1 00:00:08,988 --> 00:00:10,781 RAY LEONARD: I was lost. 2 00:00:10,823 --> 00:00:12,033 My world was crumbling. 3 00:00:12,658 --> 00:00:14,535 But in the ring, 4 00:00:15,703 --> 00:00:17,997 the ring always was always a safe haven. 5 00:00:18,039 --> 00:00:19,331 (CROWD CHEERING) 6 00:00:19,373 --> 00:00:20,499 COMMENTATOR 1: Oh, suddenly from nowhere, 7 00:00:20,541 --> 00:00:23,377 the courage that is Sugar Ray Leonard. 8 00:00:23,419 --> 00:00:25,379 COMMENTATOR 2: And a left hand by Hagler. 9 00:00:25,421 --> 00:00:27,381 MARVIN HAGLER: Boxing, that's my life, you know. 10 00:00:27,423 --> 00:00:29,717 I walk it, talk it, sleep it, act it. 11 00:00:29,759 --> 00:00:31,260 (CROWD CHEERING) 12 00:00:31,302 --> 00:00:33,345 COMMENTATOR 3: Tremendous right hand by Duran. 13 00:00:33,387 --> 00:00:35,181 TEDDY ATLAS: I just keep coming back. 14 00:00:35,222 --> 00:00:37,058 Too many times, sometimes. 15 00:00:37,099 --> 00:00:38,267 COMMENTATOR 4: Look at that crowd 16 00:00:38,309 --> 00:00:39,935 chanting, "Tommy, Tommy." 17 00:00:39,977 --> 00:00:42,730 ATLAS: You don't know how to turn boxing off. 18 00:00:42,772 --> 00:00:45,232 Some people feel lost without it. 19 00:00:46,609 --> 00:00:49,111 Wanting to hear the roar of the crowd. 20 00:00:49,153 --> 00:00:52,239 Gets very quiet when you're used to hearing that. 21 00:00:52,281 --> 00:00:55,117 Sometimes quietness can be deafening 22 00:00:55,159 --> 00:00:57,953 and it could be maddening. 23 00:00:57,995 --> 00:01:01,999 And the only way a boxer exists is in the arena. 24 00:01:02,041 --> 00:01:05,252 With the lights, and the roar 25 00:01:05,294 --> 00:01:07,755 and the canvas, and the ropes. 26 00:01:10,049 --> 00:01:11,425 REPORTER: That's lift off 27 00:01:11,467 --> 00:01:13,677 of the 25th space shuttle mission 28 00:01:13,719 --> 00:01:15,471 and it has cleared the tower. 29 00:01:16,430 --> 00:01:18,224 ATLAS: But times change, 30 00:01:18,265 --> 00:01:22,353 and you lose the magnificence... 31 00:01:22,394 --> 00:01:23,771 MAN 1: Challenger now heading down range. 32 00:01:23,813 --> 00:01:26,440 ...and all those privileges, that are gifted to Gods, 33 00:01:27,233 --> 00:01:28,776 are taken away. 34 00:01:28,818 --> 00:01:31,237 MAN 2: Challenger, go with throttle up. 35 00:01:31,278 --> 00:01:32,655 DICK SCOBEE: Roger, go with throttle up. 36 00:01:33,531 --> 00:01:34,740 (EXPLODING) 37 00:01:39,161 --> 00:01:40,412 RONALD REAGAN: Ladies and gentlemen, 38 00:01:40,454 --> 00:01:43,791 today is a day for mourning and remembering. 39 00:01:43,833 --> 00:01:47,586 We mourn seven heroes. We will never forget them, 40 00:01:47,628 --> 00:01:49,797 nor the last time we saw them. 41 00:01:49,839 --> 00:01:52,133 ATLAS: But in this crazy, great world 42 00:01:52,174 --> 00:01:54,677 that can be so weak at times, too, 43 00:01:54,718 --> 00:01:56,345 it was the closing of a show, 44 00:01:56,387 --> 00:01:58,556 it was the closing of an era. 45 00:01:58,597 --> 00:02:01,642 These fighters made the world come out and watch. 46 00:02:01,684 --> 00:02:05,229 But what is success in an unsafe business? 47 00:02:05,271 --> 00:02:08,065 It's getting out on the other side clean. 48 00:02:08,107 --> 00:02:11,485 At the end of the day, not all of them got out clean. 49 00:02:15,281 --> 00:02:17,283 ANNOUNCER: He is the undisputed 50 00:02:17,324 --> 00:02:19,410 middle-weight champion of the world, 51 00:02:19,451 --> 00:02:22,288 Marvelous Marvin Hagler. 52 00:02:22,329 --> 00:02:24,790 -You ready? Rolling. Action. -MAN: Yeah. 53 00:02:24,832 --> 00:02:26,709 (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING) 54 00:02:32,715 --> 00:02:35,426 (IMPERCEPTIBLE) 55 00:02:41,932 --> 00:02:44,310 ALL: Hello, Mr. Marvelous. 56 00:02:44,351 --> 00:02:45,561 HAGLER: I can be the meanest guy 57 00:02:45,603 --> 00:02:47,021 in the training ring, you know. 58 00:02:47,062 --> 00:02:48,522 But, uh, some of the kids say, 59 00:02:48,564 --> 00:02:50,691 "Mr. Hagler, can I get your autograph?" 60 00:02:50,733 --> 00:02:53,694 I mean, that kind of breaks you down a little bit. 61 00:02:53,736 --> 00:02:55,863 AL BERNSTEIN: Now, Marvin was a superstar, 62 00:02:55,905 --> 00:02:57,198 and he was the middle-weight champion. 63 00:02:57,239 --> 00:02:58,616 This was his moment. 64 00:02:58,657 --> 00:03:01,410 He was consistent, kept winning. 65 00:03:01,452 --> 00:03:04,622 But nonetheless, he never quite was 66 00:03:04,663 --> 00:03:07,208 the darling of the boxing intelligentsia. 67 00:03:08,584 --> 00:03:11,545 (LAUGHS) Where you go? To the rock! 68 00:03:11,587 --> 00:03:13,881 LARRY MERCHANT: Hagler finally made it 69 00:03:13,923 --> 00:03:15,216 to the pedestal, 70 00:03:15,257 --> 00:03:18,886 but his story got more complicated and thrilling. 71 00:03:20,012 --> 00:03:21,388 (CROWD CHEERING) 72 00:03:26,101 --> 00:03:28,562 BOB ARUM: Hagler after he beat Tommy Hearns, 73 00:03:28,604 --> 00:03:31,065 he wanted to retire. He had enough, 74 00:03:31,106 --> 00:03:34,526 but somehow I talked him into fighting Mugabi. 75 00:03:34,568 --> 00:03:35,861 ATLAS: Marvin Hagler was a great fighter, 76 00:03:35,903 --> 00:03:38,239 one of the great fighters of all time. 77 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:39,865 But the problem was 78 00:03:39,907 --> 00:03:42,534 Hagler not only beat these guys, he decimated them. 79 00:03:42,576 --> 00:03:44,370 He beat them so thoroughly 80 00:03:44,411 --> 00:03:47,748 that you forgot that he was beating pretty good guys. 81 00:03:47,790 --> 00:03:50,876 TIM RYAN: Hagler with target practice now, and he goes. 82 00:03:50,918 --> 00:03:53,128 TONY PAIGE: Mugabi was a hellacious puncher. 83 00:03:53,170 --> 00:03:55,256 I mean, he flattened guys. 84 00:03:55,297 --> 00:03:57,925 And he gave Hagler a tough time. 85 00:03:57,967 --> 00:03:59,760 RYAN: That swept past his arm. 86 00:03:59,802 --> 00:04:01,262 (CROWD CHEERING) 87 00:04:01,303 --> 00:04:02,972 RYAN: There's Sugar Ray Leonard... 88 00:04:03,013 --> 00:04:05,683 ATLAS: Leonard, being the great fighter that he is, 89 00:04:05,724 --> 00:04:07,643 he can see things that other people can't see. 90 00:04:09,103 --> 00:04:10,771 LEONARD: I remember when I saw 91 00:04:10,813 --> 00:04:13,023 Marvin Hagler fight Johnny Beast Mugabi. 92 00:04:13,065 --> 00:04:15,693 GIL CLANCY: Mugabi's landing a lot of quick punches now. 93 00:04:15,734 --> 00:04:17,653 LEONARD: And, I was like, "Hagler was a chump." 94 00:04:17,695 --> 00:04:19,780 I said, "I can beat him." 95 00:04:19,822 --> 00:04:22,950 RYAN: He's done him out. Mugabi finally falls down. 96 00:04:22,992 --> 00:04:24,910 Marvin Hagler maintains 97 00:04:24,952 --> 00:04:27,454 his undisputed middle-weight championship of the world. 98 00:04:27,496 --> 00:04:28,747 CHARLES FARRELL: Marvin, generally speaking, 99 00:04:28,789 --> 00:04:30,457 didn't win his fights early 100 00:04:30,499 --> 00:04:33,627 and he's faced one after another after another. 101 00:04:33,669 --> 00:04:35,629 That's a lot of rounds of getting hit. 102 00:04:35,671 --> 00:04:37,298 Marvin was going through 103 00:04:37,339 --> 00:04:38,966 this incredible wear and tear. 104 00:04:39,008 --> 00:04:41,468 But seemingly nobody was noticing. 105 00:04:42,011 --> 00:04:43,762 Leonard did. 106 00:04:43,804 --> 00:04:45,973 But then he had already retired. 107 00:04:46,015 --> 00:04:47,933 MAN: Now you're actually through fighting? 108 00:04:47,975 --> 00:04:50,269 I mean, you've hung up your gloves for good? 109 00:04:50,311 --> 00:04:52,604 Absolutely, positively, 110 00:04:52,646 --> 00:04:55,482 and as the Russians say, irrevocably. 111 00:04:55,524 --> 00:04:57,609 Ray, you know, but not fighting me 112 00:04:57,651 --> 00:04:58,861 is costing me millions. 113 00:04:58,902 --> 00:05:00,821 (LAUGHING) 114 00:05:00,863 --> 00:05:03,449 You know, Marvin, I feel really bad about that. 115 00:05:03,490 --> 00:05:05,326 So if you ever need any money, 116 00:05:05,367 --> 00:05:06,785 just feel free to call me. 117 00:05:06,827 --> 00:05:08,996 And when I turned you down, call Bob. 118 00:05:09,038 --> 00:05:11,415 (CROWD LAUGHING) 119 00:05:11,457 --> 00:05:14,251 THOMAS HAUSER: Marvin very, very badly 120 00:05:14,293 --> 00:05:15,836 wanted to fight Ray Leonard. 121 00:05:15,878 --> 00:05:18,464 However, Ray had a detached retina, 122 00:05:18,505 --> 00:05:20,674 retired, shouldn't be fighting. 123 00:05:20,716 --> 00:05:23,218 But, it's not a clean business. 124 00:05:23,260 --> 00:05:25,637 Professional boxing has certainly had its share 125 00:05:25,679 --> 00:05:28,015 of scandals over the years, and now there's talk 126 00:05:28,057 --> 00:05:30,434 of a new multi million dollar scandal. 127 00:05:30,476 --> 00:05:31,935 DON KING: This is a very serious charge. 128 00:05:31,977 --> 00:05:34,146 However, this is the price you pay for liberty. 129 00:05:34,188 --> 00:05:36,857 If I was in Russia, the KGB would have swooped me up. 130 00:05:36,899 --> 00:05:38,859 And only in America could a Don King happen. 131 00:05:38,901 --> 00:05:40,527 This is America, baby! 132 00:05:40,569 --> 00:05:41,695 REPORTER: What do you mean by that? 133 00:05:41,737 --> 00:05:44,198 FLOYD PATTERSON: Boxing has always been 134 00:05:44,239 --> 00:05:47,534 the red light district of professional sports. 135 00:05:47,576 --> 00:05:49,870 I would not like to see boxing abolished. 136 00:05:49,912 --> 00:05:51,705 STEVE FARHOOD: But having that history, 137 00:05:51,747 --> 00:05:53,707 corruption in boxing changed from being 138 00:05:53,749 --> 00:05:57,711 mob corruption to more white-collar corruption. 139 00:05:57,753 --> 00:05:59,213 REPORTER: US committee hearings 140 00:05:59,254 --> 00:06:00,464 are calling in expert testimony 141 00:06:00,506 --> 00:06:02,674 from the medical and sports professions. 142 00:06:02,716 --> 00:06:06,053 There has been inner resistance, 143 00:06:06,095 --> 00:06:08,055 decade, upon decade, 144 00:06:08,097 --> 00:06:11,058 to every single constructive measure. 145 00:06:11,100 --> 00:06:12,976 BONNIE GREER Nobody knows who's lying, 146 00:06:13,018 --> 00:06:15,896 who's telling the truth and at the same time, 147 00:06:15,938 --> 00:06:19,274 the hope and glamor of the eighties, 148 00:06:19,316 --> 00:06:20,859 that started to fade. 149 00:06:21,735 --> 00:06:23,404 Hello, Reagan. How are you? 150 00:06:26,657 --> 00:06:28,742 -Thank you very much. -Yeah. My pleasure. 151 00:06:28,784 --> 00:06:31,578 GREER: Reagan's slogan was Morning In America. 152 00:06:32,704 --> 00:06:34,164 But it turned out to be 153 00:06:34,206 --> 00:06:36,917 m-o-u-r-n-i-n-g for a lot of people. 154 00:06:36,959 --> 00:06:39,711 REAGAN: This country remains a country 155 00:06:39,753 --> 00:06:42,423 where someone can always get rich. 156 00:06:43,298 --> 00:06:44,675 REPORTER: Good morning. 157 00:06:44,716 --> 00:06:46,760 Ohio savings institutions will remain closed 158 00:06:46,802 --> 00:06:48,429 this morning on orders from the governor, 159 00:06:48,470 --> 00:06:49,763 late last night. 160 00:06:49,805 --> 00:06:51,890 GREER: That was the second term of Reagan 161 00:06:51,932 --> 00:06:56,353 and we watched his administration deteriorate. 162 00:06:56,395 --> 00:06:58,605 REAGAN: A charge has been made that the United States 163 00:06:58,647 --> 00:07:00,566 has shipped weapons to Iran. 164 00:07:00,607 --> 00:07:02,651 Those charges are utterly false. 165 00:07:02,693 --> 00:07:04,736 REPORTER: Why not dispel the speculation 166 00:07:04,778 --> 00:07:07,364 by telling us exactly what happened, sir? 167 00:07:07,406 --> 00:07:09,074 REAGAN: My fellow Americans, 168 00:07:09,116 --> 00:07:11,535 a few months ago I told the American people 169 00:07:11,577 --> 00:07:14,288 I did not trade arms for hostages. 170 00:07:14,329 --> 00:07:16,123 My heart and my best intentions 171 00:07:16,165 --> 00:07:17,875 still tell me that's true. 172 00:07:17,916 --> 00:07:21,003 But the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. 173 00:07:21,044 --> 00:07:22,796 MICHAEL EZRA: His administration 174 00:07:22,838 --> 00:07:24,131 had gone rogue 175 00:07:24,173 --> 00:07:26,550 and Iran Contra meant that Ronald Reagan was 176 00:07:26,592 --> 00:07:28,385 willing to break the rules 177 00:07:28,427 --> 00:07:29,928 if he could get away with it. 178 00:07:29,970 --> 00:07:32,681 Reagan himself was known as the Teflon President, 179 00:07:32,723 --> 00:07:34,808 nothing seemed to stick to him, 180 00:07:34,850 --> 00:07:36,810 but times have changed now. 181 00:07:38,270 --> 00:07:40,647 REPORTER: Marvin Hagler's oblique actions yesterday 182 00:07:40,689 --> 00:07:42,107 deeply please his friends, 183 00:07:42,149 --> 00:07:44,109 who have been waiting anxiously 184 00:07:44,151 --> 00:07:45,652 for him to say this. 185 00:07:45,694 --> 00:07:46,904 I'm very seriously thinking 186 00:07:46,945 --> 00:07:48,989 about retiring from the boxing game. 187 00:07:49,031 --> 00:07:50,949 Some cynics are already suggesting 188 00:07:50,991 --> 00:07:53,410 that it's a ploy to jack up the ante 189 00:07:53,452 --> 00:07:56,747 for a bogus mega-buck opus with Sugar Ray Leonard. 190 00:07:56,788 --> 00:07:59,166 But that has never been Marvin's style. 191 00:07:59,208 --> 00:08:00,584 In a dirty business, 192 00:08:00,626 --> 00:08:03,253 he has always been forthright, 193 00:08:03,295 --> 00:08:05,547 a man of character in a dodge 194 00:08:05,589 --> 00:08:08,342 full of jackals. 195 00:08:08,383 --> 00:08:10,552 LEONARD: All along I wanted to fight Hagler, 196 00:08:10,594 --> 00:08:11,887 and I just didn't know 197 00:08:11,929 --> 00:08:14,014 how to break the news to the media, 198 00:08:14,056 --> 00:08:15,641 because they're saying what they're saying now, 199 00:08:15,682 --> 00:08:16,808 "You're crazy." 200 00:08:16,850 --> 00:08:17,809 People ask me, "Are you coming back?" 201 00:08:17,851 --> 00:08:18,936 I say "No, I'm not coming back. 202 00:08:18,977 --> 00:08:20,437 But if Marvin Hagler called me, 203 00:08:20,479 --> 00:08:22,648 I'd consider something like that. 204 00:08:22,689 --> 00:08:24,149 Ray, wait a minute-- 205 00:08:24,191 --> 00:08:25,984 I'm not... See, now, JB, listen, we are talking here. 206 00:08:26,026 --> 00:08:27,236 I'm not saying I'm coming back. 207 00:08:27,277 --> 00:08:29,988 I said if he should call me, 208 00:08:30,030 --> 00:08:31,532 it's something I could really consider. 209 00:08:31,573 --> 00:08:32,950 I hear there's some talk. 210 00:08:32,991 --> 00:08:34,326 I mentioned Sugar Ray Leonard. 211 00:08:34,368 --> 00:08:35,702 You might... 212 00:08:35,744 --> 00:08:37,287 Well, the way that I feel about it, I'm just gonna 213 00:08:37,329 --> 00:08:39,581 sit back and I'm just gonna lick my chops. 214 00:08:40,165 --> 00:08:41,375 Like that. 215 00:08:41,416 --> 00:08:42,584 LEONARD: I'm gonna fight Hagler. 216 00:08:42,626 --> 00:08:43,877 Hagler always wanted to fight me. 217 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:45,712 He claimed that I was egotistical, 218 00:08:45,754 --> 00:08:46,880 and that I miss the limelight. 219 00:08:46,922 --> 00:08:48,382 Those things are not true. 220 00:08:48,423 --> 00:08:49,633 Sounds, Ray, like you're trying 221 00:08:49,675 --> 00:08:50,884 to bait Marvin, and I don't think 222 00:08:50,926 --> 00:08:53,720 you're serious about that. 223 00:08:53,762 --> 00:08:55,305 NEWS ANCHOR: Boxer, Sugar Ray Leonard, 224 00:08:55,347 --> 00:08:56,723 hasn't fought in years. 225 00:08:56,765 --> 00:08:58,058 But he's getting a shot 226 00:08:58,100 --> 00:08:59,017 at the middleweight title tomorrow night, 227 00:08:59,059 --> 00:09:00,561 against Marvelous Marvin Hagler. 228 00:09:02,187 --> 00:09:04,106 MERCHANT: I was stunned. 229 00:09:04,147 --> 00:09:06,358 It was a good test for you, coming off to your... 230 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:07,776 MERCHANT: We were colleagues. 231 00:09:07,818 --> 00:09:09,486 We lived near each other, 232 00:09:09,528 --> 00:09:11,822 and I went to see him about it. 233 00:09:11,863 --> 00:09:13,657 MAN: You wanna now go in the ring 234 00:09:13,699 --> 00:09:15,367 and get hit by Marvin Hagler? 235 00:09:15,409 --> 00:09:16,827 MERCHANT: I thought Ray 236 00:09:16,868 --> 00:09:19,705 was on a suicide mission of some sort. 237 00:09:19,746 --> 00:09:21,456 I mean, who would you bet on? 238 00:09:21,498 --> 00:09:26,003 And I remember, I leaned over to wish him good luck, 239 00:09:26,044 --> 00:09:28,714 and he said, "Larry, who you got?" 240 00:09:28,755 --> 00:09:30,632 And I said, "I have to go with Hagler, 241 00:09:30,674 --> 00:09:33,677 "but I hope I'm wrong." 242 00:09:33,719 --> 00:09:34,928 And I'd like to take this time 243 00:09:34,970 --> 00:09:37,222 to wish Marvin and Bertha, 244 00:09:37,264 --> 00:09:40,517 and their family Godspeed, and all of that good stuff, 245 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:42,477 because they are truly wonderful people. 246 00:09:42,519 --> 00:09:43,604 What about his eye? 247 00:09:43,645 --> 00:09:44,980 I'm not concerned, 248 00:09:45,022 --> 00:09:46,565 because I believe that if he's stupid enough 249 00:09:46,607 --> 00:09:48,609 to get in there with me with a bad eye, 250 00:09:48,650 --> 00:09:50,736 I'm stupid enough to rip his eye out. 251 00:09:50,777 --> 00:09:52,696 I really do like them. They're nice people. 252 00:09:52,738 --> 00:09:54,573 This man wants to knock my head off, Juanita. 253 00:09:54,615 --> 00:09:55,699 Well, that doesn't take away the fact 254 00:09:55,741 --> 00:09:56,700 that they're nice people, honey. 255 00:09:56,742 --> 00:09:57,576 I like them. 256 00:09:57,618 --> 00:09:58,285 He wants to hurt me bad. 257 00:09:58,327 --> 00:10:00,203 (CHUCKLES) 258 00:10:00,245 --> 00:10:02,748 FARHOOD: Given that Ray was jumping up in weight 259 00:10:02,789 --> 00:10:05,459 and hadn't fought in almost three years, 260 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:07,002 no one picked him to win. 261 00:10:08,462 --> 00:10:10,464 MAN: Marvin Hagler was so sure he'd win 262 00:10:10,505 --> 00:10:14,217 that he negotiated all the financial advantages, 263 00:10:14,259 --> 00:10:17,596 and Leonard negotiated all the competitive advantages. 264 00:10:17,638 --> 00:10:19,973 Size of ring, etcetera. 265 00:10:20,015 --> 00:10:21,475 REPORTER: When marvelous Marvin Hagler 266 00:10:21,516 --> 00:10:22,643 faces Sugar Ray Leonard 267 00:10:22,684 --> 00:10:24,478 next April 6th in Las Vegas, 268 00:10:24,519 --> 00:10:27,981 it will be for the biggest purse in boxing history. 269 00:10:28,023 --> 00:10:30,317 I'm reminded of an old Hebrew prayer, 270 00:10:30,359 --> 00:10:31,652 which, I think goes, 271 00:10:31,693 --> 00:10:33,820 "Blessed art Thou, oh, Lord our God, 272 00:10:33,862 --> 00:10:35,989 "who allowed us to see this day." 273 00:10:36,031 --> 00:10:39,951 ARUM: I paid Ray $11 million. Fortune then. 274 00:10:39,993 --> 00:10:41,828 And Marvin fought, 275 00:10:41,870 --> 00:10:43,830 on a smaller guarantee, 276 00:10:43,872 --> 00:10:47,000 and Marvin made $19 million on the fight. 277 00:10:47,042 --> 00:10:49,002 ATLAS: Marvin felt that he earned the right 278 00:10:49,044 --> 00:10:52,005 to have what guys like Leonard had. 279 00:10:52,047 --> 00:10:54,675 And now this was a way of making things even. 280 00:10:54,716 --> 00:10:55,842 STEVE MARANTZ: The first time 281 00:10:55,884 --> 00:10:57,302 Leonard got in Marvin's head 282 00:10:57,344 --> 00:11:00,806 was probably the retirement announcement in 1982. 283 00:11:00,847 --> 00:11:02,933 To Marvin Hagler. 284 00:11:02,974 --> 00:11:05,644 A fight with this great champion 285 00:11:05,686 --> 00:11:07,521 could be one of the greatest fights 286 00:11:07,562 --> 00:11:09,356 in the history of boxing. 287 00:11:09,398 --> 00:11:12,776 MARANTZ: Marvin was a prop for this whole show. 288 00:11:12,818 --> 00:11:14,903 But unfortunately, it'll never happen. 289 00:11:15,570 --> 00:11:17,030 MARANTZ: Of course, 290 00:11:17,072 --> 00:11:19,157 a week before the event, Leonard had already told 291 00:11:19,199 --> 00:11:21,201 Sports Illustrated, he was gonna retire. 292 00:11:22,494 --> 00:11:25,038 Roll it back further, 1979, 293 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:26,289 they're both fighting for 294 00:11:26,331 --> 00:11:28,041 their first title in Las Vegas. 295 00:11:28,083 --> 00:11:30,794 Leonard's fighting Wilfred Benitez, 296 00:11:30,836 --> 00:11:32,671 and Marvin is fighting Vito Antuofermo, 297 00:11:32,713 --> 00:11:34,381 and Marvin's pay day is 298 00:11:34,423 --> 00:11:35,716 forty thousand bucks. 299 00:11:35,757 --> 00:11:39,052 And Leonard's, I believe, was one million. 300 00:11:39,094 --> 00:11:41,179 If you wanna roll it back even further, 301 00:11:41,221 --> 00:11:44,224 Marvin didn't have the luxury of staying amateur 302 00:11:44,266 --> 00:11:46,351 and trying to get an Olympic pedigree. 303 00:11:46,393 --> 00:11:48,729 He had to earn a living for his family. 304 00:11:48,770 --> 00:11:50,897 REPORTER: Sugar Ray Leonard pulling into town yesterday 305 00:11:50,939 --> 00:11:54,109 and scoffing at reports that he could reinjure his eye. 306 00:11:54,151 --> 00:11:56,945 LEONARD: Marvin feels that he had to go the long way. 307 00:11:56,987 --> 00:11:59,072 He feels that I took a shortcut. 308 00:11:59,114 --> 00:12:00,615 Bro, I didn't take a shortcut. 309 00:12:00,657 --> 00:12:02,451 Damn it, I worked as hard as he did. 310 00:12:02,492 --> 00:12:03,994 He's in my time. 311 00:12:04,035 --> 00:12:05,954 You know? His time was when he first won 312 00:12:05,996 --> 00:12:07,497 at the Olympics, before he retired. 313 00:12:07,539 --> 00:12:09,750 He should've stayed out of the game. 314 00:12:09,791 --> 00:12:11,209 MERCHANT: Marvin Hagler is one of 315 00:12:11,251 --> 00:12:13,253 the most admirable athletes of his time. 316 00:12:13,295 --> 00:12:14,755 Is he risking it all? 317 00:12:14,796 --> 00:12:16,590 Now, I have the opportunity 318 00:12:16,631 --> 00:12:21,386 to finally show the world that I am the best fighter. 319 00:12:21,428 --> 00:12:23,221 FARHOOD: Even if Marvin, in the back of his mind, 320 00:12:23,263 --> 00:12:25,599 kinda knew he was a little bit past his prime, 321 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,018 he didn't think he was going to have any problem at all 322 00:12:28,059 --> 00:12:29,770 with Ray Leonard. 323 00:12:29,811 --> 00:12:30,937 LEONARD: It was five days 324 00:12:30,979 --> 00:12:32,439 before my fight against Marvin Hagler. 325 00:12:32,481 --> 00:12:34,858 One of my sparring partners hit me 326 00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:36,943 and nearly knocked me out. 327 00:12:40,655 --> 00:12:42,616 And I remember, vividly, 328 00:12:42,657 --> 00:12:45,368 getting in the car to go back to the hotel. 329 00:12:46,036 --> 00:12:48,580 The car was quiet. 330 00:12:48,622 --> 00:12:50,248 No one said a word. 331 00:12:50,290 --> 00:12:51,500 I knew what they were thinking. 332 00:12:51,541 --> 00:12:53,251 "So, what would Marvin Hagler do to him?" 333 00:12:54,795 --> 00:12:56,046 They thought I was crazy. 334 00:12:56,838 --> 00:12:59,132 But I had that edge. 335 00:12:59,174 --> 00:13:01,176 I didn't know exactly what was pushing me. 336 00:13:03,512 --> 00:13:07,098 My life just, you know, took a lot of turns. 337 00:13:07,140 --> 00:13:10,602 It was boxing that saved me from... 338 00:13:10,644 --> 00:13:13,146 From day one. 339 00:13:13,188 --> 00:13:16,066 ATLAS: People say, "You're born to be a champion." 340 00:13:16,107 --> 00:13:18,819 But, no. You're born to circumstances 341 00:13:18,860 --> 00:13:20,487 that can make you a champion. 342 00:13:20,529 --> 00:13:23,990 See, I happen to believe that it's not your DNA. 343 00:13:24,032 --> 00:13:25,742 There's something else. 344 00:13:25,784 --> 00:13:27,160 For Leonard, 345 00:13:27,202 --> 00:13:29,162 there's something ignited there as a kid. 346 00:13:29,871 --> 00:13:32,415 A drive. A will. 347 00:13:32,457 --> 00:13:34,000 Where the hell do you think that came from? 348 00:13:34,626 --> 00:13:36,670 Poverty. Anger. 349 00:13:36,711 --> 00:13:39,422 You know, it could be abuse. 350 00:13:39,464 --> 00:13:41,091 Somebody that was 351 00:13:41,132 --> 00:13:43,343 significant in your young life 352 00:13:43,385 --> 00:13:46,179 that impacted you, maybe scarred you. 353 00:13:47,264 --> 00:13:48,723 LEONARD: I had things happen to me 354 00:13:48,765 --> 00:13:50,225 that I had to deal with. 355 00:13:50,267 --> 00:13:52,185 Thing I would never tell, 356 00:13:52,227 --> 00:13:54,688 because I was Sugar Ray Leonard. 357 00:13:54,729 --> 00:13:56,356 I was the best. 358 00:13:56,398 --> 00:13:58,400 And I was strong, I was invulnerable. 359 00:13:59,526 --> 00:14:01,069 (SIGHS) 360 00:14:01,111 --> 00:14:03,947 I was sexually abused as a young kid. 361 00:14:03,989 --> 00:14:07,659 By a coach, who I believed in, 362 00:14:07,701 --> 00:14:09,035 who I trusted. 363 00:14:09,661 --> 00:14:10,912 ANNOUNCER: Sugar Ray! 364 00:14:10,954 --> 00:14:12,330 LEONARD: I would shed tears. I would cry. 365 00:14:12,372 --> 00:14:14,249 I mean, I couldn't talk about this. 366 00:14:14,291 --> 00:14:15,542 (BELL RINGS) 367 00:14:16,793 --> 00:14:19,462 GREER: Imagine the confusion 368 00:14:19,504 --> 00:14:22,173 he must've walked around with. 369 00:14:22,215 --> 00:14:25,552 "If I call this guy out, my career's over. 370 00:14:25,594 --> 00:14:27,053 "What am I gonna do?" 371 00:14:28,388 --> 00:14:30,390 LEONARD: You don't want people to know, 372 00:14:30,432 --> 00:14:32,559 because people assume that you're weak. 373 00:14:34,102 --> 00:14:36,563 And I was strong, I was African American, 374 00:14:36,605 --> 00:14:37,898 whatever that means. 375 00:14:38,565 --> 00:14:39,566 GREER: There are elements 376 00:14:39,608 --> 00:14:40,859 in the African American community 377 00:14:40,901 --> 00:14:42,485 that are deeply homophobic. 378 00:14:42,527 --> 00:14:44,529 Somebody's always gonna jump up and say, 379 00:14:44,571 --> 00:14:47,073 "Yeah, brother, why didn't you, like, kill him?" 380 00:14:47,115 --> 00:14:49,910 So, it's better not to say anything. 381 00:14:49,951 --> 00:14:52,245 But still, you suffer. 382 00:14:52,287 --> 00:14:54,247 LEONARD: I remember, vividly, 383 00:14:54,289 --> 00:14:55,582 standing on that podium. 384 00:14:55,624 --> 00:14:56,583 And I wanna cry, 385 00:14:56,625 --> 00:14:58,084 I wanna scream, 386 00:14:58,126 --> 00:14:59,544 but I wouldn't be who I am today 387 00:14:59,586 --> 00:15:01,713 if those things didn't happen to me. 388 00:15:01,755 --> 00:15:03,173 That allowed me 389 00:15:03,214 --> 00:15:06,051 to understand that I'm a survivor. 390 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:07,928 I won't give up. 391 00:15:16,144 --> 00:15:17,354 REPORTER: The fight a lot of people 392 00:15:17,395 --> 00:15:19,230 have been waiting for for a long time. 393 00:15:19,272 --> 00:15:20,732 Marvelous Marvin Hagler 394 00:15:20,774 --> 00:15:22,484 defending his middleweight title against 395 00:15:22,525 --> 00:15:23,401 Sugar Ray Leonard. 396 00:15:24,486 --> 00:15:25,570 COMMENTATOR: Sugar Ray Leonard, 397 00:15:25,612 --> 00:15:26,821 making his way now 398 00:15:26,863 --> 00:15:28,782 out of his dressing room and toward the arena. 399 00:15:28,823 --> 00:15:30,283 The crowd has not yet seen him. 400 00:15:30,325 --> 00:15:32,285 What must be going through this man's mind? 401 00:15:32,327 --> 00:15:33,620 LEONARD: When I stepped into the ring, 402 00:15:33,662 --> 00:15:35,747 I felt I can beat him in my head, 403 00:15:35,789 --> 00:15:38,083 but there still was a question, 'cause, I mean, 404 00:15:38,124 --> 00:15:39,793 I'm fighting Marvin Hagler. 405 00:15:39,834 --> 00:15:42,754 HAGLER: Being World Champion what you feel is that, 406 00:15:42,796 --> 00:15:45,799 now, this guy is trying to take something away from you 407 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:47,634 and you can't let it happen. 408 00:15:47,676 --> 00:15:49,052 ANNOUNCER: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 409 00:15:49,094 --> 00:15:50,929 Welcome to Caesar's Courts 410 00:15:50,971 --> 00:15:52,472 presents the Super Fight, 411 00:15:52,514 --> 00:15:55,100 a World Championship contest! 412 00:15:55,141 --> 00:15:57,018 (CROWD CHEERING) 413 00:15:58,353 --> 00:15:59,354 (BELL RINGS) 414 00:15:59,396 --> 00:16:00,855 COMMENTATOR 1: And I really have 415 00:16:00,897 --> 00:16:02,607 the feeling the first round is gonna tell an awful lot 416 00:16:02,649 --> 00:16:04,150 of the story of this fight. 417 00:16:04,192 --> 00:16:05,819 Leonard, as they said he would do, 418 00:16:05,860 --> 00:16:07,779 drawing largely side to side. 419 00:16:07,821 --> 00:16:10,949 When I go out there to fight, I try to confuse you. 420 00:16:10,991 --> 00:16:12,492 Keep you guessing, keep you guessing, 421 00:16:12,534 --> 00:16:13,284 keep you guessing. 422 00:16:13,326 --> 00:16:14,577 COMMENTATOR: Very clear that 423 00:16:14,619 --> 00:16:17,789 Leonard is trying to fight a tactical fight. 424 00:16:17,831 --> 00:16:19,082 A bit of wisdom about 425 00:16:19,124 --> 00:16:21,209 Hagler is that he's a destroyer. 426 00:16:21,251 --> 00:16:23,586 But in fact, Hagler's a boxing conservative. 427 00:16:23,628 --> 00:16:25,255 He does not take risks. 428 00:16:25,296 --> 00:16:27,924 What Hagler wants you to do 429 00:16:27,966 --> 00:16:29,843 is he wants you to come at him. 430 00:16:29,884 --> 00:16:31,553 If you make him come forward 431 00:16:31,594 --> 00:16:34,139 he doesn't quite know what to do, 432 00:16:34,180 --> 00:16:35,557 and he's suspicious. 433 00:16:38,393 --> 00:16:40,353 Marvin sort of bought into the chess match 434 00:16:40,395 --> 00:16:41,813 that Leonard created. 435 00:16:41,855 --> 00:16:44,024 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKING) 436 00:16:46,067 --> 00:16:47,277 MARANTZ: In the first couple rounds, 437 00:16:47,318 --> 00:16:49,446 he fought in an orthodox stance, 438 00:16:49,487 --> 00:16:51,072 even though he's a southpaw. 439 00:16:52,157 --> 00:16:54,034 The interpretation was that 440 00:16:54,075 --> 00:16:55,535 he just wanted to show Leonard 441 00:16:55,577 --> 00:16:57,704 he could beat him at his own game. 442 00:16:57,746 --> 00:16:59,706 (CROWD CHEERING) 443 00:16:59,748 --> 00:17:03,376 MERCHANT: He wanted to show he was better than Ray. 444 00:17:03,418 --> 00:17:08,131 He was going to out-box the best boxer of his time. 445 00:17:08,715 --> 00:17:10,050 (BELL RINGS) 446 00:17:10,925 --> 00:17:12,135 HAUSER: So, what happens? 447 00:17:12,177 --> 00:17:13,803 COMMENTATOR 1: How do you score the fight? 448 00:17:13,845 --> 00:17:15,555 COMMENTATOR 2: Larry, I've got all clear-outs 449 00:17:15,597 --> 00:17:16,514 for Sugar Ray Leonard. 450 00:17:19,893 --> 00:17:20,977 HAUSER: Marvin gave away 451 00:17:21,019 --> 00:17:22,729 the early rounds to Ray Leonard. 452 00:17:23,730 --> 00:17:24,731 That was dumb. 453 00:17:25,940 --> 00:17:27,942 But it was a brilliant fight, 454 00:17:27,984 --> 00:17:29,694 because it changed dramatically. 455 00:17:31,446 --> 00:17:33,073 COMMENTATOR 2: Ray seems hurt. 456 00:17:33,114 --> 00:17:35,033 This is what Hagler wants. 457 00:17:35,075 --> 00:17:36,451 He wants a war. 458 00:17:36,493 --> 00:17:38,286 Now, Hagler, being the aggressor, 459 00:17:38,328 --> 00:17:39,621 has Leonard on the ropes. 460 00:17:39,662 --> 00:17:41,081 Leonard trying to fight his way off the ropes. 461 00:17:41,122 --> 00:17:42,540 Hagler hammers him back onto them. 462 00:17:42,582 --> 00:17:45,835 We're just seeing two champions go at each other, 463 00:17:45,877 --> 00:17:47,420 neither one giving an inch. 464 00:17:50,715 --> 00:17:52,884 COMMENTATOR 1: That was a good left-hand by Hagler. 465 00:17:52,926 --> 00:17:55,220 And that more than got Leonard's attention. 466 00:17:55,261 --> 00:17:56,638 Ray Leonard is burning hard. 467 00:17:57,639 --> 00:17:59,641 Leonard's left hand down at his side, 468 00:17:59,682 --> 00:18:01,101 Hagler peppering him. 469 00:18:01,142 --> 00:18:03,144 Leonard now tries to fight off the ropes 470 00:18:03,186 --> 00:18:05,313 with combinations of punches. 471 00:18:05,355 --> 00:18:07,440 And now it's time for a backlash. 472 00:18:07,482 --> 00:18:09,150 (CROWD CHEERING) 473 00:18:09,192 --> 00:18:11,236 Lot of action here in round nine. 474 00:18:12,403 --> 00:18:14,572 Crowd collectively on its feet. 475 00:18:20,662 --> 00:18:21,788 (BELL RINGS) 476 00:18:23,498 --> 00:18:26,000 When Hagler trapped him in the ninth round, 477 00:18:26,042 --> 00:18:28,169 Leonard found something deep. 478 00:18:28,211 --> 00:18:30,213 Your body's just, like, spent. 479 00:18:30,255 --> 00:18:31,798 You can't catch your breath. 480 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,759 And at that point, you say, "How bad do you want this?" 481 00:18:34,801 --> 00:18:39,139 Hagler, he vastly underestimated Ray Leonard. 482 00:18:39,180 --> 00:18:41,224 Patrick Finelli was telling me that 483 00:18:41,266 --> 00:18:42,308 even as the fight's going on, 484 00:18:42,350 --> 00:18:43,601 Marvin's saying, 485 00:18:43,643 --> 00:18:44,853 "Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry." 486 00:18:44,894 --> 00:18:47,480 He wasn't seeing what was actually going on 487 00:18:47,522 --> 00:18:49,941 in a drama that he was in the middle of. 488 00:18:49,983 --> 00:18:51,484 (MALE AIDE 1 SPEAKING) 489 00:18:53,027 --> 00:18:54,195 Yeah! 490 00:19:04,706 --> 00:19:06,833 COMMENTATOR 1: The final three minutes... 491 00:19:09,127 --> 00:19:11,254 of what has been a great event. 492 00:19:11,296 --> 00:19:12,297 COMMENTATOR 2: Hard to know 493 00:19:12,338 --> 00:19:14,048 how this fight will be scored, 494 00:19:14,090 --> 00:19:15,216 but it's closer than 495 00:19:15,258 --> 00:19:17,302 Marvin Hagler thought it would be. 496 00:19:17,343 --> 00:19:19,053 Now, Ray Leonard on the ropes, 497 00:19:19,095 --> 00:19:20,513 took a left hand from Hagler. 498 00:19:24,309 --> 00:19:25,602 Off the ropes. 499 00:19:25,643 --> 00:19:27,103 (CROWD CHEERING) 500 00:19:27,145 --> 00:19:29,439 Leonard, he could turn a light on 501 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,442 when the lights were flickering. 502 00:19:32,483 --> 00:19:35,195 But I thought the fight was very close, very close, 503 00:19:35,236 --> 00:19:36,738 I would've been happy with a draw. 504 00:19:38,281 --> 00:19:39,908 Boxing is desperation, 505 00:19:39,949 --> 00:19:42,869 Leonard had a heart that was bigger than his body. 506 00:19:43,953 --> 00:19:45,371 COMMENTATOR 1: Ten seconds! 507 00:19:45,413 --> 00:19:47,707 JERRY IZENBERG: And he wasn't gonna surrender. 508 00:19:48,958 --> 00:19:50,084 (BELL DINGING) 509 00:19:50,126 --> 00:19:51,211 COMMENTATOR 1: How do you like it? 510 00:19:51,252 --> 00:19:53,379 How do you like it? 511 00:19:53,421 --> 00:19:55,215 IZENBERG: But I felt Hagler won the fight, 512 00:19:55,256 --> 00:19:57,300 and I felt on the cards he should've. 513 00:19:59,510 --> 00:20:01,721 COMMENTATOR: Both fighters think they won the fight. 514 00:20:02,597 --> 00:20:04,224 Scoring a fight is subjective. 515 00:20:04,265 --> 00:20:05,558 You can take two top judges, 516 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:06,726 they can watch the same fight 517 00:20:06,768 --> 00:20:08,019 and there are gonna be ten percent, 518 00:20:08,061 --> 00:20:09,062 five percent of the fights 519 00:20:09,103 --> 00:20:11,314 where they see it differently. 520 00:20:11,356 --> 00:20:13,483 ANNOUNCER: We have a split decision. 521 00:20:14,567 --> 00:20:17,362 One hundred fifteen, Marvin Hagler. 522 00:20:17,403 --> 00:20:19,906 One hundred thirteen, Ray Leonard. 523 00:20:22,450 --> 00:20:26,454 Judge Jo Jo Guerra scores the bout 118, Leonard, 524 00:20:27,830 --> 00:20:29,832 110, Hagler. 525 00:20:32,001 --> 00:20:39,425 And judge, Dave Moretti scores 115, 130. 526 00:20:39,467 --> 00:20:43,554 And the winner and new Middleweight Champion of the 527 00:20:43,596 --> 00:20:46,766 world is Sugar Ray Leonard 528 00:20:46,808 --> 00:20:48,518 (CROWD CHEERING) 529 00:20:51,854 --> 00:20:54,899 Marvin, you thought you won the fight? 530 00:20:54,941 --> 00:20:56,276 I did win the fight. 531 00:20:56,317 --> 00:20:57,610 He knows he lost it. 532 00:20:57,652 --> 00:20:59,529 Everybody knew he lost it. 533 00:20:59,570 --> 00:21:01,948 He didn't knock me down. Didn't hurt me at all. 534 00:21:01,990 --> 00:21:04,367 Come on. I just can't believe it though. 535 00:21:05,326 --> 00:21:06,828 -Thank you, Marvin. -Okay. 536 00:21:19,799 --> 00:21:22,093 Leonard, I thought he really won. 537 00:21:22,135 --> 00:21:24,470 I think the decision was a just decision. 538 00:21:24,512 --> 00:21:26,806 Boxing scoring, a lot of its optics. 539 00:21:26,848 --> 00:21:30,601 Judges don't know how hard a punch lands. 540 00:21:30,643 --> 00:21:32,562 You could appreciate Leonard's skills, 541 00:21:32,603 --> 00:21:35,148 because he was so fast and sudden. 542 00:21:35,189 --> 00:21:38,484 It was like a meteor going across the sky. 543 00:21:38,526 --> 00:21:40,695 Nothing about Hagler was sudden. 544 00:21:40,737 --> 00:21:44,198 Hagler was the bulldozer going across the line. 545 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,993 It's not as mesmerizing. 546 00:21:47,035 --> 00:21:48,536 That was the thing with Hagler. 547 00:21:48,578 --> 00:21:51,497 That was the greatness and the sadness attached. 548 00:21:51,539 --> 00:21:52,915 It's called substance, 549 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,211 but it's not called a meteor. 550 00:21:57,253 --> 00:21:59,630 RAY LEONARD: My tactics tonight was stick and move, 551 00:21:59,672 --> 00:22:03,176 hit and run, taunt, intimidate, frustration. 552 00:22:03,217 --> 00:22:04,510 It was a variation of things. 553 00:22:05,970 --> 00:22:07,805 Very difficult for Marvin, I think, 554 00:22:07,847 --> 00:22:10,350 after that because number one, 555 00:22:10,391 --> 00:22:11,684 he felt he won the fight. 556 00:22:11,726 --> 00:22:13,436 Number two, I think he understood 557 00:22:13,478 --> 00:22:16,356 that he let that fight slip away from him a little bit. 558 00:22:17,190 --> 00:22:19,025 He overthought it. Hagler. 559 00:22:19,067 --> 00:22:20,443 Because he was trying 560 00:22:20,485 --> 00:22:22,570 to capture something that was never given to him. 561 00:22:23,196 --> 00:22:24,530 Acceptance. 562 00:22:24,572 --> 00:22:26,366 What he thought he should've had. 563 00:22:26,407 --> 00:22:28,368 And how great he was. 564 00:22:28,409 --> 00:22:29,827 So maybe, in the end, 565 00:22:29,869 --> 00:22:32,580 he was a co-conspirator in his own demise. 566 00:22:35,333 --> 00:22:37,210 I fought my heart out out there to keep my belt, 567 00:22:37,251 --> 00:22:38,544 and I did that. 568 00:22:38,586 --> 00:22:39,879 I can't believe it. 569 00:22:39,921 --> 00:22:41,714 I had to go to sleep, and wake up (CHUCKLES) 570 00:22:41,756 --> 00:22:43,049 and believe this again. 571 00:22:45,051 --> 00:22:46,094 ATLAS: If you lose, 572 00:22:46,135 --> 00:22:47,762 you're not, you know, Marvin Hagler, 573 00:22:47,804 --> 00:22:49,597 the middleweight champ of the world. 574 00:22:49,639 --> 00:22:50,765 And when you're not 575 00:22:50,807 --> 00:22:51,557 the middleweight champ of the world, 576 00:22:51,599 --> 00:22:52,809 then you lost somebody. 577 00:22:54,268 --> 00:22:55,853 (CROWD APPLAUDING) 578 00:22:55,895 --> 00:22:57,688 ATLAS: And I know this is strong, 579 00:22:57,730 --> 00:22:59,649 but, I guess, the closest thing to that would be 580 00:22:59,690 --> 00:23:01,859 like losing a child. 581 00:23:01,901 --> 00:23:04,070 If you lost your child, you lose yourself, 582 00:23:04,112 --> 00:23:06,406 lose part of the reason why you live. 583 00:23:06,447 --> 00:23:08,783 There's a grieving period. 584 00:23:08,825 --> 00:23:10,910 And sometimes they never come back. 585 00:23:12,286 --> 00:23:13,746 He was angry at the decision. 586 00:23:13,788 --> 00:23:16,207 He didn't wanna give the boxing establishment 587 00:23:16,249 --> 00:23:18,835 a chance to screw him again. 588 00:23:18,876 --> 00:23:22,088 Marvin got out at the right time. 589 00:23:22,130 --> 00:23:25,258 He got out financially comfortable, healthy, 590 00:23:25,299 --> 00:23:27,677 and he obviously didn't need the limelight, 591 00:23:27,718 --> 00:23:30,263 because he moved to Italy. 592 00:23:30,304 --> 00:23:32,265 Now I'm trying to use boxing, 593 00:23:32,306 --> 00:23:33,724 and not have boxing use me. 594 00:23:33,766 --> 00:23:35,685 I wanna be able to have my brains, 595 00:23:35,726 --> 00:23:38,938 and I think I had good looks here, you know. 596 00:23:38,980 --> 00:23:42,066 Caesar's Palace did a big dinner. 597 00:23:42,108 --> 00:23:44,777 A salute to boxing. 598 00:23:44,819 --> 00:23:48,114 Marvin was off to the side of the room, 599 00:23:48,156 --> 00:23:51,617 and I was standing talking to Ray. 600 00:23:51,659 --> 00:23:55,955 And Ray said, "Go over and talk to him. 601 00:23:55,997 --> 00:24:00,084 "We can make a fortune doing the rematch." 602 00:24:00,126 --> 00:24:03,296 So I went to Marvin, and he says, 603 00:24:03,337 --> 00:24:06,591 "Tell Ray to get a life." 604 00:24:06,632 --> 00:24:09,177 I'll never forget that. 605 00:24:09,218 --> 00:24:12,013 He realized that there was life after boxing. 606 00:24:13,139 --> 00:24:14,223 If you look at this group 607 00:24:14,265 --> 00:24:16,893 that we think of as the Four Kings, 608 00:24:16,934 --> 00:24:20,104 the other three obviously fought too long. 609 00:24:21,856 --> 00:24:23,733 They gonna ask me what I'mma do next. 610 00:24:24,442 --> 00:24:25,651 That scratch, 611 00:24:25,693 --> 00:24:28,571 that burning desire that I complain about, 612 00:24:28,613 --> 00:24:30,031 I think it's been taken care. 613 00:24:31,532 --> 00:24:33,701 So, I retire again. 614 00:24:34,452 --> 00:24:35,495 But you guys know me. 615 00:24:35,536 --> 00:24:36,662 (CROWD LAUGHING) 616 00:24:37,788 --> 00:24:38,664 REPORTER: Was Hearns on your mind 617 00:24:38,706 --> 00:24:39,749 when you said that? 618 00:24:39,790 --> 00:24:41,167 Hearns is never on my mind. 619 00:24:42,543 --> 00:24:43,836 (CROWD CHEERING) 620 00:24:45,546 --> 00:24:47,173 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 621 00:24:54,305 --> 00:24:56,641 I wanted so badly to go back in there 622 00:24:56,682 --> 00:24:59,227 to fight Ray and to redeem myself. 623 00:24:59,268 --> 00:25:00,770 COMMENTATOR 1: He doesn't know where he is. 624 00:25:00,811 --> 00:25:02,188 (COMMENTATOR 1 SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 625 00:25:02,230 --> 00:25:03,940 COMMENTATOR 2: He's gone. He's gone. 626 00:25:03,981 --> 00:25:07,610 THOMAS HEARNS: And after Marvin Hagler won that fight 627 00:25:07,652 --> 00:25:11,864 I didn't know what to do, how to think. 628 00:25:11,906 --> 00:25:14,158 After the Hagler fight, I wrote him a long letter. 629 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,161 I said, "Everybody basks in the glory, 630 00:25:17,203 --> 00:25:20,248 "but you have to shine in defeat, too. 631 00:25:20,289 --> 00:25:22,667 "Losing builds character. 632 00:25:22,708 --> 00:25:24,627 "It hurts like crazy, 633 00:25:24,669 --> 00:25:27,213 "but it defines who you are as a man." 634 00:25:28,422 --> 00:25:29,549 Thomas wanted to do 635 00:25:29,590 --> 00:25:30,967 something that neither Hagler 636 00:25:31,008 --> 00:25:33,177 or Leonard could accomplish. 637 00:25:33,219 --> 00:25:35,513 And he couldn't get these revenge fights, 638 00:25:35,555 --> 00:25:37,056 so he had to make a new plan. 639 00:25:37,765 --> 00:25:39,559 Now Tommy's dream 640 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,394 was to win these championship belts 641 00:25:41,435 --> 00:25:43,020 and four weight divisions. 642 00:25:43,062 --> 00:25:44,272 HEARNS: Let the rebel hit him. 643 00:25:47,108 --> 00:25:48,568 COMMENTATOR 1: Andries defenseless 644 00:25:48,609 --> 00:25:50,236 against Hearns's right hand. 645 00:25:50,278 --> 00:25:51,862 (CROWD CHEERING) 646 00:25:51,904 --> 00:25:53,030 He's losing the fight. 647 00:25:53,072 --> 00:25:54,991 And Thomas Hearns has become 648 00:25:55,032 --> 00:25:56,993 the 12th man in boxing history 649 00:25:57,034 --> 00:25:59,161 to win a third world title. 650 00:25:59,203 --> 00:26:01,497 REPORTER: No man in the history of boxing 651 00:26:01,539 --> 00:26:04,709 has ever won four world championships. 652 00:26:07,628 --> 00:26:09,255 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 653 00:26:11,299 --> 00:26:12,967 And sends down Roldan. 654 00:26:14,176 --> 00:26:16,095 Here's Emanuel Steward of the Hearns squad. 655 00:26:18,556 --> 00:26:19,890 The one thing you knew 656 00:26:19,932 --> 00:26:20,891 when you left a dressing room with Thomas, 657 00:26:22,310 --> 00:26:24,937 he was gonna give you one hundred percent. 658 00:26:24,979 --> 00:26:26,981 You were gonna see some boxing skills, 659 00:26:27,023 --> 00:26:28,816 and you're gonna see punching power, 660 00:26:29,609 --> 00:26:30,818 and he was gonna fight 661 00:26:30,860 --> 00:26:32,278 until there was nothing left. 662 00:26:34,780 --> 00:26:36,616 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 663 00:26:41,579 --> 00:26:42,622 COMMENTATOR: Now the right hand, 664 00:26:42,663 --> 00:26:44,123 and down goes Roldan. 665 00:26:44,165 --> 00:26:46,542 Thomas Hearns has made boxing history. 666 00:26:46,584 --> 00:26:47,710 (CROWD CHEERING) 667 00:26:49,253 --> 00:26:52,298 MAN: Thomas Hearns, after the loss of Marvin Hagler, 668 00:26:52,340 --> 00:26:54,300 fought some of the greatest fights of his career. 669 00:26:54,342 --> 00:26:56,302 COMMENTATOR: Thomas Hearns, the first man ever, 670 00:26:56,344 --> 00:26:59,138 to win titles in four different weight divisions. 671 00:26:59,180 --> 00:27:01,682 MAN: The warrior mentality of Thomas Hearns, 672 00:27:01,724 --> 00:27:03,809 which many people say, possibly cost him 673 00:27:03,851 --> 00:27:05,645 the fight with marvelous Marvin Hagler, 674 00:27:05,686 --> 00:27:08,022 was the same mentality that endured him 675 00:27:08,064 --> 00:27:09,732 into the hearts of the fans, 676 00:27:09,774 --> 00:27:11,525 and made him what he was. 677 00:27:11,567 --> 00:27:14,111 Thomas Hearns is a warrior. 678 00:27:14,153 --> 00:27:16,197 REPORTER: And so Thomas Hearns has his own 679 00:27:16,238 --> 00:27:17,573 special day in Detroit. 680 00:27:17,615 --> 00:27:21,952 Four world championships, and just 29-years-old. 681 00:27:21,994 --> 00:27:23,996 He's a champ, and a good champ. 682 00:27:24,038 --> 00:27:25,748 Tremendous, they have a guy like Thomas Hearns 683 00:27:25,790 --> 00:27:27,208 representing the city of Detroit. 684 00:27:27,249 --> 00:27:30,294 Being aware I wanted to just double-quick. 685 00:27:30,336 --> 00:27:32,129 Just keep forward. 686 00:27:32,171 --> 00:27:35,383 Thanks for being such a beautiful mom, 687 00:27:35,424 --> 00:27:37,510 and being with me in my corner all the way. 688 00:27:37,551 --> 00:27:38,844 -Thank you. -Thank you so much. 689 00:27:38,886 --> 00:27:41,138 (CROWD APPLAUDING) 690 00:27:41,180 --> 00:27:44,141 I don't think fighters ever go to sleep at night 691 00:27:44,183 --> 00:27:46,769 without hearing the roar of that crowd. 692 00:27:46,811 --> 00:27:48,854 And it's always the fighter that thinks, 693 00:27:48,896 --> 00:27:51,524 "I got one more fight. I still got it." 694 00:27:51,565 --> 00:27:53,484 (CROWD CHEERING) 695 00:27:53,526 --> 00:27:54,610 COMMENTATOR 1: Going straight to 696 00:27:54,652 --> 00:27:56,028 the body by Hearns. 697 00:27:56,070 --> 00:27:57,780 The crowd sensing something. 698 00:27:59,699 --> 00:28:01,200 Hearns... Oh! 699 00:28:02,326 --> 00:28:04,870 A right by Barkley. Hearns is down! 700 00:28:06,247 --> 00:28:07,498 A lovely right-- 701 00:28:07,540 --> 00:28:08,749 COMMENTATOR 2: He's not going to get up now. 702 00:28:08,791 --> 00:28:11,085 COMMENTATOR 1: It's over. Iran Barkley. 703 00:28:11,127 --> 00:28:12,378 (COMMENTARY CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 704 00:28:13,963 --> 00:28:15,297 COMMENTATOR 2: And Tommy still doesn't know 705 00:28:15,339 --> 00:28:16,632 where he is. 706 00:28:16,674 --> 00:28:18,300 HEARNS: You know, I gotta be a positive thinker. 707 00:28:18,342 --> 00:28:20,636 It's something that happened that 708 00:28:20,678 --> 00:28:23,305 probably would not happen again. 709 00:28:23,347 --> 00:28:24,515 Never again in a lifetime. 710 00:28:24,557 --> 00:28:25,891 It was just a freaky shot. 711 00:28:26,934 --> 00:28:28,602 Tommy slowed down a little bit. 712 00:28:28,644 --> 00:28:30,771 And I knew Emanuel Steward 713 00:28:30,813 --> 00:28:32,231 thought that he should retire. 714 00:28:32,773 --> 00:28:33,816 (CROWD CHEERING) 715 00:28:33,858 --> 00:28:34,984 COMMENTATOR: He's trying something. 716 00:28:35,025 --> 00:28:38,279 fancy with his hand. Kinchen knocks him down. 717 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,197 JACKIE KALLEN: I think a lot of people just felt 718 00:28:40,239 --> 00:28:41,699 that if your legs aren't there, 719 00:28:41,741 --> 00:28:43,743 and if your chin's not as good, 720 00:28:43,784 --> 00:28:45,745 then no one wants to see you get hurt. 721 00:28:45,786 --> 00:28:47,371 You know, it's time. 722 00:28:49,957 --> 00:28:52,668 Fighters are the first to know 723 00:28:52,710 --> 00:28:54,920 when it's time to retire, 724 00:28:54,962 --> 00:28:57,423 and the last to admit it. 725 00:28:57,465 --> 00:28:59,633 COMMENTATOR 1: This decision could really go either way. 726 00:28:59,675 --> 00:29:00,718 -COMMENTATOR 2: Oh, yeah. -That was close. 727 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:01,761 (BELL DINGING) 728 00:29:01,802 --> 00:29:02,762 It's all over. 729 00:29:02,803 --> 00:29:04,013 We will get the decision. 730 00:29:04,054 --> 00:29:05,806 Well, this is gonna be tough to call. 731 00:29:05,848 --> 00:29:08,726 ANNOUNCER: The Hit Man, Thomas Hearns! 732 00:29:10,019 --> 00:29:11,395 COMMENTATOR 1: Well, there you go. 733 00:29:11,437 --> 00:29:12,646 Thomas Hearns. 734 00:29:12,688 --> 00:29:13,898 HAUSER: Fighters want the money, 735 00:29:13,939 --> 00:29:15,274 the camps want the money, 736 00:29:15,316 --> 00:29:17,985 the promoters want the money. 737 00:29:18,027 --> 00:29:21,071 That's very sad, but it's the reality of boxing. 738 00:29:21,113 --> 00:29:23,991 And now, Tommy wanted Leonard again. 739 00:29:24,033 --> 00:29:25,993 Seven and a half years ago, you may remember, 740 00:29:26,035 --> 00:29:28,037 Sugar Ray Leonard stopped Thomas Hearns 741 00:29:28,078 --> 00:29:31,165 in the 14th round of their welterweight title fight. 742 00:29:31,207 --> 00:29:32,541 It is considered the highlight 743 00:29:32,583 --> 00:29:33,918 of both mens' careers, 744 00:29:33,959 --> 00:29:35,795 and one of the greatest fights of the decade. 745 00:29:36,337 --> 00:29:37,379 Since that loss, 746 00:29:37,421 --> 00:29:38,964 Hearns has been demanding a rematch, 747 00:29:39,006 --> 00:29:41,801 and perhaps, unfortunately, he's gonna get it. 748 00:29:41,842 --> 00:29:43,636 The goal for me, Thomas Hearns, 749 00:29:43,677 --> 00:29:45,221 is to be ready now. 750 00:29:45,262 --> 00:29:48,724 I've been in this mad show for a long time. 751 00:29:48,766 --> 00:29:50,142 ANNOUNCER: We mean war. 752 00:29:50,184 --> 00:29:52,978 NEWS ANCHOR: Leonard is 32 years old, Hearns is 30, 753 00:29:53,020 --> 00:29:55,231 but an old 30. His skills have eroded greatly. 754 00:29:55,272 --> 00:29:56,941 It's unlikely either one of them will be dancing 755 00:29:56,982 --> 00:29:58,609 very well at the fight in June. 756 00:29:58,651 --> 00:30:01,487 But once again, who cares? They both get rich. 757 00:30:01,529 --> 00:30:02,822 LARRY KING: Sugar Ray Leonard, who will get 758 00:30:02,863 --> 00:30:04,406 fourteen million for this fight, 759 00:30:04,448 --> 00:30:05,574 Hearns will get 11. 760 00:30:05,616 --> 00:30:09,495 What, Ray, what is your need to continue? 761 00:30:10,871 --> 00:30:12,164 What is my need? 762 00:30:12,873 --> 00:30:14,416 HAUSER: When you command 763 00:30:14,458 --> 00:30:16,752 millions and millions of dollars 764 00:30:16,794 --> 00:30:18,420 for each fight, 765 00:30:18,462 --> 00:30:22,258 you don't always see things as objectively as you might. 766 00:30:22,299 --> 00:30:24,593 With Tommy, he just thought it would never end. 767 00:30:24,635 --> 00:30:27,012 He was very generous with his family, 768 00:30:27,054 --> 00:30:28,097 and his friends. 769 00:30:30,683 --> 00:30:34,520 Eventually, he bought a complex. Several acres. 770 00:30:34,562 --> 00:30:36,355 It was his castle. 771 00:30:36,397 --> 00:30:38,357 He had his pool, and his workout room, 772 00:30:38,399 --> 00:30:41,527 and his game room, and his animal room. 773 00:30:41,569 --> 00:30:45,573 One day, he says, "I think I want a monkey." 774 00:30:45,614 --> 00:30:47,157 So, he had a monkey, Junior. 775 00:30:47,199 --> 00:30:49,493 But Junior would be sitting there jerkin' off all day. 776 00:30:49,535 --> 00:30:52,538 That was all Junior did. Jerk off all day long. 777 00:30:52,580 --> 00:30:56,292 The entourage was huge. 778 00:30:58,752 --> 00:31:00,462 Tommy has trouble saying no, 779 00:31:00,504 --> 00:31:02,882 'cause he's got that kindness to him. 780 00:31:02,923 --> 00:31:04,174 You know, if someone wanted a job, 781 00:31:04,216 --> 00:31:05,384 "I'll carry your equipment," 782 00:31:05,426 --> 00:31:07,469 you know, "I'll watch the gloves." 783 00:31:07,511 --> 00:31:11,181 Wanting to do anything they can for you to get a buck. 784 00:31:11,223 --> 00:31:13,559 The Detroit ghetto inter-city 785 00:31:13,601 --> 00:31:17,229 never entirely loosened its grip on Tommy. 786 00:31:17,271 --> 00:31:19,106 KALLEN: Detroit had a lot of crime. 787 00:31:20,232 --> 00:31:23,235 It was a city in turmoil. 788 00:31:23,277 --> 00:31:25,237 How many of you know someone who's been shot and is dead? 789 00:31:26,530 --> 00:31:29,199 REPORTER: In Detroit, 42 children under 18 790 00:31:29,241 --> 00:31:31,243 were shot to death in 1986. 791 00:31:31,285 --> 00:31:33,579 Another 341 were wounded. 792 00:31:33,621 --> 00:31:36,916 The police believe Detroit's large juvenile drug network 793 00:31:36,957 --> 00:31:38,584 accounts for many of the deaths. 794 00:31:38,626 --> 00:31:39,960 Nancy's joining me, 795 00:31:40,002 --> 00:31:42,588 because drugs are menacing our society. 796 00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:44,256 Just say no. 797 00:31:44,298 --> 00:31:45,883 REPORTER: Despite raids like this, 798 00:31:45,925 --> 00:31:49,094 the crack cocaine crisis in Detroit is getting worse. 799 00:31:50,638 --> 00:31:54,558 In a sense, the war on drugs is Reagan's symphony. 800 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,312 You see most of the gains of the Civil Rights Movement 801 00:31:58,354 --> 00:32:00,272 rolled back. 802 00:32:00,314 --> 00:32:03,525 What he does is criminalize addiction, 803 00:32:03,567 --> 00:32:05,277 and criminalize poverty. 804 00:32:08,364 --> 00:32:10,240 (IN UNISON) Team up. Say no. 805 00:32:10,282 --> 00:32:11,784 In Reagan's America, 806 00:32:11,825 --> 00:32:14,703 it winds up being a class and racial divide. 807 00:32:14,745 --> 00:32:16,288 You just target the drug, 808 00:32:16,330 --> 00:32:18,082 you know, to be more problematic in one community 809 00:32:18,123 --> 00:32:19,083 over the other one. 810 00:32:19,124 --> 00:32:21,460 See this cute little vial here? 811 00:32:21,502 --> 00:32:22,878 It's crack. Raw cocaine. 812 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,964 You're under arrest for distribution of narcotics. 813 00:32:25,589 --> 00:32:26,507 (CROWD LAUGHING) 814 00:32:28,008 --> 00:32:30,594 In the dubbing room, they dub that. 815 00:32:30,636 --> 00:32:32,137 KALLEN: Oh, there was a whole drug ring 816 00:32:32,179 --> 00:32:34,098 that got arrested at Kronk. 817 00:32:34,139 --> 00:32:35,808 Tommy had nothing to do with any of that, 818 00:32:35,849 --> 00:32:39,311 but it was the Kronk Gym, and he was the Kronk Gym. 819 00:32:39,353 --> 00:32:43,190 They'd use his name to sensationalize the story. 820 00:32:43,232 --> 00:32:45,985 As Tommy Hearns prepares for his fight in Las Vegas 821 00:32:46,026 --> 00:32:47,319 against Sugar Ray Leonard, 822 00:32:47,361 --> 00:32:49,279 News Four's Mike Wendland reports 823 00:32:49,321 --> 00:32:51,156 that the police are calling the shooting 824 00:32:51,198 --> 00:32:53,117 a domestic situation. 825 00:32:53,158 --> 00:32:54,118 REPORTER: The 20-year-old victim 826 00:32:54,159 --> 00:32:55,536 was shot once in the head. 827 00:32:55,577 --> 00:32:58,122 Her body found in a bedroom of the sprawling 828 00:32:58,163 --> 00:33:00,541 Southfield house owned by Tommy Hearns. 829 00:33:00,582 --> 00:33:02,626 Police sources identified her as a girlfriend 830 00:33:02,668 --> 00:33:04,920 of Hearns' 22-year-old brother, Henry, 831 00:33:04,962 --> 00:33:08,924 who remains under arrest on an open charge of murder. 832 00:33:08,966 --> 00:33:10,884 KALLEN: That was a very tough time. 833 00:33:10,926 --> 00:33:13,512 Tommy's brother, Henry, killed his girlfriend 834 00:33:13,554 --> 00:33:17,599 in Tommy's house a few days prior to the fight. 835 00:33:17,641 --> 00:33:19,018 REPORTER: Henry Hearns was arrested 836 00:33:19,059 --> 00:33:20,686 for the killing about 1:00 a.m. 837 00:33:20,728 --> 00:33:23,105 Most of the Hearns family was in Las Vegas 838 00:33:23,147 --> 00:33:24,148 at the time of the shooting, 839 00:33:24,189 --> 00:33:25,858 waiting for tomorrow's big fight. 840 00:33:25,899 --> 00:33:28,152 KALLEN: It had happened in Tommy's house, 841 00:33:28,193 --> 00:33:30,112 and with Tommy's gun. 842 00:33:30,154 --> 00:33:32,823 We were trying to hide that from Tommy, 843 00:33:32,865 --> 00:33:35,451 but of course, he ended up finding out anyway. 844 00:33:35,492 --> 00:33:37,494 I mean, it was all over the news. 845 00:33:37,536 --> 00:33:38,829 REPORTER: Family is waiting to see 846 00:33:38,871 --> 00:33:40,039 whether bond will be set 847 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,665 by the judge at the arraignment. 848 00:33:41,707 --> 00:33:42,875 KALLEN: We knew that 849 00:33:42,916 --> 00:33:45,794 Henry was gonna go away for a long time. 850 00:33:45,836 --> 00:33:48,297 The whole thing was really difficult. 851 00:33:48,338 --> 00:33:49,840 COMMENTATOR: Here he is, deep under the stress 852 00:33:49,882 --> 00:33:51,759 of the circumstances of his brother, Henry. 853 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,387 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 854 00:34:16,867 --> 00:34:17,868 COMMENTATOR 1: Leonard in his 855 00:34:17,910 --> 00:34:19,953 striped red and white trunks. 856 00:34:19,995 --> 00:34:21,580 Hearns jabbing effectively. 857 00:34:23,916 --> 00:34:24,917 A little short. 858 00:34:24,958 --> 00:34:26,001 See, Leonard knows right now, 859 00:34:26,043 --> 00:34:27,252 Tommy don't have no chin. 860 00:34:27,294 --> 00:34:29,004 and I think that's he's getting ready for. 861 00:34:29,046 --> 00:34:31,590 COMMENTATOR 1: Well, he may be aiming... Big right hand! 862 00:34:31,632 --> 00:34:35,177 Right to the jaw. Leonard took, but it was a big shot. 863 00:34:35,219 --> 00:34:37,054 And another one! 864 00:34:37,096 --> 00:34:38,680 That rematch, which came 865 00:34:38,722 --> 00:34:39,765 eight years after the first one, 866 00:34:39,807 --> 00:34:42,351 was a tremendously exciting fight. 867 00:34:42,392 --> 00:34:44,686 Why? 'Cause they're both vulnerable. 868 00:34:44,728 --> 00:34:46,105 COMMENTATOR 1: That staggered Leonard, 869 00:34:46,146 --> 00:34:47,689 that really hurt him, 870 00:34:47,731 --> 00:34:49,775 although he's trying to show that it didn't, but it did. 871 00:34:49,817 --> 00:34:51,443 FARHOOD: Tommy knocked Ray down, of course. 872 00:34:51,485 --> 00:34:53,320 COMMENTATOR 1: Hearns swings a hook to the body. 873 00:34:55,155 --> 00:34:56,490 There were moments in that fight, 874 00:34:56,532 --> 00:34:57,991 where either man could've folded. 875 00:34:58,033 --> 00:35:00,035 Leonard in those knockdowns, 876 00:35:00,077 --> 00:35:03,789 Hearns was hurt, and neither one of them quit. 877 00:35:03,831 --> 00:35:05,833 COMMENTATOR 1: Leonard looks good and steady. 878 00:35:05,874 --> 00:35:06,917 (BELL DINGING) 879 00:35:06,959 --> 00:35:08,210 End of round five! 880 00:35:08,252 --> 00:35:09,795 (CROWD CHEERING) 881 00:35:12,548 --> 00:35:14,466 When fighters are past their prime, 882 00:35:14,508 --> 00:35:16,468 don't have the quickness, don't have the defense, 883 00:35:16,510 --> 00:35:18,303 sometimes they make for the best fights. 884 00:35:19,471 --> 00:35:21,723 Combination by Leonard rocked Tommy Hearns. 885 00:35:21,765 --> 00:35:22,641 He's still wobbly. 886 00:35:24,143 --> 00:35:25,394 Leonard to the body. 887 00:35:25,435 --> 00:35:27,354 (COMMENTARY CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 888 00:35:28,230 --> 00:35:29,481 COMMENTATOR 2: Big mistake that 889 00:35:29,523 --> 00:35:31,233 got Ray Leonard out of his fight. 890 00:35:31,275 --> 00:35:32,651 Both guys were diminished. 891 00:35:32,693 --> 00:35:34,319 HAGLER: Hearns has gotta fight back. 892 00:35:34,361 --> 00:35:35,571 COMMENTATOR 1: He is fighting back. 893 00:35:35,612 --> 00:35:37,906 ATLAS: But it was an even diminishment. 894 00:35:37,948 --> 00:35:39,324 (STEWARD SPEAKING) 895 00:35:42,494 --> 00:35:43,829 COMMENTATOR 1: Hearns picking up the pace, 896 00:35:43,871 --> 00:35:45,998 bangs to the body. 897 00:35:46,039 --> 00:35:49,501 Hearns driving him along the ropes with combination. 898 00:35:49,543 --> 00:35:51,795 ATLAS: I thought he showed more will 899 00:35:51,837 --> 00:35:55,299 than he had shown many times in his career. 900 00:35:55,340 --> 00:35:56,967 When a lot of things were gone, 901 00:35:57,009 --> 00:35:58,343 the only thing that was left 902 00:35:58,385 --> 00:36:01,430 was the chance to be remembered. 903 00:36:01,471 --> 00:36:04,391 COMMENTATOR 1: Another! And a left! 904 00:36:04,433 --> 00:36:07,311 Down goes Leonard with a combination from Hearns. 905 00:36:08,729 --> 00:36:10,731 ATLAS: And he decided it was more important 906 00:36:10,772 --> 00:36:13,192 to act stronger now than it was earlier 907 00:36:13,233 --> 00:36:14,568 when he had all the skills. 908 00:36:15,694 --> 00:36:17,154 When he could depend on his skills 909 00:36:17,196 --> 00:36:18,739 and they could hide him away 910 00:36:18,780 --> 00:36:21,533 from the necessity to have the will. 911 00:36:22,743 --> 00:36:24,411 He wanted to more than 912 00:36:24,453 --> 00:36:26,496 he wanted to when he was younger. 913 00:36:26,538 --> 00:36:28,332 'Cause it was more important now. 914 00:36:29,750 --> 00:36:31,418 COMMENTATOR 2: Leonard's firing away. 915 00:36:31,460 --> 00:36:33,879 Can we see a replay of 1981? 916 00:36:33,921 --> 00:36:35,797 COMMENTATOR 1: But here's Tommy Hearns holding on. 917 00:36:35,839 --> 00:36:37,382 The clock's going around. 918 00:36:37,424 --> 00:36:39,384 That's what he couldn't do in the first fight. 919 00:36:39,426 --> 00:36:40,385 COMMENTATOR 2: Exactly. 920 00:36:40,427 --> 00:36:41,678 ATLAS: He felt a difference. 921 00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:43,639 He had to live with the difference. 922 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,057 COMMENTATOR 1: Final seconds 923 00:36:45,098 --> 00:36:46,558 with Hearns still on his feet. 924 00:36:48,393 --> 00:36:49,978 The crowd is on its feet. 925 00:36:50,020 --> 00:36:50,812 (BELL DINGING) 926 00:36:50,854 --> 00:36:52,064 What a war! 927 00:36:52,105 --> 00:36:53,565 (CROWD CHEERING) 928 00:36:56,276 --> 00:36:57,986 HAGLER: Very good fight. 929 00:36:58,028 --> 00:36:59,321 I believe Tommy won it. 930 00:36:59,363 --> 00:37:01,323 COMMENTATOR 2: Ray scored those two big knockdowns, 931 00:37:01,365 --> 00:37:02,908 and that should be the difference in the fight. 932 00:37:02,950 --> 00:37:04,117 COMMENTATOR 1: I would agree, 933 00:37:04,159 --> 00:37:06,078 but we'll see how the officials see it. 934 00:37:06,119 --> 00:37:07,204 ANNOUNCER: This bout is a draw, 935 00:37:07,246 --> 00:37:08,747 ladies and gentlemen. 936 00:37:08,789 --> 00:37:12,459 COMMENTATOR 1: The bout is a draw? The bout is a draw? 937 00:37:12,501 --> 00:37:14,920 And to finally get a rematch eight years later, 938 00:37:14,962 --> 00:37:16,338 and Thomas comes out, 939 00:37:16,380 --> 00:37:18,632 once again shows he's a better fighter than Ray. 940 00:37:18,674 --> 00:37:20,884 Beats him, knocks him down two times, 941 00:37:20,926 --> 00:37:23,553 only to hear the officials call it a draw. 942 00:37:23,595 --> 00:37:25,764 We just had to accept it, we didn't complain. 943 00:37:26,682 --> 00:37:29,476 Tommy Hearns. Emanuel Steward. 944 00:37:29,518 --> 00:37:31,478 But would you expect with two knockdowns 945 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:33,355 to get only a draw? 946 00:37:33,397 --> 00:37:35,774 Well, I was hoping for a win, 947 00:37:36,441 --> 00:37:38,944 but, you know, I had to... 948 00:37:38,986 --> 00:37:39,987 REPORTER: Well, the crowd is 949 00:37:40,028 --> 00:37:41,446 registering their unhappiness. 950 00:37:41,488 --> 00:37:43,782 Ray Leonard, I got to put it to you this way. 951 00:37:43,824 --> 00:37:45,575 Do you feel lucky to get a draw? 952 00:37:45,617 --> 00:37:47,536 No, I don't, it was a close fight... 953 00:37:47,577 --> 00:37:49,454 Tommy hit me and hurt me 954 00:37:49,496 --> 00:37:51,957 more times than the first fight. 955 00:37:51,999 --> 00:37:54,960 I thought I lost the fight. I really felt that. 956 00:37:55,002 --> 00:37:56,962 REPORTER: The results stunned fight fans 957 00:37:57,004 --> 00:37:58,547 watching close circuit around the world. 958 00:37:58,588 --> 00:38:01,675 He literally out-fought, out-thought, 959 00:38:01,717 --> 00:38:03,844 out-scored Sugar Ray Leonard. 960 00:38:03,885 --> 00:38:07,306 This is a business decision more than a boxing decision. 961 00:38:07,347 --> 00:38:09,516 A draw doesn't hurt Sugar Ray Leonard. 962 00:38:09,558 --> 00:38:11,184 A defeat would've stopped him 963 00:38:11,226 --> 00:38:13,228 from all these other fights coming up. 964 00:38:13,270 --> 00:38:14,813 You can't give him the win 965 00:38:14,855 --> 00:38:16,815 because he so clearly loses the fight. 966 00:38:18,150 --> 00:38:19,860 If you give him a draw, 967 00:38:19,901 --> 00:38:22,738 there's a plausibility factor that enters in. 968 00:38:22,779 --> 00:38:24,781 And I think that the Hearns fight 969 00:38:24,823 --> 00:38:27,826 was an attempt on the part of the boxing establishment 970 00:38:27,868 --> 00:38:29,619 to keep this cash cow in the business. 971 00:38:29,661 --> 00:38:31,538 So what are you saying? You want a rematch? 972 00:38:31,580 --> 00:38:32,998 Is this like the Rocky movies again? 973 00:38:35,751 --> 00:38:37,377 I was stunned, Marvin Hagler, 974 00:38:37,419 --> 00:38:40,213 that Tommy Hearns did not take this harder. 975 00:38:40,255 --> 00:38:41,757 Tommy, did you ever think about 976 00:38:41,798 --> 00:38:43,967 your brother at any point during this fight? 977 00:38:51,058 --> 00:38:52,934 I think he knew we won the fight, 978 00:38:52,976 --> 00:38:54,478 but everything that had gone out 979 00:38:54,519 --> 00:38:56,104 with his brother, Henry before the fight, 980 00:38:56,146 --> 00:38:57,314 it was like, 981 00:38:57,356 --> 00:38:59,024 "Okay, there's more important things 982 00:38:59,066 --> 00:39:00,233 "right now in my life." 983 00:39:00,275 --> 00:39:02,277 And Tommy was always gracious. 984 00:39:02,319 --> 00:39:07,032 Not getting a victory, to me it was like a letdown. 985 00:39:07,074 --> 00:39:09,242 But I knew in my heart 986 00:39:09,284 --> 00:39:12,329 and people knew who won that fight. 987 00:39:12,371 --> 00:39:14,873 And that meant a lot to me, too. 988 00:39:14,915 --> 00:39:18,043 I answered a lot of critics' questions. 989 00:39:18,085 --> 00:39:21,004 I think I answered his question tonight, too. 990 00:39:21,046 --> 00:39:22,381 About the chin. 991 00:39:23,423 --> 00:39:24,883 (CROWD APPLAUDING AND CHEERING) 992 00:39:26,927 --> 00:39:28,970 About the old leg. 993 00:39:29,012 --> 00:39:30,722 (ALL CHEERING) 994 00:39:33,558 --> 00:39:35,519 They are still in working condition. 995 00:39:40,148 --> 00:39:44,694 When I was growing up, boxing was the noble sport. 996 00:39:46,613 --> 00:39:49,825 If you were a fighter, you were a role model. 997 00:39:49,866 --> 00:39:51,410 You were noble. 998 00:39:52,661 --> 00:39:55,330 In the 80's, you got four fighters 999 00:39:55,372 --> 00:39:57,374 who were the sons of Ali. 1000 00:39:57,416 --> 00:39:59,251 And if you look at them, 1001 00:39:59,292 --> 00:40:01,795 there's a nobility. There's an elegance. 1002 00:40:02,754 --> 00:40:05,590 Then comes Mike Tyson. 1003 00:40:05,632 --> 00:40:08,009 BERNSTEIN: Everyone wants a ringside seat 1004 00:40:08,051 --> 00:40:09,386 at Mike Tyson's circus. 1005 00:40:09,428 --> 00:40:11,763 This man child who lives recklessly, 1006 00:40:11,805 --> 00:40:14,933 breaks all the rules and still comes out punching. 1007 00:40:14,975 --> 00:40:19,938 GREER: He becomes the antithesis of these guys. 1008 00:40:19,980 --> 00:40:21,398 I was gonna rip his heart out. 1009 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:22,441 I'm the best ever. 1010 00:40:22,482 --> 00:40:23,942 I'm the most brutal and vicious 1011 00:40:23,984 --> 00:40:25,902 and most ruthless champion there's ever been. 1012 00:40:25,944 --> 00:40:28,530 There's no one to stop me, no one that can match me. 1013 00:40:28,572 --> 00:40:30,115 My style is impetuous. 1014 00:40:30,157 --> 00:40:32,826 My defense is impregnable and I'm ferocious. 1015 00:40:32,868 --> 00:40:34,911 I want your heart. I want to eat his children. 1016 00:40:34,953 --> 00:40:36,997 Mike, Why do you have to talk like that? 1017 00:40:37,038 --> 00:40:40,000 Well, I'm talking to you the way I want to talk to you. 1018 00:40:40,041 --> 00:40:42,461 Do you have a problem? Turn off your station. 1019 00:40:42,502 --> 00:40:44,087 Have a nice fight, Mike. 1020 00:40:44,129 --> 00:40:45,046 (BLEEP) off. 1021 00:40:47,841 --> 00:40:49,426 GREER: Tyson's basically saying, 1022 00:40:49,468 --> 00:40:50,635 "When I leave the ring, 1023 00:40:50,677 --> 00:40:53,054 "there will be scorched earth." 1024 00:40:54,473 --> 00:40:57,976 For me, all bets were off. That was the end. 1025 00:40:58,018 --> 00:41:00,479 You don't look up to a fighter anymore. 1026 00:41:01,271 --> 00:41:02,564 You don't look up to 1027 00:41:02,606 --> 00:41:04,774 the President of the United States anymore. 1028 00:41:04,816 --> 00:41:06,943 REAGAN: The dream we shared 1029 00:41:06,985 --> 00:41:10,155 was to create anew that shining city on a hill. 1030 00:41:10,197 --> 00:41:12,282 We made a determination that our dream 1031 00:41:12,324 --> 00:41:15,035 would not be built on a foundation of sand. 1032 00:41:16,328 --> 00:41:17,204 So... 1033 00:41:19,664 --> 00:41:21,166 (ALL CHEERING) 1034 00:41:24,294 --> 00:41:27,005 MAN: Ladies and gentleman, the Vice President... 1035 00:41:27,047 --> 00:41:30,842 I accept your nomination for President. 1036 00:41:30,884 --> 00:41:32,969 I want a drug-free America 1037 00:41:33,011 --> 00:41:34,888 and this will not be easy to achieve. 1038 00:41:41,561 --> 00:41:43,688 Thank you and God bless. 1039 00:41:51,071 --> 00:41:53,990 REPORTER: General Noriega, the dictator of Panama, 1040 00:41:54,032 --> 00:41:56,034 stands accused of selling his country 1041 00:41:56,076 --> 00:41:57,410 to the drug lords, 1042 00:41:57,452 --> 00:42:00,247 But he was also a key ally of the United States 1043 00:42:00,288 --> 00:42:02,082 in the Reagan Bush administration's 1044 00:42:02,123 --> 00:42:04,084 secret war against communism. 1045 00:42:04,125 --> 00:42:05,710 (SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 1046 00:42:22,435 --> 00:42:23,395 MICHAEL DUKAKIS: I want to be 1047 00:42:23,436 --> 00:42:24,521 a President of the United States 1048 00:42:24,563 --> 00:42:26,231 who makes sure that we never again 1049 00:42:26,273 --> 00:42:28,567 do business with a drug running Panamanian dictator, 1050 00:42:28,608 --> 00:42:30,068 that we never again 1051 00:42:30,110 --> 00:42:32,320 funnel aid to the countries of convicted drug dealers. 1052 00:42:32,362 --> 00:42:35,323 Are you suggesting, sir, that President Reagan 1053 00:42:35,365 --> 00:42:36,658 is one of the causes 1054 00:42:36,700 --> 00:42:38,243 of the drug problem in this country? 1055 00:42:38,285 --> 00:42:39,911 Values begin at the top. 1056 00:42:40,787 --> 00:42:42,789 (SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 1057 00:43:11,651 --> 00:43:13,612 ANNOUNCER: He's from Panama City in Panama. 1058 00:43:14,404 --> 00:43:15,989 (SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 1059 00:43:37,302 --> 00:43:39,304 Roberto Duran has made more comebacks 1060 00:43:39,346 --> 00:43:40,764 probably than Frank Sinatra. 1061 00:43:40,805 --> 00:43:42,807 Many of them just don't know when to quit. 1062 00:43:42,849 --> 00:43:44,976 Duran just kept coming back 1063 00:43:45,018 --> 00:43:47,145 over and over and over again. 1064 00:43:48,355 --> 00:43:50,315 When I say break, give me a clean break. 1065 00:43:50,357 --> 00:43:51,775 AMY LENNARD GOENNER: He was just a warrior 1066 00:43:51,816 --> 00:43:53,318 and a phenomenal fighter, 1067 00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:55,236 but it was insane. 1068 00:43:56,529 --> 00:44:01,034 In 1989, long past the age when he should have retired, 1069 00:44:01,076 --> 00:44:03,745 he fought against Iran Barkley. 1070 00:44:03,787 --> 00:44:04,996 COMMENTATOR: Scheduled for 12:00, 1071 00:44:05,038 --> 00:44:07,290 WBC Middleweight Championship, 1072 00:44:07,332 --> 00:44:10,043 now rests with Iran Barkley. 1073 00:44:10,085 --> 00:44:12,879 What a man this Roberto Duran is. 1074 00:44:12,921 --> 00:44:14,214 He's in against a guy 1075 00:44:14,255 --> 00:44:17,092 who physically is much stronger than him. 1076 00:44:17,133 --> 00:44:19,177 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 1077 00:44:37,987 --> 00:44:39,364 COMMENTATOR 1: Barkley, the 28-year-old 1078 00:44:39,406 --> 00:44:40,407 from the Bronx... 1079 00:44:41,658 --> 00:44:45,286 Oh, big right and staggers back. 1080 00:44:45,328 --> 00:44:46,663 COMMENTATOR 2: He's hurt. He is hurt. 1081 00:44:46,705 --> 00:44:48,832 No question about that. 1082 00:44:48,873 --> 00:44:50,125 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 1083 00:45:02,804 --> 00:45:03,805 COMMENTATOR 1: Barkley's in trouble. 1084 00:45:03,847 --> 00:45:05,056 Oh, no. He's down. 1085 00:45:05,098 --> 00:45:06,766 COMMENTATOR 2: Right on the button. 1086 00:45:06,808 --> 00:45:09,144 I don't see how Barkley can recover from these shots. 1087 00:45:09,185 --> 00:45:11,813 The crowd starts to chant again. 1088 00:45:11,855 --> 00:45:13,189 This has been extraordinary. 1089 00:45:14,274 --> 00:45:15,775 -(BELL DINGING) -(ALL CHEERING) 1090 00:45:18,611 --> 00:45:23,408 Tommy Kaczmarek scores it 116 to 112 1091 00:45:23,450 --> 00:45:26,077 for the winner and new... 1092 00:45:26,661 --> 00:45:29,080 (CROWD CHEERING) 1093 00:45:30,790 --> 00:45:31,875 COMMENTATOR 1: One of the great fighters 1094 00:45:31,916 --> 00:45:33,877 of all time, ladies and gentlemen. 1095 00:45:33,918 --> 00:45:36,421 One of the great warriors, Roberto. 1096 00:45:36,463 --> 00:45:38,089 (SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGE) 1097 00:45:40,884 --> 00:45:42,886 (SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGE) 1098 00:45:42,927 --> 00:45:44,429 I love you, Panama. 1099 00:45:44,471 --> 00:45:46,556 Is he going to keep fighting now that he has the title? 1100 00:45:46,598 --> 00:45:48,391 Does he want Leonard again? 1101 00:45:48,433 --> 00:45:49,476 (SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 1102 00:45:51,311 --> 00:45:53,521 Next time he's going to be for keep for Leonard. 1103 00:45:53,563 --> 00:45:55,273 He's going to be right. 1104 00:45:55,315 --> 00:45:57,108 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 1105 00:46:10,663 --> 00:46:12,081 Duran's a classic example 1106 00:46:12,123 --> 00:46:15,084 of someone who got used by his handlers. 1107 00:46:15,126 --> 00:46:16,336 It was pretty well known 1108 00:46:16,377 --> 00:46:19,297 that Eleta had drained Duran's earnings. 1109 00:46:20,256 --> 00:46:22,008 Roberto Duran. 1110 00:46:22,050 --> 00:46:26,763 He was a fighter. But Duran fought too long. 1111 00:46:29,557 --> 00:46:31,518 REPORTER: Roberto Duran is acutely aware 1112 00:46:31,559 --> 00:46:32,936 of what people are saying. 1113 00:46:32,977 --> 00:46:35,438 He's broke, he owes the IRS one million dollars, 1114 00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:38,483 and that's why, at age 38, he's taking this fight. 1115 00:46:38,525 --> 00:46:40,652 But he says fighting Sugar Ray Leonard again 1116 00:46:40,693 --> 00:46:43,112 is simply unfinished business. 1117 00:46:43,154 --> 00:46:46,115 BERNSTEIN: The last major fight of the decade. 1118 00:46:46,157 --> 00:46:47,951 Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, 1119 00:46:47,992 --> 00:46:49,994 Tommy Hearns, Roberto Duran. 1120 00:46:50,036 --> 00:46:51,621 The seniors tour of boxing. 1121 00:46:51,663 --> 00:46:55,166 Well, the only reason for the third fight. 1122 00:46:55,208 --> 00:46:58,670 was a kind of financial nostalgia, 1123 00:46:58,711 --> 00:47:00,255 (CHUCKLES) 1124 00:47:00,296 --> 00:47:03,424 And so it was a farewell kind of a fight. 1125 00:47:04,801 --> 00:47:07,512 ANNOUNCER: 33-year-old Sugar Ray Leonard. 1126 00:47:07,554 --> 00:47:10,181 But also they're addicted. 1127 00:47:10,223 --> 00:47:12,016 Every one of them is addicted 1128 00:47:12,058 --> 00:47:14,018 to his love of attention. 1129 00:47:14,060 --> 00:47:15,353 And that's why they fight. 1130 00:47:18,147 --> 00:47:21,276 The third Leonard-Duran fight. 1131 00:47:21,317 --> 00:47:25,113 Terrible fight. Should be put in a lockbox 1132 00:47:25,154 --> 00:47:26,865 and then dump it in a river 1133 00:47:26,906 --> 00:47:28,491 and let it sink to the bottom. 1134 00:47:30,952 --> 00:47:32,495 It was an outdoor fight, very cold. 1135 00:47:32,537 --> 00:47:35,415 They had blankets on in between. 1136 00:47:35,456 --> 00:47:39,919 It was so much a symbolic ending of the Four Kings. 1137 00:47:39,961 --> 00:47:41,713 COMMENTATOR 1: Duran with an extremely low 1138 00:47:41,754 --> 00:47:43,464 landing percentage down at 10%. 1139 00:47:43,506 --> 00:47:44,883 BERNSTEIN: It's like watching movie sequels 1140 00:47:44,924 --> 00:47:46,217 and you say, 1141 00:47:46,259 --> 00:47:48,177 "Okay, we've run out of steam on this one." 1142 00:47:48,219 --> 00:47:49,512 COMMENTATOR 1: But Ray is giving him 1143 00:47:49,554 --> 00:47:52,473 a boxing lesson right now. And the beating. 1144 00:47:52,515 --> 00:47:54,726 It was a closing of that great time, 1145 00:47:54,767 --> 00:47:56,644 and was a chance to find a way 1146 00:47:56,686 --> 00:48:00,106 for Duran to redeem himself after No Mas. 1147 00:48:00,815 --> 00:48:01,941 It was so important. 1148 00:48:01,983 --> 00:48:03,401 You know, people forget about that. 1149 00:48:03,443 --> 00:48:04,736 "Ah, that fight wasn't that good". 1150 00:48:04,777 --> 00:48:06,988 And they're right. They're right. 1151 00:48:07,030 --> 00:48:10,658 But what they miss is what it was for Duran. 1152 00:48:10,700 --> 00:48:12,785 And I think there was a part of Leonard 1153 00:48:12,827 --> 00:48:14,579 that gave that to him. 1154 00:48:14,621 --> 00:48:15,747 COMMENTATOR 1: Duran goes 1155 00:48:15,788 --> 00:48:17,624 back to his corner, exasperated. 1156 00:48:17,665 --> 00:48:21,753 Roberto, the first time we met, I didn't like him. 1157 00:48:21,794 --> 00:48:24,380 And he didn't like me for whatever reason. 1158 00:48:24,422 --> 00:48:27,216 But there was always respect for each other. 1159 00:48:27,258 --> 00:48:30,511 And afterwards, there was more love. 1160 00:48:30,553 --> 00:48:31,554 I saw him as a friend. 1161 00:48:33,264 --> 00:48:35,558 ATLAS: Leonard knew how important 1162 00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:37,852 it would have been to him if he needed it. 1163 00:48:37,894 --> 00:48:40,104 To get those ghosts removed. 1164 00:48:40,146 --> 00:48:43,274 And he had a care for Duran at that point. 1165 00:48:44,067 --> 00:48:45,443 (ALL CHEERING) 1166 00:48:46,945 --> 00:48:48,780 ATLAS: That only fighters could have 1167 00:48:48,821 --> 00:48:50,239 when they've gone to combat. 1168 00:48:51,616 --> 00:48:52,784 REAGAN: Last night, 1169 00:48:52,825 --> 00:48:55,453 I ordered US military forces to Panama. 1170 00:48:55,495 --> 00:48:58,122 ATLAS: Gone to fire like a Viking. 1171 00:48:58,164 --> 00:49:01,584 A gladiator, a warrior, a fighter. 1172 00:49:02,460 --> 00:49:03,544 NEWS ANCHOR: American troops, 1173 00:49:03,586 --> 00:49:04,712 backed by fighter jets 1174 00:49:04,754 --> 00:49:07,173 and waves of US based reinforcements 1175 00:49:07,215 --> 00:49:09,509 attacked Panamanian army bases today. 1176 00:49:09,550 --> 00:49:13,012 First pictures are in of the attack on Panama. 1177 00:49:13,054 --> 00:49:14,472 (MAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 1178 00:49:37,829 --> 00:49:39,205 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 1179 00:49:41,708 --> 00:49:44,460 The White House tonight offered a $1 million reward 1180 00:49:44,502 --> 00:49:46,838 for the capture of Panama's Manuel Noriega. 1181 00:49:46,879 --> 00:49:48,423 With respect to General Noriega, 1182 00:49:48,464 --> 00:49:51,426 we have not yet located the General. 1183 00:49:51,467 --> 00:49:53,219 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 1184 00:50:01,144 --> 00:50:02,395 (SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 1185 00:50:18,244 --> 00:50:19,829 NEWS ANCHOR: Where is General Noriega? 1186 00:50:19,871 --> 00:50:22,874 The answer is, nobody knows. 1187 00:50:22,915 --> 00:50:25,043 We thought we had a pretty good idea where he was 1188 00:50:25,084 --> 00:50:26,502 last night. 1189 00:50:26,544 --> 00:50:28,880 We went there and he wasn't there. 1190 00:50:28,921 --> 00:50:30,590 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 1191 00:50:58,451 --> 00:51:01,287 GEORGE BUSH SR: At about 8:50 this evening, 1192 00:51:01,329 --> 00:51:03,915 General Noriega turned himself in 1193 00:51:03,956 --> 00:51:06,584 to US Authorities in Panama. 1194 00:51:06,626 --> 00:51:10,254 Those charged with promoting the distribution of drugs 1195 00:51:10,296 --> 00:51:12,590 cannot escape the scrutiny of justice. 1196 00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:15,551 Boxing's intertwined with 1197 00:51:15,593 --> 00:51:17,762 the battles going on in life. 1198 00:51:17,804 --> 00:51:20,890 You might have countries fighting against each other. 1199 00:51:20,932 --> 00:51:22,600 Meanwhile, inside yourself, 1200 00:51:22,642 --> 00:51:24,519 you're battling to know who you are, 1201 00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:26,437 trying to figure out in your own little world, 1202 00:51:26,479 --> 00:51:28,564 how you could overcome something. 1203 00:51:28,606 --> 00:51:31,609 And that's the idea of what boxing is. 1204 00:51:32,652 --> 00:51:34,278 It's to overcome. 1205 00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:36,572 COMMENTATOR: And on and on and on. 1206 00:51:36,614 --> 00:51:38,574 Forty-seven year old Roberto Duran 1207 00:51:38,616 --> 00:51:40,785 is a cinch for the Boxing Hall of Fame, 1208 00:51:40,827 --> 00:51:42,787 but tonight, after five world titles, 1209 00:51:42,829 --> 00:51:45,123 will we be witnessing his last hurrah? 1210 00:51:45,164 --> 00:51:46,749 (ANNOUNCER SPEAKS IN OTHER LANGUAGE) 1211 00:51:47,834 --> 00:51:49,293 COMMENTATOR: Oh, what a right hand 1212 00:51:49,335 --> 00:51:50,837 and that staggers Duran. 1213 00:51:50,878 --> 00:51:53,631 Duran's getting destroyed. 1214 00:51:53,673 --> 00:51:55,967 And finally, Joe Cortez has stopped the clock. 1215 00:51:56,008 --> 00:51:57,969 The end for Duran. 1216 00:51:58,010 --> 00:52:00,263 That's the reality of boxing. 1217 00:52:00,304 --> 00:52:04,433 As long as the fighter has a name, 1218 00:52:04,475 --> 00:52:06,727 there's always a commission somewhere 1219 00:52:06,769 --> 00:52:08,312 that'll let him fight. 1220 00:52:10,314 --> 00:52:11,482 COMMENTATOR: Everybody's talking 1221 00:52:11,524 --> 00:52:13,109 about the final appearance 1222 00:52:13,151 --> 00:52:14,735 of The Hitman. 1223 00:52:15,528 --> 00:52:17,238 At ringside, of course, 1224 00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:19,282 perhaps the greatest heavyweight of all time, 1225 00:52:19,323 --> 00:52:21,659 Muhammad Ali. 1226 00:52:21,701 --> 00:52:23,744 A lot of fighters as they get older, 1227 00:52:23,786 --> 00:52:26,581 take tremendous amount of blows. 1228 00:52:26,622 --> 00:52:28,666 It's just one of the hazards 1229 00:52:28,708 --> 00:52:31,335 that comes along with boxing. 1230 00:52:31,377 --> 00:52:32,461 ANNOUNCER: Started in the ring 1231 00:52:32,503 --> 00:52:34,672 when he was 12 years old, 1232 00:52:34,714 --> 00:52:36,799 the one, the only 1233 00:52:36,841 --> 00:52:39,927 Thomas Hearns. 1234 00:52:39,969 --> 00:52:41,554 (ALL CHEERING) 1235 00:52:44,891 --> 00:52:46,225 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 1236 00:52:47,727 --> 00:52:49,478 I've seen a lot of fighters 1237 00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:51,397 banged up hanging in there too long, 1238 00:52:51,439 --> 00:52:53,316 coming back when they know they can't fight 1239 00:52:53,357 --> 00:52:55,067 and becoming a piece of meat. 1240 00:52:55,109 --> 00:52:57,695 When you get to this level, it's time to stop. 1241 00:52:57,737 --> 00:52:59,071 COMMENTATOR: There's definitely something wrong 1242 00:52:59,113 --> 00:53:00,781 with his foot or leg. 1243 00:53:02,491 --> 00:53:04,535 Well, the fight has been stopped 1244 00:53:04,577 --> 00:53:07,371 as Tommy Hearns cannot continue. 1245 00:53:07,413 --> 00:53:09,749 Boxing left a toll on Hearns. 1246 00:53:09,790 --> 00:53:11,751 You can tell it when he speaks. 1247 00:53:11,792 --> 00:53:15,004 He was courageous and he wasn't going to surrender. 1248 00:53:15,046 --> 00:53:17,215 People were his opium. 1249 00:53:33,606 --> 00:53:36,567 I think once you've reached the top the way 1250 00:53:36,609 --> 00:53:38,527 Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, 1251 00:53:38,569 --> 00:53:40,696 Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran have, 1252 00:53:40,738 --> 00:53:44,659 you never lose that hunger to recapture that glory. 1253 00:53:45,409 --> 00:53:46,577 These were the kids 1254 00:53:46,619 --> 00:53:48,829 that came from the bad neighborhoods 1255 00:53:48,871 --> 00:53:50,706 from a really tough environment 1256 00:53:50,748 --> 00:53:52,750 where you couldn't give up. 1257 00:53:52,792 --> 00:53:55,586 Tommy was a little boy that didn't have anything. 1258 00:53:55,628 --> 00:53:57,380 And if you look in the history books, 1259 00:53:57,421 --> 00:54:00,091 the whole story has always been the same. 1260 00:54:00,132 --> 00:54:01,884 Life goes in cycles. 1261 00:54:01,926 --> 00:54:04,303 At one time, the fighters were Irish 1262 00:54:04,345 --> 00:54:06,097 and Jewish and Italian, 1263 00:54:06,138 --> 00:54:07,765 the immigrants that came here. 1264 00:54:07,807 --> 00:54:09,308 And then it changed, 1265 00:54:09,350 --> 00:54:12,270 and it got to be an African American dominated sport. 1266 00:54:12,311 --> 00:54:15,147 And that glorious era of Muhammed Ali 1267 00:54:15,189 --> 00:54:17,566 was followed by these Four Kings, 1268 00:54:17,608 --> 00:54:19,777 these four champions, 1269 00:54:19,819 --> 00:54:22,947 and they set things up for Tyson's time. 1270 00:54:24,115 --> 00:54:25,449 I was born in obscurity, 1271 00:54:25,491 --> 00:54:27,451 and I never wanted to deal with that again. 1272 00:54:27,493 --> 00:54:30,246 And they came from obscurity as well. 1273 00:54:30,288 --> 00:54:32,039 Once I watched these guys fight, 1274 00:54:32,081 --> 00:54:34,500 I just knew my time would soon come. 1275 00:54:36,335 --> 00:54:37,586 I didn't really know 1276 00:54:37,628 --> 00:54:38,963 if I was going to be a fighter and that 1277 00:54:39,005 --> 00:54:42,300 being poor, having nothing, being insecure. 1278 00:54:43,426 --> 00:54:47,471 But after watching these guys, I knew. 1279 00:54:47,513 --> 00:54:49,974 At the end of the day, a lot of things go away. 1280 00:54:50,016 --> 00:54:53,436 Money goes away. Abilities erode. 1281 00:54:53,477 --> 00:54:55,980 But those great fighters' reputations 1282 00:54:56,022 --> 00:54:57,398 last for eternity. 1283 00:54:58,482 --> 00:54:59,734 (INTERVIEWER SPEAKING) 1284 00:55:04,196 --> 00:55:05,740 To be a champion, one has to 1285 00:55:05,781 --> 00:55:07,950 believe in yourself when no one else will. 1286 00:55:09,118 --> 00:55:11,662 That's when you qualify. 1287 00:55:11,704 --> 00:55:15,750 You know, I look at life itself as being a fight. 1288 00:55:15,791 --> 00:55:18,711 My life is what it is because of boxing. 1289 00:55:18,753 --> 00:55:21,213 I remember those fights like it was yesterday. 1290 00:55:21,255 --> 00:55:23,591 This feeling of empowerment. 1291 00:55:23,632 --> 00:55:26,927 Boxing's been good to me since I was 16 years old. 1292 00:55:26,969 --> 00:55:28,804 I gained my goal in life 1293 00:55:28,846 --> 00:55:30,848 to become champion of the world. 1294 00:55:30,890 --> 00:55:32,850 Still in fact, my heart today, 1295 00:55:32,892 --> 00:55:34,935 I still feel as good as a champion. 1296 00:55:34,977 --> 00:55:36,896 Nobody can take that away from me. 1297 00:56:07,426 --> 00:56:09,136 Those are the Four Kings. 1298 00:56:09,178 --> 00:56:11,430 It was a great time. 1299 00:56:11,472 --> 00:56:13,516 We'll never see one like that again. 1300 00:56:14,725 --> 00:56:17,019 Those fights were so significant. 1301 00:56:17,061 --> 00:56:19,772 You know those fights were so incredible, man. 1302 00:56:21,357 --> 00:56:23,442 Do I miss it? Yeah. 1303 00:56:23,484 --> 00:56:26,570 There's no greater feeling than the heavy hands raised. 1304 00:56:28,823 --> 00:56:31,325 People love to follow a good story, 1305 00:56:31,367 --> 00:56:33,369 and they hope to get a good ending 1306 00:56:33,411 --> 00:56:35,830 and we had all of that in the 80s. 1307 00:56:35,871 --> 00:56:38,249 People came to a fight to see right there 1308 00:56:38,290 --> 00:56:39,750 that something could happen. 1309 00:56:41,085 --> 00:56:43,087 But the guy buying the ticket don't know. 1310 00:56:44,296 --> 00:56:46,048 They think it's just two fighters 1311 00:56:46,090 --> 00:56:48,843 going against each other like flesh and bone. 1312 00:56:48,884 --> 00:56:51,679 No, it's all the emotions. 1313 00:56:51,720 --> 00:56:53,431 That's what you're fighting. 1314 00:56:53,472 --> 00:56:57,059 In a lot of cases, you're beating parts of yourself. 1315 00:56:57,101 --> 00:56:59,103 Both guys know that. 1316 00:56:59,145 --> 00:57:02,565 Only they understand what they've been through. 1317 00:57:02,606 --> 00:57:03,899 And that's something that 1318 00:57:03,941 --> 00:57:06,902 I think makes this sport so special. 1319 00:57:06,944 --> 00:57:10,364 In the ring, that's the one time. 1320 00:57:10,406 --> 00:57:11,740 There is no prejudice. 1321 00:57:11,782 --> 00:57:14,702 There is no race. There is no religion. 1322 00:57:14,743 --> 00:57:16,579 There's no politics. 1323 00:57:16,620 --> 00:57:18,664 It's just two men. 1324 00:57:18,706 --> 00:57:22,042 Just two men trying to find themselves. 1325 00:57:22,084 --> 00:57:25,504 And that's why people came to watch a boxing match. 1326 00:57:27,465 --> 00:57:29,008 To see that miracle. 1327 00:57:31,051 --> 00:57:41,812 (CROWD CHEERING) 1328 00:57:42,813 --> 00:57:45,816 "Battle Born by the Killers 1329 00:57:45,858 --> 00:57:51,822 Up against the wall 1330 00:57:51,864 --> 00:57:54,825 There's something dying on the streets 1331 00:57:54,867 --> 00:57:56,869 When they knock you down 1332 00:57:57,495 --> 00:58:00,831 You're gonna get back on your feet 1333 00:58:00,873 --> 00:58:05,836 (Cause you can't stop now)