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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,544 --> 00:00:05,797 (MUSIC PLAYING) 2 00:00:16,808 --> 00:00:19,185 It was the closing of an era, 3 00:00:20,645 --> 00:00:24,357 but the curtain closes, then another curtain opens. 4 00:00:25,608 --> 00:00:29,278 Boxing is always there as an opening act 5 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:31,906 to everything else that's happening in the world. 6 00:00:33,449 --> 00:00:35,827 Boxing is a metaphor for life. 7 00:00:36,869 --> 00:00:38,412 Everyone's fighting for something. 8 00:00:39,497 --> 00:00:43,501 There was a time at the end of the '70s 9 00:00:43,543 --> 00:00:48,005 when you knew on some level, you were seeing history. 10 00:00:48,047 --> 00:00:50,466 And everybody paid attention. 11 00:00:50,508 --> 00:00:52,260 MALE NEWSCASTER: With world oil markets tight 12 00:00:52,301 --> 00:00:54,637 and OPEC raising prices almost daily, 13 00:00:54,679 --> 00:00:57,306 gasoline and fuel oil prices have skyrocketed. 14 00:00:57,348 --> 00:01:00,059 The nation's energy situation is getting worse. 15 00:01:00,101 --> 00:01:02,270 This is unreal. Isn't this disgusting? 16 00:01:02,311 --> 00:01:04,230 Why doesn't anybody contact the president? 17 00:01:04,272 --> 00:01:06,440 Why is he letting this happen to us? 18 00:01:06,482 --> 00:01:09,235 Jimmy Carter comes into office during a recession, 19 00:01:09,277 --> 00:01:12,405 a gas crisis and oil crisis in the 1970s. 20 00:01:12,446 --> 00:01:14,157 REPORTER: Iranian students continue to hold 21 00:01:14,198 --> 00:01:16,450 more than 50 hostages of the American Embassy 22 00:01:16,492 --> 00:01:18,286 in Tehran this morning. 23 00:01:18,327 --> 00:01:20,830 We're using every available channel 24 00:01:20,872 --> 00:01:22,748 to protect the safety of the hostages 25 00:01:22,790 --> 00:01:24,333 and to secure their release. 26 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:26,794 So that was America. 27 00:01:26,836 --> 00:01:29,338 Coming out of that was Muhammad Ali. 28 00:01:29,380 --> 00:01:31,549 I am the greatest! 29 00:01:31,591 --> 00:01:33,968 He said he wasn't going to go to Vietnam. 30 00:01:34,010 --> 00:01:35,344 They took his title from him. 31 00:01:35,386 --> 00:01:37,180 He started being an activist. 32 00:01:37,221 --> 00:01:39,182 He's writing poetry in the ring. 33 00:01:39,891 --> 00:01:41,225 And the game he fought, 34 00:01:41,267 --> 00:01:44,729 what he did in the ring was beautiful. 35 00:01:44,770 --> 00:01:47,648 But then suddenly, the brutality of the '70s 36 00:01:47,690 --> 00:01:48,858 comes full swing, 37 00:01:48,900 --> 00:01:50,860 the '80s come in, 38 00:01:50,902 --> 00:01:52,820 and the beauty doesn't matter anymore. 39 00:01:52,862 --> 00:01:54,030 (SHOUTING) 40 00:01:54,071 --> 00:01:55,031 COMMENTATOR 1: He gets back there. 41 00:01:55,072 --> 00:01:56,324 The body is rearing. 42 00:01:56,365 --> 00:01:58,367 It just can't do what it used to do before. 43 00:01:58,409 --> 00:01:59,785 The sad recognition 44 00:01:59,827 --> 00:02:01,621 that all athletes eventually come to grips with. 45 00:02:01,662 --> 00:02:03,289 COMMENTATOR 2: You know, it's pathetic to see a guy 46 00:02:03,331 --> 00:02:06,626 just not being able to do it. He was the greatest, he once was 47 00:02:06,667 --> 00:02:08,127 DUNDEE: Stop the fight! 48 00:02:08,169 --> 00:02:09,795 COMMENTATOR: Angelo Dundee wants to stop the fight. 49 00:02:09,837 --> 00:02:12,715 COMMENTATOR 2: That really is a sad and sorry end 50 00:02:12,757 --> 00:02:14,550 for Muhammad Ali. 51 00:02:14,592 --> 00:02:17,136 If you were a boxing fan in the late '70s, 52 00:02:17,178 --> 00:02:18,387 you were kind of sad 53 00:02:18,429 --> 00:02:20,139 to see Ali's career coming to and end. 54 00:02:20,181 --> 00:02:22,016 He had meant so much. 55 00:02:22,058 --> 00:02:24,685 And you were probably looking for somebody 56 00:02:24,727 --> 00:02:27,313 to step into that void. 57 00:02:27,355 --> 00:02:30,650 You have four great fighters, 58 00:02:30,691 --> 00:02:32,693 Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, 59 00:02:32,735 --> 00:02:35,238 Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler, 60 00:02:35,279 --> 00:02:37,907 who were fighting each other, 61 00:02:37,949 --> 00:02:39,700 and it was enthralling. 62 00:02:39,742 --> 00:02:43,621 They all had a different impact on America. 63 00:02:43,663 --> 00:02:46,040 Leonard was the golden boy, 64 00:02:46,082 --> 00:02:49,543 chosen one to bring boxing back into favor. 65 00:02:49,585 --> 00:02:52,213 Hagler was the perennial underdog. 66 00:02:52,255 --> 00:02:55,758 Duran was the idol of the Latin American people. 67 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,971 And Hearns was Mr. Detroit, at a bad time for that city. 68 00:03:00,012 --> 00:03:03,432 These guys dominated the era, 69 00:03:03,474 --> 00:03:05,559 but not each other. 70 00:03:05,601 --> 00:03:08,104 Their fights meant so much. 71 00:03:08,145 --> 00:03:10,731 The Four Kings gave us unique personalities, 72 00:03:10,773 --> 00:03:12,108 unique fighters 73 00:03:12,149 --> 00:03:14,277 who all fought each other to their credit, 74 00:03:14,318 --> 00:03:16,112 and created a time in boxing 75 00:03:16,153 --> 00:03:18,614 that was maybe the greatest period 76 00:03:18,656 --> 00:03:20,116 in the history of the sport. 77 00:03:26,163 --> 00:03:27,790 LEONARD: I've always wanted to be special. 78 00:03:27,832 --> 00:03:29,417 To be somebody. 79 00:03:29,458 --> 00:03:32,712 Not just in the ring, but in the world. 80 00:03:32,753 --> 00:03:37,300 When I was a kid, I had guys who I'd idolize, 81 00:03:37,341 --> 00:03:39,593 men who were just bigger than their sport. 82 00:03:39,635 --> 00:03:41,137 I shook up the world! 83 00:03:41,178 --> 00:03:43,597 I shook up the world! 84 00:03:43,639 --> 00:03:46,267 LEONARD: Muhammad Ali, he was bigger than life, 85 00:03:46,309 --> 00:03:48,602 and I wanted to be bigger than life, too. 86 00:03:48,644 --> 00:03:50,813 Muhammad, this must bring back a lot of memories 87 00:03:50,855 --> 00:03:52,648 seeing these young guys coming up, like Ray Leonard. 88 00:03:52,690 --> 00:03:55,526 It makes you sad to know that we're all getting old, 89 00:03:55,568 --> 00:03:57,028 but if they stay around long enough, 90 00:03:57,069 --> 00:03:58,446 they'll be old, too. 91 00:03:58,487 --> 00:04:00,281 MAN: And next we go to one of the really great 92 00:04:00,323 --> 00:04:01,949 young amateur fighters in the world. 93 00:04:01,991 --> 00:04:04,118 Ray Leonard, 18 years old. 94 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,078 He's a leading candidate to go to Montreal, 95 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:07,997 win a gold medal in the '76 Olympics. 96 00:04:12,460 --> 00:04:14,503 LEONARD: I went to the recreation center 97 00:04:14,545 --> 00:04:15,671 in Palmer Park 98 00:04:15,713 --> 00:04:17,840 and I was 14 years old. 99 00:04:17,882 --> 00:04:19,467 It's so vivid, that experience, 100 00:04:19,508 --> 00:04:22,470 because I was a kid who was shy 101 00:04:22,511 --> 00:04:24,263 and didn't like hitting people, 102 00:04:24,305 --> 00:04:26,182 didn't want anybody to hit me. 103 00:04:26,223 --> 00:04:28,017 But I put the gloves on, 104 00:04:28,059 --> 00:04:29,518 and it was like I found boxing, 105 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:30,811 boxing found me. 106 00:04:30,853 --> 00:04:32,938 It was magic. 107 00:04:32,980 --> 00:04:34,357 INTERVIEWER: Muhammad, how does it look to you? 108 00:04:34,398 --> 00:04:36,859 Well, Leonard, he's beaten the man, but he's close. 109 00:04:36,901 --> 00:04:39,028 This is good training for these fellas in the future 110 00:04:39,070 --> 00:04:40,363 when they turn professional. 111 00:04:40,404 --> 00:04:41,655 COMMENTATOR 1: This Ray Leonard's 112 00:04:41,697 --> 00:04:43,199 a terrific young man out of the ring, too. 113 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:44,533 And the shoe on the outside has got 114 00:04:44,575 --> 00:04:46,535 a little picture of his infant son taped there. 115 00:04:46,577 --> 00:04:49,246 COMMENTATOR 2: He's 18, got a son already? 116 00:04:49,288 --> 00:04:50,414 COMMENTATOR 1: Got a little infant son. 117 00:04:50,456 --> 00:04:51,707 -Mmm-hmm. -There's his picture. 118 00:04:51,749 --> 00:04:54,043 You can just see it on his... on his shoe. 119 00:04:54,085 --> 00:04:55,419 COMMENTATOR 2: That reminds him that 120 00:04:55,461 --> 00:04:56,629 -he's got to feed that kid. -That's right. (LAUGHS) 121 00:04:56,670 --> 00:04:58,714 How much it's gonna cost him raising him. 122 00:04:58,756 --> 00:05:01,217 Diapers are due and baby food is due. 123 00:05:01,258 --> 00:05:02,885 So he's got to whoop this man 124 00:05:02,927 --> 00:05:04,387 so he can turn professional 125 00:05:04,428 --> 00:05:05,846 and take care of that little boy. 126 00:05:05,888 --> 00:05:07,431 That's what must be on his mind. 127 00:05:07,473 --> 00:05:09,892 And that's the way he's fighting. 128 00:05:09,934 --> 00:05:11,727 COMMENTATOR 1: Now, Ray Leonard knocks him down. 129 00:05:12,812 --> 00:05:13,771 COMMENTATOR 2: Good side hook. 130 00:05:13,813 --> 00:05:14,980 That was beautiful. 131 00:05:15,022 --> 00:05:16,190 COMMENTATOR 1: And young Ray Leonard 132 00:05:16,232 --> 00:05:19,235 now puts the US four points to two. 133 00:05:19,276 --> 00:05:20,945 COMMENTATOR 2: And you can't beat that. 134 00:05:21,946 --> 00:05:23,489 (US NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS) 135 00:05:28,744 --> 00:05:31,831 The 200th birthday of the United States. 136 00:05:31,872 --> 00:05:34,166 As the day went on, one could almost touch 137 00:05:34,208 --> 00:05:36,585 the spirit that swept over this country. 138 00:05:36,627 --> 00:05:38,754 There's the 200th anniversary of the Republic, 139 00:05:38,796 --> 00:05:40,339 which is glorious. 140 00:05:40,381 --> 00:05:43,008 But the same time people are demoralized, 141 00:05:43,050 --> 00:05:44,593 trying to figure out what to do. 142 00:05:44,635 --> 00:05:46,053 Under the surface, 143 00:05:46,095 --> 00:05:49,098 all this pent up aggression and anger is there. 144 00:05:49,140 --> 00:05:52,560 After all the growing up, after all the glory, 145 00:05:52,601 --> 00:05:55,563 after all the setbacks our country's gone through, 146 00:05:55,604 --> 00:05:58,983 we can still say with pride and gratitude, 147 00:05:59,024 --> 00:06:01,152 we are the American people. 148 00:06:03,821 --> 00:06:05,156 GREER: There was a recession. 149 00:06:05,197 --> 00:06:08,826 You couldn't get a job, you had nowhere to live, 150 00:06:08,868 --> 00:06:10,578 the cities were all torn up. 151 00:06:10,619 --> 00:06:12,455 It wasn't a good time. 152 00:06:12,496 --> 00:06:15,166 WOMAN: ABC now projects Carter is the winner. 153 00:06:15,207 --> 00:06:17,126 GREER: Our leader was Jimmy Carter. 154 00:06:17,168 --> 00:06:19,503 He was a peanut farmer, you know, 155 00:06:19,545 --> 00:06:22,298 he looked like real people. At that point, 156 00:06:22,339 --> 00:06:24,800 that's what we wanted, what's real. 157 00:06:24,842 --> 00:06:28,637 1976, a barren landscape for American fighters 158 00:06:28,679 --> 00:06:30,055 where Muhammad Ali was the only 159 00:06:30,097 --> 00:06:32,308 American-born world champion in all of boxing, 160 00:06:32,349 --> 00:06:33,893 and there were, at the time, 161 00:06:33,934 --> 00:06:35,436 between 25 and 30 champions. 162 00:06:35,478 --> 00:06:37,438 Ali was the only American. 163 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,815 It all began to change with the 1976 Olympics 164 00:06:39,857 --> 00:06:44,320 starring the incredibly telegenic Ray Leonard. 165 00:06:44,361 --> 00:06:47,239 Ray, everyone points to you as America's best hope 166 00:06:47,281 --> 00:06:49,158 to win a gold medal in the next Olympics. 167 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:50,493 Do you like that kind of pressure? 168 00:06:50,534 --> 00:06:51,785 Yes, for the simple reason 169 00:06:51,827 --> 00:06:53,954 it only builds my ego up more and more. 170 00:06:53,996 --> 00:06:55,664 I feel confident now. 171 00:06:55,706 --> 00:06:56,749 I'm a lot more secure 172 00:06:56,790 --> 00:06:58,751 because I know I'm in physical condition, 173 00:06:58,792 --> 00:06:59,835 so it's no sweat. 174 00:06:59,877 --> 00:07:01,462 (MUSIC PLAYS) 175 00:07:04,673 --> 00:07:06,300 In those days for the United States, 176 00:07:06,342 --> 00:07:09,011 Olympic boxing was still such a huge stage. 177 00:07:09,053 --> 00:07:10,137 You look at the champions: 178 00:07:10,179 --> 00:07:12,056 Ali, Frasier, Patterson. 179 00:07:12,097 --> 00:07:13,641 They all came out of the Olympics. 180 00:07:13,682 --> 00:07:15,684 WOMAN: The United States of America. 181 00:07:15,726 --> 00:07:18,479 O'BRIEN: Leonard rode that all the way to the very top. 182 00:07:18,521 --> 00:07:20,523 You can see how it launched his career. 183 00:07:21,774 --> 00:07:24,026 The '76 Olympics elevated boxing. 184 00:07:24,068 --> 00:07:27,279 It was televised by ABC, announced by Howard Cosell. 185 00:07:27,321 --> 00:07:29,073 All of a sudden, boxing was cool again. 186 00:07:29,114 --> 00:07:30,533 And, of course, in sports, 187 00:07:30,574 --> 00:07:32,535 if you're not on television, you don't exist. 188 00:07:32,576 --> 00:07:34,828 Well, I think we have the best-prepared, 189 00:07:34,870 --> 00:07:36,372 best trained team 190 00:07:36,413 --> 00:07:38,374 in United States' boxing history. 191 00:07:38,415 --> 00:07:40,960 And this is Sugar Ray Leonard. 192 00:07:41,001 --> 00:07:42,545 (CHEERING) 193 00:07:43,754 --> 00:07:46,465 Tomorrow night live in prime time, 194 00:07:46,507 --> 00:07:49,718 you'll be seeing this slick young amateur fighter 195 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,972 against a Swedish fighter by the name of Ulf Carlsson. 196 00:07:53,013 --> 00:07:54,682 What are you gonna do to him with the right? 197 00:07:54,723 --> 00:07:56,141 Well, I'm planning on moving on him, 198 00:07:56,183 --> 00:07:57,268 I know I can catch him. 199 00:07:57,309 --> 00:07:58,811 -Ah! -(LAUGHS) 200 00:07:58,852 --> 00:08:02,523 Howard saw Leonard as a natural extension of Ali, 201 00:08:02,565 --> 00:08:04,358 and to be perfectly candid, 202 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,860 Howard was also always interested in somebody 203 00:08:06,902 --> 00:08:08,737 that could vault him 204 00:08:08,779 --> 00:08:11,949 as a natural storyteller for that person. 205 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:16,078 Leonard filled a niche that had been left by Ali. 206 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:17,496 All right, quick question. 207 00:08:17,538 --> 00:08:19,832 I want these people to know you as a human being. 208 00:08:19,873 --> 00:08:22,126 You have no plans to turn professional, do you? 209 00:08:22,167 --> 00:08:23,544 No plans whatsoever, Howard. 210 00:08:23,586 --> 00:08:25,713 I was given a scholarship by the people of Glenarden. 211 00:08:25,754 --> 00:08:28,007 You want that medal. It's your dream, isn't it? 212 00:08:28,048 --> 00:08:29,383 I'm going to get it, Howard. 213 00:08:29,425 --> 00:08:31,427 I know you are. Good to see you. 214 00:08:31,468 --> 00:08:32,928 Thank you for being with us. 215 00:08:32,970 --> 00:08:33,971 -(CHEERING) -Let's hear it 216 00:08:34,013 --> 00:08:35,723 for Sugar Ray from... 217 00:08:37,558 --> 00:08:39,518 I sacrificed so much. 218 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:41,520 I wanted to be the best, 219 00:08:41,562 --> 00:08:43,063 I wanted the ultimate, 220 00:08:43,105 --> 00:08:44,440 which was the Olympics. 221 00:08:46,567 --> 00:08:48,611 That Cuban, Andres Aldama, 222 00:08:48,652 --> 00:08:51,405 had far more experience, bigger, stronger. 223 00:08:51,447 --> 00:08:52,823 But I wanted to win. 224 00:08:53,490 --> 00:08:55,284 No, I had to win. 225 00:08:56,869 --> 00:08:58,787 This was predestined. 226 00:08:58,829 --> 00:08:59,872 It was meant to be. 227 00:09:01,123 --> 00:09:02,541 COMMENTATOR: In boxing, 228 00:09:02,583 --> 00:09:05,461 American fighters won five gold medals tonight. 229 00:09:05,502 --> 00:09:06,920 Light-middleweight Sugar Ray Leonard 230 00:09:06,962 --> 00:09:08,422 of Palmer Park, Maryland, 231 00:09:08,464 --> 00:09:11,592 won a unanimous decision over Andres Aldama of Cuba. 232 00:09:11,634 --> 00:09:12,968 LEONARD: That wasn't about money. 233 00:09:13,010 --> 00:09:14,428 It wasn't about fame. 234 00:09:14,470 --> 00:09:16,180 It was about the Olympics, 235 00:09:16,221 --> 00:09:18,057 your country. 236 00:09:18,098 --> 00:09:19,391 I mean, words can't describe... 237 00:09:19,433 --> 00:09:21,560 I can't elaborate enough on what it felt like 238 00:09:21,602 --> 00:09:22,936 standing on that podium 239 00:09:22,978 --> 00:09:25,105 with that gold medal draped around my neck. 240 00:09:25,147 --> 00:09:27,650 Oh, my God. This was it, man, this was it. 241 00:09:27,691 --> 00:09:29,109 MAN: After he beat a tough Cuban 242 00:09:29,151 --> 00:09:30,736 for the Olympic gold medal, 243 00:09:30,778 --> 00:09:33,530 Sugar Ray Leonard announced he would never fight again. 244 00:09:33,572 --> 00:09:35,574 He would enroll at the University of Maryland. 245 00:09:35,616 --> 00:09:37,868 His only battles would be with the books. 246 00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:40,496 LEONARD: I love boxing, but not that much. 247 00:09:40,537 --> 00:09:42,831 I was gonna go to the University of Maryland 248 00:09:42,873 --> 00:09:44,708 further my education and get a great job. 249 00:09:46,043 --> 00:09:47,336 MAN: And then he came home 250 00:09:47,378 --> 00:09:49,963 to this house just outside of Washington, DC. 251 00:09:50,005 --> 00:09:52,007 A house filled with the glittering trophies 252 00:09:52,049 --> 00:09:53,509 of a golden amateur career. 253 00:09:53,550 --> 00:09:54,843 His mother, Getha, 254 00:09:54,885 --> 00:09:56,512 would suffer a mild heart attack. 255 00:09:56,553 --> 00:09:57,846 His father, Cicero, 256 00:09:57,888 --> 00:09:59,848 was hospitalized with meningitis. 257 00:10:00,724 --> 00:10:02,309 LEONARD: Everyone's crying. 258 00:10:02,351 --> 00:10:04,687 My mom's crying, I'm crying. 259 00:10:04,728 --> 00:10:06,188 And I asked my mentor, Janks Morton, 260 00:10:06,230 --> 00:10:07,940 I said, "Janks, how can I make fast money?" 261 00:10:07,981 --> 00:10:09,775 He said, "Turn pro." 262 00:10:09,817 --> 00:10:13,862 Boxing allowed me to get the best help, medically. 263 00:10:13,904 --> 00:10:18,033 I only did it to help my father to pay the bills. 264 00:10:18,075 --> 00:10:19,827 MAN: Ray's mother did not like his decision 265 00:10:19,868 --> 00:10:21,036 to turn pro. 266 00:10:21,078 --> 00:10:22,705 I don't like fighting. I don't like sports. 267 00:10:22,746 --> 00:10:25,040 I wanted him to go to school and get an education 268 00:10:25,082 --> 00:10:27,251 because people can take a fight from you, 269 00:10:27,292 --> 00:10:28,877 but once you get an education, 270 00:10:28,919 --> 00:10:31,380 that's something that no one can take from you. 271 00:10:31,422 --> 00:10:32,840 For 15 years, 272 00:10:32,881 --> 00:10:35,759 Muhammad Ali has dominated the sport of boxing. 273 00:10:35,801 --> 00:10:38,846 Now a new boxing superstar may be in the making. 274 00:10:38,887 --> 00:10:41,223 Sugar Ray Leonard, who won a boxing gold medal... 275 00:10:41,265 --> 00:10:44,184 ...turns pro in a six-round junior welterweight bout. 276 00:10:44,226 --> 00:10:46,186 ...turned pro the way no young fighter 277 00:10:46,228 --> 00:10:47,521 had ever turned pro before. 278 00:10:49,732 --> 00:10:52,735 So high, you can't get over me 279 00:10:52,776 --> 00:10:55,404 As with most superstar boxers, 280 00:10:55,446 --> 00:10:57,865 Ray Leonard was a product of his time. 281 00:10:57,906 --> 00:11:01,660 He had a natural ability to be a star. 282 00:11:01,702 --> 00:11:03,245 MAN: With his smile, Sugar Ray Leonard 283 00:11:03,287 --> 00:11:04,747 can light up a gym. 284 00:11:04,788 --> 00:11:06,915 MAN 2: Tomorrow, Leonard will fight professionally 285 00:11:06,957 --> 00:11:08,709 for the first time. 286 00:11:08,751 --> 00:11:10,252 COMMENTATOR: And on this round, 287 00:11:10,294 --> 00:11:12,087 behold the boxing lord... 288 00:11:13,422 --> 00:11:16,008 COMMENTATOR 2: That would be Leonard's right shots. 289 00:11:25,934 --> 00:11:26,935 (BELL DINGING) 290 00:11:26,977 --> 00:11:28,353 COMMENTATOR: And that's the end of it. 291 00:11:29,813 --> 00:11:31,690 Man, everybody look at that. 292 00:11:32,483 --> 00:11:35,152 Ray Junior and Ray Senior. 293 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:38,655 LEONARD: I just felt a desire to be somebody. 294 00:11:38,697 --> 00:11:41,617 My career was nothing short of disastrous. 295 00:11:43,327 --> 00:11:44,995 MAN: Sugar Ray Leonard spent nine minutes 296 00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:46,413 in the ring last night 297 00:11:46,455 --> 00:11:48,081 and rocked his welterweight opponent from Ohio 298 00:11:48,123 --> 00:11:49,082 in the second round, 299 00:11:49,124 --> 00:11:50,959 putting him down to the canvas. 300 00:11:53,337 --> 00:11:55,923 REPORTER: As his manager, Leonard chose Angelo Dundee, 301 00:11:55,964 --> 00:11:57,800 who is connected and respected. 302 00:11:57,841 --> 00:12:00,594 Manager or trainer to eight world champions, 303 00:12:00,636 --> 00:12:02,471 most notably Muhammad Ali. 304 00:12:04,807 --> 00:12:06,141 Angelo was chosen because 305 00:12:06,183 --> 00:12:08,310 he was an old time boxing guy who was smart. 306 00:12:08,352 --> 00:12:09,603 There was never anyone better 307 00:12:09,645 --> 00:12:11,772 during a fight in a corner. 308 00:12:11,814 --> 00:12:14,399 Having Angelo be the face of the training team 309 00:12:14,441 --> 00:12:15,818 was a smart move. 310 00:12:15,859 --> 00:12:18,237 Angelo had been through it with the greatest. 311 00:12:18,278 --> 00:12:20,155 DUNDEE: Sugar Ray is probably the finest talent 312 00:12:20,197 --> 00:12:21,824 that I've had the pleasure of dealing with. 313 00:12:21,865 --> 00:12:24,159 And I know the people here. 314 00:12:24,201 --> 00:12:25,327 will want to take this kid, 315 00:12:25,369 --> 00:12:26,662 'cause he's like home cooking. 316 00:12:26,703 --> 00:12:28,247 FARHOOD: One thing that made his early days 317 00:12:28,288 --> 00:12:29,665 a little different from most fighters is, 318 00:12:29,706 --> 00:12:31,458 almost all of his fights were televised 319 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:32,334 on national television, 320 00:12:32,376 --> 00:12:33,752 because Ray got ratings, 321 00:12:33,794 --> 00:12:35,212 because he was already a star 322 00:12:35,254 --> 00:12:36,672 before he ever turned pro, 323 00:12:36,713 --> 00:12:38,048 and it was natural to put him on television. 324 00:12:40,050 --> 00:12:41,093 Ah, yeah! 325 00:12:43,887 --> 00:12:45,681 LEONARD: You know, I give thanks to the Olympics 326 00:12:45,722 --> 00:12:47,558 that boxing has become revitalized. 327 00:12:47,599 --> 00:12:48,684 It is hot now, 328 00:12:48,725 --> 00:12:50,185 and I'mma take advantage of it. 329 00:12:50,227 --> 00:12:52,479 I'm in no rush as far as the title's concerned. 330 00:12:52,521 --> 00:12:54,523 They're talking 800,000, 900,000. 331 00:12:54,565 --> 00:12:55,983 I want a million dollars. 332 00:12:56,024 --> 00:12:57,943 Because I wanna be the first little guy 333 00:12:57,985 --> 00:13:00,195 that fights for one-million dollar purse. 334 00:13:01,572 --> 00:13:03,156 Please don't fail me now 335 00:13:04,533 --> 00:13:06,618 FARHOOD: Angelo matched him very tough 336 00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:08,662 against all different kinds of opponents. 337 00:13:08,704 --> 00:13:10,372 And the reason Angelo matched him tough 338 00:13:10,414 --> 00:13:11,707 was 'cause he knew what he had. 339 00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:15,127 O'BRIEN: He had the showmanship of Ali, 340 00:13:15,168 --> 00:13:17,337 but he didn't have the controversial side 341 00:13:17,379 --> 00:13:18,130 that Ali had. 342 00:13:19,006 --> 00:13:21,633 It was all safer, clean cut. 343 00:13:21,675 --> 00:13:23,176 He was a nice young man. 344 00:13:23,218 --> 00:13:24,887 I heard that from, you know, from my grandmother. 345 00:13:24,928 --> 00:13:27,306 "Oh, he's a nice young man." 346 00:13:27,347 --> 00:13:29,391 LEONARD: For little Ray, he's three years old, 347 00:13:29,433 --> 00:13:32,227 I'm gonna make sure that he has all the things 348 00:13:32,269 --> 00:13:34,313 that I didn't have when I was coming up. 349 00:13:34,354 --> 00:13:35,898 Who's your favorite boxer? 350 00:13:35,939 --> 00:13:37,900 -There you go. (LAUGHS) -(WOMAN LAUGHS) 351 00:13:39,109 --> 00:13:40,319 As a contender, 352 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,696 the ultimate is the championship fight. 353 00:13:42,738 --> 00:13:43,906 And it was a scary feeling though 354 00:13:43,947 --> 00:13:45,574 because all of a sudden, 355 00:13:45,616 --> 00:13:48,118 now I'm up against this great champion. 356 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,413 Wilfred Benitez, that fight was so tough. 357 00:13:51,455 --> 00:13:53,957 One of my most difficult fights. 358 00:13:53,999 --> 00:13:56,418 COMMENTATOR 1: Benitez is a great fight. 359 00:13:56,460 --> 00:13:58,629 (BELL DINGS) 360 00:13:58,670 --> 00:14:02,883 Benitez beginning to throw his own left in this round. 361 00:14:02,925 --> 00:14:06,219 If he gets Leonard against the ropes... 362 00:14:06,261 --> 00:14:07,679 Right there, a quick left. 363 00:14:07,721 --> 00:14:09,514 Astonishing, Leonard. 364 00:14:09,556 --> 00:14:11,600 And Benitez unhappy with himself. 365 00:14:12,309 --> 00:14:13,477 You are watching 366 00:14:13,518 --> 00:14:16,772 two exceptionally definite fights. 367 00:14:16,813 --> 00:14:18,273 LEONARD: He was so elusive. 368 00:14:18,315 --> 00:14:20,692 I never missed so many punches in my life. 369 00:14:20,734 --> 00:14:21,902 But I never gave up. 370 00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:23,278 I never stopped throwing punches. 371 00:14:24,988 --> 00:14:27,783 You have to really dig deep, and it hurts. 372 00:14:27,824 --> 00:14:29,952 But to win, it's what it's all about. 373 00:14:29,993 --> 00:14:32,120 COMMENTATOR: And they're toe-to-toe! 374 00:14:32,162 --> 00:14:33,538 LEONARD: He had more experience than me, 375 00:14:33,580 --> 00:14:35,290 more talent than I did. 376 00:14:35,332 --> 00:14:36,458 I just had more heart. 377 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:37,542 COMMENTATOR: It's inevitable. 378 00:14:37,584 --> 00:14:38,710 It doesn't die. 379 00:14:38,752 --> 00:14:39,962 Look at the courage he's shown, 380 00:14:40,003 --> 00:14:41,630 or the skills he's shown. 381 00:14:41,672 --> 00:14:43,632 Maybe now they won't call 382 00:14:43,674 --> 00:14:45,384 Sugar Ray Leonard a hype. 383 00:14:45,425 --> 00:14:46,635 There it is! 384 00:14:46,677 --> 00:14:48,220 He's stopped the fight! 385 00:14:48,261 --> 00:14:51,932 And there is a new World Welterweight Champion! 386 00:14:51,974 --> 00:14:54,643 He comes upon the block now. 387 00:14:54,685 --> 00:14:57,270 His name is Ray Leonard. 388 00:15:04,987 --> 00:15:07,572 The quality of that card was absolutely incredible. 389 00:15:07,614 --> 00:15:09,574 Ray Leonard against Benitez, who was, I don't know, 390 00:15:09,616 --> 00:15:11,201 38 or something like that. 391 00:15:11,243 --> 00:15:13,745 And then the same night you have Marvin Hagler 392 00:15:13,787 --> 00:15:15,455 fighting for the middleweight title. 393 00:15:15,497 --> 00:15:16,873 It's totally amazing 394 00:15:16,915 --> 00:15:19,084 that that was on primetime national television. 395 00:15:19,126 --> 00:15:20,252 Hagler embodies 396 00:15:20,293 --> 00:15:22,462 the traditional American fighter. 397 00:15:22,504 --> 00:15:23,630 A working man. 398 00:15:23,672 --> 00:15:25,090 Nothing was ever handed to him. 399 00:15:25,132 --> 00:15:27,426 He was not being interviewed by Howard Cosell 400 00:15:27,467 --> 00:15:29,136 before he turned pro. 401 00:15:29,177 --> 00:15:31,430 He was a fighter from Brockton, Massachusetts. 402 00:15:31,471 --> 00:15:33,765 And good luck developing a home fan base 403 00:15:33,807 --> 00:15:34,850 in Brockton, Massachusetts, 404 00:15:34,891 --> 00:15:35,851 when you're a black middleweight 405 00:15:35,892 --> 00:15:37,644 without much of a name. 406 00:15:37,686 --> 00:15:40,355 Marvin Hagler didn't turn pro on national television. 407 00:15:40,397 --> 00:15:42,858 What Marvin had to do was take the hard route. 408 00:15:48,405 --> 00:15:50,866 Mad dog Johnny Baldwin thinks he's tough, 409 00:15:50,907 --> 00:15:53,160 but Marvelous Marv is twice as rough. 410 00:15:53,201 --> 00:15:55,662 My lightning right hand will score as well. 411 00:15:55,704 --> 00:15:57,456 My dynamite left will make the kill. 412 00:15:57,497 --> 00:15:59,916 Another step towards the middleweight crown. 413 00:15:59,958 --> 00:16:02,627 Get ready, Monzon, 'cause you're going down. 414 00:16:02,669 --> 00:16:03,712 INTERVIEWER: All right. 415 00:16:04,921 --> 00:16:07,424 Who were you at age 16 416 00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:09,342 when you began to box? 417 00:16:09,384 --> 00:16:11,970 HAGLER: I think at that time, I was searching. 418 00:16:12,012 --> 00:16:15,849 My ambition, I think, was to be somebody. 419 00:16:15,891 --> 00:16:18,477 My mother has six kids. I'm the oldest. 420 00:16:18,518 --> 00:16:20,562 She just say, "I like to see you grow up 421 00:16:20,604 --> 00:16:22,272 to be a strong boy. 422 00:16:22,314 --> 00:16:23,774 You gotta be different." 423 00:16:23,815 --> 00:16:25,609 I think, you know, I had to be noticed 424 00:16:25,650 --> 00:16:27,944 so I could be recognized, you know? 425 00:16:27,986 --> 00:16:30,697 Ah, he was only a kid about 14 or 15 years old. 426 00:16:30,739 --> 00:16:32,407 Just that good, tough, strong kid. 427 00:16:32,449 --> 00:16:35,243 You'd have to hit him with a 2x4 to knock him down. 428 00:16:35,285 --> 00:16:38,038 And he'd come in the gym, and uh, he always joked, 429 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:39,831 "Someday, I'm gonna be a champion." 430 00:16:39,873 --> 00:16:40,916 He was a short kid. 431 00:16:40,957 --> 00:16:42,417 You know, we heard all the time. 432 00:16:42,459 --> 00:16:43,585 But he never gave up. 433 00:16:43,627 --> 00:16:45,754 That's his nature. 434 00:16:45,796 --> 00:16:47,714 Marvin was a little bit behind me. 435 00:16:47,756 --> 00:16:49,174 We used to box. 436 00:16:49,216 --> 00:16:50,759 'Cause I was more experienced, 437 00:16:50,801 --> 00:16:52,260 I used to go a little easy. 438 00:16:53,303 --> 00:16:54,763 And as time went by, 439 00:16:54,805 --> 00:16:57,349 Marvin had to go a little easy with me. (CHUCKLES) 440 00:16:58,683 --> 00:17:00,185 He was awarded the outstanding fighter 441 00:17:00,227 --> 00:17:01,770 on the National Amateur tournament. 442 00:17:01,812 --> 00:17:03,188 That's where Ray Leonard get beat. 443 00:17:03,230 --> 00:17:06,066 Michael Spinks was there, (INDISTINCT) was on it. 444 00:17:06,108 --> 00:17:07,651 So Marvin was the greatest, the toughest. 445 00:17:07,692 --> 00:17:08,985 Then we went for the money. 446 00:17:09,945 --> 00:17:12,072 Marvin didn't have the luxury 447 00:17:12,114 --> 00:17:14,282 of trying to get an Olympic pedigree. 448 00:17:14,324 --> 00:17:15,867 He had to turn pro 449 00:17:15,909 --> 00:17:18,203 and earn a living for his family. 450 00:17:18,245 --> 00:17:20,080 And Leonard was able to stay amateur 451 00:17:20,122 --> 00:17:23,125 and get to the Olympics and build his name up. 452 00:17:25,669 --> 00:17:28,547 Marvelous Marvin Hagler is a boxer from Brockton, 453 00:17:28,588 --> 00:17:29,840 and a good one. 454 00:17:29,881 --> 00:17:32,259 The only mar on his record so far, a draw. 455 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:34,344 I'm working on the speed now, man. 456 00:17:34,386 --> 00:17:36,221 The power's there. I have the power. 457 00:17:36,263 --> 00:17:37,973 My hands are getting much faster, 458 00:17:38,014 --> 00:17:39,558 getting much smarter. 459 00:17:39,599 --> 00:17:40,934 And I'm learning every day. 460 00:17:40,976 --> 00:17:42,978 I'm learning different things. 461 00:17:43,019 --> 00:17:44,312 The famous saying about Marvin, of course, 462 00:17:44,354 --> 00:17:45,814 was that he had three things go against him: 463 00:17:45,856 --> 00:17:47,315 He was black, he was a southpaw, 464 00:17:47,357 --> 00:17:48,316 and he was good. 465 00:17:48,358 --> 00:17:49,568 So nobody wanted to fight him 466 00:17:49,609 --> 00:17:50,819 till the money was right. 467 00:17:50,861 --> 00:17:52,779 A lot of guys don't want to fight 468 00:17:52,821 --> 00:17:54,489 left-handed fighters. 469 00:17:54,531 --> 00:17:57,159 They say, "Oh, you can't look good with a southpaw." 470 00:17:58,660 --> 00:17:59,661 INTERVIEWER: What's the story? 471 00:17:59,703 --> 00:18:01,037 You've been going three years, 472 00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:02,414 you know, when are you ready to hit the big guy? 473 00:18:02,455 --> 00:18:03,582 HAGLER: I'm looking. I've been looking for him. 474 00:18:03,623 --> 00:18:04,708 I've been on radio, I've been on TV. 475 00:18:04,749 --> 00:18:05,750 I've been calling everybody out 476 00:18:05,792 --> 00:18:06,918 that I can think of. 477 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,044 'Cause I ain't heard nothing, 478 00:18:08,086 --> 00:18:09,588 and the longer they stay away from me, 479 00:18:09,629 --> 00:18:10,714 the better I'm gonna get, 480 00:18:10,755 --> 00:18:12,340 so they better come and get me now. 481 00:18:13,675 --> 00:18:15,719 You know, how many fights do I have to fight 482 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,012 before I have to prove to these people 483 00:18:17,053 --> 00:18:19,472 that I'm eligible for a middleweight title? 484 00:18:19,514 --> 00:18:21,600 I'm trying to see how these other guys get a shot 485 00:18:21,641 --> 00:18:23,476 with only 16, 17 fights. 486 00:18:23,518 --> 00:18:25,645 Trying to learn the politics about the game. 487 00:18:25,687 --> 00:18:27,981 What I believe they want me to do is get disgusted. 488 00:18:28,023 --> 00:18:29,733 Get all torn down, ready to give up, 489 00:18:29,774 --> 00:18:31,109 ready to quit. 490 00:18:31,151 --> 00:18:33,862 But I'm not. I take it out on my opponents. 491 00:18:33,904 --> 00:18:35,822 There's a school of thought that 492 00:18:35,864 --> 00:18:38,450 Marvin developed a chip on his shoulder 493 00:18:38,491 --> 00:18:42,537 because people didn't recognize how good he was. 494 00:18:42,579 --> 00:18:45,165 My sense is that Marvin had a chip on his shoulder 495 00:18:45,207 --> 00:18:47,334 long before he entered boxing, 496 00:18:47,375 --> 00:18:49,294 and he kept it there his whole life. 497 00:18:54,174 --> 00:18:55,425 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) 498 00:18:56,092 --> 00:18:57,761 (GRUNTS) 499 00:18:57,802 --> 00:18:59,971 Hagler, nobody wanted to fight him. 500 00:19:00,013 --> 00:19:01,556 I was doing all the middleweight 501 00:19:01,598 --> 00:19:03,016 championship fights 502 00:19:03,058 --> 00:19:06,811 and I got two letters that came the same day. 503 00:19:06,853 --> 00:19:08,939 One was from Tip O'Neill 504 00:19:08,980 --> 00:19:10,815 and the other from Teddy Kennedy 505 00:19:10,857 --> 00:19:14,486 that unless I gave their constituent Marvin Hagler 506 00:19:14,527 --> 00:19:16,029 a shot at the title, 507 00:19:16,071 --> 00:19:19,199 I would have my ass hauled before Congress. 508 00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:21,409 So I said, "Hey, I don't need this trouble," 509 00:19:21,451 --> 00:19:25,247 and I agreed to match him for the world title. 510 00:19:28,541 --> 00:19:30,043 (GRUNTS) 511 00:19:30,085 --> 00:19:31,920 I'm gonna be mean and lean, 512 00:19:31,962 --> 00:19:33,755 destructive and destroy. 513 00:19:33,797 --> 00:19:35,590 It's all that's on my mind. 514 00:19:35,632 --> 00:19:40,053 Vito the Mosquito, I'm gonna swat him like a fly. 515 00:19:40,095 --> 00:19:42,389 MAN: Hagler chants his mantra 516 00:19:42,430 --> 00:19:44,266 about Vito Antuofermo, 517 00:19:44,307 --> 00:19:46,268 the middleweight champion of the world, 518 00:19:46,309 --> 00:19:48,353 whom he meets in Las Vegas next month 519 00:19:48,395 --> 00:19:50,272 with the undisputed title at stake. 520 00:20:00,323 --> 00:20:03,326 Vito the Mosquito. The man must fall. 521 00:20:04,494 --> 00:20:06,746 ARUM: Marvin really bitched at me. 522 00:20:06,788 --> 00:20:09,541 "Why am I on an undercard with Leonard? 523 00:20:09,582 --> 00:20:12,585 This guy who has everything done for him?" 524 00:20:12,627 --> 00:20:14,045 And I said, "Well, hey, 525 00:20:14,087 --> 00:20:16,089 that's how we got on prime time, 526 00:20:16,131 --> 00:20:18,633 so just be thankful." 527 00:20:18,675 --> 00:20:21,136 COMMENTATOR: Hagler totally poised and calm. 528 00:20:22,512 --> 00:20:25,807 I've been mainly Southhall style as Hagler. 529 00:20:25,849 --> 00:20:29,436 Look for him to mix that up as the fight progresses. 530 00:20:29,477 --> 00:20:31,104 To me, that fight is emblematic 531 00:20:31,146 --> 00:20:33,857 of what Marvin Hagler faced in life. 532 00:20:33,898 --> 00:20:36,484 And I don't know if it's a grand conspiracy. 533 00:20:36,526 --> 00:20:38,028 It was just he was constantly 534 00:20:38,069 --> 00:20:40,155 looked past a little bit. 535 00:20:40,196 --> 00:20:42,365 Even with the way judges scored his fights, 536 00:20:42,407 --> 00:20:44,826 the way people perceived him sometimes, 537 00:20:44,868 --> 00:20:48,204 he just never quite got the respect he deserved. 538 00:20:48,872 --> 00:20:50,623 (INDISTINCT COMMENTARY) 539 00:20:55,045 --> 00:20:56,713 A lot of people, including Hagler, 540 00:20:56,755 --> 00:20:59,341 sure felt that he won that fight against Vito, 541 00:20:59,382 --> 00:21:01,676 a guy that everyone thought he'd run right through. 542 00:21:01,718 --> 00:21:04,471 COMMENTATOR: Right then left then combination. 543 00:21:04,512 --> 00:21:06,514 ATLAS: Sometimes when you fight a great fighter, 544 00:21:06,556 --> 00:21:07,974 it raises you up. 545 00:21:08,016 --> 00:21:09,309 On that night, 546 00:21:09,351 --> 00:21:11,186 Antuofermo was a better fighter 547 00:21:11,227 --> 00:21:12,562 than he'd ever been in his life. 548 00:21:18,735 --> 00:21:20,362 (BELL DINGING) 549 00:21:25,033 --> 00:21:26,868 MAN: The decision is a draw. 550 00:21:26,910 --> 00:21:28,370 COMMENTATOR: It's a draw. 551 00:21:29,871 --> 00:21:31,998 Vito retains the title! 552 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,208 ATLAS: Call it fate. 553 00:21:33,249 --> 00:21:34,417 Call it whatever you want to call it. 554 00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:35,877 We're going to give you a draw. 555 00:21:35,919 --> 00:21:39,339 Let's see if you're truly worthy of this destiny. 556 00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:41,549 MAN 1: One of the most egregious decisions 557 00:21:41,591 --> 00:21:42,759 in boxing. 558 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:44,344 MAN 2: The worst screwing Marvin ever got. 559 00:21:44,386 --> 00:21:46,262 MAN 3: He won that fight from here to Newark. 560 00:21:46,304 --> 00:21:48,598 MAN 4: Clearly wins the fight. 561 00:21:51,267 --> 00:21:52,852 ATLAS: Somebody had a plan for him. 562 00:21:52,894 --> 00:21:55,647 That voice up above, that bellowing voice, 563 00:21:56,606 --> 00:21:59,442 "Marvin, not yet. 564 00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:00,944 You'll get all the recognition 565 00:22:00,985 --> 00:22:02,404 that you strive for. 566 00:22:03,780 --> 00:22:06,074 But yours has to be a special journey. 567 00:22:06,741 --> 00:22:07,617 A harder journey." 568 00:22:11,204 --> 00:22:12,372 Good evening. 569 00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:14,541 I want to talk to you right now 570 00:22:14,582 --> 00:22:19,921 about a fundamental threat to American democracy. 571 00:22:19,963 --> 00:22:23,591 It is a crisis of confidence. 572 00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:26,261 This period, this transition if you like, 573 00:22:26,302 --> 00:22:29,180 from the 1970s to the 1980s, 574 00:22:29,222 --> 00:22:33,351 is an extraordinary turning point for the United States. 575 00:22:33,393 --> 00:22:36,146 Carter was extremely decent man, 576 00:22:36,187 --> 00:22:38,064 but he was not a good president 577 00:22:38,106 --> 00:22:39,607 in terms of being a bureaucrat 578 00:22:39,649 --> 00:22:41,234 or getting things through Congress. 579 00:22:41,276 --> 00:22:42,944 He's a peanut farmer 580 00:22:42,986 --> 00:22:45,447 and he don't know how to run this country. Believe it. 581 00:22:45,488 --> 00:22:47,782 I think you can't give a boy a man's job. 582 00:22:47,824 --> 00:22:49,951 He's trying to convince the American people 583 00:22:49,993 --> 00:22:51,494 to trust him 584 00:22:51,536 --> 00:22:53,663 and these people just don't want to hear 585 00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:55,123 what he's having to say. 586 00:22:55,165 --> 00:22:56,666 Americans are hurting. 587 00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:59,002 So what does Jimmy Carter do? 588 00:22:59,043 --> 00:23:00,587 He scolds Americans. 589 00:23:00,628 --> 00:23:02,547 He says, "We're going to have to tighten our belts." 590 00:23:02,589 --> 00:23:05,425 Too many of us now tend to worship 591 00:23:05,467 --> 00:23:08,636 self-indulgence and consumption. 592 00:23:08,678 --> 00:23:12,307 Human identity is no longer defined 593 00:23:12,348 --> 00:23:17,312 by what one does, but by what one owns. 594 00:23:17,353 --> 00:23:19,147 Will you come in, Mystery Challenger, 595 00:23:19,189 --> 00:23:20,356 and sign in, please? 596 00:23:25,278 --> 00:23:26,988 Well, judging from the applause, 597 00:23:27,030 --> 00:23:28,948 I take it that you are a performer? 598 00:23:28,990 --> 00:23:30,450 I don't know. Yeah, yeah. 599 00:23:30,492 --> 00:23:32,494 That's right, that's right, that's right. 600 00:23:32,535 --> 00:23:34,746 Are you good looking and uh, 601 00:23:34,787 --> 00:23:37,665 considered a dreamboat type by the girls? 602 00:23:37,707 --> 00:23:39,834 You have your answer there, Miss Dorothy. 603 00:23:39,876 --> 00:23:41,127 DOROTHY: Are you Ronald Reagan? 604 00:23:41,169 --> 00:23:42,879 Ronald Reagan. That's right. 605 00:23:42,921 --> 00:23:46,007 Ronald Reagan would come on screen on a horse 606 00:23:46,049 --> 00:23:47,342 with his cowboy hat. 607 00:23:47,383 --> 00:23:49,469 First of all he's Governor of California, 608 00:23:49,511 --> 00:23:52,222 But he was also an actor, he was a movie star. 609 00:23:52,263 --> 00:23:54,182 People are like "He's going to help us." 610 00:23:54,224 --> 00:23:55,683 When I was a kid, a friend of mine, 611 00:23:55,725 --> 00:23:57,393 his mother would give him castor oil. 612 00:23:57,435 --> 00:23:59,771 I tried it once. It's just nasty as hell. 613 00:23:59,812 --> 00:24:01,981 But that's Carter, like "Look, this is the truth. 614 00:24:02,023 --> 00:24:03,274 Here's your castor oil." 615 00:24:03,316 --> 00:24:05,235 Reagan's giving you a spoonful of sugar. 616 00:24:05,276 --> 00:24:06,861 Now that's not good for you, but it is like, 617 00:24:06,903 --> 00:24:09,864 "Give me some more that. I want some more." 618 00:24:09,906 --> 00:24:12,116 GREER: You don't know a seismic shift, 619 00:24:12,158 --> 00:24:13,868 except in retrospect. 620 00:24:13,910 --> 00:24:16,704 When I look back now, of course, it was massive. 621 00:24:16,746 --> 00:24:20,875 Muhammad Ali made boxing a metaphor for the struggle. 622 00:24:20,917 --> 00:24:23,002 ALI: I want to use my name for righteousness, 623 00:24:23,044 --> 00:24:25,046 for Allah's sake, for God's sake, 624 00:24:25,088 --> 00:24:26,798 for helping my people unite. 625 00:24:26,839 --> 00:24:29,384 This is the main thing that keeps me fighting. 626 00:24:29,425 --> 00:24:32,804 GREER: But by the '80s, it becomes a metaphor 627 00:24:32,845 --> 00:24:36,057 for this whole idea of individualism 628 00:24:36,099 --> 00:24:39,060 you know, every man, woman for him or herself. 629 00:24:39,102 --> 00:24:40,228 You know, people ask me to say, 630 00:24:40,270 --> 00:24:42,981 "Hey, did you try to surpass Ali 631 00:24:43,022 --> 00:24:44,566 in as far as doing his thing?" 632 00:24:44,607 --> 00:24:48,236 I said "Physically, I don't try to surpass Ali, 633 00:24:48,278 --> 00:24:49,571 financially I do." 634 00:24:49,612 --> 00:24:51,739 (LAUGHTER) 635 00:24:51,781 --> 00:24:53,908 Leonard was the golden boy. 636 00:24:53,950 --> 00:24:55,201 He got the gold medal 637 00:24:55,243 --> 00:24:56,536 and because he had the gold medal, 638 00:24:56,578 --> 00:24:58,288 you know, he's fighting for $40,000 639 00:24:58,329 --> 00:24:59,664 in his first pro fight 640 00:24:59,706 --> 00:25:00,832 and, of course, 641 00:25:00,873 --> 00:25:02,584 Hagler was taking the tougher route. 642 00:25:02,625 --> 00:25:05,295 MAN: So I take the pictures so that we can simulate 643 00:25:05,336 --> 00:25:07,755 that it's near the end of the fight. 644 00:25:07,797 --> 00:25:10,091 You know, I want you to be kind of tired 645 00:25:10,133 --> 00:25:11,593 but victorious. 646 00:25:12,385 --> 00:25:13,511 A guy like Hagler, 647 00:25:13,553 --> 00:25:15,430 he wasn't image conscious at all. 648 00:25:16,598 --> 00:25:18,308 He just wanted to be a fighter, 649 00:25:18,349 --> 00:25:19,809 Given what he had to do 650 00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:21,769 and the price he had to pay to reach the top, 651 00:25:21,811 --> 00:25:23,021 he's going to look at a guy like Leonard 652 00:25:23,062 --> 00:25:25,189 and say "Everything was handed to him." 653 00:25:25,231 --> 00:25:26,608 Even though that wasn't true, 654 00:25:26,649 --> 00:25:28,276 it's very easy to see how Marvin would think that. 655 00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:30,361 (ANNOUNCER SPEAKING) 656 00:25:38,494 --> 00:25:40,038 MAN: That bald-headed fellow there 657 00:25:40,079 --> 00:25:41,289 is Marvin Hagler, Don. 658 00:25:41,331 --> 00:25:42,749 DON: I'm glad to know that, Larry. 659 00:25:42,790 --> 00:25:44,876 LARRY: He is the most outstanding fighter 660 00:25:44,917 --> 00:25:47,795 to come out of this region in recent years. 661 00:25:47,837 --> 00:25:50,256 With Hagler, he's just good. 662 00:25:50,298 --> 00:25:52,800 But that doesn't work for a promoter sometimes. 663 00:25:53,843 --> 00:25:55,470 What else are you? 664 00:25:55,511 --> 00:25:56,971 Tell me, what else you got? 665 00:25:58,264 --> 00:26:00,141 I remember Ray was doing commentary 666 00:26:00,183 --> 00:26:01,309 on national television. 667 00:26:01,351 --> 00:26:02,644 Ray spoke beautifully. 668 00:26:02,685 --> 00:26:04,479 Marvin was a little more shy. 669 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:05,897 Sugar Ray Leonard, Ladies and gentlemen. 670 00:26:05,938 --> 00:26:08,399 You look right into there, let them have a look at you. 671 00:26:08,441 --> 00:26:10,818 ATLAS: So you combine all these factors 672 00:26:10,860 --> 00:26:12,612 and it took a while longer for Marvin 673 00:26:12,654 --> 00:26:14,781 to get recognized by American television. 674 00:26:19,911 --> 00:26:22,205 ANNOUNCER: Spanning the globe to bring you 675 00:26:22,246 --> 00:26:24,499 the constant variety of sport. 676 00:26:24,540 --> 00:26:28,503 Today, live on ABC's Wide World of Sports, 677 00:26:28,544 --> 00:26:30,129 you're going to see boxing 678 00:26:30,171 --> 00:26:33,800 of the most exciting type in the world. 679 00:26:33,841 --> 00:26:36,177 Well, we're on camera now, Sugar Ray. 680 00:26:36,219 --> 00:26:37,679 And that's the Clint Jackson 681 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,848 that we really expected to be fighting at Montreal. 682 00:26:41,974 --> 00:26:43,768 Well, he's well groomed. 683 00:26:43,810 --> 00:26:46,020 I wish you'd put on your headset, Sugar Ray, 684 00:26:46,062 --> 00:26:47,438 so we can hear you. 685 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,190 That was an exciting fight, 686 00:26:49,232 --> 00:26:51,484 one of the best we have seen, 687 00:26:51,526 --> 00:26:53,361 and we've seen nothing but good fights today. 688 00:26:53,403 --> 00:26:54,821 Right now coming up, 689 00:26:54,862 --> 00:26:57,365 you're going to see a youngster from Detroit. 690 00:26:57,407 --> 00:26:59,992 Just 17 years of age, named Hearns, 691 00:27:00,034 --> 00:27:02,954 one of the slickest boxers you'd want to see. 692 00:27:02,995 --> 00:27:04,580 Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns 693 00:27:04,622 --> 00:27:06,916 was a brilliantly gifted fighter 694 00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:09,210 from the Kronk Gym in Detroit, 695 00:27:09,252 --> 00:27:11,212 described by Emanuel Steward, 696 00:27:11,254 --> 00:27:12,255 his Hall of Fame trainer, 697 00:27:12,296 --> 00:27:13,840 as the Elvis Presley of boxing. 698 00:27:15,425 --> 00:27:18,469 BERNSTEIN: Hearns, live, angular, splendid. 699 00:27:18,511 --> 00:27:20,763 Has a lot of movement. 700 00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:22,974 Sugar Ray, that's what it takes 701 00:27:23,015 --> 00:27:24,517 to beat these fighters, doesn't it? 702 00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:26,894 LEONARD: Hearns is a good, clean boxer 703 00:27:26,936 --> 00:27:29,522 and he has a good height and quickness. 704 00:27:29,564 --> 00:27:32,233 This is a great asset in amateur boxing. 705 00:27:32,275 --> 00:27:34,485 BERNSTEIN: Hearns 17, you 21, 706 00:27:34,527 --> 00:27:36,154 you're getting old, Sugar Ray. 707 00:27:36,195 --> 00:27:37,572 (LEONARD CHUCKLES) Not yet, Al. 708 00:27:41,033 --> 00:27:42,326 COMMENTATOR: We thought there could be 709 00:27:42,368 --> 00:27:43,745 no question about it. 710 00:27:43,786 --> 00:27:46,497 So, the United States takes a five to three... 711 00:27:50,877 --> 00:27:52,754 Tommy was a great amateur, 712 00:27:52,795 --> 00:27:54,005 really accomplished amateur. 713 00:27:54,046 --> 00:27:56,340 Emanuel Steward strengthened Tommy, 714 00:27:56,382 --> 00:27:57,884 and it was a bond that lasted 715 00:27:57,925 --> 00:27:58,885 all through their life. 716 00:28:01,637 --> 00:28:03,264 COMMENTATOR: Oh, that's a left to the body 717 00:28:03,306 --> 00:28:04,557 and right to the chin. 718 00:28:04,599 --> 00:28:06,267 One of the best combinations in boxing. 719 00:28:06,309 --> 00:28:08,561 Thomas lost close decisions, 720 00:28:08,603 --> 00:28:11,397 the Olympic trials back to Aaron Pryor, 721 00:28:11,439 --> 00:28:13,107 who was 20 years old at the time, 722 00:28:13,149 --> 00:28:14,776 a big political favorite. 723 00:28:14,817 --> 00:28:18,070 ANNOUNCER: That's it. Pryor is your champion. 724 00:28:31,334 --> 00:28:32,668 O'BRIEN: For Hearns, 725 00:28:32,710 --> 00:28:34,504 the disappointment of missing the Olympics 726 00:28:34,545 --> 00:28:36,756 fueled him to changing that style. 727 00:28:36,798 --> 00:28:38,341 So he became a very different 728 00:28:38,382 --> 00:28:39,884 and very effective pro. 729 00:28:39,926 --> 00:28:41,219 STEWARD: When he turned professional 730 00:28:41,260 --> 00:28:42,804 we focused a lot on 731 00:28:42,845 --> 00:28:44,639 teaching him to tighten up at the end of the punches, 732 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:45,932 add a little bit more body weight, 733 00:28:45,973 --> 00:28:48,559 but still maintain his boxing skills. 734 00:28:48,601 --> 00:28:50,102 Tommy as an amateur 735 00:28:50,144 --> 00:28:51,813 was more of the peck and poke style. 736 00:28:51,854 --> 00:28:54,649 Tall guy, 6'2", jabbed a lot, 737 00:28:54,690 --> 00:28:56,609 hadn't discovered the power in his right hand, 738 00:28:56,651 --> 00:28:57,819 probably because he hadn't been taught 739 00:28:57,860 --> 00:28:59,111 how to properly throw the right hand. 740 00:28:59,153 --> 00:29:00,822 Enter Emanuel Steward, all of a sudden, 741 00:29:00,863 --> 00:29:02,490 you have a tremendous puncher. 742 00:29:04,033 --> 00:29:06,828 MAN: Young and handsome, and somewhat shy 743 00:29:06,869 --> 00:29:08,996 Tommy turned pro only last year. 744 00:29:09,038 --> 00:29:10,832 He's demolished all of his opponents 745 00:29:10,873 --> 00:29:12,166 by knockout. 746 00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:13,709 INTERVIEWER: When you came in here at Kronk, 747 00:29:13,751 --> 00:29:15,753 when you were just a kid, 748 00:29:15,795 --> 00:29:17,839 did you ever think you'd do this much? 749 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,299 Yes, I felt that, you know, as I was coming up, 750 00:29:20,341 --> 00:29:22,260 I used to have dreams that 751 00:29:22,301 --> 00:29:25,054 I would at some time be the champion of the world. 752 00:29:26,097 --> 00:29:27,890 (CROWD CHEERING) 753 00:29:30,017 --> 00:29:32,061 I realized near the very beginning, 754 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:33,354 "This kid's a freak." 755 00:29:33,396 --> 00:29:34,730 Most of the welterweights 756 00:29:34,772 --> 00:29:36,649 were, you know, 5'7", 5'8". 757 00:29:36,691 --> 00:29:38,359 He's like 6'1.5" 758 00:29:38,401 --> 00:29:40,403 and he's got a 78 inch reach. 759 00:29:43,823 --> 00:29:46,868 He was just different. He stood out. 760 00:29:48,619 --> 00:29:50,913 (CROWD CHEERING) 761 00:29:52,540 --> 00:29:53,708 INTERVIEWER: Okay. What's next? 762 00:29:53,749 --> 00:29:55,501 -Can you get Sugar Ray? -I don't think so. 763 00:29:55,543 --> 00:29:56,711 -No? -No. 764 00:29:56,752 --> 00:29:58,296 Leonard won't fight us on any conditions 765 00:29:58,337 --> 00:29:59,630 we have been told, he'll wait 766 00:29:59,672 --> 00:30:01,007 until Tommy grows into middleweight 767 00:30:01,048 --> 00:30:02,466 which means he'll have to wait for two years 768 00:30:02,508 --> 00:30:03,551 before making his move. 769 00:30:04,719 --> 00:30:06,721 (INDISTINCT COMMENTARY) 770 00:30:12,768 --> 00:30:15,646 Thomas combined that huge reach and height 771 00:30:15,688 --> 00:30:17,732 with frightening right-hand power. 772 00:30:21,444 --> 00:30:23,029 And in boxing, for boxing fans, 773 00:30:23,070 --> 00:30:25,615 there is nothing as appealing as a big puncher. 774 00:30:27,241 --> 00:30:28,451 INTERVIEWER: What's your strategy? 775 00:30:28,492 --> 00:30:29,744 Well, first two rounds 776 00:30:29,785 --> 00:30:31,412 I was planning on just coming out, 777 00:30:31,454 --> 00:30:33,039 just trying to give my boxing best 778 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,082 then I would try bigger shots from there. 779 00:30:35,124 --> 00:30:36,959 Knockout or are you gonna predict anything? 780 00:30:37,001 --> 00:30:39,587 Not predicting, I'm not predicting anything. 781 00:30:39,629 --> 00:30:41,088 MAN: Tommy Hearns is unbeaten, 782 00:30:41,130 --> 00:30:43,132 winning all his fights by knockouts, 783 00:30:43,174 --> 00:30:44,926 all by the third round. 784 00:30:44,967 --> 00:30:47,219 But he'll be put to the test by Pedro Rojas, 785 00:30:47,261 --> 00:30:49,805 ranked third in the world by the World Boxing Council. 786 00:30:49,847 --> 00:30:52,058 Rojas will be Hearns' stiffest test to date. 787 00:30:57,813 --> 00:31:00,441 When Tommy turned pro, he was popping 'em out. 788 00:31:00,483 --> 00:31:01,734 One fight after another 789 00:31:01,776 --> 00:31:03,069 at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit. 790 00:31:03,110 --> 00:31:04,695 Pop, another one round there. 791 00:31:04,737 --> 00:31:06,113 Pop, another one round knockout. 792 00:31:11,827 --> 00:31:13,788 You did not get popcorn or beer 793 00:31:13,829 --> 00:31:15,206 before the fight started. 794 00:31:16,248 --> 00:31:17,458 You sat down there, 795 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:18,626 'cause if you blinked 796 00:31:18,668 --> 00:31:19,961 or you started talking to someone else, 797 00:31:20,002 --> 00:31:21,629 you would miss that fight. 798 00:31:24,340 --> 00:31:25,883 (BELL DINGING) 799 00:31:27,593 --> 00:31:28,636 MAN: I thought you said 800 00:31:28,678 --> 00:31:29,637 you're gonna give us a chance. 801 00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:30,638 You were gonna coast the first round. 802 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:31,472 Why did you beat him so quick? 803 00:31:31,514 --> 00:31:33,015 I never said that. 804 00:31:33,057 --> 00:31:35,142 What do you think, Emanuel, now? What's next for Tommy? 805 00:31:35,184 --> 00:31:37,103 Whoever's between us and the championship, 806 00:31:37,144 --> 00:31:39,939 that's who we want next, that is willing to fight us. 807 00:31:39,981 --> 00:31:42,316 Although most of the guys are afraid. 808 00:31:42,358 --> 00:31:45,361 Leonard was the one that we wanted. 809 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:47,947 Emanuel and Tommy, everybody talked. 810 00:31:47,989 --> 00:31:50,324 Ray Leonard, Ray Leonard, Ray Leonard. 811 00:31:50,366 --> 00:31:52,284 There's been a lot of criticism that 812 00:31:52,326 --> 00:31:54,370 I'm afraid to fight Tommy Hearns. 813 00:31:55,913 --> 00:31:57,331 I will say that when the money is right, 814 00:31:57,373 --> 00:31:58,332 then I will fight. 815 00:31:58,374 --> 00:31:59,542 But you're not dodging him or anything? 816 00:31:59,583 --> 00:32:01,043 No, that's baloney. 817 00:32:01,085 --> 00:32:02,586 I mean, just put him in the ring 818 00:32:02,628 --> 00:32:04,171 and I got a very talented youngster. 819 00:32:04,213 --> 00:32:05,423 He's very talented. 820 00:32:05,464 --> 00:32:07,675 What the heck? Let's go. 821 00:32:07,717 --> 00:32:10,678 Sugar Ray Leonard had higher ambitions 822 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,263 than Tommy Hearns. 823 00:32:12,304 --> 00:32:14,306 Didn't want to just be a great champion. 824 00:32:14,348 --> 00:32:17,643 He wanted to be something beyond that. 825 00:32:17,685 --> 00:32:20,604 LEONARD: I had a certain persona that was different. 826 00:32:20,646 --> 00:32:22,189 In other words, people considered me 827 00:32:22,231 --> 00:32:24,692 more of a personality than just a boxer. 828 00:32:25,401 --> 00:32:27,111 And I value that. 829 00:32:27,153 --> 00:32:29,822 The Four Kings model is so interesting to me 830 00:32:29,864 --> 00:32:31,866 because you really have Ray Leonard 831 00:32:31,907 --> 00:32:34,535 as the only marketable figure, 832 00:32:34,577 --> 00:32:36,537 the only person who can speak 833 00:32:36,579 --> 00:32:38,581 to the educated masses. 834 00:32:38,622 --> 00:32:42,043 We talk about fighters who understand the media 835 00:32:42,084 --> 00:32:44,712 and can talk better and get their point across. 836 00:32:44,754 --> 00:32:46,505 The same thing with politicians. 837 00:32:46,547 --> 00:32:49,759 Reagan was an actor, but people bought into it. 838 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:50,968 He could talk to you. 839 00:32:52,094 --> 00:32:54,388 Most voters in the United States 840 00:32:54,430 --> 00:32:57,224 are what we would call low information voters. 841 00:32:57,266 --> 00:32:59,226 It's much more based on marketing. 842 00:32:59,268 --> 00:33:01,562 If a candidate can come up with the right slogan, 843 00:33:01,604 --> 00:33:04,398 that candidate has a huge advantage over other people. 844 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:05,649 And Reagan did that. 845 00:33:05,691 --> 00:33:08,778 ...and that you, along with us, 846 00:33:08,819 --> 00:33:11,739 can make America great again. 847 00:33:11,781 --> 00:33:13,324 That's what we're going to do. 848 00:33:13,365 --> 00:33:14,909 Thank you very much. 849 00:33:16,744 --> 00:33:18,496 Remember the American electorate 850 00:33:18,537 --> 00:33:22,833 think that all politicians are crooks, are liars. 851 00:33:22,875 --> 00:33:24,585 The candidate they'll support 852 00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:28,422 is the one they think will give them something 853 00:33:28,464 --> 00:33:29,840 because they expect 854 00:33:29,882 --> 00:33:32,259 from the average politician, nothing. 855 00:33:32,301 --> 00:33:35,429 You can make your family's life much better. 856 00:33:35,471 --> 00:33:37,556 WOLFF: He had the corporate seal of approval 857 00:33:37,598 --> 00:33:40,267 from one of the five most important corporations 858 00:33:40,309 --> 00:33:41,352 in America, 859 00:33:41,393 --> 00:33:42,895 namely General Electric. 860 00:33:42,937 --> 00:33:45,481 ...for General Electric, here is Ronald Reagan. 861 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:47,066 People thought that he was 862 00:33:47,108 --> 00:33:49,443 at the edges of the Republican Party. 863 00:33:49,485 --> 00:33:51,821 So by the time you get to the '80s, 864 00:33:51,862 --> 00:33:53,155 this is a man who's been governor, 865 00:33:53,197 --> 00:33:54,573 this is a man who's tried to get 866 00:33:54,615 --> 00:33:56,450 the Republican nomination a couple of times. 867 00:33:56,492 --> 00:33:58,327 So he had his hands on the pulse of 868 00:33:58,369 --> 00:34:00,329 American conservativism. 869 00:34:00,371 --> 00:34:03,165 He was a sure mannequin speaking 870 00:34:03,207 --> 00:34:05,835 whatever lines the people around him wrote. 871 00:34:05,876 --> 00:34:07,795 REAGAN: A troubled and afflicted mankind 872 00:34:07,837 --> 00:34:09,296 looks to us 873 00:34:09,338 --> 00:34:13,342 that we will become that shining city on a hill. 874 00:34:13,384 --> 00:34:14,760 I believe that together, 875 00:34:14,802 --> 00:34:17,304 we can keep this rendezvous with destiny. 876 00:34:20,432 --> 00:34:22,810 And that's the same kind of thing with Ray Leonard. 877 00:34:22,852 --> 00:34:23,978 Leonard was a darling. 878 00:34:24,019 --> 00:34:26,230 He wasn't a threat to America. 879 00:34:26,272 --> 00:34:28,774 Everybody embraced him because he had that smile 880 00:34:28,816 --> 00:34:30,109 and all he was doing was fighting 881 00:34:30,151 --> 00:34:31,902 and he wasn't saying anything else. 882 00:34:31,944 --> 00:34:33,362 You know, I feel like an idiot doing this. 883 00:34:34,363 --> 00:34:36,073 (OLD SCHOOL RAP MUSIC PLAYING) 884 00:34:38,284 --> 00:34:41,495 (SINGING JINGLE) 885 00:34:41,537 --> 00:34:44,081 To call Sugar Ray Leonard apolitical 886 00:34:44,123 --> 00:34:46,417 is to ignore the politics of the '80s. 887 00:34:46,458 --> 00:34:48,002 Sugar Ray Leonard's narrative 888 00:34:48,043 --> 00:34:50,254 was that he was a bootstraps capitalist 889 00:34:50,296 --> 00:34:52,298 who pulled himself up from nothing, 890 00:34:52,339 --> 00:34:54,633 who supported the country, who was patriotic. 891 00:34:54,675 --> 00:34:57,178 It plays into Reagan's narrative well. 892 00:34:57,219 --> 00:34:58,888 I'm so glad you could join us. 893 00:34:58,929 --> 00:35:00,222 I love your commercials. 894 00:35:00,264 --> 00:35:01,974 That's the problem of so many fighters. 895 00:35:02,016 --> 00:35:03,225 You want to be accepted. 896 00:35:03,267 --> 00:35:04,476 You think of Mohammed Ali, 897 00:35:04,518 --> 00:35:05,686 how great he was. 898 00:35:05,728 --> 00:35:07,229 The only things I remember him endorsing 899 00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:09,398 was roach spray and shoe polish. 900 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:10,691 I mean roaches. 901 00:35:10,733 --> 00:35:13,152 I'm going to show you how you remove roaches. 902 00:35:13,194 --> 00:35:15,070 PAIGE: I think it's safe to say that Ray Leonard 903 00:35:15,112 --> 00:35:16,697 was the first of a group 904 00:35:16,739 --> 00:35:18,449 of television babies and athletes 905 00:35:18,490 --> 00:35:21,493 where he wasn't doing an ethnic commercial. 906 00:35:21,535 --> 00:35:22,745 He was doing 7up. 907 00:35:22,786 --> 00:35:24,038 He was doing commercials 908 00:35:24,079 --> 00:35:25,873 that would run on all network. 909 00:35:25,915 --> 00:35:27,666 I can feel it's coming now 910 00:35:27,708 --> 00:35:29,210 A fresh look on the sea 911 00:35:29,251 --> 00:35:31,212 With a whole new style of living 912 00:35:31,253 --> 00:35:33,672 Light and crisp and clean 913 00:35:33,714 --> 00:35:35,549 Ray Leonard recognized 914 00:35:35,591 --> 00:35:37,384 there was an inevitable 915 00:35:37,426 --> 00:35:41,055 new age of entertainment and sports 916 00:35:41,096 --> 00:35:43,474 getting closer and closer to each other. 917 00:35:45,517 --> 00:35:46,644 He planted the seed 918 00:35:46,685 --> 00:35:48,812 where so many athletes, not just boxing, 919 00:35:48,854 --> 00:35:50,064 but in other sports, saying, 920 00:35:50,105 --> 00:35:51,857 "Wait a minute, there's money to be made." 921 00:35:51,899 --> 00:35:54,193 Yes, it's safe to say that Leonard paved the way 922 00:35:54,235 --> 00:35:55,486 for somebody like Michael Jordan 923 00:35:55,527 --> 00:35:56,695 who was making more money off the court 924 00:35:56,737 --> 00:35:57,905 than on the court. 925 00:35:59,615 --> 00:36:01,825 REPORTER: The 7up people threw a luncheon 926 00:36:01,867 --> 00:36:03,577 in New York City recently 927 00:36:03,619 --> 00:36:06,330 to show off their bright new salesman. 928 00:36:06,372 --> 00:36:08,958 Well, here is a man who is a champion 929 00:36:08,999 --> 00:36:12,836 in the ring and out of it. Sugar Ray Leonard. 930 00:36:12,878 --> 00:36:13,796 REPORTER: The champion earned 931 00:36:13,837 --> 00:36:15,172 an extra measure of respect 932 00:36:15,214 --> 00:36:16,674 from these businessmen. 933 00:36:16,715 --> 00:36:20,302 After all, he's Sugar Ray Leonard Incorporated. 934 00:36:20,344 --> 00:36:22,721 The real brains behind Ray Leonard 935 00:36:22,763 --> 00:36:24,473 was Mike Trainer, who was a divorce lawyer 936 00:36:24,515 --> 00:36:26,267 from Silver Spring, Maryland. 937 00:36:26,308 --> 00:36:29,436 Because of Trainer, Ray was able to remain 938 00:36:29,478 --> 00:36:32,398 a promotional free agent for most of his career. 939 00:36:32,439 --> 00:36:34,441 That was unheard of at the time. 940 00:36:34,483 --> 00:36:36,944 In boxing, everything starts with a promoter. 941 00:36:36,986 --> 00:36:38,279 In those days, if you didn't have 942 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,114 a major league power promoter 943 00:36:40,155 --> 00:36:42,449 backing you, you never get a chance. 944 00:36:42,491 --> 00:36:44,451 We decided that we try to do it ourselves 945 00:36:44,493 --> 00:36:45,452 in the beginning 946 00:36:45,494 --> 00:36:47,454 and establish Ray's market value, 947 00:36:47,496 --> 00:36:48,789 go directly to arenas, 948 00:36:48,831 --> 00:36:50,374 go directly to TV, 949 00:36:50,416 --> 00:36:52,418 put on our own show, so to speak. 950 00:36:52,459 --> 00:36:55,629 I'm independent and I always will remain independent. 951 00:36:55,671 --> 00:36:57,256 If I was owned by anyone, 952 00:36:57,298 --> 00:36:59,591 I would not be a professional fighter today. 953 00:36:59,633 --> 00:37:01,719 You know, a lot of promoters fear me. 954 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,178 They fear what Sugar Ray Leonard 955 00:37:03,220 --> 00:37:05,222 and his people have established. 956 00:37:05,264 --> 00:37:07,141 I think Trainer's an ingrate. 957 00:37:07,182 --> 00:37:08,600 He's unappreciative. 958 00:37:09,101 --> 00:37:10,686 I think that, uh, 959 00:37:10,728 --> 00:37:14,106 he's the type of guy that is very selfish. 960 00:37:14,148 --> 00:37:15,607 In every year of boxing, 961 00:37:15,649 --> 00:37:17,776 there's one or two promotional groups 962 00:37:17,818 --> 00:37:19,194 at the top of the pyramid. 963 00:37:19,236 --> 00:37:20,821 Bob Arum and Don King 964 00:37:20,863 --> 00:37:23,282 did really control the sport during that era. 965 00:37:23,324 --> 00:37:25,117 I made more millionaires out of prize fighters 966 00:37:25,159 --> 00:37:26,910 than anyone in history. 967 00:37:26,952 --> 00:37:28,996 This was done by enterprise, 968 00:37:29,038 --> 00:37:31,498 what America truly is founded upon. 969 00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:33,625 King came off of the streets. 970 00:37:33,667 --> 00:37:37,838 He was the largest Number Czar in Cleveland. 971 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:39,256 He killed two people, 972 00:37:39,298 --> 00:37:41,425 went to jail for manslaughter. 973 00:37:42,134 --> 00:37:45,262 Very tough street guy. 974 00:37:45,304 --> 00:37:46,847 And then you have Bob Arum, 975 00:37:46,889 --> 00:37:50,267 who grew up in a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn, 976 00:37:50,309 --> 00:37:53,020 went to NYU and Harvard Law School, 977 00:37:53,062 --> 00:37:55,481 worked in the U.S. Attorney's office. 978 00:37:55,522 --> 00:37:57,983 Bob Arum got his start in boxing 979 00:37:58,025 --> 00:37:59,610 with Muhammad Ali. 980 00:37:59,651 --> 00:38:02,905 King and Arum, their tentacles just reached 981 00:38:02,946 --> 00:38:05,616 further and further and further. 982 00:38:05,657 --> 00:38:08,494 I think King cared more about being famous, 983 00:38:08,535 --> 00:38:10,287 than Arum did, maybe. 984 00:38:10,329 --> 00:38:14,458 It was more in the DNA of King to be flamboyant. 985 00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:17,419 It's showmanship. Entertainment business. 986 00:38:17,461 --> 00:38:19,380 My responsibility as a promoter 987 00:38:19,421 --> 00:38:22,549 is to present great events and to sell tickets. 988 00:38:22,591 --> 00:38:25,177 And to try to hype that event 989 00:38:25,219 --> 00:38:27,888 until you get a groundswell of public opinion 990 00:38:27,930 --> 00:38:29,723 that will support that event. 991 00:38:29,765 --> 00:38:31,183 (LAUGHS) 992 00:38:31,225 --> 00:38:33,143 My job is to promote. 993 00:38:33,185 --> 00:38:34,478 MAN: Arum and King, 994 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,438 they became their own antagonist. 995 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,982 You had those two guys to warm you up, 996 00:38:39,024 --> 00:38:41,610 to let you know that there was static in the air, 997 00:38:41,652 --> 00:38:43,737 and static in the hair. 998 00:38:43,779 --> 00:38:45,906 Mike Trainer had an idea 999 00:38:45,948 --> 00:38:48,409 to keep Ray independent, 1000 00:38:48,450 --> 00:38:51,370 but he didn't know anything about closed circuit, 1001 00:38:51,412 --> 00:38:54,373 he didn't know how to make deals with exhibitors. 1002 00:38:54,415 --> 00:38:57,084 We had been doing that for years. 1003 00:38:57,126 --> 00:38:59,670 So in order to do an event, 1004 00:38:59,711 --> 00:39:03,215 he had a go to us, make us the promoter, 1005 00:39:03,257 --> 00:39:06,635 which he did with the Duran fight. 1006 00:39:06,677 --> 00:39:09,096 When you are the number one guy. 1007 00:39:09,138 --> 00:39:11,390 you fight who you want, when you want, 1008 00:39:11,432 --> 00:39:14,101 where you want, for how much money you want. 1009 00:39:14,143 --> 00:39:16,311 That was Ray Leonard. He was number one. 1010 00:39:16,353 --> 00:39:17,855 He was a star fighter 1011 00:39:17,896 --> 00:39:19,440 who could have fought anyone. 1012 00:39:19,481 --> 00:39:21,316 And he picked Roberto Duran. 1013 00:39:21,358 --> 00:39:22,860 And that was his way 1014 00:39:22,901 --> 00:39:25,237 of showing the boxing world, "I'm legitimate." 1015 00:39:25,279 --> 00:39:26,280 MAN: Sugar Ray was named 1016 00:39:26,321 --> 00:39:27,656 1979's "Fighter of the Year." 1017 00:39:27,698 --> 00:39:29,700 Roberta Duran was named "Fighter of the Decade." 1018 00:39:29,741 --> 00:39:32,453 This particular fight is more significant 1019 00:39:32,494 --> 00:39:35,164 than all my professional amateur fights 1020 00:39:35,205 --> 00:39:36,498 for a simple reason. 1021 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:38,417 Roberto Duran is known worldwide. 1022 00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:40,252 He's the most recognized fighter 1023 00:39:40,294 --> 00:39:41,253 that I have faced. 1024 00:39:41,295 --> 00:39:42,880 He's so profitable 1025 00:39:42,921 --> 00:39:45,424 and I think that the anticipation 1026 00:39:45,466 --> 00:39:48,802 is far better than Wilfredo Benitez fight. 1027 00:39:48,844 --> 00:39:50,137 MAN: Scared? 1028 00:39:50,179 --> 00:39:51,555 Just a little. 1029 00:39:51,597 --> 00:39:52,639 REPORTER: At the news conference 1030 00:39:52,681 --> 00:39:55,058 announcing the Leonard-Duran fight, 1031 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:56,977 boxing's leading entrepreneurs 1032 00:39:57,019 --> 00:39:58,645 who loathe each other, 1033 00:39:58,687 --> 00:39:59,938 embraced each other. 1034 00:39:59,980 --> 00:40:01,982 This is something new. (LAUGHS) 1035 00:40:02,024 --> 00:40:04,151 We believe that this event 1036 00:40:04,193 --> 00:40:06,820 will be the highest grossing boxing match 1037 00:40:06,862 --> 00:40:08,489 in the history of the sport. 1038 00:40:08,530 --> 00:40:10,491 MAN: I don't think it could be overstated 1039 00:40:10,532 --> 00:40:12,743 how unusual it was for a non-heavyweight 1040 00:40:12,784 --> 00:40:14,620 to get paid this kind of money. 1041 00:40:14,661 --> 00:40:17,080 It was front page news in the American press. 1042 00:40:17,122 --> 00:40:20,125 I often use Leonard-Duran as the perfect example 1043 00:40:20,167 --> 00:40:22,252 of a fight that stopped the world 1044 00:40:22,294 --> 00:40:24,505 For that moment, everybody froze. 1045 00:40:24,546 --> 00:40:26,256 The world was focused on boxing. 1046 00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:30,177 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1047 00:40:36,767 --> 00:40:38,143 (IN ENGLISH) I'm not here to be a clown 1048 00:40:38,185 --> 00:40:39,311 like this guy over here. 1049 00:40:39,353 --> 00:40:40,687 (PEOPLE LAUGHING) 1050 00:40:40,729 --> 00:40:41,605 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1051 00:40:57,246 --> 00:41:00,707 The word enigma was invented for Roberto Duran. 1052 00:41:00,749 --> 00:41:04,127 From the moment he hit center stage, 1053 00:41:04,169 --> 00:41:05,504 he was an anti-hero 1054 00:41:05,546 --> 00:41:08,257 who was thought of as a bad boy of boxing. 1055 00:41:09,424 --> 00:41:11,218 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1056 00:41:16,515 --> 00:41:19,059 I think that Duran had more natural talent 1057 00:41:19,101 --> 00:41:20,852 than maybe anyone. 1058 00:41:20,894 --> 00:41:22,896 You have to go back, maybe to Ray Robinson 1059 00:41:22,938 --> 00:41:26,692 to find somebody with that kind of natural talents. 1060 00:41:26,733 --> 00:41:28,902 People talk about him as a savage 1061 00:41:28,944 --> 00:41:30,195 and an attacking force, 1062 00:41:30,237 --> 00:41:31,363 but if you watch those fights 1063 00:41:31,405 --> 00:41:32,781 when he's a lightweight, 1064 00:41:32,823 --> 00:41:35,075 it's almost like a joy that he brought to the ring. 1065 00:41:35,117 --> 00:41:36,410 His movement is almost 1066 00:41:36,451 --> 00:41:38,453 as if he heard this internal music. 1067 00:41:39,997 --> 00:41:41,373 Within the boxing business 1068 00:41:41,415 --> 00:41:42,541 Duran was perceived as 1069 00:41:42,583 --> 00:41:43,709 maybe the best fighter in the world 1070 00:41:43,750 --> 00:41:44,793 at that point. 1071 00:41:44,835 --> 00:41:46,712 He had been a dominant lightweight, 1072 00:41:46,753 --> 00:41:48,630 thought to this day by many 1073 00:41:48,672 --> 00:41:50,215 to be the greatest lightweight ever. 1074 00:41:50,257 --> 00:41:52,884 And then he went up in weight. 1075 00:41:52,926 --> 00:41:55,262 Every big fight can use a guy wearing the black hat 1076 00:41:55,304 --> 00:41:56,638 and it was just so natural 1077 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,098 for Duran to wear the black hat. 1078 00:41:58,140 --> 00:41:59,975 He had a resentment of Leonard to begin with. 1079 00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:01,310 He had a little bit of a resentment of America 1080 00:42:01,351 --> 00:42:02,811 to begin with. 1081 00:42:02,853 --> 00:42:04,605 And he resented Leonard for being the golden boy. 1082 00:42:05,939 --> 00:42:07,274 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1083 00:42:14,406 --> 00:42:16,199 MAN: In Washington on September 7, 1084 00:42:16,241 --> 00:42:18,952 President Carter and the Panamanian president, 1085 00:42:18,994 --> 00:42:20,787 General Omar Torrijos, 1086 00:42:20,829 --> 00:42:23,206 signed to treaties aimed at solving the problem 1087 00:42:23,248 --> 00:42:26,376 on who will control their most valuable asset 1088 00:42:26,418 --> 00:42:27,919 of the famous canal. 1089 00:42:27,961 --> 00:42:30,255 CARTER: This agreement is a symbol 1090 00:42:30,297 --> 00:42:31,798 for the world 1091 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,384 of the mutual respect and cooperation 1092 00:42:34,426 --> 00:42:36,428 among all our nations. 1093 00:42:36,470 --> 00:42:39,473 Good evening to all of you from California. 1094 00:42:39,514 --> 00:42:42,142 General Omar Torrijos, the dictator of Panama, 1095 00:42:42,184 --> 00:42:44,436 seized power eight years ago 1096 00:42:44,478 --> 00:42:46,647 by ousting the duly elected government 1097 00:42:46,688 --> 00:42:48,023 (OMAR TORRIJOS SPEAKING SPANISH) 1098 00:42:56,531 --> 00:42:58,325 REAGAN: As I talk to you tonight, 1099 00:42:58,367 --> 00:43:00,786 negotiations with Torrijos go forward. 1100 00:43:00,827 --> 00:43:03,288 Negotiations aimed at giving up our ownership 1101 00:43:03,330 --> 00:43:05,791 of the Panama Canal Zone. 1102 00:43:05,832 --> 00:43:07,542 REPORTER: The canal and the American Canal Zone 1103 00:43:07,584 --> 00:43:08,752 cut right through the heart 1104 00:43:08,794 --> 00:43:10,837 of the tiny country of Panama. 1105 00:43:10,879 --> 00:43:12,923 For whole generations of Americans, 1106 00:43:12,964 --> 00:43:14,841 the canal has been an article of faith, 1107 00:43:14,883 --> 00:43:17,177 a symbol of American might and mission. 1108 00:43:17,219 --> 00:43:19,012 But now President Carter says 1109 00:43:19,054 --> 00:43:20,514 the times have changed. 1110 00:43:20,555 --> 00:43:22,349 We must turn the canal over to Panama. 1111 00:43:22,391 --> 00:43:24,851 MAN: There is one word for this new treaty 1112 00:43:24,893 --> 00:43:26,603 and that word is no. 1113 00:43:26,645 --> 00:43:27,854 No! 1114 00:43:27,896 --> 00:43:29,356 (MEN CHANTING) 1115 00:43:31,358 --> 00:43:32,693 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1116 00:44:07,602 --> 00:44:08,478 REAGAN: But the Canal Zone 1117 00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:10,564 is not a colonial possession. 1118 00:44:10,605 --> 00:44:12,649 It is not a long term lease. 1119 00:44:12,691 --> 00:44:15,569 It is sovereign United States territory. 1120 00:44:15,610 --> 00:44:16,903 (ROBERTO DURAN SPEAKING SPANISH) 1121 00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:49,936 CARTER: As long as I am president, 1122 00:44:49,978 --> 00:44:51,813 the government of the United States 1123 00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:54,232 will continue throughout the world 1124 00:44:54,274 --> 00:44:56,610 to enhance human rights. 1125 00:44:56,651 --> 00:44:58,779 REAGAN: Tell the General we bought it, 1126 00:44:58,820 --> 00:44:59,780 we paid for it, 1127 00:44:59,821 --> 00:45:01,072 we built it, 1128 00:45:01,114 --> 00:45:02,741 and we intend to keep it. 1129 00:45:04,951 --> 00:45:05,952 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1130 00:45:13,627 --> 00:45:16,588 In Montreal, where the fight is taking place, 1131 00:45:16,630 --> 00:45:18,548 Ray is in one hotel, 1132 00:45:18,590 --> 00:45:20,592 Duran is in the other hotel. 1133 00:45:20,634 --> 00:45:23,053 Duran had a spy, 1134 00:45:23,094 --> 00:45:27,390 and that spy's job was to call Duran 1135 00:45:27,432 --> 00:45:29,392 when Leonard's wife Juanita 1136 00:45:29,434 --> 00:45:31,478 would leave the hotel, 1137 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,272 and Duran's car would pull up 1138 00:45:34,314 --> 00:45:36,441 and he'd say things like, 1139 00:45:36,483 --> 00:45:38,443 "When I beat your husband, 1140 00:45:38,485 --> 00:45:40,237 I go to sleep with you." 1141 00:45:40,278 --> 00:45:41,655 Crazy stuff. 1142 00:45:41,696 --> 00:45:45,075 And of course, Juanita went back and told Ray. 1143 00:45:45,116 --> 00:45:47,244 Ray got so furious 1144 00:45:47,285 --> 00:45:49,830 that his idea was, 1145 00:45:49,871 --> 00:45:51,665 "I'm gonna show this guy, 1146 00:45:51,706 --> 00:45:54,668 and I'm going to beat the hell out of him." 1147 00:45:54,709 --> 00:45:55,752 LEONARD: All of a sudden now 1148 00:45:55,794 --> 00:45:57,796 this man is insulting my wife, 1149 00:45:57,838 --> 00:46:00,674 and I can't do anything about it. 1150 00:46:00,715 --> 00:46:03,510 But I mean, I was gonna defend my wife. 1151 00:46:03,552 --> 00:46:04,719 MAN: While Sugar Ray Leonard, 1152 00:46:04,761 --> 00:46:06,012 who fights with a flair, 1153 00:46:06,054 --> 00:46:07,889 and Roberto Duran, who fights with a fury, 1154 00:46:07,931 --> 00:46:09,724 square off tomorrow night at Montreal 1155 00:46:09,766 --> 00:46:11,810 for the WBC welterweight title. 1156 00:46:11,852 --> 00:46:13,228 Leonard, with the fastest hands 1157 00:46:13,270 --> 00:46:14,521 in the boxing game, 1158 00:46:14,563 --> 00:46:15,647 is listed as the nine-to-five favorite 1159 00:46:15,689 --> 00:46:16,690 among the oddsmakers. 1160 00:46:16,731 --> 00:46:19,025 But 17 of the 30 sports writers 1161 00:46:19,067 --> 00:46:20,151 covering the fight 1162 00:46:20,193 --> 00:46:21,486 go with the more experienced Duran. 1163 00:46:24,197 --> 00:46:26,449 You know, the first Duran-Leonard fight, 1164 00:46:26,491 --> 00:46:29,828 it started the era of the Four Kings. 1165 00:46:29,870 --> 00:46:33,373 Still to me was that golden era of boxing. 1166 00:46:33,415 --> 00:46:36,543 These guys like Leonard, Hearns, Hagler and Duran, 1167 00:46:36,585 --> 00:46:38,962 each one was at the top of his game, 1168 00:46:39,004 --> 00:46:41,882 and each one felt that to be the best 1169 00:46:41,923 --> 00:46:43,967 they had to beat the other three. 1170 00:46:44,885 --> 00:46:46,887 It was boxing at its best. 1171 00:46:47,929 --> 00:46:49,222 MAN: I don't know if I can stand 1172 00:46:49,264 --> 00:46:50,223 this much excitement 1173 00:46:50,265 --> 00:46:52,976 because here comes Roberto Duran. 1174 00:46:53,018 --> 00:46:54,686 When you get two fighters who were both 1175 00:46:54,728 --> 00:46:56,813 clearly established as great fighters, 1176 00:46:56,855 --> 00:46:58,481 there's a tremendous anticipation 1177 00:46:58,523 --> 00:46:59,608 because you really don't know 1178 00:46:59,649 --> 00:47:01,234 what's going to happen in the ring. 1179 00:47:01,276 --> 00:47:02,360 What you do know, 1180 00:47:02,402 --> 00:47:03,737 and this is the appeal of boxing, 1181 00:47:03,778 --> 00:47:06,239 Duran is 100% sure he's going to win. 1182 00:47:06,281 --> 00:47:08,491 Leonard is 100% sure he's going to win. 1183 00:47:08,533 --> 00:47:10,035 One of them is wrong. 1184 00:47:10,076 --> 00:47:12,287 I could see Duran beating the crap out of this guy. 1185 00:47:12,329 --> 00:47:15,123 I could see Leonard boxing Duran silly, 1186 00:47:15,165 --> 00:47:16,249 anything in between. 1187 00:47:18,251 --> 00:47:19,461 MAN: Boxing in Panama 1188 00:47:19,502 --> 00:47:21,504 is a source of national pride. 1189 00:47:21,546 --> 00:47:23,423 Roberto Duran is as revered here 1190 00:47:23,465 --> 00:47:24,674 as another strongman, 1191 00:47:24,716 --> 00:47:26,801 General Omar Torrijos. 1192 00:47:26,843 --> 00:47:28,887 Here in the narrow alleys of Chorrillo, 1193 00:47:28,929 --> 00:47:31,640 a slum in Panama City where Duran was born, 1194 00:47:31,681 --> 00:47:33,767 the dirty street turned into a theater. 1195 00:47:34,809 --> 00:47:35,769 COMMENTATOR: The last 30 seconds 1196 00:47:35,810 --> 00:47:36,770 from Ray ourselves. 1197 00:47:36,811 --> 00:47:38,063 -(BELL RINGS) -They're ready. 1198 00:47:38,104 --> 00:47:40,523 And round one of the long awaited... 1199 00:47:40,565 --> 00:47:42,067 Sugar Ray Leonard. 1200 00:47:42,108 --> 00:47:44,736 Roberto Duran, welterweight championship fighter. 1201 00:47:44,778 --> 00:47:46,112 Leonard in flat-footed. 1202 00:47:46,154 --> 00:47:47,614 He did not come out to dance. 1203 00:47:47,656 --> 00:47:49,240 He wants to go toe-to-toe with him. 1204 00:47:49,282 --> 00:47:51,868 He's slowly cutting that distance between them. 1205 00:47:51,910 --> 00:47:53,370 Oh, he took the hard left... 1206 00:47:53,411 --> 00:47:54,788 (CROWD CHEERING) 1207 00:47:57,165 --> 00:47:59,042 There's a lot of bad blood between the two, 1208 00:47:59,084 --> 00:48:01,628 on the way in Leonard blew a kiss at Duran 1209 00:48:01,670 --> 00:48:03,672 and Duran answered with a word, 1210 00:48:03,713 --> 00:48:05,340 which I cannot repeat. 1211 00:48:05,382 --> 00:48:07,634 Duran does not like this man. 1212 00:48:10,387 --> 00:48:11,596 (CROWD CHEERING) 1213 00:48:13,264 --> 00:48:14,307 He's holding on. 1214 00:48:14,349 --> 00:48:15,809 Leonard is in trouble. 1215 00:48:17,727 --> 00:48:19,104 Roberto Duran, 1216 00:48:19,145 --> 00:48:20,855 he got inside my head. 1217 00:48:20,897 --> 00:48:22,065 He would talk trash, 1218 00:48:22,107 --> 00:48:24,234 he cursed me, he cursed my wife. 1219 00:48:24,275 --> 00:48:25,527 And I said you know what, 1220 00:48:25,568 --> 00:48:26,528 I'm gonna beat him at his own game, 1221 00:48:26,569 --> 00:48:28,321 and that's where I went wrong. 1222 00:48:28,363 --> 00:48:29,656 He got under my skin. 1223 00:48:30,865 --> 00:48:32,242 He throws so many punches. 1224 00:48:32,283 --> 00:48:34,202 He hit me so hard so many times 1225 00:48:34,244 --> 00:48:35,662 in so many places. 1226 00:48:35,704 --> 00:48:37,914 He's like a Tasmanian devil. 1227 00:48:37,956 --> 00:48:40,834 I'm in trouble because I didn't know what to do. 1228 00:48:42,168 --> 00:48:43,461 (BELL RINGS) 1229 00:48:43,503 --> 00:48:44,879 COMMENTATOR: He's punching with the intensity 1230 00:48:44,921 --> 00:48:47,090 that only Roberto Duran can punch with. 1231 00:48:47,132 --> 00:48:49,843 Why would they want Leonard to take... 1232 00:48:50,385 --> 00:48:51,845 Leonard is hurt! 1233 00:48:51,886 --> 00:48:53,763 Leonard is hurt again! 1234 00:48:55,056 --> 00:48:58,351 Ray wasn't ready for that fight 1235 00:48:58,393 --> 00:48:59,936 psychologically. 1236 00:48:59,978 --> 00:49:03,189 He was ready for Duran physically, 1237 00:49:03,231 --> 00:49:06,651 but he hadn't quite gotten to that next level 1238 00:49:06,693 --> 00:49:09,487 to fight a very talented, 1239 00:49:09,529 --> 00:49:13,158 very savage, spectacular fighter, 1240 00:49:13,199 --> 00:49:15,869 which Duran was at that point in time. 1241 00:49:17,871 --> 00:49:19,247 COMMENTATOR: Oh, right hand! 1242 00:49:19,289 --> 00:49:20,206 (CROWD CHEERING) 1243 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:24,294 A tremendous right hand by Duran, 1244 00:49:24,335 --> 00:49:26,046 throws Leonard back into the rope. 1245 00:49:27,839 --> 00:49:29,466 I'm not sure how Leonard survived 1246 00:49:29,507 --> 00:49:30,842 those first four rounds. 1247 00:49:30,884 --> 00:49:33,970 I think Leonard wanted to show people 1248 00:49:34,012 --> 00:49:37,265 that he was tougher than just a pretty boy. 1249 00:49:37,307 --> 00:49:39,809 And then Leonard's corner spoke to him. 1250 00:49:39,851 --> 00:49:41,728 Try to talk some sense into him. 1251 00:49:41,770 --> 00:49:43,188 COMMENTATOR: Round number six. 1252 00:49:43,229 --> 00:49:44,355 (CROWD CHEERING) 1253 00:49:46,107 --> 00:49:48,693 Leonard fighting very well off the ropes now. 1254 00:49:50,070 --> 00:49:52,238 I followed everything with body shots, 1255 00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:53,656 left hooks, 1256 00:49:53,698 --> 00:49:54,866 from here on out, 1257 00:49:54,908 --> 00:49:57,368 Duran respected my punching ability. 1258 00:49:57,410 --> 00:50:00,163 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 1259 00:50:00,872 --> 00:50:02,332 Oh, he's been hurt! 1260 00:50:02,373 --> 00:50:04,250 A left hook... (CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 1261 00:50:04,292 --> 00:50:06,252 Duran is hurt! 1262 00:50:06,294 --> 00:50:07,587 Duran is hurt! 1263 00:50:07,629 --> 00:50:08,671 (BELL RINGS) 1264 00:50:08,713 --> 00:50:09,923 (CROWD CHEERING) 1265 00:50:09,964 --> 00:50:11,424 Oh, what a fight! 1266 00:50:14,803 --> 00:50:16,346 Duran was hurt. 1267 00:50:16,387 --> 00:50:19,099 For the first time, he clutched his left. 1268 00:50:19,891 --> 00:50:21,059 It's very possible 1269 00:50:21,101 --> 00:50:22,352 both corners think they're ahead. 1270 00:50:22,393 --> 00:50:24,562 It's that close. 1271 00:50:24,604 --> 00:50:27,107 This is in the hands of the judges unless... 1272 00:50:29,192 --> 00:50:30,360 (CROWD CHEERING) 1273 00:50:33,780 --> 00:50:36,116 This one will go all the way. 1274 00:50:36,157 --> 00:50:37,283 And we're going to have to have a decision. 1275 00:50:37,325 --> 00:50:40,453 And then Leonard may have... 1276 00:50:40,495 --> 00:50:42,455 Leonard bombing away! 1277 00:50:42,497 --> 00:50:45,083 Duran thinks he has won the fight. 1278 00:50:45,125 --> 00:50:46,167 I can't believe it. 1279 00:50:46,209 --> 00:50:47,168 (BELL RINGS) 1280 00:50:47,961 --> 00:50:50,088 (CROWD CHEERING) 1281 00:50:54,008 --> 00:50:56,052 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 1282 00:50:57,887 --> 00:51:00,807 Here's the official decision. 1283 00:51:00,849 --> 00:51:03,893 Duran, 146. 1284 00:51:04,519 --> 00:51:07,230 Leonard, 144. 1285 00:51:07,272 --> 00:51:08,898 (CROWD CHEERING) 1286 00:51:10,650 --> 00:51:13,194 Duran, 147. 1287 00:51:14,487 --> 00:51:17,157 Leonard, 147. 1288 00:51:18,366 --> 00:51:20,076 COMMENTATOR: He pulled in a draw. 1289 00:51:21,703 --> 00:51:22,871 (ANNOUNCER SPEAKING FRENCH) 1290 00:51:36,384 --> 00:51:38,011 (CROWD CHEERING) 1291 00:51:38,511 --> 00:51:40,388 (CHEERING) 1292 00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:44,559 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1293 00:51:45,894 --> 00:51:47,187 He was fantastic. 1294 00:51:47,228 --> 00:51:49,647 I can't even express myself. I can't even talk. 1295 00:51:49,689 --> 00:51:50,815 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1296 00:51:53,693 --> 00:51:55,069 I'll be real truthful. 1297 00:51:55,111 --> 00:51:57,363 I've never been so depressed over a fight in my life. 1298 00:51:57,405 --> 00:51:58,698 Do you agree with the decision? 1299 00:51:58,740 --> 00:52:00,658 Yes, he fought his heart out. 1300 00:52:00,700 --> 00:52:01,951 There's no question in my mind 1301 00:52:01,993 --> 00:52:03,912 that Roberto Duran lost. 1302 00:52:03,953 --> 00:52:06,956 Duran won the fight fair and square, 1303 00:52:06,998 --> 00:52:08,791 but Sugar Ray Leonard is the winner 1304 00:52:08,833 --> 00:52:11,044 because he made ten million dollars. 1305 00:52:11,753 --> 00:52:13,171 Indications right now are 1306 00:52:13,213 --> 00:52:15,215 that this was the biggest box office match 1307 00:52:15,256 --> 00:52:16,633 of all time. 1308 00:52:16,674 --> 00:52:19,052 After the fight, both boxers met with the press. 1309 00:52:19,093 --> 00:52:21,095 Do you respect Leonard? 1310 00:52:23,264 --> 00:52:25,350 Sure, sure. 1311 00:52:25,391 --> 00:52:27,644 Leonard, you're my friend now. 1312 00:52:27,685 --> 00:52:29,395 (ALL LAUGHING) 1313 00:52:29,437 --> 00:52:30,313 (CAR HORNS HONKING) 1314 00:52:30,355 --> 00:52:31,105 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1315 00:52:32,607 --> 00:52:33,900 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1316 00:52:37,028 --> 00:52:38,071 MAN: Within minutes, 1317 00:52:38,112 --> 00:52:39,530 thousands took to the streets 1318 00:52:39,572 --> 00:52:42,116 for celebrations that surpassed those on the day 1319 00:52:42,158 --> 00:52:44,702 the US gave up control of the Panama Canal. 1320 00:52:44,744 --> 00:52:47,914 Monday has already been declared a national holiday 1321 00:52:47,956 --> 00:52:49,958 as Panamanians await the return 1322 00:52:49,999 --> 00:52:52,210 of the man with the fists of stone. 1323 00:52:55,463 --> 00:52:56,881 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1324 00:53:14,399 --> 00:53:15,441 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1325 00:53:33,918 --> 00:53:35,628 (LAUGHS) 1326 00:53:50,852 --> 00:53:52,186 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 1327 00:54:16,210 --> 00:54:18,338 Why do people box? 1328 00:54:19,213 --> 00:54:21,257 It's like as base as we get. 1329 00:54:21,299 --> 00:54:23,509 And I'm sorry to say that 1330 00:54:23,551 --> 00:54:25,345 because there is a nobility in it, 1331 00:54:25,386 --> 00:54:27,597 there is something beautiful about it. 1332 00:54:27,638 --> 00:54:28,765 (BELL RINGS) 1333 00:54:28,806 --> 00:54:30,600 In a perfect world, 1334 00:54:30,641 --> 00:54:33,019 boxing would not exist. 1335 00:54:33,061 --> 00:54:35,313 You're talking about two men 1336 00:54:35,355 --> 00:54:39,484 trying to inflict brain damage on each other. 1337 00:54:39,525 --> 00:54:42,779 But it's not a perfect world. 1338 00:54:42,820 --> 00:54:45,031 GREER: And I'm not excusing the violence, 1339 00:54:45,073 --> 00:54:47,116 but when it's done beautifully, 1340 00:54:47,158 --> 00:54:49,327 fighting becomes a metaphor. 1341 00:54:49,369 --> 00:54:51,996 The ring becomes a sort of symbol 1342 00:54:52,038 --> 00:54:53,706 of the lottery of life. 1343 00:54:54,916 --> 00:54:57,502 HAUSER: There was a time 1344 00:54:57,543 --> 00:55:00,046 when the heavyweight championship of the world 1345 00:55:00,088 --> 00:55:03,257 was the most coveted title in sports. 1346 00:55:03,299 --> 00:55:05,218 More people listen to the second 1347 00:55:05,259 --> 00:55:07,887 Louis-Schmeling fight on radio 1348 00:55:07,929 --> 00:55:10,890 than had ever listened to any event 1349 00:55:10,932 --> 00:55:13,059 in the history of the world. 1350 00:55:16,229 --> 00:55:18,147 Man is by nature violent. 1351 00:55:18,189 --> 00:55:19,774 There's not a doubt in my mind about that. 1352 00:55:19,816 --> 00:55:21,275 And when you see a fight, 1353 00:55:21,317 --> 00:55:23,236 and you see the crowd reacting the way they do, 1354 00:55:23,277 --> 00:55:24,904 living vicariously through the fighters, 1355 00:55:24,946 --> 00:55:26,531 screaming for blood, 1356 00:55:26,572 --> 00:55:28,825 you realize how violent we are as people, 1357 00:55:28,866 --> 00:55:31,244 And I think that boxing, in its own way, 1358 00:55:31,285 --> 00:55:34,414 fills a need to the audience. 1359 00:55:34,455 --> 00:55:37,583 I think that's part of what makes boxing so special. 1360 00:55:37,625 --> 00:55:40,002 It's the violence of Westerns 1361 00:55:40,044 --> 00:55:41,754 or the drama of them 1362 00:55:41,796 --> 00:55:44,757 with this poetry of musicals 1363 00:55:44,799 --> 00:55:46,217 and the way people move. 1364 00:55:46,259 --> 00:55:48,428 It's this ballet of violence. 1365 00:55:50,054 --> 00:55:52,765 To me, boxing is the most cruel, 1366 00:55:52,807 --> 00:55:55,226 brutal and beautiful ballet 1367 00:55:55,268 --> 00:55:57,270 in all of sports. 1368 00:55:57,311 --> 00:55:59,063 To be an artist, 1369 00:55:59,105 --> 00:56:01,983 you don't have to have a paintbrush necessarily. 1370 00:56:02,984 --> 00:56:05,528 Anybody who can do something 1371 00:56:05,570 --> 00:56:08,448 no one else can is an artist. 1372 00:56:09,824 --> 00:56:11,576 (INAUDIBLE) 1373 00:56:21,294 --> 00:56:24,172 We have a craving to know what we are. 1374 00:56:24,213 --> 00:56:25,465 What will we do 1375 00:56:25,506 --> 00:56:28,342 if we were in a difficult situation? 1376 00:56:28,384 --> 00:56:30,470 Can you depend on yourself? 1377 00:56:30,511 --> 00:56:33,556 The truth can come to you in a lot of places in life, 1378 00:56:33,598 --> 00:56:35,725 but it comes to you a lot faster in the ring. 1379 00:56:35,766 --> 00:56:37,477 It's the express train. 1380 00:56:37,518 --> 00:56:39,645 You find out who the freak you are. 1381 00:56:42,148 --> 00:56:44,901 (CROWD CHEERING) 1382 00:56:44,942 --> 00:56:46,736 (INAUDIBLE) 1383 00:56:46,777 --> 00:56:48,112 It's a funny thing, 1384 00:56:48,154 --> 00:56:50,114 the fight that really made Duran 1385 00:56:50,156 --> 00:56:51,741 was this fight. 1386 00:56:51,782 --> 00:56:54,577 But he won and lost that night. 1387 00:56:54,619 --> 00:56:56,954 Who would have thought that on a night 1388 00:56:56,996 --> 00:57:00,333 that was going to lead him to his greatest moment, 1389 00:57:00,374 --> 00:57:02,627 to open the gates to great wealth 1390 00:57:02,668 --> 00:57:05,755 and all the things that this poor kid from Panama 1391 00:57:05,796 --> 00:57:07,965 starved for, dreamed of, 1392 00:57:08,007 --> 00:57:10,885 was the same night that was gonna condemn him 1393 00:57:10,927 --> 00:57:12,637 in the future. 1394 00:57:12,678 --> 00:57:15,723 All the things that made Duran great 1395 00:57:15,765 --> 00:57:17,683 and that made the world watch, 1396 00:57:17,725 --> 00:57:19,310 and made his legend 1397 00:57:20,186 --> 00:57:22,480 were gone after that night. 1398 00:57:22,522 --> 00:57:53,844 (WOMAN SINGING IN SPANISH) 97113

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