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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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It was the closing
of an era,
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but the curtain closes,
then another curtain opens.
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Boxing is always there
as an opening act
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to everything else that's
happening in the world.
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Boxing is
a metaphor for life.
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Everyone's fighting
for something.
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There was a time
at the end of the '70s
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when you knew on some level,
you were seeing history.
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And everybody
paid attention.
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MALE NEWSCASTER:
With world oil markets tight
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and OPEC raising prices
almost daily,
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gasoline and fuel oil prices
have skyrocketed.
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The nation's energy
situation is getting worse.
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This is unreal.
Isn't this disgusting?
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Why doesn't anybody
contact the president?
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Why is he letting
this happen to us?
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Jimmy Carter comes into
office during a recession,
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a gas crisis and oil crisis
in the 1970s.
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REPORTER: Iranian students
continue to hold
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more than 50 hostages
of the American Embassy
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in Tehran this morning.
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We're using every
available channel
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to protect the safety
of the hostages
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and to secure their release.
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So that was America.
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Coming out of that
was Muhammad Ali.
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I am the greatest!
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He said he wasn't going
to go to Vietnam.
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They took his
title from him.
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He started being
an activist.
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He's writing poetry
in the ring.
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And the game he fought,
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what he did in the ring
was beautiful.
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But then suddenly,
the brutality of the '70s
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comes full swing,
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the '80s come in,
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and the beauty
doesn't matter anymore.
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(SHOUTING)
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COMMENTATOR 1:
He gets back there.
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The body is rearing.
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It just can't do
what it used to do before.
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The sad recognition
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that all athletes eventually
come to grips with.
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COMMENTATOR 2: You know,
it's pathetic to see a guy
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just not being able to do it.
He was the greatest, he once was
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DUNDEE: Stop the fight!
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COMMENTATOR: Angelo Dundee
wants to stop the fight.
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COMMENTATOR 2: That really
is a sad and sorry end
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for Muhammad Ali.
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If you were a boxing fan
in the late '70s,
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you were kind of sad
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to see Ali's career
coming to and end.
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He had meant so much.
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And you were probably
looking for somebody
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to step into that void.
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You have four
great fighters,
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Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns,
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Roberto Duran,
Marvin Hagler,
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who were fighting
each other,
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and it was enthralling.
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They all had a different
impact on America.
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Leonard was the golden boy,
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chosen one to bring boxing
back into favor.
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Hagler was
the perennial underdog.
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Duran was the idol of
the Latin American people.
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And Hearns was Mr. Detroit,
at a bad time for that city.
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These guys
dominated the era,
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but not each other.
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Their fights meant so much.
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The Four Kings gave us
unique personalities,
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unique fighters
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who all fought each other
to their credit,
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and created
a time in boxing
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that was maybe
the greatest period
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in the history of the sport.
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LEONARD: I've always
wanted to be special.
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To be somebody.
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Not just in the ring,
but in the world.
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When I was a kid,
I had guys who I'd idolize,
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men who were just
bigger than their sport.
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I shook up the world!
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I shook up the world!
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LEONARD: Muhammad Ali,
he was bigger than life,
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and I wanted to be
bigger than life, too.
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Muhammad, this must
bring back a lot of memories
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seeing these young guys
coming up, like Ray Leonard.
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It makes you sad to know
that we're all getting old,
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but if they stay around
long enough,
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they'll be old, too.
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MAN: And next we go
to one of the really great
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young amateur fighters
in the world.
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Ray Leonard,
18 years old.
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He's a leading candidate
to go to Montreal,
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win a gold medal
in the '76 Olympics.
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LEONARD: I went to
the recreation center
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in Palmer Park
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and I was 14 years old.
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It's so vivid,
that experience,
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because I was
a kid who was shy
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and didn't like
hitting people,
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didn't want anybody
to hit me.
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But I put the gloves on,
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and it was like
I found boxing,
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boxing found me.
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It was magic.
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INTERVIEWER: Muhammad,
how does it look to you?
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Well, Leonard, he's beaten
the man, but he's close.
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This is good training for
these fellas in the future
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when they turn professional.
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COMMENTATOR 1:
This Ray Leonard's
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a terrific young man
out of the ring, too.
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And the shoe
on the outside has got
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a little picture of his
infant son taped there.
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COMMENTATOR 2:
He's 18, got a son already?
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COMMENTATOR 1:
Got a little infant son.
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-Mmm-hmm.
-There's his picture.
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You can just see it
on his... on his shoe.
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COMMENTATOR 2:
That reminds him that
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-he's got to feed that kid.
-That's right. (LAUGHS)
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How much it's gonna
cost him raising him.
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Diapers are due
and baby food is due.
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So he's got
to whoop this man
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so he can turn professional
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and take care
of that little boy.
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That's what must
be on his mind.
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And that's the way
he's fighting.
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COMMENTATOR 1: Now,
Ray Leonard knocks him down.
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COMMENTATOR 2:
Good side hook.
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That was beautiful.
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COMMENTATOR 1:
And young Ray Leonard
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now puts the US
four points to two.
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COMMENTATOR 2:
And you can't beat that.
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(US NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS)
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The 200th birthday
of the United States.
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As the day went on,
one could almost touch
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the spirit that swept
over this country.
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There's the 200th
anniversary of the Republic,
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which is glorious.
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But the same time
people are demoralized,
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trying to figure out
what to do.
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Under the surface,
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all this pent up aggression
and anger is there.
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After all the growing up,
after all the glory,
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after all the setbacks
our country's gone through,
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we can still say
with pride and gratitude,
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we are the American people.
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GREER:
There was a recession.
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You couldn't get a job,
you had nowhere to live,
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the cities were all torn up.
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It wasn't a good time.
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WOMAN: ABC now projects
Carter is the winner.
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GREER:
Our leader was Jimmy Carter.
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He was a peanut farmer,
you know,
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he looked like real people.
At that point,
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that's what we wanted,
what's real.
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1976, a barren landscape
for American fighters
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where Muhammad Ali
was the only
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American-born world champion
in all of boxing,
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and there were,
at the time,
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between 25 and 30 champions.
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Ali was the only American.
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It all began to change
with the 1976 Olympics
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starring the incredibly
telegenic Ray Leonard.
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Ray, everyone points to you
as America's best hope
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to win a gold medal
in the next Olympics.
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Do you like that
kind of pressure?
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Yes, for the simple reason
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it only builds my ego up
more and more.
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I feel confident now.
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I'm a lot more secure
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because I know
I'm in physical condition,
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so it's no sweat.
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(MUSIC PLAYS)
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In those days
for the United States,
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Olympic boxing was still
such a huge stage.
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You look at the champions:
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Ali, Frasier, Patterson.
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They all came out
of the Olympics.
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WOMAN: The United States
of America.
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O'BRIEN: Leonard rode that
all the way to the very top.
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You can see how
it launched his career.
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The '76 Olympics
elevated boxing.
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It was televised by ABC,
announced by Howard Cosell.
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All of a sudden,
boxing was cool again.
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And, of course, in sports,
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if you're not on television,
you don't exist.
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Well, I think we have
the best-prepared,
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best trained team
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in United States'
boxing history.
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And this is
Sugar Ray Leonard.
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(CHEERING)
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Tomorrow night live
in prime time,
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you'll be seeing this slick
young amateur fighter
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against a Swedish fighter
by the name of Ulf Carlsson.
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What are you gonna do
to him with the right?
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Well, I'm planning
on moving on him,
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I know I can catch him.
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-Ah!
-(LAUGHS)
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Howard saw Leonard as
a natural extension of Ali,
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and to be perfectly candid,
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Howard was also always
interested in somebody
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that could vault him
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as a natural storyteller
for that person.
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Leonard filled a niche
that had been left by Ali.
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All right, quick question.
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I want these people to know
you as a human being.
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You have no plans to turn
professional, do you?
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No plans whatsoever,
Howard.
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I was given a scholarship
by the people of Glenarden.
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You want that medal.
It's your dream, isn't it?
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I'm going to get it,
Howard.
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I know you are.
Good to see you.
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Thank you for being with us.
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-(CHEERING)
-Let's hear it
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for Sugar Ray from...
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I sacrificed so much.
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I wanted to be the best,
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I wanted the ultimate,
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which was the Olympics.
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That Cuban, Andres Aldama,
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had far more experience,
bigger, stronger.
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But I wanted to win.
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No, I had to win.
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This was predestined.
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It was meant to be.
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COMMENTATOR: In boxing,
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American fighters won
five gold medals tonight.
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Light-middleweight
Sugar Ray Leonard
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of Palmer Park, Maryland,
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won a unanimous decision
over Andres Aldama of Cuba.
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LEONARD:
That wasn't about money.
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It wasn't about fame.
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It was about the Olympics,
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your country.
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I mean,
words can't describe...
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I can't elaborate enough
on what it felt like
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standing on that podium
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with that gold medal
draped around my neck.
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Oh, my God. This was it,
man, this was it.
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MAN: After he beat
a tough Cuban
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for the Olympic gold medal,
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Sugar Ray Leonard announced
he would never fight again.
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He would enroll at
the University of Maryland.
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His only battles
would be with the books.
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LEONARD: I love boxing,
but not that much.
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I was gonna go to
the University of Maryland
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further my education
and get a great job.
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MAN: And then he came home
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to this house just outside
of Washington, DC.
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A house filled with
the glittering trophies
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of a golden amateur career.
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His mother, Getha,
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would suffer
a mild heart attack.
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His father, Cicero,
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was hospitalized
with meningitis.
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LEONARD: Everyone's crying.
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My mom's crying, I'm crying.
259
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And I asked my mentor,
Janks Morton,
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I said, "Janks, how can I
make fast money?"
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He said, "Turn pro."
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Boxing allowed me to get
the best help, medically.
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I only did it to help
my father to pay the bills.
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MAN: Ray's mother
did not like his decision
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to turn pro.
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I don't like fighting.
I don't like sports.
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I wanted him to go to school
and get an education
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because people can
take a fight from you,
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but once you get
an education,
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that's something that
no one can take from you.
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For 15 years,
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Muhammad Ali has dominated
the sport of boxing.
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Now a new boxing superstar
may be in the making.
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Sugar Ray Leonard, who won
a boxing gold medal...
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...turns pro in a six-round
junior welterweight bout.
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...turned pro the way
no young fighter
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had ever turned pro before.
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So high,
you can't get over me
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As with most
superstar boxers,
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Ray Leonard was
a product of his time.
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He had a natural ability
to be a star.
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MAN: With his smile,
Sugar Ray Leonard
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can light up a gym.
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MAN 2: Tomorrow, Leonard
will fight professionally
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for the first time.
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COMMENTATOR:
And on this round,
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behold the boxing lord...
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COMMENTATOR 2: That would
be Leonard's right shots.
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(BELL DINGING)
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COMMENTATOR:
And that's the end of it.
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Man, everybody look at that.
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Ray Junior and Ray Senior.
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LEONARD: I just felt
a desire to be somebody.
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My career was nothing
short of disastrous.
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MAN: Sugar Ray Leonard
spent nine minutes
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in the ring last night
297
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and rocked his welterweight
opponent from Ohio
298
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in the second round,
299
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putting him down
to the canvas.
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REPORTER: As his manager,
Leonard chose Angelo Dundee,
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who is connected
and respected.
302
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Manager or trainer
to eight world champions,
303
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most notably Muhammad Ali.
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Angelo was chosen because
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he was an old time
boxing guy who was smart.
306
00:12:08,352 --> 00:12:09,603
There was never
anyone better
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during a fight
in a corner.
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Having Angelo be the face
of the training team
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was a smart move.
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Angelo had been through it
with the greatest.
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DUNDEE: Sugar Ray is
probably the finest talent
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that I've had the pleasure
of dealing with.
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And I know the people here.
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will want to take this kid,
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'cause he's
like home cooking.
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FARHOOD: One thing that
made his early days
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a little different
from most fighters is,
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almost all of his fights
were televised
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on national television,
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because Ray got ratings,
321
00:12:33,794 --> 00:12:35,212
because he was
already a star
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before he ever turned pro,
323
00:12:36,713 --> 00:12:38,048
and it was natural
to put him on television.
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Ah, yeah!
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LEONARD: You know, I give
thanks to the Olympics
326
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that boxing has
become revitalized.
327
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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
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I want a million dollars.
332
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Because I wanna be
the first little guy
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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
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against all different kinds
of opponents.
337
00:13:08,704 --> 00:13:10,372
And the reason Angelo
matched him tough
338
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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
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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
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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
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-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.
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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)
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