 10,000. 616 00:25:09,406 --> 00:25:10,782 Thirty-seven people showed up. 617 00:25:12,448 --> 00:25:14,615 A Jasmine mink coat for Joe Frazier, 618 00:25:14,698 --> 00:25:17,657 54 skins of pure white mink. 619 00:25:17,740 --> 00:25:20,198 He's had this one made to wear especially 620 00:25:20,281 --> 00:25:22,823 for his upcoming fight with Muhammad Ali. 621 00:25:22,907 --> 00:25:25,323 That's right. Not in the ring, but... 622 00:25:25,406 --> 00:25:26,406 To the fight. 623 00:25:26,448 --> 00:25:27,448 Yeah, that's all, 624 00:25:27,490 --> 00:25:28,841 and then, I guess, after the party, 625 00:25:28,865 --> 00:25:30,716 and just move around with a little bit, you know. 626 00:25:30,740 --> 00:25:31,823 I like fashion. 627 00:25:31,907 --> 00:25:34,031 That's an important thing. I love it. 628 00:25:34,114 --> 00:25:35,448 I like to see people look good, 629 00:25:35,531 --> 00:25:36,573 and so, therefore, 630 00:25:36,657 --> 00:25:37,758 aside from making people look good, 631 00:25:37,782 --> 00:25:39,365 make myself look good also. 632 00:25:39,448 --> 00:25:41,198 ♪ Who to sock it to ♪ 633 00:25:41,281 --> 00:25:42,573 A man like Frazier's 634 00:25:42,657 --> 00:25:44,198 got a certain rough-looking look, 635 00:25:44,281 --> 00:25:46,031 so I have a sparring partner 636 00:25:46,114 --> 00:25:48,073 who reminds me of Joe Frazier. 637 00:25:48,156 --> 00:25:49,865 Flew him all the way here. 638 00:25:49,948 --> 00:25:52,198 - Does he look a lot like... - Ten thousand miles away. 639 00:25:52,281 --> 00:25:54,198 I think he reminds me of Frazier. 640 00:25:54,281 --> 00:25:56,281 - I guess I'd best be looking... - Well... 641 00:25:56,365 --> 00:25:59,156 Gorilla Jones! Gorilla Jones! 642 00:25:59,239 --> 00:26:02,406 Let him out! Let him out! 643 00:26:02,490 --> 00:26:04,239 Let him in. He can go a round or two. 644 00:26:04,323 --> 00:26:06,490 Gorilla Jones. Take your time, Gorilla. 645 00:26:06,573 --> 00:26:09,365 - Are you ready? - This isn't a little corny, is it? 646 00:26:10,865 --> 00:26:13,823 This gets me ready for Joe Frazier. 647 00:26:13,907 --> 00:26:16,698 - He resembles Joe Frazier. - Time! 648 00:26:16,782 --> 00:26:19,073 ♪ One, two, three ♪ 649 00:26:19,156 --> 00:26:21,365 ♪ Make it funky! ♪ 650 00:26:21,448 --> 00:26:23,239 ♪ Make it funky! ♪ 651 00:26:23,323 --> 00:26:25,365 When you see me get into that ring 652 00:26:25,448 --> 00:26:28,031 with Joe Frazier at 210 pounds, 653 00:26:28,114 --> 00:26:31,323 which is two pounds lighter than I was 10 years ago, 654 00:26:31,406 --> 00:26:33,198 this time, I'll be dancing. 655 00:26:33,281 --> 00:26:35,698 But people want to see a fight, not a dance. 656 00:26:37,490 --> 00:26:40,531 All that money to come and see you and I fight, 657 00:26:40,615 --> 00:26:41,907 and you gonna dance. 658 00:26:41,989 --> 00:26:43,406 Dancing and whupping you... 659 00:26:43,490 --> 00:26:46,198 Here comes Muhammad Ali. 660 00:26:46,281 --> 00:26:49,406 Here comes Joe Frazier, "Smokin' Joe." 661 00:26:49,490 --> 00:26:51,406 When I get those little bitty gloves on, 662 00:26:51,490 --> 00:26:53,490 and be real serious, and no playing, 663 00:26:53,573 --> 00:26:55,114 no standing in the corner, 664 00:26:55,198 --> 00:26:57,698 everybody knows he's gon' have on gloves like me. 665 00:26:59,657 --> 00:27:01,073 We always have on the same... 666 00:27:01,156 --> 00:27:02,406 All right, then! 667 00:27:08,573 --> 00:27:11,782 You could get hurt! 668 00:27:11,865 --> 00:27:13,698 You could... no, you'll hurt your hands. 669 00:27:13,782 --> 00:27:15,466 We're waiting for the bell, round one, 670 00:27:15,490 --> 00:27:17,531 and there it is, and here's Don Duncan. 671 00:27:17,615 --> 00:27:19,698 Thank you, Dan Patrick. 672 00:27:30,698 --> 00:27:33,114 There's the bell. That's the end of round one. 673 00:27:33,198 --> 00:27:34,948 And Ali gave us a bit of a shuffle 674 00:27:35,031 --> 00:27:35,948 at the end of the round, 675 00:27:36,031 --> 00:27:37,657 and goes back to his corner. 676 00:27:37,740 --> 00:27:39,490 Have you ever considered you've taken 677 00:27:39,573 --> 00:27:41,615 lots of blows to the head, both of you, 678 00:27:41,698 --> 00:27:43,073 throughout your career, 679 00:27:43,156 --> 00:27:45,448 and there's the possibility of permanent brain damage. 680 00:27:45,531 --> 00:27:47,365 - Anything could happen. - Cars. 681 00:27:47,448 --> 00:27:49,299 More people are killed in this country in cars than war. 682 00:27:49,323 --> 00:27:51,031 What are we gonna do, quit driving cars? 683 00:27:51,114 --> 00:27:52,716 We heard that. Let me put it another way. 684 00:27:52,740 --> 00:27:53,924 And I know you're not concerned about 685 00:27:53,948 --> 00:27:54,988 two black fighters' brains 686 00:27:55,031 --> 00:27:56,490 being hurt that much, now. 687 00:27:56,573 --> 00:27:58,823 I know you're not that wrapped up over our brains. 688 00:27:58,907 --> 00:28:00,114 You really considered... 689 00:28:00,198 --> 00:28:02,198 you really worried about my brains, 690 00:28:02,281 --> 00:28:03,615 or anybody else's brain? 691 00:28:03,698 --> 00:28:05,406 We not worried about it, so why should you? 692 00:28:05,490 --> 00:28:08,281 You should worry about what else is happening in the world. 693 00:28:13,573 --> 00:28:16,198 Then what kind of sport is it, can it be, 694 00:28:16,281 --> 00:28:18,782 where a guy... where a guy goes in a ring 695 00:28:18,865 --> 00:28:20,031 and gets his jaw broken? 696 00:28:20,114 --> 00:28:21,782 Watch your handling. Watch your handling. 697 00:28:21,865 --> 00:28:23,323 What kind of sport is this... 698 00:28:23,406 --> 00:28:25,073 when a guy gets in a damn car 699 00:28:25,156 --> 00:28:26,156 in your country, 700 00:28:26,198 --> 00:28:27,281 and go around a damn track, 701 00:28:27,365 --> 00:28:28,698 and hit a pole and he burn up? 702 00:28:28,782 --> 00:28:30,323 Don't get on our little sport. 703 00:28:30,406 --> 00:28:31,926 We don't have nothin' over here no way, 704 00:28:31,989 --> 00:28:33,323 but a job, and a few of us 705 00:28:33,406 --> 00:28:35,114 can't get nothin' unless we can box, 706 00:28:35,198 --> 00:28:36,782 and now you want to run that out. 707 00:28:36,865 --> 00:28:39,073 Under New York scoring... 708 00:28:43,698 --> 00:28:45,448 Ali opening up! 709 00:28:50,823 --> 00:28:52,531 Well, the crowd loves it, 710 00:28:52,615 --> 00:28:54,531 and with round 12 coming up, Don, 711 00:28:54,615 --> 00:28:56,865 a lot depends right here. 712 00:28:56,948 --> 00:28:58,782 Now they shake hands, 713 00:28:58,865 --> 00:29:00,448 and here is Don. 714 00:29:28,782 --> 00:29:30,239 There it is! 715 00:29:30,323 --> 00:29:32,031 The winner 716 00:29:32,114 --> 00:29:35,365 by unanimous decision 717 00:29:35,448 --> 00:29:37,698 is Muhammad Ali! 718 00:29:39,573 --> 00:29:40,740 There it is, 719 00:29:40,823 --> 00:29:43,573 the winner by unanimous decision, 720 00:29:43,657 --> 00:29:44,865 Muhammad Ali. 721 00:29:44,948 --> 00:29:46,281 I hit him with everything. 722 00:29:46,365 --> 00:29:48,198 The man took a terrible beating. 723 00:29:48,281 --> 00:29:50,114 He wouldn't fall. I said, "Are you crazy?" 724 00:29:50,198 --> 00:29:51,841 I hit him there. I said, "You must be crazy!" 725 00:29:51,865 --> 00:29:53,490 He said, "That's right, I'm crazy!" 726 00:29:53,573 --> 00:29:54,782 He just kept coming. 727 00:29:54,865 --> 00:29:56,698 "I'm crazy!" Damn. 728 00:30:09,698 --> 00:30:11,758 There they are, in the center of the ring. 729 00:30:11,782 --> 00:30:13,323 What do you think about Muhammad Ali 730 00:30:13,406 --> 00:30:14,948 when you're in there like this? 731 00:30:15,031 --> 00:30:16,841 All right now, you know... George Foreman... 732 00:30:16,865 --> 00:30:19,114 just been offered five million dollars apiece 733 00:30:19,198 --> 00:30:20,865 by the government of Zaire. 734 00:30:20,948 --> 00:30:22,615 And, if he can win this fight tonight, 735 00:30:22,698 --> 00:30:24,989 which I don't think he will, he'll have to defend 736 00:30:25,073 --> 00:30:27,989 his champion again in the Congo! 737 00:30:28,073 --> 00:30:29,782 Oh, good right hand 738 00:30:29,865 --> 00:30:31,531 on left-hand side of the face of Norton. 739 00:30:31,615 --> 00:30:34,490 Norton is a bit stunned as Foreman is teeing off, 740 00:30:34,573 --> 00:30:37,073 and it looks like Norton has really been staggered 741 00:30:37,156 --> 00:30:38,657 as he went up against the rope. 742 00:30:38,740 --> 00:30:40,657 Foreman just banging on in the second round. 743 00:30:40,740 --> 00:30:42,156 Norton is down again! 744 00:30:42,239 --> 00:30:43,907 Left hand to the side of the head. 745 00:30:43,989 --> 00:30:45,740 His legs are rubbery and the left hand 746 00:30:45,823 --> 00:30:47,114 goes to the side of the head. 747 00:30:47,198 --> 00:30:48,948 A right uppercut, a left jab. 748 00:30:49,031 --> 00:30:52,907 And Norton tumbling to the canvas. 749 00:30:52,989 --> 00:30:55,424 He doesn't know where he is. I don't know if Norton can make it. 750 00:30:55,448 --> 00:30:57,281 It might be all over right here. 751 00:30:57,365 --> 00:31:00,823 It looks like it may be all over, and it is all over! 752 00:31:00,907 --> 00:31:05,156 George Foreman remains the heavyweight champion of the world. 753 00:31:05,239 --> 00:31:08,031 He hit Ken Norton just like he do all his opponents. 754 00:31:08,114 --> 00:31:11,114 Caught him out. This man depends on gettin' his man 755 00:31:11,198 --> 00:31:12,657 in the first one or two rounds. 756 00:31:12,740 --> 00:31:14,198 If he don't do that, he's frustrated. 757 00:31:14,281 --> 00:31:16,406 Stick him with left jabs and right crosses, 758 00:31:16,490 --> 00:31:18,989 tie him up and box him, and you will retire him. 759 00:31:19,073 --> 00:31:21,233 - Ali... - I'm the man that's gonna whup George Foreman, 760 00:31:21,281 --> 00:31:24,031 and I'm gonna whup him, of all places, in Africa, 761 00:31:24,114 --> 00:31:26,740 in the Congo, where the Lumuba boys are! 762 00:31:26,823 --> 00:31:28,573 Ali, now that you have your cool about you 763 00:31:28,657 --> 00:31:29,924 and you're calmed down at this point, 764 00:31:29,948 --> 00:31:31,448 I want you to answer this question: 765 00:31:31,531 --> 00:31:34,114 How could that man go 24 rounds with you and only two 766 00:31:34,198 --> 00:31:35,878 with the heavyweight champion of the world? 767 00:31:35,907 --> 00:31:38,239 Because George Foreman is not as good of a fighter 768 00:31:38,323 --> 00:31:39,758 scientifically as I am, but I'll admit, 769 00:31:39,782 --> 00:31:41,740 he's stronger and he hit harder. 770 00:31:41,823 --> 00:31:45,156 I'm not a hard puncher, I'm not known for being a hard puncher. 771 00:31:45,239 --> 00:31:48,031 I've fought many men like Floyd Patterson, Zora Folley, 772 00:31:48,114 --> 00:31:49,989 George Chuvalo, who were stronger than I am, 773 00:31:50,073 --> 00:31:51,365 many I couldn't knock out... 774 00:31:51,448 --> 00:31:53,740 Sonny Liston... but I'll tell you this. 775 00:31:53,823 --> 00:31:56,865 Boxing ability, speed, whuppin' him on points, 776 00:31:56,948 --> 00:31:59,490 for the distance, if necessary, then I'll whup him. 777 00:31:59,573 --> 00:32:01,323 Well, fighting in your home territory, 778 00:32:01,406 --> 00:32:03,299 you couldn't be any happier the way this is coming up in September. 779 00:32:03,323 --> 00:32:05,406 Why would you call Africa my home territory? 780 00:32:05,490 --> 00:32:06,924 You've been telling me that for ten years. 781 00:32:06,948 --> 00:32:08,531 That's right, and if you come over there 782 00:32:08,615 --> 00:32:10,281 talkin' like that, we'll cook ya! 783 00:32:11,698 --> 00:32:13,989 That's it from Muhammad Ali. 784 00:32:16,573 --> 00:32:20,114 Last night, I had a dream, when I got to Africa, 785 00:32:20,198 --> 00:32:21,948 I had one helluva rumble, 786 00:32:22,031 --> 00:32:23,907 I had to beat Tarzan's behind first 787 00:32:23,989 --> 00:32:26,239 for claimin' to be the king of the jungle. 788 00:32:26,323 --> 00:32:28,448 For this fight, I wrestled with alligators, 789 00:32:28,531 --> 00:32:30,573 I've tussled with a whale, 790 00:32:30,657 --> 00:32:33,823 I done handcuffed lightning and put thunder in jail. 791 00:32:33,907 --> 00:32:35,198 You know I'm bad. 792 00:32:35,281 --> 00:32:37,114 I've murdered a rock, 793 00:32:37,198 --> 00:32:38,490 I injured a stone, 794 00:32:38,573 --> 00:32:40,698 and I hospitalized a brick. 795 00:32:40,782 --> 00:32:43,114 I'm so bad, I make medicine sick. 796 00:32:43,198 --> 00:32:44,448 I'm so fast, man, 797 00:32:44,531 --> 00:32:45,823 I can run through a hurricane 798 00:32:45,907 --> 00:32:46,948 and don't get wet. 799 00:32:47,031 --> 00:32:48,323 When George Foreman meets me, 800 00:32:48,406 --> 00:32:50,114 he'll pay his debts. 801 00:32:50,198 --> 00:32:51,948 I can drown a drink of water 802 00:32:52,031 --> 00:32:53,281 and kill a dead tree, 803 00:32:53,365 --> 00:32:55,865 wait till you see Muhammad Ali. 804 00:32:55,948 --> 00:32:59,114 Under the auspices of President Mobutu, 805 00:32:59,198 --> 00:33:03,448 from the heartland of Africa, the world heavyweight championship fight, 806 00:33:03,531 --> 00:33:08,698 this is the biggest, most expensive, single sports event in history. 807 00:33:08,782 --> 00:33:10,448 It was mind-boggling. 808 00:33:10,531 --> 00:33:13,323 You look around, you don't see but 200,000 black people. 809 00:33:13,406 --> 00:33:14,531 You know what I mean? 810 00:33:14,615 --> 00:33:16,490 Damn! Whoa! You know? 811 00:33:16,573 --> 00:33:18,615 This is an awesome bar, 812 00:33:18,698 --> 00:33:22,657 of George Foreman against the boxing skills of Muhammad Ali. 813 00:33:22,740 --> 00:33:24,323 Is this definitely, 814 00:33:24,406 --> 00:33:26,239 whatever happens, your last fight? 815 00:33:26,323 --> 00:33:27,657 My last. This is the last... 816 00:33:27,740 --> 00:33:29,220 Win or lose, it's your... 817 00:33:29,281 --> 00:33:30,907 There ain't no such thing as lose. 818 00:33:30,989 --> 00:33:33,114 This is the last of Muhammad Ali, 819 00:33:33,198 --> 00:33:36,448 so enjoy the fight, get to the theater, and see... 820 00:33:36,531 --> 00:33:40,114 the most scientific, the most creative, the most artistic, 821 00:33:40,198 --> 00:33:42,114 the most talked about, the most colorful, 822 00:33:42,198 --> 00:33:44,365 the most wisest, the most controversial, 823 00:33:44,448 --> 00:33:47,114 the boldest, most courageous, the greatest fighter, 824 00:33:47,198 --> 00:33:49,782 the best-lookin' physically of all times, 825 00:33:49,865 --> 00:33:51,782 this will be the last rumble, 826 00:33:51,865 --> 00:33:54,573 and I invite all of you to be there 827 00:33:54,657 --> 00:33:57,281 among those of us who dare to dare. 828 00:33:57,365 --> 00:34:01,281 George Foreman hasn't gone, in the past four years, 829 00:34:01,365 --> 00:34:03,198 beyond two rounds in any fight. 830 00:34:03,281 --> 00:34:05,865 Can Ali dance and stay away from him? 831 00:34:05,948 --> 00:34:08,239 Beforehand, you go into the ring, 832 00:34:08,323 --> 00:34:09,823 and you wanna go out there 833 00:34:09,907 --> 00:34:11,865 and execute some of the things you've practiced. 834 00:34:11,948 --> 00:34:14,490 This time, this man got me to the point 835 00:34:14,573 --> 00:34:17,907 where I just distaste his presence in boxing. 836 00:34:17,989 --> 00:34:19,716 I really want to beat him more than anything in the world. 837 00:34:19,740 --> 00:34:20,823 I wanna beat him. 838 00:34:20,907 --> 00:34:22,698 Just before the fight, 839 00:34:22,782 --> 00:34:24,924 I'm looking at him, and the man's giving us instructions, 840 00:34:24,948 --> 00:34:27,823 I said, "Sucker, you are in trouble tonight." 841 00:34:27,907 --> 00:34:31,406 "You are fighting the greatest fighter of all times. 842 00:34:31,490 --> 00:34:34,948 You said I was the greatest, but you gonna see. I'm fast, 843 00:34:35,031 --> 00:34:38,239 sucker, I'm gonna burn you up. You're fightin' your idol. 844 00:34:38,323 --> 00:34:40,782 When you were a little kid, you were hearin' about me. 845 00:34:40,865 --> 00:34:43,198 You're meetin' your master, your idol. 846 00:34:43,281 --> 00:34:46,490 Here we ago. Ali, quickly across the round. 847 00:34:46,573 --> 00:34:48,782 Foreman a bit cocky in the first round, 848 00:34:48,865 --> 00:34:52,531 looking to drop that left hook. 849 00:34:52,615 --> 00:34:54,740 A straight left jab thrown by Foreman 850 00:34:54,823 --> 00:34:57,865 has Ali in the corner... Ali dances back, hangs on. 851 00:34:57,948 --> 00:35:01,615 What a tremendous set this day, in round number one. 852 00:35:01,698 --> 00:35:05,281 Ali! 853 00:35:05,365 --> 00:35:07,740 First round, I laid in the corners, right? 854 00:35:07,823 --> 00:35:09,406 I said, "Come on, show me something!" 855 00:35:09,490 --> 00:35:10,770 I talked through the whole fight. 856 00:35:10,823 --> 00:35:12,239 I said, "Show me something." 857 00:35:12,323 --> 00:35:13,466 "They told me you could hit hard." 858 00:35:13,490 --> 00:35:14,907 "You're just a sissy." 859 00:35:14,989 --> 00:35:16,823 "Come on. You can do better than that, George. 860 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:19,382 You wanna corner me? Here I am! You been waitin' to corner me. 861 00:35:19,406 --> 00:35:21,657 "You're the world heavyweight champion." 862 00:35:21,740 --> 00:35:23,341 "You're the world... come on! Keep punchin'!" 863 00:35:23,365 --> 00:35:24,865 "I want you to get tired." 864 00:35:24,948 --> 00:35:28,490 I said, "Uh-oh. This is the wrong place to get tired." 865 00:35:28,573 --> 00:35:31,281 This is the wrong place to get tired! 866 00:35:31,365 --> 00:35:32,674 He's breathin'! 867 00:35:32,698 --> 00:35:34,448 I said, "Aw, you finished, boy. 868 00:35:34,531 --> 00:35:36,198 You are in trouble." 869 00:35:36,281 --> 00:35:39,989 I said, "You don't have but two chances, slim and none." 870 00:36:04,573 --> 00:36:06,865 Muhammad Ali has won 871 00:36:06,948 --> 00:36:08,448 by a knockdown! 872 00:36:08,531 --> 00:36:11,031 The place is going wild! 873 00:36:11,114 --> 00:36:13,948 The thing they said was impossible is done! 874 00:36:14,031 --> 00:36:18,865 This is the most joyous scene ever seen in the history of boxing. 875 00:36:18,948 --> 00:36:20,782 ♪ Get down, get down ♪ 876 00:36:20,865 --> 00:36:23,323 ♪ Get down, get down ♪ 877 00:36:23,406 --> 00:36:24,448 ♪ Get down, get down ♪ 878 00:36:24,531 --> 00:36:28,114 ♪ Get down, get down ♪ 879 00:36:28,198 --> 00:36:30,323 ♪ Get down, get down ♪ 880 00:36:30,406 --> 00:36:32,531 As of now, 881 00:36:32,615 --> 00:36:36,073 they that say I'm the greatest of all time, just shut up. 882 00:36:36,156 --> 00:36:38,406 So I got the whole critics 883 00:36:38,490 --> 00:36:40,531 and the boxing experts on a big spot, 884 00:36:40,615 --> 00:36:42,615 'cause George Foreman was dangerous, 885 00:36:42,698 --> 00:36:46,365 he was terrible, he was gonna wear me down. 886 00:36:46,448 --> 00:36:49,907 He was gonna get me in a corner and just murder me, and I, 887 00:36:49,989 --> 00:36:54,490 as always, I proved to still be the greatest. 888 00:36:54,573 --> 00:36:58,031 - Did he scare you? - Yeah, I was scared to death. 889 00:37:02,490 --> 00:37:05,281 I was reading a piece that Norman Mailer wrote about you. 890 00:37:05,365 --> 00:37:07,989 It described you as the second most prominent American, 891 00:37:08,073 --> 00:37:09,907 second most prominent after Nixon. 892 00:37:09,989 --> 00:37:12,907 You might dispute that, but would you like to president? 893 00:37:12,989 --> 00:37:15,156 - No. No, sir. - No? 894 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,865 Too dangerous. 895 00:37:17,948 --> 00:37:19,388 Like, in other words, there's a ship. 896 00:37:19,448 --> 00:37:21,114 People are dancin' on the ship. 897 00:37:21,198 --> 00:37:23,573 A lot of money's on the ship, a lot of food's on the ship, 898 00:37:23,657 --> 00:37:25,573 and I cannot integrate on the ship. 899 00:37:25,657 --> 00:37:27,406 I cannot have equality on the ship. 900 00:37:27,490 --> 00:37:28,907 I'm just in the galley workin'. 901 00:37:28,989 --> 00:37:31,740 And I never could get up and see the captain of the ship. 902 00:37:31,823 --> 00:37:34,031 Now, all of the sudden, the man tells me, 903 00:37:34,114 --> 00:37:37,198 "Say, come on down, I'll lead you out of the galley. 904 00:37:37,281 --> 00:37:39,466 I want you to come up here and... here, have something to drink. 905 00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:41,490 What do you want?" And giving me number one spot... 906 00:37:41,531 --> 00:37:43,156 from the galley to the number one spot. 907 00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,531 I said, "This ship must be sinkin'. 908 00:37:47,698 --> 00:37:51,114 Why is he so nice to me now? 909 00:37:51,198 --> 00:37:53,698 What moved him to call me up here?" 910 00:37:53,782 --> 00:37:56,865 Black men have been mayors now. One might be the president. 911 00:37:56,948 --> 00:37:59,573 America's in too much trouble. I don't want that job now. 912 00:38:08,490 --> 00:38:11,615 See, I'm lookin' at the black people as a nation. 913 00:38:11,698 --> 00:38:13,448 We have prostitution problems, 914 00:38:13,531 --> 00:38:15,156 we got dope problems. 915 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:18,198 Gang fightin' among self, a lack of love for self. 916 00:38:18,281 --> 00:38:19,948 No respect for our women. 917 00:38:20,031 --> 00:38:22,448 We don't have no property, we don't have no land. 918 00:38:22,531 --> 00:38:24,573 We done worked 400 years to make this country 919 00:38:24,657 --> 00:38:26,281 the wealthiest country on the planet. 920 00:38:26,365 --> 00:38:28,031 This is our problem. 921 00:38:32,698 --> 00:38:34,531 This poem is entitled "Truth." 922 00:38:34,615 --> 00:38:36,948 T-R-U-T-H. 923 00:38:37,031 --> 00:38:40,114 "The face of truth is open. 924 00:38:40,198 --> 00:38:44,531 The eyes of truth are bright. 925 00:38:44,615 --> 00:38:48,365 The lips of truth are ever-closed. 926 00:38:48,448 --> 00:38:51,323 The head of truth is upright. 927 00:38:51,406 --> 00:38:55,198 The breast of truth stands forward. 928 00:38:55,281 --> 00:38:58,490 The gaze of truth is straight. 929 00:38:58,573 --> 00:39:02,281 Truth has neither fear nor doubt. 930 00:39:02,365 --> 00:39:05,031 Truth has patience to wait. 931 00:39:05,114 --> 00:39:08,073 The words of truth are touchy. 932 00:39:08,156 --> 00:39:11,531 The voice of truth is deep. 933 00:39:11,615 --> 00:39:14,615 The law of truth is simple: 934 00:39:14,698 --> 00:39:17,615 All that you sow, you reap. 935 00:39:17,698 --> 00:39:20,782 The soul of truth is flaming. 936 00:39:20,865 --> 00:39:23,907 The heart of truth is warm. 937 00:39:23,989 --> 00:39:26,989 The mind of truth is clear 938 00:39:27,073 --> 00:39:29,782 and firm through rain and storm. 939 00:39:29,865 --> 00:39:32,698 Facts are but its shadow. 940 00:39:32,782 --> 00:39:35,281 Truth stands above all sin. 941 00:39:35,365 --> 00:39:40,114 Great be the battle of life, truth in the end shall win. 942 00:39:40,198 --> 00:39:43,323 The image of truth is Elijah Muhammad, 943 00:39:43,406 --> 00:39:46,782 wisdom's message his rod. 944 00:39:46,865 --> 00:39:49,323 The sign of truth is the crescent. 945 00:39:49,406 --> 00:39:52,156 The soul of truth is God. 946 00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:57,948 Life of truth is eternal, immortal is its past. 947 00:39:58,031 --> 00:40:03,531 Truth has power to endure, truth shall always last." 948 00:40:03,615 --> 00:40:06,198 There. That's my masterpiece. 949 00:40:06,281 --> 00:40:08,198 Very good. 950 00:40:08,281 --> 00:40:11,156 What we got over there? 951 00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:12,448 Stop messing with the food... 952 00:40:12,531 --> 00:40:13,989 Boy, looky here! 953 00:40:14,073 --> 00:40:15,865 Oh, boy, a big pot of raw spinach. 954 00:40:15,948 --> 00:40:17,406 ...or you'll burn yourself. 955 00:40:17,490 --> 00:40:18,907 Nothin' but real iron. 956 00:40:18,989 --> 00:40:21,156 Straight from the mountain to Muhammad. 957 00:40:24,323 --> 00:40:25,907 Wear him out! 958 00:40:25,989 --> 00:40:27,365 This defensive tactic 959 00:40:27,448 --> 00:40:28,907 of laying against the ropes 960 00:40:28,989 --> 00:40:30,789 and allowing the opponent to wear himself out, 961 00:40:30,823 --> 00:40:32,406 was employed in the Foreman fight, 962 00:40:32,490 --> 00:40:34,073 and Ali says it will enable him 963 00:40:34,156 --> 00:40:35,907 to prolong his career by ten years. 964 00:40:35,989 --> 00:40:37,448 Muhammad, uh, 965 00:40:37,531 --> 00:40:40,239 I don't want to see you end up on Queer Street. 966 00:40:43,823 --> 00:40:45,490 What do you... what do you mean, 967 00:40:45,573 --> 00:40:47,531 you mean like... 968 00:40:50,698 --> 00:40:52,782 Is that what you mean? 969 00:40:52,865 --> 00:40:53,657 Oh. 970 00:40:56,531 --> 00:40:58,281 There's an old boxing term 971 00:40:58,365 --> 00:41:00,114 called Queer Street, which means a guy... 972 00:41:00,198 --> 00:41:01,674 I never heard the term "Queer Street" in boxing. 973 00:41:01,698 --> 00:41:03,740 Oh, come on, now. Are you serious? 974 00:41:03,823 --> 00:41:06,198 Not-not in boxing. You mean punch drunk? 975 00:41:06,281 --> 00:41:08,573 Yeah, a guy who ends up, um, you know, without... 976 00:41:08,657 --> 00:41:10,239 doesn't have the goods anymore. 977 00:41:10,323 --> 00:41:11,948 He's fought too long and is out there... 978 00:41:12,031 --> 00:41:14,132 See, well, that happens to people that get hit too much. 979 00:41:14,156 --> 00:41:15,531 He's a little punchy. 980 00:41:15,615 --> 00:41:17,823 You know, even in a car accident, 981 00:41:17,907 --> 00:41:18,907 you can be shook up, 982 00:41:18,989 --> 00:41:20,531 brain can't take but so much. 983 00:41:20,615 --> 00:41:21,782 Put the camera on close-up. 984 00:41:21,865 --> 00:41:23,448 Let me show you something. 985 00:41:23,531 --> 00:41:25,448 No, put the camera on close-up. 986 00:41:25,531 --> 00:41:26,782 Stop right there. 987 00:41:29,198 --> 00:41:31,490 If you in topnotch shape with experience, 988 00:41:31,573 --> 00:41:33,156 you know how to stand there for a while. 989 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:34,758 Like, all these fellows threw shots all day. 990 00:41:34,782 --> 00:41:35,948 Didn't one come through. 991 00:41:36,031 --> 00:41:37,365 Laying on the ropes 992 00:41:37,448 --> 00:41:39,948 a la Zaire, where he allowed 993 00:41:40,031 --> 00:41:42,239 George Foreman to punch himself out. 994 00:41:42,323 --> 00:41:43,490 Ali is in the corner 995 00:41:43,573 --> 00:41:44,989 with the rope-a-dope tactic, 996 00:41:45,073 --> 00:41:47,573 when George Foreman used himself up. 997 00:41:47,657 --> 00:41:49,323 Every punch, he's growing tired, 998 00:41:49,406 --> 00:41:50,886 and after three or four rounds of that 999 00:41:50,948 --> 00:41:52,448 and 15 to go, 1000 00:41:52,531 --> 00:41:54,156 no contest. 1001 00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,531 There's the culmination. 1002 00:41:56,615 --> 00:41:58,239 Ali has the man in trouble. 1003 00:41:58,323 --> 00:42:00,490 He's trying to hold on. He's still on his feet. 1004 00:42:00,573 --> 00:42:02,323 Ali floors him! 1005 00:42:02,406 --> 00:42:04,156 Muhammad Ali 1006 00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:06,657 the way he can be even at 33! 1007 00:42:06,740 --> 00:42:08,865 Unanimous decision 1008 00:42:08,948 --> 00:42:11,490 for Muhammad Ali! 1009 00:42:11,573 --> 00:42:13,198 ...without yet an interview. 1010 00:42:13,281 --> 00:42:14,573 He just took off! 1011 00:42:14,657 --> 00:42:16,490 ...boxer of the world, 1012 00:42:16,573 --> 00:42:17,989 Muhammad Ali! 1013 00:42:18,073 --> 00:42:19,073 Ali disappeared! 1014 00:42:21,865 --> 00:42:24,615 Fighting is hard, fighting hurts. 1015 00:42:24,698 --> 00:42:26,406 You've been hurt less than most, 1016 00:42:26,490 --> 00:42:27,907 your face isn't marked up much, 1017 00:42:27,989 --> 00:42:29,281 but was it fun, 1018 00:42:29,365 --> 00:42:30,865 or just a means to something? 1019 00:42:30,948 --> 00:42:34,823 Well, it was fun being seen on television, 1020 00:42:34,907 --> 00:42:37,740 winning the Golden Gloves, wearing my jackets, 1021 00:42:37,823 --> 00:42:38,903 then you go through a stage 1022 00:42:38,948 --> 00:42:40,073 where it's no longer fun, 1023 00:42:40,156 --> 00:42:41,323 becomes a business. 1024 00:42:44,448 --> 00:42:45,698 After this fight, 1025 00:42:45,782 --> 00:42:47,323 I'll hear no more about Joe Frazier 1026 00:42:47,406 --> 00:42:49,740 because I will totally destroy him. 1027 00:42:49,823 --> 00:42:51,156 This time I will show you 1028 00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,031 that he was a tramp all the time. 1029 00:42:53,114 --> 00:42:54,698 He was an illusion champion. 1030 00:42:54,782 --> 00:42:57,865 He got the title because the draft took my title, 1031 00:42:57,948 --> 00:42:59,323 then, when I came back, 1032 00:42:59,406 --> 00:43:01,006 they had me because I was four years off. 1033 00:43:01,073 --> 00:43:02,865 I got warmed up a little. I beat his behind. 1034 00:43:02,948 --> 00:43:04,948 Now I'm really on top... not only on top, 1035 00:43:05,031 --> 00:43:06,573 but I have my crown back, 1036 00:43:06,657 --> 00:43:08,490 and I'm gonna show you that I'm much older, 1037 00:43:08,573 --> 00:43:10,865 much more wear and tear, more experienced, 1038 00:43:10,948 --> 00:43:12,490 and I'm still the king of all kings, 1039 00:43:12,573 --> 00:43:15,698 and he must lose in a round I choose! 1040 00:43:15,782 --> 00:43:17,132 This will be Ali's fifth fight 1041 00:43:17,156 --> 00:43:18,865 in the last 12 months. 1042 00:43:18,948 --> 00:43:21,323 By comparison to the first two Frazier fights, 1043 00:43:21,406 --> 00:43:22,907 the importance of this one... 1044 00:43:22,989 --> 00:43:24,674 is it less than the first and more than the second, 1045 00:43:24,698 --> 00:43:26,114 or how would you characterize it? 1046 00:43:26,198 --> 00:43:27,907 It's time now to show the people 1047 00:43:27,989 --> 00:43:31,573 that I'm truly much, much, much more greater than he is, 1048 00:43:31,657 --> 00:43:35,365 because he got his name when my title was taken 1049 00:43:35,448 --> 00:43:38,156 because of draft reasons and he built himself up. 1050 00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:40,073 So, he wasn't really a true champion. 1051 00:43:40,156 --> 00:43:41,323 He didn't beat the champion; 1052 00:43:41,406 --> 00:43:42,823 he was just a little substitute 1053 00:43:42,907 --> 00:43:44,114 during my absence. 1054 00:43:44,198 --> 00:43:47,698 Ali with a rope-a-dope. 1055 00:43:47,782 --> 00:43:49,031 After four years, 1056 00:43:49,114 --> 00:43:50,531 they gave me a chance to come back. 1057 00:43:50,615 --> 00:43:52,448 Then... then he was fighting a true champion, 1058 00:43:52,531 --> 00:43:53,823 but it wasn't really fair 1059 00:43:53,907 --> 00:43:55,782 'cause I wasn't too active. 1060 00:43:55,865 --> 00:43:59,615 ...leading his own cheering! 1061 00:43:59,698 --> 00:44:01,239 Second time, I was more active. 1062 00:44:01,323 --> 00:44:02,948 I danced 12 rounds with him. 1063 00:44:03,031 --> 00:44:04,156 In the last two rounds 1064 00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:05,490 I had a lot of fight left in me, 1065 00:44:05,573 --> 00:44:06,989 came back and beat him and Foreman. 1066 00:44:07,073 --> 00:44:08,615 This has to have been 1067 00:44:08,698 --> 00:44:09,989 one of the most bruising 1068 00:44:10,073 --> 00:44:11,823 heavyweight championships of all time. 1069 00:44:11,907 --> 00:44:14,114 Now I've had 41 rounds of fighting this year. 1070 00:44:14,198 --> 00:44:15,531 He's only had nine. 1071 00:44:15,615 --> 00:44:17,198 So, now I have everything together 1072 00:44:17,281 --> 00:44:18,531 about like it should be. 1073 00:44:18,615 --> 00:44:19,989 What I'm gonna do to him this time, 1074 00:44:20,073 --> 00:44:21,406 I have to show you this time 1075 00:44:21,490 --> 00:44:23,281 what I should have did in the first time. 1076 00:44:23,365 --> 00:44:24,823 Doctor comes up 1077 00:44:24,907 --> 00:44:26,114 and looks at Frazier. 1078 00:44:26,198 --> 00:44:28,406 I think it's gonna be over. 1079 00:44:28,490 --> 00:44:30,698 It's all over. 1080 00:44:30,782 --> 00:44:33,698 Muhammad, can you say a word now around the world? 1081 00:44:33,782 --> 00:44:34,782 I was surprised 1082 00:44:34,865 --> 00:44:36,156 Joe had so much stamina, 1083 00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:38,239 and if I didn't have the condition, 1084 00:44:38,323 --> 00:44:40,948 I know I would have lost. This is too painful. 1085 00:44:41,031 --> 00:44:43,948 It's too much work. I might have a heart attack or something. 1086 00:44:44,031 --> 00:44:46,281 I wanna get out while I'm on top. 1087 00:44:47,740 --> 00:44:49,031 So I'll go beat up Joe Frazier. 1088 00:44:49,114 --> 00:44:50,657 Okay, he beat Joe Frazier. Good fight. 1089 00:44:50,740 --> 00:44:52,448 Tomorrow's another day. Who did I help? 1090 00:44:52,531 --> 00:44:54,156 I didn't help nobody but myself. 1091 00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:56,198 I like doing something worthwhile. 1092 00:44:56,281 --> 00:44:57,490 Fightin' is nothin'. 1093 00:44:57,573 --> 00:45:00,531 I think about people, 45, 50, 60 years old, 1094 00:45:00,615 --> 00:45:02,365 gettin' up, goin' to work every day. 1095 00:45:02,448 --> 00:45:05,531 They still go to work. And I'm about ready to retire, 1096 00:45:05,615 --> 00:45:06,657 and I'm established. 1097 00:45:06,740 --> 00:45:07,782 And I'm thirty-three. 1098 00:45:09,073 --> 00:45:10,782 The question tonight, 1099 00:45:10,865 --> 00:45:13,406 and it may be very interesting indeed, is, 1100 00:45:13,490 --> 00:45:17,948 ballooned up to 230 pounds at 34 years of age, 1101 00:45:18,031 --> 00:45:20,948 how great is Muhammad Ali now today? 1102 00:45:21,031 --> 00:45:22,907 I wanna quit at the end of '76, 1103 00:45:22,989 --> 00:45:26,865 and this year we should make about 20 more million dollars 1104 00:45:26,948 --> 00:45:29,490 in five fights, which 80% of it 1105 00:45:29,573 --> 00:45:32,740 I plan to donate to charitable causes. 1106 00:45:32,823 --> 00:45:36,531 I have never seen you so off on your timing, 1107 00:45:36,615 --> 00:45:38,698 missing so many lefts and rights. 1108 00:45:38,782 --> 00:45:41,740 I'm getting old. That's why I'm quitting this year. 1109 00:45:41,823 --> 00:45:44,073 If I don't take the money to give it to my people 1110 00:45:44,156 --> 00:45:46,698 as some kind of way up, then I'm not doing nothing. 1111 00:45:46,782 --> 00:45:49,782 So if we can't help people with our life and make a name 1112 00:45:49,865 --> 00:45:52,114 that's gonna live, ain't no sense in being here. 1113 00:45:52,198 --> 00:45:54,198 ♪ Feel the funk y'all ♪ 1114 00:45:54,281 --> 00:45:56,782 Muhammad Ali is guaranteed $6 million 1115 00:45:56,865 --> 00:45:58,907 for putting his World Heavyweight Championship 1116 00:45:58,989 --> 00:46:00,657 on the line against Ken Norton, 1117 00:46:00,740 --> 00:46:02,865 who will earn about a million. 1118 00:46:02,948 --> 00:46:04,823 They're fighting now. 1119 00:46:04,907 --> 00:46:07,740 Norton is going at Ali. 1120 00:46:07,823 --> 00:46:09,573 This is a fight here, Dick. 1121 00:46:09,657 --> 00:46:11,573 They're slugging it out now. 1122 00:46:11,657 --> 00:46:14,323 Some fools still think Norton can beat me 1123 00:46:14,406 --> 00:46:16,907 after I destroyed his daddy, which was Foreman, 1124 00:46:16,989 --> 00:46:19,823 after I destroyed Joe Frazier who will destroy Norton. 1125 00:46:19,907 --> 00:46:23,198 He still thinks he can fight, whup me, and people do, too. 1126 00:46:23,281 --> 00:46:24,740 So I have something still to prove. 1127 00:46:24,823 --> 00:46:26,365 And after I'm through with Norton, 1128 00:46:26,448 --> 00:46:29,490 I can say goodbye to everybody out there. 1129 00:46:29,573 --> 00:46:31,823 I think Kenny Norton is crying. 1130 00:46:31,907 --> 00:46:34,573 It looks to me like he's crying. 1131 00:46:34,657 --> 00:46:36,448 He must've thought he won the fight. 1132 00:46:36,531 --> 00:46:39,239 You got a whole lot of commotion going on here. 1133 00:46:39,323 --> 00:46:41,740 Are you my man or Norton's man? 1134 00:46:41,823 --> 00:46:43,031 Are you my man? 1135 00:46:43,114 --> 00:46:44,782 I like you better than Carter or Ford. 1136 00:46:46,615 --> 00:46:48,448 Muhammad, since this is a political year, 1137 00:46:48,531 --> 00:46:50,907 do you have a favorite among the presidential candidates? 1138 00:46:50,989 --> 00:46:53,615 And more interestingly, has anyone asked you for support? 1139 00:46:53,698 --> 00:46:56,198 No. No, they haven't. 1140 00:46:56,281 --> 00:46:57,823 I made a statement the other day 1141 00:46:57,907 --> 00:47:00,114 about I'm not voting for no one. 1142 00:47:01,782 --> 00:47:04,406 Evangelista has gone the distance 1143 00:47:04,490 --> 00:47:06,406 against Muhammad Ali. 1144 00:47:06,490 --> 00:47:09,406 I don't care what people really expect. 1145 00:47:09,490 --> 00:47:12,198 All I care about is winning and getting paid 1146 00:47:12,281 --> 00:47:15,073 and being the world champion and ready for another day. 1147 00:47:18,948 --> 00:47:22,073 Shavers is trying to survive till the final bell. 1148 00:47:22,156 --> 00:47:23,323 What a fight! 1149 00:47:24,365 --> 00:47:25,615 It's over! 1150 00:47:25,698 --> 00:47:27,406 Muhammad Ali, you have said 1151 00:47:27,490 --> 00:47:29,466 that you would like to get out of boxing and carry a briefcase 1152 00:47:29,490 --> 00:47:31,365 and be sort of a black Henry Kissinger. 1153 00:47:31,448 --> 00:47:33,073 Did your fight this week persuade you 1154 00:47:33,156 --> 00:47:34,823 that maybe it's getting to be that time? 1155 00:47:34,907 --> 00:47:36,365 Yes, sir. 1156 00:47:36,448 --> 00:47:38,323 Have you bought a black briefcase? 1157 00:47:38,406 --> 00:47:40,823 No, I have a couple of briefcases. 1158 00:47:40,907 --> 00:47:42,948 Are you still the world's greatest fighter? 1159 00:47:43,031 --> 00:47:45,823 Some people are now saying that you can sting like a bee 1160 00:47:45,907 --> 00:47:48,531 but you can't float like a butterfly anymore. 1161 00:47:48,615 --> 00:47:51,073 Well, I'm getting old now. 1162 00:47:51,156 --> 00:47:53,239 I don't float like I used to. 1163 00:47:53,323 --> 00:47:55,531 I'm a little slow now. 1164 00:47:55,615 --> 00:47:57,198 So you are getting past it? 1165 00:47:57,281 --> 00:47:59,531 Yeah, I'm getting old, and I'm getting tired 1166 00:47:59,615 --> 00:48:01,573 and might get knocked out soon. 1167 00:49:02,323 --> 00:49:06,615 ...scores 135- 1168 00:49:06,698 --> 00:49:09,740 136. 1169 00:49:11,114 --> 00:49:15,281 ..scores 142- 1170 00:49:15,365 --> 00:49:17,948 141. 1171 00:49:18,031 --> 00:49:20,823 The new undisputed... 1172 00:49:20,907 --> 00:49:22,031 Spinks has won it! 1173 00:49:22,114 --> 00:49:23,865 Leon Spinks has won 1174 00:49:23,948 --> 00:49:25,948 the heavyweight championship of the world! 1175 00:49:26,031 --> 00:49:27,198 Incredible. 1176 00:49:27,281 --> 00:49:28,698 The end of a boxing era 1177 00:49:28,782 --> 00:49:30,615 came like a right hook out of nowhere 1178 00:49:30,698 --> 00:49:32,114 last night in Las Vegas. 1179 00:49:32,198 --> 00:49:33,782 A 24-year-old ex-Marine 1180 00:49:33,865 --> 00:49:35,924 with a little over one year's professional experience 1181 00:49:35,948 --> 00:49:39,073 dethroned the most famous boxing figure of all time, 1182 00:49:39,156 --> 00:49:41,239 as Leon Spinks wrested the heavyweight title 1183 00:49:41,323 --> 00:49:44,490 from Muhammad Ali in a 15-round split decision. 1184 00:49:52,782 --> 00:49:55,239 Muhammad, on a day like this, 1185 00:49:55,323 --> 00:49:59,239 the day of what will be your last fight forever more, 1186 00:49:59,323 --> 00:50:00,948 do you find yourself thinking back 1187 00:50:01,031 --> 00:50:04,239 over your whole boxing career, your whole life? 1188 00:50:04,323 --> 00:50:06,989 I probably will later, but not now. 1189 00:50:07,073 --> 00:50:09,615 This fight that's coming up in a few hours 1190 00:50:09,698 --> 00:50:15,573 is more important than all that I've done in the past, 1191 00:50:15,657 --> 00:50:18,156 for the fact this is the last one, 1192 00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:21,031 and I want to go out 1193 00:50:21,114 --> 00:50:24,823 being the first black man to retire champion 1194 00:50:24,907 --> 00:50:28,114 and the first man to gain it three times. 1195 00:50:28,198 --> 00:50:32,156 You sound almost tired, and the fight's at hand. 1196 00:50:32,239 --> 00:50:35,073 I'm not so tired until you're gonna hear it in my speech. 1197 00:50:35,156 --> 00:50:36,615 I'm just relaxed. 1198 00:50:36,698 --> 00:50:39,657 I'm not tired. I'm in top shape. 1199 00:50:39,740 --> 00:50:42,865 Probably in better shape 1200 00:50:42,948 --> 00:50:45,156 than I was for the Thrilla in Manila 1201 00:50:45,239 --> 00:50:47,657 and George Foreman, although I'm older. 1202 00:50:47,740 --> 00:50:49,406 I've had a few fights since then, 1203 00:50:49,490 --> 00:50:53,740 but this is befitting of me to do the impossible. 1204 00:50:53,823 --> 00:50:58,198 I cannot consider myself the greatest of all times 1205 00:50:58,281 --> 00:51:00,531 if I can't come back and get this title 1206 00:51:00,615 --> 00:51:04,031 from the likes of a man like Spinks. 1207 00:51:04,114 --> 00:51:05,531 I've done this the first time. 1208 00:51:05,615 --> 00:51:08,073 This time, you will see the real Ali. 1209 00:51:08,156 --> 00:51:11,948 I predict it to this camera, to anybody watching this fight, 1210 00:51:12,031 --> 00:51:13,657 and if I'm not telling the truth, 1211 00:51:13,740 --> 00:51:15,114 you can play this thing over 1212 00:51:15,198 --> 00:51:16,615 and show it to the public, 1213 00:51:16,698 --> 00:51:18,239 make me look like a fool. 1214 00:51:18,323 --> 00:51:20,657 I will destroy Spinks. 1215 00:51:24,782 --> 00:51:26,382 There's the bell, and we're underway. 1216 00:51:26,406 --> 00:51:27,740 Round one. 1217 00:51:27,823 --> 00:51:31,198 The champion Spinks coming right out 1218 00:51:31,281 --> 00:51:34,281 against a moving, advancing Muhammad Ali. 1219 00:51:34,365 --> 00:51:35,698 He's moving. He's dancing. 1220 00:51:35,782 --> 00:51:37,073 He's been doing it for six, 1221 00:51:37,156 --> 00:51:38,865 now going on seven minutes. 1222 00:51:38,948 --> 00:51:40,698 No question this is already 1223 00:51:40,782 --> 00:51:42,615 a different story than the last time. 1224 00:51:42,698 --> 00:51:44,989 Ali's dictating the pace of the fight. 1225 00:51:45,073 --> 00:51:48,490 Ali is dictating where he fights and when he fights. 1226 00:51:48,573 --> 00:51:51,865 A big left for the former champion. 1227 00:51:51,948 --> 00:51:54,782 Ali again is in complete control. 1228 00:51:57,323 --> 00:51:59,782 Well, a good scene, round seven, 1229 00:51:59,865 --> 00:52:01,740 and Ali does his little shuffle, 1230 00:52:01,823 --> 00:52:03,615 and the crowd loves it! 1231 00:52:03,698 --> 00:52:06,865 "Ali! Ali!" 1232 00:52:06,948 --> 00:52:09,156 He is showing a young Leon Spinks 1233 00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:11,698 what it's like to be in with the real Muhammad Ali. 1234 00:52:11,782 --> 00:52:16,490 Ten Ali, one even, four Spinks. 1235 00:52:16,573 --> 00:52:20,615 Eleven Ali, four Spinks. 1236 00:52:20,698 --> 00:52:23,948 Ten Ali, one even, four Spinks. 1237 00:52:24,031 --> 00:52:27,114 The new champion, Muhammad Ali! 1238 00:52:27,198 --> 00:52:31,865 Ali is the world heavyweight champion 1239 00:52:31,948 --> 00:52:35,448 for the third time, and here come... 1240 00:52:35,531 --> 00:52:36,758 The top story in sports 1241 00:52:36,782 --> 00:52:38,531 is a report that Muhammad Ali 1242 00:52:38,615 --> 00:52:40,490 finally, at age 37, 1243 00:52:40,573 --> 00:52:41,989 has officially retired 1244 00:52:42,073 --> 00:52:44,031 as champion of the World Boxing Association. 1245 00:52:44,114 --> 00:52:48,490 I'm not gonna set up... 1246 00:52:48,573 --> 00:52:50,323 or stand up 1247 00:52:50,406 --> 00:52:53,823 and do like many people I seen goin' out. 1248 00:52:57,657 --> 00:53:02,114 It's just so good to... you know, I hate to... 1249 00:53:02,198 --> 00:53:04,865 I'm happy... 1250 00:53:04,948 --> 00:53:07,198 to be gettin' out. 1251 00:53:07,281 --> 00:53:09,615 I mean, it's been hell. 1252 00:53:22,281 --> 00:53:26,531 Russia is invadin' a Muslim country, 1253 00:53:26,615 --> 00:53:27,948 Asiatic country, 1254 00:53:28,031 --> 00:53:32,198 lookin' probably to take oil wells in Persia, 1255 00:53:32,281 --> 00:53:35,365 lookin' to take freshwater ports... 1256 00:53:35,448 --> 00:53:37,907 which could lead to nuclear war. 1257 00:53:37,989 --> 00:53:41,406 My purpose in comin' here was to try to stop that. 1258 00:53:43,114 --> 00:53:45,281 With Soviet invading forces 1259 00:53:45,365 --> 00:53:46,782 in Afghanistan, 1260 00:53:46,865 --> 00:53:49,031 we and the other nations of the world 1261 00:53:49,114 --> 00:53:53,114 cannot conduct business as usual with the Soviet Union. 1262 00:53:53,198 --> 00:53:55,531 That's why the United States has imposed 1263 00:53:55,615 --> 00:53:59,615 stiff economic penalties on the Soviet Union. 1264 00:53:59,698 --> 00:54:02,198 And I have notified the Olympic Committee 1265 00:54:02,281 --> 00:54:04,865 that neither the American people nor I 1266 00:54:04,948 --> 00:54:08,198 will support sending an Olympic team to Moscow. 1267 00:54:10,073 --> 00:54:11,823 If the African people 1268 00:54:11,907 --> 00:54:14,448 helped by not going to the Olympics, 1269 00:54:14,531 --> 00:54:17,531 I figure this would have to show the Russians 1270 00:54:17,615 --> 00:54:19,573 and the world what they're doin'. 1271 00:54:22,281 --> 00:54:24,948 There are two bad white men in the world: 1272 00:54:25,031 --> 00:54:27,907 the Russian white man and the American white man. 1273 00:54:27,989 --> 00:54:30,907 They're the baddest two men in the history of the world. 1274 00:54:32,657 --> 00:54:34,948 And if these two white men start fightin', 1275 00:54:35,031 --> 00:54:38,323 all us little black folks are gonna be caught in the middle. 1276 00:54:40,114 --> 00:54:42,740 So we all should try to help stop these two white fellas 1277 00:54:42,823 --> 00:54:44,740 from fightin'. 1278 00:54:44,823 --> 00:54:47,490 - Right? - Yeah! Right! 1279 00:54:51,365 --> 00:54:52,883 White House officials say 1280 00:54:52,907 --> 00:54:54,490 they expect a number of other countries 1281 00:54:54,573 --> 00:54:56,615 to go along with Mr. Carter's request. 1282 00:54:56,698 --> 00:54:58,531 That means a boycott. 1283 00:55:11,531 --> 00:55:14,114 Why did we go to the moon? Because it's there. 1284 00:55:14,198 --> 00:55:17,031 Why are we trying to go to Mars? Because it's there. 1285 00:55:17,114 --> 00:55:20,948 Columbus wouldn't have discovered America if he didn't take a risk. 1286 00:55:21,031 --> 00:55:24,615 So he who is not courageous enough to take a risk 1287 00:55:24,698 --> 00:55:26,782 will accomplish nothing in life. 1288 00:55:26,865 --> 00:55:28,406 I'm a risk-taker. 1289 00:55:30,365 --> 00:55:33,531 I'm now shootin' for immortality. 1290 00:55:33,615 --> 00:55:37,365 But you got immortality now, nobody's ever gonna surpass that record... 1291 00:55:37,448 --> 00:55:38,823 Not four times. 1292 00:55:38,907 --> 00:55:40,823 Four-time world champion. 1293 00:55:40,907 --> 00:55:42,448 They might surpass three, 1294 00:55:42,531 --> 00:55:44,823 but if I get four, I know they won't do five. 1295 00:55:44,907 --> 00:55:46,782 Plus, I know Larry Holmes. I trained him, 1296 00:55:46,865 --> 00:55:49,049 - I taught him everything he knows. - He was your sparring partner. 1297 00:55:49,073 --> 00:55:52,031 I taught him everything he knows, but not everything I know. 1298 00:55:52,114 --> 00:55:55,156 - Oh... - That's where the surprise is comin'. 1299 00:55:55,239 --> 00:55:58,573 - He really believes he can beat me. - Yeah. 1300 00:55:58,657 --> 00:56:01,823 Howard Cosell is saying the same things about you 1301 00:56:01,907 --> 00:56:05,156 that Larry Holmes is saying about you. 1302 00:56:05,239 --> 00:56:07,156 Well, he is! He said publically, 1303 00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:09,615 he said, "Ali is finished." 1304 00:56:09,698 --> 00:56:13,865 I didn't say it! Don't look at me like that. 1305 00:56:13,948 --> 00:56:15,698 He said it, Muhammad. 1306 00:56:15,782 --> 00:56:19,531 And Larry Holmes said you are 38 and over the hill. 1307 00:56:21,448 --> 00:56:24,198 - No way! - No way, right? 1308 00:56:24,281 --> 00:56:27,531 - What do you say? - I'm lost for words. 1309 00:56:30,531 --> 00:56:33,365 Have you got a nickname for him yet? 1310 00:56:33,448 --> 00:56:35,698 Well, he's got a peanut-shaped head. 1311 00:56:35,782 --> 00:56:38,365 I named him The Peanut. 1312 00:56:38,448 --> 00:56:39,782 The Peanut?! 1313 00:56:39,865 --> 00:56:42,281 And I says, "After the fight, I'm gonna shell you, 1314 00:56:42,365 --> 00:56:44,948 pack you up, and send you to Plains, Georgia." 1315 00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:52,156 Holmes unbeaten in 26 fights. 1316 00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:55,323 There's the left! And down went Ocasio! 1317 00:56:56,573 --> 00:56:58,031 And Holmes lands 1318 00:56:58,114 --> 00:56:59,782 a crushing right uppercut 1319 00:56:59,865 --> 00:57:02,948 that sends Weaver sprawling for the ring rope! 1320 00:57:03,031 --> 00:57:07,531 Introducing the WBC heavyweight champion... 1321 00:57:07,615 --> 00:57:09,907 Ken Norton! 1322 00:57:11,782 --> 00:57:14,031 And in the red corner, 1323 00:57:14,114 --> 00:57:18,531 the challenger, weighing in at 209 pounds, 1324 00:57:18,615 --> 00:57:21,740 hailing from Easton, Pennsylvania, 1325 00:57:21,823 --> 00:57:23,740 the Easton Assassin, 1326 00:57:23,823 --> 00:57:25,989 Larry Holmes! 1327 00:57:27,073 --> 00:57:28,198 Fifteen rounds of boxing. 1328 00:57:30,406 --> 00:57:32,615 We're in round one, it's just underway. 1329 00:57:32,698 --> 00:57:34,823 As you know, the world title at stake. 1330 00:57:37,698 --> 00:57:41,531 No damage done. Larry Holmes is actually a bit taller... 1331 00:57:41,615 --> 00:57:43,823 maybe by a half an inch, maybe as much as an inch. 1332 00:57:43,907 --> 00:57:47,114 Remember those tassels like that that Muhammad Ali wore 1333 00:57:47,198 --> 00:57:50,448 the first time he met Joe Frazier after the layoff? 1334 00:57:50,531 --> 00:57:52,156 Larry Holmes has them on. 1335 00:57:52,239 --> 00:57:53,823 He's copied everything from Ali. 1336 00:57:53,907 --> 00:57:55,615 I'll eat him up. 1337 00:57:55,698 --> 00:57:56,989 This guy. 1338 00:57:59,698 --> 00:58:02,018 Kenny Norton, doing what he has to do to win! 1339 00:58:12,531 --> 00:58:14,490 143... 1340 00:58:14,573 --> 00:58:17,531 142, Holmes. 1341 00:58:17,615 --> 00:58:21,281 143, 142... 1342 00:58:21,365 --> 00:58:23,239 Norton. 1343 00:58:23,323 --> 00:58:27,156 143, 142... 1344 00:58:27,239 --> 00:58:29,239 for the new... 1345 00:58:29,323 --> 00:58:31,698 Larry Holmes has done it! 1346 00:58:36,323 --> 00:58:39,031 The new heavyweight champion of the world! 1347 00:58:51,239 --> 00:58:53,323 Do you pray a lot, to Allah, yourself? 1348 00:58:53,406 --> 00:58:55,073 About five times a day. 1349 00:58:55,156 --> 00:58:56,365 Five times a day. 1350 00:58:56,448 --> 00:58:58,073 Are they set prayers, or ad-lib? 1351 00:58:58,156 --> 00:58:59,698 Do you think them up as you go? 1352 00:58:59,782 --> 00:59:01,698 Usually when we're in cars or on airplanes, 1353 00:59:01,782 --> 00:59:04,740 you have to just say 'em to yourself, 1354 00:59:04,823 --> 00:59:08,198 but we have, probably, over 100 different prayers... 1355 00:59:08,281 --> 00:59:12,239 prayers for success, prayers for travelin', prayers for victory, 1356 00:59:12,323 --> 00:59:14,323 and for many things. 1357 00:59:14,406 --> 00:59:16,365 Do you pray for victory in fights? 1358 00:59:16,448 --> 00:59:17,823 All the time. 1359 00:59:21,490 --> 00:59:24,281 If I was fightin' a young Frazier in his prime, 1360 00:59:24,365 --> 00:59:26,365 or a young Sonny Liston, 1361 00:59:26,448 --> 00:59:28,198 or a young George Foreman, 1362 00:59:28,281 --> 00:59:29,490 I wouldn't do it. 1363 00:59:29,573 --> 00:59:31,198 But I can beat Larry Holmes. 1364 00:59:31,281 --> 00:59:33,573 He's the man I trained, I know I can beat him. 1365 00:59:33,657 --> 00:59:36,114 I see his weak points. He's tired after eight rounds. 1366 00:59:36,198 --> 00:59:38,073 And then I'm just gonna do it. 1367 00:59:38,156 --> 00:59:39,657 Oh, Holmes is in trouble. 1368 00:59:42,323 --> 00:59:44,031 He dance like me, 1369 00:59:44,114 --> 00:59:45,823 he tries to tell jokes like me, 1370 00:59:45,907 --> 00:59:47,907 he tries to do the rope-a-dope like me, 1371 00:59:47,989 --> 00:59:50,531 and he tries to write poems like me... 1372 00:59:50,615 --> 00:59:52,406 everything he do is me. 1373 00:59:52,490 --> 00:59:54,740 He meet the real me, meet his idol, 1374 00:59:54,823 --> 00:59:56,114 he's gonna freeze. 1375 00:59:56,198 --> 00:59:57,615 I'm gonna do him in. 1376 00:59:57,698 --> 01:00:01,198 You guys spent time sparring together, 1377 01:00:01,281 --> 01:00:03,989 you spent a lot of time outside the ring together... 1378 01:00:04,073 --> 01:00:06,406 is it difficult to go in there with a friend? 1379 01:00:06,490 --> 01:00:08,698 I don't wanna fight Muhammad. 1380 01:00:08,782 --> 01:00:11,657 Muhammad is a legend. Let him stay home in his rocking chair. 1381 01:00:11,740 --> 01:00:15,907 Stay home, old man. You don't need me. Take it and run. 1382 01:00:15,989 --> 01:00:18,114 ♪ Well, regeneration... ♪ 1383 01:00:18,198 --> 01:00:22,114 The question I'm gettin' is, "Why are you doing it?" 1384 01:00:22,198 --> 01:00:25,073 The reason is, I'm out to conquer... 1385 01:00:25,156 --> 01:00:26,907 immortality. 1386 01:00:26,989 --> 01:00:28,841 ♪ We gon' make it right, if it takes all night ♪ 1387 01:00:28,865 --> 01:00:30,573 He won't go eight rounds. 1388 01:00:30,657 --> 01:00:33,281 I predict it. Ali will fall. 1389 01:00:33,365 --> 01:00:35,782 The old man is in serious trouble. 1390 01:00:40,448 --> 01:00:43,907 Fighting out of Louisville, Kentucky, 1391 01:00:43,989 --> 01:00:47,198 introducing Muhammad Ali! 1392 01:00:49,740 --> 01:00:53,657 Fighting out of Easton, Pennsylvania, 1393 01:00:53,740 --> 01:00:58,031 he is the WBC heavyweight champion of the world, 1394 01:00:58,114 --> 01:01:02,323 Larry "The Easton Assassin" Holmes! 1395 01:01:02,406 --> 01:01:04,448 Fifteen rounds of boxing. 1396 01:01:09,239 --> 01:01:11,948 I have a poem for you. 1397 01:01:12,031 --> 01:01:13,631 Gimme a poem. Here it comes. 1398 01:01:13,698 --> 01:01:16,281 Ali comes out to meet Holmes, 1399 01:01:16,365 --> 01:01:18,740 but Holmes starts to retreat. 1400 01:01:18,823 --> 01:01:20,823 If Holmes goes back an inch farther, 1401 01:01:20,907 --> 01:01:22,323 he'll wind up in a ringside seat. 1402 01:01:22,406 --> 01:01:24,073 Holmes hasn't caught him yet, 1403 01:01:24,156 --> 01:01:27,365 but Ali hasn't thrown any punches yet, either. 1404 01:01:27,448 --> 01:01:30,615 Ali swings to the left, Ali swings to the right, 1405 01:01:30,698 --> 01:01:32,156 look at Ali carry the fight. 1406 01:01:32,239 --> 01:01:34,156 Holmes is not intimidated by him. 1407 01:01:34,239 --> 01:01:36,698 No, I'd say they both respect each other, 1408 01:01:36,782 --> 01:01:38,156 in spite of what they said. 1409 01:01:38,239 --> 01:01:39,490 Holmes keeps backin', 1410 01:01:39,573 --> 01:01:41,281 but there's not enough room, 1411 01:01:41,365 --> 01:01:43,698 it's a matter of time, then Ali lowers the boom! 1412 01:01:43,782 --> 01:01:46,573 Ali's only thrown one punch in two rounds. 1413 01:01:46,657 --> 01:01:49,531 Now he leans to the right, what a beautiful swing, 1414 01:01:49,615 --> 01:01:52,531 and the punch throws Holmes clean out of the ring. 1415 01:01:52,615 --> 01:01:54,049 Whoa! 1416 01:01:54,073 --> 01:01:55,907 Kind of sad to this point 1417 01:01:55,989 --> 01:01:59,365 to think how great Muhammad Ali was in his prime, 1418 01:01:59,448 --> 01:02:02,406 and to see a man that's just kinda trying to, 1419 01:02:02,490 --> 01:02:06,823 it looks to me, hang on and keep the thing going for one more time. 1420 01:02:06,907 --> 01:02:09,198 - Holmes is still rising... - Wow. 1421 01:02:09,281 --> 01:02:11,323 ...but the referee wears a frown, 1422 01:02:11,406 --> 01:02:15,782 for he can't start countin' until Holmes comes down. 1423 01:02:15,865 --> 01:02:18,823 Quick combination by Larry. 1424 01:02:18,907 --> 01:02:20,156 Ali clowning again... 1425 01:02:20,239 --> 01:02:22,239 We can't believe it, 1426 01:02:22,323 --> 01:02:23,782 Holmes disappears from view, 1427 01:02:23,865 --> 01:02:25,740 the crowd is getting frantic, 1428 01:02:25,823 --> 01:02:27,989 but our radar stations have picked him up, 1429 01:02:28,073 --> 01:02:30,365 he's somewheres over the Atlantic. 1430 01:02:30,448 --> 01:02:31,758 The whole attack for Holmes 1431 01:02:31,782 --> 01:02:33,531 is centered on the head of Ali. 1432 01:02:33,615 --> 01:02:35,633 Who would have dreamed when they came to the fight 1433 01:02:35,657 --> 01:02:37,198 that they'd witness the launching 1434 01:02:37,281 --> 01:02:39,406 of a colored satellite? 1435 01:02:41,823 --> 01:02:43,674 You get the idea that Muhammad Ali 1436 01:02:43,698 --> 01:02:47,156 might explode at any time, too, 'cause he... 1437 01:02:47,239 --> 01:02:50,239 I don't think he's figured something to do. 1438 01:02:52,156 --> 01:02:54,490 Keep the pressure! Keep it up! 1439 01:02:54,573 --> 01:02:56,782 Friendship is a priceless gift 1440 01:02:56,865 --> 01:02:59,823 that cannot be bought nor sold... 1441 01:03:02,406 --> 01:03:04,865 but its value is far greater 1442 01:03:04,948 --> 01:03:07,531 than a mountain made of gold. 1443 01:03:08,698 --> 01:03:10,948 For gold is cold and lifeless, 1444 01:03:11,031 --> 01:03:13,156 it can neither see nor hear, 1445 01:03:13,239 --> 01:03:16,573 in time of trouble, it's powerless to cheer. 1446 01:03:19,031 --> 01:03:21,239 Gold has no ears to listen, 1447 01:03:21,323 --> 01:03:23,073 no heart to understand, 1448 01:03:23,156 --> 01:03:24,740 it cannot bring you comfort 1449 01:03:24,823 --> 01:03:26,365 or reach out a helping hand. 1450 01:03:29,281 --> 01:03:31,531 So when you ask God for a gift, 1451 01:03:31,615 --> 01:03:33,114 be thankful if He sends 1452 01:03:33,198 --> 01:03:35,239 not diamonds, pearls, or riches, 1453 01:03:35,323 --> 01:03:38,490 but the love of real true friends. 1454 01:03:40,031 --> 01:03:41,948 It's the end of round ten. 1455 01:03:42,031 --> 01:03:44,007 I think he's gonna stand and keep goin'. 1456 01:03:44,031 --> 01:03:46,573 What a courageous stand. 1457 01:03:46,657 --> 01:03:49,365 He handled it with dignity. 1458 01:03:49,448 --> 01:03:52,281 I think Angelo wants him to stop the fight. 1459 01:03:52,365 --> 01:03:54,323 The game's over! Stop the fight! 1460 01:03:54,406 --> 01:03:56,740 And Angelo Dundee wants to stop the fight. 1461 01:03:58,782 --> 01:04:01,198 That's it! 1462 01:04:01,281 --> 01:04:03,907 They've stopped the fight, a TKO! 1463 01:04:07,989 --> 01:04:11,073 I did what I had to do, and I still love the guy. 1464 01:04:11,156 --> 01:04:13,299 I don't care what nobody say, he's one hell of an athlete. 1465 01:04:13,323 --> 01:04:15,341 Was the emotion at the end of the fight 1466 01:04:15,365 --> 01:04:18,156 really the sadness of beating your idol? 1467 01:04:18,239 --> 01:04:19,615 Yes, it is. 1468 01:04:19,698 --> 01:04:22,323 But, you know, we all come, and we all go. 1469 01:04:22,406 --> 01:04:24,323 Ain't happy this man left, 1470 01:04:24,406 --> 01:04:26,490 but he believes so strongly in hisself. 1471 01:04:26,573 --> 01:04:28,948 He thought he could beat me, so he came back, gave me a try, 1472 01:04:29,031 --> 01:04:30,865 and you can't knock a man for trying. 1473 01:04:30,948 --> 01:04:32,740 I'll always respect the man, 1474 01:04:32,823 --> 01:04:34,907 people all around the world respect the man, 1475 01:04:34,989 --> 01:04:36,531 and he's going down in history 1476 01:04:36,615 --> 01:04:38,865 as one of the greatest fighters of all time, 1477 01:04:38,948 --> 01:04:40,615 and especially in my time. 1478 01:04:45,448 --> 01:04:48,406 Larry, I'd like you to explain why you've been crying. 1479 01:04:50,281 --> 01:04:52,698 You know, I really respect a whole lot... 1480 01:04:52,782 --> 01:04:54,740 really respect Ali a whole lot. 1481 01:04:54,823 --> 01:04:57,948 It hurt you to punish him that way, didn't it? 1482 01:04:58,031 --> 01:05:01,615 I feel that he fought one of the baddest heavyweights in the world today, 1483 01:05:01,698 --> 01:05:03,948 and you cannot take credit from him. 1484 01:05:11,907 --> 01:05:14,573 How you feelin', Muhammad? 1485 01:05:14,657 --> 01:05:16,073 How do I feel? 1486 01:05:16,156 --> 01:05:18,073 I feel with my hands. 1487 01:05:20,989 --> 01:05:23,948 Why is there so many press in here? 1488 01:05:24,031 --> 01:05:26,198 You glad to be back in England, Muhammad? 1489 01:05:26,281 --> 01:05:29,239 Oh, yeah, I'm always glad to be back in England. 1490 01:05:29,323 --> 01:05:31,406 I love England. 1491 01:05:31,490 --> 01:05:34,323 I'm glad the sun's shinin'. 1492 01:05:34,406 --> 01:05:37,865 I don't see no rain and fog today. 1493 01:05:37,948 --> 01:05:40,865 Muhammad, the $64 question: 1494 01:05:40,948 --> 01:05:42,406 are you gonna box again? 1495 01:05:42,490 --> 01:05:44,907 I shall return! 1496 01:05:44,989 --> 01:05:47,031 Who will your opponent be, Muhammad? 1497 01:05:47,114 --> 01:05:51,239 My managers and trainers are negotiating 1498 01:05:51,323 --> 01:05:55,073 for probably... some top contender. 1499 01:05:55,156 --> 01:05:58,573 My mind is not 100% sure yet. 1500 01:05:58,657 --> 01:06:00,823 Uh... 1501 01:06:00,907 --> 01:06:04,114 I can do better than I did the last time, with Holmes. 1502 01:06:04,198 --> 01:06:06,158 You haven't finished with boxing, definitely, 1503 01:06:06,239 --> 01:06:08,281 - can you tell us that? - That's right. 1504 01:06:08,365 --> 01:06:11,114 - You're still in there? - You're not as dumb as you look. 1505 01:06:11,198 --> 01:06:12,198 Thank you. 1506 01:06:12,281 --> 01:06:13,281 Thank you. 1507 01:06:15,198 --> 01:06:19,823 Judge Alonzo Butler votes it 97-94. 1508 01:06:21,031 --> 01:06:24,865 Judge Clyde Gray votes 99-94. 1509 01:06:26,448 --> 01:06:30,448 Judge Jay Edson votes 99-94. 1510 01:06:30,531 --> 01:06:34,323 Unanimous decision for Trevor Berbick! 1511 01:06:34,406 --> 01:06:35,740 Well, there you have it. 1512 01:06:35,823 --> 01:06:39,156 Trevor Berbick with the unanimous victory. 1513 01:06:39,239 --> 01:06:40,490 Muhammad, 1514 01:06:40,573 --> 01:06:43,823 has it settled in your mind now, after losing, 1515 01:06:43,907 --> 01:06:46,132 this is it for you, you should never come back in this ring again? 1516 01:06:46,156 --> 01:06:51,031 Well, I'm sure that this is enough to convince me. 1517 01:06:51,114 --> 01:06:54,698 Today I got hurt, and I saw the shots, but couldn't take 'em. 1518 01:06:54,782 --> 01:06:56,323 Father Time just got me. 1519 01:06:56,406 --> 01:06:58,823 It looked to us at ringside that you were slow, 1520 01:06:58,907 --> 01:07:00,782 you were telegraphing your punches, 1521 01:07:00,865 --> 01:07:03,674 the eyes could see it, but the physical ability just couldn't get it there. 1522 01:07:03,698 --> 01:07:04,989 That's right. 1523 01:07:05,073 --> 01:07:06,657 I think that's the trouble. 1524 01:07:06,740 --> 01:07:08,406 Father Time caught me. 1525 01:07:08,490 --> 01:07:10,114 In my young days, 1526 01:07:10,198 --> 01:07:11,341 I wouldn't have had much trouble, 1527 01:07:11,365 --> 01:07:13,198 but I think time got me. 1528 01:07:13,281 --> 01:07:17,198 - And this is it for you? - I'm sure it is. This is it. 1529 01:07:17,281 --> 01:07:19,531 I'm sure I'm going to wake up next week, 1530 01:07:19,615 --> 01:07:22,239 say I'm coming back, but as of now, 1531 01:07:22,323 --> 01:07:23,823 I'm retiring. 1532 01:07:23,907 --> 01:07:26,490 I don't think I'll change my mind. 1533 01:07:26,573 --> 01:07:28,198 Muhammad, thank you so very much, 1534 01:07:28,281 --> 01:07:30,782 and thank you from all of us around the world. 1535 01:07:30,865 --> 01:07:32,239 Thank you. 1536 01:07:57,698 --> 01:08:00,448 Can I get your autograph if I go get a piece of paper? 1537 01:08:00,531 --> 01:08:02,823 - Would you pay a dollar? - What? 1538 01:08:02,907 --> 01:08:04,865 Would you pay a dollar? 1539 01:08:04,948 --> 01:08:07,448 I was joking. Get a piece of paper. 1540 01:08:07,531 --> 01:08:08,989 OK, come on! 1541 01:08:12,490 --> 01:08:16,323 They're gonna say, "He's got brain damage. He's fightin' horses." 1542 01:08:31,239 --> 01:08:34,073 Everything God created has a purpose. 1543 01:08:34,156 --> 01:08:36,782 Trees have a purpose. The moon has a purpose. 1544 01:08:36,865 --> 01:08:40,865 Rain, snow, cats, dogs... everything have a purpose. 1545 01:08:44,406 --> 01:08:48,865 And the wise man is he or she who knows their life purpose. 1546 01:08:57,031 --> 01:08:59,031 In this situation, every head must bow, 1547 01:08:59,114 --> 01:09:00,490 every tongue must confess... 1548 01:09:00,573 --> 01:09:01,716 this is the greatest of all time. 1549 01:09:09,531 --> 01:09:12,448 That's real nice for him to pay a good compliment, 1550 01:09:12,531 --> 01:09:16,406 - but the man is the greatest. - You think he could hit harder than Earnie Shavers? 1551 01:09:16,490 --> 01:09:18,156 Do I think? 1552 01:09:19,989 --> 01:09:22,156 Are you colored? 1553 01:09:34,740 --> 01:09:37,490 Most surely God's highest form of life, 1554 01:09:37,573 --> 01:09:39,031 human beings have a purpose, 1555 01:09:39,114 --> 01:09:41,323 and the wise man is he or she 1556 01:09:41,406 --> 01:09:43,073 who knows their life purpose. 1557 01:09:44,740 --> 01:09:47,323 Saddam Hussein has allowed the guests 1558 01:09:47,406 --> 01:09:50,198 to return to America with us. 1559 01:09:59,823 --> 01:10:02,823 The first question that we should deal with 1560 01:10:02,948 --> 01:10:04,573 is a very sensitive area: 1561 01:10:04,657 --> 01:10:06,907 everybody talks about Muhammad Ali's health, 1562 01:10:06,989 --> 01:10:09,448 Muhammad Ali... 1563 01:10:09,531 --> 01:10:12,281 and obviously the things that you're going through now. 1564 01:10:12,365 --> 01:10:14,989 Would you like to comment on that? 1565 01:10:15,073 --> 01:10:17,948 I have what they call Parkinson's syndrome. 1566 01:10:18,031 --> 01:10:22,490 It causes a tremor in your ha-hands, 1567 01:10:22,573 --> 01:10:26,156 and... it affects the speech. 1568 01:10:26,239 --> 01:10:29,907 So all that old talk, "I'm the greatest," 1569 01:10:29,989 --> 01:10:32,073 I have to slow down now. 1570 01:10:33,782 --> 01:10:36,323 It seems to bug other people more than it does you. 1571 01:10:36,406 --> 01:10:38,823 When I sit and talk to you, you seem to be fine 1572 01:10:38,907 --> 01:10:40,948 with the speech and everything. 1573 01:10:41,031 --> 01:10:43,365 Sometimes. 1574 01:10:43,448 --> 01:10:47,531 It don't bother me, but... 1575 01:10:47,615 --> 01:10:49,490 I hope it gets better. 1576 01:10:49,573 --> 01:10:50,989 Yeah. Yeah. 1577 01:10:51,073 --> 01:10:52,406 We're all prayin' for you. 1578 01:10:52,490 --> 01:10:54,114 We're all prayin' for you. 1579 01:11:12,657 --> 01:11:16,531 My purpose was to be a heavyweight champion 1580 01:11:16,615 --> 01:11:18,365 and live a clean life, 1581 01:11:18,448 --> 01:11:21,323 and... in spite of all the money and all the fame, 1582 01:11:21,406 --> 01:11:24,823 and do all I can to help other people. 1583 01:11:33,073 --> 01:11:34,799 I'm just gonna show you a picture, 1584 01:11:34,823 --> 01:11:37,657 and you can react to it any way you want to. 1585 01:11:41,865 --> 01:11:43,865 You can talk. 1586 01:11:43,948 --> 01:11:45,948 Now, I know you can talk. 1587 01:11:46,031 --> 01:11:48,114 You've talked to me, you talk to Lonnie, 1588 01:11:48,198 --> 01:11:49,698 you talk to Howard. 1589 01:11:51,490 --> 01:11:54,239 On this day, he didn't want to talk. 1590 01:11:54,323 --> 01:11:56,323 In his kitchen, away from the microphone, 1591 01:11:56,406 --> 01:12:00,198 Ali explained that he didn't want people to feel sorry for him, 1592 01:12:00,281 --> 01:12:03,114 didn't want to be pitied, didn't want people to say, 1593 01:12:03,198 --> 01:12:05,281 "Poor Ali. He fought too long." 1594 01:12:05,365 --> 01:12:08,823 He still has no regrets about what boxing did to him, 1595 01:12:08,907 --> 01:12:12,198 because of what boxing has done for him. 1596 01:12:13,657 --> 01:12:15,490 Ali. Ali! Ali! 1597 01:12:15,573 --> 01:12:17,173 - Don't wake him. - Touch him. Touch him. 1598 01:12:17,239 --> 01:12:19,948 - No. Well... - Ahem. 1599 01:12:20,031 --> 01:12:21,823 - Hello. - Sometimes he does that. 1600 01:12:21,907 --> 01:12:24,615 That happened after the Frazier fight in Manila. 1601 01:12:24,698 --> 01:12:26,031 What happened? 1602 01:12:26,114 --> 01:12:27,615 I don't know, I wasn't there, 1603 01:12:27,698 --> 01:12:29,448 but ever since the Frazier fight in Manila, 1604 01:12:29,531 --> 01:12:33,156 Muhammad will... it's sort of like narcolepsy, 1605 01:12:33,239 --> 01:12:35,615 he'll just start sleeping, but he'll have these flashbacks, 1606 01:12:35,698 --> 01:12:37,365 and he'll have... it's like nightmares, 1607 01:12:37,448 --> 01:12:39,239 and his face will twist up like he's boxing. 1608 01:12:39,323 --> 01:12:41,448 And he'll throw punches at people. 1609 01:12:41,531 --> 01:12:43,114 And he does it at night sometimes. 1610 01:12:43,198 --> 01:12:44,823 Whenever he starts snoring heavily, 1611 01:12:44,907 --> 01:12:46,799 I have to get out of the bed, because I know it's gonna start. 1612 01:12:46,823 --> 01:12:49,698 - Really? So, when he starts... - Go to the next room. 1613 01:12:49,782 --> 01:12:52,865 - So he's not... putting on when he's doing it? - No. 1614 01:12:52,948 --> 01:12:54,989 This actually happens. 1615 01:12:55,073 --> 01:12:57,531 And the doctor told us not to really try to wake him 1616 01:12:57,615 --> 01:12:59,591 if that does happen, 'cause he might end up with a heart attack, 1617 01:12:59,615 --> 01:13:01,114 because it might frighten him. 1618 01:13:01,198 --> 01:13:03,823 So I don't. I just get up and move. 1619 01:13:05,615 --> 01:13:07,448 That's... that's the hard part. 1620 01:13:07,531 --> 01:13:09,823 You have to sort of... 1621 01:13:22,448 --> 01:13:25,156 - Yeeeaaa...! - You got me. 1622 01:13:25,239 --> 01:13:27,907 OK, we have the next question 1623 01:13:27,989 --> 01:13:30,698 right up here in the balcony. Right, sir. 1624 01:13:30,782 --> 01:13:32,573 Muhammad, I'd like to know 1625 01:13:32,657 --> 01:13:35,823 what you're gonna do when you retire from boxing. 1626 01:13:42,573 --> 01:13:44,365 I think, uh... 1627 01:13:44,448 --> 01:13:46,657 I think he's probably taking the last count, 1628 01:13:46,740 --> 01:13:48,698 but I'll do my best to wake him up. 1629 01:13:48,782 --> 01:13:50,531 Just sleep. That's all I'm gonna do. 1630 01:13:50,615 --> 01:13:52,255 That's all he wants to do when he retires. 1631 01:13:52,281 --> 01:13:54,031 When I retire from boxin', 1632 01:13:54,114 --> 01:13:55,239 I really don't know... 1633 01:13:55,323 --> 01:13:57,323 I wanna say something right here, 1634 01:13:57,406 --> 01:13:59,740 this might make you all think. 1635 01:13:59,823 --> 01:14:02,615 What I'm gonna do when I get out of boxing 1636 01:14:02,698 --> 01:14:05,615 is to get myself ready to meet God, 1637 01:14:05,698 --> 01:14:08,114 because God is watching me. 1638 01:14:08,198 --> 01:14:12,323 He wants to know how do we treat each other, how do we help each other. 1639 01:14:12,406 --> 01:14:14,865 So this is a test 1640 01:14:14,948 --> 01:14:17,989 to see where will we spend our life, in heaven or hell, 1641 01:14:18,073 --> 01:14:20,031 and that's eternity. 1642 01:14:20,114 --> 01:14:23,615 This is not the life now. Your real self is inside you. 1643 01:14:23,698 --> 01:14:27,448 Your body gets old, but your soul and your spirit never die. 1644 01:14:27,531 --> 01:14:32,198 So when I die, if there's a heaven, I want to see it. 1645 01:14:32,281 --> 01:14:36,031 So God is testing us on how we treat each other, how we live, 1646 01:14:36,114 --> 01:14:38,865 to see where our real home be in heaven. 1647 01:14:56,239 --> 01:14:58,448 We came in chains, 1648 01:14:58,531 --> 01:15:00,657 we came in misery, 1649 01:15:00,740 --> 01:15:04,615 now all our suffering and pain's a part of history. 1650 01:15:04,698 --> 01:15:07,823 We came in chains, you must remember that, 1651 01:15:07,907 --> 01:15:10,031 for that and that alone explains 1652 01:15:10,114 --> 01:15:12,490 exactly where we're at. 1653 01:15:12,573 --> 01:15:15,907 We came in chains, we came as livin' loot; 1654 01:15:15,989 --> 01:15:18,865 so you could boast slave-gotten gains, 1655 01:15:18,948 --> 01:15:21,573 we've groaned beneath your boot. 1656 01:15:21,657 --> 01:15:23,073 We came in chains, 1657 01:15:23,156 --> 01:15:25,698 and how our blood was spilled, 1658 01:15:25,782 --> 01:15:27,323 together with our sweat 1659 01:15:27,406 --> 01:15:30,198 it stains this nation we helped build. 1660 01:15:30,281 --> 01:15:33,490 We came in chains, we didn't volunteer, 1661 01:15:33,573 --> 01:15:35,490 and yet today the fact remains 1662 01:15:35,573 --> 01:15:37,782 we're still held captive here. 1663 01:15:37,865 --> 01:15:40,657 We came in chains, now I say cut us loose, 1664 01:15:40,740 --> 01:15:44,698 though that may go against your grain, still there's no excuse. 1665 01:15:44,782 --> 01:15:48,531 We came in chains, now who down there's gonna bear the cost 1666 01:15:48,615 --> 01:15:52,365 till every one of us regains the freedom we have lost? 1667 01:15:52,448 --> 01:15:56,365 We came in chains, and now your choice must be 1668 01:15:56,448 --> 01:15:58,281 to either blow out all my brains 1669 01:15:58,365 --> 01:16:00,114 or else just set me free. 1670 01:16:47,365 --> 01:16:51,281 Ali! Ali! Ali! 1671 01:16:51,365 --> 01:16:55,698 Ali! Ali! Ali! 1672 01:16:55,782 --> 01:16:59,406 Ali! Ali! Ali! 1673 01:16:59,490 --> 01:17:03,490 ♪ Ali! Ali! Ali! ♪ 1674 01:17:03,573 --> 01:17:06,198 ♪ Ali... ♪ 1675 01:17:06,281 --> 01:17:10,907 ♪ One, two, three, make it funky ♪ 1676 01:17:10,989 --> 01:17:12,989 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1677 01:17:13,073 --> 01:17:14,865 - ♪ Ha! ♪ - ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1678 01:17:14,948 --> 01:17:17,948 - ♪ I got to ♪ - ♪ Make it funky... ♪ 1679 01:17:18,031 --> 01:17:21,198 I'm writing the greatest short poem of all time. 1680 01:17:21,281 --> 01:17:24,615 This poem tell how it feel to be as great as me. 1681 01:17:24,698 --> 01:17:26,114 This is it, 1682 01:17:26,198 --> 01:17:28,198 the greatest short poem of all time: 1683 01:17:28,281 --> 01:17:30,782 "Me? Wheeeeee!" 1684 01:17:30,865 --> 01:17:33,073 ♪ Got to do it ♪ 1685 01:17:33,156 --> 01:17:35,782 ♪ Make it funky, oh yeah ♪ 1686 01:17:35,865 --> 01:17:38,114 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1687 01:17:38,198 --> 01:17:40,615 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1688 01:17:40,698 --> 01:17:43,156 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1689 01:17:43,239 --> 01:17:45,490 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1690 01:17:45,573 --> 01:17:47,948 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1691 01:17:48,031 --> 01:17:50,490 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1692 01:17:50,573 --> 01:17:54,448 ♪ Make it funky, make it funky ♪ 1693 01:17:54,531 --> 01:17:56,948 - ♪ Oh, yes, I got to ♪ - ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1694 01:17:57,031 --> 01:17:59,406 - ♪ Oh yes, I need to ♪ - ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1695 01:17:59,490 --> 01:18:01,657 - ♪ I want to say now ♪ - ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1696 01:18:01,740 --> 01:18:05,281 ♪ Oh yes, I got to do it now ♪ - ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1697 01:18:05,365 --> 01:18:06,406 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1698 01:18:06,490 --> 01:18:08,490 ♪ Oh yes, I got to do it now ♪ 1699 01:18:08,573 --> 01:18:10,406 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1700 01:18:10,490 --> 01:18:12,823 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1701 01:18:12,907 --> 01:18:15,156 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1702 01:18:15,239 --> 01:18:17,615 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1703 01:18:17,698 --> 01:18:20,114 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1704 01:18:20,198 --> 01:18:22,573 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1705 01:18:22,657 --> 01:18:25,031 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1706 01:18:25,114 --> 01:18:27,114 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1707 01:18:27,198 --> 01:18:29,490 - ♪ Ha! ♪ - ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1708 01:18:29,573 --> 01:18:32,114 - ♪ Good God ♪ - ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1709 01:18:32,198 --> 01:18:33,823 - ♪ Get it now ♪ - ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1710 01:18:33,907 --> 01:18:35,907 - ♪ Ha ha! Ha! - ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1711 01:18:35,989 --> 01:18:37,365 ♪ Good God ♪ 1712 01:18:37,448 --> 01:18:39,531 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1713 01:18:39,615 --> 01:18:41,865 ♪ Take me home ♪ 1714 01:18:41,948 --> 01:18:44,573 - ♪ To the bridge ♪ - ♪ Funky ♪ 1715 01:18:44,657 --> 01:18:47,198 - ♪ To the bridge ♪ - ♪ Funky ♪ 1716 01:18:47,281 --> 01:18:49,323 ♪ Make it funky ♪ 1717 01:19:04,615 --> 01:19:06,782 ♪ It's so funky ♪ 1718 01:19:06,865 --> 01:19:08,448 ♪ I can't help it, boy ♪ 128426

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