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It was the closing
of an era,

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but the curtain closes,
then another curtain opens.

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Boxing is always there
as an opening act

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to everything else that's
happening in the world.

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Boxing is
a metaphor for life.

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Everyone's fighting
for something.

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There was a time
at the end of the '70s

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when you knew on some level,
you were seeing history.

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And everybody
paid attention.

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MALE NEWSCASTER:
With world oil markets tight

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and OPEC raising prices
almost daily,

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gasoline and fuel oil prices
have skyrocketed.

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The nation's energy
situation is getting worse.

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This is unreal.
Isn't this disgusting?

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Why doesn't anybody
contact the president?

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Why is he letting
this happen to us?

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Jimmy Carter comes into
office during a recession,

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a gas crisis and oil crisis
in the 1970s.

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REPORTER:  Iranian students
continue to hold

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more than 50 hostages
of the American Embassy

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in Tehran this morning.

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We're using every
available channel

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to protect the safety
of the hostages

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and to secure their release.

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So that was America.

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Coming out of that
was Muhammad Ali.

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I am the greatest!

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He said he wasn't going
to go to Vietnam.

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They took his
title from him.

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He started being
an activist.

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He's writing poetry
in the ring.

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And the game he fought,

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what he did in the ring
was beautiful.

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But then suddenly,
the brutality of the '70s

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comes full swing,

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the '80s come in,

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and the beauty
doesn't matter anymore.

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(SHOUTING)

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COMMENTATOR 1:
He gets back there.

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The body is rearing.

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It just can't do
what it used to do before.

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The sad recognition

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that all athletes eventually
come to grips with.

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COMMENTATOR 2:  You know,
it's pathetic to see a guy

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just not being able to do it.
He was the greatest, he once was

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DUNDEE: Stop the fight!

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COMMENTATOR:  Angelo Dundee
wants to stop the fight.

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COMMENTATOR 2:  That really
is a sad and sorry end

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for Muhammad Ali.

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If you were a boxing fan
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you were kind of sad

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to see Ali's career
coming to and end.

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He had meant so much.

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And you were probably
looking for somebody

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to step into that void.

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You have four
great fighters,

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Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns,

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Roberto Duran,
Marvin Hagler,

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who were fighting
each other,

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and it was enthralling.

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They all had a different
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Leonard was the golden boy,

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chosen one to bring boxing
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Hagler was
the perennial underdog.

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Duran was the idol of
the Latin American people.

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And Hearns was Mr. Detroit,
at a bad time for that city.

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These guys
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but not each other.

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Their fights meant so much.

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The Four Kings gave us
unique personalities,

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unique fighters

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who all fought each other
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and created
a time in boxing

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that was maybe
the greatest period

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in the history of the sport.

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LEONARD:  I've always
wanted to be special.

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To be somebody.

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Not just in the ring,
but in the world.

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When I was a kid,
I had guys who I'd idolize,

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men who were just
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I shook up the world!

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I shook up the world!

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LEONARD:  Muhammad Ali,
he was bigger than life,

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and I wanted to be
bigger than life, too.

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Muhammad, this must
bring back a lot of memories

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seeing these young guys
coming up, like Ray Leonard.

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It makes you sad to know
that we're all getting old,

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but if they stay around
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they'll be old, too.

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MAN:  And next we go
to one of the really great

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young amateur fighters
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Ray Leonard,
18 years old.

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He's a leading candidate
to go to Montreal,

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win a gold medal
in the '76 Olympics.

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LEONARD:  I went to
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in Palmer Park

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and I was 14 years old.

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It's so vivid,
that experience,

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because I was
a kid who was shy

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and didn't like
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didn't want anybody
to hit me.

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But I put the gloves on,

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and it was like
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boxing found me.

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It was magic.

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INTERVIEWER:  Muhammad,
how does it look to you?

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Well, Leonard, he's beaten
the man, but he's close.

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This is good training for
these fellas in the future

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when they turn professional.

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COMMENTATOR 1:
This Ray Leonard's

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a terrific young man
out of the ring, too.

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And the shoe
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a little picture of his
infant son taped there.

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COMMENTATOR 2:
He's 18, got a son already?

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COMMENTATOR 1:
Got a little infant son.

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-Mmm-hmm.
-There's his picture.

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You can just see it
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COMMENTATOR 2:
That reminds him that

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-he's got to feed that kid.
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How much it's gonna
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Diapers are due
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So he's got
to whoop this man

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so he can turn professional

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and take care
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That's what must
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And that's the way
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COMMENTATOR 1:  Now,
Ray Leonard knocks him down.

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COMMENTATOR 2:
Good side hook.

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That was beautiful.

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COMMENTATOR 1:
And young Ray Leonard

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now puts the US
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COMMENTATOR 2:
And you can't beat that.

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(US NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS)

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The 200th birthday
of the United States.

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As the day went on,
one could almost touch

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the spirit that swept
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There's the 200th
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which is glorious.

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But the same time
people are demoralized,

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trying to figure out
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Under the surface,

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all this pent up aggression
and anger is there.

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After all the growing up,
after all the glory,

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after all the setbacks
our country's gone through,

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we can still say
with pride and gratitude,

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we are the American people.

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GREER:
There was a recession.

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You couldn't get a job,
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the cities were all torn up.

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It wasn't a good time.

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WOMAN:  ABC now projects
Carter is the winner.

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GREER:
Our leader was Jimmy Carter.

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He was a peanut farmer,
you know,

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he looked like real people.
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that's what we wanted,
what's real.

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1976, a barren landscape
for American fighters

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where Muhammad Ali
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American-born world champion
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and there were,
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between 25 and 30 champions.

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Ali was the only American.

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It all began to change
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starring the incredibly
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Ray, everyone points to you
as America's best hope

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to win a gold medal
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Do you like that
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Yes, for the simple reason

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it only builds my ego up
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I feel confident now.

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I'm a lot more secure

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because I know
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so it's no sweat.

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(MUSIC PLAYS)

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In those days
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Olympic boxing was still
such a huge stage.

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You look at the champions:

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Ali, Frasier, Patterson.

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They all came out
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WOMAN: The United States
of America.

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O'BRIEN:  Leonard rode that
all the way to the very top.

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You can see how
it launched his career.

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The '76 Olympics
elevated boxing.

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It was televised by ABC,
announced by Howard Cosell.

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All of a sudden,
boxing was cool again.

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And, of course, in sports,

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if you're not on television,
you don't exist.

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Well, I think we have
the best-prepared,

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best trained team

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in United States'
boxing history.

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And this is
Sugar Ray Leonard.

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(CHEERING)

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Tomorrow night live
in prime time,

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you'll be seeing this slick
young amateur fighter

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against a Swedish fighter
by the name of Ulf Carlsson.

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What are you gonna do
to him with the right?

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Well, I'm planning
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I know I can catch him.

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-Ah!
-(LAUGHS)

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Howard saw Leonard as
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and to be perfectly candid,

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Howard was also always
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that could vault him

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as a natural storyteller
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Leonard filled a niche
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All right, quick question.

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I want these people to know
you as a human being.

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You have no plans to turn
professional, do you?

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No plans whatsoever,
Howard.

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I was given a scholarship
by the people of Glenarden.

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You want that medal.
It's your dream, isn't it?

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I'm going to get it,
Howard.

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I know you are.
Good to see you.

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Thank you for being with us.

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-(CHEERING)
-Let's hear it

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for Sugar Ray from...

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I sacrificed so much.

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I wanted to be the best,

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I wanted the ultimate,

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which was the Olympics.

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That Cuban, Andres Aldama,

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had far more experience,
bigger, stronger.

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But I wanted to win.

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No, I had to win.

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This was predestined.

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It was meant to be.

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COMMENTATOR:  In boxing,

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American fighters won
five gold medals tonight.

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Light-middleweight
Sugar Ray Leonard

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of Palmer Park, Maryland,

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won a unanimous decision
over Andres Aldama of Cuba.

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LEONARD:
That wasn't about money.

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It wasn't about fame.

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It was about the Olympics,

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your country.

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I mean,
words can't describe...

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I can't elaborate enough
on what it felt like

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standing on that podium

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with that gold medal
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Oh, my God. This was it,
man, this was it.

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MAN:  After he beat
a tough Cuban

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for the Olympic gold medal,

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Sugar Ray Leonard announced
he would never fight again.

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He would enroll at
the University of Maryland.

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His only battles
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LEONARD:  I love boxing,
but not that much.

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I was gonna go to
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further my education
and get a great job.

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MAN:  And then he came home

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to this house just outside
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A house filled with
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of a golden amateur career.

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His mother, Getha,

254
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would suffer
a mild heart attack.

255
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His father, Cicero,

256
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was hospitalized
with meningitis.

257
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LEONARD:  Everyone's crying.

258
00:10:02,351 --> 00:10:04,687
My mom's crying, I'm crying.

259
00:10:04,728 --> 00:10:06,188
And I asked my mentor,
Janks Morton,

260
00:10:06,230 --> 00:10:07,940
I said, "Janks, how can I
make fast money?"

261
00:10:07,981 --> 00:10:09,775
He said, "Turn pro."

262
00:10:09,817 --> 00:10:13,862
Boxing allowed me to get
the best help, medically.

263
00:10:13,904 --> 00:10:18,033
I only did it to help
my father to pay the bills.

264
00:10:18,075 --> 00:10:19,827
MAN:  Ray's mother
did not like his decision

265
00:10:19,868 --> 00:10:21,036
to turn pro.

266
00:10:21,078 --> 00:10:22,705
I don't like fighting.
I don't like sports.

267
00:10:22,746 --> 00:10:25,040
I wanted him to go to school
and get an education

268
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because people can
take a fight from you,

269
00:10:27,292 --> 00:10:28,877
but once you get
an education,

270
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that's something that
no one can take from you.

271
00:10:31,422 --> 00:10:32,840
For 15 years,

272
00:10:32,881 --> 00:10:35,759
Muhammad Ali has dominated
the sport of boxing.

273
00:10:35,801 --> 00:10:38,846
Now a new boxing superstar
may be in the making.

274
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Sugar Ray Leonard, who won
a boxing gold medal...

275
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...turns pro in a six-round
junior welterweight bout.

276
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...turned pro the way
no young fighter

277
00:10:46,228 --> 00:10:47,521
had ever turned pro before.

278
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So high,
you can't get over me

279
00:10:52,776 --> 00:10:55,404
As with most
superstar boxers,

280
00:10:55,446 --> 00:10:57,865
Ray Leonard was
a product of his time.

281
00:10:57,906 --> 00:11:01,660
He had a natural ability
to be a star.

282
00:11:01,702 --> 00:11:03,245
MAN:  With his smile,
Sugar Ray Leonard

283
00:11:03,287 --> 00:11:04,747
can light up a gym.

284
00:11:04,788 --> 00:11:06,915
MAN 2:  Tomorrow, Leonard
will  fight professionally

285
00:11:06,957 --> 00:11:08,709
for the first time.

286
00:11:08,751 --> 00:11:10,252
COMMENTATOR:
And on this round,

287
00:11:10,294 --> 00:11:12,087
behold the boxing lord...

288
00:11:13,422 --> 00:11:16,008
COMMENTATOR 2:  That would
be Leonard's right shots.

289
00:11:25,934 --> 00:11:26,935
(BELL DINGING)

290
00:11:26,977 --> 00:11:28,353
COMMENTATOR:
And that's the end of it.

291
00:11:29,813 --> 00:11:31,690
Man, everybody look at that.

292
00:11:32,483 --> 00:11:35,152
Ray Junior and Ray Senior.

293
00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:38,655
LEONARD:  I just felt
a desire to be somebody.

294
00:11:38,697 --> 00:11:41,617
My career was nothing
short of disastrous.

295
00:11:43,327 --> 00:11:44,995
MAN:  Sugar Ray Leonard
spent nine minutes

296
00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:46,413
in the ring last night

297
00:11:46,455 --> 00:11:48,081
and rocked his welterweight
opponent from Ohio

298
00:11:48,123 --> 00:11:49,082
in the second round,

299
00:11:49,124 --> 00:11:50,959
putting him down
to the canvas.

300
00:11:53,337 --> 00:11:55,923
REPORTER:  As his manager,
Leonard chose Angelo Dundee,

301
00:11:55,964 --> 00:11:57,800
who is connected
and respected.

302
00:11:57,841 --> 00:12:00,594
Manager or trainer
to eight world champions,

303
00:12:00,636 --> 00:12:02,471
most notably Muhammad Ali.

304
00:12:04,807 --> 00:12:06,141
Angelo was chosen because

305
00:12:06,183 --> 00:12:08,310
he was an old time
boxing guy who was smart.

306
00:12:08,352 --> 00:12:09,603
There was never
anyone better

307
00:12:09,645 --> 00:12:11,772
during a fight
in a corner.

308
00:12:11,814 --> 00:12:14,399
Having Angelo be the face
of the training team

309
00:12:14,441 --> 00:12:15,818
was a smart move.

310
00:12:15,859 --> 00:12:18,237
Angelo had been through it
with the greatest.

311
00:12:18,278 --> 00:12:20,155
DUNDEE:  Sugar Ray is
probably the finest talent

312
00:12:20,197 --> 00:12:21,824
that I've had the pleasure
of dealing with.

313
00:12:21,865 --> 00:12:24,159
And I know the people here.

314
00:12:24,201 --> 00:12:25,327
will want to take this kid,

315
00:12:25,369 --> 00:12:26,662
'cause he's
like home cooking.

316
00:12:26,703 --> 00:12:28,247
FARHOOD:  One thing that
made his early days

317
00:12:28,288 --> 00:12:29,665
a little different
from most fighters is,

318
00:12:29,706 --> 00:12:31,458
almost all of his fights
were televised

319
00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:32,334
on national television,

320
00:12:32,376 --> 00:12:33,752
because Ray got ratings,

321
00:12:33,794 --> 00:12:35,212
because he was
already a star

322
00:12:35,254 --> 00:12:36,672
before he ever turned pro,

323
00:12:36,713 --> 00:12:38,048
and it was natural
to put him on television.

324
00:12:40,050 --> 00:12:41,093
Ah, yeah!

325
00:12:43,887 --> 00:12:45,681
LEONARD:  You know, I give
thanks to the Olympics

326
00:12:45,722 --> 00:12:47,558
that boxing has
become revitalized.

327
00:12:47,599 --> 00:12:48,684
It is hot now,

328
00:12:48,725 --> 00:12:50,185
and I'mma take
advantage of it.

329
00:12:50,227 --> 00:12:52,479
I'm in no rush as far
as the title's concerned.

330
00:12:52,521 --> 00:12:54,523
They're talking 800,000,
900,000.

331
00:12:54,565 --> 00:12:55,983
I want a million dollars.

332
00:12:56,024 --> 00:12:57,943
Because I wanna be
the first little guy

333
00:12:57,985 --> 00:13:00,195
that fights for
one-million dollar purse.

334
00:13:01,572 --> 00:13:03,156
Please don't fail me now

335
00:13:04,533 --> 00:13:06,618
FARHOOD:  Angelo matched
him very tough

336
00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:08,662
against all different kinds
of opponents.

337
00:13:08,704 --> 00:13:10,372
And the reason Angelo
matched him tough

338
00:13:10,414 --> 00:13:11,707
was 'cause he knew
what he had.

339
00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:15,127
O'BRIEN:  He had
the showmanship of Ali,

340
00:13:15,168 --> 00:13:17,337
but he didn't have
the controversial side

341
00:13:17,379 --> 00:13:18,130
that Ali had.

342
00:13:19,006 --> 00:13:21,633
It was all safer, clean cut.

343
00:13:21,675 --> 00:13:23,176
He was a nice young man.

344
00:13:23,218 --> 00:13:24,887
I heard that from, you know,
from my grandmother.

345
00:13:24,928 --> 00:13:27,306
"Oh, he's a nice young man."

346
00:13:27,347 --> 00:13:29,391
LEONARD:  For little Ray,
he's three years old,

347
00:13:29,433 --> 00:13:32,227
I'm gonna make sure
that he has all the things

348
00:13:32,269 --> 00:13:34,313
that I didn't have
when I was coming up.

349
00:13:34,354 --> 00:13:35,898
Who's your favorite boxer?

350
00:13:35,939 --> 00:13:37,900
-There you go. (LAUGHS)
-(WOMAN LAUGHS)

351
00:13:39,109 --> 00:13:40,319
As a contender,

352
00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,696
the ultimate
is the championship fight.

353
00:13:42,738 --> 00:13:43,906
And it was
a scary feeling though

354
00:13:43,947 --> 00:13:45,574
because all of a sudden,

355
00:13:45,616 --> 00:13:48,118
now I'm up against
this great champion.

356
00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,413
Wilfred Benitez,
that fight was so tough.

357
00:13:51,455 --> 00:13:53,957
One of my most
difficult fights.

358
00:13:53,999 --> 00:13:56,418
COMMENTATOR 1:
Benitez is a great fight.

359
00:13:56,460 --> 00:13:58,629
(BELL DINGS)

360
00:13:58,670 --> 00:14:02,883
Benitez beginning to throw
his own left in this round.

361
00:14:02,925 --> 00:14:06,219
If he gets Leonard
against the ropes...

362
00:14:06,261 --> 00:14:07,679
Right there, a quick left.

363
00:14:07,721 --> 00:14:09,514
Astonishing, Leonard.

364
00:14:09,556 --> 00:14:11,600
And Benitez
unhappy with himself.

365
00:14:12,309 --> 00:14:13,477
You are watching

366
00:14:13,518 --> 00:14:16,772
two exceptionally
definite fights.

367
00:14:16,813 --> 00:14:18,273
LEONARD:
He was so elusive.

368
00:14:18,315 --> 00:14:20,692
I never missed so many
punches in my life.

369
00:14:20,734 --> 00:14:21,902
But I never gave up.

370
00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:23,278
I never stopped
throwing punches.

371
00:14:24,988 --> 00:14:27,783
You have to really
dig deep, and it hurts.

372
00:14:27,824 --> 00:14:29,952
But to win,
it's what it's all about.

373
00:14:29,993 --> 00:14:32,120
COMMENTATOR:
And they're toe-to-toe!

374
00:14:32,162 --> 00:14:33,538
LEONARD:  He had more
experience than me,

375
00:14:33,580 --> 00:14:35,290
more talent than I did.

376
00:14:35,332 --> 00:14:36,458
I just had more heart.

377
00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:37,542
COMMENTATOR:
It's inevitable.

378
00:14:37,584 --> 00:14:38,710
It doesn't die.

379
00:14:38,752 --> 00:14:39,962
Look at the courage
he's shown,

380
00:14:40,003 --> 00:14:41,630
or the skills he's shown.

381
00:14:41,672 --> 00:14:43,632
Maybe now they won't call

382
00:14:43,674 --> 00:14:45,384
Sugar Ray Leonard a hype.

383
00:14:45,425 --> 00:14:46,635
There it is!

384
00:14:46,677 --> 00:14:48,220
He's stopped the fight!

385
00:14:48,261 --> 00:14:51,932
And there is a new
World Welterweight Champion!

386
00:14:51,974 --> 00:14:54,643
He comes upon the block now.

387
00:14:54,685 --> 00:14:57,270
His name is Ray Leonard.

388
00:15:04,987 --> 00:15:07,572
The quality of that card
was absolutely incredible.

389
00:15:07,614 --> 00:15:09,574
Ray Leonard against Benitez,
who was, I don't know,

390
00:15:09,616 --> 00:15:11,201
38 or something like that.

391
00:15:11,243 --> 00:15:13,745
And then the same night
you have Marvin Hagler

392
00:15:13,787 --> 00:15:15,455
fighting for
the middleweight title.

393
00:15:15,497 --> 00:15:16,873
It's totally amazing

394
00:15:16,915 --> 00:15:19,084
that that was on primetime
national television.

395
00:15:19,126 --> 00:15:20,252
Hagler embodies

396
00:15:20,293 --> 00:15:22,462
the traditional
American fighter.

397
00:15:22,504 --> 00:15:23,630
A working man.

398
00:15:23,672 --> 00:15:25,090
Nothing was ever
handed to him.

399
00:15:25,132 --> 00:15:27,426
He was not being interviewed
by Howard Cosell

400
00:15:27,467 --> 00:15:29,136
before he turned pro.

401
00:15:29,177 --> 00:15:31,430
He was a fighter from
Brockton, Massachusetts.

402
00:15:31,471 --> 00:15:33,765
And good luck developing
a home fan base

403
00:15:33,807 --> 00:15:34,850
in Brockton, Massachusetts,

404
00:15:34,891 --> 00:15:35,851
when you're
a black middleweight

405
00:15:35,892 --> 00:15:37,644
without much of a name.

406
00:15:37,686 --> 00:15:40,355
Marvin Hagler didn't turn
pro on national television.

407
00:15:40,397 --> 00:15:42,858
What Marvin had to do
was take the hard route.

408
00:15:48,405 --> 00:15:50,866
Mad dog Johnny Baldwin
thinks he's tough,

409
00:15:50,907 --> 00:15:53,160
but Marvelous Marv
is twice as rough.

410
00:15:53,201 --> 00:15:55,662
My lightning right hand
will score as well.

411
00:15:55,704 --> 00:15:57,456
My dynamite left
will make the kill.

412
00:15:57,497 --> 00:15:59,916
Another step towards
the middleweight crown.

413
00:15:59,958 --> 00:16:02,627
Get ready, Monzon,
'cause you're going down.

414
00:16:02,669 --> 00:16:03,712
INTERVIEWER: All right.

415
00:16:04,921 --> 00:16:07,424
Who were you at age 16

416
00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:09,342
when you began to box?

417
00:16:09,384 --> 00:16:11,970
HAGLER:  I think at
that time, I was searching.

418
00:16:12,012 --> 00:16:15,849
My ambition, I think,
was to be somebody.

419
00:16:15,891 --> 00:16:18,477
My mother has six kids.
I'm the oldest.

420
00:16:18,518 --> 00:16:20,562
She just say,
"I like to see you grow up

421
00:16:20,604 --> 00:16:22,272
to be a strong boy.

422
00:16:22,314 --> 00:16:23,774
You gotta be different."

423
00:16:23,815 --> 00:16:25,609
I think, you know,
I had to be noticed

424
00:16:25,650 --> 00:16:27,944
so I could be recognized,
you know?

425
00:16:27,986 --> 00:16:30,697
Ah, he was only a kid
about 14 or 15 years old.

426
00:16:30,739 --> 00:16:32,407
Just that good,
tough, strong kid.

427
00:16:32,449 --> 00:16:35,243
You'd have to hit him with
a 2x4 to knock him down.

428
00:16:35,285 --> 00:16:38,038
And he'd come in the gym,
and uh, he always joked,

429
00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:39,831
"Someday, I'm gonna
be a champion."

430
00:16:39,873 --> 00:16:40,916
He was a short kid.

431
00:16:40,957 --> 00:16:42,417
You know,
we heard all the time.

432
00:16:42,459 --> 00:16:43,585
But he never gave up.

433
00:16:43,627 --> 00:16:45,754
That's his nature.

434
00:16:45,796 --> 00:16:47,714
Marvin was
a little bit behind me.

435
00:16:47,756 --> 00:16:49,174
We used to box.

436
00:16:49,216 --> 00:16:50,759
'Cause I was
more experienced,

437
00:16:50,801 --> 00:16:52,260
I used to go a little easy.

438
00:16:53,303 --> 00:16:54,763
And as time went by,

439
00:16:54,805 --> 00:16:57,349
Marvin had to go a little
easy with me.  (CHUCKLES)

440
00:16:58,683 --> 00:17:00,185
He was awarded
the outstanding fighter

441
00:17:00,227 --> 00:17:01,770
on the National
Amateur tournament.

442
00:17:01,812 --> 00:17:03,188
That's where Ray Leonard
get beat.

443
00:17:03,230 --> 00:17:06,066
Michael Spinks was there,
(INDISTINCT)  was on it.

444
00:17:06,108 --> 00:17:07,651
So Marvin was
the greatest, the toughest.

445
00:17:07,692 --> 00:17:08,985
Then we went for the money.

446
00:17:09,945 --> 00:17:12,072
Marvin didn't
have the luxury

447
00:17:12,114 --> 00:17:14,282
of trying to get
an Olympic pedigree.

448
00:17:14,324 --> 00:17:15,867
He had to turn pro

449
00:17:15,909 --> 00:17:18,203
and earn a living
for his family.

450
00:17:18,245 --> 00:17:20,080
And Leonard was able
to stay amateur

451
00:17:20,122 --> 00:17:23,125
and get to the Olympics
and build his name up.

452
00:17:25,669 --> 00:17:28,547
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
is a boxer from Brockton,

453
00:17:28,588 --> 00:17:29,840
and a good one.

454
00:17:29,881 --> 00:17:32,259
The only mar on his record
so far, a draw.

455
00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:34,344
I'm working on
the speed now, man.

456
00:17:34,386 --> 00:17:36,221
The power's there.
I have the power.

457
00:17:36,263 --> 00:17:37,973
My hands are getting
much faster,

458
00:17:38,014 --> 00:17:39,558
getting much smarter.

459
00:17:39,599 --> 00:17:40,934
And I'm learning every day.

460
00:17:40,976 --> 00:17:42,978
I'm learning
different things.

461
00:17:43,019 --> 00:17:44,312
The famous saying
about Marvin, of course,

462
00:17:44,354 --> 00:17:45,814
was that he had three
things go against him:

463
00:17:45,856 --> 00:17:47,315
He was black,
he was a southpaw,

464
00:17:47,357 --> 00:17:48,316
and he was good.

465
00:17:48,358 --> 00:17:49,568
So nobody wanted
to fight him

466
00:17:49,609 --> 00:17:50,819
till the money was right.

467
00:17:50,861 --> 00:17:52,779
A lot of guys
don't want to fight

468
00:17:52,821 --> 00:17:54,489
left-handed fighters.

469
00:17:54,531 --> 00:17:57,159
They say, "Oh, you can't
look good with a southpaw."

470
00:17:58,660 --> 00:17:59,661
INTERVIEWER:
What's the story?

471
00:17:59,703 --> 00:18:01,037
You've been going
three years,

472
00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:02,414
you know, when are you ready
to hit the big guy?

473
00:18:02,455 --> 00:18:03,582
HAGLER:  I'm looking.
I've been looking for him.

474
00:18:03,623 --> 00:18:04,708
I've been on radio,
I've been on TV.

475
00:18:04,749 --> 00:18:05,750
I've been calling
everybody out

476
00:18:05,792 --> 00:18:06,918
that I can think of.

477
00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,044
'Cause I ain't
heard nothing,

478
00:18:08,086 --> 00:18:09,588
and the longer they stay
away from me,

479
00:18:09,629 --> 00:18:10,714
the better I'm gonna get,

480
00:18:10,755 --> 00:18:12,340
so they better
come and get me now.

481
00:18:13,675 --> 00:18:15,719
You know, how many fights
do I have to fight

482
00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,012
before I have to prove
to these people

483
00:18:17,053 --> 00:18:19,472
that I'm eligible
for a middleweight title?

484
00:18:19,514 --> 00:18:21,600
I'm trying to see how
these other guys get a shot

485
00:18:21,641 --> 00:18:23,476
with only 16, 17 fights.

486
00:18:23,518 --> 00:18:25,645
Trying to learn
the politics about the game.

487
00:18:25,687 --> 00:18:27,981
What I believe they want me
to do is get disgusted.

488
00:18:28,023 --> 00:18:29,733
Get all torn down,
ready to give up,

489
00:18:29,774 --> 00:18:31,109
ready to quit.

490
00:18:31,151 --> 00:18:33,862
But I'm not. I take it out
on my opponents.

491
00:18:33,904 --> 00:18:35,822
There's a school of
thought that

492
00:18:35,864 --> 00:18:38,450
Marvin developed a chip
on his shoulder

493
00:18:38,491 --> 00:18:42,537
because people didn't
recognize how good he was.

494
00:18:42,579 --> 00:18:45,165
My sense is that Marvin
had a chip on his shoulder

495
00:18:45,207 --> 00:18:47,334
long before he entered
boxing,

496
00:18:47,375 --> 00:18:49,294
and he kept it there
his whole life.

497
00:18:54,174 --> 00:18:55,425
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

498
00:18:56,092 --> 00:18:57,761
(GRUNTS)

499
00:18:57,802 --> 00:18:59,971
Hagler, nobody
wanted to fight him.

500
00:19:00,013 --> 00:19:01,556
I was doing
all the middleweight

501
00:19:01,598 --> 00:19:03,016
championship fights

502
00:19:03,058 --> 00:19:06,811
and I got two letters
that came the same day.

503
00:19:06,853 --> 00:19:08,939
One was from Tip O'Neill

504
00:19:08,980 --> 00:19:10,815
and the other
from Teddy Kennedy

505
00:19:10,857 --> 00:19:14,486
that unless I gave their
constituent Marvin Hagler

506
00:19:14,527 --> 00:19:16,029
a shot at the title,

507
00:19:16,071 --> 00:19:19,199
I would have my ass
hauled before Congress.

508
00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:21,409
So I said, "Hey, I don't
need this trouble,"

509
00:19:21,451 --> 00:19:25,247
and I agreed to match him
for the world title.

510
00:19:28,541 --> 00:19:30,043
(GRUNTS)

511
00:19:30,085 --> 00:19:31,920
I'm gonna be mean and lean,

512
00:19:31,962 --> 00:19:33,755
destructive and destroy.

513
00:19:33,797 --> 00:19:35,590
It's all that's on my mind.

514
00:19:35,632 --> 00:19:40,053
Vito the Mosquito, I'm
gonna swat him like a fly.

515
00:19:40,095 --> 00:19:42,389
MAN:
Hagler chants his mantra

516
00:19:42,430 --> 00:19:44,266
about Vito Antuofermo,

517
00:19:44,307 --> 00:19:46,268
the middleweight champion
of the world,

518
00:19:46,309 --> 00:19:48,353
whom he meets in Las Vegas
next month

519
00:19:48,395 --> 00:19:50,272
with the undisputed title
at stake.

520
00:20:00,323 --> 00:20:03,326
Vito the Mosquito.
The man must fall.

521
00:20:04,494 --> 00:20:06,746
ARUM:  Marvin really
bitched at me.

522
00:20:06,788 --> 00:20:09,541
"Why am I on an undercard
with Leonard?

523
00:20:09,582 --> 00:20:12,585
This guy who has everything
done for him?"

524
00:20:12,627 --> 00:20:14,045
And I said, "Well, hey,

525
00:20:14,087 --> 00:20:16,089
that's how we got
on prime time,

526
00:20:16,131 --> 00:20:18,633
so just be thankful."

527
00:20:18,675 --> 00:20:21,136
COMMENTATOR:  Hagler totally
poised and calm.

528
00:20:22,512 --> 00:20:25,807
I've been mainly Southhall
style as Hagler.

529
00:20:25,849 --> 00:20:29,436
Look for him to mix that up
as the fight progresses.

530
00:20:29,477 --> 00:20:31,104
To me, that fight
is emblematic

531
00:20:31,146 --> 00:20:33,857
of what Marvin Hagler
faced in life.

532
00:20:33,898 --> 00:20:36,484
And I don't know
if it's a grand conspiracy.

533
00:20:36,526 --> 00:20:38,028
It was just
he was constantly

534
00:20:38,069 --> 00:20:40,155
looked past a little bit.

535
00:20:40,196 --> 00:20:42,365
Even with the way judges
scored his fights,

536
00:20:42,407 --> 00:20:44,826
the way people
perceived him sometimes,

537
00:20:44,868 --> 00:20:48,204
he just never quite got
the respect he deserved.

538
00:20:48,872 --> 00:20:50,623
(INDISTINCT COMMENTARY)

539
00:20:55,045 --> 00:20:56,713
A lot of people,
including Hagler,

540
00:20:56,755 --> 00:20:59,341
sure felt that he won
that fight against Vito,

541
00:20:59,382 --> 00:21:01,676
a guy that everyone thought
he'd run right through.

542
00:21:01,718 --> 00:21:04,471
COMMENTATOR:  Right then
left then combination.

543
00:21:04,512 --> 00:21:06,514
ATLAS:  Sometimes when you
fight a great fighter,

544
00:21:06,556 --> 00:21:07,974
it raises you up.

545
00:21:08,016 --> 00:21:09,309
On that night,

546
00:21:09,351 --> 00:21:11,186
Antuofermo
was a better fighter

547
00:21:11,227 --> 00:21:12,562
than he'd ever been
in his life.

548
00:21:18,735 --> 00:21:20,362
(BELL DINGING)

549
00:21:25,033 --> 00:21:26,868
MAN: The decision
is a draw.

550
00:21:26,910 --> 00:21:28,370
COMMENTATOR:  It's a draw.

551
00:21:29,871 --> 00:21:31,998
Vito retains the title!

552
00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,208
ATLAS:  Call it fate.

553
00:21:33,249 --> 00:21:34,417
Call it whatever
you want to call it.

554
00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:35,877
We're going to
give you a draw.

555
00:21:35,919 --> 00:21:39,339
Let's see if you're truly
worthy of this destiny.

556
00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:41,549
MAN 1:  One of the most
egregious decisions

557
00:21:41,591 --> 00:21:42,759
in boxing.

558
00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:44,344
MAN 2:  The worst screwing
Marvin ever got.

559
00:21:44,386 --> 00:21:46,262
MAN 3:  He won that fight
from here to Newark.

560
00:21:46,304 --> 00:21:48,598
MAN 4:  Clearly wins
the fight.

561
00:21:51,267 --> 00:21:52,852
ATLAS:  Somebody
had a plan for him.

562
00:21:52,894 --> 00:21:55,647
That voice up above,
that bellowing voice,

563
00:21:56,606 --> 00:21:59,442
"Marvin, not yet.

564
00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:00,944
You'll get
all the recognition

565
00:22:00,985 --> 00:22:02,404
that you strive for.

566
00:22:03,780 --> 00:22:06,074
But yours has to be
a special journey.

567
00:22:06,741 --> 00:22:07,617
A harder journey."

568
00:22:11,204 --> 00:22:12,372
Good evening.

569
00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:14,541
I want to talk to you
right now

570
00:22:14,582 --> 00:22:19,921
about a fundamental threat
to American democracy.

571
00:22:19,963 --> 00:22:23,591
It is a crisis
of confidence.

572
00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:26,261
This period,
this transition if you like,

573
00:22:26,302 --> 00:22:29,180
from the 1970s
to the 1980s,

574
00:22:29,222 --> 00:22:33,351
is an extraordinary turning
point for the United States.

575
00:22:33,393 --> 00:22:36,146
Carter was extremely
decent man,

576
00:22:36,187 --> 00:22:38,064
but he was not
a good president

577
00:22:38,106 --> 00:22:39,607
in terms of being
a bureaucrat

578
00:22:39,649 --> 00:22:41,234
or getting things
through Congress.

579
00:22:41,276 --> 00:22:42,944
He's a peanut farmer

580
00:22:42,986 --> 00:22:45,447
and he don't know how to run
this country. Believe it.

581
00:22:45,488 --> 00:22:47,782
I think you can't give a boy
a man's job.

582
00:22:47,824 --> 00:22:49,951
He's trying to convince
the American people

583
00:22:49,993 --> 00:22:51,494
to trust him

584
00:22:51,536 --> 00:22:53,663
and these people
just don't want to hear

585
00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:55,123
what he's having to say.

586
00:22:55,165 --> 00:22:56,666
Americans are hurting.

587
00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:59,002
So what does
Jimmy Carter do?

588
00:22:59,043 --> 00:23:00,587
He scolds Americans.

589
00:23:00,628 --> 00:23:02,547
He says, "We're going to
have to tighten our belts."

590
00:23:02,589 --> 00:23:05,425
Too many of us now
tend to worship

591
00:23:05,467 --> 00:23:08,636
self-indulgence
and consumption.

592
00:23:08,678 --> 00:23:12,307
Human identity
is no longer defined

593
00:23:12,348 --> 00:23:17,312
by what one does,
but by what one owns.

594
00:23:17,353 --> 00:23:19,147
Will you come in,
Mystery Challenger,

595
00:23:19,189 --> 00:23:20,356
and sign in, please?

596
00:23:25,278 --> 00:23:26,988
Well, judging
from the applause,

597
00:23:27,030 --> 00:23:28,948
I take it that
you are a performer?

598
00:23:28,990 --> 00:23:30,450
I don't know. Yeah, yeah.

599
00:23:30,492 --> 00:23:32,494
That's right, that's right,
that's right.

600
00:23:32,535 --> 00:23:34,746
Are you good looking and uh,

601
00:23:34,787 --> 00:23:37,665
considered a dreamboat type
by the girls?

602
00:23:37,707 --> 00:23:39,834
You have your answer there,
Miss Dorothy.

603
00:23:39,876 --> 00:23:41,127
DOROTHY:
Are you Ronald Reagan?

604
00:23:41,169 --> 00:23:42,879
Ronald Reagan.
That's right.

605
00:23:42,921 --> 00:23:46,007
Ronald Reagan would
come on screen on a horse

606
00:23:46,049 --> 00:23:47,342
with his cowboy hat.

607
00:23:47,383 --> 00:23:49,469
First of all he's Governor
of California,

608
00:23:49,511 --> 00:23:52,222
But he was also an actor,
he was a movie star.

609
00:23:52,263 --> 00:23:54,182
People are like
"He's going to help us."

610
00:23:54,224 --> 00:23:55,683
When I was a kid,
a friend of mine,

611
00:23:55,725 --> 00:23:57,393
his mother would give him
castor oil.

612
00:23:57,435 --> 00:23:59,771
I tried it once.
It's just nasty as hell.

613
00:23:59,812 --> 00:24:01,981
But that's Carter, like
"Look, this is the truth.

614
00:24:02,023 --> 00:24:03,274
Here's your castor oil."

615
00:24:03,316 --> 00:24:05,235
Reagan's giving you
a spoonful of sugar.

616
00:24:05,276 --> 00:24:06,861
Now that's not good for you,
but it is like,

617
00:24:06,903 --> 00:24:09,864
"Give me some more that.
I want some more."

618
00:24:09,906 --> 00:24:12,116
GREER:  You don't know
a seismic shift,

619
00:24:12,158 --> 00:24:13,868
except in retrospect.

620
00:24:13,910 --> 00:24:16,704
When I look back now,
of course, it was massive.

621
00:24:16,746 --> 00:24:20,875
Muhammad Ali made boxing
a metaphor for the struggle.

622
00:24:20,917 --> 00:24:23,002
ALI:  I want to use my name
for righteousness,

623
00:24:23,044 --> 00:24:25,046
for Allah's sake,
for God's sake,

624
00:24:25,088 --> 00:24:26,798
for helping my people unite.

625
00:24:26,839 --> 00:24:29,384
This is the main thing
that keeps me fighting.

626
00:24:29,425 --> 00:24:32,804
GREER:  But by the '80s,
it becomes a metaphor

627
00:24:32,845 --> 00:24:36,057
for this whole idea
of individualism

628
00:24:36,099 --> 00:24:39,060
you know, every man, woman
for him or herself.

629
00:24:39,102 --> 00:24:40,228
You know, people ask me
to say,

630
00:24:40,270 --> 00:24:42,981
"Hey, did you try
to surpass Ali

631
00:24:43,022 --> 00:24:44,566
in as far as
doing his thing?"

632
00:24:44,607 --> 00:24:48,236
I said "Physically,
I don't try to surpass Ali,

633
00:24:48,278 --> 00:24:49,571
financially I do."

634
00:24:49,612 --> 00:24:51,739
(LAUGHTER)

635
00:24:51,781 --> 00:24:53,908
Leonard was
the golden boy.

636
00:24:53,950 --> 00:24:55,201
He got the gold medal

637
00:24:55,243 --> 00:24:56,536
and because he had
the gold medal,

638
00:24:56,578 --> 00:24:58,288
you know, he's fighting
for $40,000

639
00:24:58,329 --> 00:24:59,664
in his first pro fight

640
00:24:59,706 --> 00:25:00,832
and, of course,

641
00:25:00,873 --> 00:25:02,584
Hagler was taking
the tougher route.

642
00:25:02,625 --> 00:25:05,295
MAN: So I take the pictures
so that we can simulate

643
00:25:05,336 --> 00:25:07,755
that it's near
the end of the fight.

644
00:25:07,797 --> 00:25:10,091
You know, I want you
to be kind of tired

645
00:25:10,133 --> 00:25:11,593
but victorious.

646
00:25:12,385 --> 00:25:13,511
A guy like Hagler,

647
00:25:13,553 --> 00:25:15,430
he wasn't image conscious
at all.

648
00:25:16,598 --> 00:25:18,308
He just wanted to be
a fighter,

649
00:25:18,349 --> 00:25:19,809
Given what he had to do

650
00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:21,769
and the price he had to pay
to reach the top,

651
00:25:21,811 --> 00:25:23,021
he's going to look at
a guy like Leonard

652
00:25:23,062 --> 00:25:25,189
and say "Everything
was handed to him."

653
00:25:25,231 --> 00:25:26,608
Even though
that wasn't true,

654
00:25:26,649 --> 00:25:28,276
it's very easy to see how
Marvin would think that.

655
00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:30,361
(ANNOUNCER SPEAKING)

656
00:25:38,494 --> 00:25:40,038
MAN: That bald-headed
fellow there

657
00:25:40,079 --> 00:25:41,289
is Marvin Hagler, Don.

658
00:25:41,331 --> 00:25:42,749
DON: I'm glad to know that,
Larry.

659
00:25:42,790 --> 00:25:44,876
LARRY: He is the most
outstanding fighter

660
00:25:44,917 --> 00:25:47,795
to come out of this region
in recent years.

661
00:25:47,837 --> 00:25:50,256
With Hagler,
he's just good.

662
00:25:50,298 --> 00:25:52,800
But that doesn't work
for a promoter sometimes.

663
00:25:53,843 --> 00:25:55,470
What else are you?

664
00:25:55,511 --> 00:25:56,971
Tell me, what else you got?

665
00:25:58,264 --> 00:26:00,141
I remember Ray
was doing commentary

666
00:26:00,183 --> 00:26:01,309
on national television.

667
00:26:01,351 --> 00:26:02,644
Ray spoke beautifully.

668
00:26:02,685 --> 00:26:04,479
Marvin was
a little more shy.

669
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:05,897
Sugar Ray Leonard,
Ladies and gentlemen.

670
00:26:05,938 --> 00:26:08,399
You look right into there,
let them have a look at you.

671
00:26:08,441 --> 00:26:10,818
ATLAS:  So you combine
all these factors

672
00:26:10,860 --> 00:26:12,612
and it took a while longer
for Marvin

673
00:26:12,654 --> 00:26:14,781
to get recognized
by American television.

674
00:26:19,911 --> 00:26:22,205
ANNOUNCER:  Spanning
the globe to bring you

675
00:26:22,246 --> 00:26:24,499
the constant variety
of sport.

676
00:26:24,540 --> 00:26:28,503
Today, live on ABC's
Wide World of Sports,

677
00:26:28,544 --> 00:26:30,129
you're going to see boxing

678
00:26:30,171 --> 00:26:33,800
of the most exciting type
in the world.

679
00:26:33,841 --> 00:26:36,177
Well, we're on camera now,
Sugar Ray.

680
00:26:36,219 --> 00:26:37,679
And that's the Clint Jackson

681
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,848
that we really expected
to be fighting at Montreal.

682
00:26:41,974 --> 00:26:43,768
Well, he's well groomed.

683
00:26:43,810 --> 00:26:46,020
I wish you'd put on
your headset, Sugar Ray,

684
00:26:46,062 --> 00:26:47,438
so we can hear you.

685
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,190
That was an exciting fight,

686
00:26:49,232 --> 00:26:51,484
one of the best
we have seen,

687
00:26:51,526 --> 00:26:53,361
and we've seen nothing
but good fights today.

688
00:26:53,403 --> 00:26:54,821
Right now coming up,

689
00:26:54,862 --> 00:26:57,365
you're going to see
a youngster from Detroit.

690
00:26:57,407 --> 00:26:59,992
Just 17 years of age,
named Hearns,

691
00:27:00,034 --> 00:27:02,954
one of the slickest boxers
you'd want to see.

692
00:27:02,995 --> 00:27:04,580
Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns

693
00:27:04,622 --> 00:27:06,916
was a brilliantly
gifted fighter

694
00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:09,210
from the Kronk Gym
in Detroit,

695
00:27:09,252 --> 00:27:11,212
described by
Emanuel Steward,

696
00:27:11,254 --> 00:27:12,255
his Hall of Fame trainer,

697
00:27:12,296 --> 00:27:13,840
as the Elvis Presley
of boxing.

698
00:27:15,425 --> 00:27:18,469
BERNSTEIN:  Hearns, live,
angular, splendid.

699
00:27:18,511 --> 00:27:20,763
Has a lot of movement.

700
00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:22,974
Sugar Ray,
that's what it takes

701
00:27:23,015 --> 00:27:24,517
to beat these fighters,
doesn't it?

702
00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:26,894
LEONARD:  Hearns is a
good, clean boxer

703
00:27:26,936 --> 00:27:29,522
and he has a good height
and quickness.

704
00:27:29,564 --> 00:27:32,233
This is a great asset
in amateur boxing.

705
00:27:32,275 --> 00:27:34,485
BERNSTEIN:
Hearns 17, you 21,

706
00:27:34,527 --> 00:27:36,154
you're getting old,
Sugar Ray.

707
00:27:36,195 --> 00:27:37,572
(LEONARD CHUCKLES)
Not yet, Al.

708
00:27:41,033 --> 00:27:42,326
COMMENTATOR:
We thought there could be

709
00:27:42,368 --> 00:27:43,745
no question about it.

710
00:27:43,786 --> 00:27:46,497
So, the United States takes
a five to three...

711
00:27:50,877 --> 00:27:52,754
Tommy was
a great amateur,

712
00:27:52,795 --> 00:27:54,005
really accomplished amateur.

713
00:27:54,046 --> 00:27:56,340
Emanuel Steward
strengthened Tommy,

714
00:27:56,382 --> 00:27:57,884
and it was a bond
that lasted

715
00:27:57,925 --> 00:27:58,885
all through their life.

716
00:28:01,637 --> 00:28:03,264
COMMENTATOR:  Oh,
that's a left to the body

717
00:28:03,306 --> 00:28:04,557
and right to the chin.

718
00:28:04,599 --> 00:28:06,267
One of the best combinations
in boxing.

719
00:28:06,309 --> 00:28:08,561
Thomas lost
close decisions,

720
00:28:08,603 --> 00:28:11,397
the Olympic trials
back to Aaron Pryor,

721
00:28:11,439 --> 00:28:13,107
who was 20 years old
at the time,

722
00:28:13,149 --> 00:28:14,776
a big political favorite.

723
00:28:14,817 --> 00:28:18,070
ANNOUNCER:  That's it.
Pryor is your champion.

724
00:28:31,334 --> 00:28:32,668
O'BRIEN:  For Hearns,

725
00:28:32,710 --> 00:28:34,504
the disappointment
of missing the Olympics

726
00:28:34,545 --> 00:28:36,756
fueled him to changing
that style.

727
00:28:36,798 --> 00:28:38,341
So he became
a very different

728
00:28:38,382 --> 00:28:39,884
and very effective pro.

729
00:28:39,926 --> 00:28:41,219
STEWARD:
When he turned professional

730
00:28:41,260 --> 00:28:42,804
we focused a lot on

731
00:28:42,845 --> 00:28:44,639
teaching him to tighten up
at the end of the punches,

732
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:45,932
add a little bit more
body weight,

733
00:28:45,973 --> 00:28:48,559
but still maintain
his boxing skills.

734
00:28:48,601 --> 00:28:50,102
Tommy as an amateur

735
00:28:50,144 --> 00:28:51,813
was more of the peck
and poke style.

736
00:28:51,854 --> 00:28:54,649
Tall guy, 6'2",
jabbed a lot,

737
00:28:54,690 --> 00:28:56,609
hadn't discovered the power
in his right hand,

738
00:28:56,651 --> 00:28:57,819
probably because
he hadn't been taught

739
00:28:57,860 --> 00:28:59,111
how to properly
throw the right hand.

740
00:28:59,153 --> 00:29:00,822
Enter Emanuel Steward,
all of a sudden,

741
00:29:00,863 --> 00:29:02,490
you have
a tremendous puncher.

742
00:29:04,033 --> 00:29:06,828
MAN:  Young and handsome,
and somewhat shy

743
00:29:06,869 --> 00:29:08,996
Tommy turned pro
only last year.

744
00:29:09,038 --> 00:29:10,832
He's demolished
all of his opponents

745
00:29:10,873 --> 00:29:12,166
by knockout.

746
00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:13,709
INTERVIEWER:  When you came
in here at Kronk,

747
00:29:13,751 --> 00:29:15,753
when you were just a kid,

748
00:29:15,795 --> 00:29:17,839
did you ever think
you'd do this much?

749
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,299
Yes, I felt that, you know,
as I was coming up,

750
00:29:20,341 --> 00:29:22,260
I used to have dreams that

751
00:29:22,301 --> 00:29:25,054
I would at some time be
the champion of the world.

752
00:29:26,097 --> 00:29:27,890
(CROWD CHEERING)

753
00:29:30,017 --> 00:29:32,061
I realized near
the very beginning,

754
00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:33,354
"This kid's a freak."

755
00:29:33,396 --> 00:29:34,730
Most of the welterweights

756
00:29:34,772 --> 00:29:36,649
were, you know, 5'7", 5'8".

757
00:29:36,691 --> 00:29:38,359
He's like 6'1.5"

758
00:29:38,401 --> 00:29:40,403
and he's got
a 78 inch reach.

759
00:29:43,823 --> 00:29:46,868
He was just different.
He stood out.

760
00:29:48,619 --> 00:29:50,913
(CROWD CHEERING)

761
00:29:52,540 --> 00:29:53,708
INTERVIEWER:  Okay.
What's next?

762
00:29:53,749 --> 00:29:55,501
-Can you get Sugar Ray?
-I don't think so.

763
00:29:55,543 --> 00:29:56,711
-No?
-No.

764
00:29:56,752 --> 00:29:58,296
Leonard won't fight us
on any conditions

765
00:29:58,337 --> 00:29:59,630
we have been told,
he'll wait

766
00:29:59,672 --> 00:30:01,007
until Tommy grows
into middleweight

767
00:30:01,048 --> 00:30:02,466
which means he'll have to
wait for two years

768
00:30:02,508 --> 00:30:03,551
before making his move.

769
00:30:04,719 --> 00:30:06,721
(INDISTINCT COMMENTARY)

770
00:30:12,768 --> 00:30:15,646
Thomas combined that
huge reach and height

771
00:30:15,688 --> 00:30:17,732
with frightening
right-hand power.

772
00:30:21,444 --> 00:30:23,029
And in boxing,
for boxing fans,

773
00:30:23,070 --> 00:30:25,615
there is nothing as
appealing as a big puncher.

774
00:30:27,241 --> 00:30:28,451
INTERVIEWER:
What's your strategy?

775
00:30:28,492 --> 00:30:29,744
Well, first two rounds

776
00:30:29,785 --> 00:30:31,412
I was planning on
just coming out,

777
00:30:31,454 --> 00:30:33,039
just trying to give
my boxing best

778
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,082
then I would try
bigger shots from there.

779
00:30:35,124 --> 00:30:36,959
Knockout or are you gonna
predict anything?

780
00:30:37,001 --> 00:30:39,587
Not predicting, I'm not
predicting anything.

781
00:30:39,629 --> 00:30:41,088
MAN:  Tommy Hearns
is unbeaten,

782
00:30:41,130 --> 00:30:43,132
winning all his fights
by knockouts,

783
00:30:43,174 --> 00:30:44,926
all by the third round.

784
00:30:44,967 --> 00:30:47,219
But he'll be put to the test
by Pedro Rojas,

785
00:30:47,261 --> 00:30:49,805
ranked third in the world
by the World Boxing Council.

786
00:30:49,847 --> 00:30:52,058
Rojas will be Hearns'
stiffest test to date.

787
00:30:57,813 --> 00:31:00,441
When Tommy turned pro,
he was popping 'em out.

788
00:31:00,483 --> 00:31:01,734
One fight after another

789
00:31:01,776 --> 00:31:03,069
at the Olympia Stadium
in Detroit.

790
00:31:03,110 --> 00:31:04,695
Pop, another one
round there.

791
00:31:04,737 --> 00:31:06,113
Pop, another one
round knockout.

792
00:31:11,827 --> 00:31:13,788
You did not get
popcorn or beer

793
00:31:13,829 --> 00:31:15,206
before the fight started.

794
00:31:16,248 --> 00:31:17,458
You sat down there,

795
00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:18,626
'cause if you blinked

796
00:31:18,668 --> 00:31:19,961
or you started talking
to someone else,

797
00:31:20,002 --> 00:31:21,629
you would miss that fight.

798
00:31:24,340 --> 00:31:25,883
(BELL DINGING)

799
00:31:27,593 --> 00:31:28,636
MAN:  I thought you said

800
00:31:28,678 --> 00:31:29,637
you're gonna
give us a chance.

801
00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:30,638
You were gonna coast
the first round.

802
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:31,472
Why did you beat him
so quick?

803
00:31:31,514 --> 00:31:33,015
I never said that.

804
00:31:33,057 --> 00:31:35,142
What do you think, Emanuel,
now? What's next for Tommy?

805
00:31:35,184 --> 00:31:37,103
Whoever's between us
and the championship,

806
00:31:37,144 --> 00:31:39,939
that's who we want next,
that is willing to fight us.

807
00:31:39,981 --> 00:31:42,316
Although most of the guys
are afraid.

808
00:31:42,358 --> 00:31:45,361
Leonard was the one
that we wanted.

809
00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:47,947
Emanuel and Tommy,
everybody talked.

810
00:31:47,989 --> 00:31:50,324
Ray Leonard, Ray Leonard,
Ray Leonard.

811
00:31:50,366 --> 00:31:52,284
There's been
a lot of criticism that

812
00:31:52,326 --> 00:31:54,370
I'm afraid to fight
Tommy Hearns.

813
00:31:55,913 --> 00:31:57,331
I will say that
when the money is right,

814
00:31:57,373 --> 00:31:58,332
then I will fight.

815
00:31:58,374 --> 00:31:59,542
But you're not dodging
him or anything?

816
00:31:59,583 --> 00:32:01,043
No, that's baloney.

817
00:32:01,085 --> 00:32:02,586
I mean, just put him
in the ring

818
00:32:02,628 --> 00:32:04,171
and I got a very talented
youngster.

819
00:32:04,213 --> 00:32:05,423
He's very talented.

820
00:32:05,464 --> 00:32:07,675
What the heck? Let's go.

821
00:32:07,717 --> 00:32:10,678
Sugar Ray Leonard
had higher ambitions

822
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,263
than Tommy Hearns.

823
00:32:12,304 --> 00:32:14,306
Didn't want to just be
a great champion.

824
00:32:14,348 --> 00:32:17,643
He wanted to be something
beyond that.

825
00:32:17,685 --> 00:32:20,604
LEONARD:  I had a certain
persona that was different.

826
00:32:20,646 --> 00:32:22,189
In other words,
people considered me

827
00:32:22,231 --> 00:32:24,692
more of a personality
than just a boxer.

828
00:32:25,401 --> 00:32:27,111
And I value that.

829
00:32:27,153 --> 00:32:29,822
The Four Kings model
is so interesting to me

830
00:32:29,864 --> 00:32:31,866
because you really have
Ray Leonard

831
00:32:31,907 --> 00:32:34,535
as the only
marketable figure,

832
00:32:34,577 --> 00:32:36,537
the only person
who can speak

833
00:32:36,579 --> 00:32:38,581
to the educated masses.

834
00:32:38,622 --> 00:32:42,043
We talk about fighters
who understand the media

835
00:32:42,084 --> 00:32:44,712
and can talk better and
get their point across.

836
00:32:44,754 --> 00:32:46,505
The same thing
with politicians.

837
00:32:46,547 --> 00:32:49,759
Reagan was an actor,
but people bought into it.

838
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:50,968
He could talk to you.

839
00:32:52,094 --> 00:32:54,388
Most voters
in the United States

840
00:32:54,430 --> 00:32:57,224
are what we would call
low information voters.

841
00:32:57,266 --> 00:32:59,226
It's much more based
on marketing.

842
00:32:59,268 --> 00:33:01,562
If a candidate can come up
with the right slogan,

843
00:33:01,604 --> 00:33:04,398
that candidate has a huge
advantage over other people.

844
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:05,649
And Reagan did that.

845
00:33:05,691 --> 00:33:08,778
...and that you,
along with us,

846
00:33:08,819 --> 00:33:11,739
can make America
great again.

847
00:33:11,781 --> 00:33:13,324
That's what
we're going to do.

848
00:33:13,365 --> 00:33:14,909
Thank you very much.

849
00:33:16,744 --> 00:33:18,496
Remember
the American electorate

850
00:33:18,537 --> 00:33:22,833
think that all politicians
are crooks, are liars.

851
00:33:22,875 --> 00:33:24,585
The candidate
they'll support

852
00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:28,422
is the one they think
will give them something

853
00:33:28,464 --> 00:33:29,840
because they expect

854
00:33:29,882 --> 00:33:32,259
from the average politician,
nothing.

855
00:33:32,301 --> 00:33:35,429
You can make your family's
life much better.

856
00:33:35,471 --> 00:33:37,556
WOLFF:  He had the corporate
seal of approval

857
00:33:37,598 --> 00:33:40,267
from one of the five most
important corporations

858
00:33:40,309 --> 00:33:41,352
in America,

859
00:33:41,393 --> 00:33:42,895
namely General Electric.

860
00:33:42,937 --> 00:33:45,481
...for General Electric,
here is Ronald Reagan.

861
00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:47,066
People thought
that he was

862
00:33:47,108 --> 00:33:49,443
at the edges of
the Republican Party.

863
00:33:49,485 --> 00:33:51,821
So by the time
you get to the '80s,

864
00:33:51,862 --> 00:33:53,155
this is a man
who's been governor,

865
00:33:53,197 --> 00:33:54,573
this is a man
who's tried to get

866
00:33:54,615 --> 00:33:56,450
the Republican nomination
a couple of times.

867
00:33:56,492 --> 00:33:58,327
So he had his hands
on the pulse of

868
00:33:58,369 --> 00:34:00,329
American conservativism.

869
00:34:00,371 --> 00:34:03,165
He was a sure
mannequin speaking

870
00:34:03,207 --> 00:34:05,835
whatever lines
the people around him wrote.

871
00:34:05,876 --> 00:34:07,795
REAGAN:  A troubled
and afflicted mankind

872
00:34:07,837 --> 00:34:09,296
looks to us

873
00:34:09,338 --> 00:34:13,342
that we will become
that shining city on a hill.

874
00:34:13,384 --> 00:34:14,760
I believe that together,

875
00:34:14,802 --> 00:34:17,304
we can keep this rendezvous
with destiny.

876
00:34:20,432 --> 00:34:22,810
And that's the same kind of
thing with Ray Leonard.

877
00:34:22,852 --> 00:34:23,978
Leonard was a darling.

878
00:34:24,019 --> 00:34:26,230
He wasn't a threat
to America.

879
00:34:26,272 --> 00:34:28,774
Everybody embraced him
because he had that smile

880
00:34:28,816 --> 00:34:30,109
and all he was doing
was fighting

881
00:34:30,151 --> 00:34:31,902
and he wasn't saying
anything else.

882
00:34:31,944 --> 00:34:33,362
You know, I feel like
an idiot doing this.

883
00:34:34,363 --> 00:34:36,073
(OLD SCHOOL RAP MUSIC PLAYING)

884
00:34:38,284 --> 00:34:41,495
(SINGING JINGLE)

885
00:34:41,537 --> 00:34:44,081
To call
Sugar Ray Leonard apolitical

886
00:34:44,123 --> 00:34:46,417
is to ignore the politics
of the '80s.

887
00:34:46,458 --> 00:34:48,002
Sugar Ray Leonard's
narrative

888
00:34:48,043 --> 00:34:50,254
was that he was
a bootstraps capitalist

889
00:34:50,296 --> 00:34:52,298
who pulled himself up
from nothing,

890
00:34:52,339 --> 00:34:54,633
who supported the country,
who was patriotic.

891
00:34:54,675 --> 00:34:57,178
It plays into
Reagan's narrative well.

892
00:34:57,219 --> 00:34:58,888
I'm so glad
you could join us.

893
00:34:58,929 --> 00:35:00,222
I love your commercials.

894
00:35:00,264 --> 00:35:01,974
That's the problem
of so many fighters.

895
00:35:02,016 --> 00:35:03,225
You want to be accepted.

896
00:35:03,267 --> 00:35:04,476
You think of
Mohammed Ali,

897
00:35:04,518 --> 00:35:05,686
how great he was.

898
00:35:05,728 --> 00:35:07,229
The only things
I remember him endorsing

899
00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:09,398
was roach spray
and shoe polish.

900
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:10,691
I mean roaches.

901
00:35:10,733 --> 00:35:13,152
I'm going to show you
how you remove roaches.

902
00:35:13,194 --> 00:35:15,070
PAIGE:  I think it's safe
to say that Ray Leonard

903
00:35:15,112 --> 00:35:16,697
was the first of a group

904
00:35:16,739 --> 00:35:18,449
of television babies
and athletes

905
00:35:18,490 --> 00:35:21,493
where he wasn't doing
an ethnic commercial.

906
00:35:21,535 --> 00:35:22,745
He was doing 7up.

907
00:35:22,786 --> 00:35:24,038
He was doing commercials

908
00:35:24,079 --> 00:35:25,873
that would run
on all network.

909
00:35:25,915 --> 00:35:27,666
I can feel
it's coming now

910
00:35:27,708 --> 00:35:29,210
A fresh look on the sea

911
00:35:29,251 --> 00:35:31,212
With a whole new
style of living

912
00:35:31,253 --> 00:35:33,672
Light and crisp
and clean

913
00:35:33,714 --> 00:35:35,549
Ray Leonard recognized

914
00:35:35,591 --> 00:35:37,384
there was an inevitable

915
00:35:37,426 --> 00:35:41,055
new age of entertainment
and sports

916
00:35:41,096 --> 00:35:43,474
getting closer and closer
to each other.

917
00:35:45,517 --> 00:35:46,644
He planted the seed

918
00:35:46,685 --> 00:35:48,812
where so many athletes,
not just boxing,

919
00:35:48,854 --> 00:35:50,064
but in other sports, saying,

920
00:35:50,105 --> 00:35:51,857
"Wait a minute,
there's money to be made."

921
00:35:51,899 --> 00:35:54,193
Yes, it's safe to say
that Leonard paved the way

922
00:35:54,235 --> 00:35:55,486
for somebody like
Michael Jordan

923
00:35:55,527 --> 00:35:56,695
who was making more money
off the court

924
00:35:56,737 --> 00:35:57,905
than on the court.

925
00:35:59,615 --> 00:36:01,825
REPORTER:  The 7up people
threw a luncheon

926
00:36:01,867 --> 00:36:03,577
in New York City recently

927
00:36:03,619 --> 00:36:06,330
to show off their
bright new salesman.

928
00:36:06,372 --> 00:36:08,958
Well, here is a man
who is a champion

929
00:36:08,999 --> 00:36:12,836
in the ring and out of it.
Sugar Ray Leonard.

930
00:36:12,878 --> 00:36:13,796
REPORTER:
The champion earned

931
00:36:13,837 --> 00:36:15,172
an extra measure of respect

932
00:36:15,214 --> 00:36:16,674
from these businessmen.

933
00:36:16,715 --> 00:36:20,302
After all, he's Sugar Ray
Leonard Incorporated.

934
00:36:20,344 --> 00:36:22,721
The real brains
behind Ray Leonard

935
00:36:22,763 --> 00:36:24,473
was Mike Trainer,
who was a divorce lawyer

936
00:36:24,515 --> 00:36:26,267
from Silver Spring,
Maryland.

937
00:36:26,308 --> 00:36:29,436
Because of Trainer,
Ray was able to remain

938
00:36:29,478 --> 00:36:32,398
a promotional free agent
for most of his career.

939
00:36:32,439 --> 00:36:34,441
That was unheard of
at the time.

940
00:36:34,483 --> 00:36:36,944
In boxing, everything starts
with a promoter.

941
00:36:36,986 --> 00:36:38,279
In those days,
if you didn't have

942
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,114
a major league
power promoter

943
00:36:40,155 --> 00:36:42,449
backing you,
you never get a chance.

944
00:36:42,491 --> 00:36:44,451
We decided that
we try to do it ourselves

945
00:36:44,493 --> 00:36:45,452
in the beginning

946
00:36:45,494 --> 00:36:47,454
and establish
Ray's market value,

947
00:36:47,496 --> 00:36:48,789
go directly to arenas,

948
00:36:48,831 --> 00:36:50,374
go directly to TV,

949
00:36:50,416 --> 00:36:52,418
put on our own show,
so to speak.

950
00:36:52,459 --> 00:36:55,629
I'm independent and I always
will remain independent.

951
00:36:55,671 --> 00:36:57,256
If I was owned by anyone,

952
00:36:57,298 --> 00:36:59,591
I would not be a
professional fighter today.

953
00:36:59,633 --> 00:37:01,719
You know, a lot
of promoters fear me.

954
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,178
They fear what
Sugar Ray Leonard

955
00:37:03,220 --> 00:37:05,222
and his people
have established.

956
00:37:05,264 --> 00:37:07,141
I think Trainer's
an ingrate.

957
00:37:07,182 --> 00:37:08,600
He's unappreciative.

958
00:37:09,101 --> 00:37:10,686
I think that, uh,

959
00:37:10,728 --> 00:37:14,106
he's the type of guy
that is very selfish.

960
00:37:14,148 --> 00:37:15,607
In every year of boxing,

961
00:37:15,649 --> 00:37:17,776
there's one or two
promotional groups

962
00:37:17,818 --> 00:37:19,194
at the top of the pyramid.

963
00:37:19,236 --> 00:37:20,821
Bob Arum and Don King

964
00:37:20,863 --> 00:37:23,282
did really control the sport
during that era.

965
00:37:23,324 --> 00:37:25,117
I made more millionaires
out of prize fighters

966
00:37:25,159 --> 00:37:26,910
than anyone in history.

967
00:37:26,952 --> 00:37:28,996
This was done
by enterprise,

968
00:37:29,038 --> 00:37:31,498
what America truly
is founded upon.

969
00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:33,625
King came off
of the streets.

970
00:37:33,667 --> 00:37:37,838
He was the largest
Number Czar in Cleveland.

971
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:39,256
He killed two people,

972
00:37:39,298 --> 00:37:41,425
went to jail
for manslaughter.

973
00:37:42,134 --> 00:37:45,262
Very tough street guy.

974
00:37:45,304 --> 00:37:46,847
And then you have Bob Arum,

975
00:37:46,889 --> 00:37:50,267
who grew up in a Hasidic
neighborhood in Brooklyn,

976
00:37:50,309 --> 00:37:53,020
went to NYU and
Harvard Law School,

977
00:37:53,062 --> 00:37:55,481
worked in
the U.S. Attorney's office.

978
00:37:55,522 --> 00:37:57,983
Bob Arum got
his start in boxing

979
00:37:58,025 --> 00:37:59,610
with Muhammad Ali.

980
00:37:59,651 --> 00:38:02,905
King and Arum,
their tentacles just reached

981
00:38:02,946 --> 00:38:05,616
further and further
and further.

982
00:38:05,657 --> 00:38:08,494
I think King cared
more about being famous,

983
00:38:08,535 --> 00:38:10,287
than Arum did, maybe.

984
00:38:10,329 --> 00:38:14,458
It was more in the DNA
of King to be flamboyant.

985
00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:17,419
It's showmanship.
Entertainment business.

986
00:38:17,461 --> 00:38:19,380
My responsibility
as a promoter

987
00:38:19,421 --> 00:38:22,549
is to present great events
and to sell tickets.

988
00:38:22,591 --> 00:38:25,177
And to try
to hype that event

989
00:38:25,219 --> 00:38:27,888
until you get a groundswell
of public opinion

990
00:38:27,930 --> 00:38:29,723
that will
support that event.

991
00:38:29,765 --> 00:38:31,183
(LAUGHS)

992
00:38:31,225 --> 00:38:33,143
My job is to promote.

993
00:38:33,185 --> 00:38:34,478
MAN:  Arum and King,

994
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,438
they became their
own antagonist.

995
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,982
You had those two guys
to warm you up,

996
00:38:39,024 --> 00:38:41,610
to let you know that
there was static in the air,

997
00:38:41,652 --> 00:38:43,737
and static in the hair.

998
00:38:43,779 --> 00:38:45,906
Mike Trainer had an idea

999
00:38:45,948 --> 00:38:48,409
to keep Ray independent,

1000
00:38:48,450 --> 00:38:51,370
but he didn't know anything
about closed circuit,

1001
00:38:51,412 --> 00:38:54,373
he didn't know how to make
deals with exhibitors.

1002
00:38:54,415 --> 00:38:57,084
We had been
doing that for years.

1003
00:38:57,126 --> 00:38:59,670
So in order
to do an event,

1004
00:38:59,711 --> 00:39:03,215
he had a go to us,
make us the promoter,

1005
00:39:03,257 --> 00:39:06,635
which he did
with the Duran fight.

1006
00:39:06,677 --> 00:39:09,096
When you are
the number one guy.

1007
00:39:09,138 --> 00:39:11,390
you fight who you want,
when you want,

1008
00:39:11,432 --> 00:39:14,101
where you want,
for how much money you want.

1009
00:39:14,143 --> 00:39:16,311
That was Ray Leonard.
He was number one.

1010
00:39:16,353 --> 00:39:17,855
He was a star fighter

1011
00:39:17,896 --> 00:39:19,440
who could have
fought anyone.

1012
00:39:19,481 --> 00:39:21,316
And he picked Roberto Duran.

1013
00:39:21,358 --> 00:39:22,860
And that was his way

1014
00:39:22,901 --> 00:39:25,237
of showing the boxing world,
"I'm legitimate."

1015
00:39:25,279 --> 00:39:26,280
MAN:
Sugar Ray was named

1016
00:39:26,321 --> 00:39:27,656
1979's
"Fighter of the Year."

1017
00:39:27,698 --> 00:39:29,700
Roberta Duran was named
"Fighter of the Decade."

1018
00:39:29,741 --> 00:39:32,453
This particular fight
is more significant

1019
00:39:32,494 --> 00:39:35,164
than all my professional
amateur fights

1020
00:39:35,205 --> 00:39:36,498
for a simple reason.

1021
00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:38,417
Roberto Duran
is known worldwide.

1022
00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:40,252
He's the most
recognized fighter

1023
00:39:40,294 --> 00:39:41,253
that I have faced.

1024
00:39:41,295 --> 00:39:42,880
He's so profitable

1025
00:39:42,921 --> 00:39:45,424
and I think that
the anticipation

1026
00:39:45,466 --> 00:39:48,802
is far better
than Wilfredo Benitez fight.

1027
00:39:48,844 --> 00:39:50,137
MAN: Scared?

1028
00:39:50,179 --> 00:39:51,555
Just a little.

1029
00:39:51,597 --> 00:39:52,639
REPORTER:
At the news conference

1030
00:39:52,681 --> 00:39:55,058
announcing
the Leonard-Duran fight,

1031
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:56,977
boxing's leading
entrepreneurs

1032
00:39:57,019 --> 00:39:58,645
who loathe each other,

1033
00:39:58,687 --> 00:39:59,938
embraced each other.

1034
00:39:59,980 --> 00:40:01,982
This is something new.
(LAUGHS)

1035
00:40:02,024 --> 00:40:04,151
We believe that this event

1036
00:40:04,193 --> 00:40:06,820
will be the highest
grossing boxing match

1037
00:40:06,862 --> 00:40:08,489
in the history of the sport.

1038
00:40:08,530 --> 00:40:10,491
MAN:  I don't think
it could be overstated

1039
00:40:10,532 --> 00:40:12,743
how unusual it was
for a non-heavyweight

1040
00:40:12,784 --> 00:40:14,620
to get paid
this kind of money.

1041
00:40:14,661 --> 00:40:17,080
It was front page news
in the American press.

1042
00:40:17,122 --> 00:40:20,125
I often use Leonard-Duran
as the perfect example

1043
00:40:20,167 --> 00:40:22,252
of a fight that
stopped the world

1044
00:40:22,294 --> 00:40:24,505
For that moment,
everybody froze.

1045
00:40:24,546 --> 00:40:26,256
The world
was focused on boxing.

1046
00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:30,177
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1047
00:40:36,767 --> 00:40:38,143
(IN ENGLISH)
I'm not here to be a clown

1048
00:40:38,185 --> 00:40:39,311
like this guy over here.

1049
00:40:39,353 --> 00:40:40,687
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

1050
00:40:40,729 --> 00:40:41,605
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1051
00:40:57,246 --> 00:41:00,707
The word enigma was
invented for Roberto Duran.

1052
00:41:00,749 --> 00:41:04,127
From the moment
he hit center stage,

1053
00:41:04,169 --> 00:41:05,504
he was an anti-hero

1054
00:41:05,546 --> 00:41:08,257
who was thought of
as a bad boy of boxing.

1055
00:41:09,424 --> 00:41:11,218
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1056
00:41:16,515 --> 00:41:19,059
I think that Duran
had more natural talent

1057
00:41:19,101 --> 00:41:20,852
than maybe anyone.

1058
00:41:20,894 --> 00:41:22,896
You have to go back,
maybe to Ray Robinson

1059
00:41:22,938 --> 00:41:26,692
to find somebody with that
kind of natural talents.

1060
00:41:26,733 --> 00:41:28,902
People talk about him
as a savage

1061
00:41:28,944 --> 00:41:30,195
and an attacking force,

1062
00:41:30,237 --> 00:41:31,363
but if you watch
those fights

1063
00:41:31,405 --> 00:41:32,781
when he's a lightweight,

1064
00:41:32,823 --> 00:41:35,075
it's almost like a joy
that he brought to the ring.

1065
00:41:35,117 --> 00:41:36,410
His movement is almost

1066
00:41:36,451 --> 00:41:38,453
as if he heard
this internal music.

1067
00:41:39,997 --> 00:41:41,373
Within the boxing business

1068
00:41:41,415 --> 00:41:42,541
Duran was perceived as

1069
00:41:42,583 --> 00:41:43,709
maybe the best fighter
in the world

1070
00:41:43,750 --> 00:41:44,793
at that point.

1071
00:41:44,835 --> 00:41:46,712
He had been
a dominant lightweight,

1072
00:41:46,753 --> 00:41:48,630
thought to this day by many

1073
00:41:48,672 --> 00:41:50,215
to be the greatest
lightweight ever.

1074
00:41:50,257 --> 00:41:52,884
And then he
went up in weight.

1075
00:41:52,926 --> 00:41:55,262
Every big fight can use
a guy wearing the black hat

1076
00:41:55,304 --> 00:41:56,638
and it was just so natural

1077
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,098
for Duran
to wear the black hat.

1078
00:41:58,140 --> 00:41:59,975
He had a resentment
of Leonard to begin with.

1079
00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:01,310
He had a little bit
of a resentment of America

1080
00:42:01,351 --> 00:42:02,811
to begin with.

1081
00:42:02,853 --> 00:42:04,605
And he resented Leonard
for being the golden boy.

1082
00:42:05,939 --> 00:42:07,274
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1083
00:42:14,406 --> 00:42:16,199
MAN:  In Washington
on September 7,

1084
00:42:16,241 --> 00:42:18,952
President Carter and
the Panamanian president,

1085
00:42:18,994 --> 00:42:20,787
General Omar Torrijos,

1086
00:42:20,829 --> 00:42:23,206
signed to treaties aimed
at solving the problem

1087
00:42:23,248 --> 00:42:26,376
on who will control
their most valuable asset

1088
00:42:26,418 --> 00:42:27,919
of the famous canal.

1089
00:42:27,961 --> 00:42:30,255
CARTER:
This agreement is a symbol

1090
00:42:30,297 --> 00:42:31,798
for the world

1091
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,384
of the mutual respect
and cooperation

1092
00:42:34,426 --> 00:42:36,428
among all our nations.

1093
00:42:36,470 --> 00:42:39,473
Good evening to
all of you from California.

1094
00:42:39,514 --> 00:42:42,142
General Omar Torrijos,
the dictator of Panama,

1095
00:42:42,184 --> 00:42:44,436
seized power eight years ago

1096
00:42:44,478 --> 00:42:46,647
by ousting
the duly elected government

1097
00:42:46,688 --> 00:42:48,023
(OMAR TORRIJOS
SPEAKING SPANISH)

1098
00:42:56,531 --> 00:42:58,325
REAGAN:
As I talk to you tonight,

1099
00:42:58,367 --> 00:43:00,786
negotiations with Torrijos
go forward.

1100
00:43:00,827 --> 00:43:03,288
Negotiations aimed at
giving up our ownership

1101
00:43:03,330 --> 00:43:05,791
of the Panama Canal Zone.

1102
00:43:05,832 --> 00:43:07,542
REPORTER:  The canal and
the American Canal Zone

1103
00:43:07,584 --> 00:43:08,752
cut right through the heart

1104
00:43:08,794 --> 00:43:10,837
of the tiny country
of Panama.

1105
00:43:10,879 --> 00:43:12,923
For whole generations
of Americans,

1106
00:43:12,964 --> 00:43:14,841
the canal has been
an article of faith,

1107
00:43:14,883 --> 00:43:17,177
a symbol of American
might and mission.

1108
00:43:17,219 --> 00:43:19,012
But now
President Carter says

1109
00:43:19,054 --> 00:43:20,514
the times have changed.

1110
00:43:20,555 --> 00:43:22,349
We must turn the canal
over to Panama.

1111
00:43:22,391 --> 00:43:24,851
MAN: There is one word
for this new treaty

1112
00:43:24,893 --> 00:43:26,603
and that word is no.

1113
00:43:26,645 --> 00:43:27,854
No!

1114
00:43:27,896 --> 00:43:29,356
(MEN CHANTING)

1115
00:43:31,358 --> 00:43:32,693
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1116
00:44:07,602 --> 00:44:08,478
REAGAN:
But the Canal Zone

1117
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:10,564
is not
a colonial possession.

1118
00:44:10,605 --> 00:44:12,649
It is not a long term lease.

1119
00:44:12,691 --> 00:44:15,569
It is sovereign
United States territory.

1120
00:44:15,610 --> 00:44:16,903
(ROBERTO DURAN
SPEAKING SPANISH)

1121
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:49,936
CARTER:
As long as I am president,

1122
00:44:49,978 --> 00:44:51,813
the government
of the United States

1123
00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:54,232
will continue
throughout the world

1124
00:44:54,274 --> 00:44:56,610
to enhance human rights.

1125
00:44:56,651 --> 00:44:58,779
REAGAN:  Tell the General
we bought it,

1126
00:44:58,820 --> 00:44:59,780
we paid for it,

1127
00:44:59,821 --> 00:45:01,072
we built it,

1128
00:45:01,114 --> 00:45:02,741
and we intend to keep it.

1129
00:45:04,951 --> 00:45:05,952
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1130
00:45:13,627 --> 00:45:16,588
In Montreal, where
the fight is taking place,

1131
00:45:16,630 --> 00:45:18,548
Ray is in one hotel,

1132
00:45:18,590 --> 00:45:20,592
Duran is in the other hotel.

1133
00:45:20,634 --> 00:45:23,053
Duran had a spy,

1134
00:45:23,094 --> 00:45:27,390
and that spy's job
was to call Duran

1135
00:45:27,432 --> 00:45:29,392
when Leonard's wife Juanita

1136
00:45:29,434 --> 00:45:31,478
would leave the hotel,

1137
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,272
and Duran's car
would pull up

1138
00:45:34,314 --> 00:45:36,441
and he'd say things like,

1139
00:45:36,483 --> 00:45:38,443
"When I beat your husband,

1140
00:45:38,485 --> 00:45:40,237
I go to sleep with you."

1141
00:45:40,278 --> 00:45:41,655
Crazy stuff.

1142
00:45:41,696 --> 00:45:45,075
And of course, Juanita
went back and told Ray.

1143
00:45:45,116 --> 00:45:47,244
Ray got so furious

1144
00:45:47,285 --> 00:45:49,830
that his idea was,

1145
00:45:49,871 --> 00:45:51,665
"I'm gonna show this guy,

1146
00:45:51,706 --> 00:45:54,668
and I'm going to beat
the hell out of him."

1147
00:45:54,709 --> 00:45:55,752
LEONARD:
All of a sudden now

1148
00:45:55,794 --> 00:45:57,796
this man is
insulting my wife,

1149
00:45:57,838 --> 00:46:00,674
and I can't do
anything about it.

1150
00:46:00,715 --> 00:46:03,510
But I mean, I was gonna
defend my wife.

1151
00:46:03,552 --> 00:46:04,719
MAN:
While Sugar Ray Leonard,

1152
00:46:04,761 --> 00:46:06,012
who fights with a flair,

1153
00:46:06,054 --> 00:46:07,889
and Roberto Duran,
who fights with a fury,

1154
00:46:07,931 --> 00:46:09,724
square off tomorrow
night at Montreal

1155
00:46:09,766 --> 00:46:11,810
for the WBC
welterweight title.

1156
00:46:11,852 --> 00:46:13,228
Leonard,
with the fastest hands

1157
00:46:13,270 --> 00:46:14,521
in the boxing game,

1158
00:46:14,563 --> 00:46:15,647
is listed as
the nine-to-five favorite

1159
00:46:15,689 --> 00:46:16,690
among the oddsmakers.

1160
00:46:16,731 --> 00:46:19,025
But 17 of the 30
sports writers

1161
00:46:19,067 --> 00:46:20,151
covering the fight

1162
00:46:20,193 --> 00:46:21,486
go with the more
experienced Duran.

1163
00:46:24,197 --> 00:46:26,449
You know, the first
Duran-Leonard fight,

1164
00:46:26,491 --> 00:46:29,828
it started the era
of the Four Kings.

1165
00:46:29,870 --> 00:46:33,373
Still to me was that
golden era of boxing.

1166
00:46:33,415 --> 00:46:36,543
These guys like Leonard,
Hearns, Hagler and Duran,

1167
00:46:36,585 --> 00:46:38,962
each one was at the top
of his game,

1168
00:46:39,004 --> 00:46:41,882
and each one felt that
to be the best

1169
00:46:41,923 --> 00:46:43,967
they had to beat
the other three.

1170
00:46:44,885 --> 00:46:46,887
It was boxing at its best.

1171
00:46:47,929 --> 00:46:49,222
MAN:  I don't know
if I can stand

1172
00:46:49,264 --> 00:46:50,223
this much excitement

1173
00:46:50,265 --> 00:46:52,976
because here comes
Roberto Duran.

1174
00:46:53,018 --> 00:46:54,686
When you get two fighters
who were both

1175
00:46:54,728 --> 00:46:56,813
clearly established
as great fighters,

1176
00:46:56,855 --> 00:46:58,481
there's a tremendous
anticipation

1177
00:46:58,523 --> 00:46:59,608
because you really
don't know

1178
00:46:59,649 --> 00:47:01,234
what's going to happen
in the ring.

1179
00:47:01,276 --> 00:47:02,360
What you do know,

1180
00:47:02,402 --> 00:47:03,737
and this is the appeal
of boxing,

1181
00:47:03,778 --> 00:47:06,239
Duran is 100% sure
he's going to win.

1182
00:47:06,281 --> 00:47:08,491
Leonard is 100% sure
he's going to win.

1183
00:47:08,533 --> 00:47:10,035
One of them is wrong.

1184
00:47:10,076 --> 00:47:12,287
I could see Duran beating
the crap out of this guy.

1185
00:47:12,329 --> 00:47:15,123
I could see Leonard
boxing Duran silly,

1186
00:47:15,165 --> 00:47:16,249
anything in between.

1187
00:47:18,251 --> 00:47:19,461
MAN:  Boxing in Panama

1188
00:47:19,502 --> 00:47:21,504
is a source
of national pride.

1189
00:47:21,546 --> 00:47:23,423
Roberto Duran
is as revered here

1190
00:47:23,465 --> 00:47:24,674
as another strongman,

1191
00:47:24,716 --> 00:47:26,801
General Omar Torrijos.

1192
00:47:26,843 --> 00:47:28,887
Here in the narrow alleys
of Chorrillo,

1193
00:47:28,929 --> 00:47:31,640
a slum in Panama City
where Duran was born,

1194
00:47:31,681 --> 00:47:33,767
the dirty street
turned into a theater.

1195
00:47:34,809 --> 00:47:35,769
COMMENTATOR:
The last 30 seconds

1196
00:47:35,810 --> 00:47:36,770
from Ray ourselves.

1197
00:47:36,811 --> 00:47:38,063
-(BELL RINGS)
-They're ready.

1198
00:47:38,104 --> 00:47:40,523
And round one
of the long awaited...

1199
00:47:40,565 --> 00:47:42,067
Sugar Ray Leonard.

1200
00:47:42,108 --> 00:47:44,736
Roberto Duran, welterweight
championship fighter.

1201
00:47:44,778 --> 00:47:46,112
Leonard in flat-footed.

1202
00:47:46,154 --> 00:47:47,614
He did not
come out to dance.

1203
00:47:47,656 --> 00:47:49,240
He wants to go
toe-to-toe with him.

1204
00:47:49,282 --> 00:47:51,868
He's slowly cutting
that distance between them.

1205
00:47:51,910 --> 00:47:53,370
Oh, he took the hard left...

1206
00:47:53,411 --> 00:47:54,788
(CROWD CHEERING)

1207
00:47:57,165 --> 00:47:59,042
There's a lot of bad blood
between the two,

1208
00:47:59,084 --> 00:48:01,628
on the way in Leonard
blew a kiss at Duran

1209
00:48:01,670 --> 00:48:03,672
and Duran answered
with a word,

1210
00:48:03,713 --> 00:48:05,340
which I cannot repeat.

1211
00:48:05,382 --> 00:48:07,634
Duran does not
like this man.

1212
00:48:10,387 --> 00:48:11,596
(CROWD CHEERING)

1213
00:48:13,264 --> 00:48:14,307
He's holding on.

1214
00:48:14,349 --> 00:48:15,809
Leonard is in trouble.

1215
00:48:17,727 --> 00:48:19,104
Roberto Duran,

1216
00:48:19,145 --> 00:48:20,855
he got inside my head.

1217
00:48:20,897 --> 00:48:22,065
He would talk trash,

1218
00:48:22,107 --> 00:48:24,234
he cursed me,
he cursed my wife.

1219
00:48:24,275 --> 00:48:25,527
And I said you know what,

1220
00:48:25,568 --> 00:48:26,528
I'm gonna beat him
at his own game,

1221
00:48:26,569 --> 00:48:28,321
and that's where
I went wrong.

1222
00:48:28,363 --> 00:48:29,656
He got under my skin.

1223
00:48:30,865 --> 00:48:32,242
He throws so many punches.

1224
00:48:32,283 --> 00:48:34,202
He hit me so hard
so many times

1225
00:48:34,244 --> 00:48:35,662
in so many places.

1226
00:48:35,704 --> 00:48:37,914
He's like a Tasmanian devil.

1227
00:48:37,956 --> 00:48:40,834
I'm in trouble because
I didn't know what to do.

1228
00:48:42,168 --> 00:48:43,461
(BELL RINGS)

1229
00:48:43,503 --> 00:48:44,879
COMMENTATOR:  He's punching
with the intensity

1230
00:48:44,921 --> 00:48:47,090
that only Roberto Duran
can punch with.

1231
00:48:47,132 --> 00:48:49,843
Why would they
want Leonard to take...

1232
00:48:50,385 --> 00:48:51,845
Leonard is hurt!

1233
00:48:51,886 --> 00:48:53,763
Leonard is hurt again!

1234
00:48:55,056 --> 00:48:58,351
Ray wasn't ready
for that fight

1235
00:48:58,393 --> 00:48:59,936
psychologically.

1236
00:48:59,978 --> 00:49:03,189
He was ready
for Duran physically,

1237
00:49:03,231 --> 00:49:06,651
but he hadn't quite gotten
to that next level

1238
00:49:06,693 --> 00:49:09,487
to fight a very talented,

1239
00:49:09,529 --> 00:49:13,158
very savage,
spectacular fighter,

1240
00:49:13,199 --> 00:49:15,869
which Duran was
at that point in time.

1241
00:49:17,871 --> 00:49:19,247
COMMENTATOR:
Oh, right hand!

1242
00:49:19,289 --> 00:49:20,206
(CROWD CHEERING)

1243
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:24,294
A tremendous
right hand by Duran,

1244
00:49:24,335 --> 00:49:26,046
throws Leonard
back into the rope.

1245
00:49:27,839 --> 00:49:29,466
I'm not sure
how Leonard survived

1246
00:49:29,507 --> 00:49:30,842
those first four rounds.

1247
00:49:30,884 --> 00:49:33,970
I think Leonard
wanted to show people

1248
00:49:34,012 --> 00:49:37,265
that he was tougher
than just a pretty boy.

1249
00:49:37,307 --> 00:49:39,809
And then Leonard's corner
spoke to him.

1250
00:49:39,851 --> 00:49:41,728
Try to talk
some sense into him.

1251
00:49:41,770 --> 00:49:43,188
COMMENTATOR:
Round number six.

1252
00:49:43,229 --> 00:49:44,355
(CROWD CHEERING)

1253
00:49:46,107 --> 00:49:48,693
Leonard fighting
very well off the ropes now.

1254
00:49:50,070 --> 00:49:52,238
I followed everything
with body shots,

1255
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:53,656
left hooks,

1256
00:49:53,698 --> 00:49:54,866
from here on out,

1257
00:49:54,908 --> 00:49:57,368
Duran respected
my punching ability.

1258
00:49:57,410 --> 00:50:00,163
(COMMENTATOR SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY)

1259
00:50:00,872 --> 00:50:02,332
Oh, he's been hurt!

1260
00:50:02,373 --> 00:50:04,250
A left hook...
(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

1261
00:50:04,292 --> 00:50:06,252
Duran is hurt!

1262
00:50:06,294 --> 00:50:07,587
Duran is hurt!

1263
00:50:07,629 --> 00:50:08,671
(BELL RINGS)

1264
00:50:08,713 --> 00:50:09,923
(CROWD CHEERING)

1265
00:50:09,964 --> 00:50:11,424
Oh, what a fight!

1266
00:50:14,803 --> 00:50:16,346
Duran was hurt.

1267
00:50:16,387 --> 00:50:19,099
For the first time,
he clutched his left.

1268
00:50:19,891 --> 00:50:21,059
It's very possible

1269
00:50:21,101 --> 00:50:22,352
both corners
think they're ahead.

1270
00:50:22,393 --> 00:50:24,562
It's that close.

1271
00:50:24,604 --> 00:50:27,107
This is in the hands
of the judges unless...

1272
00:50:29,192 --> 00:50:30,360
(CROWD CHEERING)

1273
00:50:33,780 --> 00:50:36,116
This one will go all
the way.

1274
00:50:36,157 --> 00:50:37,283
And we're going to have
to have a decision.

1275
00:50:37,325 --> 00:50:40,453
And then Leonard
may have...

1276
00:50:40,495 --> 00:50:42,455
Leonard bombing away!

1277
00:50:42,497 --> 00:50:45,083
Duran thinks
he has won the fight.

1278
00:50:45,125 --> 00:50:46,167
I can't believe it.

1279
00:50:46,209 --> 00:50:47,168
(BELL RINGS)

1280
00:50:47,961 --> 00:50:50,088
(CROWD CHEERING)

1281
00:50:54,008 --> 00:50:56,052
(COMMENTATOR
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

1282
00:50:57,887 --> 00:51:00,807
Here's
the official decision.

1283
00:51:00,849 --> 00:51:03,893
Duran, 146.

1284
00:51:04,519 --> 00:51:07,230
Leonard, 144.

1285
00:51:07,272 --> 00:51:08,898
(CROWD CHEERING)

1286
00:51:10,650 --> 00:51:13,194
Duran, 147.

1287
00:51:14,487 --> 00:51:17,157
Leonard, 147.

1288
00:51:18,366 --> 00:51:20,076
COMMENTATOR:
He pulled in a draw.

1289
00:51:21,703 --> 00:51:22,871
(ANNOUNCER SPEAKING FRENCH)

1290
00:51:36,384 --> 00:51:38,011
(CROWD CHEERING)

1291
00:51:38,511 --> 00:51:40,388
(CHEERING)

1292
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:44,559
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1293
00:51:45,894 --> 00:51:47,187
He was fantastic.

1294
00:51:47,228 --> 00:51:49,647
I can't even express myself.
I can't even talk.

1295
00:51:49,689 --> 00:51:50,815
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1296
00:51:53,693 --> 00:51:55,069
I'll be real truthful.

1297
00:51:55,111 --> 00:51:57,363
I've never been so depressed
over a fight in my life.

1298
00:51:57,405 --> 00:51:58,698
Do you agree
with the decision?

1299
00:51:58,740 --> 00:52:00,658
Yes, he fought
his heart out.

1300
00:52:00,700 --> 00:52:01,951
There's no question
in my mind

1301
00:52:01,993 --> 00:52:03,912
that Roberto Duran lost.

1302
00:52:03,953 --> 00:52:06,956
Duran won the fight
fair and square,

1303
00:52:06,998 --> 00:52:08,791
but Sugar Ray Leonard
is the winner

1304
00:52:08,833 --> 00:52:11,044
because he made
ten million dollars.

1305
00:52:11,753 --> 00:52:13,171
Indications right now are

1306
00:52:13,213 --> 00:52:15,215
that this was the biggest
box office match

1307
00:52:15,256 --> 00:52:16,633
of all time.

1308
00:52:16,674 --> 00:52:19,052
After the fight, both boxers
met with the press.

1309
00:52:19,093 --> 00:52:21,095
Do you respect Leonard?

1310
00:52:23,264 --> 00:52:25,350
Sure, sure.

1311
00:52:25,391 --> 00:52:27,644
Leonard,
you're my friend now.

1312
00:52:27,685 --> 00:52:29,395
(ALL LAUGHING)

1313
00:52:29,437 --> 00:52:30,313
(CAR HORNS HONKING)

1314
00:52:30,355 --> 00:52:31,105
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1315
00:52:32,607 --> 00:52:33,900
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1316
00:52:37,028 --> 00:52:38,071
MAN:  Within minutes,

1317
00:52:38,112 --> 00:52:39,530
thousands
took to the streets

1318
00:52:39,572 --> 00:52:42,116
for celebrations that
surpassed those on the day

1319
00:52:42,158 --> 00:52:44,702
the US gave up control
of the Panama Canal.

1320
00:52:44,744 --> 00:52:47,914
Monday has already been
declared a national holiday

1321
00:52:47,956 --> 00:52:49,958
as Panamanians
await the return

1322
00:52:49,999 --> 00:52:52,210
of the man
with the fists of stone.

1323
00:52:55,463 --> 00:52:56,881
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1324
00:53:14,399 --> 00:53:15,441
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1325
00:53:33,918 --> 00:53:35,628
(LAUGHS)

1326
00:53:50,852 --> 00:53:52,186
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

1327
00:54:16,210 --> 00:54:18,338
Why do people box?

1328
00:54:19,213 --> 00:54:21,257
It's like as base as we get.

1329
00:54:21,299 --> 00:54:23,509
And I'm sorry to say that

1330
00:54:23,551 --> 00:54:25,345
because there is
a nobility in it,

1331
00:54:25,386 --> 00:54:27,597
there is something
beautiful about it.

1332
00:54:27,638 --> 00:54:28,765
(BELL RINGS)

1333
00:54:28,806 --> 00:54:30,600
In a perfect world,

1334
00:54:30,641 --> 00:54:33,019
boxing would not exist.

1335
00:54:33,061 --> 00:54:35,313
You're talking
about two men

1336
00:54:35,355 --> 00:54:39,484
trying to inflict brain
damage on each other.

1337
00:54:39,525 --> 00:54:42,779
But it's not
a perfect world.

1338
00:54:42,820 --> 00:54:45,031
GREER:  And I'm not
excusing the violence,

1339
00:54:45,073 --> 00:54:47,116
but when it's
done beautifully,

1340
00:54:47,158 --> 00:54:49,327
fighting becomes
a metaphor.

1341
00:54:49,369 --> 00:54:51,996
The ring becomes
a sort of symbol

1342
00:54:52,038 --> 00:54:53,706
of the lottery of life.

1343
00:54:54,916 --> 00:54:57,502
HAUSER:  There was a time

1344
00:54:57,543 --> 00:55:00,046
when the heavyweight
championship of the world

1345
00:55:00,088 --> 00:55:03,257
was the most
coveted title in sports.

1346
00:55:03,299 --> 00:55:05,218
More people listen
to the second

1347
00:55:05,259 --> 00:55:07,887
Louis-Schmeling fight
on radio

1348
00:55:07,929 --> 00:55:10,890
than had ever listened
to any event

1349
00:55:10,932 --> 00:55:13,059
in the history
of the world.

1350
00:55:16,229 --> 00:55:18,147
Man is by nature violent.

1351
00:55:18,189 --> 00:55:19,774
There's not a doubt
in my mind about that.

1352
00:55:19,816 --> 00:55:21,275
And when you see a fight,

1353
00:55:21,317 --> 00:55:23,236
and you see the crowd
reacting the way they do,

1354
00:55:23,277 --> 00:55:24,904
living vicariously
through the fighters,

1355
00:55:24,946 --> 00:55:26,531
screaming for blood,

1356
00:55:26,572 --> 00:55:28,825
you realize how violent
we are as people,

1357
00:55:28,866 --> 00:55:31,244
And I think that boxing,
in its own way,

1358
00:55:31,285 --> 00:55:34,414
fills a need
to the audience.

1359
00:55:34,455 --> 00:55:37,583
I think that's part of what
makes boxing so special.

1360
00:55:37,625 --> 00:55:40,002
It's the violence
of Westerns

1361
00:55:40,044 --> 00:55:41,754
or the drama of them

1362
00:55:41,796 --> 00:55:44,757
with this poetry of musicals

1363
00:55:44,799 --> 00:55:46,217
and the way people move.

1364
00:55:46,259 --> 00:55:48,428
It's this ballet
of violence.

1365
00:55:50,054 --> 00:55:52,765
To me,
boxing is the most cruel,

1366
00:55:52,807 --> 00:55:55,226
brutal and beautiful ballet

1367
00:55:55,268 --> 00:55:57,270
in all of sports.

1368
00:55:57,311 --> 00:55:59,063
To be an artist,

1369
00:55:59,105 --> 00:56:01,983
you don't have to have
a paintbrush necessarily.

1370
00:56:02,984 --> 00:56:05,528
Anybody who
can do something

1371
00:56:05,570 --> 00:56:08,448
no one else can
is an artist.

1372
00:56:09,824 --> 00:56:11,576
(INAUDIBLE)

1373
00:56:21,294 --> 00:56:24,172
We have a craving
to know what we are.

1374
00:56:24,213 --> 00:56:25,465
What will we do

1375
00:56:25,506 --> 00:56:28,342
if we were
in a difficult situation?

1376
00:56:28,384 --> 00:56:30,470
Can you depend on yourself?

1377
00:56:30,511 --> 00:56:33,556
The truth can come to you
in a lot of places in life,

1378
00:56:33,598 --> 00:56:35,725
but it comes to you
a lot faster in the ring.

1379
00:56:35,766 --> 00:56:37,477
It's the express train.

1380
00:56:37,518 --> 00:56:39,645
You find out
who the freak you are.

1381
00:56:42,148 --> 00:56:44,901
(CROWD CHEERING)

1382
00:56:44,942 --> 00:56:46,736
(INAUDIBLE)

1383
00:56:46,777 --> 00:56:48,112
It's a funny thing,

1384
00:56:48,154 --> 00:56:50,114
the fight that
really made Duran

1385
00:56:50,156 --> 00:56:51,741
was this fight.

1386
00:56:51,782 --> 00:56:54,577
But he won
and lost that night.

1387
00:56:54,619 --> 00:56:56,954
Who would have thought
that on a night

1388
00:56:56,996 --> 00:57:00,333
that was going to lead him
to his greatest moment,

1389
00:57:00,374 --> 00:57:02,627
to open the gates
to great wealth

1390
00:57:02,668 --> 00:57:05,755
and all the things that
this poor kid from Panama

1391
00:57:05,796 --> 00:57:07,965
starved for, dreamed of,

1392
00:57:08,007 --> 00:57:10,885
was the same night
that was gonna condemn him

1393
00:57:10,927 --> 00:57:12,637
in the future.

1394
00:57:12,678 --> 00:57:15,723
All the things
that made Duran great

1395
00:57:15,765 --> 00:57:17,683
and that made
the world watch,

1396
00:57:17,725 --> 00:57:19,310
and made his legend

1397
00:57:20,186 --> 00:57:22,480
were gone after that night.

1398
00:57:22,522 --> 00:57:53,844
(WOMAN SINGING IN SPANISH)