1 00:00:14,535 --> 00:00:17,204 My business, boxing, 2 00:00:17,246 --> 00:00:19,123 I think it's a hard business. 3 00:00:19,165 --> 00:00:22,043 And some of these kids that are saved by boxing, 4 00:00:22,084 --> 00:00:23,544 they're already a little hardened 5 00:00:23,586 --> 00:00:25,129 in certain ways of life. 6 00:00:25,171 --> 00:00:27,673 MAN: How many of you have dope houses 7 00:00:27,715 --> 00:00:30,051 in your neighborhood? 8 00:00:30,092 --> 00:00:32,553 TEDDY: Quite frankly, there's a lack of fathers 9 00:00:32,595 --> 00:00:34,430 and direction in this country. 10 00:00:34,472 --> 00:00:36,557 MAN: Nobody cares about these kids, man. 11 00:00:36,599 --> 00:00:38,684 These kids are lost. 12 00:00:38,726 --> 00:00:40,561 MARVIN: My father, like a lot of kids 13 00:00:40,603 --> 00:00:41,896 out there, you know, 14 00:00:41,937 --> 00:00:44,065 my father never really raised us. 15 00:00:44,106 --> 00:00:45,566 TEDDY: So, when you become a trainer, 16 00:00:45,608 --> 00:00:47,485 you become a surrogate parent. 17 00:00:48,152 --> 00:00:49,570 And every day you hope 18 00:00:49,612 --> 00:00:51,447 that you did what you were supposed to, 19 00:00:51,489 --> 00:00:54,617 so you don't betray their trust, quite frankly. 20 00:00:54,658 --> 00:00:57,578 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 21 00:01:05,127 --> 00:01:07,880 We're all like one, big, happy family. 22 00:01:07,922 --> 00:01:09,715 TEDDY: It's a relationship that's as close 23 00:01:09,757 --> 00:01:12,343 to being a parent as anything could be. 24 00:01:12,384 --> 00:01:14,053 But there's a twist to it. 25 00:01:14,095 --> 00:01:16,889 You're taking that kid now, and you're walking him 26 00:01:16,931 --> 00:01:19,433 into a ring where he could get hurt. 27 00:01:19,475 --> 00:01:21,185 That's the twist. 28 00:01:21,227 --> 00:01:22,770 That's the paradox. 29 00:01:22,812 --> 00:01:24,688 That's the thing about boxing. 30 00:01:27,983 --> 00:01:31,946 (BIG BAND PLAYING) 31 00:01:31,987 --> 00:01:35,116 You are about to witness the very exciting story 32 00:01:35,157 --> 00:01:37,827 of a city and its people. 33 00:01:44,333 --> 00:01:45,835 Well, I grew up in the city. 34 00:01:45,876 --> 00:01:48,629 I was proud of it. Love Detroit. 35 00:01:48,671 --> 00:01:50,464 When I was little, it was the Motor City. 36 00:01:50,506 --> 00:01:52,133 Everyone knew us for cars. 37 00:01:52,174 --> 00:01:54,176 People were working in the auto factories, 38 00:01:54,218 --> 00:01:56,178 didn't need a high school diploma 39 00:01:56,220 --> 00:01:57,972 to get a job. 40 00:01:58,013 --> 00:01:59,682 They had not only one house, they had a vacation house. 41 00:01:59,723 --> 00:02:01,058 They had a boat. 42 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:02,309 MAN: There was a time in the 60s 43 00:02:02,351 --> 00:02:03,561 when Detroit was viewed 44 00:02:03,602 --> 00:02:05,896 as the model city in America. 45 00:02:05,938 --> 00:02:07,898 It wasn't like that in the eighties anymore. 46 00:02:07,940 --> 00:02:10,192 STUART: The Japanese were starting to fabricate cars, 47 00:02:10,234 --> 00:02:12,611 and Detroit was starting to have competition 48 00:02:12,653 --> 00:02:13,946 for the first time. 49 00:02:13,988 --> 00:02:15,948 And poverty hit the city. 50 00:02:15,990 --> 00:02:18,784 NEWS READER: Ford alone has laid off 50,000 men 51 00:02:18,826 --> 00:02:21,287 as car sales fell to their lowest level 52 00:02:21,328 --> 00:02:22,913 in 21 years. 53 00:02:22,955 --> 00:02:25,124 MAN: I'm trying to live the life of a upstanding, 54 00:02:25,166 --> 00:02:27,251 respectable citizen in the United States 55 00:02:27,293 --> 00:02:28,836 and can't get nothing. 56 00:02:28,878 --> 00:02:31,797 No other major American city has been as hard hit. 57 00:02:31,839 --> 00:02:33,632 by what the Republicans like to call 58 00:02:33,674 --> 00:02:35,342 the Carter recession. 59 00:02:35,384 --> 00:02:37,845 COLEMAN: Everything that might be asked for calls 60 00:02:37,887 --> 00:02:40,681 for more money, and there is not more money available 61 00:02:40,723 --> 00:02:42,641 in the city of Detroit. 62 00:02:42,683 --> 00:02:44,143 STUART: Coleman Young loved boxing. 63 00:02:44,185 --> 00:02:46,812 He opened up all these recreation centers 64 00:02:46,854 --> 00:02:48,856 and he put boxing rings in these gyms, 65 00:02:48,898 --> 00:02:50,900 like the Kronk Recreation Center. 66 00:02:50,941 --> 00:02:53,319 REPORTER: And right here at this old gym are a group 67 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,030 of young people who fill all our hearts with pride. 68 00:02:56,071 --> 00:02:58,449 They are the members of the Kronk boxing team, 69 00:02:58,490 --> 00:03:01,202 truly a part of the heart of Detroit. 70 00:03:01,243 --> 00:03:03,704 STUART: The Kronk Gym produced champions 71 00:03:03,746 --> 00:03:05,831 and produced Cadillacs. 72 00:03:09,376 --> 00:03:12,880 You could smell the room before you entered the room. 73 00:03:14,089 --> 00:03:16,842 I mean, this assaulted all your senses. 74 00:03:18,427 --> 00:03:20,095 First was the heat, 75 00:03:21,180 --> 00:03:23,057 smell the sweat. 76 00:03:24,934 --> 00:03:26,560 There were cockroaches on the walls 77 00:03:26,602 --> 00:03:28,604 because of the heat and the sweat. 78 00:03:29,772 --> 00:03:31,232 Then there was the sounds. 79 00:03:31,273 --> 00:03:33,943 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 80 00:03:37,071 --> 00:03:39,573 There was always someone yelling "Fresh meat, 81 00:03:39,615 --> 00:03:41,408 "kick his ass!" 82 00:03:41,450 --> 00:03:43,077 Kick his ass, come on. 83 00:03:43,118 --> 00:03:44,745 JACKIE: I was a journalist. 84 00:03:44,787 --> 00:03:46,080 and I went down there to do an interview. 85 00:03:46,121 --> 00:03:48,332 And everyone's looking at me like, 86 00:03:48,374 --> 00:03:51,210 "Who is this white lady sitting here?" 87 00:03:51,252 --> 00:03:52,628 Double up on the jab. 88 00:03:52,670 --> 00:03:54,713 REPORTER: Emanuel Steward runs the boxing program. 89 00:03:54,755 --> 00:03:57,424 He is part taskmaster, part dream-maker. 90 00:03:57,466 --> 00:04:00,636 Emanuel Steward goes into a blighted inner city 91 00:04:00,678 --> 00:04:02,346 where there's a lot of poverty 92 00:04:02,388 --> 00:04:04,682 and struggle and violence, and he sets up 93 00:04:04,723 --> 00:04:06,642 a refuge for kids. 94 00:04:06,684 --> 00:04:08,185 And, a lot of the cases, the kids have 95 00:04:08,227 --> 00:04:09,645 no fathers home. 96 00:04:09,687 --> 00:04:11,605 So I'm probably the closest image 97 00:04:11,647 --> 00:04:13,816 to a father that a lot of them will have. 98 00:04:13,857 --> 00:04:15,067 He seemed to have an ability 99 00:04:15,109 --> 00:04:17,319 to really connect with fighters. 100 00:04:17,361 --> 00:04:19,321 Tommy is, I think, the best example of that. 101 00:04:43,178 --> 00:04:44,638 PRESENTER: The respective champions can 102 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,140 no longer duck Thomas Hearns. 103 00:04:46,181 --> 00:04:48,309 His unblemished record and 26 knockouts has 104 00:04:48,350 --> 00:04:51,061 finally propelled him into a championship bout. 105 00:04:51,103 --> 00:04:53,147 But it's not Durand he must contend with. 106 00:04:53,188 --> 00:04:56,066 It's WBA title holder Pipino Cuevas. 107 00:04:56,108 --> 00:04:57,568 PRESENTER: For Cuevas, this will be 108 00:04:57,609 --> 00:04:58,902 the 12th defense of his title, 109 00:04:58,944 --> 00:05:01,196 ten of which he's won by knockout. 110 00:05:01,238 --> 00:05:02,781 PRESENTER: Hearns says he not only wants 111 00:05:02,823 --> 00:05:04,325 to win this one for himself, 112 00:05:04,366 --> 00:05:06,785 but also for the fans in the city of Detroit. 113 00:05:06,827 --> 00:05:08,287 Edward, you know, do something 114 00:05:08,329 --> 00:05:11,081 for my hometown people as well as for me, too. 115 00:05:11,123 --> 00:05:14,460 Tommy was the right person to play that role 116 00:05:14,501 --> 00:05:16,170 to give Detroit some hope. 117 00:05:16,211 --> 00:05:18,630 You're unemployed, your family's broke up, 118 00:05:18,672 --> 00:05:20,382 on the verge of being homeless. 119 00:05:20,424 --> 00:05:22,384 But you can go to a Tommy Hearns fight 120 00:05:22,426 --> 00:05:24,053 and boy, for that moment, 121 00:05:24,094 --> 00:05:26,972 you want to think "Tommy can make it, I can make it. 122 00:05:27,014 --> 00:05:28,349 "This is one of us. 123 00:05:28,390 --> 00:05:29,725 "This is a guy from the neighborhood." 124 00:05:29,767 --> 00:05:30,893 EMANUEL: He's aware that 125 00:05:30,934 --> 00:05:32,478 he's more than just a fighter. 126 00:05:32,519 --> 00:05:34,480 He is really representing a lot for Detroit. 127 00:05:34,521 --> 00:05:36,440 It's almost like a movement, a religion or something, 128 00:05:36,482 --> 00:05:38,317 that you can feel that's going on right now. 129 00:05:38,359 --> 00:05:40,194 And, in a couple of occasions, we've had him 130 00:05:40,235 --> 00:05:41,695 step out of the dressing room door 131 00:05:41,737 --> 00:05:43,113 and he'd just look at the crowd 132 00:05:43,155 --> 00:05:44,365 and they'd get so emotional, he'd have 133 00:05:44,406 --> 00:05:46,784 to go back and sit down for a minute 134 00:05:46,825 --> 00:05:48,869 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 135 00:05:55,709 --> 00:05:57,503 JACKIE: This was Tommy's turn 136 00:05:57,544 --> 00:05:59,254 to fight for a world title 137 00:05:59,296 --> 00:06:01,965 and he stepped up. 138 00:06:02,007 --> 00:06:03,384 COMMENTATOR: Oh, man, what a night this could be 139 00:06:03,425 --> 00:06:05,552 with this guy, Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns. 140 00:06:05,594 --> 00:06:09,640 Ladies and gentleman, on my left, from Detroit, 141 00:06:09,681 --> 00:06:14,561 Michigan, Tommy Hearns. 142 00:06:14,603 --> 00:06:17,231 (CROWD CHEERING) 143 00:06:18,941 --> 00:06:22,111 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 144 00:06:39,753 --> 00:06:41,255 INTERVIEWER: Is that one of the sad parts 145 00:06:41,296 --> 00:06:43,424 in your life that he's not here to see you now? 146 00:06:43,465 --> 00:06:44,466 Yes, well- 147 00:07:11,910 --> 00:07:13,495 COMMENTATOR: Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns 148 00:07:13,537 --> 00:07:14,705 in the white trunks, 149 00:07:14,746 --> 00:07:16,165 to the left of your screen 150 00:07:16,206 --> 00:07:18,459 and Pipino Cuevas, the reigning champion 151 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:19,877 in his 12th title defense. 152 00:07:19,918 --> 00:07:22,963 Big looping left hook by Cuevas. 153 00:07:23,005 --> 00:07:24,965 MAN: The Hearns-Cuevas fight, I didn't have 154 00:07:25,007 --> 00:07:26,592 any idea who was going to win the fight, 155 00:07:26,633 --> 00:07:27,968 because Cuevas was such an established champion 156 00:07:28,010 --> 00:07:29,094 with a great chin. 157 00:07:29,136 --> 00:07:30,804 But Tommy was fighting 158 00:07:30,846 --> 00:07:33,265 for something bigger than a championship that day. 159 00:07:33,307 --> 00:07:35,350 COMMENTATOR: Thomas ducks underneath that. 160 00:07:35,392 --> 00:07:37,936 Off right hand. Oh, big right hand again! 161 00:07:37,978 --> 00:07:40,022 Look at this shot. He's ready to go! 162 00:07:40,063 --> 00:07:41,356 He's got him in big trouble. 163 00:07:41,398 --> 00:07:43,609 Christodoulou having a good look. 164 00:07:43,650 --> 00:07:46,403 Look at how he continues to make Cuevas miss, 165 00:07:46,445 --> 00:07:48,655 even while he's throwing heavy blows. 166 00:07:48,697 --> 00:07:51,492 Wow... 167 00:07:51,533 --> 00:07:54,244 Look at him, looking to drop that big right hand. 168 00:07:56,038 --> 00:07:58,999 (CROWD CHEERING) 169 00:07:59,041 --> 00:08:01,084 He's able to get up. 170 00:08:01,126 --> 00:08:03,212 And he stops the fight. He should. 171 00:08:03,253 --> 00:08:06,548 Pipino Cuevas' legs are shot. 172 00:08:06,590 --> 00:08:08,091 Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns, 173 00:08:08,133 --> 00:08:11,261 the new WBA Welterweight champion of the world. 174 00:08:11,970 --> 00:08:14,097 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 175 00:08:22,064 --> 00:08:23,774 COMMENTATOR: And you have given Detroit 176 00:08:23,815 --> 00:08:25,150 something to shout about. 177 00:08:25,192 --> 00:08:26,652 They need to hero and you're it! Tell us. 178 00:08:26,693 --> 00:08:29,154 I'm very happy to be here to perform for Detroit, 179 00:08:29,196 --> 00:08:31,949 to do things that I have been doing. 180 00:08:31,990 --> 00:08:35,494 As long as I have my mother and the city of Detroit, my 181 00:08:35,536 --> 00:08:39,373 manager here Imanuel Steward, I always will do. 182 00:08:39,414 --> 00:08:42,709 JACKIE: I can't explain how he grew that night. 183 00:08:42,751 --> 00:08:46,588 He just had this look on his face like, "I did it." 184 00:08:47,631 --> 00:08:49,424 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 185 00:08:55,180 --> 00:08:57,307 MAN: The devastation in Detroit 186 00:08:57,349 --> 00:08:59,560 made them more likely to need 187 00:08:59,601 --> 00:09:02,062 and want to grasp on to someone as a hero. 188 00:09:02,104 --> 00:09:04,648 Sports provides heroes for us. 189 00:09:04,690 --> 00:09:06,191 Lord knows politics doesn't. 190 00:09:07,526 --> 00:09:09,069 Good evening. 191 00:09:09,111 --> 00:09:11,488 I'm here tonight to announce my intention 192 00:09:11,530 --> 00:09:13,365 to seek the Republican nomination 193 00:09:13,407 --> 00:09:15,659 for president of the United States. 194 00:09:15,701 --> 00:09:18,328 I cannot and will not stand by 195 00:09:18,370 --> 00:09:20,914 and see this great country destroy itself. 196 00:09:21,707 --> 00:09:23,250 The cities were run down. 197 00:09:23,292 --> 00:09:25,961 There were postindustrial societies. 198 00:09:26,003 --> 00:09:27,504 Here comes Ronald Reagan. 199 00:09:27,546 --> 00:09:30,340 REPORTER: Ronald Reagan is in Detroit now, 200 00:09:30,382 --> 00:09:32,384 only hours away from becoming 201 00:09:32,426 --> 00:09:35,679 the GOP's nominee for President. 202 00:09:35,721 --> 00:09:37,598 (BLOWS WHISTLE) 203 00:09:37,639 --> 00:09:39,391 I accept your nomination 204 00:09:39,433 --> 00:09:41,852 for the presidency of the United States. 205 00:09:41,893 --> 00:09:44,271 (PEOPLE CHEERING) 206 00:09:44,313 --> 00:09:47,858 BONNIE: Ronald Reagan, a divorced dad. 207 00:09:47,899 --> 00:09:51,445 He makes himself visible as this sort of symbol 208 00:09:51,486 --> 00:09:54,656 of the American family without irony. 209 00:09:54,698 --> 00:09:57,159 All those aspects of civilized life that 210 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:58,744 we most deeply cherish, 211 00:09:58,785 --> 00:10:01,705 freedom, the rule of law, economic prosperity 212 00:10:01,747 --> 00:10:03,123 and opportunity. 213 00:10:03,165 --> 00:10:04,791 All these depend upon the strength and 214 00:10:04,833 --> 00:10:06,543 integrity of the family. 215 00:10:06,585 --> 00:10:09,046 What it seems, he wants you to understand that 216 00:10:09,087 --> 00:10:11,256 he believes is in a very 217 00:10:11,298 --> 00:10:14,468 particular version of America 218 00:10:14,509 --> 00:10:16,303 RONALD: Going around this country, 219 00:10:16,345 --> 00:10:19,139 I think that I have found a great hunger in America 220 00:10:19,181 --> 00:10:22,934 for a spiritual revival, for a return to traditions 221 00:10:22,976 --> 00:10:24,895 and values that we once had. 222 00:10:24,936 --> 00:10:29,650 Reagan's hearkening back to a mythical 1950s, 223 00:10:29,691 --> 00:10:32,277 an era of prosperity and growth 224 00:10:32,319 --> 00:10:34,613 before the civil rights movement ever happened. 225 00:10:34,655 --> 00:10:36,323 REPORTER: Go here as everywhere. 226 00:10:36,365 --> 00:10:37,949 The Negro finds himself in the lowest 227 00:10:37,991 --> 00:10:40,661 of all income levels. He and his race have made 228 00:10:40,702 --> 00:10:43,163 a brave struggle to better their lot. 229 00:10:43,205 --> 00:10:46,166 MAN: So Reagan is dog whistling to the people 230 00:10:46,208 --> 00:10:48,001 who are trained to hear it. 231 00:10:48,043 --> 00:10:50,003 REAGAN: Families, as we've always thought of them, 232 00:10:50,045 --> 00:10:51,672 are often not being formed, 233 00:10:51,713 --> 00:10:53,674 and too often the mothers themselves are 234 00:10:53,715 --> 00:10:55,133 only children. 235 00:10:55,175 --> 00:10:56,968 As for the fathers, much of the time, 236 00:10:57,010 --> 00:10:58,553 they're nowhere to be found. 237 00:10:58,595 --> 00:11:01,348 MAN: The 80s is about some notion of wholesomeness. 238 00:11:01,390 --> 00:11:04,726 Those who are winning in 80s understand that, 239 00:11:04,768 --> 00:11:06,228 that New America 240 00:11:06,269 --> 00:11:09,523 is using the morality police to dictate 241 00:11:09,564 --> 00:11:11,316 who gets to have a platform. 242 00:11:11,358 --> 00:11:13,694 That's a very particular character, 243 00:11:13,735 --> 00:11:15,362 that you have to be. 244 00:11:15,404 --> 00:11:16,863 TONI: My one on one guest 245 00:11:16,905 --> 00:11:18,824 is one of the most charismatic personalities 246 00:11:18,865 --> 00:11:20,200 in all of America. 247 00:11:20,242 --> 00:11:23,161 Please welcome Mr. Sugar Ray Leonard. 248 00:11:23,203 --> 00:11:25,872 (ALL CHEERING) 249 00:11:25,914 --> 00:11:27,541 No fighter since Muhammad Ali 250 00:11:27,582 --> 00:11:29,501 has captured the love and affection 251 00:11:29,543 --> 00:11:31,962 of the people like Sugar Ray Leonard has. 252 00:11:32,003 --> 00:11:33,630 He's the best boxer I ever saw. 253 00:11:33,672 --> 00:11:35,716 He's the greatest boxer, ever known. 254 00:11:35,757 --> 00:11:37,718 I just love him to death. He's one of the nicest, 255 00:11:37,759 --> 00:11:39,469 sweetest young people. 256 00:11:39,511 --> 00:11:43,515 LARRY: Ray Leonard had the magic of superstardom. 257 00:11:43,557 --> 00:11:46,393 But when he fought with Durant, 258 00:11:46,435 --> 00:11:47,561 he lost the fight. 259 00:11:49,438 --> 00:11:53,400 When the world says he can be a superstar 260 00:11:53,442 --> 00:11:56,361 and he hasn't actually proved it in the ring, 261 00:11:56,403 --> 00:11:58,613 there are bound to be a lot of skeptics. 262 00:11:58,655 --> 00:12:00,198 They see me sitting here and say, 263 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:01,700 "The kid's got it made." 264 00:12:01,742 --> 00:12:04,661 But I'm here because of what I have accomplished 265 00:12:04,703 --> 00:12:06,455 and you start from the basement, 266 00:12:06,496 --> 00:12:08,290 you can, like, work your way up to the penthouse. 267 00:12:08,331 --> 00:12:10,375 They used to say, "Well, Ray is a white collar 268 00:12:10,417 --> 00:12:11,877 fighter." I'm far from that. 269 00:12:11,918 --> 00:12:14,421 They have no idea how much work it took 270 00:12:14,463 --> 00:12:16,423 for me to be who I became. 271 00:12:16,465 --> 00:12:17,758 INTERVIEWER: Can I talk to you about the 272 00:12:17,799 --> 00:12:18,884 paternity suit or is that... 273 00:12:18,925 --> 00:12:19,926 Sure, no it's okay. 274 00:12:19,968 --> 00:12:21,428 What happened there? 275 00:12:21,470 --> 00:12:23,430 RAY: Well, I was training for the Olympics, 276 00:12:23,472 --> 00:12:25,098 and I wasn't working. 277 00:12:25,140 --> 00:12:27,100 And we needed some type of... 278 00:12:27,142 --> 00:12:28,435 Cash. 279 00:12:28,477 --> 00:12:30,270 Cash, right to take care of little Ray. 280 00:12:30,312 --> 00:12:33,106 And the only way was to go through welfare. 281 00:12:33,148 --> 00:12:35,192 I think a young lady can't get welfare 282 00:12:35,233 --> 00:12:36,359 unless they don't know 283 00:12:36,401 --> 00:12:38,278 whereabouts of the father. 284 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,405 So you know, we said I'm lost. 285 00:12:40,447 --> 00:12:41,782 She don't know where I'm at. 286 00:12:41,823 --> 00:12:44,075 And that's the way we support little Ray. 287 00:12:44,117 --> 00:12:47,120 The way welfare was set up is that you couldn't 288 00:12:47,162 --> 00:12:48,455 have a man in your house. 289 00:12:48,497 --> 00:12:50,916 If they came in and saw a belt, 290 00:12:50,957 --> 00:12:54,002 a pair of shoes, a hat, 291 00:12:54,044 --> 00:12:55,921 then you got cut off. 292 00:12:55,962 --> 00:12:58,298 RAY: She comes to Montreal to see me fight. 293 00:12:58,340 --> 00:12:59,549 Cameras click and everything, 294 00:12:59,591 --> 00:13:01,134 they put one and one together. 295 00:13:01,176 --> 00:13:03,512 Get home. Boom. 296 00:13:03,553 --> 00:13:06,890 Ray, he left Canada coming back home, 297 00:13:06,932 --> 00:13:08,475 thinking he was gonna have a 298 00:13:08,517 --> 00:13:11,144 ticker tape parade. And man, when he got back 299 00:13:11,186 --> 00:13:12,938 to Washington DC, 300 00:13:12,979 --> 00:13:14,689 the media gave him the blues 301 00:13:14,731 --> 00:13:17,025 for having a baby out of wedlock. 302 00:13:17,067 --> 00:13:20,028 I think it made better news than it did in Montreal. 303 00:13:20,070 --> 00:13:21,738 But I think they blew it out of proportion. 304 00:13:21,780 --> 00:13:23,323 I think it could've been handled in a more, 305 00:13:23,365 --> 00:13:24,825 you know, private way. 306 00:13:26,034 --> 00:13:28,620 Fame, it's not what it's all cracked up to be, 307 00:13:28,662 --> 00:13:31,331 because you are criticized. 308 00:13:31,373 --> 00:13:33,500 Your so called friends turn against you. 309 00:13:33,542 --> 00:13:36,336 It's true. Leonard was the gold boy. 310 00:13:36,378 --> 00:13:38,505 What you don't see is before that, 311 00:13:38,547 --> 00:13:41,091 Leonard was a kid that had nothing. 312 00:13:41,132 --> 00:13:43,343 You don't see that hardship. 313 00:13:43,385 --> 00:13:47,180 When you do see it, you see it in a ring. 314 00:13:47,222 --> 00:13:49,516 In this sport, majority of us 315 00:13:49,558 --> 00:13:51,017 come from poor beginnings. 316 00:13:51,059 --> 00:13:53,186 You know, I lived in a ghetto, poverty, 317 00:13:53,228 --> 00:13:55,021 what have you. But poverty 318 00:13:55,063 --> 00:13:57,858 it was like middle class to Roberto Duran. 319 00:13:57,899 --> 00:14:00,318 What I saw where he grew up in Panama, 320 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,154 I had a lot of respect for where he's been. 321 00:14:03,196 --> 00:14:05,240 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 322 00:14:13,665 --> 00:14:17,419 (CONTINUES SPEAKING SPANISH) 323 00:15:03,757 --> 00:15:07,469 (CONTINUES SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 324 00:16:10,907 --> 00:16:13,451 REPORTER: Roberto Duran was a folk hero 325 00:16:13,493 --> 00:16:15,495 in Panama even before he became 326 00:16:15,537 --> 00:16:18,081 the Welterweight champion of the world. 327 00:16:18,123 --> 00:16:19,749 The Panamanians love him. 328 00:16:19,791 --> 00:16:22,335 In a little country known mainly for its canal, 329 00:16:22,377 --> 00:16:24,004 Duran is a flesh and blood 330 00:16:24,045 --> 00:16:26,297 international success story. Up from poverty 331 00:16:26,339 --> 00:16:28,883 to win a reported million and a half dollars, 332 00:16:28,925 --> 00:16:31,469 when he took the ceremonial belt of championship away 333 00:16:31,511 --> 00:16:33,596 from Sugar Ray Leonard 334 00:16:33,638 --> 00:16:35,807 He told the crowd welcoming him home, 335 00:16:35,849 --> 00:16:37,976 that belt does not belong to him. 336 00:16:38,018 --> 00:16:40,478 "It actually belongs to you," he said. 337 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:44,024 "My people, for whom I fought." 338 00:16:44,065 --> 00:16:46,985 It was hard swallowing that pill of defeat, 339 00:16:47,027 --> 00:16:48,486 my first loss. 340 00:16:48,528 --> 00:16:50,864 So I told myself, I'm gonna get him back. 341 00:16:51,740 --> 00:16:53,867 I want to fight Duran again. 342 00:16:53,908 --> 00:16:56,494 I really do. My way. 343 00:16:56,536 --> 00:16:58,830 So will he give Leonard a rematch? 344 00:16:58,872 --> 00:17:00,248 Why not? 345 00:17:00,290 --> 00:17:02,167 If there's money. 346 00:17:02,208 --> 00:17:04,377 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 347 00:17:08,965 --> 00:17:11,926 Carlos Eleta and myself have discussed a rematch 348 00:17:11,968 --> 00:17:12,969 with Sugar Ray Leonard, 349 00:17:13,011 --> 00:17:14,304 and we feel that to have a 350 00:17:14,345 --> 00:17:16,181 rematch would be the best thing 351 00:17:16,222 --> 00:17:17,265 in the world for us if he 352 00:17:17,307 --> 00:17:18,808 really wants this title back, 353 00:17:18,850 --> 00:17:21,061 and I think he deserves an opportunity to get it. 354 00:17:21,102 --> 00:17:24,189 My trainer, who was representing Ray, 355 00:17:24,230 --> 00:17:26,149 made a deal with King, 356 00:17:26,191 --> 00:17:30,737 so he and Carlos Eleta carve up a ton of money 357 00:17:30,779 --> 00:17:33,615 and they offered Duran a decent price, 358 00:17:33,656 --> 00:17:36,367 but nothing what was on the table. 359 00:17:36,409 --> 00:17:40,538 And Duran doesn't want to do it because... he's 360 00:17:40,580 --> 00:17:42,791 partying back in Panama, 361 00:17:42,832 --> 00:17:45,251 and he's outta shape, but they forced him 362 00:17:45,293 --> 00:17:46,544 into the fight. 363 00:17:46,586 --> 00:17:49,756 (DURAN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 364 00:18:03,561 --> 00:18:05,730 I studied Duran and I knew he put on weight 365 00:18:05,772 --> 00:18:08,358 very fast after each fight because Duran would go up 366 00:18:08,399 --> 00:18:10,443 from 147 which is Welterweight 367 00:18:10,485 --> 00:18:12,862 to 200 pounds. 368 00:18:12,904 --> 00:18:16,157 ARCEL: You ever see how a dog eats fast? 369 00:18:16,199 --> 00:18:18,159 That's the way Duran eats. 370 00:18:18,201 --> 00:18:20,161 He was a compulsive eater, 371 00:18:20,203 --> 00:18:24,874 because he had denied himself all his life. 372 00:18:24,916 --> 00:18:28,002 (DURAN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 373 00:18:40,265 --> 00:18:41,641 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 374 00:18:41,683 --> 00:18:43,768 I will fight different than the last time, 375 00:18:43,810 --> 00:18:46,771 and I will be much much stronger in this fight. 376 00:18:46,813 --> 00:18:48,398 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 377 00:18:48,439 --> 00:18:49,899 I am the champion. 378 00:18:49,941 --> 00:18:51,943 For him to beat me, he gonna have to fight. 379 00:18:51,985 --> 00:18:53,987 It's gonna be a totally different fight. 380 00:18:54,028 --> 00:18:56,948 I have the same desire to win as I always had. 381 00:18:56,990 --> 00:18:59,450 And I really want the title, bad. 382 00:19:06,124 --> 00:19:08,835 Boxing seems to always have a connection 383 00:19:08,877 --> 00:19:10,753 with the battles going on in life, 384 00:19:10,795 --> 00:19:13,673 whatever corner you happen to be in. 385 00:19:13,715 --> 00:19:15,508 The 1980 presidential campaign 386 00:19:15,550 --> 00:19:17,093 is off to a stormy start. 387 00:19:17,135 --> 00:19:19,721 We don't have no black candidates for president, 388 00:19:19,762 --> 00:19:22,682 so it's up to us to choose the right white. 389 00:19:23,892 --> 00:19:25,059 (CROWD CHEERING) 390 00:19:25,101 --> 00:19:27,061 Mr. Carter for me, is the right man. 391 00:19:27,103 --> 00:19:29,647 Top Carter strategists are surprisingly 392 00:19:29,689 --> 00:19:32,025 confident about November, they really believe 393 00:19:32,066 --> 00:19:34,027 that Reagan has dug his own grave 394 00:19:34,068 --> 00:19:36,487 with years of extremist statements, 395 00:19:36,529 --> 00:19:37,655 he's an actor who wasn't 396 00:19:37,697 --> 00:19:39,365 smart enough to be president. 397 00:19:39,407 --> 00:19:41,034 What are you gonna do for us? 398 00:19:41,075 --> 00:19:43,328 I can't do a damn thing for you 399 00:19:43,369 --> 00:19:45,121 if I don't get elected. 400 00:19:45,163 --> 00:19:48,875 Reagan comes along and says, "Your life is falling apart. 401 00:19:48,917 --> 00:19:52,921 "Your family is falling apart," which was true. 402 00:19:52,962 --> 00:19:54,589 Single parent families are 403 00:19:54,631 --> 00:19:56,174 twice as common in America today 404 00:19:56,216 --> 00:19:58,468 as they were 20 years ago. 405 00:19:58,509 --> 00:20:01,054 I didn't have a father. My father wasn't at home. 406 00:20:01,095 --> 00:20:03,139 Male figures are not substantially 407 00:20:03,181 --> 00:20:04,390 important in this family. 408 00:20:04,432 --> 00:20:06,559 PROF WOLFF: But what did Mr. Reagan say was 409 00:20:06,601 --> 00:20:08,311 destroying the family? 410 00:20:08,353 --> 00:20:10,230 Government welfare. 411 00:20:10,271 --> 00:20:13,149 Misconceptions of the welfare program have been 412 00:20:13,191 --> 00:20:15,902 based to some degree on racial thought 413 00:20:15,944 --> 00:20:17,320 that the welfare program 414 00:20:17,362 --> 00:20:19,822 was primarily designed for worthless citizens 415 00:20:19,864 --> 00:20:21,991 who didn't want to support themselves. 416 00:20:22,033 --> 00:20:24,702 In Chicago, they found a woman who holds the record. 417 00:20:24,744 --> 00:20:27,247 She used 80 names to collect food stamps, 418 00:20:27,288 --> 00:20:30,083 Social security, as well as welfare. 419 00:20:30,124 --> 00:20:33,753 What Reagan does, is to say that there are some people 420 00:20:33,795 --> 00:20:35,755 who are finding ways to make it 421 00:20:35,797 --> 00:20:37,674 so that they never have to work, 422 00:20:37,715 --> 00:20:39,592 he was making it sound 423 00:20:39,634 --> 00:20:42,929 as though loose morals had led to this outcome. 424 00:20:42,971 --> 00:20:46,224 I had a single black mother who was on welfare. 425 00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:50,561 You start to see this person who is doing the very best 426 00:20:50,603 --> 00:20:51,771 she can to take care of you 427 00:20:51,813 --> 00:20:53,940 being villainized politically. 428 00:20:53,982 --> 00:20:57,110 PROF WOLFF: The notion that poor people on welfare 429 00:20:57,151 --> 00:20:59,654 and especially non-white ones 430 00:20:59,696 --> 00:21:01,948 were ripping off the system, 431 00:21:01,990 --> 00:21:05,952 had enough resonance to the mass of people, 432 00:21:05,994 --> 00:21:10,665 and the Democrats had no idea what to do. 433 00:21:10,707 --> 00:21:12,750 Let us pledge to each other with 434 00:21:12,792 --> 00:21:14,794 this great lady looking on, 435 00:21:14,836 --> 00:21:18,715 we will make America great again. 436 00:21:18,756 --> 00:21:20,717 Thank you very much 437 00:21:21,509 --> 00:21:24,304 (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 438 00:21:37,483 --> 00:21:40,153 (CROWD CHANTING) Four more years! 439 00:21:40,194 --> 00:21:41,821 Four more years! 440 00:21:41,863 --> 00:21:43,823 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKING) 441 00:21:48,036 --> 00:21:50,330 Next Tuesday is election day. 442 00:21:50,371 --> 00:21:52,540 Next Tuesday, all of you will make a decision. 443 00:21:52,582 --> 00:21:55,376 COMMENTATOR: We are back at ringside in the 444 00:21:55,418 --> 00:21:57,170 New Orleans Superdome. 445 00:21:57,211 --> 00:21:59,547 I'm in the ring and I'm so focused, 446 00:21:59,589 --> 00:22:01,132 I'm so ready for him. 447 00:22:01,174 --> 00:22:03,426 And who sings America The Beautiful? 448 00:22:03,468 --> 00:22:07,055 My namesake, Ray Charles and I glance over at Duran, 449 00:22:07,096 --> 00:22:09,307 I was like, man, you in trouble. 450 00:22:09,349 --> 00:22:12,060 This is America, baby. 451 00:22:12,101 --> 00:22:15,897 COMMENTATOR: ...into the ring, in just one moment. 452 00:22:17,190 --> 00:22:18,775 (SINGING) 453 00:22:18,816 --> 00:22:20,943 (CROWD CHEERING) 454 00:22:20,985 --> 00:22:23,321 MAN: The message seems to be a loss to face 455 00:22:23,363 --> 00:22:26,324 across the country for Jimmy Carter. 456 00:22:26,366 --> 00:22:28,326 REPORTER: It's an astonishing success story 457 00:22:28,368 --> 00:22:30,203 for the man who once described himself 458 00:22:30,244 --> 00:22:33,039 as the Cary Grant of the B movies. 459 00:22:34,540 --> 00:22:36,542 REPORTER: A man brought up on simple 460 00:22:36,584 --> 00:22:38,211 Midwestern values, 461 00:22:38,252 --> 00:22:40,797 a man whose films have good guys and bad guys, 462 00:22:40,838 --> 00:22:42,965 who wore different colored hats. 463 00:22:43,007 --> 00:22:49,055 (SINGING INDISTINCTLY) 464 00:22:49,097 --> 00:22:54,060 Your troubles are over now and mine have just begun. 465 00:22:56,062 --> 00:22:58,564 Well, the time has come. 466 00:22:58,606 --> 00:22:59,690 REPORTER: By a landslide, 467 00:22:59,732 --> 00:23:01,275 Ronald Reagan, President elect... 468 00:23:01,317 --> 00:23:02,652 REPORTER: The Republican challenger 469 00:23:02,693 --> 00:23:04,112 has won a landslide 470 00:23:04,153 --> 00:23:05,780 electoral victory over President Carter. 471 00:23:05,822 --> 00:23:07,198 It is also a major victory 472 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:11,119 for conservative thought in America. 473 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,496 REAGAN: Those who say that we're in a time 474 00:23:13,538 --> 00:23:15,915 when there are no heroes, 475 00:23:15,957 --> 00:23:18,626 they just don't know where to look. 476 00:23:18,668 --> 00:23:21,754 COMMENTATOR: If that rendition didn't cause a 477 00:23:21,796 --> 00:23:23,339 chill along your spine, 478 00:23:23,381 --> 00:23:27,218 I don't suppose anything could. 479 00:23:27,260 --> 00:23:29,095 When Ray Charles finished singing, 480 00:23:29,137 --> 00:23:31,931 he came over to me, gave me a big hug, big kiss. 481 00:23:31,973 --> 00:23:34,016 He said, "Kick his ass." 482 00:23:34,058 --> 00:23:37,854 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 483 00:23:55,788 --> 00:23:57,123 (BELL RINGS) 484 00:23:57,165 --> 00:23:59,000 ANNOUNCER: The action begins. 485 00:24:00,418 --> 00:24:03,004 Leonard already showing more movement 486 00:24:03,045 --> 00:24:05,965 than he showed in the first fight. 487 00:24:13,264 --> 00:24:18,186 Leonard covering, as Duran is the aggressor. 488 00:24:23,691 --> 00:24:25,776 Good fight by Leonard. 489 00:24:25,818 --> 00:24:27,862 Hook right. Stunned Duran. 490 00:24:27,904 --> 00:24:29,989 Duran in a fury. 491 00:24:31,741 --> 00:24:35,661 Now, that's the way Duran wants to get him. 492 00:24:35,703 --> 00:24:37,914 Leonard continues his move. 493 00:24:38,956 --> 00:24:41,250 (CROWD CHEERING) 494 00:24:43,711 --> 00:24:47,089 (CROWD CHEERING INTENSIFIES) 495 00:24:47,131 --> 00:24:49,592 ...and Leonard got away from the rope, 496 00:24:49,634 --> 00:24:51,177 with an upper cut, 497 00:24:51,219 --> 00:24:53,304 and Duran trying to keep him against the rope. 498 00:24:53,346 --> 00:24:57,600 Duran trying to fight inside. 499 00:24:57,642 --> 00:25:00,311 I remember sitting in the Superdome in New Orleans 500 00:25:00,353 --> 00:25:03,064 and I had picked Duran to win the rematch. 501 00:25:03,105 --> 00:25:05,274 It was pretty close fight on the cards. 502 00:25:05,316 --> 00:25:07,443 Duran was down on maybe one or two rounds. 503 00:25:07,485 --> 00:25:09,403 COMMENTATOR: It's very tough to score 504 00:25:09,445 --> 00:25:11,531 a fight between these two men. 505 00:25:11,572 --> 00:25:14,492 Duran has not been able to score 506 00:25:14,534 --> 00:25:17,912 the way he did last time around. 507 00:25:17,954 --> 00:25:19,789 I boxed him. I use my hand speed. 508 00:25:19,830 --> 00:25:21,666 I used all my physical attributes, 509 00:25:21,707 --> 00:25:23,417 but he was a great boxer. 510 00:25:23,459 --> 00:25:25,253 He was very elusive. 511 00:25:26,003 --> 00:25:27,588 My brother, Roger. 512 00:25:27,630 --> 00:25:31,342 It was his thought that if I made fun of Duran, 513 00:25:31,384 --> 00:25:33,719 Duran would be really, really mad. 514 00:25:33,761 --> 00:25:37,181 Because when you laugh at a guy like Duran, 515 00:25:37,223 --> 00:25:38,808 you know he couldn't take that 516 00:25:38,849 --> 00:25:40,268 and I played on that. 517 00:25:43,062 --> 00:25:46,148 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKING) 518 00:25:57,118 --> 00:25:59,036 LEONARD: The fans were laughing because I was 519 00:25:59,078 --> 00:26:00,538 sticking my chin out, 520 00:26:00,580 --> 00:26:02,081 doing the bolo punches. 521 00:26:04,166 --> 00:26:06,502 Roberto Duran was like a... 522 00:26:06,544 --> 00:26:07,920 was like a like a bully 523 00:26:08,629 --> 00:26:09,880 and a bully would do 524 00:26:09,922 --> 00:26:12,633 one or two things, if challenged. 525 00:26:12,675 --> 00:26:17,346 He will punch you out or he will run away. 526 00:26:24,020 --> 00:26:26,105 COMMENTATOR: Hey, what's happening? 527 00:26:28,190 --> 00:26:29,609 What is he saying? 528 00:26:32,987 --> 00:26:34,947 Duran has quit! 529 00:26:34,989 --> 00:26:37,325 Roberto Duran has quit! 530 00:26:38,534 --> 00:26:40,995 There can be no other explanation. 531 00:26:41,037 --> 00:26:43,372 Pandemonium in the ring. 532 00:26:43,414 --> 00:26:46,250 And the famous Duran has quit 533 00:26:48,085 --> 00:26:50,796 STEVE: You see everybody's head in the press section 534 00:26:50,838 --> 00:26:52,465 turn to the guy next to him, 535 00:26:52,506 --> 00:26:54,383 "Did I just see that?" "Did that really happen?" 536 00:26:54,425 --> 00:26:55,968 The idea that any great fighter 537 00:26:56,010 --> 00:26:57,470 would do that was hard to digest. 538 00:26:57,511 --> 00:26:59,096 But the idea that Duran did it 539 00:26:59,138 --> 00:27:00,681 was even harder to understand. 540 00:27:00,723 --> 00:27:02,016 COMMENTATOR: Well, this puts 541 00:27:02,058 --> 00:27:04,101 a new light on things. 542 00:27:04,143 --> 00:27:06,395 Were you surprised when he suddenly surrendered? 543 00:27:06,437 --> 00:27:09,023 I didn't, because if I kept him confused, 544 00:27:09,065 --> 00:27:10,483 he'd figure me out. 545 00:27:11,108 --> 00:27:12,443 Leonard understood 546 00:27:12,485 --> 00:27:15,821 the strength of Duran's background 547 00:27:15,863 --> 00:27:17,657 could also be the weakness. 548 00:27:18,407 --> 00:27:20,409 From where Duran came from 549 00:27:20,451 --> 00:27:22,495 that's not how you wanna fight. 550 00:27:22,536 --> 00:27:25,790 Ray had humiliated this street kid 551 00:27:25,831 --> 00:27:28,626 and something in him popped. 552 00:27:33,839 --> 00:27:36,217 (MAN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 553 00:27:38,386 --> 00:27:41,138 We're in the dressing room with Roberto Duran 554 00:27:41,180 --> 00:27:45,017 and his interpreter and agent Luis Henriquez. 555 00:27:52,566 --> 00:27:55,027 He got cramps in his stomach 556 00:27:55,069 --> 00:27:56,320 and his upper body 557 00:27:56,362 --> 00:27:58,155 and then his arms and he got weaker. 558 00:27:58,197 --> 00:27:59,573 So that's why he stopped. 559 00:27:59,615 --> 00:28:01,367 He quit the bout. 560 00:28:06,997 --> 00:28:10,710 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 561 00:28:35,901 --> 00:28:38,112 (CROWD CHEERING) 562 00:28:41,657 --> 00:28:45,536 TEDDY: It is harder to quit than it is to fight. 563 00:28:45,578 --> 00:28:47,872 When you quit, you are confined 564 00:28:47,913 --> 00:28:49,290 to a prison. 565 00:28:49,331 --> 00:28:51,208 You know what the prison's name is? 566 00:28:51,250 --> 00:28:54,086 Regret... And that's eternal. 567 00:28:54,128 --> 00:28:56,922 MAN: I remember very vividly Ray Arcel, 568 00:28:56,964 --> 00:28:58,716 and the look on his face. 569 00:28:58,758 --> 00:29:00,843 It was almost as if he had lost a close family member. 570 00:29:00,885 --> 00:29:02,511 He looked like a broken man 571 00:29:02,553 --> 00:29:04,305 and it was very sad to a man his age like that. 572 00:29:04,346 --> 00:29:06,015 I was absolutely astounded. 573 00:29:06,056 --> 00:29:08,225 I wish I could give you an honest answer 574 00:29:08,267 --> 00:29:10,269 about what really happened. 575 00:29:10,311 --> 00:29:11,854 Well, I appreciate your honesty 576 00:29:11,896 --> 00:29:13,773 in expressing your puzzlement 577 00:29:13,814 --> 00:29:15,441 over the behavior. 578 00:29:15,483 --> 00:29:17,276 I'm sorry it ended this way, Ray. 579 00:29:17,318 --> 00:29:18,569 All right, Howard. 580 00:29:18,611 --> 00:29:21,113 You've always been very kind to us 581 00:29:21,155 --> 00:29:22,782 and we have to tell you the truth 582 00:29:22,823 --> 00:29:24,325 and if I knew more about it, 583 00:29:24,366 --> 00:29:25,868 I'd be glad to relay it to you. 584 00:29:25,910 --> 00:29:26,619 Good luck to you, old friend. 585 00:29:26,660 --> 00:29:27,620 Thank you. 586 00:29:28,913 --> 00:29:30,873 I'd had enough. 587 00:29:30,915 --> 00:29:33,000 And I wrote Duran a letter 588 00:29:33,042 --> 00:29:34,126 and I told him, 589 00:29:34,168 --> 00:29:36,504 "A good book has a beginning 590 00:29:36,545 --> 00:29:38,255 "and there's always an end. 591 00:29:39,173 --> 00:29:42,885 "If you'll retire now, 592 00:29:42,927 --> 00:29:44,720 "nobody can tell me 593 00:29:44,762 --> 00:29:47,223 "that you weren't one of the greatest fighters 594 00:29:47,264 --> 00:29:48,849 I ever saw." 595 00:29:50,184 --> 00:29:54,855 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 596 00:30:03,906 --> 00:30:06,492 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 597 00:30:50,035 --> 00:30:52,204 There were stories that he was told, 598 00:30:52,246 --> 00:30:53,873 "Don't come home. 599 00:30:53,914 --> 00:30:55,875 "There are people who'll stone you to death." 600 00:30:55,916 --> 00:30:57,501 They'd bet their homes, 601 00:30:57,543 --> 00:30:59,837 they'd bet everything they had. 602 00:30:59,879 --> 00:31:01,046 They had very little... 603 00:31:01,088 --> 00:31:03,048 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) 604 00:31:03,090 --> 00:31:04,174 And then you do this? 605 00:31:04,216 --> 00:31:07,219 (CROWD EXCLAIMING) 606 00:31:09,096 --> 00:31:12,224 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 607 00:31:18,022 --> 00:31:20,649 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 608 00:31:50,012 --> 00:31:55,309 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 609 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,274 MAN: This is pure American history. 610 00:32:02,316 --> 00:32:03,692 (READING) 611 00:32:03,734 --> 00:32:05,235 This is where the pilgrim fathers 612 00:32:05,277 --> 00:32:07,655 first set foot on American soil. 613 00:32:07,696 --> 00:32:10,407 It's also where Marvin Hagler trained. 614 00:32:10,449 --> 00:32:13,202 I think that fighters have to be hungry. 615 00:32:13,243 --> 00:32:14,912 When you have nothing else, 616 00:32:14,954 --> 00:32:16,914 this is the only thing you know. 617 00:32:16,956 --> 00:32:19,416 That is what you gotta be the best at. 618 00:32:19,458 --> 00:32:20,876 Feed the faith 619 00:32:20,918 --> 00:32:22,336 and starve the doubt. 620 00:32:24,630 --> 00:32:26,131 MAN: Hagler is the eldest of six children 621 00:32:26,173 --> 00:32:28,467 raised in a ghetto of Newark, New Jersey. 622 00:32:28,509 --> 00:32:29,885 Abandoned by their father, 623 00:32:29,927 --> 00:32:31,387 brought by their mother to the safety 624 00:32:31,428 --> 00:32:32,930 of Brockton, Massachusetts. 625 00:32:32,972 --> 00:32:35,557 MARVIN: I grew up in a Black community 626 00:32:35,599 --> 00:32:37,643 and we never had anything. 627 00:32:37,685 --> 00:32:40,437 Kids in the ghetto, they'd have to do something 628 00:32:40,479 --> 00:32:43,649 to be able to help provide for your family. 629 00:32:43,691 --> 00:32:45,484 This is what keeps you working hard. 630 00:32:45,526 --> 00:32:47,611 His mother was a single mother 631 00:32:47,653 --> 00:32:49,613 struggling to feed her family 632 00:32:49,655 --> 00:32:51,782 and Marvin had to help her. 633 00:32:51,824 --> 00:32:54,493 He had his first kid when he was 16. 634 00:32:54,535 --> 00:32:56,870 When he got up to Brockton, he met Bertha 635 00:32:56,912 --> 00:32:58,998 and she had two kids from her, 636 00:32:59,039 --> 00:33:00,457 previous relationship. 637 00:33:00,499 --> 00:33:03,544 who Marvin really became a father to. 638 00:33:05,087 --> 00:33:07,631 Marvin Hagler was all around boxing. 639 00:33:07,673 --> 00:33:10,592 He could box, he could slug, 640 00:33:10,634 --> 00:33:12,177 Once he got you hurt, 641 00:33:12,219 --> 00:33:13,470 he was dangerous. 642 00:33:17,349 --> 00:33:19,101 He was hard on himself. 643 00:33:19,143 --> 00:33:22,730 (MUMBLING INAUDIBLY) 644 00:33:22,771 --> 00:33:25,190 It was all about the work for him. 645 00:33:25,232 --> 00:33:27,901 And he and the Petronellis who were his trainers 646 00:33:27,943 --> 00:33:29,695 would get themselves in a position 647 00:33:29,737 --> 00:33:31,864 where it was a Spartan existence 648 00:33:31,905 --> 00:33:33,991 and he would simply work on getting ready 649 00:33:34,033 --> 00:33:35,451 for the fight. 650 00:33:35,492 --> 00:33:36,869 MARVIN: Even when I'm tired, 651 00:33:36,910 --> 00:33:38,996 I have to keep working, keep pushing. 652 00:33:39,038 --> 00:33:41,540 I'd practice and practice and practice right here 653 00:33:41,582 --> 00:33:42,875 'cos on fight night, 654 00:33:42,916 --> 00:33:44,960 everything's got to come out perfect. 655 00:33:45,002 --> 00:33:46,670 He keeps away from his family for a month and 656 00:33:46,712 --> 00:33:48,130 a half to two months. 657 00:33:48,172 --> 00:33:50,049 He doesn't want to see his wife and kids. 658 00:33:50,090 --> 00:33:51,800 That's the deal they have. 659 00:33:51,842 --> 00:33:54,136 If they tried to come down, he just won't allow it. 660 00:33:56,055 --> 00:33:58,307 WOMAN: Back in Brockton, Massachusetts, 661 00:33:58,348 --> 00:33:59,933 there was a family growing up 662 00:33:59,975 --> 00:34:02,603 for long stretches without Marvin Hagler. 663 00:34:02,644 --> 00:34:05,773 He was away when his son Marvin Jr was born, 664 00:34:05,814 --> 00:34:07,649 and he was away three weeks ago 665 00:34:07,691 --> 00:34:10,527 when his wife gave birth to Charelle Monique. 666 00:34:10,569 --> 00:34:11,653 But for Hagler, 667 00:34:11,695 --> 00:34:13,155 this was the price of glory. 668 00:34:13,197 --> 00:34:15,199 MARVIN: I jumped about ten feet in the air 669 00:34:15,240 --> 00:34:16,658 hearing that it was a girl. 670 00:34:16,700 --> 00:34:18,577 And I just really couldn't train right. 671 00:34:18,619 --> 00:34:20,788 You know, I was too happy to train, 672 00:34:20,829 --> 00:34:22,623 if you know what I'm trying to say. 673 00:34:22,664 --> 00:34:24,625 His wife is very nice, Bertha, 674 00:34:24,666 --> 00:34:25,918 and she understand him, 675 00:34:25,959 --> 00:34:27,795 she knows what boxing's all about. 676 00:34:27,836 --> 00:34:29,463 The kids, you know, she knows daddy's out there 677 00:34:29,505 --> 00:34:30,881 making a living. 678 00:34:30,923 --> 00:34:32,424 They do what's best for daddy. 679 00:34:32,466 --> 00:34:33,842 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) 680 00:34:33,884 --> 00:34:35,761 Startling knockout by Marvin Hagler. 681 00:34:35,803 --> 00:34:38,764 I think the crucial thing in Marvin's career 682 00:34:38,806 --> 00:34:41,391 is the trust that existed between him and Pat 683 00:34:41,433 --> 00:34:42,726 and Goody Petronelli. 684 00:34:42,768 --> 00:34:45,020 They were very good to him. 685 00:34:45,062 --> 00:34:47,106 He's been with us since he was 15-years-old. 686 00:34:47,147 --> 00:34:49,233 He worked for our construction company. 687 00:34:49,274 --> 00:34:51,610 And it took Marvin quite a few years to realize 688 00:34:51,652 --> 00:34:52,778 that we were for real. 689 00:34:52,820 --> 00:34:54,363 He's not a trusting person. 690 00:34:54,404 --> 00:34:55,948 He's suspicious by nature, 691 00:34:55,989 --> 00:34:58,242 especially with white people. 692 00:34:58,283 --> 00:34:59,785 MARVIN: They're goodhearted people. 693 00:34:59,827 --> 00:35:01,203 They're hardworking people. 694 00:35:01,245 --> 00:35:03,372 They kinda helped raise me in a sense. 695 00:35:03,413 --> 00:35:05,749 They taught me what life was about. 696 00:35:05,791 --> 00:35:07,501 I'm able to open up to them and they're still 697 00:35:07,543 --> 00:35:09,044 very honest to me. 698 00:35:09,086 --> 00:35:10,462 I love 'em like a father 699 00:35:10,504 --> 00:35:12,506 and I asked them just one thing 700 00:35:12,548 --> 00:35:14,133 and that's not to hurt me. 701 00:35:14,174 --> 00:35:16,301 We're the triangle. There's Marvin, there's myself 702 00:35:16,343 --> 00:35:18,053 and my brother Pat. 703 00:35:18,095 --> 00:35:20,681 There's nothing stronger than the triangle, is there? 704 00:35:20,722 --> 00:35:22,766 PAT: Mentally, the toughest fight for Marvin 705 00:35:22,808 --> 00:35:24,601 was his fight with Vito Antuofermo. 706 00:35:24,643 --> 00:35:26,019 To Marvin, it felt right along 707 00:35:26,061 --> 00:35:27,646 that if he didn't win this title, 708 00:35:27,688 --> 00:35:29,231 he would never get the second chance. 709 00:35:29,273 --> 00:35:31,608 We all thought he won it 21 out of 22. 710 00:35:31,650 --> 00:35:34,695 Sports writers thought he won it, but it wasn't to be. 711 00:35:34,736 --> 00:35:36,321 MARVIN: I thought I won the fight. 712 00:35:36,363 --> 00:35:37,656 I thought Antuofermo should 713 00:35:37,698 --> 00:35:38,991 have gave me another title fight, 714 00:35:39,032 --> 00:35:40,409 but instead he fought Alan Minter. 715 00:35:40,450 --> 00:35:41,994 I went back to work, 716 00:35:42,035 --> 00:35:43,912 knocked out about three or four different guys 717 00:35:43,954 --> 00:35:45,330 to put myself in that position 718 00:35:45,372 --> 00:35:47,082 where they could not deny me. 719 00:35:47,124 --> 00:35:49,126 In rather less than six hours from now, 720 00:35:49,168 --> 00:35:51,628 this ring behind me here at the Wembley Arena 721 00:35:51,670 --> 00:35:52,838 will be filled with the 722 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,256 World Middleweight Championship. 723 00:35:54,298 --> 00:35:56,008 Since Hagler arrived in this country, 724 00:35:56,049 --> 00:35:57,676 there's been quite a war of words going on 725 00:35:57,718 --> 00:36:00,012 with some racist overturns in them. 726 00:36:00,053 --> 00:36:01,430 Minter made an unfortunate remark 727 00:36:01,471 --> 00:36:03,015 very early on in training 728 00:36:03,056 --> 00:36:04,558 about not going to have his title taken away 729 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:05,851 by a Black chap. 730 00:36:05,893 --> 00:36:07,686 He later revised it slightly. 731 00:36:15,277 --> 00:36:19,406 African American men were encouraged to fight 732 00:36:19,448 --> 00:36:21,033 when they were enslaved. 733 00:36:21,074 --> 00:36:25,037 If the master could depend on you to win his bets, 734 00:36:25,078 --> 00:36:27,664 that was a way that you got status, 735 00:36:27,706 --> 00:36:29,750 maybe got a little bit of money. 736 00:36:29,791 --> 00:36:32,586 One of the things of enslavement was about 737 00:36:32,628 --> 00:36:36,089 was stripping men constantly of their masculinity. 738 00:36:36,131 --> 00:36:38,550 Jack Johnson won the Heavyweight 739 00:36:38,592 --> 00:36:40,636 Championship in 1908. 740 00:36:40,677 --> 00:36:42,888 And as a result of his victory, 741 00:36:42,930 --> 00:36:46,266 Jack London, a famous journalist, 742 00:36:46,308 --> 00:36:47,851 issued this call 743 00:36:47,893 --> 00:36:50,103 to wipe the golden smile off this guy's face. 744 00:36:50,145 --> 00:36:54,024 And that became the call for the great white hope. 745 00:36:54,066 --> 00:36:56,902 BONNIE: Jack Johnson, the first African American 746 00:36:56,944 --> 00:36:59,571 World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. 747 00:36:59,613 --> 00:37:02,115 The biggest fear of White America 748 00:37:02,157 --> 00:37:05,786 because Black men are supposed to be weak. 749 00:37:05,827 --> 00:37:08,080 He also marries white women, you've done like 750 00:37:08,121 --> 00:37:09,998 the ultimate taboo. 751 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,042 My dad grew up in the segregated south. 752 00:37:12,084 --> 00:37:14,711 There's no way my dad wasn't identifying 753 00:37:14,753 --> 00:37:16,171 with Sugar Ray Robinson kicking some 754 00:37:16,213 --> 00:37:18,507 white man's behind in a ring. 755 00:37:18,548 --> 00:37:20,133 That was the thrill of it 756 00:37:20,175 --> 00:37:23,011 seeing some white guy being pummeled. 757 00:37:33,939 --> 00:37:35,565 MARVIN: I cannot let this guy stand. 758 00:37:35,607 --> 00:37:37,192 I gotta kill him. 759 00:37:37,234 --> 00:37:39,778 (CROWD CHEERING) 760 00:37:41,029 --> 00:37:43,031 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) 761 00:37:43,073 --> 00:37:45,075 Minter says, "Come on. Fight." 762 00:37:45,117 --> 00:37:48,620 And Minter's hitting nothing but air right now. 763 00:37:52,291 --> 00:37:55,252 Minter is hit, and there's blood over his eye! 764 00:37:55,294 --> 00:37:59,298 It's only the third round and Hagler is all over him. 765 00:37:59,339 --> 00:38:01,717 (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) 766 00:38:02,426 --> 00:38:04,094 He fought his fight. 767 00:38:04,136 --> 00:38:05,929 When Minter tried to mix it up, 768 00:38:05,971 --> 00:38:08,473 he had no chance at all. 769 00:38:08,515 --> 00:38:09,975 (BELL DINGS) 770 00:38:10,017 --> 00:38:11,393 The fight stopped. It's over that quickly. 771 00:38:11,435 --> 00:38:13,729 The Middleweight Champion of the World 772 00:38:13,770 --> 00:38:15,605 is Marvin Hagler. 773 00:38:15,647 --> 00:38:17,232 That quickly. 774 00:38:17,274 --> 00:38:19,109 Now bottles are being thrown into the ring. 775 00:38:19,151 --> 00:38:22,821 British fans are upset that the fight was stopped. 776 00:38:24,865 --> 00:38:28,076 REPORTER: There's a fight starting over Hagler. 777 00:38:28,118 --> 00:38:31,038 Somebody's attacking him, and there is chaos here. 778 00:38:31,079 --> 00:38:32,414 Absolute chaos. 779 00:38:32,456 --> 00:38:35,083 The worst scenes we've ever seen at Wembley 780 00:38:35,125 --> 00:38:37,127 in any boxing ring in this country. 781 00:38:37,169 --> 00:38:39,171 And these scenes are a shame 782 00:38:39,212 --> 00:38:42,090 and a disgrace to British boxing. 783 00:38:42,132 --> 00:38:43,800 INTERVIEWER: Marvin, congratulations. 784 00:38:43,842 --> 00:38:44,885 That was some performance! 785 00:38:44,926 --> 00:38:46,094 Thank you very much. 786 00:38:46,136 --> 00:38:47,554 It's well-deserved, I know that. 787 00:38:47,596 --> 00:38:49,431 Believe me, it didn't come easy. 788 00:38:49,473 --> 00:38:53,518 It was a one-sided beating, a crushing loss for Minter, 789 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:56,855 and saying the things he said before the fight 790 00:38:56,897 --> 00:38:58,315 and then getting so 791 00:38:58,357 --> 00:39:01,026 summarily destroyed like that 792 00:39:01,068 --> 00:39:02,944 really makes you look like a fool. 793 00:39:02,986 --> 00:39:04,696 INTERVIEWER: What did you 794 00:39:04,738 --> 00:39:06,365 think about those bad scenes afterwards? 795 00:39:06,406 --> 00:39:07,616 Well, they just showed me 796 00:39:07,657 --> 00:39:09,034 how famous that I was. (CHUCKLES) 797 00:39:09,076 --> 00:39:10,994 They hit me three times with bottles, 798 00:39:11,036 --> 00:39:13,288 and they, uh, bounced a couple off my brother. 799 00:39:13,330 --> 00:39:15,874 But we were covering Marvin, going to the dress room 800 00:39:15,916 --> 00:39:17,793 under police protection, and they were calling him 801 00:39:17,834 --> 00:39:21,838 all kinds of names regarding his color. 802 00:39:22,964 --> 00:39:24,466 MARVIN: I'm glad to bring Alan Minter 803 00:39:24,508 --> 00:39:26,009 back down to Earth. 804 00:39:26,051 --> 00:39:28,053 A champion has to keep his feet on the ground. 805 00:39:28,095 --> 00:39:29,888 And that's what it's all about. 806 00:39:29,930 --> 00:39:32,057 Being able to still be the same person that you are. 807 00:39:32,099 --> 00:39:34,684 That's what maintains your goal and, uh, 808 00:39:34,726 --> 00:39:36,395 and will keep you level-headed. 809 00:39:36,436 --> 00:39:38,021 It's almost fitting that 810 00:39:38,063 --> 00:39:40,357 Marvin didn't get a chance to celebrate 811 00:39:40,399 --> 00:39:41,650 the way a champion would 812 00:39:41,691 --> 00:39:42,984 want to celebrate in the ring, 813 00:39:43,026 --> 00:39:44,486 'cause he was dodging bottles. 814 00:39:44,528 --> 00:39:46,029 He didn't get a chance to raise his hand 815 00:39:46,071 --> 00:39:47,614 and do a lap around the ring. 816 00:39:47,656 --> 00:39:49,574 Just, that wasn't Marvin. 817 00:39:49,616 --> 00:39:51,660 This is where it belongs. 818 00:39:51,701 --> 00:39:55,414 (ALL CHEERING) 819 00:39:55,455 --> 00:39:58,166 I wanna be able to keep this belt until I figure 820 00:39:58,208 --> 00:39:59,918 that I'm ready to give it up. 821 00:39:59,960 --> 00:40:01,878 And that's the only way they gonna get it, 822 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,214 is when I'm ready to give it up. 823 00:40:04,256 --> 00:40:05,674 Believe it. 824 00:40:05,715 --> 00:40:08,969 (MAN SINGING) Middleweight champion of all. 825 00:40:09,010 --> 00:40:11,221 Brockton, your town has its flags 826 00:40:11,263 --> 00:40:14,099 All unfurled on your long Hard climb 827 00:40:14,141 --> 00:40:19,938 To be champion Delays you had were a shame 828 00:40:19,980 --> 00:40:23,108 Now we're up, up, up 829 00:40:23,150 --> 00:40:29,197 At the top of the all-high day 830 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,616 (CHEERING) 831 00:40:31,658 --> 00:40:34,536 Marvin! Marvin! Marvin! Marvin! Marvin! Marvin! 832 00:40:36,121 --> 00:40:38,123 Hagler was not a star. 833 00:40:38,165 --> 00:40:41,418 He was recognized as a really good champion, 834 00:40:41,460 --> 00:40:45,380 but he didn't have buzz about him. 835 00:40:45,422 --> 00:40:47,966 There are the four kings, right? 836 00:40:48,008 --> 00:40:51,136 The Beatles. And Marvin Hagler. 837 00:40:51,178 --> 00:40:54,055 He's like Ringo. (CHUCKLES) 838 00:40:56,349 --> 00:40:57,851 MALE COORDINATOR: Wanna take a picture, 839 00:40:57,893 --> 00:40:59,603 have your camera ready. 840 00:40:59,644 --> 00:41:00,896 NEWS PRESENTER: We have gone through 841 00:41:00,937 --> 00:41:02,355 the Rocky Marciano era, 842 00:41:02,397 --> 00:41:04,858 The Joe Louis era, the Muhammad Ali era, 843 00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:06,651 and now, the Sugar Ray Leonard era. 844 00:41:06,693 --> 00:41:09,738 Hey, how you doing huh? Look at how scared are you. 845 00:41:09,779 --> 00:41:12,157 And when we return, we'll take a look at a young man, 846 00:41:12,199 --> 00:41:15,202 who wants to start an era of his own. 847 00:41:15,243 --> 00:41:17,162 Hi, I'm Thomas "Hitman" Hearns. 848 00:41:17,204 --> 00:41:18,413 And I'm here to tell you, 849 00:41:18,455 --> 00:41:20,415 I love my Waterbed Gallery waterbed. 850 00:41:20,457 --> 00:41:21,833 ANNOUNCER: At Waterbed Gallery, 851 00:41:21,875 --> 00:41:23,752 we believe you should, too. 852 00:41:23,793 --> 00:41:25,003 MAN: I think how you respond to 853 00:41:25,045 --> 00:41:26,922 success can be largely 854 00:41:26,963 --> 00:41:28,507 determined by what fuels you. 855 00:41:28,548 --> 00:41:30,342 Tommy was gonna enjoy the trappings of celebrity 856 00:41:30,383 --> 00:41:32,177 because of where he came from. 857 00:41:32,219 --> 00:41:34,429 I always tell the story about when you 858 00:41:34,471 --> 00:41:35,764 bought your first car. 859 00:41:35,805 --> 00:41:37,599 You brought your little checkbook with you. 860 00:41:37,641 --> 00:41:39,017 HEARNS: Yeah. 861 00:41:39,059 --> 00:41:40,352 And drove off in your new Corvette. 862 00:41:40,393 --> 00:41:42,229 I was so proud of you that day. 863 00:41:44,856 --> 00:41:46,191 JACKIE: They were. 864 00:42:04,918 --> 00:42:06,628 MAN: Merry Christmas! 865 00:42:06,670 --> 00:42:08,046 HEARNS: This is your house. 866 00:42:08,088 --> 00:42:10,215 WOMAN: Hi, fool. What is... (CHUCKLES) 867 00:42:10,257 --> 00:42:12,092 You know, this your house. 868 00:42:12,133 --> 00:42:14,469 What? This is not my house! 869 00:42:14,511 --> 00:42:16,721 BOY: She think-- She think this the mayor house. 870 00:42:38,785 --> 00:42:41,413 It was just so wonderful to watch him 871 00:42:41,454 --> 00:42:43,999 enjoy everything that he earned. 872 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:46,084 He was able to do things 873 00:42:46,126 --> 00:42:48,253 that he never dreamt he could ever do. 874 00:42:48,295 --> 00:42:50,422 For Tommy to drive around in 875 00:42:50,463 --> 00:42:52,591 a Rolls Royce, and having a yacht, 876 00:42:52,632 --> 00:42:56,052 it was like watching a little kid on Christmas 877 00:42:56,094 --> 00:42:57,679 open up all his presents. 878 00:42:57,721 --> 00:42:59,347 I have proved my ability. 879 00:42:59,389 --> 00:43:01,391 So far, just one man I have to fight to 880 00:43:01,433 --> 00:43:04,269 really prove how good a boxer really I am. 881 00:43:04,311 --> 00:43:06,438 And everybody know that's Ray. 882 00:43:06,479 --> 00:43:10,150 Angelo Dundee famously said, "Let it cook for a while," 883 00:43:10,191 --> 00:43:11,943 and he was right. 884 00:43:11,985 --> 00:43:14,696 JACKIE: So, we had to create that demand for the fight. 885 00:43:14,738 --> 00:43:16,698 After Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard 886 00:43:16,740 --> 00:43:19,117 had fought in New Orleans, Tommy Hearns was there. 887 00:43:19,159 --> 00:43:21,202 He threw a chicken at Ray Leonard, said, 888 00:43:21,244 --> 00:43:23,580 "You're a chicken, Leonard. You won't fight me." 889 00:43:23,622 --> 00:43:26,458 MAN: What Thomas had going for him was, he was seen as, 890 00:43:26,499 --> 00:43:28,335 probably the hardest puncher in boxing. 891 00:43:28,376 --> 00:43:30,170 And you can't help but project, 892 00:43:30,211 --> 00:43:31,755 "What happens if he hits Ray Leonard with 893 00:43:31,796 --> 00:43:33,006 a punch like that?" 894 00:43:33,048 --> 00:43:35,300 You-you can't help but think. 895 00:43:35,342 --> 00:43:37,469 In those days, there were only two championships. 896 00:43:37,510 --> 00:43:40,472 Leonard had the WBC title, Hearns had the WBA title. 897 00:43:40,513 --> 00:43:41,973 They were two young Americans, 898 00:43:42,015 --> 00:43:43,475 tremendous fighters. 899 00:43:43,516 --> 00:43:45,810 All signs pointed to a showdown. 900 00:43:45,852 --> 00:43:48,438 It was just a question of when and for how much. 901 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:49,898 LEONARD: I'll be more than happy to 902 00:43:49,939 --> 00:43:51,316 accommodate Tommy Hearns 903 00:43:51,358 --> 00:43:53,568 when he reach the same stature and virtue 904 00:43:53,610 --> 00:43:54,903 of a Roberto Duran. 905 00:43:54,944 --> 00:43:56,946 When it gets tangible enough for me to fight, 906 00:43:56,988 --> 00:43:59,074 then we will fight. 907 00:43:59,115 --> 00:44:00,325 I think Tom Hearns is one of 908 00:44:00,367 --> 00:44:02,077 the greatest fighters of all time. 909 00:44:02,118 --> 00:44:03,411 Hitman number one. 910 00:44:03,453 --> 00:44:04,412 Thomas Hearns. 911 00:44:04,454 --> 00:44:05,413 Thomas Hearns. 912 00:44:05,455 --> 00:44:05,997 Tommy Hearns. 913 00:44:06,039 --> 00:44:07,457 Tommy Hearns. 914 00:44:07,499 --> 00:44:08,124 Tommy Hearns. 915 00:44:08,166 --> 00:44:09,501 And Thomas Hearns. 916 00:44:09,542 --> 00:44:11,211 When will Sugar Ray fight Tommy Hearns? 917 00:44:11,252 --> 00:44:13,672 I've been trying to convince boxing critics that 918 00:44:13,713 --> 00:44:14,881 I'm a legitimate fighter. 919 00:44:14,923 --> 00:44:17,175 They consider me, uh, network-made 920 00:44:17,217 --> 00:44:19,135 something that TV made up. 921 00:44:23,723 --> 00:44:25,058 Yeah, I want that title bad. 922 00:44:25,100 --> 00:44:26,434 And going forward, I'm going to take it. 923 00:44:26,476 --> 00:44:28,103 And next will be Mr. Hearns. 924 00:44:28,144 --> 00:44:30,397 Mike, I will do the number on Tommy Hearns. 925 00:44:32,148 --> 00:44:33,650 No, I know reality. 926 00:44:33,692 --> 00:44:35,527 You know, I think that, uh, Ray's had his day. 927 00:44:35,568 --> 00:44:37,487 We've had to come on the back street 928 00:44:37,529 --> 00:44:39,322 when he was coming down the main street, 929 00:44:39,364 --> 00:44:40,949 but we've still arrived at the same destination. 930 00:44:40,990 --> 00:44:43,159 TV ANNOUNCER: What is expected to be the richest 931 00:44:43,201 --> 00:44:44,786 fight in boxing history 932 00:44:44,828 --> 00:44:47,539 as Thomas "Hitman" Hearns, and "Sugar" Ray Leonard 933 00:44:47,580 --> 00:44:49,624 will be fighting for the sole possession 934 00:44:49,666 --> 00:44:52,210 of the Welterweight Championship of the World. 935 00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:03,096 The anticipation was so great that we had 936 00:45:03,138 --> 00:45:04,889 plane-loads of people 937 00:45:04,931 --> 00:45:07,851 from Detroit that went out there, and a lot of betting 938 00:45:07,892 --> 00:45:09,227 on Tommy. 939 00:45:09,269 --> 00:45:10,979 Just before the fight started. 940 00:45:11,020 --> 00:45:12,564 Thomas Hearns became the favorite 941 00:45:12,605 --> 00:45:14,816 because of the people from Detroit coming in 942 00:45:14,858 --> 00:45:16,609 and actually betting money. 943 00:45:16,651 --> 00:45:18,653 MAN: We've got Hearns as a favorite right now. 944 00:45:18,695 --> 00:45:20,530 Now that takes a great deal of activity, 945 00:45:20,572 --> 00:45:22,282 a great deal of betting on Hearns 946 00:45:22,323 --> 00:45:24,409 to change our price from one favorite to the other. 947 00:45:24,451 --> 00:45:27,704 JACKIE: I wagered a lot of money, a lot of money. 948 00:45:27,746 --> 00:45:30,790 I had no doubt that he was gonna win. 949 00:45:33,042 --> 00:45:35,545 COMMENTATOR: There is "Sugar" Ray Leonard as he 950 00:45:35,587 --> 00:45:37,297 comes down towards the ring 951 00:45:37,338 --> 00:45:40,925 surrounded by his entourage, security people, 952 00:45:40,967 --> 00:45:43,762 the inevitable Angelo Dundee. 953 00:45:43,803 --> 00:45:46,723 Tommy Hearns is now coming down 954 00:45:46,765 --> 00:45:48,516 towards the ring. 955 00:45:48,558 --> 00:45:52,854 His greatest weapons, a tremendous punching power. 956 00:45:52,896 --> 00:45:55,190 Tommy Hearns annihilated his opponent, 957 00:45:55,231 --> 00:45:57,233 just knocked them cold. 958 00:45:57,275 --> 00:46:01,196 Everyone figured that I had no chance against Tommy. 959 00:46:02,906 --> 00:46:04,949 COMMENTATOR: For Leonard, the motivation 960 00:46:04,991 --> 00:46:06,618 of fighter's pride 961 00:46:06,659 --> 00:46:09,412 to establish to the public that he is truly great. 962 00:46:09,454 --> 00:46:12,332 Hearns is desperate for recognition that 963 00:46:12,373 --> 00:46:15,210 "Sugar" Ray Leonard has already banked. 964 00:46:26,971 --> 00:46:32,268 It was a frenzy. Anyone that was anyone was there. 965 00:46:32,310 --> 00:46:34,270 You see all the celebrities. 966 00:46:34,312 --> 00:46:37,440 They trekked down from the mountains, why? 967 00:46:37,482 --> 00:46:39,609 For me, it's because they want a peek. 968 00:46:39,651 --> 00:46:41,820 They want a peek at something real, 969 00:46:41,861 --> 00:46:44,155 and maybe they get hope from it. 970 00:46:44,197 --> 00:46:45,615 Hope that by watching this 971 00:46:45,657 --> 00:46:48,409 that maybe it'll rub off on them. 972 00:46:48,451 --> 00:46:49,869 Maybe they could be braver, 973 00:46:49,911 --> 00:46:53,373 and I think that's the magic of it. 974 00:46:53,414 --> 00:46:55,750 The prevailing wisdom going in was that 975 00:46:55,792 --> 00:47:00,505 Ray was the boxer, Tommy was the puncher. 976 00:47:00,547 --> 00:47:03,132 What we didn't understand at the time was that 977 00:47:03,174 --> 00:47:06,177 Hearns' threat to Leonard was not as a puncher, 978 00:47:06,219 --> 00:47:07,720 but it was as a boxer. 979 00:47:07,762 --> 00:47:09,764 If you look at Thomas Hearns' career, 980 00:47:09,806 --> 00:47:11,432 the entirety of it, 981 00:47:11,474 --> 00:47:13,768 nobody ever out-boxed him. 982 00:47:13,810 --> 00:47:15,186 Those who tried, failed. 983 00:47:15,228 --> 00:47:16,479 (BELL DINGS) 984 00:47:16,521 --> 00:47:18,523 COMMENTATOR: Now, for round one. 985 00:47:20,066 --> 00:47:23,236 Hearns trying to get to Leonard from afar with that 986 00:47:23,278 --> 00:47:26,406 long reach advantage. 987 00:47:26,447 --> 00:47:28,741 Hearns, a little short for this combination. 988 00:47:28,783 --> 00:47:31,160 There's Leonard landing the first good contact 989 00:47:31,202 --> 00:47:33,162 blow of the bout. 990 00:47:33,204 --> 00:47:35,915 Left hook by Hearns got to the ear of Leonard. 991 00:47:38,877 --> 00:47:40,962 (BELL RINGS) 992 00:47:41,004 --> 00:47:42,797 You see that? 993 00:47:42,839 --> 00:47:45,133 Leonard thawing at Hearns' little space after the bell 994 00:47:45,174 --> 00:47:47,135 inciting Hearns' reaction. 995 00:47:47,176 --> 00:47:50,597 All three judges scored round one for Thomas Hearns. 996 00:47:50,638 --> 00:47:51,764 (BELL RINGS) 997 00:47:51,806 --> 00:47:54,392 Round two underway. 998 00:47:54,434 --> 00:47:56,728 He started to box me which to me was like, 999 00:47:56,769 --> 00:47:58,354 I didn't know he could do this. 1000 00:47:58,396 --> 00:48:00,732 I dominated him. I showed 1001 00:48:00,773 --> 00:48:02,734 Ray what boxing was really about. 1002 00:48:03,860 --> 00:48:06,905 (CROWD CHEERING) 1003 00:48:11,576 --> 00:48:13,536 COMMENTATOR: Hearns posturing and Hearns caught 1004 00:48:13,578 --> 00:48:15,038 Leonard with a good right. 1005 00:48:15,079 --> 00:48:17,999 He's controlling the fight with his jab. 1006 00:48:18,041 --> 00:48:20,209 Ray's eye is swelling up. 1007 00:48:20,251 --> 00:48:23,171 COMMENTATOR: Look at the intensity in Leonard's eyes. 1008 00:48:23,212 --> 00:48:25,548 Hearns, the aggressor all the way. 1009 00:48:33,306 --> 00:48:35,433 Hearns getting ready for a bolo punch 1010 00:48:35,475 --> 00:48:39,395 In the manner that Leonard did against Duran. 1011 00:48:39,437 --> 00:48:43,232 (BELL RINGING) 1012 00:48:43,274 --> 00:48:45,318 Even though Thomas was slightly ahead 1013 00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:46,819 I was never relaxed. 1014 00:48:46,861 --> 00:48:48,237 Ray Leonard was a lot stronger 1015 00:48:48,279 --> 00:48:49,489 than most people realize. 1016 00:48:49,530 --> 00:48:50,823 I knew the explosion was 1017 00:48:50,865 --> 00:48:52,700 going to happen sooner or later. 1018 00:48:52,742 --> 00:48:54,410 What I like about Leonard is the way he can adapt 1019 00:48:54,452 --> 00:48:56,162 to situations. 1020 00:48:56,204 --> 00:48:58,873 I'll explain something to him in the next round... 1021 00:48:58,915 --> 00:48:59,958 He'll do it 1022 00:49:01,417 --> 00:49:03,711 COMMENTATOR: Leonard hurt Hearns. 1023 00:49:03,753 --> 00:49:06,798 Leonard's going again. Look at Hearns. 1024 00:49:06,839 --> 00:49:08,758 He almost went down. 1025 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:10,802 (BELL RINGING) 1026 00:49:12,053 --> 00:49:13,680 Hearns very shaky. 1027 00:49:13,721 --> 00:49:16,516 Going back to his corner, he can barely stand up. 1028 00:49:16,557 --> 00:49:18,434 A minute or sometimes less that you get 1029 00:49:18,476 --> 00:49:19,811 between rounds, 1030 00:49:19,852 --> 00:49:21,354 it could be crucial. 1031 00:49:21,396 --> 00:49:23,439 You've got to be able to tell him exactly what to do 1032 00:49:23,481 --> 00:49:24,857 to save him because he's coming back 1033 00:49:24,899 --> 00:49:26,651 looking for some kind advice. 1034 00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:35,618 Normally if I hurt an opponent, 1035 00:49:35,660 --> 00:49:37,829 I have the ability to finish him off, 1036 00:49:37,870 --> 00:49:39,706 but he surprised me. 1037 00:49:39,747 --> 00:49:41,499 (BELL RINGS) 1038 00:49:44,544 --> 00:49:46,421 COMMENTATOR: Look at Hearns, moving, 1039 00:49:46,462 --> 00:49:48,006 trying to be the boxer. 1040 00:49:54,053 --> 00:49:56,848 Now Hearns can see him taking charge. 1041 00:50:00,018 --> 00:50:02,186 Not the type of fight everyone expects. 1042 00:50:02,228 --> 00:50:03,813 Hearns is beginning 1043 00:50:03,855 --> 00:50:06,357 to get confident, beginning to get aggressive. 1044 00:50:09,318 --> 00:50:12,196 And a strange turn again after Ray Leonard just 1045 00:50:12,238 --> 00:50:14,115 had three excellent rounds. 1046 00:50:14,157 --> 00:50:15,658 Suddenly he just stopped 1047 00:50:15,700 --> 00:50:17,702 and he let Tommy Hearns back into it here. 1048 00:50:17,744 --> 00:50:19,537 Scored it easily for Hearns, 1049 00:50:19,579 --> 00:50:21,622 as did the judges. 1050 00:50:22,373 --> 00:50:24,292 (CROWD SHOUTING) 1051 00:50:24,333 --> 00:50:26,377 Can hear some of the crowd in the background 1052 00:50:26,419 --> 00:50:27,879 cheering, "Tommy, Tommy, 1053 00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:31,007 Tommy", obviously fans from Detroit. 1054 00:50:31,049 --> 00:50:34,302 What a different fighter he's become. 1055 00:50:34,343 --> 00:50:36,387 The confidence brimming over, 1056 00:50:36,429 --> 00:50:38,139 leading the crowd. 1057 00:50:39,182 --> 00:50:40,808 (BELL RINGS) 1058 00:50:40,850 --> 00:50:44,896 Hearns comes out, sensing he's in charge. 1059 00:50:44,937 --> 00:50:47,899 Who would have thought that Hearns might win this fight 1060 00:50:47,940 --> 00:50:51,110 as a boxer. 1061 00:50:51,152 --> 00:50:54,906 Leonard moves in, adds a front hook. 1062 00:50:56,616 --> 00:50:58,910 When you're losing, you're so exhausted 1063 00:50:58,951 --> 00:51:01,245 and you're so pounded up. So beat up. 1064 00:51:01,287 --> 00:51:02,872 Your lungs are burning. 1065 00:51:02,914 --> 00:51:05,374 Your legs are tired and everything. 1066 00:51:05,416 --> 00:51:07,210 And you've given up. 1067 00:51:07,251 --> 00:51:10,171 Hearns just kicking the shit out of him. 1068 00:51:10,213 --> 00:51:11,464 I mean, he's hurting him. 1069 00:51:11,506 --> 00:51:13,591 And Leonard's never been hurt. 1070 00:51:14,133 --> 00:51:15,510 It's bad. 1071 00:51:15,551 --> 00:51:17,512 You can't get out. 1072 00:51:17,553 --> 00:51:20,181 That was a hell of a fight, man. 1073 00:51:20,223 --> 00:51:21,516 He was out of it. 1074 00:51:21,557 --> 00:51:23,559 Tommy had beat him to a pulp. 1075 00:51:24,435 --> 00:51:25,937 (BELL RINGS) 1076 00:51:25,978 --> 00:51:27,730 COMMENTATOR: Ray Leonard needs a knockout 1077 00:51:27,772 --> 00:51:29,941 to win this championship. 1078 00:51:29,982 --> 00:51:32,902 He closed my left eye. so I could barely see. 1079 00:51:32,944 --> 00:51:35,363 Tommy had a heart of gladiator warrior. 1080 00:51:35,404 --> 00:51:36,739 He's trying to bomb on me. 1081 00:51:36,781 --> 00:51:38,950 Go work on him. Outbox him, outsmart him. 1082 00:51:38,991 --> 00:51:40,368 Keep your right hand up. I gotta tell you 1083 00:51:40,409 --> 00:51:42,703 to keep your hands up? 1084 00:51:46,624 --> 00:51:47,959 (BELL RINGS) 1085 00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,128 Muhammad Ali told me many years ago. 1086 00:51:50,169 --> 00:51:52,046 He said, "Ray, when I fought Joe Frazier, 1087 00:51:52,088 --> 00:51:53,965 it was the closest thing to death." 1088 00:51:54,006 --> 00:51:55,550 And I couldn't quite understand that 1089 00:51:55,591 --> 00:51:58,469 I couldn't digest that. 1090 00:51:58,511 --> 00:51:59,971 The fight with Tommy Hearns, 1091 00:52:00,012 --> 00:52:02,181 it was the closest thing to death. 1092 00:52:03,599 --> 00:52:06,519 The key is having someone who's composed. 1093 00:52:06,561 --> 00:52:10,189 And Angelo Dundee was that guy who was in my corner, 1094 00:52:10,231 --> 00:52:12,733 who said the perfect sound bite... 1095 00:52:12,775 --> 00:52:14,152 You got nine minutes. 1096 00:52:15,361 --> 00:52:16,863 When Angelo said, "You're blowing it now, 1097 00:52:16,904 --> 00:52:18,364 son, you're blowing it." 1098 00:52:18,406 --> 00:52:19,907 I knew what he meant. 1099 00:52:19,949 --> 00:52:22,618 He said the right things at the right time. 1100 00:52:22,660 --> 00:52:25,163 Angelo was magic in that way. 1101 00:52:25,204 --> 00:52:27,290 Every time you say yes, to training a fighter, 1102 00:52:27,331 --> 00:52:28,499 you got a kid again. 1103 00:52:28,541 --> 00:52:30,251 It's a big responsibility. 1104 00:52:30,293 --> 00:52:33,504 Angelo Dundee, he was calm amongst the flames. 1105 00:52:33,546 --> 00:52:35,339 That's what made Angelo so great, 1106 00:52:35,381 --> 00:52:37,008 he was the protector. 1107 00:52:37,049 --> 00:52:40,178 This is it. This is the time, it's now or never. 1108 00:52:40,219 --> 00:52:41,762 I got off that stool. 1109 00:52:41,804 --> 00:52:43,639 I don't know how it happened but it happened. 1110 00:52:43,681 --> 00:52:44,849 (BELL RINGS) 1111 00:52:44,891 --> 00:52:46,100 COMMENTATOR: Leonard's left eye 1112 00:52:46,142 --> 00:52:49,478 in terrible condition. 1113 00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:53,316 Leonard trying to get back. And it's Hearns! 1114 00:52:53,357 --> 00:52:55,026 Hearns, ready to go. 1115 00:52:55,067 --> 00:52:58,029 I hit him, I hurt him, and never let up. 1116 00:52:59,363 --> 00:53:01,741 COMMENTATOR: Hold on, he's going to go. 1117 00:53:01,782 --> 00:53:03,701 Hearns is ready to go. 1118 00:53:03,743 --> 00:53:06,746 And he indeed he goes, to the ropes. 1119 00:53:13,878 --> 00:53:15,922 He said, that was no knockdown. 1120 00:53:21,052 --> 00:53:23,387 Hearns is through Leonard's defense. 1121 00:53:23,429 --> 00:53:26,557 You can talk all you want about pretty boy 1122 00:53:26,599 --> 00:53:28,226 and the rest with Ray, 1123 00:53:28,267 --> 00:53:33,773 at heart he was a mean, nasty mf. 1124 00:53:33,814 --> 00:53:35,858 People didn't like him because they thought 1125 00:53:35,900 --> 00:53:37,568 he had an easier path. 1126 00:53:37,610 --> 00:53:40,154 But that was happenstance. 1127 00:53:40,196 --> 00:53:42,949 The Hearns fight proves he was more than that. 1128 00:53:44,784 --> 00:53:46,827 COMMENTATOR: The ropes keep him up. 1129 00:53:46,869 --> 00:53:48,579 Five seconds left. 1130 00:53:48,621 --> 00:53:50,081 (BELL RINGS) 1131 00:53:50,122 --> 00:53:52,708 Suddenly, from nowhere, embarrassment for 1132 00:53:52,750 --> 00:53:55,670 Sugar Ray Leonard. 1133 00:53:59,131 --> 00:54:02,343 That's it! Sugar Ray Leonard has won by 1134 00:54:02,385 --> 00:54:03,886 a technical knockout 1135 00:54:03,928 --> 00:54:07,139 in the 14th round, if ever a man 1136 00:54:07,181 --> 00:54:08,516 proved himself. 1137 00:54:08,557 --> 00:54:09,767 I don't believe this. 1138 00:54:09,809 --> 00:54:11,185 I don't believe that either, 1139 00:54:11,227 --> 00:54:12,979 Hearns was way ahead on points, 1140 00:54:13,020 --> 00:54:15,523 It was too great a fight for him to be stopped. 1141 00:54:15,564 --> 00:54:17,275 I was devastated. 1142 00:54:17,316 --> 00:54:18,901 Tommy was devastated. 1143 00:54:18,943 --> 00:54:21,779 All of us were in disbelief. 1144 00:54:21,821 --> 00:54:24,240 We cried. I mean, we actually cried. 1145 00:54:24,282 --> 00:54:26,617 We couldn't believe what we were seeing. 1146 00:54:26,659 --> 00:54:28,953 The fans. I mean, they were... 1147 00:54:28,995 --> 00:54:31,122 Some of them were pissed. 1148 00:54:31,163 --> 00:54:34,041 This is a tough sport. When you win, 1149 00:54:34,083 --> 00:54:37,378 everybody's on your phone, at the door, 1150 00:54:37,420 --> 00:54:40,339 but when you lose, you lose everybody 1151 00:54:58,691 --> 00:55:00,484 It was the first and only time that 1152 00:55:00,526 --> 00:55:03,821 we had emotional problems between us, Thomas and I. 1153 00:55:03,863 --> 00:55:05,823 You know, every time I look at that fight, 1154 00:55:05,865 --> 00:55:07,491 it makes me sick. 1155 00:55:07,533 --> 00:55:09,827 Nothing personally including death, in my family, 1156 00:55:09,869 --> 00:55:11,912 hurt me as much as that fight. 1157 00:55:11,954 --> 00:55:13,414 I brought it up for my guts, 1158 00:55:13,456 --> 00:55:15,291 you know, from the bottom of my heart, 1159 00:55:15,333 --> 00:55:16,542 I knew I had pulled out 1160 00:55:16,584 --> 00:55:18,252 because I have a lot of people. 1161 00:55:18,294 --> 00:55:20,921 Not only around the world, but especially at home, 1162 00:55:20,963 --> 00:55:22,631 it won't be losing so bad. 1163 00:55:22,673 --> 00:55:23,924 I had to do this and I had 1164 00:55:23,966 --> 00:55:26,927 to do this for real, and I did it. 1165 00:55:26,969 --> 00:55:29,597 That was one of the best fights of his life. 1166 00:55:29,638 --> 00:55:32,600 We all thought Ray Leonard still have plenty to give, 1167 00:55:32,641 --> 00:55:34,310 and he certainly felt it. 1168 00:55:34,352 --> 00:55:36,103 You know, that's the thing about boxing. 1169 00:55:36,145 --> 00:55:37,772 It's the thing about these four Kings. 1170 00:55:37,813 --> 00:55:39,523 You just never know. 1171 00:55:39,565 --> 00:55:42,360 But after the Tommy Hearns fight, his eyes busted up. 1172 00:55:42,401 --> 00:55:45,571 And, of course, a few months later, we find out suddenly, 1173 00:55:45,613 --> 00:55:46,947 because of the injury he had, 1174 00:55:46,989 --> 00:55:49,283 Ray Leonard would never compete again. 1175 00:55:49,325 --> 00:55:52,661 At that moment, it looked like the end of Ray Leonard. 1176 00:55:52,703 --> 00:55:55,039 MAN: The charismatic and cocky Leonard walks away 1177 00:55:55,081 --> 00:55:57,500 with eight million dollars, 1178 00:55:57,541 --> 00:55:59,293 and America's heart. 1179 00:55:59,335 --> 00:56:03,130 Champions tend to have some kind of deeper reserve. 1180 00:56:03,172 --> 00:56:06,759 Leonard certainly had it where that came from, 1181 00:56:06,801 --> 00:56:09,595 that deep well of resolve, 1182 00:56:09,637 --> 00:56:11,597 it's hard to say. 1183 00:56:11,639 --> 00:56:14,517 There was something else beneath all that flash, 1184 00:56:14,558 --> 00:56:16,018 the good looks. 1185 00:56:16,060 --> 00:56:18,562 There's a Pitbull dog hidden in there. 1186 00:56:18,604 --> 00:56:21,232 You know, we just, we never saw a Pitbull dog that 1187 00:56:21,273 --> 00:56:22,817 smiled like that. 1188 00:56:22,858 --> 00:56:25,694 That was that handsome. 1189 00:56:25,736 --> 00:56:29,490 I, Ronald Reagan do solemnly swear that I will faithfully 1190 00:56:29,532 --> 00:56:30,783 execute the office 1191 00:56:30,825 --> 00:56:32,410 of president of the United States. 1192 00:56:32,451 --> 00:56:35,830 In a context where morality is being used 1193 00:56:35,871 --> 00:56:37,957 to create a new America, 1194 00:56:37,998 --> 00:56:40,751 playing a role becomes important, and that role 1195 00:56:40,793 --> 00:56:43,629 doesn't always align with how you actually are. 1196 00:56:43,671 --> 00:56:45,965 I was Sugar Ray Leonard. 1197 00:56:46,006 --> 00:56:49,009 I had the money and the fame, everything, 1198 00:56:49,051 --> 00:56:51,262 but I was a lousy dad. 1199 00:56:51,303 --> 00:56:52,847 I didn't know how to be a father, 1200 00:56:52,888 --> 00:56:54,390 didn't know how to be a husband. 1201 00:56:54,432 --> 00:56:57,435 There was a void in my stomach, in my heart. 1202 00:56:57,476 --> 00:56:59,437 I couldn't explain it I couldn't articulate, 1203 00:56:59,478 --> 00:57:03,149 because I kept everything to myself. 1204 00:57:03,190 --> 00:57:05,401 The only time I didn't have low self esteem 1205 00:57:05,443 --> 00:57:07,111 was in that ring. 1206 00:57:09,530 --> 00:57:10,781 I think it was kind of a 1207 00:57:10,823 --> 00:57:12,158 split personality, if you will. 1208 00:57:12,199 --> 00:57:13,909 I'm Sugar Ray in the ring, 1209 00:57:13,951 --> 00:57:15,911 outside the ring, I'm Ray Leonard. 1210 00:57:17,288 --> 00:57:18,873 I never think that 1211 00:57:18,914 --> 00:57:21,167 a guy's capable of defeating them. 1212 00:57:21,208 --> 00:57:22,918 I think the only person capable of defeating 1213 00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:24,587 Ray Leonard is himself. 1214 00:57:24,628 --> 00:57:27,756 Hard times Spreading just like the flu 1215 00:57:27,798 --> 00:57:30,384 You know I caught it Just like you 1216 00:57:30,426 --> 00:57:32,845 Price is going up The dollar's down 1217 00:57:32,887 --> 00:57:35,181 You got me falling To the ground 1218 00:57:35,222 --> 00:57:37,391 Turn around get ready Check out the tide 1219 00:57:37,433 --> 00:57:39,727 Get ready all people For the future shot 1220 00:57:39,768 --> 00:57:41,896 Hard times, hard times 1221 00:57:41,937 --> 00:57:43,898 Hard times, hard times 1222 00:57:43,939 --> 00:57:48,027 To the grave 1223 00:57:48,068 --> 00:57:50,529 I get funky