1 00:00:12,554 --> 00:00:15,223 My business, boxing, 2 00:00:15,265 --> 00:00:17,142 I think it's a hard business. 3 00:00:17,184 --> 00:00:20,062 And some of these kids that are saved by boxing, 4 00:00:20,103 --> 00:00:21,563 they're already a little hardened 5 00:00:21,605 --> 00:00:23,148 in certain ways of life. 6 00:00:23,190 --> 00:00:25,692 MAN: How many of you have dope houses 7 00:00:25,734 --> 00:00:28,070 in your neighborhood? 8 00:00:28,111 --> 00:00:30,572 TEDDY: Quite frankly, there's a lack of fathers 9 00:00:30,614 --> 00:00:32,449 and direction in this country. 10 00:00:32,491 --> 00:00:34,576 MAN: Nobody cares about these kids, man. 11 00:00:34,618 --> 00:00:36,703 These kids are lost. 12 00:00:36,745 --> 00:00:38,580 MARVIN: My father, like a lot of kids 13 00:00:38,622 --> 00:00:39,915 out there, you know, 14 00:00:39,956 --> 00:00:42,084 my father never really raised us. 15 00:00:42,125 --> 00:00:43,585 TEDDY: So, when you become a trainer, 16 00:00:43,627 --> 00:00:45,504 you become a surrogate parent. 17 00:00:46,171 --> 00:00:47,589 And every day you hope 18 00:00:47,631 --> 00:00:49,466 that you did what you were supposed to, 19 00:00:49,508 --> 00:00:52,636 so you don't betray their trust, quite frankly. 20 00:00:52,677 --> 00:00:55,597 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 21 00:01:03,146 --> 00:01:05,899 We're all like one, big, happy family. 22 00:01:05,941 --> 00:01:07,734 TEDDY: It's a relationship that's as close 23 00:01:07,776 --> 00:01:10,362 to being a parent as anything could be. 24 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:12,072 But there's a twist to it. 25 00:01:12,114 --> 00:01:14,908 You're taking that kid now, and you're walking him 26 00:01:14,950 --> 00:01:17,452 into a ring where he could get hurt. 27 00:01:17,494 --> 00:01:19,204 That's the twist. 28 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:20,789 That's the paradox. 29 00:01:20,831 --> 00:01:22,707 That's the thing about boxing. 30 00:01:26,002 --> 00:01:29,965 (BIG BAND PLAYING) 31 00:01:30,006 --> 00:01:33,135 You are about to witness the very exciting story 32 00:01:33,176 --> 00:01:35,846 of a city and its people. 33 00:01:42,352 --> 00:01:43,854 Well, I grew up in the city. 34 00:01:43,895 --> 00:01:46,648 I was proud of it. Love Detroit. 35 00:01:46,690 --> 00:01:48,483 When I was little, it was the Motor City. 36 00:01:48,525 --> 00:01:50,152 Everyone knew us for cars. 37 00:01:50,193 --> 00:01:52,195 People were working in the auto factories, 38 00:01:52,237 --> 00:01:54,197 didn't need a high school diploma 39 00:01:54,239 --> 00:01:55,991 to get a job. 40 00:01:56,032 --> 00:01:57,701 They had not only one house, they had a vacation house. 41 00:01:57,742 --> 00:01:59,077 They had a boat. 42 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:00,328 MAN: There was a time in the 60s 43 00:02:00,370 --> 00:02:01,580 when Detroit was viewed 44 00:02:01,621 --> 00:02:03,915 as the model city in America. 45 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:05,917 It wasn't like that in the eighties anymore. 46 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:08,211 STUART: The Japanese were starting to fabricate cars, 47 00:02:08,253 --> 00:02:10,630 and Detroit was starting to have competition 48 00:02:10,672 --> 00:02:11,965 for the first time. 49 00:02:12,007 --> 00:02:13,967 And poverty hit the city. 50 00:02:14,009 --> 00:02:16,803 NEWS READER: Ford alone has laid off 50,000 men 51 00:02:16,845 --> 00:02:19,306 as car sales fell to their lowest level 52 00:02:19,347 --> 00:02:20,932 in 21 years. 53 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:23,143 MAN: I'm trying to live the life of a upstanding, 54 00:02:23,185 --> 00:02:25,270 respectable citizen in the United States 55 00:02:25,312 --> 00:02:26,855 and can't get nothing. 56 00:02:26,897 --> 00:02:29,816 No other major American city has been as hard hit. 57 00:02:29,858 --> 00:02:31,651 by what the Republicans like to call 58 00:02:31,693 --> 00:02:33,361 the Carter recession. 59 00:02:33,403 --> 00:02:35,864 COLEMAN: Everything that might be asked for calls 60 00:02:35,906 --> 00:02:38,700 for more money, and there is not more money available 61 00:02:38,742 --> 00:02:40,660 in the city of Detroit. 62 00:02:40,702 --> 00:02:42,162 STUART: Coleman Young loved boxing. 63 00:02:42,204 --> 00:02:44,831 He opened up all these recreation centers 64 00:02:44,873 --> 00:02:46,875 and he put boxing rings in these gyms, 65 00:02:46,917 --> 00:02:48,919 like the Kronk Recreation Center. 66 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,338 REPORTER: And right here at this old gym are a group 67 00:02:51,379 --> 00:02:54,049 of young people who fill all our hearts with pride. 68 00:02:54,090 --> 00:02:56,468 They are the members of the Kronk boxing team, 69 00:02:56,509 --> 00:02:59,221 truly a part of the heart of Detroit. 70 00:02:59,262 --> 00:03:01,723 STUART: The Kronk Gym produced champions 71 00:03:01,765 --> 00:03:03,850 and produced Cadillacs. 72 00:03:07,395 --> 00:03:10,899 You could smell the room before you entered the room. 73 00:03:12,108 --> 00:03:14,861 I mean, this assaulted all your senses. 74 00:03:16,446 --> 00:03:18,114 First was the heat, 75 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:21,076 smell the sweat. 76 00:03:22,953 --> 00:03:24,579 There were cockroaches on the walls 77 00:03:24,621 --> 00:03:26,623 because of the heat and the sweat. 78 00:03:27,791 --> 00:03:29,251 Then there was the sounds. 79 00:03:29,292 --> 00:03:31,962 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 80 00:03:35,090 --> 00:03:37,592 There was always someone yelling "Fresh meat, 81 00:03:37,634 --> 00:03:39,427 "kick his ass!" 82 00:03:39,469 --> 00:03:41,096 Kick his ass, come on. 83 00:03:41,137 --> 00:03:42,764 JACKIE: I was a journalist. 84 00:03:42,806 --> 00:03:44,099 and I went down there to do an interview. 85 00:03:44,140 --> 00:03:46,351 And everyone's looking at me like, 86 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:49,229 "Who is this white lady sitting here?" 87 00:03:49,271 --> 00:03:50,647 Double up on the jab. 88 00:03:50,689 --> 00:03:52,732 REPORTER: Emanuel Steward runs the boxing program. 89 00:03:52,774 --> 00:03:55,443 He is part taskmaster, part dream-maker. 90 00:03:55,485 --> 00:03:58,655 Emanuel Steward goes into a blighted inner city 91 00:03:58,697 --> 00:04:00,365 where there's a lot of poverty 92 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:02,701 and struggle and violence, and he sets up 93 00:04:02,742 --> 00:04:04,661 a refuge for kids. 94 00:04:04,703 --> 00:04:06,204 And, a lot of the cases, the kids have 95 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:07,664 no fathers home. 96 00:04:07,706 --> 00:04:09,624 So I'm probably the closest image 97 00:04:09,666 --> 00:04:11,835 to a father that a lot of them will have. 98 00:04:11,876 --> 00:04:13,086 He seemed to have an ability 99 00:04:13,128 --> 00:04:15,338 to really connect with fighters. 100 00:04:15,380 --> 00:04:17,340 Tommy is, I think, the best example of that. 101 00:04:41,197 --> 00:04:42,657 PRESENTER: The respective champions can 102 00:04:42,699 --> 00:04:44,159 no longer duck Thomas Hearns. 103 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,328 His unblemished record and 26 knockouts has 104 00:04:46,369 --> 00:04:49,080 finally propelled him into a championship bout. 105 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:51,166 But it's not Durand he must contend with. 106 00:04:51,207 --> 00:04:54,085 It's WBA title holder Pipino Cuevas. 107 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:55,587 PRESENTER: For Cuevas, this will be 108 00:04:55,628 --> 00:04:56,921 the 12th defense of his title, 109 00:04:56,963 --> 00:04:59,215 ten of which he's won by knockout. 110 00:04:59,257 --> 00:05:00,800 PRESENTER: Hearns says he not only wants 111 00:05:00,842 --> 00:05:02,344 to win this one for himself, 112 00:05:02,385 --> 00:05:04,804 but also for the fans in the city of Detroit. 113 00:05:04,846 --> 00:05:06,306 Edward, you know, do something 114 00:05:06,348 --> 00:05:09,100 for my hometown people as well as for me, too. 115 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:12,479 Tommy was the right person to play that role 116 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,189 to give Detroit some hope. 117 00:05:14,230 --> 00:05:16,649 You're unemployed, your family's broke up, 118 00:05:16,691 --> 00:05:18,401 on the verge of being homeless. 119 00:05:18,443 --> 00:05:20,403 But you can go to a Tommy Hearns fight 120 00:05:20,445 --> 00:05:22,072 and boy, for that moment, 121 00:05:22,113 --> 00:05:24,991 you want to think "Tommy can make it, I can make it. 122 00:05:25,033 --> 00:05:26,368 "This is one of us. 123 00:05:26,409 --> 00:05:27,744 "This is a guy from the neighborhood." 124 00:05:27,786 --> 00:05:28,912 EMANUEL: He's aware that 125 00:05:28,953 --> 00:05:30,497 he's more than just a fighter. 126 00:05:30,538 --> 00:05:32,499 He is really representing a lot for Detroit. 127 00:05:32,540 --> 00:05:34,459 It's almost like a movement, a religion or something, 128 00:05:34,501 --> 00:05:36,336 that you can feel that's going on right now. 129 00:05:36,378 --> 00:05:38,213 And, in a couple of occasions, we've had him 130 00:05:38,254 --> 00:05:39,714 step out of the dressing room door 131 00:05:39,756 --> 00:05:41,132 and he'd just look at the crowd 132 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:42,384 and they'd get so emotional, he'd have 133 00:05:42,425 --> 00:05:44,803 to go back and sit down for a minute 134 00:05:44,844 --> 00:05:46,888 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 135 00:05:53,728 --> 00:05:55,522 JACKIE: This was Tommy's turn 136 00:05:55,563 --> 00:05:57,273 to fight for a world title 137 00:05:57,315 --> 00:05:59,984 and he stepped up. 138 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:01,403 COMMENTATOR: Oh, man, what a night this could be 139 00:06:01,444 --> 00:06:03,571 with this guy, Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns. 140 00:06:03,613 --> 00:06:07,659 Ladies and gentleman, on my left, from Detroit, 141 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:12,580 Michigan, Tommy Hearns. 142 00:06:12,622 --> 00:06:15,250 (CROWD CHEERING) 143 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,130 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 144 00:06:37,772 --> 00:06:39,274 INTERVIEWER: Is that one of the sad parts 145 00:06:39,315 --> 00:06:41,443 in your life that he's not here to see you now? 146 00:06:41,484 --> 00:06:42,485 Yes, well- 147 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:11,514 COMMENTATOR: Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns 148 00:07:11,556 --> 00:07:12,724 in the white trunks, 149 00:07:12,765 --> 00:07:14,184 to the left of your screen 150 00:07:14,225 --> 00:07:16,478 and Pipino Cuevas, the reigning champion 151 00:07:16,519 --> 00:07:17,896 in his 12th title defense. 152 00:07:17,937 --> 00:07:20,982 Big looping left hook by Cuevas. 153 00:07:21,024 --> 00:07:22,984 MAN: The Hearns-Cuevas fight, I didn't have 154 00:07:23,026 --> 00:07:24,611 any idea who was going to win the fight, 155 00:07:24,652 --> 00:07:25,987 because Cuevas was such an established champion 156 00:07:26,029 --> 00:07:27,113 with a great chin. 157 00:07:27,155 --> 00:07:28,823 But Tommy was fighting 158 00:07:28,865 --> 00:07:31,284 for something bigger than a championship that day. 159 00:07:31,326 --> 00:07:33,369 COMMENTATOR: Thomas ducks underneath that. 160 00:07:33,411 --> 00:07:35,955 Off right hand. Oh, big right hand again! 161 00:07:35,997 --> 00:07:38,041 Look at this shot. He's ready to go! 162 00:07:38,082 --> 00:07:39,375 He's got him in big trouble. 163 00:07:39,417 --> 00:07:41,628 Christodoulou having a good look. 164 00:07:41,669 --> 00:07:44,422 Look at how he continues to make Cuevas miss, 165 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:46,674 even while he's throwing heavy blows. 166 00:07:46,716 --> 00:07:49,511 Wow... 167 00:07:49,552 --> 00:07:52,263 Look at him, looking to drop that big right hand. 168 00:07:54,057 --> 00:07:57,018 (CROWD CHEERING) 169 00:07:57,060 --> 00:07:59,103 He's able to get up. 170 00:07:59,145 --> 00:08:01,231 And he stops the fight. He should. 171 00:08:01,272 --> 00:08:04,567 Pipino Cuevas' legs are shot. 172 00:08:04,609 --> 00:08:06,110 Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns, 173 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:09,280 the new WBA Welterweight champion of the world. 174 00:08:09,989 --> 00:08:12,116 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 175 00:08:20,083 --> 00:08:21,793 COMMENTATOR: And you have given Detroit 176 00:08:21,834 --> 00:08:23,169 something to shout about. 177 00:08:23,211 --> 00:08:24,671 They need to hero and you're it! Tell us. 178 00:08:24,712 --> 00:08:27,173 I'm very happy to be here to perform for Detroit, 179 00:08:27,215 --> 00:08:29,968 to do things that I have been doing. 180 00:08:30,009 --> 00:08:33,513 As long as I have my mother and the city of Detroit, my 181 00:08:33,555 --> 00:08:37,392 manager here Imanuel Steward, I always will do. 182 00:08:37,433 --> 00:08:40,728 JACKIE: I can't explain how he grew that night. 183 00:08:40,770 --> 00:08:44,607 He just had this look on his face like, "I did it." 184 00:08:45,650 --> 00:08:47,443 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 185 00:08:53,199 --> 00:08:55,326 MAN: The devastation in Detroit 186 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:57,579 made them more likely to need 187 00:08:57,620 --> 00:09:00,081 and want to grasp on to someone as a hero. 188 00:09:00,123 --> 00:09:02,667 Sports provides heroes for us. 189 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:04,210 Lord knows politics doesn't. 190 00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:07,088 Good evening. 191 00:09:07,130 --> 00:09:09,507 I'm here tonight to announce my intention 192 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:11,384 to seek the Republican nomination 193 00:09:11,426 --> 00:09:13,678 for president of the United States. 194 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,347 I cannot and will not stand by 195 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:18,933 and see this great country destroy itself. 196 00:09:19,726 --> 00:09:21,269 The cities were run down. 197 00:09:21,311 --> 00:09:23,980 There were postindustrial societies. 198 00:09:24,022 --> 00:09:25,523 Here comes Ronald Reagan. 199 00:09:25,565 --> 00:09:28,359 REPORTER: Ronald Reagan is in Detroit now, 200 00:09:28,401 --> 00:09:30,403 only hours away from becoming 201 00:09:30,445 --> 00:09:33,698 the GOP's nominee for President. 202 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:35,617 (BLOWS WHISTLE) 203 00:09:35,658 --> 00:09:37,410 I accept your nomination 204 00:09:37,452 --> 00:09:39,871 for the presidency of the United States. 205 00:09:39,912 --> 00:09:42,290 (PEOPLE CHEERING) 206 00:09:42,332 --> 00:09:45,877 BONNIE: Ronald Reagan, a divorced dad. 207 00:09:45,918 --> 00:09:49,464 He makes himself visible as this sort of symbol 208 00:09:49,505 --> 00:09:52,675 of the American family without irony. 209 00:09:52,717 --> 00:09:55,178 All those aspects of civilized life that 210 00:09:55,219 --> 00:09:56,763 we most deeply cherish, 211 00:09:56,804 --> 00:09:59,724 freedom, the rule of law, economic prosperity 212 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:01,142 and opportunity. 213 00:10:01,184 --> 00:10:02,810 All these depend upon the strength and 214 00:10:02,852 --> 00:10:04,562 integrity of the family. 215 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:07,065 What it seems, he wants you to understand that 216 00:10:07,106 --> 00:10:09,275 he believes is in a very 217 00:10:09,317 --> 00:10:12,487 particular version of America 218 00:10:12,528 --> 00:10:14,322 RONALD: Going around this country, 219 00:10:14,364 --> 00:10:17,158 I think that I have found a great hunger in America 220 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,953 for a spiritual revival, for a return to traditions 221 00:10:20,995 --> 00:10:22,914 and values that we once had. 222 00:10:22,955 --> 00:10:27,669 Reagan's hearkening back to a mythical 1950s, 223 00:10:27,710 --> 00:10:30,296 an era of prosperity and growth 224 00:10:30,338 --> 00:10:32,632 before the civil rights movement ever happened. 225 00:10:32,674 --> 00:10:34,342 REPORTER: Go here as everywhere. 226 00:10:34,384 --> 00:10:35,968 The Negro finds himself in the lowest 227 00:10:36,010 --> 00:10:38,680 of all income levels. He and his race have made 228 00:10:38,721 --> 00:10:41,182 a brave struggle to better their lot. 229 00:10:41,224 --> 00:10:44,185 MAN: So Reagan is dog whistling to the people 230 00:10:44,227 --> 00:10:46,020 who are trained to hear it. 231 00:10:46,062 --> 00:10:48,022 REAGAN: Families, as we've always thought of them, 232 00:10:48,064 --> 00:10:49,691 are often not being formed, 233 00:10:49,732 --> 00:10:51,693 and too often the mothers themselves are 234 00:10:51,734 --> 00:10:53,152 only children. 235 00:10:53,194 --> 00:10:54,987 As for the fathers, much of the time, 236 00:10:55,029 --> 00:10:56,572 they're nowhere to be found. 237 00:10:56,614 --> 00:10:59,367 MAN: The 80s is about some notion of wholesomeness. 238 00:10:59,409 --> 00:11:02,745 Those who are winning in 80s understand that, 239 00:11:02,787 --> 00:11:04,247 that New America 240 00:11:04,288 --> 00:11:07,542 is using the morality police to dictate 241 00:11:07,583 --> 00:11:09,335 who gets to have a platform. 242 00:11:09,377 --> 00:11:11,713 That's a very particular character, 243 00:11:11,754 --> 00:11:13,381 that you have to be. 244 00:11:13,423 --> 00:11:14,882 TONI: My one on one guest 245 00:11:14,924 --> 00:11:16,843 is one of the most charismatic personalities 246 00:11:16,884 --> 00:11:18,219 in all of America. 247 00:11:18,261 --> 00:11:21,180 Please welcome Mr. Sugar Ray Leonard. 248 00:11:21,222 --> 00:11:23,891 (ALL CHEERING) 249 00:11:23,933 --> 00:11:25,560 No fighter since Muhammad Ali 250 00:11:25,601 --> 00:11:27,520 has captured the love and affection 251 00:11:27,562 --> 00:11:29,981 of the people like Sugar Ray Leonard has. 252 00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:31,649 He's the best boxer I ever saw. 253 00:11:31,691 --> 00:11:33,735 He's the greatest boxer, ever known. 254 00:11:33,776 --> 00:11:35,737 I just love him to death. He's one of the nicest, 255 00:11:35,778 --> 00:11:37,488 sweetest young people. 256 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:41,534 LARRY: Ray Leonard had the magic of superstardom. 257 00:11:41,576 --> 00:11:44,412 But when he fought with Durant, 258 00:11:44,454 --> 00:11:45,580 he lost the fight. 259 00:11:47,457 --> 00:11:51,419 When the world says he can be a superstar 260 00:11:51,461 --> 00:11:54,380 and he hasn't actually proved it in the ring, 261 00:11:54,422 --> 00:11:56,632 there are bound to be a lot of skeptics. 262 00:11:56,674 --> 00:11:58,217 They see me sitting here and say, 263 00:11:58,259 --> 00:11:59,719 "The kid's got it made." 264 00:11:59,761 --> 00:12:02,680 But I'm here because of what I have accomplished 265 00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:04,474 and you start from the basement, 266 00:12:04,515 --> 00:12:06,309 you can, like, work your way up to the penthouse. 267 00:12:06,350 --> 00:12:08,394 They used to say, "Well, Ray is a white collar 268 00:12:08,436 --> 00:12:09,896 fighter." I'm far from that. 269 00:12:09,937 --> 00:12:12,440 They have no idea how much work it took 270 00:12:12,482 --> 00:12:14,442 for me to be who I became. 271 00:12:14,484 --> 00:12:15,777 INTERVIEWER: Can I talk to you about the 272 00:12:15,818 --> 00:12:16,903 paternity suit or is that... 273 00:12:16,944 --> 00:12:17,945 Sure, no it's okay. 274 00:12:17,987 --> 00:12:19,447 What happened there? 275 00:12:19,489 --> 00:12:21,449 RAY: Well, I was training for the Olympics, 276 00:12:21,491 --> 00:12:23,117 and I wasn't working. 277 00:12:23,159 --> 00:12:25,119 And we needed some type of... 278 00:12:25,161 --> 00:12:26,454 Cash. 279 00:12:26,496 --> 00:12:28,289 Cash, right to take care of little Ray. 280 00:12:28,331 --> 00:12:31,125 And the only way was to go through welfare. 281 00:12:31,167 --> 00:12:33,211 I think a young lady can't get welfare 282 00:12:33,252 --> 00:12:34,378 unless they don't know 283 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:36,297 whereabouts of the father. 284 00:12:36,339 --> 00:12:38,424 So you know, we said I'm lost. 285 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:39,801 She don't know where I'm at. 286 00:12:39,842 --> 00:12:42,094 And that's the way we support little Ray. 287 00:12:42,136 --> 00:12:45,139 The way welfare was set up is that you couldn't 288 00:12:45,181 --> 00:12:46,474 have a man in your house. 289 00:12:46,516 --> 00:12:48,935 If they came in and saw a belt, 290 00:12:48,976 --> 00:12:52,021 a pair of shoes, a hat, 291 00:12:52,063 --> 00:12:53,940 then you got cut off. 292 00:12:53,981 --> 00:12:56,317 RAY: She comes to Montreal to see me fight. 293 00:12:56,359 --> 00:12:57,568 Cameras click and everything, 294 00:12:57,610 --> 00:12:59,153 they put one and one together. 295 00:12:59,195 --> 00:13:01,531 Get home. Boom. 296 00:13:01,572 --> 00:13:04,909 Ray, he left Canada coming back home, 297 00:13:04,951 --> 00:13:06,494 thinking he was gonna have a 298 00:13:06,536 --> 00:13:09,163 ticker tape parade. And man, when he got back 299 00:13:09,205 --> 00:13:10,957 to Washington DC, 300 00:13:10,998 --> 00:13:12,708 the media gave him the blues 301 00:13:12,750 --> 00:13:15,044 for having a baby out of wedlock. 302 00:13:15,086 --> 00:13:18,047 I think it made better news than it did in Montreal. 303 00:13:18,089 --> 00:13:19,757 But I think they blew it out of proportion. 304 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:21,342 I think it could've been handled in a more, 305 00:13:21,384 --> 00:13:22,844 you know, private way. 306 00:13:24,053 --> 00:13:26,639 Fame, it's not what it's all cracked up to be, 307 00:13:26,681 --> 00:13:29,350 because you are criticized. 308 00:13:29,392 --> 00:13:31,519 Your so called friends turn against you. 309 00:13:31,561 --> 00:13:34,355 It's true. Leonard was the gold boy. 310 00:13:34,397 --> 00:13:36,524 What you don't see is before that, 311 00:13:36,566 --> 00:13:39,110 Leonard was a kid that had nothing. 312 00:13:39,151 --> 00:13:41,362 You don't see that hardship. 313 00:13:41,404 --> 00:13:45,199 When you do see it, you see it in a ring. 314 00:13:45,241 --> 00:13:47,535 In this sport, majority of us 315 00:13:47,577 --> 00:13:49,036 come from poor beginnings. 316 00:13:49,078 --> 00:13:51,205 You know, I lived in a ghetto, poverty, 317 00:13:51,247 --> 00:13:53,040 what have you. But poverty 318 00:13:53,082 --> 00:13:55,877 it was like middle class to Roberto Duran. 319 00:13:55,918 --> 00:13:58,337 What I saw where he grew up in Panama, 320 00:13:58,379 --> 00:14:01,173 I had a lot of respect for where he's been. 321 00:14:01,215 --> 00:14:03,259 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 322 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:15,438 (CONTINUES SPEAKING SPANISH) 323 00:15:01,776 --> 00:15:05,488 (CONTINUES SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 324 00:16:08,926 --> 00:16:11,470 REPORTER: Roberto Duran was a folk hero 325 00:16:11,512 --> 00:16:13,514 in Panama even before he became 326 00:16:13,556 --> 00:16:16,100 the Welterweight champion of the world. 327 00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:17,768 The Panamanians love him. 328 00:16:17,810 --> 00:16:20,354 In a little country known mainly for its canal, 329 00:16:20,396 --> 00:16:22,023 Duran is a flesh and blood 330 00:16:22,064 --> 00:16:24,316 international success story. Up from poverty 331 00:16:24,358 --> 00:16:26,902 to win a reported million and a half dollars, 332 00:16:26,944 --> 00:16:29,488 when he took the ceremonial belt of championship away 333 00:16:29,530 --> 00:16:31,615 from Sugar Ray Leonard 334 00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:33,826 He told the crowd welcoming him home, 335 00:16:33,868 --> 00:16:35,995 that belt does not belong to him. 336 00:16:36,037 --> 00:16:38,497 "It actually belongs to you," he said. 337 00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:42,043 "My people, for whom I fought." 338 00:16:42,084 --> 00:16:45,004 It was hard swallowing that pill of defeat, 339 00:16:45,046 --> 00:16:46,505 my first loss. 340 00:16:46,547 --> 00:16:48,883 So I told myself, I'm gonna get him back. 341 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:51,886 I want to fight Duran again. 342 00:16:51,927 --> 00:16:54,513 I really do. My way. 343 00:16:54,555 --> 00:16:56,849 So will he give Leonard a rematch? 344 00:16:56,891 --> 00:16:58,267 Why not? 345 00:16:58,309 --> 00:17:00,186 If there's money. 346 00:17:00,227 --> 00:17:02,396 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 347 00:17:06,984 --> 00:17:09,945 Carlos Eleta and myself have discussed a rematch 348 00:17:09,987 --> 00:17:10,988 with Sugar Ray Leonard, 349 00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:12,323 and we feel that to have a 350 00:17:12,364 --> 00:17:14,200 rematch would be the best thing 351 00:17:14,241 --> 00:17:15,284 in the world for us if he 352 00:17:15,326 --> 00:17:16,827 really wants this title back, 353 00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:19,080 and I think he deserves an opportunity to get it. 354 00:17:19,121 --> 00:17:22,208 My trainer, who was representing Ray, 355 00:17:22,249 --> 00:17:24,168 made a deal with King, 356 00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:28,756 so he and Carlos Eleta carve up a ton of money 357 00:17:28,798 --> 00:17:31,634 and they offered Duran a decent price, 358 00:17:31,675 --> 00:17:34,386 but nothing what was on the table. 359 00:17:34,428 --> 00:17:38,557 And Duran doesn't want to do it because... he's 360 00:17:38,599 --> 00:17:40,810 partying back in Panama, 361 00:17:40,851 --> 00:17:43,270 and he's outta shape, but they forced him 362 00:17:43,312 --> 00:17:44,563 into the fight. 363 00:17:44,605 --> 00:17:47,775 (DURAN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 364 00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:03,749 I studied Duran and I knew he put on weight 365 00:18:03,791 --> 00:18:06,377 very fast after each fight because Duran would go up 366 00:18:06,418 --> 00:18:08,462 from 147 which is Welterweight 367 00:18:08,504 --> 00:18:10,881 to 200 pounds. 368 00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:14,176 ARCEL: You ever see how a dog eats fast? 369 00:18:14,218 --> 00:18:16,178 That's the way Duran eats. 370 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:18,180 He was a compulsive eater, 371 00:18:18,222 --> 00:18:22,893 because he had denied himself all his life. 372 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:26,021 (DURAN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 373 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:39,660 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 374 00:18:39,702 --> 00:18:41,787 I will fight different than the last time, 375 00:18:41,829 --> 00:18:44,790 and I will be much much stronger in this fight. 376 00:18:44,832 --> 00:18:46,417 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 377 00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:47,918 I am the champion. 378 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,962 For him to beat me, he gonna have to fight. 379 00:18:50,004 --> 00:18:52,006 It's gonna be a totally different fight. 380 00:18:52,047 --> 00:18:54,967 I have the same desire to win as I always had. 381 00:18:55,009 --> 00:18:57,469 And I really want the title, bad. 382 00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:06,854 Boxing seems to always have a connection 383 00:19:06,896 --> 00:19:08,772 with the battles going on in life, 384 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:11,692 whatever corner you happen to be in. 385 00:19:11,734 --> 00:19:13,527 The 1980 presidential campaign 386 00:19:13,569 --> 00:19:15,112 is off to a stormy start. 387 00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:17,740 We don't have no black candidates for president, 388 00:19:17,781 --> 00:19:20,701 so it's up to us to choose the right white. 389 00:19:21,911 --> 00:19:23,078 (CROWD CHEERING) 390 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:25,080 Mr. Carter for me, is the right man. 391 00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:27,666 Top Carter strategists are surprisingly 392 00:19:27,708 --> 00:19:30,044 confident about November, they really believe 393 00:19:30,085 --> 00:19:32,046 that Reagan has dug his own grave 394 00:19:32,087 --> 00:19:34,506 with years of extremist statements, 395 00:19:34,548 --> 00:19:35,674 he's an actor who wasn't 396 00:19:35,716 --> 00:19:37,384 smart enough to be president. 397 00:19:37,426 --> 00:19:39,053 What are you gonna do for us? 398 00:19:39,094 --> 00:19:41,347 I can't do a damn thing for you 399 00:19:41,388 --> 00:19:43,140 if I don't get elected. 400 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:46,894 Reagan comes along and says, "Your life is falling apart. 401 00:19:46,936 --> 00:19:50,940 "Your family is falling apart," which was true. 402 00:19:50,981 --> 00:19:52,608 Single parent families are 403 00:19:52,650 --> 00:19:54,193 twice as common in America today 404 00:19:54,235 --> 00:19:56,487 as they were 20 years ago. 405 00:19:56,528 --> 00:19:59,073 I didn't have a father. My father wasn't at home. 406 00:19:59,114 --> 00:20:01,158 Male figures are not substantially 407 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,409 important in this family. 408 00:20:02,451 --> 00:20:04,578 PROF WOLFF: But what did Mr. Reagan say was 409 00:20:04,620 --> 00:20:06,330 destroying the family? 410 00:20:06,372 --> 00:20:08,249 Government welfare. 411 00:20:08,290 --> 00:20:11,168 Misconceptions of the welfare program have been 412 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:13,921 based to some degree on racial thought 413 00:20:13,963 --> 00:20:15,339 that the welfare program 414 00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:17,841 was primarily designed for worthless citizens 415 00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:20,010 who didn't want to support themselves. 416 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:22,721 In Chicago, they found a woman who holds the record. 417 00:20:22,763 --> 00:20:25,266 She used 80 names to collect food stamps, 418 00:20:25,307 --> 00:20:28,102 Social security, as well as welfare. 419 00:20:28,143 --> 00:20:31,772 What Reagan does, is to say that there are some people 420 00:20:31,814 --> 00:20:33,774 who are finding ways to make it 421 00:20:33,816 --> 00:20:35,693 so that they never have to work, 422 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:37,611 he was making it sound 423 00:20:37,653 --> 00:20:40,948 as though loose morals had led to this outcome. 424 00:20:40,990 --> 00:20:44,243 I had a single black mother who was on welfare. 425 00:20:44,285 --> 00:20:48,580 You start to see this person who is doing the very best 426 00:20:48,622 --> 00:20:49,790 she can to take care of you 427 00:20:49,832 --> 00:20:51,959 being villainized politically. 428 00:20:52,001 --> 00:20:55,129 PROF WOLFF: The notion that poor people on welfare 429 00:20:55,170 --> 00:20:57,673 and especially non-white ones 430 00:20:57,715 --> 00:20:59,967 were ripping off the system, 431 00:21:00,009 --> 00:21:03,971 had enough resonance to the mass of people, 432 00:21:04,013 --> 00:21:08,684 and the Democrats had no idea what to do. 433 00:21:08,726 --> 00:21:10,769 Let us pledge to each other with 434 00:21:10,811 --> 00:21:12,813 this great lady looking on, 435 00:21:12,855 --> 00:21:16,734 we will make America great again. 436 00:21:16,775 --> 00:21:18,736 Thank you very much 437 00:21:19,528 --> 00:21:22,323 (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 438 00:21:35,502 --> 00:21:38,172 (CROWD CHANTING) Four more years! 439 00:21:38,213 --> 00:21:39,840 Four more years! 440 00:21:39,882 --> 00:21:41,842 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKING) 441 00:21:46,055 --> 00:21:48,349 Next Tuesday is election day. 442 00:21:48,390 --> 00:21:50,559 Next Tuesday, all of you will make a decision. 443 00:21:50,601 --> 00:21:53,395 COMMENTATOR: We are back at ringside in the 444 00:21:53,437 --> 00:21:55,189 New Orleans Superdome. 445 00:21:55,230 --> 00:21:57,566 I'm in the ring and I'm so focused, 446 00:21:57,608 --> 00:21:59,151 I'm so ready for him. 447 00:21:59,193 --> 00:22:01,445 And who sings America The Beautiful? 448 00:22:01,487 --> 00:22:05,074 My namesake, Ray Charles and I glance over at Duran, 449 00:22:05,115 --> 00:22:07,326 I was like, man, you in trouble. 450 00:22:07,368 --> 00:22:10,079 This is America, baby. 451 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:13,916 COMMENTATOR: ...into the ring, in just one moment. 452 00:22:15,209 --> 00:22:16,794 (SINGING) 453 00:22:16,835 --> 00:22:18,962 (CROWD CHEERING) 454 00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:21,340 MAN: The message seems to be a loss to face 455 00:22:21,382 --> 00:22:24,343 across the country for Jimmy Carter. 456 00:22:24,385 --> 00:22:26,345 REPORTER: It's an astonishing success story 457 00:22:26,387 --> 00:22:28,222 for the man who once described himself 458 00:22:28,263 --> 00:22:31,058 as the Cary Grant of the B movies. 459 00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:34,561 REPORTER: A man brought up on simple 460 00:22:34,603 --> 00:22:36,230 Midwestern values, 461 00:22:36,271 --> 00:22:38,816 a man whose films have good guys and bad guys, 462 00:22:38,857 --> 00:22:40,984 who wore different colored hats. 463 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:47,074 (SINGING INDISTINCTLY) 464 00:22:47,116 --> 00:22:52,079 Your troubles are over now and mine have just begun. 465 00:22:54,081 --> 00:22:56,583 Well, the time has come. 466 00:22:56,625 --> 00:22:57,709 REPORTER: By a landslide, 467 00:22:57,751 --> 00:22:59,294 Ronald Reagan, President elect... 468 00:22:59,336 --> 00:23:00,671 REPORTER: The Republican challenger 469 00:23:00,712 --> 00:23:02,131 has won a landslide 470 00:23:02,172 --> 00:23:03,799 electoral victory over President Carter. 471 00:23:03,841 --> 00:23:05,217 It is also a major victory 472 00:23:05,259 --> 00:23:09,138 for conservative thought in America. 473 00:23:09,179 --> 00:23:11,515 REAGAN: Those who say that we're in a time 474 00:23:11,557 --> 00:23:13,934 when there are no heroes, 475 00:23:13,976 --> 00:23:16,645 they just don't know where to look. 476 00:23:16,687 --> 00:23:19,773 COMMENTATOR: If that rendition didn't cause a 477 00:23:19,815 --> 00:23:21,358 chill along your spine, 478 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:25,237 I don't suppose anything could. 479 00:23:25,279 --> 00:23:27,114 When Ray Charles finished singing, 480 00:23:27,156 --> 00:23:29,950 he came over to me, gave me a big hug, big kiss. 481 00:23:29,992 --> 00:23:32,035 He said, "Kick his ass." 482 00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:35,873 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 483 00:23:53,807 --> 00:23:55,142 (BELL RINGS) 484 00:23:55,184 --> 00:23:57,019 ANNOUNCER: The action begins. 485 00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:01,023 Leonard already showing more movement 486 00:24:01,064 --> 00:24:03,984 than he showed in the first fight. 487 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:16,205 Leonard covering, as Duran is the aggressor. 488 00:24:21,710 --> 00:24:23,795 Good fight by Leonard. 489 00:24:23,837 --> 00:24:25,881 Hook right. Stunned Duran. 490 00:24:25,923 --> 00:24:28,008 Duran in a fury. 491 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,680 Now, that's the way Duran wants to get him. 492 00:24:33,722 --> 00:24:35,933 Leonard continues his move. 493 00:24:36,975 --> 00:24:39,269 (CROWD CHEERING) 494 00:24:41,730 --> 00:24:45,108 (CROWD CHEERING INTENSIFIES) 495 00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:47,611 ...and Leonard got away from the rope, 496 00:24:47,653 --> 00:24:49,196 with an upper cut, 497 00:24:49,238 --> 00:24:51,323 and Duran trying to keep him against the rope. 498 00:24:51,365 --> 00:24:55,619 Duran trying to fight inside. 499 00:24:55,661 --> 00:24:58,330 I remember sitting in the Superdome in New Orleans 500 00:24:58,372 --> 00:25:01,083 and I had picked Duran to win the rematch. 501 00:25:01,124 --> 00:25:03,293 It was pretty close fight on the cards. 502 00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:05,462 Duran was down on maybe one or two rounds. 503 00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:07,422 COMMENTATOR: It's very tough to score 504 00:25:07,464 --> 00:25:09,550 a fight between these two men. 505 00:25:09,591 --> 00:25:12,511 Duran has not been able to score 506 00:25:12,553 --> 00:25:15,931 the way he did last time around. 507 00:25:15,973 --> 00:25:17,808 I boxed him. I use my hand speed. 508 00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:19,685 I used all my physical attributes, 509 00:25:19,726 --> 00:25:21,436 but he was a great boxer. 510 00:25:21,478 --> 00:25:23,272 He was very elusive. 511 00:25:24,022 --> 00:25:25,607 My brother, Roger. 512 00:25:25,649 --> 00:25:29,361 It was his thought that if I made fun of Duran, 513 00:25:29,403 --> 00:25:31,738 Duran would be really, really mad. 514 00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:35,200 Because when you laugh at a guy like Duran, 515 00:25:35,242 --> 00:25:36,827 you know he couldn't take that 516 00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:38,287 and I played on that. 517 00:25:41,081 --> 00:25:44,167 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKING) 518 00:25:55,137 --> 00:25:57,055 LEONARD: The fans were laughing because I was 519 00:25:57,097 --> 00:25:58,557 sticking my chin out, 520 00:25:58,599 --> 00:26:00,100 doing the bolo punches. 521 00:26:02,185 --> 00:26:04,521 Roberto Duran was like a... 522 00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:05,939 was like a like a bully 523 00:26:06,648 --> 00:26:07,899 and a bully would do 524 00:26:07,941 --> 00:26:10,652 one or two things, if challenged. 525 00:26:10,694 --> 00:26:15,365 He will punch you out or he will run away. 526 00:26:22,039 --> 00:26:24,124 COMMENTATOR: Hey, what's happening? 527 00:26:26,209 --> 00:26:27,628 What is he saying? 528 00:26:31,006 --> 00:26:32,966 Duran has quit! 529 00:26:33,008 --> 00:26:35,344 Roberto Duran has quit! 530 00:26:36,553 --> 00:26:39,014 There can be no other explanation. 531 00:26:39,056 --> 00:26:41,391 Pandemonium in the ring. 532 00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:44,269 And the famous Duran has quit 533 00:26:46,104 --> 00:26:48,815 STEVE: You see everybody's head in the press section 534 00:26:48,857 --> 00:26:50,484 turn to the guy next to him, 535 00:26:50,525 --> 00:26:52,402 "Did I just see that?" "Did that really happen?" 536 00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:53,987 The idea that any great fighter 537 00:26:54,029 --> 00:26:55,489 would do that was hard to digest. 538 00:26:55,530 --> 00:26:57,115 But the idea that Duran did it 539 00:26:57,157 --> 00:26:58,700 was even harder to understand. 540 00:26:58,742 --> 00:27:00,035 COMMENTATOR: Well, this puts 541 00:27:00,077 --> 00:27:02,120 a new light on things. 542 00:27:02,162 --> 00:27:04,414 Were you surprised when he suddenly surrendered? 543 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:07,042 I didn't, because if I kept him confused, 544 00:27:07,084 --> 00:27:08,502 he'd figure me out. 545 00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:10,462 Leonard understood 546 00:27:10,504 --> 00:27:13,840 the strength of Duran's background 547 00:27:13,882 --> 00:27:15,676 could also be the weakness. 548 00:27:16,426 --> 00:27:18,428 From where Duran came from 549 00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:20,514 that's not how you wanna fight. 550 00:27:20,555 --> 00:27:23,809 Ray had humiliated this street kid 551 00:27:23,850 --> 00:27:26,645 and something in him popped. 552 00:27:31,858 --> 00:27:34,236 (MAN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 553 00:27:36,405 --> 00:27:39,157 We're in the dressing room with Roberto Duran 554 00:27:39,199 --> 00:27:43,036 and his interpreter and agent Luis Henriquez. 555 00:27:50,585 --> 00:27:53,046 He got cramps in his stomach 556 00:27:53,088 --> 00:27:54,339 and his upper body 557 00:27:54,381 --> 00:27:56,174 and then his arms and he got weaker. 558 00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:57,592 So that's why he stopped. 559 00:27:57,634 --> 00:27:59,386 He quit the bout. 560 00:28:05,016 --> 00:28:08,729 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 561 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,131 (CROWD CHEERING) 562 00:28:39,676 --> 00:28:43,555 TEDDY: It is harder to quit than it is to fight. 563 00:28:43,597 --> 00:28:45,891 When you quit, you are confined 564 00:28:45,932 --> 00:28:47,309 to a prison. 565 00:28:47,350 --> 00:28:49,227 You know what the prison's name is? 566 00:28:49,269 --> 00:28:52,105 Regret... And that's eternal. 567 00:28:52,147 --> 00:28:54,941 MAN: I remember very vividly Ray Arcel, 568 00:28:54,983 --> 00:28:56,735 and the look on his face. 569 00:28:56,777 --> 00:28:58,862 It was almost as if he had lost a close family member. 570 00:28:58,904 --> 00:29:00,530 He looked like a broken man 571 00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:02,324 and it was very sad to a man his age like that. 572 00:29:02,365 --> 00:29:04,034 I was absolutely astounded. 573 00:29:04,075 --> 00:29:06,244 I wish I could give you an honest answer 574 00:29:06,286 --> 00:29:08,288 about what really happened. 575 00:29:08,330 --> 00:29:09,873 Well, I appreciate your honesty 576 00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:11,792 in expressing your puzzlement 577 00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:13,460 over the behavior. 578 00:29:13,502 --> 00:29:15,295 I'm sorry it ended this way, Ray. 579 00:29:15,337 --> 00:29:16,588 All right, Howard. 580 00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:19,132 You've always been very kind to us 581 00:29:19,174 --> 00:29:20,801 and we have to tell you the truth 582 00:29:20,842 --> 00:29:22,344 and if I knew more about it, 583 00:29:22,385 --> 00:29:23,887 I'd be glad to relay it to you. 584 00:29:23,929 --> 00:29:24,638 Good luck to you, old friend. 585 00:29:24,679 --> 00:29:25,639 Thank you. 586 00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:28,892 I'd had enough. 587 00:29:28,934 --> 00:29:31,019 And I wrote Duran a letter 588 00:29:31,061 --> 00:29:32,145 and I told him, 589 00:29:32,187 --> 00:29:34,523 "A good book has a beginning 590 00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:36,274 "and there's always an end. 591 00:29:37,192 --> 00:29:40,904 "If you'll retire now, 592 00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:42,739 "nobody can tell me 593 00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:45,242 "that you weren't one of the greatest fighters 594 00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:46,868 I ever saw." 595 00:29:48,203 --> 00:29:52,874 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 596 00:30:01,925 --> 00:30:04,511 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 597 00:30:48,054 --> 00:30:50,223 There were stories that he was told, 598 00:30:50,265 --> 00:30:51,892 "Don't come home. 599 00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:53,894 "There are people who'll stone you to death." 600 00:30:53,935 --> 00:30:55,520 They'd bet their homes, 601 00:30:55,562 --> 00:30:57,856 they'd bet everything they had. 602 00:30:57,898 --> 00:30:59,065 They had very little... 603 00:30:59,107 --> 00:31:01,067 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) 604 00:31:01,109 --> 00:31:02,193 And then you do this? 605 00:31:02,235 --> 00:31:05,238 (CROWD EXCLAIMING) 606 00:31:07,115 --> 00:31:10,243 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 607 00:31:16,041 --> 00:31:18,668 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 608 00:31:48,031 --> 00:31:53,328 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 609 00:31:57,499 --> 00:32:00,293 MAN: This is pure American history. 610 00:32:00,335 --> 00:32:01,711 (READING) 611 00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:03,254 This is where the pilgrim fathers 612 00:32:03,296 --> 00:32:05,674 first set foot on American soil. 613 00:32:05,715 --> 00:32:08,426 It's also where Marvin Hagler trained. 614 00:32:08,468 --> 00:32:11,221 I think that fighters have to be hungry. 615 00:32:11,262 --> 00:32:12,931 When you have nothing else, 616 00:32:12,973 --> 00:32:14,933 this is the only thing you know. 617 00:32:14,975 --> 00:32:17,435 That is what you gotta be the best at. 618 00:32:17,477 --> 00:32:18,895 Feed the faith 619 00:32:18,937 --> 00:32:20,355 and starve the doubt. 620 00:32:22,649 --> 00:32:24,150 MAN: Hagler is the eldest of six children 621 00:32:24,192 --> 00:32:26,486 raised in a ghetto of Newark, New Jersey. 622 00:32:26,528 --> 00:32:27,904 Abandoned by their father, 623 00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,406 brought by their mother to the safety 624 00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:30,949 of Brockton, Massachusetts. 625 00:32:30,991 --> 00:32:33,576 MARVIN: I grew up in a Black community 626 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:35,662 and we never had anything. 627 00:32:35,704 --> 00:32:38,456 Kids in the ghetto, they'd have to do something 628 00:32:38,498 --> 00:32:41,668 to be able to help provide for your family. 629 00:32:41,710 --> 00:32:43,503 This is what keeps you working hard. 630 00:32:43,545 --> 00:32:45,630 His mother was a single mother 631 00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:47,632 struggling to feed her family 632 00:32:47,674 --> 00:32:49,801 and Marvin had to help her. 633 00:32:49,843 --> 00:32:52,512 He had his first kid when he was 16. 634 00:32:52,554 --> 00:32:54,889 When he got up to Brockton, he met Bertha 635 00:32:54,931 --> 00:32:57,017 and she had two kids from her, 636 00:32:57,058 --> 00:32:58,476 previous relationship. 637 00:32:58,518 --> 00:33:01,563 who Marvin really became a father to. 638 00:33:03,106 --> 00:33:05,650 Marvin Hagler was all around boxing. 639 00:33:05,692 --> 00:33:08,611 He could box, he could slug, 640 00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:10,196 Once he got you hurt, 641 00:33:10,238 --> 00:33:11,489 he was dangerous. 642 00:33:15,368 --> 00:33:17,120 He was hard on himself. 643 00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:20,749 (MUMBLING INAUDIBLY) 644 00:33:20,790 --> 00:33:23,209 It was all about the work for him. 645 00:33:23,251 --> 00:33:25,920 And he and the Petronellis who were his trainers 646 00:33:25,962 --> 00:33:27,714 would get themselves in a position 647 00:33:27,756 --> 00:33:29,883 where it was a Spartan existence 648 00:33:29,924 --> 00:33:32,010 and he would simply work on getting ready 649 00:33:32,052 --> 00:33:33,470 for the fight. 650 00:33:33,511 --> 00:33:34,888 MARVIN: Even when I'm tired, 651 00:33:34,929 --> 00:33:37,015 I have to keep working, keep pushing. 652 00:33:37,057 --> 00:33:39,559 I'd practice and practice and practice right here 653 00:33:39,601 --> 00:33:40,894 'cos on fight night, 654 00:33:40,935 --> 00:33:42,979 everything's got to come out perfect. 655 00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:44,689 He keeps away from his family for a month and 656 00:33:44,731 --> 00:33:46,149 a half to two months. 657 00:33:46,191 --> 00:33:48,068 He doesn't want to see his wife and kids. 658 00:33:48,109 --> 00:33:49,819 That's the deal they have. 659 00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:52,155 If they tried to come down, he just won't allow it. 660 00:33:54,074 --> 00:33:56,326 WOMAN: Back in Brockton, Massachusetts, 661 00:33:56,367 --> 00:33:57,952 there was a family growing up 662 00:33:57,994 --> 00:34:00,622 for long stretches without Marvin Hagler. 663 00:34:00,663 --> 00:34:03,792 He was away when his son Marvin Jr was born, 664 00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:05,668 and he was away three weeks ago 665 00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:08,546 when his wife gave birth to Charelle Monique. 666 00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:09,672 But for Hagler, 667 00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:11,174 this was the price of glory. 668 00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:13,218 MARVIN: I jumped about ten feet in the air 669 00:34:13,259 --> 00:34:14,677 hearing that it was a girl. 670 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,596 And I just really couldn't train right. 671 00:34:16,638 --> 00:34:18,807 You know, I was too happy to train, 672 00:34:18,848 --> 00:34:20,642 if you know what I'm trying to say. 673 00:34:20,683 --> 00:34:22,644 His wife is very nice, Bertha, 674 00:34:22,685 --> 00:34:23,937 and she understand him, 675 00:34:23,978 --> 00:34:25,814 she knows what boxing's all about. 676 00:34:25,855 --> 00:34:27,482 The kids, you know, she knows daddy's out there 677 00:34:27,524 --> 00:34:28,900 making a living. 678 00:34:28,942 --> 00:34:30,443 They do what's best for daddy. 679 00:34:30,485 --> 00:34:31,861 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) 680 00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:33,780 Startling knockout by Marvin Hagler. 681 00:34:33,822 --> 00:34:36,783 I think the crucial thing in Marvin's career 682 00:34:36,825 --> 00:34:39,410 is the trust that existed between him and Pat 683 00:34:39,452 --> 00:34:40,745 and Goody Petronelli. 684 00:34:40,787 --> 00:34:43,039 They were very good to him. 685 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:45,125 He's been with us since he was 15-years-old. 686 00:34:45,166 --> 00:34:47,252 He worked for our construction company. 687 00:34:47,293 --> 00:34:49,629 And it took Marvin quite a few years to realize 688 00:34:49,671 --> 00:34:50,797 that we were for real. 689 00:34:50,839 --> 00:34:52,382 He's not a trusting person. 690 00:34:52,423 --> 00:34:53,967 He's suspicious by nature, 691 00:34:54,008 --> 00:34:56,261 especially with white people. 692 00:34:56,302 --> 00:34:57,804 MARVIN: They're goodhearted people. 693 00:34:57,846 --> 00:34:59,222 They're hardworking people. 694 00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:01,391 They kinda helped raise me in a sense. 695 00:35:01,432 --> 00:35:03,768 They taught me what life was about. 696 00:35:03,810 --> 00:35:05,520 I'm able to open up to them and they're still 697 00:35:05,562 --> 00:35:07,063 very honest to me. 698 00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:08,481 I love 'em like a father 699 00:35:08,523 --> 00:35:10,525 and I asked them just one thing 700 00:35:10,567 --> 00:35:12,152 and that's not to hurt me. 701 00:35:12,193 --> 00:35:14,320 We're the triangle. There's Marvin, there's myself 702 00:35:14,362 --> 00:35:16,072 and my brother Pat. 703 00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:18,700 There's nothing stronger than the triangle, is there? 704 00:35:18,741 --> 00:35:20,785 PAT: Mentally, the toughest fight for Marvin 705 00:35:20,827 --> 00:35:22,620 was his fight with Vito Antuofermo. 706 00:35:22,662 --> 00:35:24,038 To Marvin, it felt right along 707 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,665 that if he didn't win this title, 708 00:35:25,707 --> 00:35:27,250 he would never get the second chance. 709 00:35:27,292 --> 00:35:29,627 We all thought he won it 21 out of 22. 710 00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:32,714 Sports writers thought he won it, but it wasn't to be. 711 00:35:32,755 --> 00:35:34,340 MARVIN: I thought I won the fight. 712 00:35:34,382 --> 00:35:35,675 I thought Antuofermo should 713 00:35:35,717 --> 00:35:37,010 have gave me another title fight, 714 00:35:37,051 --> 00:35:38,428 but instead he fought Alan Minter. 715 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:40,013 I went back to work, 716 00:35:40,054 --> 00:35:41,931 knocked out about three or four different guys 717 00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:43,349 to put myself in that position 718 00:35:43,391 --> 00:35:45,101 where they could not deny me. 719 00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:47,145 In rather less than six hours from now, 720 00:35:47,187 --> 00:35:49,647 this ring behind me here at the Wembley Arena 721 00:35:49,689 --> 00:35:50,857 will be filled with the 722 00:35:50,899 --> 00:35:52,275 World Middleweight Championship. 723 00:35:52,317 --> 00:35:54,027 Since Hagler arrived in this country, 724 00:35:54,068 --> 00:35:55,695 there's been quite a war of words going on 725 00:35:55,737 --> 00:35:58,031 with some racist overturns in them. 726 00:35:58,072 --> 00:35:59,449 Minter made an unfortunate remark 727 00:35:59,490 --> 00:36:01,034 very early on in training 728 00:36:01,075 --> 00:36:02,577 about not going to have his title taken away 729 00:36:02,619 --> 00:36:03,870 by a Black chap. 730 00:36:03,912 --> 00:36:05,705 He later revised it slightly. 731 00:36:13,296 --> 00:36:17,425 African American men were encouraged to fight 732 00:36:17,467 --> 00:36:19,052 when they were enslaved. 733 00:36:19,093 --> 00:36:23,056 If the master could depend on you to win his bets, 734 00:36:23,097 --> 00:36:25,683 that was a way that you got status, 735 00:36:25,725 --> 00:36:27,769 maybe got a little bit of money. 736 00:36:27,810 --> 00:36:30,605 One of the things of enslavement was about 737 00:36:30,647 --> 00:36:34,108 was stripping men constantly of their masculinity. 738 00:36:34,150 --> 00:36:36,569 Jack Johnson won the Heavyweight 739 00:36:36,611 --> 00:36:38,655 Championship in 1908. 740 00:36:38,696 --> 00:36:40,907 And as a result of his victory, 741 00:36:40,949 --> 00:36:44,285 Jack London, a famous journalist, 742 00:36:44,327 --> 00:36:45,870 issued this call 743 00:36:45,912 --> 00:36:48,122 to wipe the golden smile off this guy's face. 744 00:36:48,164 --> 00:36:52,043 And that became the call for the great white hope. 745 00:36:52,085 --> 00:36:54,921 BONNIE: Jack Johnson, the first African American 746 00:36:54,963 --> 00:36:57,590 World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. 747 00:36:57,632 --> 00:37:00,134 The biggest fear of White America 748 00:37:00,176 --> 00:37:03,805 because Black men are supposed to be weak. 749 00:37:03,846 --> 00:37:06,099 He also marries white women, you've done like 750 00:37:06,140 --> 00:37:08,017 the ultimate taboo. 751 00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:10,061 My dad grew up in the segregated south. 752 00:37:10,103 --> 00:37:12,730 There's no way my dad wasn't identifying 753 00:37:12,772 --> 00:37:14,190 with Sugar Ray Robinson kicking some 754 00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:16,526 white man's behind in a ring. 755 00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:18,152 That was the thrill of it 756 00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:21,030 seeing some white guy being pummeled. 757 00:37:31,958 --> 00:37:33,584 MARVIN: I cannot let this guy stand. 758 00:37:33,626 --> 00:37:35,211 I gotta kill him. 759 00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:37,797 (CROWD CHEERING) 760 00:37:39,048 --> 00:37:41,050 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) 761 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:43,094 Minter says, "Come on. Fight." 762 00:37:43,136 --> 00:37:46,639 And Minter's hitting nothing but air right now. 763 00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:53,271 Minter is hit, and there's blood over his eye! 764 00:37:53,313 --> 00:37:57,317 It's only the third round and Hagler is all over him. 765 00:37:57,358 --> 00:37:59,736 (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) 766 00:38:00,445 --> 00:38:02,113 He fought his fight. 767 00:38:02,155 --> 00:38:03,948 When Minter tried to mix it up, 768 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:06,492 he had no chance at all. 769 00:38:06,534 --> 00:38:07,994 (BELL DINGS) 770 00:38:08,036 --> 00:38:09,412 The fight stopped. It's over that quickly. 771 00:38:09,454 --> 00:38:11,748 The Middleweight Champion of the World 772 00:38:11,789 --> 00:38:13,624 is Marvin Hagler. 773 00:38:13,666 --> 00:38:15,251 That quickly. 774 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,128 Now bottles are being thrown into the ring. 775 00:38:17,170 --> 00:38:20,840 British fans are upset that the fight was stopped. 776 00:38:22,884 --> 00:38:26,095 REPORTER: There's a fight starting over Hagler. 777 00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:29,057 Somebody's attacking him, and there is chaos here. 778 00:38:29,098 --> 00:38:30,433 Absolute chaos. 779 00:38:30,475 --> 00:38:33,102 The worst scenes we've ever seen at Wembley 780 00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:35,146 in any boxing ring in this country. 781 00:38:35,188 --> 00:38:37,190 And these scenes are a shame 782 00:38:37,231 --> 00:38:40,109 and a disgrace to British boxing. 783 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:41,819 INTERVIEWER: Marvin, congratulations. 784 00:38:41,861 --> 00:38:42,904 That was some performance! 785 00:38:42,945 --> 00:38:44,113 Thank you very much. 786 00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:45,573 It's well-deserved, I know that. 787 00:38:45,615 --> 00:38:47,450 Believe me, it didn't come easy. 788 00:38:47,492 --> 00:38:51,537 It was a one-sided beating, a crushing loss for Minter, 789 00:38:51,579 --> 00:38:54,874 and saying the things he said before the fight 790 00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:56,334 and then getting so 791 00:38:56,376 --> 00:38:59,045 summarily destroyed like that 792 00:38:59,087 --> 00:39:00,963 really makes you look like a fool. 793 00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:02,715 INTERVIEWER: What did you 794 00:39:02,757 --> 00:39:04,384 think about those bad scenes afterwards? 795 00:39:04,425 --> 00:39:05,635 Well, they just showed me 796 00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:07,053 how famous that I was. (CHUCKLES) 797 00:39:07,095 --> 00:39:09,013 They hit me three times with bottles, 798 00:39:09,055 --> 00:39:11,307 and they, uh, bounced a couple off my brother. 799 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:13,893 But we were covering Marvin, going to the dress room 800 00:39:13,935 --> 00:39:15,812 under police protection, and they were calling him 801 00:39:15,853 --> 00:39:19,857 all kinds of names regarding his color. 802 00:39:20,983 --> 00:39:22,485 MARVIN: I'm glad to bring Alan Minter 803 00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:24,028 back down to Earth. 804 00:39:24,070 --> 00:39:26,072 A champion has to keep his feet on the ground. 805 00:39:26,114 --> 00:39:27,907 And that's what it's all about. 806 00:39:27,949 --> 00:39:30,076 Being able to still be the same person that you are. 807 00:39:30,118 --> 00:39:32,703 That's what maintains your goal and, uh, 808 00:39:32,745 --> 00:39:34,414 and will keep you level-headed. 809 00:39:34,455 --> 00:39:36,040 It's almost fitting that 810 00:39:36,082 --> 00:39:38,376 Marvin didn't get a chance to celebrate 811 00:39:38,418 --> 00:39:39,669 the way a champion would 812 00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:41,003 want to celebrate in the ring, 813 00:39:41,045 --> 00:39:42,505 'cause he was dodging bottles. 814 00:39:42,547 --> 00:39:44,048 He didn't get a chance to raise his hand 815 00:39:44,090 --> 00:39:45,633 and do a lap around the ring. 816 00:39:45,675 --> 00:39:47,593 Just, that wasn't Marvin. 817 00:39:47,635 --> 00:39:49,679 This is where it belongs. 818 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:53,433 (ALL CHEERING) 819 00:39:53,474 --> 00:39:56,185 I wanna be able to keep this belt until I figure 820 00:39:56,227 --> 00:39:57,937 that I'm ready to give it up. 821 00:39:57,979 --> 00:39:59,897 And that's the only way they gonna get it, 822 00:39:59,939 --> 00:40:02,233 is when I'm ready to give it up. 823 00:40:02,275 --> 00:40:03,693 Believe it. 824 00:40:03,734 --> 00:40:06,988 (MAN SINGING) Middleweight champion of all. 825 00:40:07,029 --> 00:40:09,240 Brockton, your town has its flags 826 00:40:09,282 --> 00:40:12,118 All unfurled on your long Hard climb 827 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:17,957 To be champion Delays you had were a shame 828 00:40:17,999 --> 00:40:21,127 Now we're up, up, up 829 00:40:21,169 --> 00:40:27,216 At the top of the all-high day 830 00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:29,635 (CHEERING) 831 00:40:29,677 --> 00:40:32,555 Marvin! Marvin! Marvin! Marvin! Marvin! Marvin! 832 00:40:34,140 --> 00:40:36,142 Hagler was not a star. 833 00:40:36,184 --> 00:40:39,437 He was recognized as a really good champion, 834 00:40:39,479 --> 00:40:43,399 but he didn't have buzz about him. 835 00:40:43,441 --> 00:40:45,985 There are the four kings, right? 836 00:40:46,027 --> 00:40:49,155 The Beatles. And Marvin Hagler. 837 00:40:49,197 --> 00:40:52,074 He's like Ringo. (CHUCKLES) 838 00:40:54,368 --> 00:40:55,870 MALE COORDINATOR: Wanna take a picture, 839 00:40:55,912 --> 00:40:57,622 have your camera ready. 840 00:40:57,663 --> 00:40:58,915 NEWS PRESENTER: We have gone through 841 00:40:58,956 --> 00:41:00,374 the Rocky Marciano era, 842 00:41:00,416 --> 00:41:02,877 The Joe Louis era, the Muhammad Ali era, 843 00:41:02,919 --> 00:41:04,670 and now, the Sugar Ray Leonard era. 844 00:41:04,712 --> 00:41:07,757 Hey, how you doing huh? Look at how scared are you. 845 00:41:07,798 --> 00:41:10,176 And when we return, we'll take a look at a young man, 846 00:41:10,218 --> 00:41:13,221 who wants to start an era of his own. 847 00:41:13,262 --> 00:41:15,181 Hi, I'm Thomas "Hitman" Hearns. 848 00:41:15,223 --> 00:41:16,432 And I'm here to tell you, 849 00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:18,434 I love my Waterbed Gallery waterbed. 850 00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:19,852 ANNOUNCER: At Waterbed Gallery, 851 00:41:19,894 --> 00:41:21,771 we believe you should, too. 852 00:41:21,812 --> 00:41:23,022 MAN: I think how you respond to 853 00:41:23,064 --> 00:41:24,941 success can be largely 854 00:41:24,982 --> 00:41:26,526 determined by what fuels you. 855 00:41:26,567 --> 00:41:28,361 Tommy was gonna enjoy the trappings of celebrity 856 00:41:28,402 --> 00:41:30,196 because of where he came from. 857 00:41:30,238 --> 00:41:32,448 I always tell the story about when you 858 00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:33,783 bought your first car. 859 00:41:33,824 --> 00:41:35,618 You brought your little checkbook with you. 860 00:41:35,660 --> 00:41:37,036 HEARNS: Yeah. 861 00:41:37,078 --> 00:41:38,371 And drove off in your new Corvette. 862 00:41:38,412 --> 00:41:40,248 I was so proud of you that day. 863 00:41:42,875 --> 00:41:44,210 JACKIE: They were. 864 00:42:02,937 --> 00:42:04,647 MAN: Merry Christmas! 865 00:42:04,689 --> 00:42:06,065 HEARNS: This is your house. 866 00:42:06,107 --> 00:42:08,234 WOMAN: Hi, fool. What is... (CHUCKLES) 867 00:42:08,276 --> 00:42:10,111 You know, this your house. 868 00:42:10,152 --> 00:42:12,488 What? This is not my house! 869 00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:14,740 BOY: She think-- She think this the mayor house. 870 00:42:36,804 --> 00:42:39,432 It was just so wonderful to watch him 871 00:42:39,473 --> 00:42:42,018 enjoy everything that he earned. 872 00:42:42,059 --> 00:42:44,103 He was able to do things 873 00:42:44,145 --> 00:42:46,272 that he never dreamt he could ever do. 874 00:42:46,314 --> 00:42:48,441 For Tommy to drive around in 875 00:42:48,482 --> 00:42:50,610 a Rolls Royce, and having a yacht, 876 00:42:50,651 --> 00:42:54,071 it was like watching a little kid on Christmas 877 00:42:54,113 --> 00:42:55,698 open up all his presents. 878 00:42:55,740 --> 00:42:57,366 I have proved my ability. 879 00:42:57,408 --> 00:42:59,410 So far, just one man I have to fight to 880 00:42:59,452 --> 00:43:02,288 really prove how good a boxer really I am. 881 00:43:02,330 --> 00:43:04,457 And everybody know that's Ray. 882 00:43:04,498 --> 00:43:08,169 Angelo Dundee famously said, "Let it cook for a while," 883 00:43:08,210 --> 00:43:09,962 and he was right. 884 00:43:10,004 --> 00:43:12,715 JACKIE: So, we had to create that demand for the fight. 885 00:43:12,757 --> 00:43:14,717 After Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard 886 00:43:14,759 --> 00:43:17,136 had fought in New Orleans, Tommy Hearns was there. 887 00:43:17,178 --> 00:43:19,221 He threw a chicken at Ray Leonard, said, 888 00:43:19,263 --> 00:43:21,599 "You're a chicken, Leonard. You won't fight me." 889 00:43:21,641 --> 00:43:24,477 MAN: What Thomas had going for him was, he was seen as, 890 00:43:24,518 --> 00:43:26,354 probably the hardest puncher in boxing. 891 00:43:26,395 --> 00:43:28,189 And you can't help but project, 892 00:43:28,230 --> 00:43:29,774 "What happens if he hits Ray Leonard with 893 00:43:29,815 --> 00:43:31,025 a punch like that?" 894 00:43:31,067 --> 00:43:33,319 You-you can't help but think. 895 00:43:33,361 --> 00:43:35,488 In those days, there were only two championships. 896 00:43:35,529 --> 00:43:38,491 Leonard had the WBC title, Hearns had the WBA title. 897 00:43:38,532 --> 00:43:39,992 They were two young Americans, 898 00:43:40,034 --> 00:43:41,494 tremendous fighters. 899 00:43:41,535 --> 00:43:43,829 All signs pointed to a showdown. 900 00:43:43,871 --> 00:43:46,457 It was just a question of when and for how much. 901 00:43:46,499 --> 00:43:47,917 LEONARD: I'll be more than happy to 902 00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:49,335 accommodate Tommy Hearns 903 00:43:49,377 --> 00:43:51,587 when he reach the same stature and virtue 904 00:43:51,629 --> 00:43:52,922 of a Roberto Duran. 905 00:43:52,963 --> 00:43:54,965 When it gets tangible enough for me to fight, 906 00:43:55,007 --> 00:43:57,093 then we will fight. 907 00:43:57,134 --> 00:43:58,344 I think Tom Hearns is one of 908 00:43:58,386 --> 00:44:00,096 the greatest fighters of all time. 909 00:44:00,137 --> 00:44:01,430 Hitman number one. 910 00:44:01,472 --> 00:44:02,431 Thomas Hearns. 911 00:44:02,473 --> 00:44:03,432 Thomas Hearns. 912 00:44:03,474 --> 00:44:04,016 Tommy Hearns. 913 00:44:04,058 --> 00:44:05,476 Tommy Hearns. 914 00:44:05,518 --> 00:44:06,143 Tommy Hearns. 915 00:44:06,185 --> 00:44:07,520 And Thomas Hearns. 916 00:44:07,561 --> 00:44:09,230 When will Sugar Ray fight Tommy Hearns? 917 00:44:09,271 --> 00:44:11,691 I've been trying to convince boxing critics that 918 00:44:11,732 --> 00:44:12,900 I'm a legitimate fighter. 919 00:44:12,942 --> 00:44:15,194 They consider me, uh, network-made 920 00:44:15,236 --> 00:44:17,154 something that TV made up. 921 00:44:21,742 --> 00:44:23,077 Yeah, I want that title bad. 922 00:44:23,119 --> 00:44:24,453 And going forward, I'm going to take it. 923 00:44:24,495 --> 00:44:26,122 And next will be Mr. Hearns. 924 00:44:26,163 --> 00:44:28,416 Mike, I will do the number on Tommy Hearns. 925 00:44:30,167 --> 00:44:31,669 No, I know reality. 926 00:44:31,711 --> 00:44:33,546 You know, I think that, uh, Ray's had his day. 927 00:44:33,587 --> 00:44:35,506 We've had to come on the back street 928 00:44:35,548 --> 00:44:37,341 when he was coming down the main street, 929 00:44:37,383 --> 00:44:38,968 but we've still arrived at the same destination. 930 00:44:39,009 --> 00:44:41,178 TV ANNOUNCER: What is expected to be the richest 931 00:44:41,220 --> 00:44:42,805 fight in boxing history 932 00:44:42,847 --> 00:44:45,558 as Thomas "Hitman" Hearns, and "Sugar" Ray Leonard 933 00:44:45,599 --> 00:44:47,643 will be fighting for the sole possession 934 00:44:47,685 --> 00:44:50,229 of the Welterweight Championship of the World. 935 00:44:58,738 --> 00:45:01,115 The anticipation was so great that we had 936 00:45:01,157 --> 00:45:02,908 plane-loads of people 937 00:45:02,950 --> 00:45:05,870 from Detroit that went out there, and a lot of betting 938 00:45:05,911 --> 00:45:07,246 on Tommy. 939 00:45:07,288 --> 00:45:08,998 Just before the fight started. 940 00:45:09,039 --> 00:45:10,583 Thomas Hearns became the favorite 941 00:45:10,624 --> 00:45:12,835 because of the people from Detroit coming in 942 00:45:12,877 --> 00:45:14,628 and actually betting money. 943 00:45:14,670 --> 00:45:16,672 MAN: We've got Hearns as a favorite right now. 944 00:45:16,714 --> 00:45:18,549 Now that takes a great deal of activity, 945 00:45:18,591 --> 00:45:20,301 a great deal of betting on Hearns 946 00:45:20,342 --> 00:45:22,428 to change our price from one favorite to the other. 947 00:45:22,470 --> 00:45:25,723 JACKIE: I wagered a lot of money, a lot of money. 948 00:45:25,765 --> 00:45:28,809 I had no doubt that he was gonna win. 949 00:45:31,061 --> 00:45:33,564 COMMENTATOR: There is "Sugar" Ray Leonard as he 950 00:45:33,606 --> 00:45:35,316 comes down towards the ring 951 00:45:35,357 --> 00:45:38,944 surrounded by his entourage, security people, 952 00:45:38,986 --> 00:45:41,781 the inevitable Angelo Dundee. 953 00:45:41,822 --> 00:45:44,742 Tommy Hearns is now coming down 954 00:45:44,784 --> 00:45:46,535 towards the ring. 955 00:45:46,577 --> 00:45:50,873 His greatest weapons, a tremendous punching power. 956 00:45:50,915 --> 00:45:53,209 Tommy Hearns annihilated his opponent, 957 00:45:53,250 --> 00:45:55,252 just knocked them cold. 958 00:45:55,294 --> 00:45:59,215 Everyone figured that I had no chance against Tommy. 959 00:46:00,925 --> 00:46:02,968 COMMENTATOR: For Leonard, the motivation 960 00:46:03,010 --> 00:46:04,637 of fighter's pride 961 00:46:04,678 --> 00:46:07,431 to establish to the public that he is truly great. 962 00:46:07,473 --> 00:46:10,351 Hearns is desperate for recognition that 963 00:46:10,392 --> 00:46:13,229 "Sugar" Ray Leonard has already banked. 964 00:46:24,990 --> 00:46:30,287 It was a frenzy. Anyone that was anyone was there. 965 00:46:30,329 --> 00:46:32,289 You see all the celebrities. 966 00:46:32,331 --> 00:46:35,459 They trekked down from the mountains, why? 967 00:46:35,501 --> 00:46:37,628 For me, it's because they want a peek. 968 00:46:37,670 --> 00:46:39,839 They want a peek at something real, 969 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,174 and maybe they get hope from it. 970 00:46:42,216 --> 00:46:43,634 Hope that by watching this 971 00:46:43,676 --> 00:46:46,428 that maybe it'll rub off on them. 972 00:46:46,470 --> 00:46:47,888 Maybe they could be braver, 973 00:46:47,930 --> 00:46:51,392 and I think that's the magic of it. 974 00:46:51,433 --> 00:46:53,769 The prevailing wisdom going in was that 975 00:46:53,811 --> 00:46:58,524 Ray was the boxer, Tommy was the puncher. 976 00:46:58,566 --> 00:47:01,151 What we didn't understand at the time was that 977 00:47:01,193 --> 00:47:04,196 Hearns' threat to Leonard was not as a puncher, 978 00:47:04,238 --> 00:47:05,739 but it was as a boxer. 979 00:47:05,781 --> 00:47:07,783 If you look at Thomas Hearns' career, 980 00:47:07,825 --> 00:47:09,451 the entirety of it, 981 00:47:09,493 --> 00:47:11,787 nobody ever out-boxed him. 982 00:47:11,829 --> 00:47:13,205 Those who tried, failed. 983 00:47:13,247 --> 00:47:14,498 (BELL DINGS) 984 00:47:14,540 --> 00:47:16,542 COMMENTATOR: Now, for round one. 985 00:47:18,085 --> 00:47:21,255 Hearns trying to get to Leonard from afar with that 986 00:47:21,297 --> 00:47:24,425 long reach advantage. 987 00:47:24,466 --> 00:47:26,760 Hearns, a little short for this combination. 988 00:47:26,802 --> 00:47:29,179 There's Leonard landing the first good contact 989 00:47:29,221 --> 00:47:31,181 blow of the bout. 990 00:47:31,223 --> 00:47:33,934 Left hook by Hearns got to the ear of Leonard. 991 00:47:36,896 --> 00:47:38,981 (BELL RINGS) 992 00:47:39,023 --> 00:47:40,816 You see that? 993 00:47:40,858 --> 00:47:43,152 Leonard thawing at Hearns' little space after the bell 994 00:47:43,193 --> 00:47:45,154 inciting Hearns' reaction. 995 00:47:45,195 --> 00:47:48,616 All three judges scored round one for Thomas Hearns. 996 00:47:48,657 --> 00:47:49,783 (BELL RINGS) 997 00:47:49,825 --> 00:47:52,411 Round two underway. 998 00:47:52,453 --> 00:47:54,747 He started to box me which to me was like, 999 00:47:54,788 --> 00:47:56,373 I didn't know he could do this. 1000 00:47:56,415 --> 00:47:58,751 I dominated him. I showed 1001 00:47:58,792 --> 00:48:00,753 Ray what boxing was really about. 1002 00:48:01,879 --> 00:48:04,924 (CROWD CHEERING) 1003 00:48:09,595 --> 00:48:11,555 COMMENTATOR: Hearns posturing and Hearns caught 1004 00:48:11,597 --> 00:48:13,057 Leonard with a good right. 1005 00:48:13,098 --> 00:48:16,018 He's controlling the fight with his jab. 1006 00:48:16,060 --> 00:48:18,228 Ray's eye is swelling up. 1007 00:48:18,270 --> 00:48:21,190 COMMENTATOR: Look at the intensity in Leonard's eyes. 1008 00:48:21,231 --> 00:48:23,567 Hearns, the aggressor all the way. 1009 00:48:31,325 --> 00:48:33,452 Hearns getting ready for a bolo punch 1010 00:48:33,494 --> 00:48:37,414 In the manner that Leonard did against Duran. 1011 00:48:37,456 --> 00:48:41,251 (BELL RINGING) 1012 00:48:41,293 --> 00:48:43,337 Even though Thomas was slightly ahead 1013 00:48:43,379 --> 00:48:44,838 I was never relaxed. 1014 00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:46,256 Ray Leonard was a lot stronger 1015 00:48:46,298 --> 00:48:47,508 than most people realize. 1016 00:48:47,549 --> 00:48:48,842 I knew the explosion was 1017 00:48:48,884 --> 00:48:50,719 going to happen sooner or later. 1018 00:48:50,761 --> 00:48:52,429 What I like about Leonard is the way he can adapt 1019 00:48:52,471 --> 00:48:54,181 to situations. 1020 00:48:54,223 --> 00:48:56,892 I'll explain something to him in the next round... 1021 00:48:56,934 --> 00:48:57,977 He'll do it 1022 00:48:59,436 --> 00:49:01,730 COMMENTATOR: Leonard hurt Hearns. 1023 00:49:01,772 --> 00:49:04,817 Leonard's going again. Look at Hearns. 1024 00:49:04,858 --> 00:49:06,777 He almost went down. 1025 00:49:06,819 --> 00:49:08,821 (BELL RINGING) 1026 00:49:10,072 --> 00:49:11,699 Hearns very shaky. 1027 00:49:11,740 --> 00:49:14,535 Going back to his corner, he can barely stand up. 1028 00:49:14,576 --> 00:49:16,453 A minute or sometimes less that you get 1029 00:49:16,495 --> 00:49:17,830 between rounds, 1030 00:49:17,871 --> 00:49:19,373 it could be crucial. 1031 00:49:19,415 --> 00:49:21,458 You've got to be able to tell him exactly what to do 1032 00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:22,876 to save him because he's coming back 1033 00:49:22,918 --> 00:49:24,670 looking for some kind advice. 1034 00:49:32,219 --> 00:49:33,637 Normally if I hurt an opponent, 1035 00:49:33,679 --> 00:49:35,848 I have the ability to finish him off, 1036 00:49:35,889 --> 00:49:37,725 but he surprised me. 1037 00:49:37,766 --> 00:49:39,518 (BELL RINGS) 1038 00:49:42,563 --> 00:49:44,440 COMMENTATOR: Look at Hearns, moving, 1039 00:49:44,481 --> 00:49:46,025 trying to be the boxer. 1040 00:49:52,072 --> 00:49:54,867 Now Hearns can see him taking charge. 1041 00:49:58,037 --> 00:50:00,205 Not the type of fight everyone expects. 1042 00:50:00,247 --> 00:50:01,832 Hearns is beginning 1043 00:50:01,874 --> 00:50:04,376 to get confident, beginning to get aggressive. 1044 00:50:07,337 --> 00:50:10,215 And a strange turn again after Ray Leonard just 1045 00:50:10,257 --> 00:50:12,134 had three excellent rounds. 1046 00:50:12,176 --> 00:50:13,677 Suddenly he just stopped 1047 00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:15,721 and he let Tommy Hearns back into it here. 1048 00:50:15,763 --> 00:50:17,556 Scored it easily for Hearns, 1049 00:50:17,598 --> 00:50:19,641 as did the judges. 1050 00:50:20,392 --> 00:50:22,311 (CROWD SHOUTING) 1051 00:50:22,352 --> 00:50:24,396 Can hear some of the crowd in the background 1052 00:50:24,438 --> 00:50:25,898 cheering, "Tommy, Tommy, 1053 00:50:25,939 --> 00:50:29,026 Tommy", obviously fans from Detroit. 1054 00:50:29,068 --> 00:50:32,321 What a different fighter he's become. 1055 00:50:32,362 --> 00:50:34,406 The confidence brimming over, 1056 00:50:34,448 --> 00:50:36,158 leading the crowd. 1057 00:50:37,201 --> 00:50:38,827 (BELL RINGS) 1058 00:50:38,869 --> 00:50:42,915 Hearns comes out, sensing he's in charge. 1059 00:50:42,956 --> 00:50:45,918 Who would have thought that Hearns might win this fight 1060 00:50:45,959 --> 00:50:49,129 as a boxer. 1061 00:50:49,171 --> 00:50:52,925 Leonard moves in, adds a front hook. 1062 00:50:54,635 --> 00:50:56,929 When you're losing, you're so exhausted 1063 00:50:56,970 --> 00:50:59,264 and you're so pounded up. So beat up. 1064 00:50:59,306 --> 00:51:00,891 Your lungs are burning. 1065 00:51:00,933 --> 00:51:03,393 Your legs are tired and everything. 1066 00:51:03,435 --> 00:51:05,229 And you've given up. 1067 00:51:05,270 --> 00:51:08,190 Hearns just kicking the shit out of him. 1068 00:51:08,232 --> 00:51:09,483 I mean, he's hurting him. 1069 00:51:09,525 --> 00:51:11,610 And Leonard's never been hurt. 1070 00:51:12,152 --> 00:51:13,529 It's bad. 1071 00:51:13,570 --> 00:51:15,531 You can't get out. 1072 00:51:15,572 --> 00:51:18,200 That was a hell of a fight, man. 1073 00:51:18,242 --> 00:51:19,535 He was out of it. 1074 00:51:19,576 --> 00:51:21,578 Tommy had beat him to a pulp. 1075 00:51:22,454 --> 00:51:23,956 (BELL RINGS) 1076 00:51:23,997 --> 00:51:25,749 COMMENTATOR: Ray Leonard needs a knockout 1077 00:51:25,791 --> 00:51:27,960 to win this championship. 1078 00:51:28,001 --> 00:51:30,921 He closed my left eye. so I could barely see. 1079 00:51:30,963 --> 00:51:33,382 Tommy had a heart of gladiator warrior. 1080 00:51:33,423 --> 00:51:34,758 He's trying to bomb on me. 1081 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:36,969 Go work on him. Outbox him, outsmart him. 1082 00:51:37,010 --> 00:51:38,387 Keep your right hand up. I gotta tell you 1083 00:51:38,428 --> 00:51:40,722 to keep your hands up? 1084 00:51:44,643 --> 00:51:45,978 (BELL RINGS) 1085 00:51:46,019 --> 00:51:48,147 Muhammad Ali told me many years ago. 1086 00:51:48,188 --> 00:51:50,065 He said, "Ray, when I fought Joe Frazier, 1087 00:51:50,107 --> 00:51:51,984 it was the closest thing to death." 1088 00:51:52,025 --> 00:51:53,569 And I couldn't quite understand that 1089 00:51:53,610 --> 00:51:56,488 I couldn't digest that. 1090 00:51:56,530 --> 00:51:57,990 The fight with Tommy Hearns, 1091 00:51:58,031 --> 00:52:00,200 it was the closest thing to death. 1092 00:52:01,618 --> 00:52:04,538 The key is having someone who's composed. 1093 00:52:04,580 --> 00:52:08,208 And Angelo Dundee was that guy who was in my corner, 1094 00:52:08,250 --> 00:52:10,752 who said the perfect sound bite... 1095 00:52:10,794 --> 00:52:12,171 You got nine minutes. 1096 00:52:13,380 --> 00:52:14,882 When Angelo said, "You're blowing it now, 1097 00:52:14,923 --> 00:52:16,383 son, you're blowing it." 1098 00:52:16,425 --> 00:52:17,926 I knew what he meant. 1099 00:52:17,968 --> 00:52:20,637 He said the right things at the right time. 1100 00:52:20,679 --> 00:52:23,182 Angelo was magic in that way. 1101 00:52:23,223 --> 00:52:25,309 Every time you say yes, to training a fighter, 1102 00:52:25,350 --> 00:52:26,518 you got a kid again. 1103 00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:28,270 It's a big responsibility. 1104 00:52:28,312 --> 00:52:31,523 Angelo Dundee, he was calm amongst the flames. 1105 00:52:31,565 --> 00:52:33,358 That's what made Angelo so great, 1106 00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:35,027 he was the protector. 1107 00:52:35,068 --> 00:52:38,197 This is it. This is the time, it's now or never. 1108 00:52:38,238 --> 00:52:39,781 I got off that stool. 1109 00:52:39,823 --> 00:52:41,658 I don't know how it happened but it happened. 1110 00:52:41,700 --> 00:52:42,868 (BELL RINGS) 1111 00:52:42,910 --> 00:52:44,119 COMMENTATOR: Leonard's left eye 1112 00:52:44,161 --> 00:52:47,497 in terrible condition. 1113 00:52:47,539 --> 00:52:51,335 Leonard trying to get back. And it's Hearns! 1114 00:52:51,376 --> 00:52:53,045 Hearns, ready to go. 1115 00:52:53,086 --> 00:52:56,048 I hit him, I hurt him, and never let up. 1116 00:52:57,382 --> 00:52:59,760 COMMENTATOR: Hold on, he's going to go. 1117 00:52:59,801 --> 00:53:01,720 Hearns is ready to go. 1118 00:53:01,762 --> 00:53:04,765 And he indeed he goes, to the ropes. 1119 00:53:11,897 --> 00:53:13,941 He said, that was no knockdown. 1120 00:53:19,071 --> 00:53:21,406 Hearns is through Leonard's defense. 1121 00:53:21,448 --> 00:53:24,576 You can talk all you want about pretty boy 1122 00:53:24,618 --> 00:53:26,245 and the rest with Ray, 1123 00:53:26,286 --> 00:53:31,792 at heart he was a mean, nasty mf. 1124 00:53:31,833 --> 00:53:33,877 People didn't like him because they thought 1125 00:53:33,919 --> 00:53:35,587 he had an easier path. 1126 00:53:35,629 --> 00:53:38,173 But that was happenstance. 1127 00:53:38,215 --> 00:53:40,968 The Hearns fight proves he was more than that. 1128 00:53:42,803 --> 00:53:44,846 COMMENTATOR: The ropes keep him up. 1129 00:53:44,888 --> 00:53:46,598 Five seconds left. 1130 00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:48,100 (BELL RINGS) 1131 00:53:48,141 --> 00:53:50,727 Suddenly, from nowhere, embarrassment for 1132 00:53:50,769 --> 00:53:53,689 Sugar Ray Leonard. 1133 00:53:57,150 --> 00:54:00,362 That's it! Sugar Ray Leonard has won by 1134 00:54:00,404 --> 00:54:01,905 a technical knockout 1135 00:54:01,947 --> 00:54:05,158 in the 14th round, if ever a man 1136 00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:06,535 proved himself. 1137 00:54:06,576 --> 00:54:07,786 I don't believe this. 1138 00:54:07,828 --> 00:54:09,204 I don't believe that either, 1139 00:54:09,246 --> 00:54:10,998 Hearns was way ahead on points, 1140 00:54:11,039 --> 00:54:13,542 It was too great a fight for him to be stopped. 1141 00:54:13,583 --> 00:54:15,294 I was devastated. 1142 00:54:15,335 --> 00:54:16,920 Tommy was devastated. 1143 00:54:16,962 --> 00:54:19,798 All of us were in disbelief. 1144 00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:22,259 We cried. I mean, we actually cried. 1145 00:54:22,301 --> 00:54:24,636 We couldn't believe what we were seeing. 1146 00:54:24,678 --> 00:54:26,972 The fans. I mean, they were... 1147 00:54:27,014 --> 00:54:29,141 Some of them were pissed. 1148 00:54:29,182 --> 00:54:32,060 This is a tough sport. When you win, 1149 00:54:32,102 --> 00:54:35,397 everybody's on your phone, at the door, 1150 00:54:35,439 --> 00:54:38,358 but when you lose, you lose everybody 1151 00:54:56,710 --> 00:54:58,503 It was the first and only time that 1152 00:54:58,545 --> 00:55:01,840 we had emotional problems between us, Thomas and I. 1153 00:55:01,882 --> 00:55:03,842 You know, every time I look at that fight, 1154 00:55:03,884 --> 00:55:05,510 it makes me sick. 1155 00:55:05,552 --> 00:55:07,846 Nothing personally including death, in my family, 1156 00:55:07,888 --> 00:55:09,931 hurt me as much as that fight. 1157 00:55:09,973 --> 00:55:11,433 I brought it up for my guts, 1158 00:55:11,475 --> 00:55:13,310 you know, from the bottom of my heart, 1159 00:55:13,352 --> 00:55:14,561 I knew I had pulled out 1160 00:55:14,603 --> 00:55:16,271 because I have a lot of people. 1161 00:55:16,313 --> 00:55:18,940 Not only around the world, but especially at home, 1162 00:55:18,982 --> 00:55:20,650 it won't be losing so bad. 1163 00:55:20,692 --> 00:55:21,943 I had to do this and I had 1164 00:55:21,985 --> 00:55:24,946 to do this for real, and I did it. 1165 00:55:24,988 --> 00:55:27,616 That was one of the best fights of his life. 1166 00:55:27,657 --> 00:55:30,619 We all thought Ray Leonard still have plenty to give, 1167 00:55:30,660 --> 00:55:32,329 and he certainly felt it. 1168 00:55:32,371 --> 00:55:34,122 You know, that's the thing about boxing. 1169 00:55:34,164 --> 00:55:35,791 It's the thing about these four Kings. 1170 00:55:35,832 --> 00:55:37,542 You just never know. 1171 00:55:37,584 --> 00:55:40,379 But after the Tommy Hearns fight, his eyes busted up. 1172 00:55:40,420 --> 00:55:43,590 And, of course, a few months later, we find out suddenly, 1173 00:55:43,632 --> 00:55:44,966 because of the injury he had, 1174 00:55:45,008 --> 00:55:47,302 Ray Leonard would never compete again. 1175 00:55:47,344 --> 00:55:50,680 At that moment, it looked like the end of Ray Leonard. 1176 00:55:50,722 --> 00:55:53,058 MAN: The charismatic and cocky Leonard walks away 1177 00:55:53,100 --> 00:55:55,519 with eight million dollars, 1178 00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:57,312 and America's heart. 1179 00:55:57,354 --> 00:56:01,149 Champions tend to have some kind of deeper reserve. 1180 00:56:01,191 --> 00:56:04,778 Leonard certainly had it where that came from, 1181 00:56:04,820 --> 00:56:07,614 that deep well of resolve, 1182 00:56:07,656 --> 00:56:09,616 it's hard to say. 1183 00:56:09,658 --> 00:56:12,536 There was something else beneath all that flash, 1184 00:56:12,577 --> 00:56:14,037 the good looks. 1185 00:56:14,079 --> 00:56:16,581 There's a Pitbull dog hidden in there. 1186 00:56:16,623 --> 00:56:19,251 You know, we just, we never saw a Pitbull dog that 1187 00:56:19,292 --> 00:56:20,836 smiled like that. 1188 00:56:20,877 --> 00:56:23,713 That was that handsome. 1189 00:56:23,755 --> 00:56:27,509 I, Ronald Reagan do solemnly swear that I will faithfully 1190 00:56:27,551 --> 00:56:28,802 execute the office 1191 00:56:28,844 --> 00:56:30,429 of president of the United States. 1192 00:56:30,470 --> 00:56:33,849 In a context where morality is being used 1193 00:56:33,890 --> 00:56:35,976 to create a new America, 1194 00:56:36,017 --> 00:56:38,770 playing a role becomes important, and that role 1195 00:56:38,812 --> 00:56:41,648 doesn't always align with how you actually are. 1196 00:56:41,690 --> 00:56:43,984 I was Sugar Ray Leonard. 1197 00:56:44,025 --> 00:56:47,028 I had the money and the fame, everything, 1198 00:56:47,070 --> 00:56:49,281 but I was a lousy dad. 1199 00:56:49,322 --> 00:56:50,866 I didn't know how to be a father, 1200 00:56:50,907 --> 00:56:52,409 didn't know how to be a husband. 1201 00:56:52,451 --> 00:56:55,454 There was a void in my stomach, in my heart. 1202 00:56:55,495 --> 00:56:57,456 I couldn't explain it I couldn't articulate, 1203 00:56:57,497 --> 00:57:01,168 because I kept everything to myself. 1204 00:57:01,209 --> 00:57:03,420 The only time I didn't have low self esteem 1205 00:57:03,462 --> 00:57:05,130 was in that ring. 1206 00:57:07,549 --> 00:57:08,800 I think it was kind of a 1207 00:57:08,842 --> 00:57:10,177 split personality, if you will. 1208 00:57:10,218 --> 00:57:11,928 I'm Sugar Ray in the ring, 1209 00:57:11,970 --> 00:57:13,930 outside the ring, I'm Ray Leonard. 1210 00:57:15,307 --> 00:57:16,892 I never think that 1211 00:57:16,933 --> 00:57:19,186 a guy's capable of defeating them. 1212 00:57:19,227 --> 00:57:20,937 I think the only person capable of defeating 1213 00:57:20,979 --> 00:57:22,606 Ray Leonard is himself. 1214 00:57:22,647 --> 00:57:25,775 Hard times Spreading just like the flu 1215 00:57:25,817 --> 00:57:28,403 You know I caught it Just like you 1216 00:57:28,445 --> 00:57:30,864 Price is going up The dollar's down 1217 00:57:30,906 --> 00:57:33,200 You got me falling To the ground 1218 00:57:33,241 --> 00:57:35,410 Turn around get ready Check out the tide 1219 00:57:35,452 --> 00:57:37,746 Get ready all people For the future shot 1220 00:57:37,787 --> 00:57:39,915 Hard times, hard times 1221 00:57:39,956 --> 00:57:41,917 Hard times, hard times 1222 00:57:41,958 --> 00:57:46,046 To the grave 1223 00:57:46,087 --> 00:57:48,548 I get funky