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♪ I believe the children
Are our future ♪
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♪ Teach them well
And let them lead the way ♪
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♪ Show them all the beauty
They possess inside ♪
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♪ Give them a sense of pride
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♪ To make it easier
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♪ Let the children's laughter
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♪ Remind us how we used to be
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♪ Everybody
Searching for a hero ♪
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♪ People need someone
To look up to ♪
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♪ I never found anyone
To fulfill my needs ♪
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♪ A lonely place to be
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♪ So I learned to depend on me
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♪ I decided long ago
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♪ Never to walk
In anyone's shadows ♪
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♪ If I fail, if I succeed
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♪ At least I live as I believe
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♪ No matter what
They take from me ♪
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♪ They can't take away
My dignity ♪
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♪ Because the greatest
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♪ Love of all
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♪ Was happening to me
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♪ I found the greatest
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♪ Love of all
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♪ Inside of me
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♪ The greatest love of all
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♪ Is easy to achieve
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♪ Learning to love yourself
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♪ It is the greatest
Love of all ♪
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[BAND PLAYING
"THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER"]
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[PEOPLE CHEERING]
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[CROWD CHEERING]
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How Cassius Took Rome,
by Cassius Clay Jr.
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"To make America
the greatest is my goal.
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So I beat the Russian
and I beat the Pole.
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And for the United States
won the medal of gold.
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Italians said, 'You're greater
than the Cassius of old.
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We like your name,
we like your game.
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So come make Rome
your home, if you will.'
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I said, 'I appreciate
your kind hospitality,
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but the United States of America
is my country still.
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Because they're waiting
to welcome me in Louisville!'"
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[CROWD CHEERING]
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[CHOIR SINGING]
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[BELLS RINGING]
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CLAY:
That sure is nice of you.
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Are you proud
of me, Momma?
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ODESSA:
You know I am.
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Hey, is this how you do it?
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[CHUCKLES] No, it depends on
how the other guy shapes up.
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Come here.
Try it like this.
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Put your hands up,
put your left foot in front.
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Yeah. Depends on
how you move.
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How you move makes you
a good fighter. [LAUGHS]
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MAN: Well, I feel good
this morning.
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ODESHA: I'm so proud
of you, baby.
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You know, but I just don't
feel right about it,
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you turning yourself over
to that white lady.
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What's she got
besides a lot of money?
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What's she got?
She's got plenty.
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She's got the right complexion,
and the right connections
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to give your boy
the right protection.
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-Oh, Cassius.
-[CHUCKLES]
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[DOG BARKING IN THE DISTANCE]
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Hey! Hey, boy, come over here.
Come over here.
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You know you're on
Ms. Fairlie's private property?
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CLAY: Yes, sir.
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You know where you are, boy?
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Yes, sir.
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Well, the road's that way.
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John!
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You know this here nigger?
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Yes, sir, Mr. Harry,
I know who he is.
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Ms. Fairlie told him
to come.
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He's going to work here.
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Yes, sir, this here is
the boxing boy.
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I'll take him up to the house.
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He scare you, son?
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Scare me?
He can't scare me.
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Can't nobody scare me.
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[CHUCKLES] I don't scare.
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That sucker must not have known
who he was messing with.
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[LAUGHING]
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Yeah. You got a good thing
about you.
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You're gonna work out well
with Ms. Fairlie.
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I will?
Is she here today?
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No, she's not down yet.
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You'll get your orders
from Miss Sue Ellen.
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Work orders?
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The only kind of work that
makes sense for me is boxing.
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And I'm good, too.
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I know it, now come on,
let's go.
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[BOTH LAUGHING]
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[WHIMPERS]
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Mr. Harry,
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when will I see Ms. Fairlie?
It's been a whole week now.
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MRS. FAIRLIE:
You can see me right now.
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Didn't anybody ever tell you not
to touch any of my dogs, ever?
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Not even come near.
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You get your odor
on them.
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It just confuses them.
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They don't know
who to go for in a crisis.
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All right, but I've been
trying to...
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I have all kinds of plans for
you, but they'll have to wait.
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I'm late for a fitting.
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Oh, I mustn't forget
to have the man make you up
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some boxing trunks
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in the colors
of my racing silks.
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I've been running four miles
every morning
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and I've been training...
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Ain't that a bitch.
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Hey, boy?
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What?
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Now who told you
it was leaving time?
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Somebody want to
come in this gate,
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they gotta have
your permission, right?
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That's my job.
Ms. Fairlie's orders.
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Nobody, especially me,
needs permission of any kind
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-to go out that gate.
-Huh?
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What I'm trying to say is,
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I ain't gonna be a part
of her kennel.
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I ain't gonna be
a part of her stable.
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And you tell her Cassius Clay
ain't gonna play nobody's boy.
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[LAUGHING]
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As a matter of ethics, my
clients wouldn't care to intrude
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on any prior claim
Trish Fairlie might assert.
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I don't like Ms. Fairlie, and
I don't want her in my business.
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Ms. Fairlie is out.
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Then let's get
down to business.
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As a tender of faith,
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each of my clients is willing
to put up $1,000.
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It's up to my father.
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Mr. Clay?
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It looks like we got
the makings of a deal.
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Good looking boy.
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Hello there, how are you?
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Fine.
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It's a pleasure, sir.
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How are you doing?
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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-Oh, thank you, we'd love it.
-You like that, huh?
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What's it feel like having a big
strong man pounding into you
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with all his strength?
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Well, that's a good question
for another fighter.
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Are you saying
it doesn't bother you?
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You've never been afraid?
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No. Well, I was scared
one time.
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After I won
the AAU Championship.
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After you won
the championship?
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Yeah. That qualified me
to go to the Olympics
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and they were held in Rome
this year.
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I had to fly over
on a plane.
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Just the thought of it
scared me to death.
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[LAUGHING]
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Well, we're all boxing nuts.
That's why we're doing this.
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We told our wives
it'll make us $1 million.
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You're only
stating the truth.
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The contract gives you gentlemen
half my earnings.
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Ooh!
Half your earnings.
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You think that's going to make
us $100,000 profit?
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No. You didn't hear
what he said.
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He said $1 million.
Ain't that right?
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Well, why not.
It's only money.
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[LAUGHING]
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Hey, look. Look, Ronnie.
There's Mr. Hollis' car.
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-What are we doing here?
-[LAUGHS] You see this car?
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This baby is bad,
ain't it?
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This is Mr. Faraday Hollis',
one of my sponsors.
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The one I told you about.
This is his car.
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How long does she take
to get up to 60? Two seconds?
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I don't know.
Get in, man.
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God, man, look at this.
Leather interior.
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All these dials
and knobs and shiny...
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Hey, what do you punk kids
think you're doing?
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[LAUGHS]
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Are you going to
leave on your own,
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or do I have to
call the cops?
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The cops?
You must not know who I am.
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I'm Cassius Clay
the Olympic champion.
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Mr. Faraday Hollis, who owns
this car, is a friend of mine.
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[PEOPLE MURMURING]
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Lia, Obie, this is our boy,
Cassius Clay.
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Cassius, this is
Mr. and Mrs. Cruikshank,
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Mrs. Hollis and
Miss Hollis, my daughter.
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Well, I hear
you're quite a fighter.
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Yes, sir.
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Well, your sponsors
expect big things from you.
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Just the Heavyweight
Championship of the World,
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-that's all. Right, Cash?
-Yes, sir, Mr. Hollis.
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Would you like
something to eat or drink?
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CLAY: Well...
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I am sort of thirsty.
Maybe I'll have some milk.
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-Waiter?
-Yes, ma'am?
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MISS HOLLIS: A glass of milk
for the boy.
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Obie, you used to box a little
bit in college, didn't you?
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Well, a little bit.
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Get up,
see if you can hit him.
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Why that was over 25 years ago.
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Just see if you can.
Just for fun.
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Well.
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[LAUGHING]
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[CHUCKLES]
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All right. He's all right,
I'll tell you that.
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I'll tell you one thing,
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there isn't any other big guy
around that fast.
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Would you like to
take a seat?
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Yes, I guess I would.
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MR. HOLLIS: I want to thank you
for the exhibition, Clay.
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We don't want to
hold you up from your ride.
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That's all right,
'cause my friend Ronnie,
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I know he'll be
a little thirsty, too.
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Yeah. He was a little shy
to come in at first.
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I bet he's thirsty now.
He'll come in now.
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Let him stay shy.
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It'll keep him
out of trouble.
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But I wanted him to meet
your family and friends, sir.
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Some other time.
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I know you want everything to go
nice and smooth for yourself.
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Right?
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You understand?
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I'm trying to.
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Well, don't make waves.
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[ENGINE REVVING]
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[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
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Hey, Cash, wait a minute.
What are you doing?
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Man, this thing
is phony,
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gold-plated, and it ain't
worth a damn.
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RONNIE: I can't believe
you did that!
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Oh, God, man, what did you
do that for?
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It wasn't worth a shit anyway.
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Angelo Dundee.
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No, you got those hands too low.
Now get them up.
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Hustle, hustle!
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And the hands,
the hands!
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Cassius, don't lean back
like that!
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What, you prefer this sucker
to hit me in the head?
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Come on, sucker,
try it.
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And hold your hands up.
Don't hold them so low. Come on.
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Hey, Birdie, how are you?
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Is that the new kid?
The one from Louisville?
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Yeah, that's him.
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He won the light-heavy gold
medal over there in Rome.
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Name of Clay.
I know. I saw the film.
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I bet you worry if he pulls
his head back like that
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and a guy comes at him
it could really lift.
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All right, so he's got
a couple of bad faults.
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You'd better change that.
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00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:30,467
Sometimes I don't even know
who the hell the trainer is.
250
00:16:30,598 --> 00:16:32,774
But I'm learning.
251
00:16:32,904 --> 00:16:35,820
Whenever I want him to
throw a left hook, I say to him:
252
00:16:35,951 --> 00:16:39,172
"Jeez, what a beautiful left
hook that was."
253
00:16:39,302 --> 00:16:40,738
And he goes out
there and does it.
254
00:16:40,869 --> 00:16:42,784
-[LAUGHING]
-All right, time!
255
00:16:46,527 --> 00:16:50,661
Hey, kid, I want you to meet
Dr. Ferdie Pacheco. He's the
256
00:16:50,792 --> 00:16:53,664
best fight doctor and savviest
guy in the boxing business.
257
00:16:53,795 --> 00:16:55,318
Except for you and me.
258
00:16:55,449 --> 00:16:57,451
ANGELO: Huh?
259
00:16:57,581 --> 00:17:00,410
See, you know more than he does,
else I'd have him training me.
260
00:17:00,541 --> 00:17:03,587
And me, I know more, too, else
you wouldn't be going around
261
00:17:03,718 --> 00:17:05,198
showing me off as
your prize new boy.
262
00:17:05,937 --> 00:17:07,374
He's articulate,
ain't he?
263
00:17:08,331 --> 00:17:10,333
No offense, kid.
264
00:17:10,464 --> 00:17:12,901
I never saw a heavyweight
move around like you do.
265
00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:16,557
See, 'cause there's never
been a fighter with my problem.
266
00:17:16,687 --> 00:17:20,039
Never been a fighter
with such a pretty face.
267
00:17:20,169 --> 00:17:22,345
And I owe it to my public
to keep it that way.
268
00:17:22,476 --> 00:17:25,740
-Time to shower, I imagine?
-Go shower, go.
269
00:17:25,870 --> 00:17:27,350
[LAUGHS]
270
00:17:27,481 --> 00:17:28,960
Hey, kid!
271
00:17:29,091 --> 00:17:31,485
How much roadwork
did you do this morning?
272
00:17:31,615 --> 00:17:34,488
-Six miles.
-I thought I told you only four.
273
00:17:34,618 --> 00:17:37,186
Oh, I lost track
making up a poem.
274
00:17:37,317 --> 00:17:38,666
[LAUGHING]
275
00:17:38,796 --> 00:17:40,581
You see what I mean? [LAUGHS]
276
00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:44,019
REPORTER 1: Are you aware that
Lamar Clark has knocked out
277
00:17:44,150 --> 00:17:46,935
-his last 45 opponents?
-He's a bum.
278
00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:50,069
That sucker can't go
two rounds with me. Two rounds.
279
00:17:50,199 --> 00:17:52,419
-You're calling the round?
-Can I quote you?
280
00:17:52,549 --> 00:17:53,898
Yeah, I know
what I'll do.
281
00:17:54,029 --> 00:17:55,552
I'll get him in two.
282
00:17:58,903 --> 00:18:01,167
"When you come to the fight,
don't block the aisle and don't
283
00:18:01,297 --> 00:18:04,257
block the door. Archie Moore's
going to fall in round four!
284
00:18:07,782 --> 00:18:09,871
Besmanoff will stay to seven,
285
00:18:10,001 --> 00:18:11,829
then he'll think he's gone
to heaven!"
286
00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:13,570
[CROWD CHEERING]
287
00:18:34,025 --> 00:18:36,680
Hey, you,
what's happening?
288
00:18:36,811 --> 00:18:38,943
You're sure looking good.
What you doing?
289
00:18:39,074 --> 00:18:40,902
How about a date or something?
Let's take a ride.
290
00:18:41,032 --> 00:18:42,643
Nothing freaky.
291
00:18:42,773 --> 00:18:44,471
Nothing freaky?
Come on, woman, get in the car.
292
00:18:53,088 --> 00:18:54,524
Do you recognize me?
293
00:18:54,655 --> 00:18:56,961
I mean, have you ever
saw me before?
294
00:18:57,092 --> 00:18:59,007
I mean, you know who I am,
don't you?
295
00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,922
How the hell
would I know?
296
00:19:01,052 --> 00:19:02,619
Seriously, you don't
recognize me?
297
00:19:04,795 --> 00:19:06,362
I bet you one thing:
298
00:19:06,493 --> 00:19:08,712
Before the night's over,
we will know each other.
299
00:19:08,843 --> 00:19:10,323
Oh, yes, indeed.
I will know you.
300
00:19:10,453 --> 00:19:12,020
Yes, ma'am.
301
00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:13,848
'Cause we're going to have
a good time tonight.
302
00:19:13,978 --> 00:19:15,502
-That's right.
-Give me five.
303
00:19:15,632 --> 00:19:16,633
You know a little soul,
don't you?
304
00:19:16,764 --> 00:19:17,634
[LAUGHS] Give it back.
305
00:19:17,765 --> 00:19:19,854
Yes, ma'am.
306
00:19:19,984 --> 00:19:21,812
Would you park over here? It's
that building on the left there.
307
00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,387
I want you to
answer me one question.
308
00:19:32,388 --> 00:19:35,957
Are you anywhere
as good as you look?
309
00:19:36,087 --> 00:19:39,613
I'm better than I have been but
not as good as I'm gonna get.
310
00:19:39,743 --> 00:19:41,354
Mmm!
Come on, I can't wait.
311
00:19:55,803 --> 00:19:58,588
Hey. Hey, look. Hey!
312
00:19:58,719 --> 00:20:00,460
Hey, brother!
Say, brother!
313
00:20:00,590 --> 00:20:02,375
Look here a minute.
I got a message for you.
314
00:20:02,505 --> 00:20:03,767
Look, I'm busy now, man.
315
00:20:03,898 --> 00:20:05,639
MAN: It's important message,
man.
316
00:20:06,117 --> 00:20:08,250
CLAY: Important? Ain't no more
important than what I got to do.
317
00:20:08,381 --> 00:20:11,645
I have a message for you. I want
to invite you to our mosque.
318
00:20:11,775 --> 00:20:13,864
Ain't nothing no more important
than what I'm getting ready
319
00:20:13,995 --> 00:20:15,649
-to do now. So leave me alone.
-Yeah, but what
320
00:20:15,779 --> 00:20:16,954
-you going to do, brother?
-Wait.
321
00:20:19,174 --> 00:20:21,655
Hey, baby! Wait!
322
00:20:22,786 --> 00:20:25,702
Oh, man, you made me
miss the woman. She's gone.
323
00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:27,400
Man, I did you
a good favor, brother.
324
00:20:27,530 --> 00:20:28,836
Did me a favor?
325
00:20:28,966 --> 00:20:30,490
That's worse than
dope and alcohol.
326
00:20:30,620 --> 00:20:32,492
That white woman.
Worse than alcohol.
327
00:20:32,622 --> 00:20:34,189
Man, you're crazy.
This pretty white woman?
328
00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,017
-I'm not kidding.
-That's right, brother.
329
00:20:36,147 --> 00:20:37,671
She's gone.
330
00:20:37,801 --> 00:20:38,541
Have you ever
heard of Malcolm X?
331
00:20:38,672 --> 00:20:40,108
I've heard of Malcolm X.
332
00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:41,718
He's in the mosque
and I want to invite you.
333
00:20:41,849 --> 00:20:43,242
-There's no Malcolm X over here.
-Would I lie?
334
00:20:43,372 --> 00:20:46,114
-Malcolm X in the ghetto?
-He's right over here.
335
00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:47,985
-Would I lie to you?
-Do you know who I am?
336
00:20:48,116 --> 00:20:49,726
-I know you.
-What's my name?
337
00:20:49,857 --> 00:20:50,640
-You're Cassius Clay.
-MAN 2: That's right.
338
00:20:50,771 --> 00:20:52,033
And you know I can fight?
339
00:20:52,163 --> 00:20:53,948
-Don't worry about that.
-Don't lie.
340
00:20:54,078 --> 00:20:55,558
I wouldn't lie. Two minutes
of your time. That's all.
341
00:20:55,689 --> 00:20:57,125
-I ain't gonna stay two minutes.
-That's all.
342
00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:59,780
-That's all it take two minutes.
-Malcolm X is over here?
343
00:20:59,910 --> 00:21:01,216
Right now. Right now.
344
00:21:01,347 --> 00:21:02,826
-I wouldn't lie to you.
-MAN 2: Right.
345
00:21:02,957 --> 00:21:04,567
MAN 1: Alright? That's all
it will take.
346
00:21:04,698 --> 00:21:06,047
-[PEOPLE CLAPPING]
-He's a devil.
347
00:21:07,614 --> 00:21:09,920
Every time you
see a white man,
348
00:21:11,052 --> 00:21:14,055
think about the devil,
and you'll see him.
349
00:21:14,838 --> 00:21:18,886
Think of how it is
on your slave fore-parents'
350
00:21:19,016 --> 00:21:22,063
bloody, sweaty backs,
that he built this empire.
351
00:21:22,193 --> 00:21:24,718
AUDIENCE: [AGREEING]
That's right!
352
00:21:24,848 --> 00:21:28,939
'Cause today, the richest of all
nations, by its evil
353
00:21:29,070 --> 00:21:32,682
and its greed make him hated
around the world.
354
00:21:33,901 --> 00:21:37,905
This blue-eyed devil
took away your name,
355
00:21:39,254 --> 00:21:40,821
took away your language.
356
00:21:42,083 --> 00:21:43,563
Took away your culture.
357
00:21:43,693 --> 00:21:44,694
[AUDIENCE AGREES HEATEDLY]
358
00:21:44,825 --> 00:21:46,479
And what does he
offer in return?
359
00:21:47,610 --> 00:21:48,829
A religion that says:
360
00:21:49,743 --> 00:21:51,962
We're all going
to sprout wings,
361
00:21:54,225 --> 00:21:56,663
fly up into the sky.
362
00:21:56,793 --> 00:22:01,624
God will have a special place
for us called heaven,
363
00:22:01,755 --> 00:22:04,888
while the white devil
enjoys his heaven right now!
364
00:22:05,019 --> 00:22:06,586
[ALL AGREEING AND CLAPPING]
365
00:22:08,414 --> 00:22:12,287
And we have accepted
this brainwashing.
366
00:22:12,418 --> 00:22:15,334
Christian religion,
we've embraced it.
367
00:22:16,683 --> 00:22:18,989
We have believed in it.
368
00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:22,863
But, now, the Honorable
Elijah Muhammad
369
00:22:22,993 --> 00:22:24,995
offers you
the Nation of Islam.
370
00:22:31,001 --> 00:22:32,655
The Muslim religion.
371
00:22:34,483 --> 00:22:38,531
A program of independence
for the black man.
372
00:22:40,097 --> 00:22:44,058
How many of you want to follow
the Honorable Elijah Muhammad?
373
00:22:44,188 --> 00:22:45,842
AUDIENCE: Yes, sir!
374
00:22:45,973 --> 00:22:48,628
How many of you will
stand up for Allah?
375
00:22:48,758 --> 00:22:49,672
[ALL CHEERING]
376
00:23:01,031 --> 00:23:03,338
You know, all this time,
I've been standing up
377
00:23:03,469 --> 00:23:05,862
for a white man. A blonde-
headed, blue-eyed Jesus.
378
00:23:05,993 --> 00:23:07,124
That's right.
379
00:23:07,255 --> 00:23:08,648
Give him
a haircut and shave,
380
00:23:08,778 --> 00:23:10,650
he'll be like
the same honky policeman
381
00:23:10,780 --> 00:23:12,173
on the street
busting your head in.
382
00:23:12,303 --> 00:23:13,392
Never even
thought about that.
383
00:23:16,177 --> 00:23:18,048
Champ, I got somebody
I want you to meet.
384
00:23:18,179 --> 00:23:19,963
This is Bundini Brown.
385
00:23:20,573 --> 00:23:21,965
He was with Sugar Ray Robinson
and Johnny Bratton five years.
386
00:23:22,096 --> 00:23:24,141
I want you to meet him.
Hey, Champ.
387
00:23:24,272 --> 00:23:26,927
I don't care who
you've been with. I'm tired.
388
00:23:27,057 --> 00:23:29,625
Champ, he's the only man I know
that talks more than you do.
389
00:23:29,756 --> 00:23:31,453
Shoot.
390
00:23:31,584 --> 00:23:33,673
BROWN: "Float like a butterfly
and sting like a bee.
391
00:23:33,803 --> 00:23:35,892
You can't hit
what you can't see."
392
00:23:36,023 --> 00:23:38,417
[LAUGHS]
393
00:23:38,547 --> 00:23:40,723
CLAY: Hey, man,
who in the world are you?
394
00:23:40,854 --> 00:23:42,812
I mean,
what would Johnny Bratton
395
00:23:42,943 --> 00:23:44,597
or Sugar Ray Robinson
need with you,
396
00:23:44,727 --> 00:23:46,076
as great as they were?
397
00:23:46,207 --> 00:23:47,861
'Cause you just
don't train the body.
398
00:23:47,991 --> 00:23:50,167
You got to get into the soul.
399
00:23:50,298 --> 00:23:52,909
You can talk all the philosophy
and stuff you want.
400
00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,739
Sonny Liston is the king,
and it shall remain that way
401
00:23:56,870 --> 00:23:59,438
until he gets in the ring
with Cassius Clay.
402
00:23:59,568 --> 00:24:02,310
"The old master painter
from the faraway hills,
403
00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:04,921
who painted
the violets and the daffodils,
404
00:24:05,052 --> 00:24:07,663
said the next champ
gonna come from Louisville."
405
00:24:07,794 --> 00:24:09,839
[LAUGHS]
Man, you're all right.
406
00:24:09,970 --> 00:24:12,059
Crazy, just like me,
spouting poetry.
407
00:24:12,189 --> 00:24:13,974
Put this one in
your little bag.
408
00:24:14,104 --> 00:24:16,498
"When I start fighting,
I'm going to be known
409
00:24:16,629 --> 00:24:19,806
as the greatest of them all.
Because they all will fall
410
00:24:19,936 --> 00:24:21,416
in the round I call."
411
00:24:21,547 --> 00:24:23,984
Why do you call
the rounds on people?
412
00:24:24,114 --> 00:24:26,987
Well, I predict because it sells
tickets. Makes people come.
413
00:24:27,117 --> 00:24:29,729
How big is it for you to win
the Heavyweight Championship?
414
00:24:29,859 --> 00:24:32,122
I dream about it.
I always dream about it.
415
00:24:32,253 --> 00:24:34,821
I dream about all the things
I've had to give up,
416
00:24:34,951 --> 00:24:38,041
up until now. All the ice cream,
all the cake, all the pie.
417
00:24:38,172 --> 00:24:39,826
I dream about the things
418
00:24:39,956 --> 00:24:41,523
I'm gonna have to give up
to get that title.
419
00:24:41,654 --> 00:24:44,787
Mainly pretty women, man.
That's hard to pretty women.
420
00:24:44,918 --> 00:24:47,181
You're gonna give up the
best part of life. Me and you
421
00:24:47,311 --> 00:24:49,705
should have been together
when you was 12 years old.
422
00:24:49,836 --> 00:24:51,446
What makes you think
423
00:24:51,968 --> 00:24:54,405
little old Cassius Clay can
beat the big bad Sonny Liston?
424
00:24:54,536 --> 00:24:57,452
'Cause you'll float like
a butterfly and take his crown.
425
00:24:57,583 --> 00:25:01,282
And you and I both know
that he's headed for defeat.
426
00:25:01,412 --> 00:25:04,764
On that we both agree,
but there's only one thing:
427
00:25:04,894 --> 00:25:07,027
We have yet to
get that chump in the ring.
428
00:25:07,157 --> 00:25:09,246
That's right, brother.
429
00:25:09,377 --> 00:25:12,162
CLAY: I'm here to tell you all,
you think I'm just talking.
430
00:25:12,293 --> 00:25:13,773
You think I'm
just running my mouth,
431
00:25:13,903 --> 00:25:15,992
but these two fighters
in here are slow.
432
00:25:16,123 --> 00:25:18,386
They have no class,
no speed, no skill.
433
00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:22,129
Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston
are not in my class.
434
00:25:22,259 --> 00:25:24,740
They're not fast enough,
and you've been robbed.
435
00:25:24,871 --> 00:25:26,525
You're wasting money.
436
00:25:26,655 --> 00:25:28,178
How can you have a heavyweight
title fight without me?
437
00:25:28,309 --> 00:25:30,311
They're ducking me.
They want to brush me off.
438
00:25:30,441 --> 00:25:33,227
They say I'm a loudmouth,
but you wait, you just wait.
439
00:25:33,357 --> 00:25:35,316
I'll show all of you,
because in the near future,
440
00:25:35,446 --> 00:25:37,361
I'll whup Sonny Liston,
Floyd Patterson.
441
00:25:37,492 --> 00:25:39,886
I'll be crowned the greatest
heavyweight champion
442
00:25:40,016 --> 00:25:42,149
of all times. And there can be
no title fight without me.
443
00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:43,193
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
444
00:25:53,334 --> 00:25:55,858
Sonny Liston!
445
00:25:55,989 --> 00:25:59,819
Attention, the true heavyweight
champion is here!
446
00:25:59,949 --> 00:26:02,038
I've been looking
for you all over!
447
00:26:02,169 --> 00:26:05,041
I want you to get all your money
off the craps table.
448
00:26:05,172 --> 00:26:07,087
I'll bet you,
I'll whup you right now.
449
00:26:07,217 --> 00:26:09,089
I'm too fast
for you, sucker.
450
00:26:09,219 --> 00:26:12,222
I say you ain't nothing
picking Floyd Patterson.
451
00:26:12,353 --> 00:26:15,443
Well, why don't you face me,
since my mouth is so big?
452
00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:17,488
I'm going to destroy you.
453
00:26:17,619 --> 00:26:20,491
I bet you all the money you've
got right here, right now.
454
00:26:20,622 --> 00:26:22,450
Right now,
I'll knock you out, sucker!
455
00:26:22,581 --> 00:26:24,147
Right here.
Come on, sucker.
456
00:26:24,844 --> 00:26:27,934
You hear me?
This is Cassius Clay,
457
00:26:28,064 --> 00:26:30,458
the greatest fighter
in the history of all boxing!
458
00:26:30,589 --> 00:26:32,503
You are nothing!
You are nothing!
459
00:26:32,634 --> 00:26:35,071
You hear me,
you gambling sucker?
460
00:26:35,202 --> 00:26:37,291
I'm talking to you.
You can't duck me forever.
461
00:26:37,421 --> 00:26:39,032
You can't
duck me forever.
462
00:26:39,162 --> 00:26:41,164
You know who I am.
Floyd Patterson.
463
00:26:41,295 --> 00:26:43,471
You knocked him out once.
You'll knock him out again.
464
00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:44,777
I'm the one that you don't want.
465
00:26:44,907 --> 00:26:46,126
You're a faggot.
466
00:26:46,256 --> 00:26:48,215
A faggot?
I got something for you.
467
00:26:48,345 --> 00:26:50,130
I'll show you while
everyone's watching.
468
00:26:50,260 --> 00:26:51,827
I've never seen you
with ladies.
469
00:26:51,958 --> 00:26:53,481
-You're a faggot.
-Don't see me with ladies?
470
00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:55,048
You got
two pretty ones there.
471
00:26:55,178 --> 00:26:57,006
That's why
you'll get whupped.
472
00:26:57,137 --> 00:26:58,878
Quit acting a fool. You're
embarrassing colored folks.
473
00:26:59,008 --> 00:27:01,620
Embarrassing colored folks?
As ugly as you are?
474
00:27:01,750 --> 00:27:03,970
You, the heavyweight
champion, representing us
475
00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:06,189
looking like you look.
I'll tell you what I'll do.
476
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,974
I'm giving you 24 hours
477
00:27:08,104 --> 00:27:11,281
to saddle your horse up
and ride out of Las Vegas.
478
00:27:11,412 --> 00:27:13,719
Saddle up your horse
and be out of town.
479
00:27:15,416 --> 00:27:16,678
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
480
00:27:27,471 --> 00:27:29,648
[IN HIGH PITCHED VOICE]
Is this the Daily News?
481
00:27:29,778 --> 00:27:33,260
Well, I'm a citizen
who lives in Colorado.
482
00:27:33,390 --> 00:27:37,307
I just saw something
I'm sure you want to know about.
483
00:27:37,438 --> 00:27:39,092
Cassius Clay is in town.
484
00:27:40,180 --> 00:27:43,662
Yes, Cassius Clay!
He's in town.
485
00:27:43,792 --> 00:27:47,491
I just saw a big red bus
with the name Cassius Clay
486
00:27:47,622 --> 00:27:49,624
painted on the bus
and the sign says,
487
00:27:49,755 --> 00:27:51,757
"The world's most
colorful fighter."
488
00:27:52,583 --> 00:27:54,455
Yes.
489
00:27:54,585 --> 00:27:57,371
I'm serious. This is no crank
call, it's no joke.
490
00:27:57,501 --> 00:27:59,329
Cassius Clay is in town.
491
00:27:59,460 --> 00:28:02,071
As a matter of fact,
I'm looking out the window now.
492
00:28:02,985 --> 00:28:05,205
He's outside Sonny
Liston's house
493
00:28:06,206 --> 00:28:07,816
with a bunch of men
on the bus.
494
00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:11,167
Yes, they were
all colored.
495
00:28:13,343 --> 00:28:17,434
Well, I don't like to say this,
but they are all niggers.
496
00:28:19,045 --> 00:28:20,568
Yes.
It's going to be...
497
00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:23,353
Trouble?
I don't really know.
498
00:28:23,484 --> 00:28:26,313
He's not here to play checkers.
So I'm calling you now.
499
00:28:26,443 --> 00:28:29,359
Call the police,
or get the newspapers,
500
00:28:29,490 --> 00:28:31,057
because you have a scoop.
501
00:28:31,971 --> 00:28:34,364
CLAY: [OVER MEGAPHONE]
I've come to haunt you.
502
00:28:34,495 --> 00:28:37,019
I've come to haunt you.
503
00:28:38,194 --> 00:28:42,068
Sonny Liston, where do you liv,
you big, ugly bear?
504
00:28:42,198 --> 00:28:43,678
You big, ugly bear.
505
00:28:43,809 --> 00:28:46,202
I know you're
out here somewhere.
506
00:28:46,333 --> 00:28:48,030
You're no champion.
507
00:28:48,161 --> 00:28:49,902
I know you're in
there somewhere.
508
00:28:50,032 --> 00:28:52,208
Where you at,
Sonny Liston?
509
00:28:52,339 --> 00:28:55,255
Come out of that house.
I know you're sleeping in here.
510
00:28:55,385 --> 00:28:58,040
I know you're in there
somewhere, all comfortable.
511
00:28:58,171 --> 00:29:00,260
Come out of your house,
Sonny Liston.
512
00:29:01,174 --> 00:29:04,481
Come out of your house, sleepig
with all them rich folks.
513
00:29:04,612 --> 00:29:08,007
I'm here to get you. You're
trying to get some sleep...
514
00:29:08,137 --> 00:29:10,661
SONNY: Get off my land!
You black faggot bastard!
515
00:29:10,792 --> 00:29:12,533
-CLAY: Who you calling...
-You!
516
00:29:12,663 --> 00:29:14,274
CLAY: You ugly sucker, you.
517
00:29:14,404 --> 00:29:15,623
Get that bus
away from here.
518
00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:17,190
CLAY: I've come to get you.
519
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:18,539
Get out of here.
520
00:29:18,669 --> 00:29:20,236
CLAY: Look at that savage.
521
00:29:20,367 --> 00:29:22,064
SONNY: Get away from here.
Get off my land!
522
00:29:23,413 --> 00:29:26,155
Police,
arrest that pervert!
523
00:29:26,286 --> 00:29:27,940
CLAY: Look at that wild man!
524
00:29:28,549 --> 00:29:29,811
Hold that sucker.
525
00:29:31,073 --> 00:29:33,162
Get out of here.
Get out of here.
526
00:29:33,293 --> 00:29:35,164
CLAY: You know
I'm the champion.
527
00:29:35,295 --> 00:29:38,385
Why don't you arrest that fool?
Get him off my property.
528
00:29:38,515 --> 00:29:40,126
CLAY: When are you
going to fight me?
529
00:29:40,256 --> 00:29:41,431
Faggot bastard.
530
00:29:42,302 --> 00:29:44,130
Why don't
somebody do something?
531
00:29:46,088 --> 00:29:47,786
What the hell is this?
532
00:29:47,916 --> 00:29:49,439
Ain't you ever seen
one of those before?
533
00:29:50,484 --> 00:29:54,140
I know what it is.
That's a bear trap.
534
00:30:05,673 --> 00:30:08,371
Al Carrara's here. He's got a
message from Sonny Liston.
535
00:30:08,502 --> 00:30:11,026
-Oh, yeah, how you doing?
-How you doing?
536
00:30:11,157 --> 00:30:12,332
I've been authorized to give you
this message
537
00:30:12,462 --> 00:30:14,160
if you won the fight.
538
00:30:14,290 --> 00:30:16,292
The champ wants you to drink
your orange juice
539
00:30:16,423 --> 00:30:18,642
and milkshakes. You've talked
yourself into a title fight.
540
00:30:18,773 --> 00:30:21,123
He hopes you can
keep your big mouth shut
541
00:30:21,254 --> 00:30:23,082
or he'll ram his
fist so far down your throat,
542
00:30:23,212 --> 00:30:24,779
it'll take him
a week to pull it out.
543
00:30:24,910 --> 00:30:27,086
I'll tell you what to do,
message boy:
544
00:30:27,216 --> 00:30:29,392
You go back and tell him
that I appreciate
545
00:30:29,523 --> 00:30:32,091
the opportunity of
fighting for my title,
546
00:30:32,221 --> 00:30:33,701
'cause it's
going to be mine.
547
00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:36,443
Also, tell him that after
the fight, don't worry,
548
00:30:36,573 --> 00:30:38,227
because he will
not be unemployed.
549
00:30:38,358 --> 00:30:40,012
He can be
my chief sparring partner.
550
00:30:40,142 --> 00:30:41,448
You go tell him that.
551
00:30:41,578 --> 00:30:43,015
-I'll see you.
-CLAY: That's right.
552
00:30:43,145 --> 00:30:45,017
Tell him that,
message boy.
553
00:30:45,147 --> 00:30:46,496
Be sure he gets mad.
554
00:30:51,762 --> 00:30:54,243
["THE GREATEST
LOVE OF ALL" PLAYING]
555
00:31:02,425 --> 00:31:06,734
♪ I believe the children
Are our future ♪
556
00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:11,260
♪ Teach them well
And let them lead the way ♪
557
00:31:11,391 --> 00:31:16,222
♪ Show them all the beauty
They possess inside ♪
558
00:31:18,224 --> 00:31:22,489
♪ Give them a sense of pride
559
00:31:22,619 --> 00:31:25,666
♪ To make it easier
560
00:31:25,796 --> 00:31:31,585
♪ Let the children's laughter
561
00:31:31,715 --> 00:31:36,720
♪ Remind us how we used to be
562
00:31:36,851 --> 00:31:40,899
♪ Everybody searching
For a hero ♪
563
00:31:41,029 --> 00:31:44,946
♪ People need someone
To look up to ♪
564
00:31:45,077 --> 00:31:49,951
♪ I never found anyone
To fulfill my needs ♪
565
00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:55,565
♪ A lonely place to be
566
00:31:57,002 --> 00:32:02,572
♪ So I learned to
Depend on me ♪
567
00:32:02,703 --> 00:32:04,618
Boy, you can ride a bike.
How you doing?
568
00:32:04,748 --> 00:32:07,186
-Fine, how are you?
-All right.
569
00:32:07,316 --> 00:32:08,622
No, you. Ladies first.
I forgot.
570
00:32:08,752 --> 00:32:10,363
Oh, no,
after you, Mr. Clay.
571
00:32:10,493 --> 00:32:11,625
You must be a lot thirstier
than I am.
572
00:32:11,755 --> 00:32:13,540
No, I can wait.
573
00:32:13,670 --> 00:32:16,108
Mr. Clay? How do you...
Where do you know me from?
574
00:32:16,238 --> 00:32:17,979
Lots of places.
575
00:32:18,110 --> 00:32:19,763
No, the picture on your album
cover, The Greatest.
576
00:32:19,894 --> 00:32:21,896
Oh, that album cover
The Greatest.
577
00:32:22,027 --> 00:32:23,463
How many times
have you heard that?
578
00:32:23,593 --> 00:32:25,421
-About 6,000 times.
-Mmm!
579
00:32:25,552 --> 00:32:27,423
No, my kid brother
keeps listening to it.
580
00:32:27,554 --> 00:32:28,729
-Is that right?
-Mmm-hmm.
581
00:32:28,859 --> 00:32:30,557
-Come on, ladies first.
-Thank you.
582
00:32:38,739 --> 00:32:41,611
-You looking at something?
-[BOTH LAUGHING]
583
00:32:41,742 --> 00:32:43,570
No, I'm not
looking at nothing.
584
00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:44,832
Well, it's just your, uh...
585
00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:46,921
Anything special
about my, uh...
586
00:32:47,052 --> 00:32:49,358
No, nothing special.
Well, it is...
587
00:32:49,489 --> 00:32:51,186
Well, what I mean is...
588
00:32:51,752 --> 00:32:53,972
You don't sound at all sure
about what you mean, Mr. Clay.
589
00:32:54,102 --> 00:32:56,975
-Come on, let me have a drink.
-Go ahead, you take a drink.
590
00:33:01,283 --> 00:33:02,284
You know what?
591
00:33:03,807 --> 00:33:05,592
Yours looks
pretty special, too.
592
00:33:05,722 --> 00:33:07,202
[BOTH LAUGHING]
593
00:33:07,333 --> 00:33:08,812
Look, I'll tell you what.
594
00:33:08,943 --> 00:33:10,858
Don't waste time.
Just answer me a few questions.
595
00:33:10,989 --> 00:33:12,773
-Questions?
-Number one: What's your name?
596
00:33:12,903 --> 00:33:14,644
Number two:
Where do you live?
597
00:33:14,775 --> 00:33:17,169
And most of all, number three:
Can I pick you up and
598
00:33:17,299 --> 00:33:18,779
take you out tonight?
599
00:33:18,909 --> 00:33:21,738
Well, my name
is Ruby Sanderson.
600
00:33:21,869 --> 00:33:24,437
-Hold it. Repeat that.
-Ruby Sanderson.
601
00:33:24,567 --> 00:33:27,005
I live at 411
South Poinsettia.
602
00:33:27,135 --> 00:33:29,616
-Mmm-hmm. 411.
-But I've already got a date.
603
00:33:29,746 --> 00:33:33,663
Oh! Well, whoever it is,
he can't be as nice as me.
604
00:33:33,794 --> 00:33:36,275
The sucker can't be
as pretty as me.
605
00:33:36,405 --> 00:33:38,451
So why don't you find some way
to just
606
00:33:38,581 --> 00:33:40,670
drop him and cancel
that date tonight?
607
00:33:40,801 --> 00:33:43,238
-Are you asking me to?
-Yeah, baby.
608
00:33:43,369 --> 00:33:44,892
-Then that's what it takes.
-Out of sight.
609
00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:46,763
-Well, what time 8:00?
-8:00.
610
00:33:46,894 --> 00:33:48,635
Be pretty.
'Cause I'll be pretty.
611
00:33:48,765 --> 00:33:49,897
-You are fine.
-All right.
612
00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:51,377
All right.
See you later.
613
00:33:51,507 --> 00:33:53,379
Be on time.
Don't be too slow.
614
00:33:53,509 --> 00:33:55,424
Women are always late.
Especially you colored girls.
615
00:34:07,958 --> 00:34:10,048
What Jackie Robinson was really
saying, "If you give me a place
616
00:34:10,178 --> 00:34:12,137
on your team, I'll show you
what a nice fellow I am."
617
00:34:12,267 --> 00:34:14,574
Just a regular human being like
everybody else, only my skin
618
00:34:14,704 --> 00:34:16,880
is kinda funny. But before long,
you won't even notice that.
619
00:34:17,011 --> 00:34:18,578
That's what happened
because we have
620
00:34:18,708 --> 00:34:21,102
more black players
now than ever.
621
00:34:21,233 --> 00:34:24,062
If we keep on depending on the
goodness of the man's heart,
622
00:34:24,192 --> 00:34:26,325
second baseman of the Dodgers is
as far as you'll ever get.
623
00:34:26,455 --> 00:34:28,022
Because no majority ever
gave the minority
624
00:34:28,153 --> 00:34:29,850
a fair share of the loot
without force.
625
00:34:29,980 --> 00:34:32,418
Well, force is something we
can't really do
626
00:34:32,548 --> 00:34:34,985
'cause we're not united. Once we
unite, we will have that force.
627
00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:38,902
For every one of them in the
world, there's two non-whites,
628
00:34:39,033 --> 00:34:40,904
going on three.
Don't forget that.
629
00:34:41,035 --> 00:34:43,603
That sounds a little different.
The "white minority." [CHUCKLES]
630
00:34:43,733 --> 00:34:46,345
Still got the edge on power,
but it's moving the other way.
631
00:34:46,475 --> 00:34:47,955
And that's what's really
important.
632
00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:49,870
Thanks to people like you,
everything'll be okay.
633
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,264
-Salaam-Alaikum.
-Salaam.Thank you, brother.
634
00:34:52,394 --> 00:34:53,308
See you tomorrow.
635
00:35:16,810 --> 00:35:18,899
I saw who you were with.
636
00:35:19,029 --> 00:35:20,553
It was Malcolm X,
wasn't it?
637
00:35:21,249 --> 00:35:22,772
Yes, sir,
that's who it was.
638
00:35:27,299 --> 00:35:28,517
Cash,
639
00:35:29,562 --> 00:35:32,565
all your life you've been
training for one thing:
640
00:35:33,522 --> 00:35:35,872
The World Heavyweight
Championship of the world.
641
00:35:36,003 --> 00:35:39,006
That's right, and I will be the
next heavyweight champ of the
642
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:41,748
world. I go to bed thinking
about it, I dream about it.
643
00:35:41,878 --> 00:35:45,012
So, I mean, so what's...
Why are you bringing this up?
644
00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:48,015
Don't you realize what the
papers are going to do?
645
00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:51,975
They say Malcolm X is the most
dangerous man in America today.
646
00:35:52,106 --> 00:35:54,630
They say he's the most dangerous
man in the world,
647
00:35:54,761 --> 00:35:57,024
but he walked up here by
himself. No bodyguards.
648
00:35:57,155 --> 00:35:58,765
I don't see no police out here.
649
00:35:58,895 --> 00:36:00,636
But he's the most dangerous man
in the world?
650
00:36:00,767 --> 00:36:03,509
Why are whites so afraid
of the name Malcolm X?
651
00:36:03,639 --> 00:36:06,642
Well... because... I don't know,
maybe it's his religion.
652
00:36:06,773 --> 00:36:09,515
Look, Angelo, when it comes
to boxing, you're the man.
653
00:36:09,645 --> 00:36:12,126
You're the sole reason
for me being where I'm at today.
654
00:36:12,257 --> 00:36:14,520
Now, why are you
worried about religion?
655
00:36:14,650 --> 00:36:17,000
Just take care of the boxing.
I'll worry about my religion.
656
00:36:17,131 --> 00:36:19,481
'Cause you already got a faith.
Why don't you stick with it?
657
00:36:19,612 --> 00:36:23,006
My faith, Christianity,
is the white man's faith.
658
00:36:23,137 --> 00:36:25,879
Your Jesus is white.
Your angels are white.
659
00:36:26,009 --> 00:36:27,924
Your Lord's Supper is white.
Everything's white. I have to
660
00:36:28,055 --> 00:36:29,535
wait until I die
before I go to heaven.
661
00:36:29,665 --> 00:36:31,145
While you have everything now.
662
00:36:31,276 --> 00:36:33,626
I mean, why... Let me worry
about my religion.
663
00:36:33,756 --> 00:36:37,499
Champ, Bill McDonald is
on the phone.
664
00:36:37,630 --> 00:36:38,935
He wants to see you
down in his office.
665
00:36:39,066 --> 00:36:41,503
I don't think he
likes you no more.
666
00:36:41,634 --> 00:36:43,853
Now he's all upset.
He heard about Malcolm X.
667
00:36:43,984 --> 00:36:45,551
What do you mean,
he don't like me no more?
668
00:36:45,681 --> 00:36:46,943
All right. All right.
669
00:36:47,074 --> 00:36:48,162
He don't like nothing
but some money.
670
00:36:48,293 --> 00:36:50,164
Whatever nigger
can make some money.
671
00:36:50,295 --> 00:36:52,427
If Liston wins, then they'll be
his nigger.
672
00:36:52,558 --> 00:36:53,863
Look.
673
00:36:53,994 --> 00:36:55,778
What do I care
about Bill McDonald?
674
00:36:55,909 --> 00:36:57,563
Wait a minute, baby, look.
Just play it cool, will you?
675
00:36:57,693 --> 00:37:00,087
Don't get aggravated
and don't get him aggravated.
676
00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:02,742
After all, there is a
compromise, for Christ's sake!
677
00:37:08,051 --> 00:37:10,793
All right,
for Allah's sake.
678
00:37:10,924 --> 00:37:13,666
Okay, for Allah's sake.
679
00:37:13,796 --> 00:37:15,015
All right.
We'll make it.
680
00:37:15,145 --> 00:37:16,321
I love you.
681
00:37:17,931 --> 00:37:20,803
You flew to New York
last week with Malcolm X?
682
00:37:20,934 --> 00:37:22,718
Mmm-hmm.
683
00:37:22,849 --> 00:37:25,112
Visited a mosque
of the Nation of Islam there?
684
00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:27,854
You have two black Muslim
security guards in your camp,
685
00:37:27,984 --> 00:37:29,072
and Muslim women
doing your cooking?
686
00:37:29,203 --> 00:37:30,900
Why? I don't understand.
687
00:37:31,031 --> 00:37:34,164
What do you mean, why?
I don't eat pork no more.
688
00:37:34,295 --> 00:37:36,254
I'm going to accept
the Islamic faith.
689
00:37:36,384 --> 00:37:38,604
Malcolm X is
a brother and a friend of mine.
690
00:37:38,734 --> 00:37:40,562
And I have cooking
who I want to cook at my house.
691
00:37:40,693 --> 00:37:42,085
Malcolm X should be...
692
00:37:42,216 --> 00:37:43,957
I can go where I want
with Malcolm X.
693
00:37:44,087 --> 00:37:46,612
Malcolm X and his family
are your guests here in Miami.
694
00:37:46,742 --> 00:37:48,614
That's right. What about it?
He's a black.
695
00:37:48,744 --> 00:37:50,224
He's my brother.
He's my friend.
696
00:37:50,355 --> 00:37:52,270
I can do what I want to.
I want you...
697
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,097
-Why am I explaining to you...
-Wait a minute!
698
00:37:54,228 --> 00:37:56,752
Listen. Listen. Listen
Fire the guards and the cooks.
699
00:37:56,883 --> 00:37:58,798
Persuade Malcolm X
to get out of town,
700
00:37:58,928 --> 00:38:00,060
and go on
radio and TV tonight
701
00:38:00,190 --> 00:38:01,931
and tell
the American people
702
00:38:02,062 --> 00:38:04,194
that you have no connection
with the Muslims.
703
00:38:04,325 --> 00:38:06,284
Why? Just because
of the fight?
704
00:38:06,414 --> 00:38:08,242
Just because I'm going
to make some money?
705
00:38:08,373 --> 00:38:12,028
You think I'll deny the Muslim
faith, which I love and accept?
706
00:38:12,159 --> 00:38:14,161
You think I'm going to
deny Elijah Muhammad,
707
00:38:14,292 --> 00:38:16,337
the great leader
for the black people of America?
708
00:38:16,468 --> 00:38:18,208
You think I'm gonna deny
my friendship with Malcolm X?
709
00:38:18,339 --> 00:38:20,646
-BILL: You're not Muslim yet.
-I'm going to be one.
710
00:38:20,776 --> 00:38:22,343
Well, I'm gonna tell you
something. You're not one yet
711
00:38:22,474 --> 00:38:24,563
and you'll make over $400,000
in this fight, plus the...
712
00:38:24,693 --> 00:38:26,913
I don't care about that.
You're making money, too.
713
00:38:27,043 --> 00:38:28,567
You're making money too.
You wouldn't be in on it.
714
00:38:28,697 --> 00:38:30,612
Listen to me.
Listen.
715
00:38:30,743 --> 00:38:33,049
You have a chance to make
millions if you win the title.
716
00:38:33,180 --> 00:38:34,921
I'll compromise,
if that's the case.
717
00:38:35,051 --> 00:38:37,053
I'm not going to
deny my religion.
718
00:38:37,184 --> 00:38:39,229
I'm not gonna run
Malcolm X out of town.
719
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:40,622
I'm not going
to fire my cooks.
720
00:38:40,753 --> 00:38:42,145
I'll stay quiet.
721
00:38:42,276 --> 00:38:44,191
I won't do nothing
until the fight's over.
722
00:38:44,322 --> 00:38:46,367
That's no concession at all.
You're not giving up a thing.
723
00:38:46,498 --> 00:38:48,369
Either you make this
announcement to the public or
724
00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:50,589
the fight's off. You'll never
get another chance at the title.
725
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,982
-Is that why I'm here?
-That's right.
726
00:38:53,113 --> 00:38:55,245
-I'll announce it right now...
-Announce what?
727
00:38:55,376 --> 00:38:56,943
...unless you tell
me what you'll do.
728
00:38:57,073 --> 00:38:58,901
Here's what I'm
not going to do.
729
00:38:59,032 --> 00:39:00,163
I'm not gonna
renounce my religion.
730
00:39:00,294 --> 00:39:01,774
You already said that.
731
00:39:01,904 --> 00:39:03,993
Don't run off
at the mouth, Cassius.
732
00:39:04,124 --> 00:39:05,647
I'll call off the fight.
733
00:39:05,778 --> 00:39:07,388
Call the fight off.
To hell with you.
734
00:39:16,223 --> 00:39:18,181
At least you'll get to meet my
people two days ahead of time.
735
00:39:18,312 --> 00:39:19,748
They weren't
coming till Friday.
736
00:39:19,879 --> 00:39:21,271
Oh, good. I want to meet
your mother.
737
00:39:21,402 --> 00:39:22,882
Yes, she'd like to
meet you, too.
738
00:39:27,495 --> 00:39:29,889
How do you know for sure,
when he put it to you,
739
00:39:30,019 --> 00:39:31,325
you'd be
giving all this up?
740
00:39:31,456 --> 00:39:33,414
When you think about it,
it was simple.
741
00:39:33,545 --> 00:39:36,417
For me to turn down what I
believe in and my people,
742
00:39:36,548 --> 00:39:40,203
the black people, just to please
white folks, to get this fight.
743
00:39:40,334 --> 00:39:43,859
In probably some 10 to 15 years
from now when I'm no longer
744
00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:46,296
fighting, and the white has
no more use for me,
745
00:39:46,427 --> 00:39:49,778
and black people remember what I
did and turn their backs on me,
746
00:39:49,909 --> 00:39:51,084
then I'm really
in trouble.
747
00:39:51,214 --> 00:39:52,520
[HONKING]
748
00:39:56,698 --> 00:39:57,743
ANGELO: Hey, Cash!
749
00:39:57,873 --> 00:39:58,874
Yeah.
750
00:39:59,005 --> 00:40:00,659
Angelo, what's up?
751
00:40:00,789 --> 00:40:02,182
Mr. McDonald
wants to talk to you.
752
00:40:02,312 --> 00:40:04,750
Mr. McDonald,
I'm surprised to see you.
753
00:40:05,664 --> 00:40:07,230
I thought about
what you said,
754
00:40:07,361 --> 00:40:09,015
about your right to
your religious faith.
755
00:40:09,145 --> 00:40:11,147
That's part of
the American principle.
756
00:40:11,278 --> 00:40:13,019
Thank you.
757
00:40:13,498 --> 00:40:14,194
We don't want you to say
anything till after the fight
758
00:40:14,324 --> 00:40:15,804
if that's all right.
759
00:40:16,675 --> 00:40:17,850
After the fight. Right. Give
a little, take a little, right?
760
00:40:17,980 --> 00:40:19,721
I'll see you tomorrow.
Everything is still on.
761
00:40:19,852 --> 00:40:20,853
Thank you.
762
00:40:22,202 --> 00:40:25,031
Quiet.
Quiet, everyone.
763
00:40:25,161 --> 00:40:27,990
The heavyweight champion
of the world, Sonny Liston.
764
00:40:28,121 --> 00:40:30,166
Weighing 218 pounds.
765
00:40:32,995 --> 00:40:35,737
CLAY: I'm the greatest fighter
that ever lived.
766
00:40:35,868 --> 00:40:39,001
The world is going
to find out tonight.
767
00:40:41,395 --> 00:40:42,875
MAN: Slip on out of here, Sonny.
768
00:40:43,005 --> 00:40:44,442
No telling what Clay's going
to pull.
769
00:40:44,572 --> 00:40:48,097
No, I'm going to wait
on that faggot nigger.
770
00:40:48,228 --> 00:40:49,751
Give him
my evil eye.
771
00:40:49,882 --> 00:40:52,101
Stare him down,
same way I done Patterson.
772
00:40:52,232 --> 00:40:53,886
I've come to
destroy Sonny Liston.
773
00:40:54,016 --> 00:40:55,975
Don't you also
know how great I am?
774
00:40:56,105 --> 00:40:58,630
People say I'm just talking.
They call me a bigmouth.
775
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:00,283
After this,
you're going to see.
776
00:41:00,414 --> 00:41:01,720
[ALL CLAMORING]
777
00:41:03,896 --> 00:41:05,201
I am the greatest.
778
00:41:05,332 --> 00:41:07,073
Tell the whole world.
Tell them all.
779
00:41:07,203 --> 00:41:08,944
I'm the man.
I'm the man.
780
00:41:10,511 --> 00:41:12,644
Tell the whole world
I'm the champ.
781
00:41:12,774 --> 00:41:14,384
I'll destroy that sucker.
782
00:41:14,515 --> 00:41:16,256
[CONTINUES SHOUTING
INDISTINCTLY]
783
00:41:19,172 --> 00:41:21,130
I'm the greatest.
I'm the meanest.
784
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:24,786
There he is.
There he is.
785
00:41:24,917 --> 00:41:27,485
You don't scare me.
You don't scare me.
786
00:41:30,879 --> 00:41:33,142
I can't wait. I can't wait.
I can't wait.
787
00:41:36,145 --> 00:41:37,843
I'm going to
knock you out, sucker.
788
00:41:37,973 --> 00:41:39,148
I'm going to
knock you out.
789
00:41:42,456 --> 00:41:45,285
I'm pretty. You're ugly.
You won't have a chance.
790
00:41:45,415 --> 00:41:46,852
You're too slow.
I've been watching you.
791
00:41:46,982 --> 00:41:48,854
Floyd Patterson was scared
of you.
792
00:41:48,984 --> 00:41:51,465
Floyd Patterson was scared
of you. I'm not scared of you.
793
00:41:51,596 --> 00:41:54,207
-I don't care about your fist.
-MAN: Yes. That's right.
794
00:41:54,337 --> 00:41:56,339
CLAY: He's scared of you.
But I'm not scared of you.
795
00:41:56,470 --> 00:41:58,298
-You're a fag.
-A fag?
796
00:41:58,428 --> 00:41:59,560
[CLAMORING]
797
00:42:01,388 --> 00:42:03,303
You ain't nothing!
You ain't nothing.
798
00:42:03,433 --> 00:42:04,957
-Sit down!
-You ain't nothing!
799
00:42:05,087 --> 00:42:06,741
-Sit down!
-You ain't nothing!
800
00:42:06,872 --> 00:42:08,917
You ain't nothing!
You ain't worth nothing!
801
00:42:09,048 --> 00:42:11,659
'Cause I'm gonna
kick your you-know-what.
802
00:42:11,790 --> 00:42:13,313
I'm gonna beat you.
803
00:42:13,443 --> 00:42:14,880
Easy, easy.
804
00:42:15,010 --> 00:42:16,359
Your blood pressure.
805
00:42:16,490 --> 00:42:18,536
-Come on, doc.
-What is it?
806
00:42:18,666 --> 00:42:21,451
Two hundred over 100 and his
pulse is going wild.
807
00:42:21,582 --> 00:42:24,019
If his pressure doesn't go down,
there'll be no fight.
808
00:42:24,150 --> 00:42:26,152
Come on. Let's go.
Get him out of there.
809
00:42:26,282 --> 00:42:27,936
[BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR
PUMPING]
810
00:42:33,202 --> 00:42:35,422
That's 120 over 80.
811
00:42:35,553 --> 00:42:38,077
Now, why did you do that, Cash?
You scared the hell out of us.
812
00:42:38,207 --> 00:42:41,559
[CHUCKLES] I heard Liston
wasn't scared of nothing.
813
00:42:41,689 --> 00:42:43,169
As a matter of fact,
he scares everybody.
814
00:42:43,299 --> 00:42:45,258
Everybody is
scared of him.
815
00:42:45,388 --> 00:42:48,348
So I figured if I act crazier
that would really scare him,
816
00:42:48,478 --> 00:42:50,872
because you never know
what a nut's going to do.
817
00:42:51,003 --> 00:42:53,222
-It scared you all, too, huh?
-[LAUGHING]
818
00:42:53,353 --> 00:42:55,050
COMMENTATOR:
Clay puts a jab on the mouth.
819
00:42:55,181 --> 00:42:57,052
Another one-two.
A left and a right to the jaw.
820
00:42:57,183 --> 00:42:59,054
A right that grazes the chin
of Sonny Liston.
821
00:42:59,185 --> 00:43:00,839
Clay feints a left hand
822
00:43:00,969 --> 00:43:02,580
and gives a right that goes
over the head.
823
00:43:02,710 --> 00:43:05,887
Liston catches up with Clay, and
drives both hands to the body.
824
00:43:06,018 --> 00:43:07,628
He's hooking hard
to the midsection.
825
00:43:07,759 --> 00:43:10,065
For the first time in the figh,
Liston looks alive.
826
00:43:10,196 --> 00:43:12,328
Clay is way ahead as he drives
a right hand to the jaw.
827
00:43:12,459 --> 00:43:14,592
Liston is
puffing around the eye.
828
00:43:14,722 --> 00:43:17,203
Over in Liston's corner,
he's badly beaten up.
829
00:43:17,333 --> 00:43:19,118
They're applying
ointment to the eye.
830
00:43:19,248 --> 00:43:20,902
That right eye
is very swollen.
831
00:43:21,033 --> 00:43:23,122
I doubt if
Liston can continue.
832
00:43:23,252 --> 00:43:25,907
And if he cannot,
there will be a new champion.
833
00:43:26,038 --> 00:43:28,257
No, Sonny Liston
cannot continue.
834
00:43:28,388 --> 00:43:30,999
Cassius Clay is the champion
by a knockout,
835
00:43:31,130 --> 00:43:33,654
as Liston cannot come out
for the second round.
836
00:43:33,785 --> 00:43:36,962
Clay does a victory dance.
His handlers are jubilant.
837
00:43:37,092 --> 00:43:39,660
They're picking him up.
The crowd is going wild.
838
00:43:39,791 --> 00:43:42,881
Cassius Clay, the heavyweight
champion of the world
839
00:43:43,011 --> 00:43:44,839
and a beaten-up
Sonny Liston.
840
00:43:45,579 --> 00:43:47,320
I am the greatest!
841
00:43:50,323 --> 00:43:51,629
[REPORTERS CHEERING]
842
00:43:55,197 --> 00:43:57,243
REPORTER 1: When did you know
he wasn't coming back, Champ?
843
00:43:59,201 --> 00:44:01,595
Hold it. Hold it, hold it.
First things first.
844
00:44:02,465 --> 00:44:05,599
Now, listen, let's get it
straight. Just don't forget it.
845
00:44:05,730 --> 00:44:08,123
Sonny Liston was
supposed to destroy me.
846
00:44:08,254 --> 00:44:11,213
How wrong all of you were.
And you got to admit it.
847
00:44:11,344 --> 00:44:14,913
You got to all bow and tell me
that I'm the greatest.
848
00:44:15,043 --> 00:44:17,219
That's right. That's right.
That's right.
849
00:44:17,350 --> 00:44:19,613
I have another announcement
I have to make.
850
00:44:19,744 --> 00:44:23,486
The name Clay, Cassius Clay, my
name is no longer Cassius Clay.
851
00:44:23,617 --> 00:44:25,010
[REPORTERS CHATTERING]
852
00:44:25,924 --> 00:44:28,927
That's right.
You've heard the rumors.
853
00:44:29,057 --> 00:44:31,190
I am a Muslim.
That's my religion now.
854
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,148
My religion is Islam, and the
855
00:44:33,279 --> 00:44:36,891
Honorable Elijah Muhammad
has named me Muhammad Ali.
856
00:44:37,022 --> 00:44:38,588
You are a black Muslim?
857
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:41,679
Black Muslim. It's just Muslim.
We have white Muslims,
858
00:44:41,809 --> 00:44:44,072
brown, red, yellow.
We have all colored Muslims.
859
00:44:44,203 --> 00:44:46,031
We have different
colored Christians.
860
00:44:46,161 --> 00:44:48,250
You don't ask a man if
he's a black or white Christian.
861
00:44:48,381 --> 00:44:50,209
Another announcement
I want to make.
862
00:44:50,339 --> 00:44:54,169
My manager is now the son of
the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
863
00:44:54,300 --> 00:44:56,606
The Lowell sponsoring group
has-- as my wishes,
864
00:44:56,737 --> 00:44:59,044
has allowed him
to be my manager.
865
00:44:59,174 --> 00:45:01,220
Herbert Muhammad.
I want you to meet him also.
866
00:45:01,350 --> 00:45:03,570
Could you come here,
brother Herbert? From now on,
867
00:45:03,701 --> 00:45:06,529
he will be my adviser
and he will call the shots.
868
00:45:06,660 --> 00:45:08,706
He's a spiritual leader.
869
00:45:08,836 --> 00:45:11,404
I've a question. What does he
know about boxing, Cassius?
870
00:45:11,534 --> 00:45:13,362
REPORTER 2: And what about your
Louisville sponsor, Cas?
871
00:45:13,493 --> 00:45:15,234
Do you think we're going
to go along with
872
00:45:15,364 --> 00:45:17,279
this black Muslim business?
873
00:45:17,410 --> 00:45:19,107
You'll still be
Cassius Clay to me.
874
00:45:19,238 --> 00:45:20,718
ALI: You want to
keep me a slave.
875
00:45:20,848 --> 00:45:23,633
I'm known as Muhammad Ali.
Cassius Clay is dead.
876
00:45:23,764 --> 00:45:25,592
You, of all people,
should know that.
877
00:45:25,723 --> 00:45:27,507
Why should I
know that?
878
00:45:27,637 --> 00:45:29,683
Because it was your article
I read this morning.
879
00:45:29,814 --> 00:45:32,904
You said, "Sonny Liston will
murder Cassius Clay."
880
00:45:33,034 --> 00:45:34,819
[ALL LAUGHING]
881
00:45:36,211 --> 00:45:37,256
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
882
00:45:46,482 --> 00:45:48,484
[CROWD CHEERING]
883
00:46:05,240 --> 00:46:08,156
Boy, I got all the girlfriends
tonight, and all these ugly men.
884
00:46:27,306 --> 00:46:29,177
Hey, Champ.
How you feel, baby?
885
00:46:29,308 --> 00:46:30,483
I feel pretty good.
886
00:46:30,613 --> 00:46:32,311
Just a little
hot and thirsty.
887
00:46:33,312 --> 00:46:35,401
Could have a cold ginger ale
or something.
888
00:46:35,531 --> 00:46:37,577
Okay, let's go.
889
00:46:37,707 --> 00:46:39,231
Whoa, whoa.
890
00:46:42,930 --> 00:46:45,237
This dress. You know, I don't
like these types of clothes.
891
00:46:45,367 --> 00:46:47,326
It's too short.
Your chest is showing.
892
00:46:47,456 --> 00:46:49,545
I don't want you parading around
all these people, especially
893
00:46:49,676 --> 00:46:51,199
with me. Let me get a waiter
or waitress.
894
00:46:51,330 --> 00:46:52,810
They can take care of it.
895
00:46:52,940 --> 00:46:54,333
I've been sitting here. I'd like
to get up and move
896
00:46:54,463 --> 00:46:56,030
around some. Come on.
897
00:46:56,422 --> 00:46:58,076
Come on. Hold it. I said no.
Just stay right here.
898
00:46:58,206 --> 00:46:59,425
Let me get you a drink.
You must be--
899
00:46:59,555 --> 00:47:00,992
Come here. Hold it.
900
00:47:01,906 --> 00:47:03,124
Why are you so anxious to run
around here and find me a drink
901
00:47:03,255 --> 00:47:04,909
in this type of dress?
902
00:47:05,431 --> 00:47:07,346
Parading around with your legs
out and your breasts showing.
903
00:47:07,476 --> 00:47:10,349
-You bought me this dress.
-I bought you the dress for me.
904
00:47:10,479 --> 00:47:11,741
For me and you.
I told you.
905
00:47:11,872 --> 00:47:13,265
For me to watch
around the house,
906
00:47:13,395 --> 00:47:15,354
not for everybody
out here to see.
907
00:47:15,484 --> 00:47:17,660
I need a drink. And it ain't
going to be no damn ginger ale.
908
00:47:17,791 --> 00:47:19,358
[BAND PLAYING "THE TWIST"]
909
00:47:35,635 --> 00:47:36,941
[GLASS SHATTERS]
910
00:47:48,213 --> 00:47:49,301
[SHOUTING ANGRILY]
911
00:47:51,346 --> 00:47:52,260
Get off of me!
912
00:47:56,612 --> 00:47:57,875
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
913
00:48:04,620 --> 00:48:06,318
-You make no sense.
-RUBY: Stop it.
914
00:48:06,448 --> 00:48:08,798
It don't make no sense.
You'll dress like I tell you.
915
00:48:08,929 --> 00:48:11,540
You come with me.
Get through here.
916
00:48:15,457 --> 00:48:17,329
How are you going
to be my woman
917
00:48:17,459 --> 00:48:20,593
if everything you are doing
is embarrassing me tonight?
918
00:48:20,723 --> 00:48:23,335
My woman walking around
with her chest all out.
919
00:48:23,465 --> 00:48:26,338
Your knees all out and your
dress 5 inches over your legs,
920
00:48:26,468 --> 00:48:28,253
with horny crackers and niggers
looking at you,
921
00:48:28,383 --> 00:48:29,907
drooling at the mouth.
922
00:48:30,037 --> 00:48:31,909
Well, you bought this dress.
You picked it out.
923
00:48:32,039 --> 00:48:34,346
-Let me out.
-Hold it, woman. Hold it now.
924
00:48:34,476 --> 00:48:36,348
If it was just a dress,
it wouldn't be so bad.
925
00:48:36,478 --> 00:48:38,959
It ain't just a dress. Look at
all that makeup on your face.
926
00:48:39,090 --> 00:48:42,093
You told me you were going
to stop it. Powder and rouge.
927
00:48:42,223 --> 00:48:43,529
You're smoking,
even took a drink.
928
00:48:43,659 --> 00:48:45,270
I don't belong to you.
929
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:47,098
-We're not married, you know.
-Come here.
930
00:48:47,228 --> 00:48:48,577
How you going to
be my wife?
931
00:48:48,708 --> 00:48:50,231
Everything you doing
don't represent me.
932
00:48:50,362 --> 00:48:51,972
You're against my religion
and everything.
933
00:48:52,103 --> 00:48:53,974
I'll tell you something what
you're going to do tonight.
934
00:48:54,105 --> 00:48:57,412
This dress is going to come down
two inches over your knees.
935
00:48:57,543 --> 00:48:59,719
Let me out of here.
936
00:48:59,849 --> 00:49:02,113
Stop it, Cash,
you're tearing it.
937
00:49:02,243 --> 00:49:03,201
[FABRIC RIPPING]
938
00:49:06,030 --> 00:49:08,075
Come back here, woman!
You've got no clothes on!
939
00:49:10,730 --> 00:49:12,297
WOMAN: What happened
to your dress?
940
00:49:14,777 --> 00:49:16,301
MAN: I explained to Mr. Muhammad
941
00:49:16,431 --> 00:49:17,737
that this contract
gives his man
942
00:49:17,867 --> 00:49:19,695
twenty percent of
all ancillary rights,
943
00:49:19,826 --> 00:49:22,089
including
closed-circuit television.
944
00:49:22,220 --> 00:49:23,786
And I told him
945
00:49:23,917 --> 00:49:25,397
there was a bonus
of $50,000 for him personally,
946
00:49:25,527 --> 00:49:27,007
the day the Champ
signs the deal.
947
00:49:28,139 --> 00:49:29,967
Mr. Muhammad said,
"Not enough money."
948
00:49:31,533 --> 00:49:33,013
All right,
so we agreed already.
949
00:49:34,319 --> 00:49:35,363
We'll make him
a final offer.
950
00:49:36,277 --> 00:49:37,757
Seventy-five.
951
00:49:37,887 --> 00:49:40,020
If you're going to give me
that much money
952
00:49:40,890 --> 00:49:42,980
for my fighter
to take 20 percent,
953
00:49:45,025 --> 00:49:46,766
you really ought to
give him 40.
954
00:49:46,896 --> 00:49:48,115
[LAUGHING]
955
00:49:49,464 --> 00:49:50,683
You're crazy.
956
00:49:50,813 --> 00:49:52,119
No way.
That can't happen.
957
00:49:53,294 --> 00:49:54,382
Better than that...
958
00:49:55,514 --> 00:49:57,516
is to cut out
all of you middlemen,
959
00:49:58,473 --> 00:50:00,388
start our own
ancillary company,
960
00:50:01,476 --> 00:50:02,695
and give him 50 percent.
961
00:50:04,262 --> 00:50:05,263
I wouldn't try that.
962
00:50:07,004 --> 00:50:08,788
You don't know it,
gentlemen,
963
00:50:10,094 --> 00:50:13,227
but almost every black fighter
in the history of boxing,
964
00:50:13,923 --> 00:50:15,316
ended up broke.
965
00:50:17,014 --> 00:50:19,712
That is not going to happen
to Muhammad Ali.
966
00:50:29,635 --> 00:50:30,679
[EXHALES]
967
00:50:35,989 --> 00:50:38,687
Maybe you don't know the
reputation I got, Mr. Muhammad,
968
00:50:38,818 --> 00:50:40,124
as a prophet.
969
00:50:40,254 --> 00:50:41,690
Hmm?
970
00:50:41,821 --> 00:50:44,519
So many times I've said,
something terrible
971
00:50:44,650 --> 00:50:46,173
is going to happen
to a particular fellow.
972
00:50:48,393 --> 00:50:50,221
And what
do you think happens?
973
00:50:50,351 --> 00:50:51,613
He comes to grief.
974
00:50:51,744 --> 00:50:53,528
[LAUGHING]
975
00:50:53,659 --> 00:50:55,661
That's very
interesting, Mr. Curtis.
976
00:50:55,791 --> 00:50:57,141
You see...
977
00:50:59,969 --> 00:51:01,841
because I'm a bit of
a psychic myself.
978
00:51:01,971 --> 00:51:03,625
Oh?
979
00:51:04,409 --> 00:51:08,369
And I'm predicting that if any
grief comes to anyone I know,
980
00:51:08,500 --> 00:51:11,198
there's going to be
twice as much of the same
981
00:51:11,329 --> 00:51:12,373
to whoever caused it.
982
00:51:23,602 --> 00:51:24,864
REPORTER 1: Muhammad,
do you know
983
00:51:24,994 --> 00:51:26,779
you've been
reclassified in the draft?
984
00:51:26,909 --> 00:51:29,434
No, sir. All I know is the
last they had me pretty dumb.
985
00:51:29,564 --> 00:51:31,827
I was classified 1Y.
986
00:51:31,958 --> 00:51:34,700
That's because you flunked
the intelligence test, right?
987
00:51:34,830 --> 00:51:37,398
Yeah, I flunked it. I told you
all I was the greatest.
988
00:51:37,529 --> 00:51:39,705
-Never said I was the smartest.
-Right.
989
00:51:39,835 --> 00:51:41,750
They've got you
reclassified 1A,
990
00:51:41,881 --> 00:51:43,578
which means
you can be inducted at any time.
991
00:51:43,709 --> 00:51:45,885
Ain't that something? That shows
you how wise they are
992
00:51:46,015 --> 00:51:48,322
to reclassify me,
switch me to 1A,
993
00:51:48,453 --> 00:51:49,889
without giving me a test.
994
00:51:50,019 --> 00:51:51,717
Maybe they got some
heavy mail about why
995
00:51:51,847 --> 00:51:53,414
you're not over there
doing your job.
996
00:51:53,545 --> 00:51:54,937
How would you feel
about that, Muhammad?
997
00:51:55,068 --> 00:51:56,809
Being sent to Vietnam?
998
00:51:56,939 --> 00:51:59,464
Don't feel nothing.
I'm not excited at all.
999
00:51:59,594 --> 00:52:00,900
You mean you're not interested
in going over there
1000
00:52:01,030 --> 00:52:02,641
to fight for freedom?
1001
00:52:03,163 --> 00:52:04,773
Fight for freedom? Fight whose
freedom? I'm not free
1002
00:52:04,904 --> 00:52:07,080
right here. We've places
on Miami Beach I can't go.
1003
00:52:07,211 --> 00:52:08,908
My people aren't free.
Fighting for who?
1004
00:52:09,038 --> 00:52:10,866
I'm talking about
fighting the enemy.
1005
00:52:10,997 --> 00:52:13,347
Whose enemy? Man, the Vietcong
never called me no nigger.
1006
00:52:13,478 --> 00:52:14,696
They're your enemy,
not mine.
1007
00:52:14,827 --> 00:52:16,655
Niggers ain't crazy.
1008
00:52:16,785 --> 00:52:19,223
REPORTER 2: Incredible,
totally incredible.
1009
00:52:19,962 --> 00:52:22,139
Sport's personality,
now page one,
1010
00:52:22,269 --> 00:52:25,577
newspapers throughout the worl,
radio, and TV.
1011
00:52:25,707 --> 00:52:27,492
He fought them
one at a time.
1012
00:52:27,622 --> 00:52:30,103
Maybe the pound for pound
greatest in history.
1013
00:52:30,234 --> 00:52:32,236
Now he challenges
the policy...
1014
00:52:32,366 --> 00:52:33,715
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
1015
00:52:33,846 --> 00:52:35,369
if not the conscience,
of the nation.
1016
00:52:35,500 --> 00:52:37,980
Sam Geisen,
for News Center.
1017
00:52:38,111 --> 00:52:40,418
REPORTER 1: Now they've
reclassified you 1A,
1018
00:52:40,548 --> 00:52:42,681
which means you can be
inducted at any time.
1019
00:52:42,811 --> 00:52:45,510
ALI: That shows you how wise
they are to reclassify me 1A,
1020
00:52:45,640 --> 00:52:47,164
without even
checking me out.
1021
00:52:47,294 --> 00:52:49,035
REPORTER 3:
Maybe they got some heavy mail
1022
00:52:49,166 --> 00:52:50,993
about you not being
over there doing your job.
1023
00:52:51,124 --> 00:52:52,734
REPORTER 1: How would you feel
about that, Muhammad?
1024
00:52:52,865 --> 00:52:54,823
Being sent to Vietnam?
1025
00:52:54,954 --> 00:52:57,043
ALI: How would I feel?
I haven't even thought about i.
1026
00:52:57,174 --> 00:52:59,176
-Don't bother me at all.
-Can I have a little service?
1027
00:52:59,306 --> 00:53:00,742
REPORTER 4: You mean you're not
interested in going there
1028
00:53:00,873 --> 00:53:02,353
to fight for freedom?
1029
00:53:02,788 --> 00:53:04,006
ALI: Fight for freedom?
Fight for whose--
1030
00:53:04,137 --> 00:53:05,704
Who wants to hear that
loudmouth, Muhammad Ali?
1031
00:53:05,834 --> 00:53:07,227
You can't talk
that way about...
1032
00:53:09,098 --> 00:53:11,840
Surprised you!
Tricked you, didn't I?
1033
00:53:11,971 --> 00:53:14,060
I'm sorry.
1034
00:53:14,191 --> 00:53:16,628
No, that's all right. Don't
be sorry. I like your spirit.
1035
00:53:16,758 --> 00:53:18,499
What I'd like right
now is some service.
1036
00:53:20,980 --> 00:53:22,634
What can I do for you?
1037
00:53:22,764 --> 00:53:24,636
Well, you know I'm
new in town, right?
1038
00:53:24,766 --> 00:53:27,595
I don't know my way around.
I don't know nobody.
1039
00:53:27,726 --> 00:53:29,380
Well, to tell you
the truth, I'm lonely.
1040
00:53:32,905 --> 00:53:34,341
A man like you,
lonely.
1041
00:53:34,472 --> 00:53:35,734
"A man like you,
lonely."
1042
00:53:35,864 --> 00:53:37,649
You figure because
I'm Muhammad Ali,
1043
00:53:37,779 --> 00:53:40,217
nice looking,
I have everything I want:
1044
00:53:40,347 --> 00:53:42,697
Parties, women, just everything
waiting for me, right?
1045
00:53:44,656 --> 00:53:46,875
-Something like that.
-Well, it's not so.
1046
00:53:47,006 --> 00:53:49,748
And then it is so. I don't
have too much trouble,
1047
00:53:49,878 --> 00:53:52,881
but I don't appreciate things
that come too easy.
1048
00:53:53,012 --> 00:53:54,796
I was just walking
across the street,
1049
00:53:54,927 --> 00:53:56,711
I saw this pretty sister
over here.
1050
00:53:56,842 --> 00:53:59,453
I thought I would just come
over here and, uh...
1051
00:54:00,541 --> 00:54:04,023
What I'm really
trying to say, sister... um...
1052
00:54:04,153 --> 00:54:05,981
Do you know
what I really want?
1053
00:54:10,682 --> 00:54:11,596
Some cupcakes?
1054
00:54:14,990 --> 00:54:16,818
Um...
1055
00:54:16,949 --> 00:54:19,604
We have...
Our specialty is bean pie.
1056
00:54:19,734 --> 00:54:21,910
And we have
carrot cake and...
1057
00:54:22,041 --> 00:54:23,912
Everything here
is freshly baked.
1058
00:54:24,043 --> 00:54:27,089
Well, if that's the case,
I'll take some bean pie.
1059
00:54:27,220 --> 00:54:29,614
I'll take some cupcakes.
1060
00:54:29,744 --> 00:54:31,659
I'll take some
carrot cake,
1061
00:54:31,790 --> 00:54:34,836
and most of all, I'll take you
out to dinner tonight.
1062
00:54:38,710 --> 00:54:39,667
[LAUGHING]
1063
00:54:42,191 --> 00:54:43,932
I can't go out to
dinner with you.
1064
00:54:46,021 --> 00:54:47,371
I mean,
1065
00:54:48,241 --> 00:54:49,590
you'd have to
ask my parents.
1066
00:54:50,722 --> 00:54:52,114
Yeah, I've already done that.
1067
00:54:52,245 --> 00:54:54,029
I've already
asked your parents.
1068
00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:56,162
I've talked to them already.
I figured you'd say that.
1069
00:54:56,293 --> 00:54:57,990
So I'm a step
ahead of you.
1070
00:54:59,121 --> 00:55:00,732
You know my parents?
1071
00:55:00,862 --> 00:55:02,690
Yeah, I know your parents,
I know you.
1072
00:55:02,821 --> 00:55:04,257
I've watched you
at the mosque.
1073
00:55:04,388 --> 00:55:06,303
I saw you at
the religious services.
1074
00:55:06,433 --> 00:55:07,869
I even talked to your father,
met your mother.
1075
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:09,306
I even know your name.
1076
00:55:14,049 --> 00:55:15,747
What's my name?
1077
00:55:15,877 --> 00:55:18,837
[CHUCKLES]
Your name is Belinda, right?
1078
00:55:18,967 --> 00:55:20,099
[LAUGHS]
1079
00:55:26,975 --> 00:55:28,760
Well, what did they say?
1080
00:55:28,890 --> 00:55:31,066
Well, they told me that
I'd have to watch it.
1081
00:55:31,197 --> 00:55:33,417
Your father said, because
you're still kind of young, yet.
1082
00:55:39,945 --> 00:55:41,903
What'd you say?
1083
00:55:42,034 --> 00:55:44,297
I said to him I
realize you're young.
1084
00:55:44,428 --> 00:55:47,169
I can wait a few days.
You're gonna get older.
1085
00:55:47,300 --> 00:55:49,737
But, uh, you're so big
for your size,
1086
00:55:49,868 --> 00:55:51,783
I told him I hope
you stop growing.
1087
00:55:51,913 --> 00:55:53,654
[ALL LAUGHING]
1088
00:56:00,705 --> 00:56:02,663
[CROWD CLAMORING]
1089
00:56:13,152 --> 00:56:14,806
They're fighting.
1090
00:56:14,936 --> 00:56:16,155
Ooh!
1091
00:56:16,285 --> 00:56:17,765
He hit that woman.
1092
00:56:17,896 --> 00:56:19,550
-What's that?
-Look.
1093
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:21,029
[CROWD SHOUTING]
1094
00:56:46,359 --> 00:56:49,710
Can anybody tell me
how I can stay out of jail?
1095
00:56:49,841 --> 00:56:52,104
Well, you gotta make that
first step to find out.
1096
00:56:52,234 --> 00:56:54,715
"Kiss ass, kiss ass,
nigger man," they holler.
1097
00:56:54,846 --> 00:56:56,587
Nigger was yesterday.
1098
00:56:56,717 --> 00:56:58,327
What did Herbert say?
1099
00:56:58,458 --> 00:57:00,591
Herbert said I can take the step
or not take the step.
1100
00:57:00,721 --> 00:57:02,201
It's up to me.
1101
00:57:02,331 --> 00:57:04,029
I mean, you know,
Herbert is my conscience.
1102
00:57:04,159 --> 00:57:06,901
Herbert had two brothers,
three brothers
1103
00:57:07,032 --> 00:57:08,773
that went to jail
for not going into the Army.
1104
00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:11,210
I'll wait
for you here.
1105
00:57:11,340 --> 00:57:13,168
Good luck, fellas.
1106
00:57:13,299 --> 00:57:14,822
OFFICER: Line up
in alphabetical order.
1107
00:57:14,953 --> 00:57:16,171
First four in front
and so forth.
1108
00:57:20,959 --> 00:57:22,264
"You're about to
be inducted into
1109
00:57:22,395 --> 00:57:24,179
the Armed Forces of
the United States,
1110
00:57:24,310 --> 00:57:28,227
in the Army, the Navy, the
Marine Corps, or the Air Force,
1111
00:57:28,357 --> 00:57:30,229
as indicated by
the service announced
1112
00:57:30,359 --> 00:57:32,274
following your
name when called.
1113
00:57:32,405 --> 00:57:34,059
You will take one step forward
1114
00:57:34,189 --> 00:57:35,930
as your name and
service are called.
1115
00:57:36,061 --> 00:57:38,063
And such a step
will constitute your induction
1116
00:57:38,193 --> 00:57:39,717
into the service indicated.
1117
00:57:43,155 --> 00:57:45,462
John Allen, Navy.
1118
00:57:48,116 --> 00:57:50,118
James Austin, Army.
1119
00:57:52,947 --> 00:57:54,732
Louis Cerrato, Army.
1120
00:57:59,432 --> 00:58:01,478
Cassius Clay, Army.
1121
00:58:06,221 --> 00:58:07,788
Cassius Clay, Army."
1122
00:58:11,923 --> 00:58:13,707
Will you please step forward and
be inducted into
1123
00:58:13,838 --> 00:58:15,013
the Armed Forces
of the United States.
1124
00:58:24,065 --> 00:58:26,067
[WHISPERS] I'll take him into
the Major's office.
1125
00:58:26,198 --> 00:58:27,112
All right.
1126
00:58:28,983 --> 00:58:29,984
Follow me, please.
1127
00:58:36,295 --> 00:58:37,775
OFFICER: "Lyle Cornels."
1128
00:58:38,993 --> 00:58:40,081
Sit down, young man.
1129
00:58:41,082 --> 00:58:42,083
Yes, sir.
1130
00:58:45,260 --> 00:58:47,088
You'll have another chance
in a few minutes
1131
00:58:47,219 --> 00:58:49,003
to reconsider
and be inducted.
1132
00:58:49,134 --> 00:58:51,049
You'll go back,
they'll call your name,
1133
00:58:51,179 --> 00:58:53,051
and they'll tell you once again
to take that step.
1134
00:58:53,791 --> 00:58:55,532
Well, sir, I'd rather
not do that
1135
00:58:55,662 --> 00:58:57,969
'cause it'd just be
wasting everyone's time.
1136
00:58:58,099 --> 00:59:00,362
It's not a waste of time.
It's standard procedure.
1137
00:59:01,755 --> 00:59:04,497
But there are a few things
that I would like to tell you
1138
00:59:04,628 --> 00:59:06,194
before you get
that second chance.
1139
00:59:07,152 --> 00:59:10,155
The first is that your legal
defense is ridiculous.
1140
00:59:10,895 --> 00:59:12,940
I'm a lawyer
in civilian life,
1141
00:59:13,071 --> 00:59:16,291
and your claim to be an
Islamic minister is just silly.
1142
00:59:16,422 --> 00:59:18,076
So is your case on the grounds
1143
00:59:18,206 --> 00:59:19,860
of your own
religious convictions.
1144
00:59:19,991 --> 00:59:22,950
Lots of your fellow Muslims
are in the Army now.
1145
00:59:23,081 --> 00:59:26,214
Public opinion is going to be
much rougher on you because
1146
00:59:26,345 --> 00:59:29,130
of the special rewards and the
privileges that you've had.
1147
00:59:30,479 --> 00:59:32,873
They're not going to be
satisfied to see you
1148
00:59:33,004 --> 00:59:35,049
in a dungeon. They're going to
want your blood.
1149
00:59:36,703 --> 00:59:38,575
Excuse me, Major,
I couldn't resist butting in.
1150
00:59:42,230 --> 00:59:44,929
How do you do? I'm Colonel
Cedrich. Sit down, please.
1151
00:59:45,712 --> 00:59:47,409
First thing
my kid'll ask me tonight is,
1152
00:59:47,540 --> 00:59:49,150
"Did I talk to the Champ?"
1153
00:59:50,412 --> 00:59:53,590
You know, I saw both the Terrell
and the Williams fights,
1154
00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:56,288
and Patterson
in Las Vegas, the year before.
1155
00:59:56,418 --> 00:59:58,420
We were just talking, Colonel,
the young man and I,
1156
00:59:58,551 --> 01:00:00,640
about what it means
to resist induction.
1157
01:00:00,771 --> 01:00:04,078
Mmm-hmm. Have you talked about
what it means to accept
1158
01:00:04,209 --> 01:00:06,341
for a man of
Mr. Ali's particular talents?
1159
01:00:07,560 --> 01:00:10,171
I wonder if you realize
how unlikely it would be
1160
01:00:10,302 --> 01:00:12,086
for the Army to send you as
a combat soldier to Vietnam.
1161
01:00:13,174 --> 01:00:14,959
If we draft
a chemistry professor,
1162
01:00:15,089 --> 01:00:16,961
we don't put him into
a combat infantry unit
1163
01:00:17,091 --> 01:00:18,919
with a rifle in his hands.
1164
01:00:19,050 --> 01:00:21,052
And we wouldn't put
a rifle in your hands.
1165
01:00:21,182 --> 01:00:23,837
-Of course not.
-Morale is very important to us.
1166
01:00:24,664 --> 01:00:26,231
And sports are very
important for morale.
1167
01:00:28,233 --> 01:00:30,844
Do you know what Sergeant
Joe Lewis did in World War II?
1168
01:00:30,975 --> 01:00:33,107
Yes, sir. I think he
boxed exhibitions,
1169
01:00:33,238 --> 01:00:35,893
did personal appearances,
and things like that.
1170
01:00:36,023 --> 01:00:38,025
Right.
1171
01:00:38,156 --> 01:00:40,593
Now, there are no guarantees,
but you can be quite sure
1172
01:00:40,724 --> 01:00:43,074
that's what you'll be doing
after basic training.
1173
01:00:43,204 --> 01:00:46,599
We'd be crazy to use you where
you don't have the most value.
1174
01:00:46,730 --> 01:00:49,515
Value for who? I mean everybody
knows where I stand.
1175
01:00:49,646 --> 01:00:51,604
I'm against the war in Vietnam.
1176
01:00:51,735 --> 01:00:53,519
I've said on occasions
in the press I don't think
1177
01:00:53,650 --> 01:00:57,001
black people should go
to Vietnam and fight Asians,
1178
01:00:57,131 --> 01:00:59,177
yellow people, who've never
lynched us, raped us,
1179
01:00:59,307 --> 01:01:02,093
called us "niggers", deprived us
of freedom, justice, equality,
1180
01:01:02,223 --> 01:01:05,444
for the same white man who's
not freeing us here in America.
1181
01:01:05,574 --> 01:01:07,402
Really, my conscience
won't allow me to go.
1182
01:01:07,533 --> 01:01:09,361
However, I won't have to go.
1183
01:01:09,491 --> 01:01:11,015
You offer me deals where I
probably won't have to fight
1184
01:01:11,145 --> 01:01:13,582
or I could have it easy,
or do like Joe Lewis did.
1185
01:01:13,713 --> 01:01:15,889
But still, I know
that you're using me
1186
01:01:16,020 --> 01:01:17,456
to lead other people
to the service,
1187
01:01:17,586 --> 01:01:19,327
which is leading them
to the slaughter.
1188
01:01:19,458 --> 01:01:21,590
And my conscience
will still bother me.
1189
01:01:21,721 --> 01:01:23,288
Sir, I'd just
rather go to jail.
1190
01:01:26,900 --> 01:01:31,339
...Sentences you to five years
in prison and a $10,000 fine.
1191
01:01:31,470 --> 01:01:32,514
[CROWD GROANING]
1192
01:01:32,645 --> 01:01:33,864
[GAVEL POUNDING]
1193
01:01:33,994 --> 01:01:34,995
Come to order, please.
1194
01:01:35,996 --> 01:01:37,084
Bail to be continued.
1195
01:01:40,522 --> 01:01:42,524
We plan to appeal,
Your Honor.
1196
01:01:42,655 --> 01:01:44,831
You made that clear,
Mr. Eskridge.
1197
01:01:45,963 --> 01:01:47,355
Court is adjourned.
1198
01:01:47,486 --> 01:01:48,792
BAILIFF:
All rise, please.
1199
01:01:57,409 --> 01:01:59,019
Come on now,
don't worry.
1200
01:01:59,150 --> 01:02:00,542
We have at least two years,
1201
01:02:00,673 --> 01:02:02,457
the attorney told me,
before the appeal.
1202
01:02:03,937 --> 01:02:06,723
What if you lose? You'll
spend five years in prison.
1203
01:02:06,853 --> 01:02:08,507
Well, if we lose that's
the will of Allah.
1204
01:02:08,637 --> 01:02:10,335
We'll just get used to it.
1205
01:02:10,465 --> 01:02:12,641
Anyway, you haven't gone
to Las Vegas
1206
01:02:12,772 --> 01:02:14,600
and you haven't
gone to Hawaii.
1207
01:02:14,731 --> 01:02:16,994
You haven't
gone to Miami.
1208
01:02:17,124 --> 01:02:18,865
And just let it
stay like that.
1209
01:02:19,692 --> 01:02:23,783
Attorney, you are my legal
adviser on legal affairs.
1210
01:02:23,914 --> 01:02:26,612
I don't need no legal advice
on where to have honeymoons.
1211
01:02:26,743 --> 01:02:29,136
Mmm-hmm. You're going to pay
with credit cards, right?
1212
01:02:29,267 --> 01:02:31,008
Well, just let me
have a look at them.
1213
01:02:35,012 --> 01:02:36,230
Yeah, there you go.
1214
01:02:36,361 --> 01:02:38,015
I don't understand.
1215
01:02:38,145 --> 01:02:40,191
Is that all of them?
You got any more in there?
1216
01:02:40,321 --> 01:02:42,976
No. That's it. What's wrong. You
think they're not up-to-date?
1217
01:02:43,107 --> 01:02:44,586
Oh, no. They're fine,
they're fine.
1218
01:02:44,717 --> 01:02:46,675
Why did you put them in
your pocket? I might need them.
1219
01:02:46,806 --> 01:02:48,590
Do you know how much it'll
gonna cost to take this case
1220
01:02:48,721 --> 01:02:50,157
to the Supreme Court?
1221
01:02:50,288 --> 01:02:51,637
We never
talked about fees yet.
1222
01:02:51,768 --> 01:02:53,639
Fees can always
be deferred.
1223
01:02:53,770 --> 01:02:55,597
I'm talking about
court costs.
1224
01:02:55,728 --> 01:02:57,251
ALI: I mean what kind of bread
are you talking about?
1225
01:02:57,382 --> 01:02:58,557
LAWYER: How much do you have
in the bank?
1226
01:02:58,687 --> 01:03:00,124
ALI: Uh...
1227
01:03:00,994 --> 01:03:02,039
LAWYER: Well, you need that
and a lot more. Believe me.
1228
01:03:02,169 --> 01:03:03,867
Excuse us, please.
1229
01:03:03,997 --> 01:03:04,955
Excuse us.
1230
01:03:06,086 --> 01:03:07,218
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
1231
01:03:11,265 --> 01:03:13,180
MAN: Are you still
number one?
1232
01:03:13,311 --> 01:03:15,400
It'll all be going out, and
nothing coming in to live on.
1233
01:03:16,488 --> 01:03:18,272
You made it to the top
of the mountain, Champ,
1234
01:03:18,403 --> 01:03:20,927
but it's as steep going down
as it was coming up,
1235
01:03:21,058 --> 01:03:22,755
and a hell of a lot faster.
1236
01:03:22,886 --> 01:03:25,236
You got to get used to
another kind of life.
1237
01:03:25,366 --> 01:03:27,064
Look, I mean, I don't care
about that.
1238
01:03:27,194 --> 01:03:29,066
I've been broke
longer than I've been rich.
1239
01:03:29,196 --> 01:03:31,242
-I mean, I can adjust to that.
-We'll see.
1240
01:03:36,029 --> 01:03:39,946
ALI: I mean, in just the last
few days things have changed.
1241
01:03:40,077 --> 01:03:42,122
The conditions are changed.
1242
01:03:42,993 --> 01:03:45,038
BELINDA: It's still the same
for me. Isn't it for you?
1243
01:03:45,169 --> 01:03:46,953
How can it be when I'm not
the champion?
1244
01:03:47,084 --> 01:03:48,607
They took my title.
1245
01:03:48,737 --> 01:03:50,565
BELINDA: Ali, I don't want you
for your title.
1246
01:03:52,219 --> 01:03:53,873
I appreciate that,
and I know it.
1247
01:03:54,004 --> 01:03:57,268
But if I'm not the champion,
I have no source of income.
1248
01:03:57,398 --> 01:03:59,357
I mean, this whole marriage
thing, you'd better stop
1249
01:03:59,487 --> 01:04:01,533
and reconsider. Maybe it's
something you don't want to do.
1250
01:04:02,360 --> 01:04:05,276
BELINDA: I've already made my
mind up what I want to do.
1251
01:04:05,406 --> 01:04:08,366
So, the rest is
left up to you.
1252
01:04:08,496 --> 01:04:10,498
Well, I'm not winning
no popularity contest.
1253
01:04:10,629 --> 01:04:12,370
I'm a draft resistor.
1254
01:04:12,500 --> 01:04:14,633
"The nigger won't
serve his country.
1255
01:04:14,763 --> 01:04:18,158
He's against the Vietnam war.
He's not patriotic."
1256
01:04:18,289 --> 01:04:20,247
How do we know
some redneck cracker
1257
01:04:20,378 --> 01:04:23,468
don't try to do something
harm to you, me, and the family,
1258
01:04:23,598 --> 01:04:26,253
thinking it's patriotic
on America's part, or something?
1259
01:04:27,385 --> 01:04:28,777
Well, you know what?
1260
01:04:28,908 --> 01:04:30,692
It might be too dangerous
married to you,
1261
01:04:30,823 --> 01:04:32,694
so I think that I'd
just better take another...
1262
01:04:32,825 --> 01:04:35,349
Hold it, hold it now. It ain't
that serious. Now come here.
1263
01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:36,568
It really that serious.
1264
01:04:37,482 --> 01:04:39,092
Maybe I'm putting
too much emphasis.
1265
01:04:39,223 --> 01:04:40,964
I'm not trying
to scare you.
1266
01:04:41,094 --> 01:04:43,880
Do you really want me to tell
you what I think you should do?
1267
01:04:44,532 --> 01:04:46,491
Yeah.
1268
01:04:46,621 --> 01:04:50,234
Well, if you take the good
with the bad, add it all up,
1269
01:04:50,364 --> 01:04:52,540
if I were you,
I would marry me.
1270
01:04:57,894 --> 01:05:00,113
Hold it. Now give me just
a little kiss on the lip.
1271
01:05:01,593 --> 01:05:03,160
Come on now, pretty girl,
1272
01:05:03,290 --> 01:05:04,813
you can just give me
a kiss on the lip.
1273
01:05:04,944 --> 01:05:06,467
I don't want to wait
until we marry
1274
01:05:06,598 --> 01:05:08,295
just to find out what
a kiss is like.
1275
01:05:08,426 --> 01:05:10,036
Just something light.
Not serious.
1276
01:05:14,867 --> 01:05:15,999
ALI: Thank you.
1277
01:05:18,392 --> 01:05:21,308
BELINDA: I'm glad you made
the right decision for us.
1278
01:05:21,439 --> 01:05:22,396
ALI: I hope so.
1279
01:05:24,485 --> 01:05:27,749
Muhammad Ali, would you take
this beautiful lady,
1280
01:05:27,880 --> 01:05:30,361
Miss Belinda Board,
1281
01:05:30,491 --> 01:05:32,624
to be your
lawful wedded wife?
1282
01:05:32,754 --> 01:05:34,539
If so, will you say,
"I do."
1283
01:05:34,669 --> 01:05:36,497
I do.
1284
01:05:36,628 --> 01:05:38,282
NEWSREADER: [ON TV]
In New York, Joe Frazier
1285
01:05:38,412 --> 01:05:40,371
knocked out Buster Mathis
in the 11th round.
1286
01:05:40,501 --> 01:05:42,460
With Muhammad Ali now
out of the picture,
1287
01:05:42,590 --> 01:05:45,419
that means that in New York,
Massachusetts, Maine, Illinois,
1288
01:05:45,550 --> 01:05:48,814
Texas, and Pennsylvania,
Joe Frazier's now recognized
1289
01:05:48,945 --> 01:05:51,251
as the heavyweight champion
of the world.
1290
01:05:51,382 --> 01:05:54,254
[LAUGHS] Some world.
Six states.
1291
01:05:55,516 --> 01:05:58,345
And the main reason
I didn't go to Vietnam
1292
01:05:58,476 --> 01:06:00,869
is because of
my religious beliefs.
1293
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:03,785
My religion teaches me not to
take the lives of other humans,
1294
01:06:03,916 --> 01:06:06,788
and that is the Islamic,
Muslim religion.
1295
01:06:06,919 --> 01:06:10,009
The Islamic religion
has no color distinction
1296
01:06:10,140 --> 01:06:13,186
as all religions shouldn't have
a color distinction.
1297
01:06:13,317 --> 01:06:15,275
All people are
God's people,
1298
01:06:15,406 --> 01:06:18,626
for all souls are nearer
and dearer to the Creator.
1299
01:06:18,757 --> 01:06:20,367
[APPLAUSE]
1300
01:06:37,602 --> 01:06:39,343
MAN: He's coming back.
1301
01:06:40,518 --> 01:06:43,347
RADIO ANNOUNCER: Ellis won
the decision in 15 rounds.
1302
01:06:43,477 --> 01:06:45,914
That, according to the World
Boxing Association,
1303
01:06:46,045 --> 01:06:48,047
makes him the new
heavyweight champion.
1304
01:06:48,961 --> 01:06:51,833
[CHUCKLES]
That goes to show you
1305
01:06:51,964 --> 01:06:54,793
how great my hometown is,
Louisville, Kentucky.
1306
01:06:54,923 --> 01:06:56,969
Who would believe
that we would have
1307
01:06:57,100 --> 01:07:01,539
two world heavyweight champions
at the same time?
1308
01:07:01,669 --> 01:07:05,630
Cancellation of his passport has
made it impossible for my client
1309
01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:07,545
to earn his living.
1310
01:07:07,675 --> 01:07:10,591
But for the proposed
fight with Frazier in Toronto,
1311
01:07:10,722 --> 01:07:12,637
he doesn't
need a passport,
1312
01:07:12,767 --> 01:07:14,421
only the permission
of the court
1313
01:07:14,552 --> 01:07:17,511
to drive 75 miles
across the border,
1314
01:07:17,642 --> 01:07:19,600
for a mere 18 hours.
1315
01:07:20,384 --> 01:07:23,300
Now for this, we propose to
post a bond
1316
01:07:23,430 --> 01:07:27,347
of $100,000 to
insure his return,
1317
01:07:27,478 --> 01:07:30,829
plus 70 percent
of the purse in escrow
1318
01:07:30,959 --> 01:07:32,526
against any
income tax claims.
1319
01:07:34,137 --> 01:07:38,619
Oh, and as many marshals as
the government deems necessary,
1320
01:07:38,750 --> 01:07:42,362
to ride in his car, both ways,
and sit in his dressing room.
1321
01:07:42,493 --> 01:07:44,495
May it please the court,
the government objects
1322
01:07:44,625 --> 01:07:46,366
very strongly
to this proposal.
1323
01:07:46,497 --> 01:07:48,847
To grant a convicted felon
the same rights...
1324
01:07:48,977 --> 01:07:51,719
The district court,
in my home city
1325
01:07:51,850 --> 01:07:54,679
has just granted Abbie Hoffman,
a white defendant,
1326
01:07:54,809 --> 01:07:56,463
also appealing
a five-year sentence
1327
01:07:56,594 --> 01:07:58,074
in the Chicago Eight Case,
1328
01:07:58,204 --> 01:08:01,251
the permission to leave
this country for 26 days,
1329
01:08:01,381 --> 01:08:03,079
and to go to Cuba,
Your Honor.
1330
01:08:03,209 --> 01:08:06,386
Hoffman isn't planning to earn
$1 million on his trip.
1331
01:08:06,517 --> 01:08:08,910
Objection. That's completely
irrelevant.
1332
01:08:09,041 --> 01:08:10,608
Objection sustained.
1333
01:08:12,044 --> 01:08:13,698
Petition denied.
1334
01:08:13,828 --> 01:08:15,917
[GAVEL POUNDING]
1335
01:08:16,048 --> 01:08:18,311
If I were you, I wouldn't even
think about retiring.
1336
01:08:19,443 --> 01:08:22,707
You see, 'cause you've
still got boxing in your blood.
1337
01:08:22,837 --> 01:08:24,491
That's why I
called this meeting.
1338
01:08:25,492 --> 01:08:27,755
Herb, I'm glad you did,
because you're right.
1339
01:08:27,886 --> 01:08:30,323
I do have boxing in my blood,
and I want to fight again.
1340
01:08:30,454 --> 01:08:32,020
I know.
1341
01:08:32,499 --> 01:08:34,849
Where would you like to have
your first comeback fight?
1342
01:08:36,590 --> 01:08:37,548
Name a state.
1343
01:08:39,854 --> 01:08:41,378
How does Georgia
sound to you?
1344
01:08:41,508 --> 01:08:42,770
Georgia?
1345
01:08:42,901 --> 01:08:44,294
Me in Georgia?
1346
01:08:44,424 --> 01:08:45,947
Governor Lester Maddox?
1347
01:08:46,078 --> 01:08:49,168
The mayor of Atlanta
is a Jewish liberal,
1348
01:08:49,299 --> 01:08:52,302
who was elected with the support
of a black state senator
1349
01:08:52,432 --> 01:08:53,955
named Leroy Johnson.
1350
01:08:54,086 --> 01:08:56,741
And Mr. Maddox needs
the help of both of them
1351
01:08:56,871 --> 01:08:58,699
in order to function.
1352
01:08:58,830 --> 01:09:03,443
So, Mr. Maddox went on the air
about half an hour ago,
1353
01:09:03,574 --> 01:09:04,923
in order to tell the world
1354
01:09:05,053 --> 01:09:07,534
how he feels about
an Ali fight in Georgia.
1355
01:09:08,492 --> 01:09:09,493
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
1356
01:09:10,407 --> 01:09:11,364
Do you mind?
1357
01:09:13,627 --> 01:09:14,628
Hello.
1358
01:09:15,673 --> 01:09:17,240
No, this is Angelo Dundee.
1359
01:09:18,458 --> 01:09:20,025
Go ahead,
I'll hang on.
1360
01:09:20,156 --> 01:09:21,983
You mean to
tell me that
1361
01:09:22,114 --> 01:09:24,334
we might get
Joe Frazier after all?
1362
01:09:24,943 --> 01:09:25,944
Go ahead,
I got it.
1363
01:09:27,424 --> 01:09:28,468
Right.
1364
01:09:30,601 --> 01:09:31,689
Right, I got you.
1365
01:09:32,864 --> 01:09:34,170
Thank you.
1366
01:09:35,606 --> 01:09:38,478
Gentlemen, these are
the words of Lester Maddox.
1367
01:09:39,610 --> 01:09:41,960
"We're all
entitled to our mistakes.
1368
01:09:42,090 --> 01:09:44,354
I see no reason
for him not to fight
1369
01:09:44,484 --> 01:09:45,703
in the state of Georgia."
1370
01:09:45,833 --> 01:09:47,531
I knew something
was gonna happen!
1371
01:09:47,661 --> 01:09:49,489
I knew things
had to work out!
1372
01:09:49,620 --> 01:09:50,838
I can't believe it.
1373
01:09:50,969 --> 01:09:52,449
We're going to finally
get Joe Frazier.
1374
01:09:52,579 --> 01:09:55,495
No. Not Joe Frazier.
Not right off.
1375
01:09:55,626 --> 01:09:57,018
Not the first fight.
1376
01:09:57,149 --> 01:09:59,543
Yank Durham said we let him down
too many times.
1377
01:09:59,673 --> 01:10:01,675
Oh man, he's got some nerve.
1378
01:10:01,806 --> 01:10:03,938
It wasn't our fault because
things worked out like they did.
1379
01:10:04,069 --> 01:10:05,984
He knows that.
1380
01:10:06,114 --> 01:10:08,682
Every time we got a state
that'll allow us to fight in it,
1381
01:10:08,813 --> 01:10:10,554
somebody stops it.
1382
01:10:10,684 --> 01:10:12,425
Now you can't
blame Yank for that.
1383
01:10:12,556 --> 01:10:14,079
He says go fight
somebody else.
1384
01:10:14,210 --> 01:10:16,777
Prove you can get a license.
Then you got Joe.
1385
01:10:16,908 --> 01:10:19,127
Ain't that something.
After all we've done.
1386
01:10:19,258 --> 01:10:20,477
Three and a half years
of waiting.
1387
01:10:20,607 --> 01:10:21,913
Now he's startin'
to talk funny.
1388
01:10:22,043 --> 01:10:23,262
How about Jerry Quarry?
1389
01:10:23,915 --> 01:10:25,308
Jerry Quarry?
1390
01:10:28,572 --> 01:10:31,357
He's big, strong,
and slow.
1391
01:10:32,532 --> 01:10:33,794
Hey, and he's white.
1392
01:10:34,665 --> 01:10:37,755
Now I see.
Boy, you all are smart.
1393
01:10:37,885 --> 01:10:39,496
Now I see
what you're doing.
1394
01:10:39,626 --> 01:10:43,064
Muhammad Ali,
the draft dodger, Muslim,
1395
01:10:43,195 --> 01:10:45,763
fights the great
white hope, Jerry Quarry.
1396
01:10:45,893 --> 01:10:47,678
Stops this
bigmouth nigger.
1397
01:10:47,808 --> 01:10:49,854
Boy, we all stand
to get rich now.
1398
01:10:49,984 --> 01:10:51,334
Or lynched.
1399
01:10:51,464 --> 01:10:52,509
[LAUGHING]
1400
01:11:05,304 --> 01:11:07,611
Did you see them
evil eyes looking at us?
1401
01:11:08,481 --> 01:11:10,527
But when they
looked at us twice,
1402
01:11:10,657 --> 01:11:13,573
their eyes popped
when they saw who it was.
1403
01:11:13,704 --> 01:11:15,575
They really don't
believe what's happening.
1404
01:11:15,706 --> 01:11:16,881
Yeah, I wouldn't believe
what was happening either
1405
01:11:17,011 --> 01:11:18,143
if I was a white man.
1406
01:11:18,274 --> 01:11:19,884
Here's a draft
dodger nigger,
1407
01:11:20,014 --> 01:11:21,842
who ain't allowed to
fight in America,
1408
01:11:21,973 --> 01:11:23,496
but winds up in Georgia,
of all places,
1409
01:11:23,627 --> 01:11:25,106
and gonna whup a white man.
1410
01:11:25,237 --> 01:11:26,630
Would you believe it?
That's right.
1411
01:11:26,760 --> 01:11:27,979
[ALL CHUCKLE]
1412
01:11:29,981 --> 01:11:31,765
DREW: That's why we gonna
put something on it.
1413
01:11:31,896 --> 01:11:33,289
-MAN: That's a bold nigger.
-DREW: That's right.
1414
01:11:35,203 --> 01:11:36,422
Hey, Champ.
1415
01:11:37,031 --> 01:11:38,294
Hey, Drew.
1416
01:11:43,821 --> 01:11:44,691
You gonna dance, Champ?
1417
01:11:44,822 --> 01:11:45,779
I'm ready.
1418
01:11:45,910 --> 01:11:47,215
You gonna dance?
1419
01:11:47,346 --> 01:11:49,043
That Jerry Quarry's
in trouble.
1420
01:11:49,174 --> 01:11:50,654
You gonna
shuffle on him?
1421
01:11:51,219 --> 01:11:52,960
Oh yeah, I'm gonna show 'em all,
I'm really the champ.
1422
01:11:53,091 --> 01:11:54,701
There you go.
Throw that punch on him.
1423
01:11:54,832 --> 01:11:56,660
Yeah. I'm too fast for him.
1424
01:11:56,790 --> 01:11:58,879
I'm gonna shock the world.
They think we're through.
1425
01:11:59,010 --> 01:12:00,098
We gonna show 'em
I'm the real champ.
1426
01:12:00,228 --> 01:12:01,752
This is
the resurrection.
1427
01:12:01,882 --> 01:12:02,883
Yeah, I'll be the greatest
of all time.
1428
01:12:03,014 --> 01:12:04,102
-Right.
-[GUNSHOT]
1429
01:12:04,232 --> 01:12:05,669
What's that?
1430
01:12:05,799 --> 01:12:07,627
[GUNSHOTS]
1431
01:12:07,758 --> 01:12:09,586
Get down!
1432
01:12:09,716 --> 01:12:11,849
MAN: Get out of town,
you black son of a bitch!
1433
01:12:11,979 --> 01:12:12,980
[CONTINUES FIRING]
1434
01:12:14,155 --> 01:12:15,592
These crackers are crazy!
1435
01:12:16,506 --> 01:12:17,594
[RINGING]
1436
01:12:20,423 --> 01:12:22,163
-Who is it?
-It's for you, shall I take it?
1437
01:12:22,294 --> 01:12:23,991
MAN: Stay low, stay low.
1438
01:12:24,122 --> 01:12:25,471
ALI: I'll take it.
Hold it. I'm going crazy.
1439
01:12:27,691 --> 01:12:28,692
DREW: Stand up. Stand up.
1440
01:12:28,822 --> 01:12:30,737
Hello, who is it?
1441
01:12:30,868 --> 01:12:32,391
MAN: Nigger, you ain't fighting
no fight in Atlanta.
1442
01:12:32,522 --> 01:12:35,133
If you're in town tomorrow,
you're gonna die.
1443
01:12:36,047 --> 01:12:37,004
[DIAL TONE]
1444
01:12:42,836 --> 01:12:44,316
Now, we call the police.
1445
01:12:44,447 --> 01:12:45,970
We're not going to
do no such thing.
1446
01:12:46,100 --> 01:12:48,189
Stay cool.
We ain't going nowhere.
1447
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:50,757
First thing in the morning,
we'll check into a nice hotel.
1448
01:12:50,888 --> 01:12:52,629
We're not giving
nobody any excuses,
1449
01:12:52,759 --> 01:12:54,282
especially
Governor Lester Maddox.
1450
01:12:54,413 --> 01:12:55,980
We came here
to get Jerry Quarry.
1451
01:12:56,110 --> 01:12:57,895
That's my job,
and we're gonna get him.
1452
01:12:58,025 --> 01:13:00,419
And there ain't no redneck
crackers running us out of here.
1453
01:13:02,116 --> 01:13:06,512
CROWD: [CHANTING]
Ali! Ali! Ali! Ali!
1454
01:13:19,699 --> 01:13:23,050
[CHANTING CONTINUES]
1455
01:13:55,866 --> 01:13:59,739
[CHANTING CONTINUES]
1456
01:14:10,794 --> 01:14:12,839
COMMENTATOR:
Muhammad Ali and Jerry Quarry.
1457
01:14:12,970 --> 01:14:15,102
Ali looking very good
in the third round
1458
01:14:15,233 --> 01:14:17,931
after that forced idleness
of over three years.
1459
01:14:18,062 --> 01:14:20,456
Quarry picks out a left hand,
takes a jab on the chin.
1460
01:14:20,586 --> 01:14:22,414
Quarry seems to be cut
around the left eye.
1461
01:14:22,545 --> 01:14:24,285
That's going to
be bothering him.
1462
01:14:24,416 --> 01:14:26,113
Ali misses a left hand
over the head.
1463
01:14:26,244 --> 01:14:28,202
Ali is in with
a light jab on the nose.
1464
01:14:28,333 --> 01:14:30,944
Quarry drives him into a corner
and holds on for a moment.
1465
01:14:31,075 --> 01:14:33,860
And the referee gets them apar.
Ali feints a left hand.
1466
01:14:33,991 --> 01:14:35,253
Quarry's back towards the rope.
1467
01:14:35,383 --> 01:14:37,342
-[BELL DINGS]
-And there is the bell.
1468
01:14:37,473 --> 01:14:39,997
Quarry goes back to his corner
with a badly cut eye.
1469
01:14:41,389 --> 01:14:43,696
And Quarry cannot continue.
1470
01:14:43,827 --> 01:14:45,742
He is very unhappy about it.
1471
01:14:45,872 --> 01:14:48,222
But, nevertheless,
he's game.
1472
01:14:48,353 --> 01:14:50,921
He goes over
to congratulate Muhammad Ali.
1473
01:14:51,051 --> 01:14:53,619
[CROWD CHEERING]
1474
01:14:54,794 --> 01:14:56,187
[REPORTERS CLAMORING]
1475
01:14:58,276 --> 01:15:00,234
MAN: Let him through.
1476
01:15:00,365 --> 01:15:01,801
Let him through, please.
Come on.
1477
01:15:01,932 --> 01:15:03,673
Let him through,
please.
1478
01:15:08,329 --> 01:15:11,202
Are you the same lady
I saw at my fights before?
1479
01:15:11,332 --> 01:15:12,943
I come to
all your fights.
1480
01:15:13,073 --> 01:15:14,335
ALI: Thank you.
1481
01:15:14,466 --> 01:15:15,989
I like fans like you.
Keep on coming.
1482
01:15:16,120 --> 01:15:17,251
Don't worry, I will.
1483
01:15:19,123 --> 01:15:21,342
Until I see them
carry you out on a stretcher.
1484
01:15:22,387 --> 01:15:24,476
Did you say, "Carry me out
on a stretcher"?
1485
01:15:24,607 --> 01:15:26,086
I mean... why would you
want to see me
1486
01:15:26,217 --> 01:15:27,261
carried out on a stretcher?
1487
01:15:27,392 --> 01:15:28,785
What have I ever
done to you?
1488
01:15:28,915 --> 01:15:30,003
I don't know you.
1489
01:15:33,180 --> 01:15:35,269
God won't always
let the devil win.
1490
01:15:36,140 --> 01:15:39,012
I want to be there
when they bust your guts
1491
01:15:39,143 --> 01:15:41,058
and split your face.
1492
01:15:41,188 --> 01:15:42,799
I want to be there.
1493
01:15:42,929 --> 01:15:44,148
If there's a God in heaven,
it will happen,
1494
01:15:44,278 --> 01:15:45,628
and I wanna be there!
1495
01:15:47,194 --> 01:15:49,240
You conceited nigger.
I'm going to be there.
1496
01:15:52,069 --> 01:15:53,679
How many of you
want to be like me one day?
1497
01:15:53,810 --> 01:15:55,072
ALL: Me!
1498
01:15:55,463 --> 01:15:56,813
ALI: Ok, then. Obey your
mothers and fathers,
1499
01:15:56,943 --> 01:15:58,336
get your school work,
don't drink,
1500
01:15:58,466 --> 01:16:00,294
don't smoke,
stay out of bad gangs.
1501
01:16:00,425 --> 01:16:02,296
-You hear me?
-[MAN SCREAMING]
1502
01:16:02,427 --> 01:16:05,822
Muhammad Ali,
you're free, you're free!
1503
01:16:05,952 --> 01:16:07,475
Right! I just heard it
on the radio!
1504
01:16:07,606 --> 01:16:10,217
The Supreme Court says so!
You're free!
1505
01:16:10,348 --> 01:16:11,828
You just heard
what on the radio?
1506
01:16:11,958 --> 01:16:13,438
Right, the Supreme Court
says you're free.
1507
01:16:13,569 --> 01:16:15,005
I won
the draft decision?
1508
01:16:15,135 --> 01:16:17,050
The draft, everything.
It's all over.
1509
01:16:17,181 --> 01:16:18,748
Kids, I'm free!
1510
01:16:18,878 --> 01:16:20,227
[CHILDREN CHEERING]
1511
01:16:21,620 --> 01:16:22,795
Are we going to
whup Joe Frazier?
1512
01:16:22,926 --> 01:16:24,797
[CHILDREN AGREEING]
1513
01:16:24,928 --> 01:16:27,104
LAWYER: In the words
of the decision,
1514
01:16:27,234 --> 01:16:29,367
"It is indisputably clear
1515
01:16:29,497 --> 01:16:31,456
that the Justice Department
was wrong,
1516
01:16:31,587 --> 01:16:34,981
as a matter of law, in advising
that Ali's beliefs
1517
01:16:35,112 --> 01:16:38,637
were not religiously based
and were not sincerely held."
1518
01:16:39,725 --> 01:16:42,336
Now these
are strong words, gentlemen,
1519
01:16:42,467 --> 01:16:45,252
and the decision
was unanimous.
1520
01:16:46,123 --> 01:16:48,342
ALI: This is going to be
the biggest event of all times.
1521
01:16:48,473 --> 01:16:49,866
I want you to get
it right, right?
1522
01:16:49,996 --> 01:16:51,955
When Ali meets
"Smokin'" Joe Frazier.
1523
01:16:52,085 --> 01:16:53,173
Joe says
your hands are bad.
1524
01:16:53,304 --> 01:16:54,435
ALI: Joe says my hands are bad?
1525
01:16:54,566 --> 01:16:56,220
I've had hand trouble,
1526
01:16:56,350 --> 01:16:57,395
but my hands will
be ready for Joe Frazier.
1527
01:16:57,525 --> 01:16:59,179
Tell Joe Frazier
my hands are well,
1528
01:16:59,310 --> 01:17:01,007
and I'm gonna
hit that sucka so hard...
1529
01:17:01,138 --> 01:17:02,530
Please get this down,
I'm talking too fast for you.
1530
01:17:02,661 --> 01:17:04,924
I'm gonna
hit that sucka so hard
1531
01:17:05,055 --> 01:17:07,144
it's going to jar
his kinfolks in Africa.
1532
01:17:07,274 --> 01:17:08,885
Go back and
tell him that now.
1533
01:17:09,015 --> 01:17:11,801
ALL: [CHANTING]
Ali! Ali! Ali!
1534
01:17:19,330 --> 01:17:21,245
COMMENTATOR:
It's the 15th and final round
1535
01:17:21,375 --> 01:17:23,682
for the Heavyweight
Championship of the World.
1536
01:17:23,813 --> 01:17:26,337
Two great champions,
Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.
1537
01:17:26,467 --> 01:17:28,382
-[BELL DINGS]
-Both undefeated.
1538
01:17:28,513 --> 01:17:30,471
And the title could hang on
the result of this round.
1539
01:17:30,602 --> 01:17:32,343
The referee, Arthur McKinney.
1540
01:17:32,473 --> 01:17:34,214
There have been no knockdowns
in the fight so far.
1541
01:17:34,345 --> 01:17:35,912
This fight is so close.
1542
01:17:36,739 --> 01:17:38,479
The referee
dances around them.
1543
01:17:38,610 --> 01:17:40,960
Frazier is relentless,
coming after his man,
1544
01:17:41,091 --> 01:17:42,832
but Ali is tying him up
on the inside
1545
01:17:42,962 --> 01:17:44,311
as they go to the ropes.
1546
01:17:44,442 --> 01:17:47,140
Frazier's got
his hands down low.
1547
01:17:47,271 --> 01:17:50,230
He's very, very tired.
Both men are tired.
1548
01:17:50,361 --> 01:17:52,015
This is the final round.
1549
01:17:52,145 --> 01:17:53,451
There's a left hook
to the jaw by Frazier.
1550
01:17:53,581 --> 01:17:55,801
Ali is down.
1551
01:17:55,932 --> 01:17:57,673
Get up! Get up!
1552
01:17:57,803 --> 01:18:00,023
The only knockdown
in the fight so far.
1553
01:18:00,153 --> 01:18:02,939
[ANNOUNCER DROWNED OUT BY CROWD]
1554
01:18:04,462 --> 01:18:06,333
Ali was wide open
for that punch
1555
01:18:06,464 --> 01:18:09,075
and down he went,
flat on his back.
1556
01:18:09,206 --> 01:18:12,035
We'll see how he can make out.
We're ready for action again.
1557
01:18:12,165 --> 01:18:13,993
Frazier comes after him,
trying to finish him.
1558
01:18:14,124 --> 01:18:16,256
Both men are very, very
tired and exhausted.
1559
01:18:16,387 --> 01:18:18,215
They go to close quarters.
1560
01:18:18,345 --> 01:18:20,608
Ali tries to shake off
the results of that punch.
1561
01:18:20,739 --> 01:18:22,785
The only knockdown
of the fight so far.
1562
01:18:22,915 --> 01:18:26,223
This could be the finisher.
The round is almost over now.
1563
01:18:26,353 --> 01:18:28,225
It's the 15th and final round.
1564
01:18:28,355 --> 01:18:30,967
And the scoring in New York
is on a rounds basis.
1565
01:18:31,097 --> 01:18:33,186
A hard right to the body,
thrown by Frazier.
1566
01:18:33,317 --> 01:18:35,536
Another, and then a left hook
to the body by Frazier.
1567
01:18:36,494 --> 01:18:38,539
The referee comes over again
to get them apart.
1568
01:18:38,670 --> 01:18:40,280
Ali looks very,
very tired indeed.
1569
01:18:40,411 --> 01:18:41,499
And so does Frazier.
1570
01:18:41,629 --> 01:18:43,109
The round is almost over.
1571
01:18:43,240 --> 01:18:44,981
[BELL DINGS]
1572
01:18:45,111 --> 01:18:46,460
Frazier ducks under
a couple of lefts.
1573
01:18:46,591 --> 01:18:48,375
And it's all over.
The fight is over.
1574
01:18:48,506 --> 01:18:50,595
The massive crowd
at Madison Square Garden
1575
01:18:50,726 --> 01:18:53,511
is up on their feet
cheering what probably could be
1576
01:18:53,641 --> 01:18:55,295
the greatest fight
of all time.
1577
01:18:56,340 --> 01:18:59,517
Joe Frazier, the winner,
by a unanimous decision.
1578
01:18:59,647 --> 01:19:01,388
Ali in his corner,
a bit disappointed.
1579
01:19:04,174 --> 01:19:06,132
-We'll get him next time, Champ.
-ALI: Yeah...
1580
01:19:11,747 --> 01:19:15,228
Baby, you did fine.
Real fine.
1581
01:19:15,359 --> 01:19:17,448
COACH: Let's get him dressed
so they can X-ray that jaw.
1582
01:19:17,578 --> 01:19:20,233
All right. All right,
everybody out, huh?
1583
01:19:20,364 --> 01:19:21,278
Please, everybody out.
1584
01:19:21,408 --> 01:19:23,062
Please, everybody out.
1585
01:19:23,193 --> 01:19:24,847
MAN: Okay, you heard him.
Come on, move it.
1586
01:19:28,764 --> 01:19:30,766
-[MUTTERS]
-[DOOR CLOSING]
1587
01:19:30,896 --> 01:19:33,377
I learned a big lesson.
I'm glad it all happened.
1588
01:19:33,507 --> 01:19:35,422
I played too much
and wasn't serious.
1589
01:19:35,553 --> 01:19:37,816
Clowning and talking.
1590
01:19:37,947 --> 01:19:40,384
I got just what I deserved.
But let me tell you something.
1591
01:19:41,341 --> 01:19:44,214
Next time, we'll get him
next time. I promise you.
1592
01:19:45,868 --> 01:19:47,695
Like I told you
when you were a kid,
1593
01:19:47,826 --> 01:19:49,480
"As long as
you keep on trying."
1594
01:19:53,440 --> 01:19:56,008
Hold on, hold on! Back it up!
Let him out! Let him out!
1595
01:19:56,139 --> 01:19:58,837
[ALL CLAMORING]
1596
01:20:07,803 --> 01:20:09,152
That's the artist in him.
1597
01:20:09,282 --> 01:20:10,457
Was it ever a fight?
1598
01:20:12,808 --> 01:20:15,506
To tell you the truth,
I didn't know what to expect.
1599
01:20:16,594 --> 01:20:19,336
How could you?
He's never lost before.
1600
01:20:21,686 --> 01:20:25,124
The question is:
What happens now, Ferdie?
1601
01:20:26,256 --> 01:20:28,432
He'll get up in the morning,
and he'll scream for a rematch.
1602
01:20:28,562 --> 01:20:30,216
Sure.
1603
01:20:30,347 --> 01:20:32,305
And Frazier's not
going to give it to him.
1604
01:20:32,436 --> 01:20:34,960
I mean, after all the crap
he's taken from Ali.
1605
01:20:36,092 --> 01:20:39,269
Listen, he's just going
to make him squirm like
1606
01:20:39,399 --> 01:20:41,358
going through
a bunch of junk fights
1607
01:20:41,488 --> 01:20:43,403
just to get another shot
at the title, that's all.
1608
01:20:45,101 --> 01:20:46,319
[GRUNTS]
1609
01:20:46,450 --> 01:20:49,453
I'd rather see him quit.
Right now.
1610
01:20:49,583 --> 01:20:51,237
What are you afraid of, Angie?
1611
01:20:53,587 --> 01:20:55,154
Time.
1612
01:20:56,329 --> 01:20:57,853
Time, Ferdie.
1613
01:20:59,289 --> 01:21:00,681
And the man himself.
1614
01:21:01,595 --> 01:21:03,510
COMMENTATOR: Buster Mathis takes
a left and a right to the jaw.
1615
01:21:03,641 --> 01:21:05,512
He is hurt.
1616
01:21:05,643 --> 01:21:07,079
Ali measures him
and drives a right to the chin.
1617
01:21:07,210 --> 01:21:08,167
And Mathis is down!
1618
01:21:10,213 --> 01:21:11,649
Chuvalo's
driven into a corner.
1619
01:21:11,779 --> 01:21:13,346
A left and right
to the jaw by Ali.
1620
01:21:13,477 --> 01:21:15,218
Two more.
Three lefts to the chin.
1621
01:21:15,348 --> 01:21:16,872
Chuvalo tries to fight,
1622
01:21:17,002 --> 01:21:17,916
but he's ripped
with a right to the jaw.
1623
01:21:19,396 --> 01:21:21,224
Jerry Quarry is hurt.
1624
01:21:21,354 --> 01:21:23,617
And Ali is asking the referee
to stop the bout.
1625
01:21:23,748 --> 01:21:26,882
Ali puts a jab on the mouth
and a right uppercut to the ja.
1626
01:21:27,012 --> 01:21:29,493
Quarry is staggering
and the fight is over.
1627
01:21:31,887 --> 01:21:33,453
Patterson goes into a crouch,
1628
01:21:33,584 --> 01:21:35,281
takes a left hand high
on the head.
1629
01:21:35,412 --> 01:21:36,674
Ali drives a right
over the head,
1630
01:21:36,804 --> 01:21:38,502
drives a right to the head.
1631
01:21:38,632 --> 01:21:40,069
A left on the chin,
thrown by Muhammad Ali.
1632
01:21:40,199 --> 01:21:41,505
A grazing right to the jaw.
1633
01:21:41,635 --> 01:21:43,594
A left and a right
to the head.
1634
01:21:43,724 --> 01:21:46,162
Bob Foster, the light
heavyweight champion.
1635
01:21:46,292 --> 01:21:49,165
Ali feigns being hurt.
Puts a jab on the mouth.
1636
01:21:50,166 --> 01:21:52,168
Foster sticks out a jab,
takes a grazing right,
1637
01:21:52,298 --> 01:21:53,473
-a left uppercut to the jaw
-[CROWD CHEERS]
1638
01:21:53,604 --> 01:21:55,606
and Foster is down
and maybe out.
1639
01:21:56,868 --> 01:21:59,958
Ali is finding Joe Bugner
is a tough customer.
1640
01:22:00,089 --> 01:22:03,222
Bugner backs to the ropes.
Both hands to the head by Ali.
1641
01:22:03,353 --> 01:22:05,398
Bugner hooks a left
that goes over the head.
1642
01:22:05,529 --> 01:22:07,487
Drives Ali into the ropes
and holds him there.
1643
01:22:09,098 --> 01:22:11,709
Norton moves into Ali,
driving both hands to the body
1644
01:22:11,839 --> 01:22:13,580
and the referee
gets them out of a clinch.
1645
01:22:13,711 --> 01:22:15,104
At long range,
Norton feints a left hand.
1646
01:22:15,234 --> 01:22:16,714
[BELL DINGS]
1647
01:22:16,844 --> 01:22:18,194
Puts a jab on the mouth,
at the bell.
1648
01:22:20,544 --> 01:22:21,849
What do you think
you're doing out there?
1649
01:22:21,980 --> 01:22:23,242
Just because you
won the first round.
1650
01:22:23,373 --> 01:22:24,765
His mouth's bleeding.
1651
01:22:24,896 --> 01:22:25,679
How can you tell if
your jaw is broken?
1652
01:22:25,810 --> 01:22:27,116
It makes
a sound, Champ.
1653
01:22:27,246 --> 01:22:28,291
I heard something pop.
1654
01:22:30,206 --> 01:22:31,555
I can hear it.
1655
01:22:31,685 --> 01:22:32,860
There's a fracture,
but it's in line.
1656
01:22:32,991 --> 01:22:34,558
I can move it around
with my tongue.
1657
01:22:34,688 --> 01:22:36,125
What do you want
to do, you want to stop it now?
1658
01:22:36,255 --> 01:22:37,517
No, don't call it off.
1659
01:22:38,257 --> 01:22:39,780
Doctor, what do you think if
we let the fight keep goin'?
1660
01:22:39,911 --> 01:22:41,434
Nothing but a lot of pain,
but it's going to hurt bad.
1661
01:22:41,565 --> 01:22:42,783
If there's any danger
he could be hurt for life
1662
01:22:42,914 --> 01:22:44,611
I'll make that decision.
1663
01:22:44,742 --> 01:22:46,570
If it's just a matter of pain.
He can make it.
1664
01:22:46,700 --> 01:22:48,441
God will help you,
if you help yourself, Champ.
1665
01:22:51,531 --> 01:22:52,489
[BELL DINGS]
1666
01:22:53,881 --> 01:22:55,796
ANNOUNCER: Norton drives
Ali into the ropes.
1667
01:22:55,927 --> 01:22:58,451
A right and a left to the head.
A right to the body.
1668
01:22:58,582 --> 01:23:00,497
Norton is very much in
command of this fight
1669
01:23:00,627 --> 01:23:02,542
as the referee gets
them out of a clinch.
1670
01:23:02,673 --> 01:23:04,631
Norton goes in
with a left hand to the head,
1671
01:23:04,762 --> 01:23:06,633
drives a right hand
to the body of Ali.
1672
01:23:06,764 --> 01:23:08,635
Another right to
the body by Norton
1673
01:23:08,766 --> 01:23:11,464
and a very tired Ali
tries to hold on.
1674
01:23:11,595 --> 01:23:13,205
He misses him
with a right hand.
1675
01:23:13,336 --> 01:23:14,206
-[BELL DINGS]
-There's a left and a right,
1676
01:23:14,337 --> 01:23:15,555
and there's the bell.
1677
01:23:15,686 --> 01:23:17,688
And Ali is awfully tired.
1678
01:23:17,818 --> 01:23:20,734
And rumor has it that he may
have a broken jaw.
1679
01:23:20,865 --> 01:23:23,389
The crowd is stunned
as they see Ali
1680
01:23:23,520 --> 01:23:25,609
on the verge of defeat.
1681
01:23:25,739 --> 01:23:27,741
We're waiting
for the decision.
1682
01:23:27,872 --> 01:23:31,267
Ken Norton carried the fight
in the later rounds.
1683
01:23:31,397 --> 01:23:33,573
Ali seems to have something
wrong with him.
1684
01:23:33,704 --> 01:23:35,793
And they're worried
in his corner.
1685
01:23:35,923 --> 01:23:38,622
Norton is the winner
by a decision.
1686
01:23:38,752 --> 01:23:40,841
A very jubilant Ken Norton.
1687
01:23:40,972 --> 01:23:42,974
A very happy Norton.
1688
01:23:43,105 --> 01:23:45,803
And the pro-Norton crowd
is taunting Ali.
1689
01:23:45,933 --> 01:23:49,459
A tired Ali, and a beaten Ali,
goes towards his dressing room.
1690
01:23:49,589 --> 01:23:51,026
[ALL CLAMORING]
1691
01:23:54,638 --> 01:23:58,033
You nigger son of a bitch.
We finally got you.
1692
01:24:00,209 --> 01:24:02,472
[TAUNTING] Who's the prettiest?
Who's the greatest?
1693
01:24:02,602 --> 01:24:05,605
Who's the prettiest?
Who's the greatest?
1694
01:24:05,736 --> 01:24:08,173
[TAUNTING CONTINUES]
1695
01:24:11,524 --> 01:24:13,222
Easy. Easy.
1696
01:24:16,442 --> 01:24:17,443
ALI: It hurts.
1697
01:24:18,531 --> 01:24:20,359
Only X-rays will
tell us how bad it is.
1698
01:24:26,235 --> 01:24:27,062
Oh!
1699
01:24:28,585 --> 01:24:30,500
Can I speak to
my baby alone, please?
1700
01:24:30,630 --> 01:24:32,458
Hi.
1701
01:24:32,589 --> 01:24:35,679
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I lost.
1702
01:24:35,809 --> 01:24:37,550
I should've stopped it, Ferdie.
1703
01:24:37,681 --> 01:24:40,075
I should've when I had the idea.
I should've stopped it.
1704
01:24:40,205 --> 01:24:42,555
I shouldn't have let it
go past the sixth round.
1705
01:24:42,686 --> 01:24:44,470
He may
never fight again.
1706
01:24:44,601 --> 01:24:45,558
How do you
feel, son?
1707
01:24:45,689 --> 01:24:47,082
ALI: I'm all right.
1708
01:24:47,212 --> 01:24:49,345
I just want you to
promise me one thing.
1709
01:24:49,475 --> 01:24:51,651
That this is
the last one.
1710
01:24:51,782 --> 01:24:53,653
Mama, I can't make
no promise like that.
1711
01:24:53,784 --> 01:24:56,047
Look, I was just talking.
1712
01:24:56,178 --> 01:24:58,397
I had my mouth open,
I was clowning
1713
01:24:58,528 --> 01:25:00,007
and I just got hit
in the wrong place.
1714
01:25:00,138 --> 01:25:02,836
You won the fight
you wanted most,
1715
01:25:02,967 --> 01:25:06,318
with the Supreme Court.
That was no split decision.
1716
01:25:07,102 --> 01:25:09,234
Now you don't
have to go to jail,
1717
01:25:09,365 --> 01:25:11,410
you got money put by
1718
01:25:11,541 --> 01:25:13,543
and four of the most
gorgeous babies.
1719
01:25:13,673 --> 01:25:15,632
And you and Belinda
have got everything.
1720
01:25:15,762 --> 01:25:17,286
Belinda, where is Belinda?
1721
01:25:17,416 --> 01:25:19,114
Why's she not here?
1722
01:25:19,244 --> 01:25:20,941
-She's down the hall.
-ALI: Down the hall?
1723
01:25:21,072 --> 01:25:22,639
She's all right.
1724
01:25:22,769 --> 01:25:24,467
-ALI: Why is she down the hall?
-She's ok.
1725
01:25:24,597 --> 01:25:25,816
Champ, where
are you going?
1726
01:25:26,643 --> 01:25:28,471
Belinda, why isn't
she here?
1727
01:25:28,601 --> 01:25:29,646
She's in shock.
1728
01:25:29,776 --> 01:25:31,952
Shock?
What do you mean shock?
1729
01:25:32,083 --> 01:25:33,780
[CLAMORING CONTINUES]
1730
01:25:37,654 --> 01:25:38,829
[SHOUTING]
1731
01:25:38,959 --> 01:25:41,788
Ali is dead.
He's dead.
1732
01:25:41,919 --> 01:25:43,616
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
1733
01:25:46,010 --> 01:25:48,621
I'm not dead,
I'm not dead.
1734
01:25:51,450 --> 01:25:53,713
BELINDA: Help. No, no.
1735
01:25:53,844 --> 01:25:55,454
[SHOUTING CONTINUES]
1736
01:26:04,550 --> 01:26:06,465
NURSE: Mr. Ali,
you can come in now.
1737
01:26:09,816 --> 01:26:12,384
I hope she's all right.
I haven't slept all night.
1738
01:26:18,738 --> 01:26:20,871
If I just knew
I wouldn't have to sit there
1739
01:26:21,001 --> 01:26:23,439
and watch you fight again.
1740
01:26:23,569 --> 01:26:26,050
Look, baby,
I would really feel better
1741
01:26:26,181 --> 01:26:27,747
if you just stayed home
1742
01:26:27,878 --> 01:26:29,009
and just didn't
come to the fight.
1743
01:26:29,140 --> 01:26:31,186
No, that's not
what I meant.
1744
01:26:32,839 --> 01:26:35,538
If you fought and I wasn't
there, it'd be worse.
1745
01:26:36,887 --> 01:26:38,280
[STUTTERS]
1746
01:26:41,370 --> 01:26:43,763
I wouldn't have to watch you
if you didn't do it anymore.
1747
01:26:44,590 --> 01:26:46,810
Well, when you
watch me, I mean,
1748
01:26:46,940 --> 01:26:50,205
what goes through your mind?
Why are you so upset?
1749
01:26:50,335 --> 01:26:51,945
What do you think about
when I'm fighting?
1750
01:26:55,862 --> 01:26:57,734
I feel every blow.
1751
01:26:59,257 --> 01:27:01,477
Just like I was
being hit myself.
1752
01:27:04,828 --> 01:27:06,351
When you're tired,
1753
01:27:08,658 --> 01:27:10,225
I feel tired.
1754
01:27:15,230 --> 01:27:16,970
I feel your hands hurt.
1755
01:27:22,541 --> 01:27:23,499
ALI: Come on.
1756
01:27:30,767 --> 01:27:32,203
It ain't that bad.
1757
01:27:32,334 --> 01:27:34,553
When he kept
hitting you like that.
1758
01:27:38,296 --> 01:27:40,820
When you feel helpless,
I feel helpless.
1759
01:27:43,954 --> 01:27:47,262
If anybody ever knocked you out,
I think I'd die.
1760
01:27:48,219 --> 01:27:50,439
ALI: Come on, baby, now.
1761
01:27:51,657 --> 01:27:53,006
You can't help me
like this.
1762
01:27:53,137 --> 01:27:55,531
Nobody's never
knocked me out.
1763
01:27:55,661 --> 01:27:58,185
And I'm never going
to be knocked out.
1764
01:27:58,316 --> 01:27:59,926
Look, I'll make you
one promise.
1765
01:28:01,014 --> 01:28:02,886
Listen to me. Cool.
1766
01:28:03,016 --> 01:28:05,323
If you're really
that serious,
1767
01:28:06,281 --> 01:28:08,021
and seeing what
happened to you now,
1768
01:28:08,152 --> 01:28:09,980
I promise you
if I ever fight again,
1769
01:28:11,198 --> 01:28:13,940
if I ever fight again,
I'll be in top condition.
1770
01:28:14,071 --> 01:28:16,639
I promise.
And then God will be with me.
1771
01:28:19,990 --> 01:28:25,691
♪ [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
1772
01:28:58,028 --> 01:28:59,334
COACH: Five seconds.
1773
01:29:03,599 --> 01:29:04,643
Ten seconds to go.
1774
01:29:12,129 --> 01:29:13,826
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
1775
01:29:19,789 --> 01:29:20,920
Time.
1776
01:29:29,886 --> 01:29:30,843
COMMENTATOR:
Ali sticks out a left hand.
1777
01:29:30,974 --> 01:29:32,018
It's short of the mark.
1778
01:29:32,149 --> 01:29:34,064
Norton coming in on him.
1779
01:29:34,194 --> 01:29:36,022
Ali drives both hands
to the head in a vicious flurr.
1780
01:29:36,153 --> 01:29:38,198
Norton takes them
without a return.
1781
01:29:38,329 --> 01:29:40,157
Ali drives a right,
high on the head.
1782
01:29:40,287 --> 01:29:41,941
Takes a left and
a right to the jaw.
1783
01:29:42,072 --> 01:29:43,813
Ali's better in
this return bout.
1784
01:29:43,943 --> 01:29:45,728
Final round.
Norton covers up.
1785
01:29:45,858 --> 01:29:47,643
Ali takes a left and a right
high on the head.
1786
01:29:47,773 --> 01:29:49,209
Norton puts a left
to the body,
1787
01:29:49,340 --> 01:29:51,211
drives Ali into the ropes.
1788
01:29:51,342 --> 01:29:53,866
They're in a clinch,
the bout is over.
1789
01:29:53,997 --> 01:29:56,608
It has been a very,
very close fight.
1790
01:29:56,739 --> 01:29:58,088
Ken Norton goes
back to his corner.
1791
01:29:58,218 --> 01:29:59,959
Muhammad Ali is not sure
1792
01:30:00,090 --> 01:30:01,831
whether or not
he won this fight.
1793
01:30:01,961 --> 01:30:04,442
He needs it for
a match with George Foreman.
1794
01:30:05,617 --> 01:30:07,184
Ken Norton is
awaiting the decision.
1795
01:30:07,314 --> 01:30:08,881
Ali is the winner!
1796
01:30:09,012 --> 01:30:11,841
[CROWD CHEERING]
1797
01:30:14,365 --> 01:30:16,019
ALI: See, right there it was
hard to see,
1798
01:30:16,149 --> 01:30:17,890
but Foreman just hit him
with a hard punch.
1799
01:30:18,021 --> 01:30:19,283
Foreman shook him up.
1800
01:30:19,849 --> 01:30:21,633
He's out on his feet.
Norton's in a dream world.
1801
01:30:23,113 --> 01:30:25,115
Listen, Champ, uh...
1802
01:30:25,245 --> 01:30:28,292
does it bother you to know that
Foreman knocked him out?
1803
01:30:28,423 --> 01:30:30,120
ALI: No, it don't bother me.
1804
01:30:30,250 --> 01:30:32,165
It shows you two main
weaknesses Foreman's got.
1805
01:30:32,296 --> 01:30:33,863
And what are they?
1806
01:30:33,993 --> 01:30:35,386
He's never been hit hard,
knocked down,
1807
01:30:35,517 --> 01:30:37,606
and never went
over five or ten good rounds
1808
01:30:37,736 --> 01:30:38,911
to test his endurance.
1809
01:30:43,176 --> 01:30:46,353
ALI :Yes, sir. This is
where it all starts,
1810
01:30:46,484 --> 01:30:48,486
right here in
this very training camp.
1811
01:30:48,617 --> 01:30:51,489
What happens here determines
what's gonna happen in Africa.
1812
01:30:53,796 --> 01:30:55,275
I'm going to cut out
in a minute or two.
1813
01:30:56,276 --> 01:31:00,106
My doctor says it's
okay to exercise,
1814
01:31:00,977 --> 01:31:04,502
but when it becomes a strain,
you better quit.
1815
01:31:04,633 --> 01:31:06,373
Then your doctor don't know
what he's talkin' about.
1816
01:31:06,504 --> 01:31:07,984
That's what you
wanna do, strain.
1817
01:31:08,114 --> 01:31:10,029
You want to run
until it pains.
1818
01:31:10,160 --> 01:31:12,858
You want to run until your
throat feels like sandpaper.
1819
01:31:12,989 --> 01:31:15,121
You want to run until it feels
like you're gonna throw up.
1820
01:31:15,252 --> 01:31:17,733
You want to keep running
until your legs ache.
1821
01:31:17,863 --> 01:31:19,865
Till you're going
to die, you gonna fall out.
1822
01:31:19,996 --> 01:31:22,781
You gotta run until your stomach
feels like it's going to burst.
1823
01:31:22,912 --> 01:31:25,392
And your heart starts pounding
and you wanna quit.
1824
01:31:25,523 --> 01:31:26,959
Feels like you
can't go another inch,
1825
01:31:27,090 --> 01:31:28,613
can't go another step.
1826
01:31:28,744 --> 01:31:30,049
But you keep going.
1827
01:31:30,180 --> 01:31:32,182
What kind of man
is that?
1828
01:31:32,312 --> 01:31:35,098
You keep going until you want
to fall out in your tracks.
1829
01:31:35,228 --> 01:31:36,795
And then after that,
1830
01:31:36,926 --> 01:31:39,929
you've only gotten
about halfway through...
1831
01:31:40,059 --> 01:31:41,539
Oh, man. Look.
1832
01:31:45,064 --> 01:31:46,544
Come on, man!
1833
01:31:47,545 --> 01:31:50,287
You see,
what's eating George is,
1834
01:31:50,417 --> 01:31:51,984
he's a champ,
1835
01:31:52,115 --> 01:31:53,072
but only he ain't.
1836
01:31:53,725 --> 01:31:55,292
And every time he
hears them
1837
01:31:55,422 --> 01:31:56,815
callin' you
the "people's champ," man,
1838
01:31:56,946 --> 01:31:58,382
he goes bananas.
1839
01:31:58,513 --> 01:32:00,384
Yeah, let me tell you something.
1840
01:32:00,515 --> 01:32:02,342
The other day, I saw George
down the street. I said:
1841
01:32:02,473 --> 01:32:04,127
"Say, George. Let's walk down
the street
1842
01:32:04,257 --> 01:32:06,085
to see who's
the most recognized."
1843
01:32:06,216 --> 01:32:08,087
Hey, my man Payton.
1844
01:32:08,218 --> 01:32:10,307
Look, you are
just in time.
1845
01:32:11,134 --> 01:32:13,919
See that man right there?
That's Bossman Jones.
1846
01:32:14,050 --> 01:32:15,399
Do you know
who he is?
1847
01:32:15,530 --> 01:32:17,880
That's George Foreman's
former sparring partner.
1848
01:32:18,010 --> 01:32:19,272
Why is he former?
1849
01:32:19,403 --> 01:32:20,491
Because Foreman wouldn't
pay him right.
1850
01:32:20,622 --> 01:32:22,493
Now he's over here
to work for me.
1851
01:32:22,624 --> 01:32:24,103
Listen, he knows George,
he works with him
1852
01:32:24,234 --> 01:32:25,975
six or seven weeks
before a fight.
1853
01:32:26,105 --> 01:32:28,107
He can tell us a lot.
This is a good story
1854
01:32:28,238 --> 01:32:30,414
for the new book
you're writing on me.
1855
01:32:30,545 --> 01:32:32,982
Let's talk about
how George fights.
1856
01:32:33,112 --> 01:32:35,027
How often does he
really get to you?
1857
01:32:35,767 --> 01:32:38,204
Are you kidding?
Too often.
1858
01:32:38,335 --> 01:32:41,207
Too often?
Look, Bossman, stop and think.
1859
01:32:41,338 --> 01:32:43,079
I realize my arms
are longer than yours
1860
01:32:43,209 --> 01:32:44,733
and your arms are short.
1861
01:32:44,863 --> 01:32:46,865
But you must hit
George sometimes.
1862
01:32:46,996 --> 01:32:48,127
That's right.
1863
01:32:48,258 --> 01:32:49,999
Nobody hits George.
1864
01:32:50,129 --> 01:32:51,566
None of his
sparring partners.
1865
01:32:53,045 --> 01:32:55,134
Besides,
he don't pay enough.
1866
01:32:55,265 --> 01:32:57,572
And you hit him,
he might tear your head off.
1867
01:32:58,311 --> 01:32:59,878
Hey, listen.
1868
01:33:00,009 --> 01:33:01,924
I've seen fighters
that can stun you,
1869
01:33:02,054 --> 01:33:03,969
who can knock you out.
1870
01:33:04,100 --> 01:33:06,145
But George is the first dude
I've been in the ring with
1871
01:33:06,276 --> 01:33:07,973
that could kill you.
1872
01:33:08,452 --> 01:33:11,803
I mean, he can lift you off
your feet with one punch.
1873
01:33:11,934 --> 01:33:13,413
Play on the ropes,
and try and rest.
1874
01:33:13,544 --> 01:33:15,241
He'll break your ribs.
1875
01:33:15,372 --> 01:33:16,721
By the time
the referee gets to you,
1876
01:33:16,852 --> 01:33:18,375
you might be beat to death.
1877
01:33:18,505 --> 01:33:20,420
This man's been
brainwashed, Champ.
1878
01:33:20,551 --> 01:33:22,771
We don't need
no double agent in our camp.
1879
01:33:22,901 --> 01:33:24,424
Man, you're crazy.
1880
01:33:24,555 --> 01:33:27,297
Man, I'm telling you straight.
He's a brute.
1881
01:33:27,427 --> 01:33:29,299
Tell the truth.
If we should run it tomorrow,
1882
01:33:29,429 --> 01:33:30,822
who would you bet on?
1883
01:33:30,953 --> 01:33:32,084
Who do you think
would win?
1884
01:33:34,086 --> 01:33:35,740
I have to say George.
1885
01:33:35,871 --> 01:33:37,220
I have to say George.
1886
01:33:37,350 --> 01:33:40,876
[ECHOING]
I have to say George.
1887
01:33:48,535 --> 01:33:53,279
[ECHOING INTENSIFIES]
I have to say George.
1888
01:33:55,586 --> 01:33:57,022
[CROWD CHANTING]
1889
01:34:17,608 --> 01:34:19,871
ALI: Why are you all
looking so damned scared?
1890
01:34:20,785 --> 01:34:22,308
Act like you're
going to a funeral.
1891
01:34:22,439 --> 01:34:24,223
I'm the one fighting.
1892
01:34:24,354 --> 01:34:26,182
George Foreman, George Foreman!
1893
01:34:26,312 --> 01:34:28,010
You didn't believe all that
stuff you've been readin'
1894
01:34:28,140 --> 01:34:29,620
about how hard he hits?
1895
01:34:29,751 --> 01:34:32,144
George Foreman
knocking out Joe Frazier.
1896
01:34:32,275 --> 01:34:33,972
He'll destroy me here.
1897
01:34:34,103 --> 01:34:36,322
You're my friends
and the public's expecting you.
1898
01:34:36,453 --> 01:34:38,107
To hell with George Foreman.
1899
01:34:38,237 --> 01:34:40,239
When you get out here,
don't be afraid to smile.
1900
01:34:40,370 --> 01:34:41,632
Just act like
you're happy.
1901
01:34:42,546 --> 01:34:45,331
I'm not gonna win the fight
if I went out thinkin' like you.
1902
01:34:45,462 --> 01:34:47,072
Damn George Foreman.
1903
01:34:50,728 --> 01:34:53,383
DREW: The king's going
home to get his crown.
1904
01:34:53,513 --> 01:34:56,168
It's the closing of the books.
1905
01:34:56,299 --> 01:34:59,084
The king's going to work.
He's gonna die at working.
1906
01:35:01,260 --> 01:35:04,873
The king's gonna win.
Three and a half years in exile.
1907
01:35:06,004 --> 01:35:07,005
[BAND PLAYING]
1908
01:35:20,497 --> 01:35:22,978
COMMENTATOR: A beautiful evening
in Kinshasa, Zaire,
1909
01:35:23,108 --> 01:35:26,198
for the Heavyweight Championshp
of the World.
1910
01:35:26,329 --> 01:35:29,245
Muhammad Ali is the challenger.
He wants to get the crown back.
1911
01:35:29,375 --> 01:35:32,074
The champion, George Foreman,
he is awesome.
1912
01:35:33,162 --> 01:35:36,121
Ali is dancing in his corner,
meditating for a moment.
1913
01:35:39,081 --> 01:35:41,257
We're ready for
the start of what may be
1914
01:35:41,387 --> 01:35:42,867
an epic battle for
the heavyweight title.
1915
01:35:42,998 --> 01:35:44,695
[BELL DINGS]
1916
01:35:44,826 --> 01:35:46,131
The champion, George Foreman,
in the red trunks.
1917
01:35:46,262 --> 01:35:47,742
Muhammad Ali in white.
1918
01:35:47,872 --> 01:35:50,353
Ali is dancing around,
as is his custom.
1919
01:35:50,483 --> 01:35:52,703
Backs towards the ropes.
Foreman coming in on him.
1920
01:35:52,834 --> 01:35:54,444
Blocks a right
thrown at his head.
1921
01:35:56,011 --> 01:35:58,709
Ali is against the ropes now.
Foreman is holding him there.
1922
01:35:58,840 --> 01:36:01,190
And this is not
the Ali we expect.
1923
01:36:01,320 --> 01:36:02,626
He is not
"Floating like a butterfly,
1924
01:36:02,757 --> 01:36:04,671
and stinging like a bee."
1925
01:36:04,802 --> 01:36:07,587
Ali just stays there.
Foreman coming in on Ali again.
1926
01:36:07,718 --> 01:36:09,328
Foreman drives both
hands to the body.
1927
01:36:09,459 --> 01:36:11,548
A vicious left hook
to the midsection.
1928
01:36:11,678 --> 01:36:14,246
Ali opens up with both hands.
A right to the jaw.
1929
01:36:14,377 --> 01:36:16,161
Gets away from
a left hand by Foreman.
1930
01:36:17,380 --> 01:36:20,209
Foreman's up and holding Ali
against the ropes.
1931
01:36:20,339 --> 01:36:21,906
He hooks
a wild swing at the head
1932
01:36:22,037 --> 01:36:23,603
and Ali shakes his head.
1933
01:36:23,734 --> 01:36:25,431
The referee gets them apart.
1934
01:36:25,562 --> 01:36:27,564
Foreman has Ali
against the ropes again.
1935
01:36:27,694 --> 01:36:29,261
Drives both hands
to the body.
1936
01:36:29,392 --> 01:36:31,046
A left and a right
to the midsection.
1937
01:36:31,176 --> 01:36:33,744
Two more in there.
Ali just stands there.
1938
01:36:33,875 --> 01:36:36,007
Foreman has Ali
against the ropes again.
1939
01:36:36,138 --> 01:36:37,269
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
1940
01:36:39,837 --> 01:36:41,360
Foreman has him
against the ropes.
1941
01:36:41,491 --> 01:36:43,188
Throws out a left jab.
1942
01:36:43,319 --> 01:36:45,190
Foreman could very
well punch himself out
1943
01:36:45,321 --> 01:36:46,539
the way he's been fighting
1944
01:36:46,670 --> 01:36:48,411
on this hot night in Zaire.
1945
01:36:50,369 --> 01:36:52,023
COACH: What are you
doing on the ropes?
1946
01:36:52,154 --> 01:36:53,546
That's how you
blew it with Frazier.
1947
01:36:53,677 --> 01:36:55,200
Champ, what's wrong with you?
1948
01:36:55,331 --> 01:36:56,811
He keeps
stacking up points on you.
1949
01:36:56,941 --> 01:36:59,639
I can't dazzle 15 rounds.
I got to take my time.
1950
01:36:59,770 --> 01:37:01,511
I know what I'm doing.
Let him punch himself out.
1951
01:37:01,641 --> 01:37:03,078
He's just punchin',
he's punchin'!
1952
01:37:03,208 --> 01:37:04,383
He lifted you
right up off the floor.
1953
01:37:04,514 --> 01:37:05,994
Let him keep on lifting!
1954
01:37:06,864 --> 01:37:07,734
A couple more lifts like that
and he's gonna tire himself out.
1955
01:37:07,865 --> 01:37:09,214
He'll be all gone,
he'll be all mine.
1956
01:37:09,345 --> 01:37:10,912
Let me plan
my own strategy!
1957
01:37:11,042 --> 01:37:12,000
[BELL DINGING]
1958
01:37:13,653 --> 01:37:16,265
COMMENTATOR: Ali on the ropes
again, round after round.
1959
01:37:16,395 --> 01:37:17,832
Foreman has held him there,
1960
01:37:17,962 --> 01:37:19,137
pounding the body,
pounding the head.
1961
01:37:19,268 --> 01:37:20,617
Blows to the body!
1962
01:37:20,747 --> 01:37:22,662
[CROWD CHEERING]
1963
01:37:22,793 --> 01:37:24,751
Foreman may punch himself out
as we said earlier.
1964
01:37:24,882 --> 01:37:26,579
A wild left hand
by Foreman.
1965
01:37:26,710 --> 01:37:28,755
And Ali's strategy may be
1966
01:37:28,886 --> 01:37:30,714
to let Foreman
tire himself out.
1967
01:37:30,845 --> 01:37:33,543
And George does look
a little bit tired
1968
01:37:33,673 --> 01:37:35,632
as Ali opens up with
both hands to the head.
1969
01:37:35,762 --> 01:37:37,329
A jab on the chin.
1970
01:37:37,460 --> 01:37:38,809
A right to the jaw
by Muhammad Ali,
1971
01:37:38,940 --> 01:37:40,680
as he suddenly
turns tiger and again
1972
01:37:40,811 --> 01:37:42,639
Foreman pushes him
against the ropes.
1973
01:37:42,769 --> 01:37:44,684
[CROWD CHEERING]
1974
01:37:44,815 --> 01:37:46,817
A wild left hand to the jaw
by George Foreman.
1975
01:37:46,948 --> 01:37:48,471
Ali comes back with
a right on the chin.
1976
01:37:48,601 --> 01:37:50,299
Another jab on the mouth.
1977
01:37:50,429 --> 01:37:52,431
They go to close quarters.
1978
01:37:52,562 --> 01:37:54,825
Foreman misses a left hand
and Ali gets a headlock on him.
1979
01:37:54,956 --> 01:37:57,045
Again Ali is
against the ropes.
1980
01:37:57,175 --> 01:37:59,308
Foreman visibly tired now.
1981
01:37:59,438 --> 01:38:00,875
His punches don't
have the strength
1982
01:38:01,005 --> 01:38:02,833
that they had
earlier in the fight.
1983
01:38:02,964 --> 01:38:06,010
Ali is tired, too, but maybe nt
as tired as Foreman.
1984
01:38:06,141 --> 01:38:07,882
Foreman holds him there.
1985
01:38:08,012 --> 01:38:10,275
Rips that right, a left,
another right to the body.
1986
01:38:10,406 --> 01:38:13,061
Ali was just about to push
him away at the bell.
1987
01:38:15,672 --> 01:38:19,371
Champ! I think you can take him
this next round.
1988
01:38:19,502 --> 01:38:22,548
[PANTING] I've got to get him
in the next round.
1989
01:38:22,679 --> 01:38:25,377
As tired as I am, I don't
have much more left in me.
1990
01:38:25,508 --> 01:38:27,205
COMMENTATOR:
It's the eighth round
1991
01:38:27,336 --> 01:38:28,598
of the Heavyweight
Championship of the World.
1992
01:38:28,728 --> 01:38:30,556
Ali sticks out a left hand.
1993
01:38:30,687 --> 01:38:32,819
Ali who wasn't given
much chance, is still in there,
1994
01:38:32,950 --> 01:38:35,387
battling with Foreman.
Ali opens up.
1995
01:38:35,518 --> 01:38:37,259
A left and a right to the jaw.
Foreman is staggering.
1996
01:38:37,389 --> 01:38:38,477
[CROWD CHEERING]
1997
01:38:38,608 --> 01:38:40,175
Foreman is twisting around.
1998
01:38:40,305 --> 01:38:41,480
Takes a left
and a right to the jaw.
1999
01:38:45,354 --> 01:38:47,834
Muhammad Ali has
done the impossible.
2000
01:38:47,965 --> 01:38:51,273
He has regained the Heavyweight
Championship of the World.
2001
01:38:51,403 --> 01:38:55,190
[ECHOING]
The impossible!
2002
01:38:59,585 --> 01:39:05,156
♪ I always knew
I had it in me ♪
2003
01:39:06,766 --> 01:39:10,509
♪ My spirit cried
2004
01:39:10,640 --> 01:39:13,948
♪ Once locked in chains
2005
01:39:15,645 --> 01:39:19,170
♪ And I forgive you now
2006
01:39:19,301 --> 01:39:24,045
♪ For all my pains
2007
01:39:25,960 --> 01:39:31,966
♪ What would you have done
If you had been me? ♪
2008
01:39:33,576 --> 01:39:37,188
♪ I lived and breathed
2009
01:39:37,319 --> 01:39:40,365
♪ What I believe
2010
01:39:42,672 --> 01:39:46,328
♪ Now I found my place
2011
01:39:46,458 --> 01:39:51,246
♪ In history
2012
01:39:53,770 --> 01:39:58,383
♪ How can I
2013
01:39:59,123 --> 01:40:04,650
♪ Explain to you
2014
01:40:06,348 --> 01:40:11,527
♪ The life and times
2015
01:40:12,397 --> 01:40:18,099
♪ That I've lived through
2016
01:40:19,535 --> 01:40:24,540
♪ The friends I loved
2017
01:40:25,193 --> 01:40:31,112
♪ Along the way
2018
01:40:32,504 --> 01:40:37,422
♪ Are still within
2019
01:40:38,380 --> 01:40:43,298
♪ My heart today
2020
01:40:45,648 --> 01:40:50,740
♪ I always knew
I had it in me ♪
2021
01:40:52,046 --> 01:40:56,180
♪ I lived and breathed
2022
01:40:56,311 --> 01:40:59,227
♪ What I believed
2023
01:41:00,619 --> 01:41:03,753
♪ Now I've found my place
2024
01:41:03,883 --> 01:41:08,192
♪ In history