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So they manifest jealousy and envy
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We are halfway through the sixth round
of this heavyweight title fight,
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- and unofficially I got the champ ahead.
- Why wouldn't you?
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He's giving a one-way beating.
He is administrating a licking to this kid.
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It's called the "sweet science", this
sport of boxing. It is a carnival of carnage.
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This is the vineyard of the fistic arts
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and the grapes of pugilism are being
stomped into a Châteauneuf-du-Pulp.
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- Get outta the way.
- Uh... An arena ve-ver-very...
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Why don't you move your fucking crew
out the way? You're fucking up my view.
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And the groundlings very much aroused,
as they should be.
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But this is not a boxing arena.
It's the Globe Theatre. It's the Old Vic.
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These people aren't watching
a heavyweight title fight, but King Lear.
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Hey, hey! Motherfucker, is you deaf?
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Shit, man, I didn't pay no $1500
for both these seats...
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- to see no fucking King Lear! What's wrong?
- My brother, I'm a man of peace.
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- My bro...? Oh, hell, no!
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I can't let no white motherfucker call me
brother. Besides, my brother is dead.
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All right. Cut. New deal.
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Moving on quickly. Here we go.
Proceed. Proceed quickly.
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There's three of you and one of me,
and you're running like roaches.
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Punch or get out.
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Hit him. Hit him. Hit him.
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- Go to your corner.
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Three, four,
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five, six,
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seven, eight,
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nine, ten.
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He's out.
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The Lord God Jehovah is a mighty God.
Am I right?
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A mighty God.
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Champ. Champ.
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You're a beautiful human being.
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Come on over, baby.
Ferdie wants to talk to you.
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Was that as easy a fight as it looked?
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Of course it was.
I'm the greatest fighter in the world.
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- Even in China. Nobody can beat me.
- Are you mad at something?
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I'm a little upset with myself, because I had
an image of him falling on a right hand,
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but I hit him so hard with the left
that his jaw shattered.
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When I came with the right
he was on the ground.
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Glory be to God. All praises to Allah.
God bless America.
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This is a great champion and a great man.
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If I could have the fighter back a minute?
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It makes a difference to you how he falls?
With a left or a right?
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Definitely. I'm an artist out there and...
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It's like I painted a picture of the Mona Lisa
and forgot to put the breast on.
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The champ is an artist,
and he's the greatest showman on the planet.
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And the greatest fighter. No man can beat
this man at this point in his life,
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and I want you to know,
Marvin Shabazz, wherever you are,
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watch the things you say, cos we hear.
There's a space on his wall for your head,
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along with the other heads
he already has on his wall.
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- Let me borrow...
- We're calling the taxidermist now.
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Let me get the fighter back.
Did this guy hurt you?
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Not at all. He hit me one time,
to wake me up, because I was bored.
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- Bored?
- That's right.
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It was like fighting my little sister.
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OK, ladies and gentlemen of the press,
I am now proud to present to you
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the undisputed and still undefeated
heavyweight champion of the world,
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James "The Grim Reaper" Roper.
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- This is a press conference. Sit down.
- Shut up, mofo.
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Sit down. It's a press conference.
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- I wanna say, "All praise to Allah. "
- Allah akbar, Champ!
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Send some love out to my dear, and
a special shout-out to the Reverend Sultan,
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cos without him I wouldn't even be around.
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- Who do you plan to fight next?
- Uh, well...
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That's the reverend's job.
He sets 'em up, I knock 'em out.
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Bullshit. I'm the No. 1 contender, and
I'm tired of you motherfuckers ducking me.
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We ain't ducking you, man.
You're just so black we can't find you.
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Fuck you.
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Marvin Shabazz, you're a great fighter.
And you will get your title shot.
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Oh-oh. No, no.
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See, what we want is a guarantee -
that's right -
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that my man, Marvin Shabazz Flex O'Neil...
Marvin, will you?
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Boy, that boy's good.
I'm saying everybody knows he's good.
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We're just asking the Reverend Sultan
to give us a shot at the title. Can you just...
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- Stop running like a B-I-itch.
- B-I-itch?
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- It's bi-atch.
- Where the fuck you from?
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Listen. Why don't you get some Ambi,
brighten your ass up,
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stop looking like a oil spill?
Then we talk business.
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I'll tell you what, honk. I'll stick my dick so far
up your fucking ass I impale your tonsils.
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- Oh, that's a pretty picture.
- Shut up.
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- All right.
- Fake-ass black man.
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- Is this what you want?
- You don't deserve it.
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- I'll spank you with it.
- Spank him, Champ!
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- I'll spank you with it. Come here.
- Spank me. You ain't hurting.
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You wanna drive a Rolls-Royce,
but you don't wanna beat the champ.
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Till you beat me, I am the champ.
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- Thanks.
- How's everybody?
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Hey, baby. How's everything? Hey.
Everybody enjoy yourself, all right?
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- How was the house, Peter?
- We gave away 4,000 seats to charity.
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Fred, we keep putting up fights like this,
I'm gonna have to sell the fucking hotel.
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- You get the pay-per-view pick-up?
- I understand that...
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- Artemus!
- Yeah. OK.
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Yes. Yeah.
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- Bad news.
- How bad?
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Pay-per-view was down 50 per cent
on the last heavyweight title fight.
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- 75 per cent from the previous one.
- Yeah, we lost our ass.
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But we got a $10 million guarantee
to pay the champ.
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Well, I just un-guaranteed it. Buy him
another fucking Rolls-Royce. Buy him two.
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- He's got six already.
- Well, now he's got eight.
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- Here he is.
- Showtime, boys.
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Who's in the house?
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The heavyweight champion of the world!
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- I love you.
- Not like I love you.
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- No, I love you.
- I love you.
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- You my brother.
- You're my nigger if your turban gets bigger.
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- I love you.
- Wait a minute. That's the third "I love you".
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- Am I getting jerked again?
- You my brother.
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- I know that, but am I getting fucked again?
- I love you.
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- Artemus, am I getting jerked?
- He's your brother.
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Sol.
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- He loves you.
- I love you.
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- Forget this, man!
- Champ. Champ.
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No, Reverend. This is the payday.
This is the day we've been waiting for.
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- You're my brother.
- I got your brother hanging low.
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I had 38 fights for you and won 'em all.
What I got to show for it?
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- Six Rolls-Royces?
- Wait. You got eight.
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No, I got a guaranteed contract
for $10 million.
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- Have you read it?
- I don't need to read it. I'll sue your ass.
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- Sue his ass, Champ.
- For everything.
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- Sue me.
- Sue him.
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- I love you.
- This is bullshit, man. Stop saying that!
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- All right? Yo, Irv!
- I'll be back.
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What up, kid?
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Ooh!
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- Wardell.
- Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Excuse me. Excuse me.
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Let me help you up.
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Let me fix your hat. All right.
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Can you forgive me as I forgive you?
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- What am I forgiving you for now, man?
- For being human.
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For being flawed.
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I hurt. I bleed.
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No, Rev. I hurt. I bleed.
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And I want my goddamn money.
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Now!
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Sweetheart, could you...
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Sit.
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There better be some money
under this couch.
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All right, everybody, you heard him.
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- The champ wants his money.
- That's what he said.
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Artemus. We will pay the champ
what we're obligated to pay him.
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Sell my house, sell my cars, sell these rings,
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disband my company, fire the employees,
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and file Chapter 11, and we'll settle
with the champ for - what?
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15 cents on the dollar?
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Do it.
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Champ.
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You would let this man, the only father figure
you've ever had, destroy himself for you?
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- You bet your yarmulke.
- Well, consider it done.
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No. No, Fred, please.
Now, you're just a little upset.
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Of course I'm upset.
I'm upset, because I know what's wrong.
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Peter.
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- You know what's wrong?
- No.
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- Artemus?
- No.
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- Sol?
- No.
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- How about you, Champ?
- I don't know nothing any more.
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There's a reason everyone has lost interest in
the heavyweight championship of the world.
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And it's very simple.
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People are tired of paying good money
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to watch niggers beat up niggers.
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I need a white heavyweight contender
worse than white America needs one.
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Come on. White? Heavyweight?
Man, the two words don't even go together.
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That's like saying "black unity".
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Hey, look, man, cut the bullshit.
I want Shabazz.
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Shut up, boy! You work for me.
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And if you do shut up,
and you do work for me,
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you'll make more money
than you've ever dreamed of.
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You'll make $40 million.
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If I'm making 40,
look how much you're gonna make.
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- I am.
- Hey, look, Rev.
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Nobody gonna buy the idea
of a white contender.
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It ain't about race. It's about boxing.
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- Sit down.
- I just stood up.
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What's the highest-grossing fight
in the history of boxing?
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- Uh, Tyson-Gibbons.
- Ali-Frazier.
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- Hagler-Leonard.
- No, Hagler-Hearns.
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No, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no!
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The highest-grossing fight
in the history of boxing...
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Is Cooney versus Holmes.
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- Can you tell me why, James?
- Yeah. Cos Cooney was a white boy.
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And his jab couldn't break wind.
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If there ain't a white guy out there for you,
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I'm gonna create you one.
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Fred Sultan.
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You and I are gonna take a close look
at this boxing promoter,
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this exploiter, embezzler,
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charlatan and demagogue.
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By the time our journey is over,
I'm gonna expose him for what he really is:
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The devil incarnate.
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The real story begins in 1953 in Atlanta,
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when a young man
by the name of Fred Johnson,
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who had been a child evangelist
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and who'd been caught running
a pyramid scam on his parishioners,
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was arrested and convicted for assault. He
nearly stomped a man to death, very brutally.
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What army is this? All right, all right.
Enough. Not again. Not again.
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- Get this on camera.
- Don't you touch him again.
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- Yes. Rolling.
- I've got here Marvin Shabazz,
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the man next in line to fight James Roper.
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Well, that's how it should be.
But I got a bad feeling about this one.
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And if Sultan doesn't give us a shot at the title
and he tries to duck us, we will sue him.
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That's right.
And I will support these men, honorable...
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I'll take it, baby.
These are honorable men, very... uh, yes.
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We are honorable men,
but I've worked too hard for this.
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I am the No. 1 contender.
I'm tired of James the poodle -
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"Grim Reaper", whatever
he calls himself - ducking me.
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I'm tired of him driving around
in eight Rolls-Royces. He's fought nobody.
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- I'm still in a Brougham.
- Exactly.
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- A what?
- Uh, a Brougham.
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He drives a Brougham.
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- What's a Brougham?
- It's maroon.
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Well, actually it's not maroon. What it is...
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It's merlot. And it's a Brougham.
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Cut.
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- Have we cut?
- Yeah.
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- What's a merlot Brougham?
- It's an old car, right?
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You guys don't know
what a merlot Brougham is?
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I thought it was a breakfast cereal, myself.
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- It's a Cadillac.
- Oh.
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- A Braham?
- A Brougham.
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- A Brougham. I got it.
- Not Braham. A Brougham.
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- Rolling. Let's pick up.
- And again.
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Action. The merlot Brougham.
It's a fine car, but nothing like a Rolls-Royce.
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And you guys are plenty peeved.
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Yeah. I don't care about the cars.
I just wanna fight.
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That's all. Like my daddy say -
you out there, James?
226
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The poodle, pussy, whatever your name is?
"If you a man, be a man. "
227
00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,193
Step up. Fight me. You ain't fought nobody.
228
00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,555
Your daddy said...
229
00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,757
What? Is he talking about the poodle...?
230
00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:08,355
No, no, no, no, no. It's just a fact.
You growing up in the 'hood.
231
00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,796
You become a man. You wanna start
acting like a man, you be a man.
232
00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,919
Just like my father had told me
that when the green grass starts growing
233
00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,594
on the other side,
somebody gotta cut the lawn.
234
00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,831
You know, my father said once,
"When you... when you, uh...
235
00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,434
laugh, and the whole world laughs with you,
236
00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,876
cry, and I'll give you something
to cry about, you bastard. "
237
00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,838
And you know what that's done to me?
238
00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:33,798
Uh-uh, I'm, uh... I'm not sure.
239
00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:38,317
- You're a little camera-shy, aren't you?
- Sometimes, but I'm getting the hang of it.
240
00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,038
Yeah.
241
00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,597
This the guy
at the top of your list, Julio?
242
00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,990
He's at the top of my punching bag list.
Look at this shit.
243
00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:49,399
Fuck.
244
00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,517
- Oh!
- There he goes.
245
00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,039
That's my assistant.
I could introduce you.
246
00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:02,908
- Julio, come on.
- Looks like two moons over Miami.
247
00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,389
Come on. Let's go.
248
00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:15,589
I like this guy. Squeaky-clean, shit-don't-
stink, Mouseketeer-looking motherfucker.
249
00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:19,753
- Yeah. Pat Boone in boxing gloves.
- You know, John Wayne is his uncle.
250
00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:24,595
- Watch him get Mouseketeer ears.
- Don't look like John Wayne now.
251
00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,710
- Next.
- Come on. Get the next one on.
252
00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,678
- This guy's hair!
- Tarzan.
253
00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:39,550
- He's part of the space programme.
- This guy's good. Swarthy, mysterious,
254
00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,393
strong-jawed, sexy... Women might like it.
255
00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,109
- They'll eat it up.
- He's a Suave Bola guy.
256
00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,188
- Try to towel off.
- Next.
257
00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:57,310
- There in South Africa, the...
- South Africa, Julio? South Africa?
258
00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,119
- Good for you.
- Oh, I felt that.
259
00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:04,318
- Dolph Lundgren.
- I like this guy.
260
00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,517
- I was at this fight. Two months ago.
- Yeah? What happened?
261
00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,319
- Watch.
- Rocky VI.
262
00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,357
Oh!
263
00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:18,872
- Oh, my God.
- That guy had to have his jaw rewired.
264
00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,553
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
265
00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:30,078
My God. It's a shame political power in this
country's not determined in a boxing ring.
266
00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,470
If it was, we'd learn how to fight.
267
00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,870
- See? I told you...
- You told me shit, Julio!
268
00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:38,279
Ahem.
269
00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:42,148
- I have an idea.
- Hey. Shut the fuck up and run the tapes.
270
00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,516
Oh, you're gonna clown me?
You can run this shit yourself.
271
00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,830
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
272
00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,751
He apologizes.
273
00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,108
Speak, please. Come on.
274
00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:01,828
I was simply trying to say...
275
00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:05,276
The champ.
He's never lost as a professional. Right?
276
00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:08,033
- Yeah. Newsflash.
- What gave it away? His record?
277
00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:11,271
But... he's lost as an amateur. Right?
278
00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:14,193
- So what?
- Yeah, so what? BFD.
279
00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:18,558
- So, who beat him?
- Who cares? He was an amateur.
280
00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:23,191
- Amateurs don't count, honey.
- Are you high? Are you on something?
281
00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:28,229
Hey, hey, hey, hey. Shut the fuck up.
Don't you realize what she's saying?
282
00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,596
Ten years ago,
who beat Roper as an amateur?
283
00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:36,950
His mother.
284
00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,875
Who?
285
00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,520
Terry Conklin.
286
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:51,876
Sweetheart, you are smarter
than all these clowns put together.
287
00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,754
- Terry who?
- You work for me now.
288
00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:59,709
- Hey, wait a minute. She works for me.
- Julio, she works for me.
289
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,678
OK. Fine. You got her.
290
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,196
- Welcome, sweetheart.
- Check the "sweetheart" shit at the door.
291
00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,874
- Ooh.
- She works for you now.
292
00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,996
Excuse me, Ms Bambi.
293
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,355
And you get a 10 per cent raise.
294
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,829
- Now, where were we?
- Terry Conklin.
295
00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,993
Terry Conklin. From Cleveland.
Golden Gloves champion.
296
00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:25,108
Good left hook, great overhand right.
Undefeated as an amateur.
297
00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,716
Discovered God, or drugs, or pussy.
Some such thing...
298
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:33,396
Man.
Look at how they live. Let's get down.
299
00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:37,393
...Marciano for inner fucking peace.
- Jeez, what a dumb fuck he was.
300
00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,472
- Unbelievable.
- You wanna find his Brady-Bunch ass?
301
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,551
I'll call Bert Sugar.
302
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,230
You ain't fucking me no more.
303
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,232
Disperse, bitches, will you?
304
00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,074
Marvin.
305
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:53,957
Marvin, chill.
306
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,635
See, this is what happens
when you're living lavish, sipping wine,
307
00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,633
then we come in Nino-Brown-style.
Yeah, yeah. That's what it's about.
308
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:07,272
Then the next thing you know, we got guns
on you, and what you got? What you got?
309
00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:09,999
You got a... a whole, uh...
310
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:15,834
whole bunch of guns w-w-with lasers on 'em,
and we don't have any of those.
311
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,356
But, I mean, you know,
does violence really solve anything?
312
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,238
We came over because
you hadn't answered our calls,
313
00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,629
and we thought
maybe something was wrong.
314
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,598
We just wanted to let you know
we got your back.
315
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:31,639
And, uh... you know,
you haven't offered us a shot at the title,
316
00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:35,759
and it's just a rumor, but people talk
about you trying to duck my man...
317
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,276
Marvin, I'm giving you the title shot.
318
00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:42,830
As a matter of fact,
we were just discussing the details.
319
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,388
Yeah. There's some legal... Hello.
320
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,234
There's some legal shit we have to
work out before we make you an offer.
321
00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:54,269
We're just trying to get
all of our ducks in a row.
322
00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:57,113
Yeah. It's a duck thing.
323
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,475
Oh, oh. OK. Duck thing.
324
00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,711
- So you are giving us a shot at the title.
- You have my word.
325
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,234
Excuse me, but your word don't mean shit.
326
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,029
Yeah, I mean, your word is rather doo-doo.
327
00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:13,033
Uh... we're looking for something tangible.
328
00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:17,511
Fuck tangible. Give me something real.
I want something real. That's what I want.
329
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:22,037
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Just, you know... calm down, will you?
330
00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:25,271
We're gonna get everything together.
We come in peace, man.
331
00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:29,399
You know, we're small-time.
We just want a shot. That's all we asking for.
332
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,278
Whoo!
333
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:37,232
I'd like to give you a sign of good faith.
While I get my ducks in a row.
334
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:42,235
- Fuck is all this duck shit, you...
- Chill with all these dots.
335
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:47,314
We're trying to, you know, negotiate.
Let me do business.
336
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,995
Are you still driving that, um...
maroon Brougham?
337
00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:52,672
Yeah.
338
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,469
I don't mean to correct you
in front of your people, but it's merlot.
339
00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,472
- Oh, sorry. Merlot.
- Yeah.
340
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,712
I'd like to give you a brand-new
merlot Brougham. As a sign of good faith.
341
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,995
Cos you're my brother, and I love you.
342
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,799
Cool. Cool. That's...
that sounds, you know...
343
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:14,238
- No, I'm tired of merlot.
- Yeah, he's right. I can't stand another merlot.
344
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:18,677
Well, baby, you know,
there's this sweet, gold...
345
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,593
- Oh, kind of a muscatel.
- Go on, sister.
346
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,592
All right. Yeah. Hey, that's fine. Muscatel.
347
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,955
- Artemus?
- Yeah.
348
00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:31,238
Order a brand-new,
muscatel Royale Brougham,
349
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,039
fully loaded, with, uh...
350
00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:36,839
a petite syrah interior.
351
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:41,118
- Have it delivered to Mr. Shabazz at once.
- Got it.
352
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,034
Thanks, man. I... You know, that's...
you know, that really means a lot.
353
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:49,312
I would take it that
a fully loaded muscatel Brougham,
354
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:53,871
with a syrah-serials and petite
and everything like that,
355
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,794
is a good-faith down payment on a title fight.
356
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,355
My brothers.
357
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,069
Hey, I'm glad we could, you know,
straighten this out. Is this rayon?
358
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,675
This is nice.
Whole thing got my blood pressure up, bro.
359
00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:14,797
Thank you. All right, man.
Come on. Hug him, man.
360
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,195
- Thank you.
- Mm-hm.
361
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,754
We're about to be champs, baby!
362
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:36,719
My daddy said, "Don't pull your shit out
if you ain't ready to use it. "
363
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,872
- Shut up!
- Bitch.
364
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,871
I gotta change.
365
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,636
Sultan, I got him.
366
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:53,919
Terry Conklin is still living in Cleveland.
He's in a band called Massive Head Wound.
367
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:59,074
Uh-huh. Yeah. For the kids.
Yeah, I'm booking the flight now.
368
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:42,919
- This guy's a putz.
- No, he's got something.
369
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,878
- You like him, Bambi?
- I think he's gorgeous.
370
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,235
- Say what?
- For a white boy.
371
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:52,472
- Right.
- I think we found our man.
372
00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:19,918
Terry.
373
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,231
Terry, this is Suzette.
374
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:27,154
Wonderful music, Terry. Wonderful.
375
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,708
I feel that you're my brother.
376
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,632
- I'm your anti-brother.
- My anti-brother!
377
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:38,510
- I like that.
- You know, actually, you're a poet.
378
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,955
Well, an anti-poet.
379
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,436
Terry?
380
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,631
All right. Come on, hit the bricks. Get out.
381
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,678
You know, it... it feels like...
382
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,830
- ooh, like anti-music.
- Terry.
383
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,748
This is Angel.
384
00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,551
Cool.
385
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,071
I worship you.
386
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:08,870
Worship... is a Judaeo-Christian concept.
387
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,349
- I'm a Buddhist.
- No shit.
388
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,720
Sol, heads up.
389
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,713
Terry. May I call you Terry?
390
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,236
What you call me is of no concern to me.
391
00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:32,633
Good. Cos I'm gonna call your ass
"the great white hope".
392
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:43,032
Excuse me. Terry, I'm trying to make you
a business proposition here.
393
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,913
- I give my money to the homeless.
- Good.
394
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,629
Then if you take me up on my proposition
and return to the ring,
395
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:57,430
I guarantee that you will personally
wipe out homelessness in America.
396
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:01,957
- What did you say?
- I want you to return to the ring.
397
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,192
- I don't fight any more.
- But you're the only man
398
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,555
to ever beat the heavyweight champion.
399
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,198
A very long time ago.
400
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:25,549
You can still kick his ass.
He's still susceptible to an overhand right.
401
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,870
I did cold-cock that sucker, didn't I?
402
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,872
Oh, you nailed him! You rocked his ass.
403
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,472
Think about it.
This could be the fight of the century.
404
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:38,872
- The fight of the century.
- Hundred years. You.
405
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:43,476
Mm-hm. Yeah. Right, right, right.
Until the next fight of the century. Right?
406
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,030
- Get the fuck outta my chair.
- You're a shrewd man.
407
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,954
Well, if not for yourself, Terry,
do it for the tired, the poor,
408
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:54,874
the teeming masses yearning to breathe free.
409
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,951
- How much do I get?
- $10 million.
410
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:04,072
And I hire you the best managers
and trainers in the business.
411
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,355
$10 million?
412
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:15,112
- You really think I could take him?
- He's scared shitless of you.
413
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,033
And think of the homeless.
414
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:30,914
Julio.
415
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,355
Well. You found Terry Conklin, huh?
416
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,237
- Yup.
- Congratulations.
417
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:40,030
Well, now I want the WBI to rank him
in the top ten so I can give him a title shot.
418
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:45,990
Reverend, over the years I have bent
and greased and stretched the rules for you.
419
00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:50,710
- I consider myself an artist in this regard.
- You are an artist, Julio.
420
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:55,271
Yes, but even I cannot rank a fighter
who has never had a professional fight!
421
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,954
What'll it take for you to make this happen?
422
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,634
- I can't do it.
- Money? Sex?
423
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,188
Drugs? Power?
424
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:05,996
Yeah. Power.
425
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,958
That's what. Yeah. Power.
426
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,514
- Yeah.
- You're fired.
427
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,431
OK. Money, sex and drugs.
428
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,751
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am proud to announce
429
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,513
that 60 days from today,
430
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,910
on March 17, St Patrick's Day,
431
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,753
James "The Grim Reaper" Roper
432
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,115
will defend his heavyweight title
433
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,954
against the No. 8- Ranked
heavyweight contender,
434
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:41,955
according to
the newly released WBI ranking -
435
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:46,670
"Irish" Terry Conklin.
436
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:54,231
- I'm not Irish.
- It's boxing. It just means you're white. Open.
437
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:58,108
- There he is. There he is.
- "Irish" Terry Conklin.
438
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:04,150
It's a goddamn disgrace. This kid can't fight.
You've sullied the great name of boxing.
439
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,834
Oh, ye of little faith.
440
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,472
This man has been catapulted
into the rankings
441
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:16,510
by the honorable, estimable, incorruptible
president of World Boxing International,
442
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,194
Mr. Julio Escobar.
443
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,430
And for very good reason.
444
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,875
Name one.
445
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:30,596
- You forget he was an undefeated amateur...
- That's right.
446
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,831
...who knocked out Roper
in the Golden Gloves Championship.
447
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:37,993
- Knocked him through the ropes.
- I was 17, man. I'd kill Howdy Doody now.
448
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:42,949
Nigger, sit your motherfucking ass down.
I'm trying to...
449
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,917
I think Terry has a few words
he wants to say. Terry, come on.
450
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,832
I would like to start off
by saying thank you to the champ
451
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,629
for giving me this chance to...
452
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,472
Wow, man. Wow.
453
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,356
You're... you're a great champ.
454
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:06,954
And after I'm done
kicking the champ's butt,
455
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:11,716
I'm gonna donate all of my moneys
to eradicating the homelessness situations,
456
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:16,351
and also the poverty situations
will be eradicated,
457
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,352
in America, and as well as
the United States, forever.
458
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,716
- Thank you very much and God bless you all.
459
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,031
Got my vote
for Sportsman of the Year already.
460
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:31,634
- Who is this Irish duper?
- Who bought this? Who bought this?
461
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,955
Who is that? Who is this?
462
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:42,355
- Who do you think will see this debacle?
- It'll be the biggest payday in sports history.
463
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:47,594
- Sultan, the kid's not even a professional.
- Bert, the kid's not even 100 per cent Irish.
464
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:52,515
But how many of you gave Foreman a chance
against Moore? Or Douglas against Tyson?
465
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,115
Julio Escobar's a whore on your payroll.
466
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,272
- What did you say?
- Keep it legal.
467
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,670
- Did you hear that?
- That's a libelous and racist statement,
468
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,957
- just because Escobar's of Latin descent.
- That's right.
469
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,271
Are you saying something about
brown-skinned people?
470
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,557
Do you hate Jews and Negroes as well?
471
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,835
- I am a Jew.
- Then you're an Uncle Tom!
472
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:17,673
Jews can't be Uncle Toms.
473
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,677
- Sure we can.
- It's a sign of self-loathing.
474
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:27,117
- But you're still my brother.
- I'm not your brother.
475
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:29,876
Peace.
476
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,952
- Son of a bitch.
- Let's keep it that way.
477
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,117
Johnny.
478
00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:43,073
Terry?
479
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:47,711
This is the legendary Johnny Windsor.
He's managed many, many of the greats.
480
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,473
- Very pleased to meet you.
- Terry.
481
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:56,351
Eight weeks with me, and you're not only
gonna be a lean, mean killing machine,
482
00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:00,115
you're gonna be ready for a commission
in the Waffen-SS.
483
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,988
Hate, son, hate! The great motivator. Hate.
484
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:08,278
You're gonna hate Roper, you'll hate me,
you're gonna hate the fucking world.
485
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,193
I hate no man.
486
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,072
Well, do it for the homeless, Terry.
487
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,193
Get changed. We'll start.
488
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,396
Good luck, kid.
489
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,039
Look. All you gotta do is make him credible.
490
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,839
I can make him credible...
till he gets in the ring.
491
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,549
- When the bell rings, he's dog meat.
- Dog meat.
492
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:36,030
Time and Newsweek say I should be arrested.
493
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:39,078
Sports Illustrated says the fight's a joke.
494
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:42,709
Ring Magazine says the fight is a fraud!
495
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,110
Why are they saying these things?
496
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:52,150
- Cos it's the truth.
- The truth needs to be shaped and framed.
497
00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:54,390
Your fucking job!
498
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:59,397
I cannot make caviar out of fish eggs!
499
00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:05,870
Uh, excuse me, Fred. Uh, listen, we...
Hi, Sol. Tough day for you, huh?
500
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:09,475
We need to get these contracts to Conklin
before he gets a lawyer.
501
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:14,475
I'll hire Conklin's lawyer.
How are the contracts?
502
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,597
I had 'em reviewed by my staff.
Nobody understands anything.
503
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:18,669
Good.
504
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:22,469
Any interpretation
would lead to endless litigation.
505
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:27,156
They're vague, indecipherable
and, best of all, they're written in stone.
506
00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:29,231
- I love you.
- Don't you start that.
507
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,392
Excuse me. I opened this on accident.
It's yours.
508
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,870
- But you might wanna take a look at it.
- What is this?
509
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:41,991
Where'd it come from?
510
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,868
Mitchell Kane.
He says he has a lot more of them.
511
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,110
A lot more?
512
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:51,956
What does he want?
513
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:56,158
He says he wants a private meeting.
No cameras, no third parties,
514
00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:59,437
just, uh, "mano a mano" is how he put it.
515
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,273
"Mano a mano"?
516
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,920
- My dick wants to laugh.
- What is it?
517
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,719
Pictures of nothing, Sol.
518
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,875
You know what? I don't need this shit.
519
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,190
I'll be at the pool.
520
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:19,073
I'll finish up these, uh...
these contracts for you.
521
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,993
Arrange a private meeting with Mr. Kane.
522
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,070
Yes, sir.
523
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:40,993
Action. Although our cameras aren't allowed
inside the offices of Rev Fred Sultan,
524
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:46,632
let them record, in the happenchance
that I don't come out alive,
525
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:52,240
that this envelope contains
enough evidence to destroy this man forever.
526
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:56,635
When I return, if I return,
527
00:38:56,720 --> 00:39:01,191
the spotlight of truth
will have peered into the depths of evil -
528
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:05,270
into the soul, if one exists,
529
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,954
of one Fred Sultan.
530
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,918
Kill the camera.
531
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,150
He's ready to see you.
532
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,428
Wish me well.
533
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,351
Cut.
534
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,838
I'll be OK. It's OK.
535
00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:46,835
- I'm really proud of you.
- I'm proud of you.
536
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,276
We'll be here.
537
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,916
Mr. Kane.
538
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,150
Rev Sultan. Here we are.
539
00:40:07,240 --> 00:40:09,435
Yes. Mano a mano.
540
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,996
That's right. Uh, I got a lot of pictures.
541
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:15,638
Uh...
542
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,989
- Uh, Wardell?
- What?
543
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:22,594
Oh. Um...
544
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,918
I've made many copies of these.
545
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,314
So what do you want?
546
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,789
I want to destroy you.
547
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:41,078
I want an exclusive interview,
548
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:47,315
where you'll have to finally answer some of
the tough questions. You're a bad guy, man.
549
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:51,951
You're... you're bad. Even Wardell's
disgusted. But I'm not gonna kiss your feet.
550
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:55,430
You're a fake, a bully.
I don't like what you do to Girl Scouts.
551
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:58,717
- That was pretty funny, huh?
- I like you. You have a goal.
552
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:05,194
And you have the balls to reach that goal.
You have a blind, stupid belief in yourself.
553
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:11,276
- Flattery is not gonna work. My course is...
- Oh, no, no, no. I wanna offer you a job.
554
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:16,719
I heard they're gonna do Cops: The Musical.
That could be unreal.
555
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:19,268
Well, they did it with the...
556
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,271
Well?
557
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:31,231
- You OK, boss?
- Never more lucid. Turn on the camera.
558
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:35,758
Thank you. Thank you, Artie.
559
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:42,679
Some said that this upcoming title fight
is built around racism.
560
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:47,788
But is it racism that electrifies people
across the globe?
561
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,758
Or is it a pride in your tribe?
562
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:54,357
The dimly remembered throb
of drums in the night,
563
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,590
or the white hoarfrost of an early morn
564
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,752
against the gleaming,
sinuous muscle of the jungle night.
565
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:04,675
You can't do this to me.
I've been Sultan's publicist for 20 years.
566
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,035
Boss says you're gone, you're outta here.
567
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,759
I'll sue you so fast,
you won't know what hit you.
568
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:11,956
Man, shut up.
569
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:14,193
Hey.
570
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,589
I got you guys this job!
571
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:18,671
He's right.
572
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,633
You better watch your back!
573
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,913
Mitchell, have you sold out?
574
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:35,877
I'm taking the road less traveled by.
575
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:39,873
And what happened to,
um, "crusading for the truth"?
576
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:44,238
What is the truth, after all?
History, they say, is written by the winners.
577
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,915
Fuck you, you whore. I quit.
578
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,638
Oh... Vivian.
579
00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:52,109
We can win a Pulitzer.
580
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:02,672
- Will you come on?
- Watch this.
581
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:06,551
One, please.
582
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,676
Sultan sucks!
583
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:12,599
Happy birthday, Mrs. Ned Ashton.
584
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:16,036
From me. The other Mrs. Ned Ashton.
585
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,429
- What?
- Ooh, snap.
586
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:23,359
Damn.
587
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,795
Yo, Grim, man.
588
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:29,589
Hey, check this out, G.
Yo. This is a gift from Sultan.
589
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,069
From Sultan, bro. Damn.
590
00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:40,393
- It's your fault, man.
- Well, I'm sorry, man.
591
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:44,359
- You all right, Champ?
- Let me see the ring.
592
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,268
- Damn!
- Damn!
593
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,794
You done came up, Champ.
594
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:58,428
- Wow, that's bigger than the last one, bro.
- No question.
595
00:44:05,240 --> 00:44:07,629
Oh, damn.
596
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:10,271
I done got this.
597
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:14,230
That was a good try, though.
You know I got that one!
598
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,754
I was mad quick, right?
599
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:24,359
- That was bigger than the last one.
- Yo, bro. Let me see that.
600
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,675
- All right, man.
- Kick it in.
601
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:33,070
Shut up, Irv. Damn. Here you go, bro.
602
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:41,675
- That look nice on you.
- It look all right?
603
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:45,196
It look nice on you.
You done came up like 7 Up, baby.
604
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,748
Yeah, it look nice on you, man.
605
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,959
Real nice on the champ.
606
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:53,951
Man.
607
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:57,032
- I didn't want it anyway.
- You know you wanted it.
608
00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:59,111
Shut up.
609
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:06,715
You gotta stop eating this stuff...
and do some roadwork.
610
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:10,839
Man, I could beat Conklin
and my meat at the same time.
611
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:16,438
- But you got to be in some kinda shape.
- Oh, I'm in shape. I'm round.
612
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:23,150
Mike Tyson was round when he fought Buster
Douglas. Buster KO'd him. You know why?
613
00:45:23,240 --> 00:45:28,598
- Cos Tyson wasn't ready to fight.
- Don't worry. When the bell ring, I'm in there.
614
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:33,558
Hey, Mr. Chump. I mean, Mr. Champ.
615
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:36,313
I'd like to reintroduce you to an old friend.
616
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:38,516
Mr. Overhand Right.
617
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:14,918
Say, Mr. Roper. When you wake up
in the hospital, realize your belt's gone,
618
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:19,118
come over to my house.
I'll let you try it on sometime, fat boy.
619
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:20,553
I like this kid.
620
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:24,189
Hey, Conklin. Ooh! There it is.
621
00:46:29,240 --> 00:46:32,596
The Nevada Boxing and Gaming Commission
is pleased to announce
622
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:39,153
the results of the encephalograms performed
on the two contestants in this proposed bout.
623
00:46:39,240 --> 00:46:45,190
James Roper's encephalogram
shows no cortical lesions whatsoever.
624
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:50,752
And Mr. Conklin's also shows no, uh...
no significant brain damage.
625
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,477
This bout can proceed as scheduled.
626
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:03,592
- What's "no significant brain damage"?
- We've not seen Roper in weeks. Why?
627
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:09,152
- He ain't here because he's ducking me.
- He'll be knocked naked from the waist down.
628
00:47:09,240 --> 00:47:11,834
He wants to continue fighting punks like this.
629
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:15,037
It's fixed. If he fights him
he's gonna be crippled and crazy.
630
00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:17,190
Tell him about the deal, will you?
631
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:19,794
Why don't you piss off, you fuckin' monkey?
632
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,474
Hey, Mr. French. I will bust a cap in your ass.
633
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:25,597
You? You stunted little dwarf.
Let me fucking get you...
634
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:29,958
- What do you wanna do? Come on.
- Sit your fat Pavarotti ass out the way.
635
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:35,353
Not me. Him, you silly bastard.
636
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:37,510
- Terry.
- What's the problem?
637
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:40,910
I ain't got no problem. You do.
I'm gonna whup your white...
638
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:44,151
- You'll have to wait in line for that.
- Fuck waiting in line.
639
00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:46,674
- What's up?
- I'm not gonna scare off.
640
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,877
Tranquillize yourself, will you?
641
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:53,714
Look at you. You're scared.
You don't want no part of this, do you?
642
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:58,157
Go back where you came from
before I rip your fuckin' heart out.
643
00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:00,879
What you got, Rev? Shit.
644
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:04,157
Supposed to have a fighter here.
You got no one. You got nothing.
645
00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:06,879
Oh, Jesus. Oh.
646
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:14,278
You ain't shaking, baby.
You're still in. You're in it.
647
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:17,557
I'm coming back
and I'm gonna get rid of everybody.
648
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:24,311
"One Punch" Terry Conklin, folks.
"One Punch" Terry.
649
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:30,031
- Fast hands for a white boy.
- We just sold 50,000 tickets.
650
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:32,714
Now, that's entertainment.
651
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:37,433
Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize
652
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:40,239
for the behavior of Marvin Shabazz
and his manager.
653
00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:42,788
But if Mr. Shabazz just shows a little patience,
654
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:46,555
I'm sure Rev Sultan will give him
a title shot at the appropriate time.
655
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:48,631
Oh, absolutely.
656
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:52,998
We're here to talk about
Roper and Terry Conklin.
657
00:48:56,880 --> 00:49:00,316
Thank you. Thank you. That's right. May I?
658
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:05,349
We have here 100,000 cards and letters,
659
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:07,590
all for Terry Conklin.
660
00:49:08,240 --> 00:49:12,199
Let's pick one out here, can we?
Let's get one of these. Any one at all.
661
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:16,751
Let's take this one here.
Here I've got, uh... Let's, uh...
662
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:19,316
Let's see what we got here.
663
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:21,595
This one is from...
664
00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:26,077
Gosh. It's from a boy named Joey
who's in a wheelchair.
665
00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:28,515
Hm. Wheelchair.
666
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:32,354
He says... he says,
"If you become champ, Terry,
667
00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:37,912
I'll believe anything is possible,
even walking again. Love, Joey. "
668
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:46,273
I'll tell you, in the cynical age
that we live in, it's, uh...
669
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:52,629
it's rare indeed when someone or something
becomes so transcendent,
670
00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:55,075
as... as Terry and this fight have become.
671
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:03,909
Kane.
672
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:07,870
Kane.
673
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:18,509
What are you doing?
What are you hiding for?
674
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:20,670
Enjoying your job?
675
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:22,557
Don't...
676
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:24,631
I'm sorr...
677
00:50:27,720 --> 00:50:31,030
I don't know how to tell you this,
but you, um...
678
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:34,032
You smell. You stink a little bit.
679
00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:38,033
Well, they took away my suite.
After 20 years, like that.
680
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:42,393
- You gotta protect yourself.
- Uh-huh. You know, I'm not...
681
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:44,948
Listen, please. Listen.
682
00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:49,509
The Sultan is ripe for a fall.
Do you understand?
683
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:53,354
Everybody in the organization
is fed up with him. It's not just me.
684
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:56,352
We've been waiting
for a new leader to emerge. It's you.
685
00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:58,556
I see. So I'm the, uh...
686
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:03,236
You take over his organization
and you get me my job back.
687
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:06,235
God sent you.
688
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:10,678
Are you OK? Where are you going?
689
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:13,513
Going to take a sponge bath.
690
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:20,119
- Take it... take it easy.
- I will.
691
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:23,670
Hey, Siegfried. Who's that behind... Who?
692
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:26,989
Come on. That isn't funny.
693
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:50,238
I'm not Irish. I'm not Irish.
694
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:32,234
You're a stallion.
You're a fucking stallion.
695
00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:35,031
Terry Conklin.
696
00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:00,631
Stay down, boy.
697
00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:04,316
Told you to stay down.
698
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:10,875
- How do you like Las Vegas, Terry?
- What's that?
699
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:13,428
How does it compare to Cleveland?
700
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:18,310
Cleveland's a real city full of real people
not concerned with bourgeois attitudes,
701
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:24,839
concerted sexism, racism, religiousism
or any of the other -isms that Vegas is about.
702
00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:28,230
Las Vegas is one of the most
exploitive places I've seen in my life.
703
00:53:28,320 --> 00:53:32,598
Particularly towards women. I've never
been to a city more exploitive to women.
704
00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:36,753
It makes me sick and I can't wait to go home.
705
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:40,310
But wasn't that you
on the cover of Playboy magazine?
706
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:42,675
What's that?
707
00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:45,593
Yeah, that was me, but let me say two things.
708
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:49,070
One - I hated it.
And two - that's not what I'm about.
709
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:52,796
- How's Champ looking?
- Good. Did you see him out there?
710
00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:55,758
- Uh, no. We can't get in to...
- Was a great workout.
711
00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:16,315
You should've seen the workout today.
He's looking excellent.
712
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:21,235
So, um... what about all
these reports of all this room service?
713
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:27,759
Ten gallons of ice cream, a carton of
gummy bears, all the pork skins in Vegas?
714
00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:30,718
Champ has an entourage.
He feeds 'em.
715
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:33,439
He's not eating any of this stuff?
716
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:39,152
Even if he were not in perfect
condition, he's still a professional fighter.
717
00:54:39,240 --> 00:54:42,949
He's got savvy.
He knows how to breathe in a ring.
718
00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:47,832
Is racism driving this fight?
I don't think so.
719
00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:50,475
$2 on "Irish" Terry.
720
00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:59,756
Are we exploiting a history of divisive racial
struggle in this country? I don't think so.
721
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:02,794
Two bucks on the clean-cut white boy.
722
00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:06,111
Please. Thank you.
723
00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:09,476
To play the piano, you need the black keys...
724
00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:11,835
And the white keys.
725
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:15,879
Doing a rock opera for homeless
about the situation in Cleveland.
726
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:19,589
I think it's applicable universally
to the homeless
727
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:22,592
in this situation
in any major American market.
728
00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:27,834
For example, South Dakota
there's a homelessness situation.
729
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:32,948
Conklin's been getting a lot of publicity
about his donations to the homeless.
730
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:36,396
- That's his thing.
- You're not known for your acts of charity.
731
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:40,837
Ain't nobody's business
what I do with my money.
732
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:45,391
We've found that you've given large
donations of money to a number of places.
733
00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:50,554
AIDS organizations, multiple sclerosis.
You visit children's hospitals in every town.
734
00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:54,315
I'm about to donate to the "Remove My Foot
From Your Ass" Foundation.
735
00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:57,312
I tell you,
I don't want to talk about this. It's over.
736
00:55:57,400 --> 00:55:59,595
You're quite a rock'n'roller.
737
00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:02,194
I still am quite a rock'n'roller.
Thanks for that.
738
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:04,236
Without further objections,
739
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:09,872
I would like to sing my song,
that I've just been working on, to Mr. Roper.
740
00:56:09,960 --> 00:56:12,076
- Would that be all right?
- Yeah.
741
00:56:12,160 --> 00:56:14,958
It's called "Mr. Roper, Mr. Roper".
742
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:44,758
"Mr. Roper, Mr. Roper".
743
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:52,630
You just wanna blow this fight, don't you?
744
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:58,198
Just chill. My blackness'll beat that kid.
745
00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:21,231
Mr. Roper.
746
00:57:25,240 --> 00:57:30,837
- He looks good. He looks good.
- Yeah. Looks is what counts, isn't it?
747
00:57:30,920 --> 00:57:34,674
Hey, hey. Now... you know,
if he wins, have you thought about...
748
00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:36,751
Wins?
749
00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:40,597
Oh, man. Yeah.
750
00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:45,151
If he wins, what are your plans after that?
Have you thought about that?
751
00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:48,550
Like, are you happy
with your deal with Sultan?
752
00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:50,551
Happy?
753
00:57:50,640 --> 00:57:54,110
I'd sooner be turked by a syphilitic bear.
754
00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:57,396
T... Tur...
755
00:57:57,480 --> 00:57:59,436
Turked? What is turked?
756
00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:01,590
Rectally relieved.
757
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:04,152
Oh, jeez.
758
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:10,679
So, what? After... after this fight you'd
consider signing with another promoter or...?
759
00:58:10,760 --> 00:58:14,389
Or a smart younger man such as yourself?
760
00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:18,035
I don't like to toot my own horn, but...
761
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:21,317
- Is that what you're saying?
- Well...
762
00:58:22,080 --> 00:58:23,877
Terry.
763
00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:27,635
Terry! Get over here.
764
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:35,277
- What's up, Johnny?
- We may have found a great white hope.
765
00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:39,872
- He wants to promote you.
- Who? You?
766
00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:41,916
Yeah, maybe so.
767
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:44,912
- What about Mr. Sultan?
- Uh...
768
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:48,629
Mr. Sultan. You know...
Not so good for you guys.
769
00:58:48,720 --> 00:58:51,996
He's... he's...
He'll get what he needs.
770
00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:55,914
Let me ask you a question.
Do you covet racism?
771
00:58:56,000 --> 00:59:00,198
- Do I covet racism? How do you mean?
- Are you a racist person?
772
00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:05,274
- No, I'm not.
- I am fed up with the racism in this business.
773
00:59:05,360 --> 00:59:08,079
- Johnny?
- Too much of it.
774
00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:11,118
No, really, I believe that.
775
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:12,997
Wow.
776
00:59:14,080 --> 00:59:16,719
Wow. Gosh.
777
00:59:17,560 --> 00:59:19,755
Could I have a hug?
778
00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:21,831
Sure. Sure.
779
00:59:23,880 --> 00:59:24,869
Whoa!
780
00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:28,359
Introducing...
781
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:33,195
the most popular heavyweight
since Muhammad Ali...
782
00:59:33,280 --> 00:59:36,317
"Irish" Terry Conklin.
783
01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:07,390
The challenger... The challenger weighs in
at official 202¼ pounds.
784
01:00:16,120 --> 01:00:19,954
- I would just like to say that I love you all.
- We love you, man!
785
01:00:20,040 --> 01:00:24,397
I truly do. And tomorrow marks
the beginning of my personal quest
786
01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:27,836
for the eradication of
the homelessness situation in America.
787
01:00:27,920 --> 01:00:31,435
I am a fighter of destiny
and I'm going to shock the world.
788
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:33,988
God bless America!
789
01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:39,758
Terry! Terry! Terry!
790
01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:47,115
- You hear that?
- That shit don't faze me.
791
01:00:47,200 --> 01:00:49,350
And now...
792
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:57,120
introducing the undefeated, undisputed
heavyweight champion of the world...
793
01:00:57,200 --> 01:01:00,829
James "The Grim Reaper" Roper.
794
01:01:30,200 --> 01:01:31,519
He looks like shit.
795
01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:34,831
Roper looks at least 220.
He's been eating chitlins.
796
01:01:34,920 --> 01:01:38,595
The champion weighs an official...
797
01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:41,148
238 pounds.
798
01:01:44,880 --> 01:01:46,438
Hold it. Hold it. Hold it.
799
01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:51,514
The champ... The champ has a few words
he wants to say to y'all.
800
01:01:52,560 --> 01:01:55,518
Yeah. I just want to say that after 38 fights,
801
01:01:55,600 --> 01:01:58,034
38 wins by knockout,
802
01:01:58,120 --> 01:02:01,157
this is all the love you show me?
803
01:02:01,240 --> 01:02:05,677
Well, the rest of you can kiss my big,
black, bloated, Rolls-Royce-driving ass.
804
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:07,955
Gimme my robe.
805
01:02:21,680 --> 01:02:24,797
I wanna thank you all
for coming out here today,
806
01:02:24,880 --> 01:02:27,758
and I want you to ask yourself the question -
807
01:02:27,840 --> 01:02:31,071
is it hope? Or is it hype?
808
01:02:31,160 --> 01:02:34,197
We'll find out the answer tomorrow night.
809
01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:37,317
See you at the MGM Grand. Thank you.
810
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:01,116
I love this outfit. Is that a unitard?
811
01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:03,509
Mitchell. Great news.
812
01:03:03,600 --> 01:03:07,991
The gate went over 110 million today.
By fight time tomorrow, it should be 125.
813
01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:11,231
Ooh. I bow to you. I sit at your feet.
814
01:03:11,320 --> 01:03:14,392
This has been a brilliant partnership.
815
01:03:14,480 --> 01:03:17,552
I hope it's the beginning
of a beautiful friendship.
816
01:03:17,640 --> 01:03:20,234
The beginning...
817
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:24,711
- Hey, baby, you feeling all right?
- Oh. Baby, listen, I'm, uh...
818
01:03:24,800 --> 01:03:30,352
I'm concerned that the champ is maybe
too far gone to beat this Conklin kid.
819
01:03:30,440 --> 01:03:35,150
No fucking way the champ loses this fight.
He's gonna kill this kid.
820
01:03:35,240 --> 01:03:39,199
- He's got that tummy.
- You're starting to believe your own bullshit.
821
01:03:39,280 --> 01:03:42,317
Relax. Fight's a lock.
822
01:03:42,400 --> 01:03:46,313
You would know.
You're the paisley Pooh-Bah.
823
01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:50,711
Look.
824
01:03:52,520 --> 01:03:56,638
Champ and I have our little disagreements.
Hell, my whole organization does.
825
01:03:56,720 --> 01:04:01,157
Bottom line: He loves me, they love me,
826
01:04:01,240 --> 01:04:04,118
and I love him, and I love them.
827
01:04:05,960 --> 01:04:08,394
You know what else?
828
01:04:08,480 --> 01:04:10,471
What's that?
829
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:18,274
I love you.
830
01:04:25,080 --> 01:04:27,196
Very clever. Gotta get one of those.
831
01:04:27,280 --> 01:04:29,316
You're my brother.
832
01:04:29,400 --> 01:04:31,994
From the brother of brothers.
833
01:04:48,440 --> 01:04:52,797
There is no excitement like
a much-anticipated heavyweight title fight.
834
01:04:52,880 --> 01:04:58,273
And the fervor charts go off the wall
when the challenger is...
835
01:04:58,360 --> 01:05:02,194
- White. There, I've said it. White.
- I'm glad you said it, Stu.
836
01:05:18,840 --> 01:05:24,437
Roper is a jungle animal. He wants to do
unspeakable things to your mother and sister.
837
01:05:24,520 --> 01:05:30,038
Johnny. You do not have to whip me
into a racist frenzy to beat this man.
838
01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:33,078
- We all know you're a racist bastard.
- Me, a racist?
839
01:05:33,160 --> 01:05:35,958
- You're a pig.
- I'm not a racist. I'm an Englishman.
840
01:05:36,040 --> 01:05:40,511
The fairest people on the planet.
If I was a racist, I wouldn't be training you.
841
01:05:40,600 --> 01:05:44,309
You stupid muck-shoveling Mick.
Now, what we got here, then, Paddy? Eh?
842
01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:46,960
White gloves.
843
01:05:47,040 --> 01:05:49,508
- You disgust me.
- Mm.
844
01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:52,512
No, Terry, no. That's a good idea.
845
01:05:52,600 --> 01:05:54,875
You should do it. Nice touch.
846
01:05:54,960 --> 01:05:57,269
Wait a second.
847
01:05:58,080 --> 01:06:02,949
- Let... let me tell you something.
- Come on, boys, out now.
848
01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:09,959
You think this is all just a big joke, right?
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
849
01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:14,875
You think the public's just fallen in love
with me because of the color of my skin?
850
01:06:14,960 --> 01:06:17,599
Huh. Yeah...
851
01:06:19,400 --> 01:06:22,392
Because I'm fresh and good-looking?
852
01:06:24,160 --> 01:06:26,390
Shame on you.
853
01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:30,837
I am more than hope.
And I'm a hell of a lot more than hype.
854
01:06:30,920 --> 01:06:34,310
I'm a young man in fantastic shape
855
01:06:34,400 --> 01:06:36,960
with a devastating overhand right
856
01:06:37,040 --> 01:06:39,713
that is going to shock the world.
857
01:06:41,080 --> 01:06:44,595
Don't you forget, I never lost a fight.
858
01:06:45,040 --> 01:06:47,600
Attaboy, Terry! You kick his black ass.
859
01:06:47,680 --> 01:06:51,468
It is the ass of a human being, man!
860
01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:54,115
A human being.
861
01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:57,158
That is the ass that I'm gonna kick tonight.
862
01:06:57,240 --> 01:07:00,232
- I love you, Terry.
- I love you, too.
863
01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:03,676
Is that a circus entrance?
A fighter coming in, or a clown?
864
01:08:03,760 --> 01:08:08,959
- The guy thinks this is a rock concert.
- Maybe we're in the wrong place and it is.
865
01:08:33,320 --> 01:08:38,474
None of the experts give this kid
a chance. Yet can 100 million fans be wrong?
866
01:08:38,560 --> 01:08:42,394
If Conklin had started earlier in his career,
would he be the champion?
867
01:08:42,480 --> 01:08:48,476
If Roper had fought somebody as good as
Conklin, would he be the champion today?
868
01:08:50,840 --> 01:08:53,308
As we watch
the challenger dance in the ring,
869
01:08:53,400 --> 01:08:56,790
it's obvious the champion
is delaying his entrance to the arena.
870
01:08:56,880 --> 01:09:01,795
I'm just thinking. Is he trying psychologically
to toy with the mind of the challenger?
871
01:09:02,720 --> 01:09:06,713
Will y'all back off?
I'm trying to watch the show.
872
01:09:06,800 --> 01:09:10,713
- You're under arrest.
- You gonna have to take me!
873
01:09:16,520 --> 01:09:20,308
Cut that junk off and get rid of that cigarette.
You got a fight out there.
874
01:09:20,400 --> 01:09:24,075
Man, this is Dolemite.
My inspiration tape, OK?
875
01:09:33,680 --> 01:09:38,196
I'm trying to tell you, this is
the No. 1 contender here. Recognize, will you?
876
01:09:38,280 --> 01:09:41,272
I'm saying we up in here
and he needs to be in the ring.
877
01:09:41,360 --> 01:09:45,478
- Hey, hey, Shabazz. How are you doing?
- You gonna talk to me like you know me?
878
01:09:45,560 --> 01:09:49,439
You disrespect me cos you threw
a sucker punch? I'll show your white ass.
879
01:09:49,520 --> 01:09:53,308
Why don't you go home
and learn to speak English, you bastard?
880
01:09:53,400 --> 01:09:56,597
El, man, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I didn't know it was you.
881
01:09:56,680 --> 01:10:00,309
Come here. No, no. Look at me.
I'm right here. Look this way. Come on.
882
01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:05,235
- Come on, man. You got work to do.
- Wait till after the love scene.
883
01:10:19,960 --> 01:10:23,270
The champion has still not come in.
Conklin seems bewildered.
884
01:10:23,360 --> 01:10:28,229
He just keeps circling around. He could get
tired. Stu, could there be anything wrong?
885
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:32,438
I'll tell you what it is, Johnny.
The boy is scared of me. He's scared of me.
886
01:10:32,520 --> 01:10:36,195
That's a possibility.
But, just in case, don't get him mad, eh?
887
01:10:36,280 --> 01:10:39,317
I'm telling you what. He's scared of me.
888
01:10:39,400 --> 01:10:40,628
Roper?
889
01:10:40,720 --> 01:10:42,790
Hey, Roper, you scared of me?
890
01:10:42,880 --> 01:10:45,189
Huh, boy? Roper.
891
01:10:45,280 --> 01:10:46,679
Oh, yeah, he's scared of me.
892
01:10:46,760 --> 01:10:50,309
I said, Roper's scared of me!
He's scared of me.
893
01:10:50,400 --> 01:10:52,834
Come on, now. Come on, Roper.
894
01:10:52,920 --> 01:10:56,196
Come and kick some butt with me.
Come and catch the bumblebee.
895
01:10:56,280 --> 01:11:01,308
Kiss the donkey, son. Kiss the mule.
I'm gonna make him kiss the donkey, ref.
896
01:11:01,400 --> 01:11:04,437
He gonna kiss the donkey.
He gonna smooch with the donkey.
897
01:11:04,520 --> 01:11:06,556
I'm gonna bust him up. Bust him up.
898
01:11:06,640 --> 01:11:10,110
Time for the comeuppance, yes.
Time for the comeuppance, yeah!
899
01:11:10,200 --> 01:11:13,954
You rat-soup-eating honky motherfucker!
900
01:11:18,440 --> 01:11:20,431
OK.
901
01:11:21,760 --> 01:11:23,751
Now I'm mad.
902
01:11:26,200 --> 01:11:28,077
Irv!
903
01:11:31,440 --> 01:11:34,989
May the Lord bless you.
May the Spirit guide you.
904
01:11:35,080 --> 01:11:40,234
And may the heavens rain down
their bounty upon you. May the...
905
01:11:40,320 --> 01:11:42,959
Nigger, grow up.
906
01:13:11,720 --> 01:13:14,792
All right, baby. Big payday. Go for it.
907
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:19,112
Let's see your glove, Champ.
Looks good to me.
908
01:13:32,080 --> 01:13:34,640
Hey, Bambi.
Don't distract the champ with that.
909
01:13:34,720 --> 01:13:38,474
Vincent, how are you doing, baby?
You seen Jules? How's everything?
910
01:13:38,560 --> 01:13:41,472
Good to see you.
Mitch, Mitch, Mitch. Sit here.
911
01:13:41,560 --> 01:13:45,235
Julio, get up, get up.
Come on, come on, come on. Sit.
912
01:13:45,320 --> 01:13:48,039
- Best seat in the house right here.
- There we go.
913
01:13:48,120 --> 01:13:51,749
As Roper finally enters the ring,
you know, it's hard to imagine
914
01:13:51,840 --> 01:13:55,515
how a popular champion could become
so unpopular in such a short time.
915
01:13:55,600 --> 01:13:59,229
The other story is the 20 pounds
this guy's carrying. How can he come in?
916
01:13:59,320 --> 01:14:03,029
Look at the belly hanging over his trunks.
That's a disgrace.
917
01:14:03,120 --> 01:14:05,429
The guy never met a meal he didn't like.
918
01:14:05,520 --> 01:14:09,354
This is where the action is. Seeing
as how these are the last few moments
919
01:14:09,440 --> 01:14:12,477
of the Sultanic era of boxing.
920
01:14:12,560 --> 01:14:14,949
What the fuck are you talking about?
921
01:14:15,040 --> 01:14:17,554
The new heavyweight champ of the world,
922
01:14:17,640 --> 01:14:20,712
Terry Conklin, has signed with me.
923
01:14:22,920 --> 01:14:26,435
- We'll see about that shit.
- Yes, we will.
924
01:14:27,440 --> 01:14:31,956
All right, guys. I gave you instructions
in the dressing room. Is there any questions?
925
01:14:32,040 --> 01:14:34,554
- Yes, sir. I have one question.
- What?
926
01:14:34,640 --> 01:14:38,633
Well, I was just, uh...
I was just wondering up there to Mr. Roper.
927
01:14:38,720 --> 01:14:43,999
What do you think it's gonna feel like
to lose to an amateur, chump?
928
01:14:44,080 --> 01:14:48,278
Shut up and let your fists do the talking.
Shake hands and good luck.
929
01:14:48,360 --> 01:14:51,113
Good luck, fat boy.
930
01:14:53,480 --> 01:14:57,075
- Am I that fat?
- Nah. Just a whole lot of man.
931
01:14:58,320 --> 01:15:04,077
Terry, listen to me. Do this for the white race.
You may be Irish, but they're almost white.
932
01:15:04,160 --> 01:15:09,712
Johnny, I'm ignoring your racism.
This one's for the homeless.
933
01:15:09,800 --> 01:15:12,633
All right. Now, use your head.
Have a good fight.
934
01:15:12,720 --> 01:15:16,759
The tension is building, and it feels
like we're going to have a meltdown.
935
01:15:16,840 --> 01:15:20,355
And here we go for the heavyweight
championship of the world.
936
01:15:20,440 --> 01:15:22,670
Time.
937
01:15:52,400 --> 01:15:55,790
Here we go. Here we go. Do the work, Champ.
938
01:15:57,480 --> 01:15:59,072
Do it.
939
01:16:07,720 --> 01:16:09,676
No holding.
940
01:16:09,760 --> 01:16:12,513
Watch your head.
Watch your head. Punch and get out.
941
01:16:12,600 --> 01:16:15,353
- Get outta there. Punch him.
- I'm playing with him.
942
01:16:15,440 --> 01:16:19,274
- Turn him loose and fight.
- I've got him right where I want him.
943
01:16:23,800 --> 01:16:25,791
Come on, fat boy.
944
01:16:27,200 --> 01:16:29,350
Watch that overhand right.
945
01:16:53,280 --> 01:16:55,840
Champ's pissed off now.
946
01:16:57,440 --> 01:17:00,716
- Look out.
- Look at this. Look at this.
947
01:17:24,520 --> 01:17:27,512
Oh, yes! Yes!
948
01:17:27,600 --> 01:17:29,909
You nailed him.
949
01:17:32,280 --> 01:17:34,794
Terry, get up!
950
01:17:39,960 --> 01:17:42,633
He's out.
951
01:17:52,160 --> 01:17:56,756
And it's over. It is over.
27 seconds into the first round, it's all over.
952
01:17:56,840 --> 01:17:59,559
Man, this wasn't a fight,
this was an execution.
953
01:17:59,640 --> 01:18:03,997
That's it? What the hell
is this microwave-fight bullshit?
954
01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:06,833
That's what we talking about.
955
01:18:06,920 --> 01:18:08,911
All right!
956
01:18:12,560 --> 01:18:15,028
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
957
01:18:15,480 --> 01:18:18,916
- We reap what we sow.
- We reap what we sow. Yes, Mitch. Yes.
958
01:18:19,000 --> 01:18:21,753
Yes, we do.
959
01:18:21,840 --> 01:18:24,149
"We reap what we sow. "
960
01:18:24,240 --> 01:18:28,552
Guess that's kinda like,
"Close cover before striking. "
961
01:18:28,640 --> 01:18:31,279
Sit down, mate. Sit down.
It's fine. It's fine.
962
01:18:31,360 --> 01:18:33,874
- How are you doing?
- Where's my mintage?
963
01:18:33,960 --> 01:18:36,520
He's on Queer Street. Listen.
964
01:18:36,600 --> 01:18:39,831
If anybody talks to you
or starts talking rematch...
965
01:18:39,920 --> 01:18:44,630
No rematch. No rematch. I'm going back
to Cleveland, gonna play rock'n'roll, man.
966
01:18:44,720 --> 01:18:48,952
That's right. Listen, the best thing to do
with this crowd is just to walk away.
967
01:18:49,040 --> 01:18:51,270
See you around. Good.
968
01:18:51,360 --> 01:18:54,318
Now, take it easy. Come on. Take it easy.
969
01:18:54,400 --> 01:18:56,755
You know what you need in rock'n'roll?
970
01:18:56,840 --> 01:18:59,035
Management.
971
01:18:59,120 --> 01:19:01,873
I just had a... just had a...
972
01:19:01,960 --> 01:19:04,110
You're woozy. You're woozy. Um...
973
01:19:04,200 --> 01:19:07,078
I wanted to put a bee in your bonnet.
We'll talk later.
974
01:19:07,160 --> 01:19:09,799
- Getting up.
- All right, man.
975
01:19:09,880 --> 01:19:13,714
- Hey. You knocked him cold. I love it!
- Way to kick that ass!
976
01:19:13,800 --> 01:19:17,554
- Get Champ some peanut-butter ice cream.
- Spread it all over the girls.
977
01:19:17,640 --> 01:19:20,837
- Champion-rolla!
- Who are you?
978
01:19:20,920 --> 01:19:23,229
Peter Prince.
979
01:19:23,320 --> 01:19:27,393
- I own the place.
- I know who you are, man.
980
01:19:27,480 --> 01:19:28,469
Oh, my bad.
981
01:19:28,800 --> 01:19:30,119
How'd we do?
982
01:19:30,200 --> 01:19:35,593
Pay-per-view, through the roof. $132 million
gate. That's a lot of fucking money.
983
01:19:35,680 --> 01:19:40,549
- We haven't even counted the gate here yet.
- Wait till we box up the videos.
984
01:19:40,640 --> 01:19:44,553
- We weren't gonna pay Conklin.
- That's what I'm saying.
985
01:19:44,640 --> 01:19:48,269
Hold up, Sultan. We need to talk.
We had a deal. You need to respect that.
986
01:19:48,360 --> 01:19:51,272
And what's up with that outfit?
You Ali Baba Jackson?
987
01:19:51,360 --> 01:19:54,750
- Oh, not this nigger.
- Eh, eh, eh, eh. Easy, frosty man.
988
01:19:54,840 --> 01:19:59,152
Ruk'n, I'm tired of you and the grinch
that stole blackness stealing my glory.
989
01:19:59,240 --> 01:20:02,038
Nobody's stealing your glory.
You're a disgrace.
990
01:20:02,120 --> 01:20:06,318
He look like a half-sucked Milk Dud, I swear.
Boy, you're sorry. What you wanna do?
991
01:20:06,400 --> 01:20:08,914
Isaac Hayes said he want his head back.
What's up?
992
01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:13,152
- It's good publicity for the next fight.
- No, Rev. Every time I have a moment,
993
01:20:13,240 --> 01:20:15,959
- they come to ruin it.
- Stop talking and step to me.
994
01:20:16,040 --> 01:20:18,952
- You've fought nobody. Step to me.
- This shit stop now.
995
01:20:19,040 --> 01:20:21,793
- Come over here. What do you want?
- You.
996
01:20:21,880 --> 01:20:26,112
- I'm $132 million strong.
- Why you act like you wanna do something?
997
01:20:26,200 --> 01:20:29,795
Didn't I tell you you're gonna get the shot?
Didn't I tell you that?
998
01:20:29,880 --> 01:20:33,873
Man, hey, look, nobody's putting your...
You ain't my daddy. Are you?
999
01:20:33,960 --> 01:20:38,192
My nerves is bad anyway.
If I can get this motherfucker out...
1000
01:20:40,080 --> 01:20:42,469
It's a gun. He's got a gun. He's got a gun.
1001
01:20:42,560 --> 01:20:45,757
That's what I'm saying.
I'll do a walk-by up in here.
1002
01:20:45,840 --> 01:20:49,196
- Who the champ now?
- You the champ. I'm running with you.
1003
01:20:49,280 --> 01:20:55,196
My nerves is bad, I've been on medication,
and I just want some respect. Will you?
1004
01:20:59,640 --> 01:21:03,792
I've never seen a championship fight
after a championship fight. Incredible.
1005
01:21:03,880 --> 01:21:09,876
- There's a second fight going on right now.
- God! Don't give away what we can sell.
1006
01:21:21,120 --> 01:21:23,680
Damn.
1007
01:21:23,760 --> 01:21:26,149
You all right, Champ?
1008
01:21:30,160 --> 01:21:33,675
That's all you got for me? Huh?
Who's the champ? Who's the champ?
1009
01:21:33,760 --> 01:21:36,752
I am. Next time I'll break
my foot off in your ass.
1010
01:21:36,840 --> 01:21:41,550
You have just seen a preview
of the marvelous fight to come
1011
01:21:41,640 --> 01:21:47,829
between "Malevolent" Marvin Shabazz
and James "The Grim Reaper" Roper.
1012
01:21:47,920 --> 01:21:50,559
This is the beauty of America.
1013
01:21:50,640 --> 01:21:53,871
May the best man win. I love it!
1014
01:21:53,960 --> 01:21:56,349
And I love you.
1015
01:26:48,440 --> 01:26:51,716
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