1 00:00:13,221 --> 00:00:15,307 ATLAS: This is a poor boy's sport. 2 00:00:16,725 --> 00:00:19,019 These kids that are saved by boxing, 3 00:00:19,061 --> 00:00:21,563 they learn how to be strong, not in the biceps, 4 00:00:21,605 --> 00:00:22,898 not in the quadriceps, 5 00:00:22,939 --> 00:00:24,066 but in the soul. 6 00:00:24,107 --> 00:00:26,568 MAN: I'm Italian. You ain't nothing... 7 00:00:26,610 --> 00:00:29,821 ATLAS: We grow up with these fairy tales of the wand. 8 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:32,783 You wave that wand and everything's okay. 9 00:00:32,824 --> 00:00:35,243 Well, for me, boxing is that wand. 10 00:00:35,285 --> 00:00:37,370 But you don't wave it. You throw it. 11 00:00:38,997 --> 00:00:41,249 And they have violence in their lives. 12 00:00:41,291 --> 00:00:43,043 I got one kid, his father got shot 13 00:00:43,085 --> 00:00:44,419 to death in the street. 14 00:00:44,461 --> 00:00:45,587 You're telling me that boxing's 15 00:00:45,629 --> 00:00:48,381 more violent than that? 16 00:00:48,423 --> 00:00:50,926 What's right is for people to be sustained. 17 00:00:50,967 --> 00:00:52,636 Not by money. By things 18 00:00:52,677 --> 00:00:54,554 that make them feel more valuable. 19 00:00:54,596 --> 00:00:56,223 Things that make them whole. 20 00:00:56,264 --> 00:00:59,267 That is the power of boxing when it is understood. 21 00:00:59,309 --> 00:01:00,977 No matter where you've come from. 22 00:01:01,019 --> 00:01:02,187 No matter who your parents are. 23 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:04,231 No matter your race, your creed. 24 00:01:04,272 --> 00:01:06,399 Your religion. You can get in that ring 25 00:01:06,441 --> 00:01:09,277 and with all of that in your background, 26 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:10,904 if you're determined enough, 27 00:01:10,946 --> 00:01:13,198 if you're trained enough, if you care enough, 28 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,784 a poor kid could become a rich kid. 29 00:01:15,826 --> 00:01:18,620 And on one given night, 30 00:01:18,662 --> 00:01:22,124 you can become champion of the world. 31 00:01:22,165 --> 00:01:23,625 Yeah! 32 00:01:23,667 --> 00:01:25,043 MERCHANT: It's pretty freaking good. 33 00:01:34,136 --> 00:01:36,638 LEONARD: I was a kid who was a wallflower. 34 00:01:38,181 --> 00:01:43,395 Really shy and had extremely low self-esteem. 35 00:01:46,231 --> 00:01:48,567 I always felt inferior. 36 00:01:51,361 --> 00:01:54,197 I recall living in Washington, D.C. 37 00:01:54,239 --> 00:01:57,075 And we would walk to the monument. 38 00:01:57,117 --> 00:01:59,327 The tourists, they would never finish 39 00:01:59,369 --> 00:02:01,204 a hamburger. And I knew that. 40 00:02:01,246 --> 00:02:03,832 I would go in trash cans and get a hamburger. 41 00:02:04,875 --> 00:02:06,835 That bothered me for a long time 42 00:02:06,877 --> 00:02:08,837 because I knew that we didn't have anything. 43 00:02:10,589 --> 00:02:13,842 And boxing for me was a way of making a statement. 44 00:02:13,884 --> 00:02:14,843 A profound statement. 45 00:02:16,386 --> 00:02:18,513 I had to fight for my respect. 46 00:02:18,555 --> 00:02:20,515 I had to fight for my position. 47 00:02:20,557 --> 00:02:23,685 COMMENTATOR: That's it. Sugar Ray Leonard has won 48 00:02:23,727 --> 00:02:25,353 in the 14th round. 49 00:02:25,395 --> 00:02:27,564 (CROWD CHEERING) 50 00:02:29,232 --> 00:02:30,692 LEONARD: I come from nothing. 51 00:02:31,401 --> 00:02:34,362 And now I'm reborn. 52 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:38,033 My life changed. 53 00:02:41,328 --> 00:02:42,829 MERCHANT: Well after the Hearns fight, 54 00:02:42,871 --> 00:02:45,832 Leonard was the biggest thing in the sport. 55 00:02:45,874 --> 00:02:48,335 He was like a movie star. 56 00:02:48,376 --> 00:02:51,171 FARHOOD: In a sense, it fueled the other three. 57 00:02:51,213 --> 00:02:53,590 Their desire to fight him. Their hatred for him. 58 00:02:53,632 --> 00:02:55,550 Proving to everybody that they were better. 59 00:02:55,592 --> 00:02:57,010 All they saw was this guy with a smile, 60 00:02:57,052 --> 00:02:58,970 making millions of dollars doing commercials. 61 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:00,680 So, you know, of the four kings, 62 00:03:00,722 --> 00:03:02,432 it's good to be the number one king. 63 00:03:02,474 --> 00:03:03,725 REPORTER: Sugar Ray, have you got any ideas 64 00:03:03,767 --> 00:03:04,976 about how to balance the budget? 65 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:08,104 Well, not yet. All it takes a good punch. 66 00:03:08,146 --> 00:03:10,690 FARHOOD: Easy to see how Ray got along with Reagan. 67 00:03:10,732 --> 00:03:12,776 They had a similar world view. 68 00:03:12,817 --> 00:03:15,987 Leonard was an embodiment of the Reagan era. 69 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:18,990 FARRELL: But that sense of optimism and prosperity 70 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:20,242 came at the expense 71 00:03:20,283 --> 00:03:22,827 of caring a whole lot about other people. 72 00:03:22,869 --> 00:03:24,412 The White House was still working 73 00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:25,914 on Reaganomics today. 74 00:03:25,956 --> 00:03:28,833 The new president planning tax cuts and budget cuts. 75 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:30,335 REPORTER: President Reagan, his Cabinet 76 00:03:30,377 --> 00:03:31,836 and economic advisors 77 00:03:31,878 --> 00:03:33,421 were completing their review 78 00:03:33,463 --> 00:03:35,215 of more than 80 government programs, 79 00:03:35,257 --> 00:03:37,092 deciding where to propose cuts 80 00:03:37,133 --> 00:03:39,928 of up to $50 billion in government spending. 81 00:03:39,970 --> 00:03:43,431 Cuts like $2.6 billion from the food stamp program. 82 00:03:43,473 --> 00:03:46,935 $1.5 billion from urban development action grants. 83 00:03:46,977 --> 00:03:49,688 One billion from child nutrition programs. 84 00:03:49,729 --> 00:03:51,731 The President overruled recommendations 85 00:03:51,773 --> 00:03:53,108 from his Treasury secretary 86 00:03:53,149 --> 00:03:55,986 and budget director in deciding not to reduce 87 00:03:56,027 --> 00:03:58,571 the tax rate on unearned income. 88 00:03:58,613 --> 00:04:00,365 Brady said such a tax break 89 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:02,867 could be interpreted as favoring the rich. 90 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:05,745 WOLFF: The election of Reagan was the signal 91 00:04:05,787 --> 00:04:07,998 that the United States government 92 00:04:08,039 --> 00:04:11,960 was not going to be your friend anymore. 93 00:04:12,002 --> 00:04:15,588 These folks who depend on welfare... 94 00:04:15,630 --> 00:04:19,342 These people are dysfunctional human beings. 95 00:04:19,384 --> 00:04:20,969 They are failures. 96 00:04:21,011 --> 00:04:23,930 They are not hard-working people. 97 00:04:23,972 --> 00:04:27,434 They're living off you. 98 00:04:27,475 --> 00:04:31,813 And I, Reagan, am gonna stop all that. 99 00:04:31,855 --> 00:04:34,399 GREER: It began an era in which 100 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:37,485 it was every woman or man for himself. 101 00:04:37,527 --> 00:04:40,989 And it became about making it off your own back. 102 00:04:41,031 --> 00:04:43,325 You can be self-made. 103 00:04:43,366 --> 00:04:44,409 REAGAN: We can create 104 00:04:44,451 --> 00:04:45,827 the incentives which take advantage 105 00:04:45,869 --> 00:04:47,954 of the genius of our economic system, 106 00:04:47,996 --> 00:04:49,497 which, for the first time in history, 107 00:04:49,539 --> 00:04:52,417 gave men a way of producing wealth 108 00:04:52,459 --> 00:04:56,212 in which the good fortune of others multiplied their own. 109 00:04:56,254 --> 00:04:58,923 GREER: In the ring, you are on your own. 110 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:02,427 Boxing becomes the supreme expression 111 00:05:02,469 --> 00:05:03,928 of that individuality. 112 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:05,847 Because it's about being a winner. 113 00:05:05,889 --> 00:05:07,724 I help the people by being a winner. 114 00:05:07,766 --> 00:05:09,809 They look at me and they help themselves. 115 00:05:09,851 --> 00:05:11,394 That's the Ronald Reagan trope. 116 00:05:15,982 --> 00:05:17,650 WOMAN: With the loss of his championship, 117 00:05:17,692 --> 00:05:18,985 Thomas Hearns no longer 118 00:05:19,027 --> 00:05:20,653 has the uncontested loyalty 119 00:05:20,695 --> 00:05:22,530 of the Detroit boxing community. 120 00:05:22,572 --> 00:05:25,992 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 121 00:05:31,247 --> 00:05:34,167 KALLEN: So many people bet on the Leonard fight. 122 00:05:34,209 --> 00:05:36,211 And somebody would come up and go, 123 00:05:36,252 --> 00:05:39,089 "Hey, man. You cost me a lot of money on that one." 124 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:42,384 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 125 00:05:47,722 --> 00:05:49,808 REPORTER: In 100 places, Detroit is a fire. 126 00:05:49,849 --> 00:05:51,351 And as you walk through the area, 127 00:05:51,393 --> 00:05:53,061 people shout from their homes, 128 00:05:53,103 --> 00:05:54,813 "Watch out for the sniper." 129 00:05:54,854 --> 00:05:57,315 FEMALE REPORTER: It began early Sunday morning. 130 00:05:57,357 --> 00:05:59,401 Police raided an unlicensed bar 131 00:05:59,442 --> 00:06:00,652 in a Black neighborhood. 132 00:06:00,693 --> 00:06:01,820 Tempers flared. 133 00:06:01,861 --> 00:06:03,738 This is going to happen all over America. 134 00:06:03,780 --> 00:06:05,740 It's going to be a hot world. Not a hot summer. 135 00:06:05,782 --> 00:06:07,367 It's a hot world. 136 00:06:07,409 --> 00:06:11,121 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 137 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:29,681 O'BRIEN: That exposure to violence. 138 00:06:29,722 --> 00:06:32,851 That exposure to fear. Knowing that everyday 139 00:06:32,892 --> 00:06:34,936 something is gonna be there that's gonna challenge you, 140 00:06:34,978 --> 00:06:36,187 that's gonna hurt you, 141 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:37,856 makes you want to find a place, 142 00:06:37,897 --> 00:06:40,442 where you have a little bit of control over things. 143 00:06:40,483 --> 00:06:42,777 And the boxing ring offers that. 144 00:06:43,486 --> 00:06:46,197 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 145 00:07:02,589 --> 00:07:04,215 -(CROWD CHEERING) -(BELL DINGING) 146 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:06,551 COMMENTATOR: Hearns is going to try to win some new respect. 147 00:07:06,593 --> 00:07:08,344 Former welterweight trying 148 00:07:08,386 --> 00:07:10,597 a dangerous route through the middleweight ranks 149 00:07:10,638 --> 00:07:12,390 to hopefully get back to the man 150 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:14,267 who has become his obsession, 151 00:07:14,309 --> 00:07:15,643 Sugar Ray Leonard. 152 00:07:15,685 --> 00:07:17,228 FARHOOD: Boxing has championships 153 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:18,771 at 12 weight divisions 154 00:07:18,813 --> 00:07:21,566 so that the competition in the ring is equal. 155 00:07:21,608 --> 00:07:23,401 You don't want an 80-pound guy 156 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:25,153 fighting a 120-pound guy. 157 00:07:25,195 --> 00:07:27,322 FARHOOD: When a fighter moves up in weight class, 158 00:07:27,363 --> 00:07:29,449 all of a sudden, the guy you're hitting is bigger. 159 00:07:29,491 --> 00:07:30,658 Takes a better punch. 160 00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:32,660 It wasn't that way with Thomas Hearns. 161 00:07:37,499 --> 00:07:38,666 He was the destroyer. 162 00:07:41,503 --> 00:07:44,297 COMMENTATOR: Thomas Hearns has come to Detroit 163 00:07:44,339 --> 00:07:46,508 with a one-round knock-out. 164 00:07:46,549 --> 00:07:47,800 NEWSREADER: Today, Thomas Hearns 165 00:07:47,842 --> 00:07:49,677 returns home to Detroit. 166 00:07:49,719 --> 00:07:52,347 IZENBERG: That arena was in a terrible place. 167 00:07:52,388 --> 00:07:54,265 And suburban whites 168 00:07:54,307 --> 00:07:56,684 came back to Detroit to see the "Hit Man." 169 00:07:58,269 --> 00:08:01,272 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 170 00:08:06,986 --> 00:08:08,029 COMMENTATOR: He is certainly 171 00:08:08,071 --> 00:08:09,572 the most popular boxer. 172 00:08:09,614 --> 00:08:12,242 IZENBERG: Detroit was going through such a bad time. 173 00:08:12,283 --> 00:08:13,451 NEWSREADER: At soup kitchens here, 174 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:15,370 long lines of people down on their luck 175 00:08:15,411 --> 00:08:17,664 and out of work waited for a hot meal. 176 00:08:17,705 --> 00:08:19,374 NEWSREADER: Now they have another problem 177 00:08:19,415 --> 00:08:21,334 to contend with, the Reagan budget cuts. 178 00:08:21,376 --> 00:08:23,795 At a time when benefits ought to be increasing. 179 00:08:23,836 --> 00:08:26,047 KIRSCHENBAUM: They were knocking down buildings. 180 00:08:26,089 --> 00:08:28,216 Tommy was knocking down opponents. 181 00:08:29,634 --> 00:08:31,135 COMMENTATOR: Laying it with left hand, 182 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:32,679 a hit at chin and another right hand. 183 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,764 KIRSCHENBAUM: Tommy would knock these opponents out. 184 00:08:34,806 --> 00:08:36,641 And with that same right hand, 185 00:08:36,683 --> 00:08:38,685 he would lift up the city's spirit. 186 00:08:38,726 --> 00:08:40,645 MAN: Gotta have a winner. You need a winner. 187 00:08:40,687 --> 00:08:42,272 And Detroit's got a winner. 188 00:08:42,313 --> 00:08:44,065 We have so few role models. 189 00:08:44,107 --> 00:08:46,442 And we need someone like him 190 00:08:46,484 --> 00:08:48,403 to show Detroit how to do it right. 191 00:08:48,444 --> 00:08:50,655 NEWSREADER: Hearns is trying to wrestle away from Benitez 192 00:08:50,697 --> 00:08:52,407 the super welterweight title. 193 00:08:52,448 --> 00:08:54,742 He has defended it successfully three times. 194 00:08:57,662 --> 00:09:00,540 COMMENTATOR: The right hand, puts down Benitez. 195 00:09:00,582 --> 00:09:02,041 And the winner by majority votes, 196 00:09:02,083 --> 00:09:05,670 The new super welterweight champion... 197 00:09:05,712 --> 00:09:09,048 Tommy "Hit Man" Hearns. 198 00:09:11,759 --> 00:09:14,846 KALLEN: Winning that belt made him special again. 199 00:09:14,887 --> 00:09:17,557 It made him feel like he was somebody 200 00:09:17,599 --> 00:09:19,100 that everybody could look up to. 201 00:09:20,268 --> 00:09:22,562 Tommy wanted Leonard again. 202 00:09:22,604 --> 00:09:26,149 (CHANTING) I want Leonard. I want Leonard. 203 00:09:26,190 --> 00:09:27,775 He was back to being himself. 204 00:09:29,527 --> 00:09:33,031 He's the "Hit Man." Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns. 205 00:09:33,072 --> 00:09:35,700 HAUSER: Each of these guys had his own persona. 206 00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:38,703 Ray Leonard became Sugar Ray Leonard. 207 00:09:38,745 --> 00:09:41,664 KALLEN: Sugar Ray has to get in there, be sweet. 208 00:09:41,706 --> 00:09:43,666 Like sweet in his moves. 209 00:09:43,708 --> 00:09:47,295 Tommy Hearns is the Hit Man who knocks everybody out. 210 00:09:47,337 --> 00:09:48,880 [INDISCERNIBLE] 211 00:09:48,921 --> 00:09:51,883 HAUSER: Roberto Duran, "Hands of Stone." 212 00:09:51,924 --> 00:09:54,218 And he had a body of stone. 213 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:55,928 MERCHANT: But Marvin Hagler 214 00:09:55,970 --> 00:09:58,973 had to give himself his own nickname. 215 00:09:59,015 --> 00:10:04,437 It seemed a little fatuous to call yourself Marvelous. 216 00:10:04,479 --> 00:10:06,272 There's some talk that mentions Sugar Ray Leonard, 217 00:10:06,314 --> 00:10:07,899 who's a, who's a marvelous fighter. 218 00:10:07,940 --> 00:10:09,067 No, I'm Marvelous. 219 00:10:09,108 --> 00:10:10,526 Well, you're Marvelous. Yeah. 220 00:10:11,861 --> 00:10:12,904 You're Marvelous. 221 00:10:13,488 --> 00:10:15,114 Whatever you say. 222 00:10:15,156 --> 00:10:18,409 WAINWRIGHT: The guy who was in charge of ABC Sport said, 223 00:10:18,451 --> 00:10:20,119 "If you want us to use 224 00:10:20,161 --> 00:10:22,413 the name Marvelous Marvin, go to court. 225 00:10:22,455 --> 00:10:24,666 So I asked the probate court judge 226 00:10:24,707 --> 00:10:28,002 to change the name of Marvin Nathaniel Hagler 227 00:10:28,044 --> 00:10:30,171 to Marvelous Marvin. 228 00:10:30,213 --> 00:10:34,467 HAUSER: Somehow "Marvelous" was at odds with his image 229 00:10:34,509 --> 00:10:38,137 as a blue collar, grind-it-out fighter. 230 00:10:38,179 --> 00:10:40,515 It wasn't that he was Marvelous. 231 00:10:40,556 --> 00:10:42,266 He got in there and he fought. 232 00:10:44,394 --> 00:10:47,397 ATLAS: He was strong of will strong of mental fiber. 233 00:10:47,438 --> 00:10:48,690 That was his essence. 234 00:10:48,731 --> 00:10:51,317 Where the hell do you think that came from? 235 00:10:51,359 --> 00:10:53,194 In the beginning, my drive 236 00:10:53,236 --> 00:10:56,322 and determination all came from injuries. 237 00:10:56,364 --> 00:10:58,533 -(INDISTINCT SHOUTING) -(POLICE SIREN WAILING) 238 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:06,290 HAUSER: Marvin grew up poor 239 00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:08,000 and Black in Newark, New Jersey. 240 00:11:08,042 --> 00:11:10,211 When he got into boxing, it wasn't the first time 241 00:11:10,253 --> 00:11:11,671 that he saw the system 242 00:11:11,713 --> 00:11:13,214 was rigged against him. 243 00:11:13,256 --> 00:11:14,716 IZENBERG: You can't live in Newark 244 00:11:14,757 --> 00:11:16,384 and not have a chip on your shoulder. 245 00:11:16,426 --> 00:11:17,719 You just can't do it. 246 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:19,887 You gotta know Newark, its aggression. 247 00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:23,516 You know, Blacks really got the short end of the stick. 248 00:11:23,558 --> 00:11:24,976 NEWSREADER: Race riots rocked 249 00:11:25,017 --> 00:11:26,728 New Jersey's largest city, Newark, 250 00:11:26,769 --> 00:11:29,355 for five consecutive days and nights. 251 00:11:29,397 --> 00:11:31,566 HAGLER: I remember seeing all these tanks 252 00:11:31,607 --> 00:11:33,151 and all these military people 253 00:11:33,192 --> 00:11:36,654 coming down the streets and people carrying rifles. 254 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,322 IZENBERG: 26 people died. 255 00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:40,908 It started over the beating of a cab driver 256 00:11:40,950 --> 00:11:42,910 by Newark police. And there was a lot 257 00:11:42,952 --> 00:11:44,537 of police brutality in those days. 258 00:11:44,579 --> 00:11:46,873 And I know because I was there. 259 00:11:46,914 --> 00:11:48,541 BARAKA: What is responsible for this violence 260 00:11:48,583 --> 00:11:50,877 is the inability of the city government 261 00:11:50,918 --> 00:11:53,421 to feel as human beings 262 00:11:53,463 --> 00:11:56,549 the plights of the majority of the people in this city. 263 00:11:56,591 --> 00:11:59,260 But let us remember that it is 264 00:11:59,302 --> 00:12:01,637 law-abiding Negro families 265 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:03,598 who have really suffered most 266 00:12:03,639 --> 00:12:05,933 at the hands of the rioters. 267 00:12:05,975 --> 00:12:08,770 GREER: We didn't see nonviolence working anymore. 268 00:12:08,811 --> 00:12:10,730 We didn't see the civil rights movement 269 00:12:10,772 --> 00:12:12,356 working anymore. 270 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:14,400 You grew up in that, and the only way 271 00:12:14,442 --> 00:12:15,735 you could express yourself 272 00:12:15,777 --> 00:12:17,779 was just burn down your environment. 273 00:12:17,820 --> 00:12:20,615 As long as the society is unjust and inequitable, 274 00:12:20,656 --> 00:12:21,783 you will have resistance. 275 00:12:21,824 --> 00:12:23,451 And much of it will be violent. 276 00:12:23,493 --> 00:12:26,120 FARHOOD: People had decided finally that they had put up 277 00:12:26,162 --> 00:12:28,247 with enough for too long. 278 00:12:28,289 --> 00:12:32,543 And that anger, I think, you saw it in Marvin. 279 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:34,420 -(GUNSHOT) -(POLICE SIREN WAILING) 280 00:12:34,462 --> 00:12:36,714 COTTLE: I sit here listening to a most intelligent, 281 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:37,924 a most sensitive, 282 00:12:37,965 --> 00:12:40,635 a most quiet, lovely man. 283 00:12:40,676 --> 00:12:43,095 A man who I know has the need, 284 00:12:43,137 --> 00:12:45,598 I think you even said it about Antuofermo, 285 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,476 that in order for me to win, I might've had to kill him. 286 00:12:48,518 --> 00:12:50,645 -So... -Where is this killer instinct? 287 00:12:50,686 --> 00:12:52,480 Do you want to hurt a man in the ring? 288 00:12:52,522 --> 00:12:53,856 No, but I tell you, 289 00:12:53,898 --> 00:12:55,983 at the time when starting boxing, 290 00:12:56,025 --> 00:12:57,693 I was beating so many good fighters, 291 00:12:57,735 --> 00:12:59,570 they're still trying to keep you down 292 00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:01,447 and keep putting other fighters in front of you 293 00:13:01,489 --> 00:13:03,616 that you know that you're better than. 294 00:13:03,658 --> 00:13:05,660 I mean, it grows a bitterness in you. 295 00:13:05,701 --> 00:13:07,328 I used to wonder. Like I said, you know, 296 00:13:07,370 --> 00:13:09,372 "What do I have to do to get the recognition? 297 00:13:09,413 --> 00:13:11,541 Do, I have to hurt somebody really bad?" 298 00:13:13,376 --> 00:13:17,129 EZRA: Marvin Hagler cost himself a lot of purses 299 00:13:17,171 --> 00:13:21,425 by complaining about how the system was against him. 300 00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:23,845 People during that time period want to hear about 301 00:13:23,886 --> 00:13:25,847 how you don't need the system's help. 302 00:13:25,888 --> 00:13:28,850 In Reagan's era, people don't need a safety net. 303 00:13:28,891 --> 00:13:32,353 Marvin Hagler was just not good at that game. 304 00:13:32,395 --> 00:13:34,438 MAN: Marvelous Marvin Hagler wants recognition 305 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,023 from non-fight people, too. 306 00:13:36,065 --> 00:13:37,984 From the people who hated boxing 307 00:13:38,025 --> 00:13:40,194 but still loved Sugar Ray Leonard 308 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:41,696 and before him, Muhammad Ali. 309 00:13:41,737 --> 00:13:43,865 IZENBERG: Leonard represented a pinnacle 310 00:13:43,906 --> 00:13:46,033 that Hagler couldn't reach. 311 00:13:46,075 --> 00:13:47,702 He wanted a Leonard fight, 312 00:13:47,743 --> 00:13:50,454 because if he could beat Leonard, 313 00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:52,540 people would know who Hagler was. 314 00:13:54,584 --> 00:13:56,043 LEONARD: Marvin Hagler, 315 00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:58,296 he just felt that it was his time to shine. 316 00:13:58,337 --> 00:13:59,964 The resentment was the fact that 317 00:14:00,006 --> 00:14:01,757 I received so much exposure. 318 00:14:01,799 --> 00:14:04,051 I was making a lot of money, 319 00:14:04,093 --> 00:14:06,721 and he didn't feel that I deserved that. 320 00:14:06,762 --> 00:14:09,974 But, uh, I wanted what I wanted 321 00:14:10,016 --> 00:14:11,684 and I worked hard for it. 322 00:14:11,726 --> 00:14:14,604 And I sacrificed everything. 323 00:14:16,314 --> 00:14:18,566 I remember I was scheduled to fight this guy 324 00:14:18,608 --> 00:14:20,109 in two weeks, and I was seeing, 325 00:14:20,151 --> 00:14:22,570 like, someone pull a shade down on my eye. 326 00:14:22,612 --> 00:14:24,196 So, I went to an ophthalmologist. 327 00:14:24,238 --> 00:14:26,824 And they said, uh, "If you don't have the surgery 328 00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:29,702 "in a week, you will be blind." 329 00:14:29,744 --> 00:14:31,871 GUMBEL: Welterweight champion Sugar Ray Leonard 330 00:14:31,913 --> 00:14:33,080 underwent eye surgery 331 00:14:33,122 --> 00:14:34,707 to repair a detached retina. 332 00:14:34,749 --> 00:14:37,168 MAN: Surgery was performed and reattached the retina. 333 00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:39,503 A permanent silicone buckle was placed... 334 00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:42,089 ...operation that could end a great careers in boxing. 335 00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:44,425 NEWSREADER: The feeling is, this is where 336 00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:46,010 the injury was sustained, 337 00:14:46,052 --> 00:14:48,346 with Thomas Hearns going up against Sugar Ray Leonard. 338 00:14:48,387 --> 00:14:49,680 MIKE: What we're concerned about right now 339 00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:52,767 is that Ray Leonard gets full use of his left eye. 340 00:14:52,808 --> 00:14:57,355 And we're confident that the surgery was done properly, 341 00:14:57,396 --> 00:15:00,274 and after today we're gonna let nature take its course. 342 00:15:00,316 --> 00:15:02,276 GUMBEL: Is your boxing career over? 343 00:15:02,318 --> 00:15:05,112 Well, I-I think it's too premature to say. 344 00:15:05,154 --> 00:15:07,490 ARUM: Ray was finished, done. 345 00:15:07,531 --> 00:15:10,326 The rule was you could not come back 346 00:15:10,368 --> 00:15:12,119 with a detached retina. 347 00:15:12,161 --> 00:15:13,663 LEONARD: My ophthalmologist said, 348 00:15:13,704 --> 00:15:15,456 "Ray, if you want to fight again, you can fight again." 349 00:15:15,498 --> 00:15:18,000 But the majority of the people 350 00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:19,418 wanted me to retire because they said, 351 00:15:19,460 --> 00:15:21,295 "Ray, you know what? You have fame, 352 00:15:21,337 --> 00:15:23,839 "you have money. Don't risk it." 353 00:15:23,881 --> 00:15:27,760 And that was very difficult when you're, uh, that young, 354 00:15:27,802 --> 00:15:30,221 'cause I wanted to do what I wanted. Fight. 355 00:15:30,262 --> 00:15:31,973 (SCATTERED APPLAUSE) 356 00:15:32,014 --> 00:15:33,849 LEONARD: You know, I was very touched 357 00:15:33,891 --> 00:15:36,477 by the call from President Reagan, 358 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,397 in my hospital bed. 359 00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:42,149 Dr. Michaels stated that it would take almost 360 00:15:42,191 --> 00:15:44,151 six months to really see 361 00:15:44,193 --> 00:15:47,989 that everything is completely restored. 362 00:15:48,030 --> 00:15:51,826 I have time to think whether I will resume boxing. 363 00:15:54,829 --> 00:15:56,914 FARHOOD: He was actually better off when he was boxing. 364 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:59,417 It kept him structured and disciplined. 365 00:15:59,458 --> 00:16:01,836 Ray had some Achilles heels. 366 00:16:03,838 --> 00:16:08,509 ARUM: That period of time was a real dark period for Ray. 367 00:16:08,551 --> 00:16:10,636 LEONARD: You know, I got involved with drugs 368 00:16:10,678 --> 00:16:12,138 because I wasn't happy. 369 00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:15,683 Alcohol became a factor and 370 00:16:15,725 --> 00:16:18,644 those things almost took me down. 371 00:16:18,686 --> 00:16:22,023 I was trying to find that thing that boxing gave me, 372 00:16:22,064 --> 00:16:23,357 and I couldn't find that. 373 00:16:23,399 --> 00:16:25,234 FARHOOD: He started hanging out 374 00:16:25,276 --> 00:16:26,944 in Los Angeles quite a bit 375 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:30,197 and hobnobbing with actors, actresses, models. 376 00:16:30,239 --> 00:16:32,491 He was happy to be Sugar Ray, 377 00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:34,452 and Ray Leonard from Palmer Park 378 00:16:34,493 --> 00:16:36,954 kind of receded into the background. 379 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:38,372 He was popular with women, 380 00:16:38,414 --> 00:16:39,373 put it that way. 381 00:16:40,374 --> 00:16:41,751 BELL: When Nita found out that 382 00:16:41,792 --> 00:16:44,378 he was out there, you know, buying women cars, 383 00:16:44,420 --> 00:16:45,337 putting them up in apartments. 384 00:16:45,379 --> 00:16:47,006 That's the real deal. 385 00:16:47,048 --> 00:16:49,884 There wasn't nothing perfect about Ray's marriage. 386 00:16:50,259 --> 00:16:51,802 Nothing. 387 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:54,388 FARHOOD: That private side of Ray Leonard was nothing 388 00:16:54,430 --> 00:16:56,307 like what the public perceived of him. 389 00:16:56,348 --> 00:16:58,309 It was like a Jekyll and Hyde thing. 390 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:00,770 LEONARD: I was taught 391 00:17:00,811 --> 00:17:02,229 to smile when there's a camera, 392 00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:07,151 but I was hurting inside. 393 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:09,653 I spent over a quarter million dollars in cocaine. 394 00:17:10,571 --> 00:17:12,198 My self-esteem dropped. 395 00:17:12,239 --> 00:17:13,699 And the more I drank, 396 00:17:13,741 --> 00:17:17,036 the more I lost my emotional stability. 397 00:17:17,078 --> 00:17:20,414 FRIEND: There was one time Ray came home, high on coke, 398 00:17:20,456 --> 00:17:22,583 was in a rage and he threatened 399 00:17:22,625 --> 00:17:23,918 to burn the house down. 400 00:17:23,959 --> 00:17:25,795 And Juanita had to get her kid 401 00:17:25,836 --> 00:17:27,463 out of the house right away. 402 00:17:27,505 --> 00:17:29,757 LEONARD: I knew that I hurt my wife. 403 00:17:29,799 --> 00:17:32,885 I knew that I was hurting my son. 404 00:17:32,927 --> 00:17:36,180 RAY JR.: She was saying, "Ray, don't leave." 405 00:17:36,222 --> 00:17:39,350 And then I got back upstairs and her head's bloody. 406 00:17:39,391 --> 00:17:41,894 I screamed at him and then he left. 407 00:17:41,936 --> 00:17:43,646 BELL: And I caught Ray Leonard myself 408 00:17:43,687 --> 00:17:45,523 slapping Juanita around. 409 00:17:45,564 --> 00:17:47,608 So I really fell out with him, you know. 410 00:17:47,650 --> 00:17:49,944 LEONARD: I don't blame the drugs or alcohol 411 00:17:49,985 --> 00:17:51,737 for what I did. 412 00:17:51,779 --> 00:17:54,615 I was just a bad guy. I was just a selfish guy. 413 00:17:54,657 --> 00:17:56,784 I look back on my wife Juanita, 414 00:17:56,826 --> 00:17:59,620 who I thank for maintaining the family, 415 00:17:59,662 --> 00:18:02,957 keeping my son away from me when I was messed up. 416 00:18:03,958 --> 00:18:05,292 When I used to have a hangover, 417 00:18:05,334 --> 00:18:06,794 I used to say, "God, please!" 418 00:18:06,836 --> 00:18:08,129 It was that painful. 419 00:18:08,170 --> 00:18:11,132 And I remember one time I was in bed. 420 00:18:11,173 --> 00:18:13,008 I woke up feeling sick. 421 00:18:13,050 --> 00:18:15,177 I looked at TV, which was on. 422 00:18:15,219 --> 00:18:18,097 And I reached out and grabbed my gun. 423 00:18:18,139 --> 00:18:19,598 NEWS ANCHOR: On the athletic fields, 424 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,768 a child's eyes fill with your heroic achievements. 425 00:18:22,810 --> 00:18:24,270 Please don't let them down. 426 00:18:24,311 --> 00:18:25,813 -(GUN COCKING) -I shot the TV up. 427 00:18:25,855 --> 00:18:27,982 (GUNSHOT) 428 00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:30,484 (ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING) 429 00:18:37,491 --> 00:18:39,493 REPORTER: It is 3:00 a.m. in the morning here. 430 00:18:39,535 --> 00:18:40,828 To be perfectly honest with you, 431 00:18:40,870 --> 00:18:42,705 I would prefer to be at a party right now. 432 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:44,540 (THUDS) 433 00:18:44,582 --> 00:18:47,126 I should point out that Marvelous Marvin Hagler 434 00:18:47,168 --> 00:18:49,336 is the man's legal name now. 435 00:18:49,378 --> 00:18:50,754 LEONARD: I'm not happy. 436 00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:53,507 My legacy fighting Hagler before I call it quits, 437 00:18:53,549 --> 00:18:55,593 all those things were factors. 438 00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:57,261 I'm sitting there, twisting, I'm turning. 439 00:18:57,303 --> 00:18:59,221 I'm thinking, give me a drink or whatever. 440 00:18:59,263 --> 00:19:00,306 I want to be in the action. 441 00:19:01,515 --> 00:19:03,309 (ALL CHEERING) 442 00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:05,186 REPORTER: ...right hand for Marvin Hagler! 443 00:19:06,353 --> 00:19:08,189 The way this crowd has accepted Marvin. 444 00:19:08,230 --> 00:19:10,107 That's a standing ovation. 445 00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:11,567 Yes, I'm hoping that we could get together 446 00:19:11,609 --> 00:19:13,277 and make this big money 447 00:19:13,319 --> 00:19:14,445 that we've been talking about. 448 00:19:14,486 --> 00:19:15,821 If Ray Leonard does decide, 449 00:19:15,863 --> 00:19:17,865 "That's enough, I've had it. I'm not gonna have..." 450 00:19:17,907 --> 00:19:19,200 He can't do that. 451 00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:20,659 We're gonna make some of that money. 452 00:19:20,701 --> 00:19:22,244 We want to show real artiste 453 00:19:22,286 --> 00:19:23,662 that everything else out there 454 00:19:23,704 --> 00:19:25,372 and I believe that it's us that can do it. 455 00:19:28,459 --> 00:19:29,460 I'm gonna think about it. 456 00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:30,711 All right, you gotta think about it. 457 00:19:30,753 --> 00:19:32,254 We'll find out exactly what you are thinking 458 00:19:32,296 --> 00:19:33,631 in just about a week. 459 00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:35,424 November 9th, that's the day that Sugar Ray Leonard 460 00:19:35,466 --> 00:19:37,426 will tell us exactly what Sugar Ray Leonard is all about. 461 00:19:37,468 --> 00:19:39,803 FARHOOD: Ray has this, infamous now, 462 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:41,639 party in Baltimore, 463 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,724 where he's going to announce what he's going to do next. 464 00:19:43,766 --> 00:19:45,392 He invites Marvin Hagler. 465 00:19:45,434 --> 00:19:46,685 MARANTZ: He makes it sound like 466 00:19:46,727 --> 00:19:48,938 he's going to announce a fight with Marvin. 467 00:19:48,979 --> 00:19:51,565 It's going to be the biggest payday of Marvin's career, 468 00:19:51,607 --> 00:19:53,400 and the whole fight world's there. 469 00:19:53,442 --> 00:19:55,569 ARUM: It was a bizarre spectacle, 470 00:19:55,611 --> 00:19:58,072 and, I think, Ray at that point 471 00:19:58,113 --> 00:20:00,449 he was not behaving himself. 472 00:20:00,491 --> 00:20:01,951 Ray would tell ya. 473 00:20:01,992 --> 00:20:05,162 LEONARD: I would take a couple shots, hit cocaine, 474 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:06,872 and walk in there and be cool. 475 00:20:06,914 --> 00:20:09,625 REPORTER: Howard Cosell was the master of ceremonies. 476 00:20:10,584 --> 00:20:12,336 Muhammed Ali stole the show. 477 00:20:13,921 --> 00:20:15,506 (CHEERING CONTINUES) 478 00:20:17,383 --> 00:20:19,593 Here he comes, ladies and gentlemen, 479 00:20:19,635 --> 00:20:22,137 Marvelous Marvin Hagler. 480 00:20:24,473 --> 00:20:26,433 HAGLER: I like the way he introduced me there. 481 00:20:26,475 --> 00:20:30,271 It took me so long to get that Marvelous so thank you. 482 00:20:30,312 --> 00:20:33,899 I tell you, we gotta be the fight of the century. 483 00:20:33,941 --> 00:20:35,442 (CROWD CHEERING AND CLAPPING) 484 00:20:36,110 --> 00:20:36,986 All right. 485 00:20:38,445 --> 00:20:40,489 ANNOUNCER: There is, in the often 486 00:20:40,531 --> 00:20:43,117 tarnished sport of boxing, 487 00:20:43,158 --> 00:20:48,247 a young man, clean and decent and caring, 488 00:20:48,289 --> 00:20:50,958 who can live by the rules, 489 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:55,379 that's why he's so deserving of this evening, 490 00:20:56,046 --> 00:20:58,757 Sugar Ray Leonard. 491 00:20:58,799 --> 00:21:00,634 (CROWD CHEERING) 492 00:21:12,521 --> 00:21:15,149 (CAMERAS FLASHING) 493 00:21:15,190 --> 00:21:19,653 I understand now the true definition of beauty. 494 00:21:19,695 --> 00:21:21,822 Beauty is a woman. 495 00:21:21,864 --> 00:21:24,825 A woman that stands behind you no matter what 496 00:21:24,867 --> 00:21:27,161 and also gave me my heart. 497 00:21:27,202 --> 00:21:30,789 My lovely wife and my dear son, little Ray. 498 00:21:30,831 --> 00:21:34,168 To Marvin Hagler, who I think is beauty also, 499 00:21:34,209 --> 00:21:36,337 because he had the same desire, 500 00:21:36,378 --> 00:21:38,213 the same want, the same belief, 501 00:21:39,715 --> 00:21:44,178 a fight with this great man, this great champion 502 00:21:44,219 --> 00:21:46,138 could be one of the greatest fights 503 00:21:46,180 --> 00:21:47,598 in the history of boxing. 504 00:21:48,515 --> 00:21:50,184 (CROWD CHEERING) 505 00:21:52,102 --> 00:21:53,479 (TENSE MUSIC BUILDING) 506 00:21:55,272 --> 00:21:57,524 But unfortunately, it'll never happen. 507 00:21:58,442 --> 00:22:00,027 Thank you and God bless you all. 508 00:22:02,946 --> 00:22:06,825 COSELL: All right, Sugar Ray Leonard has retired. 509 00:22:09,286 --> 00:22:11,080 FARHOOD: Marvin looks like a total idiot. 510 00:22:11,121 --> 00:22:12,581 I don't think it was one of 511 00:22:12,623 --> 00:22:14,541 the shining moments of Ray's career. 512 00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:17,836 MERCHANT: It was adding insult to insult. 513 00:22:17,878 --> 00:22:20,130 It was very self-serving. 514 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:21,840 MAN: Would you have liked to fought him? 515 00:22:21,882 --> 00:22:24,343 Sure. That's an opportunity I'm gonna miss, 516 00:22:24,385 --> 00:22:25,886 but I believe he'll be back. 517 00:22:25,928 --> 00:22:27,596 FARHOOD: That knocked Hagler out. 518 00:22:28,931 --> 00:22:32,059 I had a beautiful career to walk away, 519 00:22:32,101 --> 00:22:34,019 with no regrets, 520 00:22:34,061 --> 00:22:36,271 and to remain content is even more beautiful. 521 00:22:39,525 --> 00:22:42,736 ARUM: With any great fighter the problem is, 522 00:22:42,778 --> 00:22:46,198 if they're really good, they can accomplish things, 523 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:47,574 when they should have quit 524 00:22:47,616 --> 00:22:49,243 that you wouldn't expect them to. 525 00:22:49,284 --> 00:22:52,162 It's what makes the story great. 526 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:54,415 (COMMENTATOR SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 527 00:22:56,917 --> 00:23:00,003 ARUM: After the 'No Mas' fight Duran was in disgrace. 528 00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:02,297 He couldn't even go back to Panama. 529 00:23:03,340 --> 00:23:05,175 FARHOOD: If the result of 530 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:07,010 the Leonard rematch wasn't enough 531 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:08,804 to pull the plug on Duran's career, 532 00:23:08,846 --> 00:23:12,391 he went on to fight a series of mediocre fights. 533 00:23:12,433 --> 00:23:14,935 He got badly out boxed by Wilfred Benitez. 534 00:23:14,977 --> 00:23:16,478 COMMENTATOR: This may be the last round 535 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,064 that you'll ever see Roberto Duran fight. 536 00:23:19,106 --> 00:23:20,816 FARHOOD: Duran was considered done. 537 00:23:22,985 --> 00:23:24,987 ATLAS: To be special you got to feel special. 538 00:23:25,028 --> 00:23:26,447 He lost that. 539 00:23:26,488 --> 00:23:28,782 He still had the same abilities. 540 00:23:28,824 --> 00:23:30,701 But he didn't have the permission 541 00:23:30,742 --> 00:23:32,703 to feel like Duran again. 542 00:23:32,744 --> 00:23:35,414 ARCEL: And he fought very ordinary fighters 543 00:23:35,456 --> 00:23:37,416 and they would give him trouble. 544 00:23:37,458 --> 00:23:41,128 They brought up a kid Laing or Lane or somebody. 545 00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:44,798 Duran, his reflexes were gone, 546 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:46,467 he had no coordination. 547 00:23:46,508 --> 00:23:47,885 He couldn't move. 548 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:50,053 COMMENTATOR: I don't want to remember Duran this way. 549 00:23:51,847 --> 00:23:53,015 ARCEL: He beat Duran! 550 00:23:54,183 --> 00:23:55,476 I couldn't believe it. 551 00:23:55,517 --> 00:23:57,686 This fella couldn't beat you or me. 552 00:23:57,728 --> 00:23:59,813 COMMENTATOR: Duran is already leaving the ring. 553 00:23:59,855 --> 00:24:00,814 It's all over. 554 00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:05,736 ATLAS: But Duran had a drive to exist 555 00:24:05,777 --> 00:24:07,154 because he came from a place 556 00:24:07,196 --> 00:24:09,948 that you could very easily not exist. 557 00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:13,076 MERCHANT: Duran was the classic street kid 558 00:24:13,118 --> 00:24:16,580 who just needs to beat up everybody in front of him 559 00:24:16,622 --> 00:24:20,626 to compensate for all the bruisings in his life. 560 00:24:21,585 --> 00:24:23,003 (CHILDREN LAUGHING) 561 00:24:27,007 --> 00:24:28,217 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 562 00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:02,543 PERKINS: Roberto Duran and Torrijos, 563 00:25:02,584 --> 00:25:04,795 the two of them had a great deal in common. 564 00:25:04,836 --> 00:25:08,006 There was a lot of mutual appreciation between them, 565 00:25:08,048 --> 00:25:11,343 and Duran was, in his own way, political. 566 00:25:11,385 --> 00:25:14,012 Because he was really a proponent 567 00:25:14,054 --> 00:25:16,348 of Panamanian nationalism. 568 00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:17,724 REPORTER: Omar Torrijos, 569 00:25:17,766 --> 00:25:19,268 a peasant who became dictator, 570 00:25:19,309 --> 00:25:22,271 has brought Panama one of its only stable governments. 571 00:25:22,312 --> 00:25:24,606 PERKINS: I was extremely impressed by Torrijos. 572 00:25:24,648 --> 00:25:26,733 I spent a lot of time with him. 573 00:25:26,775 --> 00:25:29,611 He felt that the United States has no right 574 00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:31,029 to interfere 575 00:25:31,071 --> 00:25:33,907 in the politics of Latin American countries. 576 00:25:33,949 --> 00:25:35,784 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 577 00:25:48,922 --> 00:25:51,091 TRANSLATOR: I've waited 22 years for a man 578 00:25:51,133 --> 00:25:53,427 to come to Panama to defend the canal. 579 00:25:53,468 --> 00:25:55,679 Now the time has finally come. 580 00:25:55,721 --> 00:25:58,056 (CLAPPING) 581 00:25:58,098 --> 00:26:01,018 Does he think the General got the best deal he could get? 582 00:26:01,059 --> 00:26:03,895 TRANSLATOR: Yes. He got the best possible treaty 583 00:26:03,937 --> 00:26:06,690 because he got the treaty with diplomacy. 584 00:26:06,732 --> 00:26:08,358 Not with violence. 585 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,152 PERKINS: Torrijos absolutely knew 586 00:26:10,193 --> 00:26:12,029 that he was taking his life in his hands 587 00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:13,572 by standing up to the US government. 588 00:26:13,614 --> 00:26:16,992 Once Reagan began to rise in the United States, 589 00:26:17,034 --> 00:26:18,619 he would be a grave danger. 590 00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:20,996 He was very aware of this. 591 00:26:21,038 --> 00:26:24,166 Nonetheless, he had the courage 592 00:26:24,207 --> 00:26:25,959 to stand behind his principles. 593 00:26:27,127 --> 00:26:29,087 (MAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 594 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:32,674 (RESPONDING IN OTHER LANGUAGE) 595 00:26:52,694 --> 00:26:53,779 NEWS ANCHOR: Good evening. 596 00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:55,113 One of Central America's best known 597 00:26:55,155 --> 00:26:56,657 military and political leaders, 598 00:26:56,698 --> 00:26:58,241 General Omar Torrijos, 599 00:26:58,283 --> 00:26:59,910 has died in a plane crash in the jungle, 600 00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:01,578 91 miles outside of Panama City. 601 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:02,829 NEWS ANCHOR 2: General Torrijos, 602 00:27:02,871 --> 00:27:04,456 who had been Duran's greatest supporter, 603 00:27:04,498 --> 00:27:05,707 was killed in a plane... 604 00:27:05,749 --> 00:27:08,001 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 605 00:27:14,383 --> 00:27:16,635 PERKINS: It was a very mysterious airplane crash, 606 00:27:16,677 --> 00:27:19,429 that most people in Latin America, not just Panama, 607 00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:23,016 have no doubt it was a CIA orchestrated assassination. 608 00:27:24,685 --> 00:27:26,395 NEWS ANCHOR: The funeral for Panama's leader, 609 00:27:26,436 --> 00:27:28,939 General Omar Torrijos, will take place tomorrow. 610 00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:30,816 And today he was mourned in the streets 611 00:27:30,857 --> 00:27:32,275 of the capital city. 612 00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:34,027 REPORTER: The Panamanian National Guard 613 00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:36,113 gave their general a military farewell. 614 00:27:36,154 --> 00:27:38,990 It was the end of an era for Panama. 615 00:27:39,032 --> 00:27:41,076 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 616 00:27:58,468 --> 00:28:00,512 (FELICIDAD SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 617 00:28:05,684 --> 00:28:07,894 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 618 00:28:19,614 --> 00:28:21,658 (FELICIDAD SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 619 00:28:29,791 --> 00:28:32,502 PERKINS: Duran was looked at as a hero of Latin America, 620 00:28:32,544 --> 00:28:35,046 not just a hero of Panama. 621 00:28:35,088 --> 00:28:38,216 He provided a magnificent symbol 622 00:28:38,258 --> 00:28:40,844 for the entire Southern hemisphere. 623 00:28:40,886 --> 00:28:43,847 What do you think it was that made you win? 624 00:28:43,889 --> 00:28:47,058 (SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 625 00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:48,810 TRANSLATOR: (IN ENGLISH) He says his heart. 626 00:28:48,852 --> 00:28:50,896 (SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 627 00:28:53,190 --> 00:28:55,108 (IN ENGLISH) He said, "As long as he can use his hands 628 00:28:55,150 --> 00:28:56,568 "he will always eat." 629 00:28:56,610 --> 00:28:58,236 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 630 00:29:13,335 --> 00:29:15,420 (INTERVIEWER SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 631 00:29:19,216 --> 00:29:20,467 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 632 00:29:37,984 --> 00:29:39,611 ANNOUNCER: (IN ENGLISH) Madison Square Garden 633 00:29:39,653 --> 00:29:40,987 is electrified 634 00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:42,489 as they get ready for Davey Moore 635 00:29:42,531 --> 00:29:44,115 against Roberto Duran. 636 00:29:44,157 --> 00:29:45,450 FARHOOD: He fought at Madison Square Garden, 637 00:29:45,492 --> 00:29:47,077 on his 32nd birthday, 638 00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:49,120 and Duran was a big underdog. 639 00:29:49,162 --> 00:29:50,914 Davey Moore, the fighter from the Bronx, 640 00:29:50,956 --> 00:29:51,832 got booed. 641 00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:53,375 Duran got cheered. 642 00:29:53,875 --> 00:29:55,710 (BELL DINGS) 643 00:29:55,752 --> 00:29:57,045 (INDISTINCT COMMENTARY) 644 00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:02,133 COMMENTATOR: You can see the blood 645 00:30:02,175 --> 00:30:03,802 streaming down the face of the champion. 646 00:30:03,844 --> 00:30:05,929 Look at Roberto Duran, just kind of 647 00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:07,722 sneered at Davey Moore. 648 00:30:07,764 --> 00:30:12,102 HAUSER: The screaming sold out Madison Square Garden. 649 00:30:12,143 --> 00:30:14,813 He beat Davey Moore down. 650 00:30:14,855 --> 00:30:17,899 That was Roberto as Roberto. 651 00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:24,030 COMMENTATOR: Right on! Moore is down! 652 00:30:24,072 --> 00:30:26,199 A left-right, a big strong right... 653 00:30:26,241 --> 00:30:28,869 HAUSER: And when that happened, Roberto was back. 654 00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:30,537 All was forgiven. 655 00:30:31,037 --> 00:30:32,497 (BELL DINGS) 656 00:30:32,539 --> 00:30:33,915 (TRIUMPHANT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) 657 00:30:46,428 --> 00:30:48,221 FARHOOD: Duran climbs the ring ropes, 658 00:30:48,263 --> 00:30:50,056 tears flowing down his face, 659 00:30:50,098 --> 00:30:51,892 and the crowd sings "Happy Birthday." 660 00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:53,226 It was a chilling moment. 661 00:30:54,895 --> 00:30:56,980 (CROWD CHANTING) 662 00:31:17,918 --> 00:31:19,586 NEWS ANCHOR: On his 32nd birthday last night, 663 00:31:19,628 --> 00:31:21,880 challenger Roberto Duran knocked out 664 00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:23,340 24-year-old Davey Moore 665 00:31:23,381 --> 00:31:24,716 as he came back from the disgrace 666 00:31:24,758 --> 00:31:26,092 of two and a half years ago. 667 00:31:26,134 --> 00:31:27,928 ATLAS: There is nothing more powerful 668 00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:30,597 than the act of redemption. 669 00:31:30,639 --> 00:31:34,935 But the reason why we're talking about these fighters 670 00:31:34,976 --> 00:31:36,269 is because they had each other. 671 00:31:37,437 --> 00:31:39,272 You got to have that dance partner. 672 00:31:39,314 --> 00:31:40,857 Fred Astaire was great, 673 00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:43,276 but when he had Ginger Rogers to dance with, 674 00:31:43,318 --> 00:31:45,028 it was even greater. 675 00:31:45,070 --> 00:31:47,447 You had to have adversaries. 676 00:31:47,489 --> 00:31:49,407 COMMENTATOR: This could be out in Round 1. 677 00:31:49,449 --> 00:31:50,951 MARANTZ: All these guys moved through 678 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:52,243 several divisions 679 00:31:52,285 --> 00:31:55,455 except Hagler, who stayed at one weight. 680 00:31:55,497 --> 00:31:57,624 He stayed at middleweight. 681 00:31:57,666 --> 00:31:59,125 ATLAS: There's no disputing that turf 682 00:31:59,167 --> 00:32:00,835 and who owned that middleweight turf, 683 00:32:01,836 --> 00:32:03,338 Mr. Hagler. 684 00:32:03,380 --> 00:32:05,465 FARHOOD: He was beating very very tough opposition 685 00:32:05,507 --> 00:32:06,675 that were not big names. 686 00:32:06,716 --> 00:32:08,635 So until he had the other 687 00:32:08,677 --> 00:32:10,762 three kings come up and fight him, 688 00:32:10,804 --> 00:32:14,099 he wasn't going to get the credit he deserved. 689 00:32:14,140 --> 00:32:15,642 I think there was a temptation to say, 690 00:32:15,684 --> 00:32:17,727 "Okay, Duran won a fight 691 00:32:17,769 --> 00:32:19,396 "that a lot of people didn't think he'd win." 692 00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:21,815 He had his moment. He's done. 693 00:32:21,856 --> 00:32:23,984 And he fights Marvin Hagler. 694 00:32:24,025 --> 00:32:26,152 BERNSTEIN: Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler. 695 00:32:26,194 --> 00:32:27,904 This is the gold standard. 696 00:32:29,197 --> 00:32:30,657 NEWSCASTER: Well, it is a rarity in these days 697 00:32:30,699 --> 00:32:32,450 to have an undisputed championship, 698 00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:35,662 but that's what'll be on the line tonight in Las Vegas. 699 00:32:35,704 --> 00:32:37,664 HAGLER: I gave Roberto Duran a lot of credit 700 00:32:37,706 --> 00:32:40,458 Leonard wouldn't fight me, Hearns wouldn't fight me. 701 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:42,627 Roberto Duran, the first one to have guts enough 702 00:32:42,669 --> 00:32:43,962 to come out and fight me. 703 00:32:44,004 --> 00:32:45,296 FARHOOD: When you look at Roberto Duran 704 00:32:45,338 --> 00:32:46,673 you say, "This is no middleweight. 705 00:32:46,715 --> 00:32:48,008 "He's just not going to be strong enough 706 00:32:48,049 --> 00:32:49,509 "to keep Marvin off him." 707 00:32:49,551 --> 00:32:51,094 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 708 00:32:59,102 --> 00:33:00,812 FARHOOD: Hagler knows that the decisive victory 709 00:33:00,854 --> 00:33:02,272 will gain him the kind of recognition 710 00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:03,773 transcending boxing 711 00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:06,609 earned by a man he almost fought, Sugar Ray Leonard. 712 00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:09,320 Hagler's a favorite, but I still like Duran. 713 00:33:09,362 --> 00:33:10,947 I've been ranked twice with this man, 714 00:33:10,989 --> 00:33:12,282 I know what he's capable of doing. 715 00:33:12,323 --> 00:33:14,034 This is going to be one of the great fights 716 00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:15,076 of all times. 717 00:33:16,786 --> 00:33:19,581 GOEHNER: Marvin Hagler knew the spotlight was on him, 718 00:33:19,622 --> 00:33:21,207 unlike it had ever been before. 719 00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:23,084 (CROWD CHEERING) 720 00:33:23,126 --> 00:33:26,171 ANNOUNCER: Marvin Hagler! 721 00:33:26,212 --> 00:33:27,964 HAUSER: Marvin had the advantage 722 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:30,300 in most of his fights. 723 00:33:30,341 --> 00:33:32,719 He didn't have it over Roberto Duran. 724 00:33:32,761 --> 00:33:34,220 ANNOUNCER: Live from Caesar's Palace 725 00:33:34,262 --> 00:33:35,680 in Las Vegas. 726 00:33:35,722 --> 00:33:37,140 At stake, the undisputed 727 00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:39,142 middleweight championship of the world. 728 00:33:39,184 --> 00:33:41,394 FARHOOD: Marvin expected Duran to come at him 729 00:33:41,436 --> 00:33:42,979 and be the ferocious one. 730 00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:44,564 It's not how Duran fought him. 731 00:33:44,606 --> 00:33:46,232 He used a more tactical approach. 732 00:33:47,692 --> 00:33:48,902 HAGLER: In the third round, 733 00:33:48,943 --> 00:33:51,988 he caught me with over hand right. 734 00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:54,741 I says, "How the hell did he hit me with that shot?" 735 00:33:54,783 --> 00:33:55,825 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 736 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:57,577 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 737 00:34:04,959 --> 00:34:07,962 HAUSER: (IN ENGLISH) Marvin was a little intimidated. 738 00:34:08,004 --> 00:34:09,798 MARANTZ: When Marvin came up through the ranks, 739 00:34:09,839 --> 00:34:11,841 Duran was a superstar in the '70s. 740 00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:14,469 So Marvin couldn't bring himself 741 00:34:14,511 --> 00:34:15,929 to unload on this guy 742 00:34:15,970 --> 00:34:19,099 that he respected, and Duran took advantage of it. 743 00:34:19,140 --> 00:34:22,310 FARHOOD: Before Marvin knew it, it was a close fight. 744 00:34:22,352 --> 00:34:23,978 COMMENTATOR: This is Duran's best round! 745 00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:26,022 FARHOOD: The fact that Duran was as competitive as he was 746 00:34:26,064 --> 00:34:27,941 against one of the greatest middleweights of all time, 747 00:34:27,982 --> 00:34:29,359 came as a total shock. 748 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,195 And after 13 rounds, Duran is ahead on the cards. 749 00:34:32,237 --> 00:34:33,655 (BELL DINGS) 750 00:34:33,696 --> 00:34:35,949 MARANTZ: Marvin had the win the last two rounds 751 00:34:35,990 --> 00:34:37,867 to take the decision. 752 00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:39,035 COMMENTATOR: Hagler goes right to it 753 00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:40,286 in the final round. 754 00:34:40,328 --> 00:34:42,705 (CROWD CHEERING) 755 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:44,457 COMMENTATOR 1: Big left hand by Hagler! 756 00:34:44,499 --> 00:34:46,459 COMMENTATOR 2: Hagler throws five punches 757 00:34:46,501 --> 00:34:49,045 to every one in this round for Duran. 758 00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:50,588 COMMENTATOR 1: Back to the rope, takes a right hook. 759 00:34:50,630 --> 00:34:53,133 Twenty odd seconds to go in the fight! 760 00:34:53,174 --> 00:34:55,135 Two warriors, two champions, 761 00:34:55,176 --> 00:34:57,053 going the full 15 rounds. 762 00:34:57,095 --> 00:34:59,013 He blocks Hagler with the right hand. 763 00:34:59,055 --> 00:35:01,307 Hagler with a left. There goes the bell. 764 00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:03,184 (BELL DINGING) 765 00:35:03,226 --> 00:35:04,811 (CROWD CHEERING AND CLAPPING) 766 00:35:08,356 --> 00:35:11,109 146-145. 767 00:35:11,484 --> 00:35:14,612 144-143. 768 00:35:16,531 --> 00:35:19,159 Still the undisputed 769 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,369 middleweight champion of the world... 770 00:35:21,411 --> 00:35:23,163 FARHOOD: Marvin had a big 14th and 15th round 771 00:35:23,204 --> 00:35:24,372 pulled out the decision. 772 00:35:24,414 --> 00:35:25,748 But, yeah, the Duran fight showed that 773 00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:26,875 maybe he was vulnerable. 774 00:35:26,916 --> 00:35:28,585 Maybe he could be out boxed. 775 00:35:28,626 --> 00:35:30,461 HAUSER: I couldn't get it going the way I really wanted to, 776 00:35:30,503 --> 00:35:33,339 but the next time I fight Duran, I'll knock him out. 777 00:35:33,381 --> 00:35:35,717 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 778 00:35:58,489 --> 00:36:01,201 MARANTZ: Duran whispered in Leonard's ear, 779 00:36:01,242 --> 00:36:03,453 "You box him, you can beat him." 780 00:36:03,494 --> 00:36:05,538 That planted a seed in Leonard's head. 781 00:36:07,081 --> 00:36:09,918 NEWSCASTER: (IN ENGLISH) The atmosphere is electric 782 00:36:09,959 --> 00:36:12,086 as the champ, Sugar Ray Leonard 783 00:36:12,128 --> 00:36:15,965 has come out of retirement for the fight of his life. 784 00:36:17,550 --> 00:36:21,221 He'll be facing his toughest opponent ever. 785 00:36:21,262 --> 00:36:23,389 Blindness. 786 00:36:23,431 --> 00:36:25,892 LEONARD: Two years is a long time of inactivity. 787 00:36:26,726 --> 00:36:28,269 A lifetime. 788 00:36:28,311 --> 00:36:31,940 Not fighting Hagler was kind of a void in my legacy. 789 00:36:31,981 --> 00:36:34,734 To prove that you're the best, you fight the best. 790 00:36:35,443 --> 00:36:37,570 (ALL LAUGHING) 791 00:36:37,612 --> 00:36:40,156 And we as fighters if we don't let that go 792 00:36:40,198 --> 00:36:42,283 when our career come to a head, 793 00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:43,576 we continue to search. 794 00:36:45,328 --> 00:36:47,580 The paramount story in fight circles this week 795 00:36:47,622 --> 00:36:49,707 is the return of Sugar Ray Leonard, 796 00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:51,751 His decision to come out of retirement, 797 00:36:51,793 --> 00:36:53,419 now that his eye is healed, 798 00:36:53,461 --> 00:36:56,047 surprised some and shocked even more. 799 00:36:56,089 --> 00:36:57,382 REPORTER: His Friday night opponent 800 00:36:57,423 --> 00:36:58,549 in Worcester, Massachusetts, 801 00:36:58,591 --> 00:37:00,510 is unheralded 802 00:37:00,551 --> 00:37:02,262 and certain to be forever unchampion, Kevin Howard. 803 00:37:02,303 --> 00:37:05,431 LEONARD: I knew that I would win and Hag would be next. 804 00:37:05,473 --> 00:37:06,933 I knew that. I just knew that. 805 00:37:08,726 --> 00:37:10,186 People were so concerned about me, 806 00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:11,521 because I had been out of the ring 807 00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:13,231 and they heard about my antics. 808 00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:15,566 PEPE: I am sad that Leonard 809 00:37:15,608 --> 00:37:17,360 finds it necessary to fight again 810 00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:18,820 and I cannot agree with him. 811 00:37:18,861 --> 00:37:21,489 What is the going rate these days for a man's eyesight? 812 00:37:21,531 --> 00:37:23,533 LEONARD: I trained, I was in shape, 813 00:37:23,574 --> 00:37:25,326 but you don't know what you have 814 00:37:25,368 --> 00:37:26,327 until you get in the ring. 815 00:37:27,745 --> 00:37:31,207 Hey, guys. I'm back. 816 00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:33,960 COMMENTATOR: One of boxing's most historic events. 817 00:37:34,002 --> 00:37:35,295 LEONARD: When I fight, I have tunnel vision. 818 00:37:35,336 --> 00:37:36,671 I see just my opponent. 819 00:37:36,713 --> 00:37:38,256 COMMENTATOR: And here comes Kevin Howard. 820 00:37:38,298 --> 00:37:40,967 Obviously, this is the biggest fight of his life. 821 00:37:41,009 --> 00:37:42,093 LEONARD: And Kevin Howard? 822 00:37:42,135 --> 00:37:44,095 It's like, something's not right. 823 00:37:46,431 --> 00:37:48,766 ANNOUNCER: We'd like to welcome to the ring, 824 00:37:48,808 --> 00:37:50,184 Marvelous Marvin Hagler! 825 00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:52,478 COMMENTATOR: I can tell you who won 826 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,856 the popularity contest here. 827 00:37:54,897 --> 00:37:56,232 LEONARD: I'm back in the ring again 828 00:37:56,274 --> 00:37:57,608 and it's different. 829 00:37:58,526 --> 00:38:00,153 I looked over at Kevin Howard, 830 00:38:00,194 --> 00:38:02,989 I just didn't feel the special something 831 00:38:03,031 --> 00:38:04,157 that was always present. 832 00:38:05,241 --> 00:38:06,993 Then in the ring, I saw everyone. 833 00:38:07,035 --> 00:38:08,995 I saw Marvin Hagler. 834 00:38:09,037 --> 00:38:10,496 My wife, who's at ringside. 835 00:38:10,538 --> 00:38:11,998 She was nearly eight months pregnant. 836 00:38:13,041 --> 00:38:14,500 My mother and father. 837 00:38:15,335 --> 00:38:17,128 My son. 838 00:38:17,170 --> 00:38:19,505 The eye, quite naturally was a factor. 839 00:38:19,547 --> 00:38:20,923 REPORTER: ...to repair a partially detached 840 00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:22,467 retina of his left eye. 841 00:38:22,508 --> 00:38:24,469 COMMENTATOR: Leonard's timing is a little bit off. 842 00:38:24,510 --> 00:38:27,597 LEONARD: I just could not maintain my concentration 843 00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:30,600 and every punch hurt. 844 00:38:31,934 --> 00:38:33,186 So, this is not working. 845 00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:38,191 And I was a little afraid. Not of Kevin Howard 846 00:38:38,232 --> 00:38:40,401 but of being there. Being in that ring. 847 00:38:42,779 --> 00:38:45,281 And I choreograph my fights and write the script. 848 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:46,491 He didn't read the script. 849 00:38:52,455 --> 00:38:54,374 COMMENTATOR: And a right hand from Kevin Howard 850 00:38:54,415 --> 00:38:57,377 puts Sugar Ray Leonard right on the seat of his pants. 851 00:38:58,795 --> 00:39:01,214 LEONARD: All of a sudden now, I'm facing reality. 852 00:39:01,255 --> 00:39:02,757 COMMENTATOR: I believe that was the first time 853 00:39:02,799 --> 00:39:04,717 in his career that Leonard was down. 854 00:39:05,885 --> 00:39:08,388 Marvin Hagler is probably more excited 855 00:39:08,429 --> 00:39:09,889 than any man in this country. 856 00:39:12,058 --> 00:39:13,893 LEONARD: I got up with the intentions 857 00:39:13,935 --> 00:39:15,353 of just doing two things, 858 00:39:15,395 --> 00:39:19,023 winning the fight and return. 859 00:39:19,065 --> 00:39:20,358 COMMENTATOR: And the fight is over. 860 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:21,818 And Sugar Ray Leonard has won it. 861 00:39:21,859 --> 00:39:23,861 I've never been hit like that before. 862 00:39:23,903 --> 00:39:25,321 Especially knocked down. 863 00:39:25,363 --> 00:39:27,698 One more round and he would've lost by decision. 864 00:39:27,740 --> 00:39:30,868 He wasn't hurting me. I was hurting him. 865 00:39:30,910 --> 00:39:32,870 LEONARD: I wasn't ready because 866 00:39:32,912 --> 00:39:35,540 I'm not doing this for the right reasons. 867 00:39:35,581 --> 00:39:38,751 I was coming back because I was lost. 868 00:39:38,793 --> 00:39:40,545 My world was crumbling. 869 00:39:40,586 --> 00:39:42,672 I just have this feeling that 870 00:39:42,713 --> 00:39:44,298 it just wasn't there. 871 00:39:44,340 --> 00:39:49,512 And, uh, I have retired for good. 872 00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:52,098 REPORTER: Will you say that one more time please? 873 00:39:52,140 --> 00:39:54,100 I have officially retired. 874 00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:56,352 NEWSCASTER: He's gone for good. 875 00:39:56,394 --> 00:39:59,105 He was one of the all-time greats. 876 00:39:59,147 --> 00:40:01,399 So, it's my goodbye to Ray Leonard. 877 00:40:03,317 --> 00:40:05,445 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 878 00:40:17,290 --> 00:40:18,708 LEONARD: (IN ENGLISH) I tried. It wasn't there. 879 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:20,626 That's it and that's it for good. 880 00:40:20,668 --> 00:40:24,714 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 881 00:42:02,061 --> 00:42:04,021 MERCHANT: Hearns is a big welterweight. 882 00:42:04,063 --> 00:42:05,898 It looked like a mismatch. 883 00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:08,943 But it might not have been the first mismatch 884 00:42:08,985 --> 00:42:10,444 that Duran was in 885 00:42:10,486 --> 00:42:12,405 that turned out not to be a mismatch. 886 00:42:12,446 --> 00:42:14,490 (BELL DINGING) 887 00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:17,076 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 888 00:42:18,828 --> 00:42:20,788 (HEARNS IN ENGLISH) 889 00:42:28,879 --> 00:42:30,756 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 890 00:42:39,223 --> 00:42:40,558 COMMENTATOR: Down the outside. 891 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:42,768 There's a big one. Wow, Duran. 892 00:42:42,810 --> 00:42:44,520 HAUSER: I think Roberto Duran 893 00:42:44,562 --> 00:42:47,857 could've fought Tommy Hearns five times 894 00:42:47,898 --> 00:42:50,443 and each time Tommy would've whacked him out. 895 00:42:50,484 --> 00:42:52,862 They just know, styles make fights. 896 00:42:52,903 --> 00:42:55,072 And Tommy had the style 897 00:42:55,114 --> 00:42:56,866 that Roberto couldn't cope with. 898 00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:01,746 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 899 00:43:10,129 --> 00:43:11,130 COMMENTATOR: That's it! 900 00:43:12,548 --> 00:43:14,175 (DURAN CONTINUES IN OTHER LANGUAGE) 901 00:43:17,219 --> 00:43:19,639 COMMENTATOR: He's face first on the mat. 902 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:21,349 (DURAN SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE) 903 00:43:24,477 --> 00:43:26,520 FARHOOD: One of the truisms of boxing is that 904 00:43:26,562 --> 00:43:28,397 no great fighter ever lost a fight. 905 00:43:28,439 --> 00:43:29,357 There's always a reason. 906 00:43:29,398 --> 00:43:30,524 I overtrained, I undertrained. 907 00:43:30,566 --> 00:43:31,817 I had the flu. Whatever it is. 908 00:43:31,859 --> 00:43:33,110 The best of all time is 909 00:43:33,152 --> 00:43:35,071 Anthony Hembrick, who was a US Olympian 910 00:43:35,112 --> 00:43:36,989 He said the Jerry curl he used for his hair 911 00:43:37,031 --> 00:43:39,450 seeped into his brain and weakened him. 912 00:43:39,492 --> 00:43:41,452 If a fighter is gonna use that as an excuse, 913 00:43:41,494 --> 00:43:42,620 you kind of get it. 914 00:43:42,662 --> 00:43:43,996 It's in a class by itself. 915 00:43:45,539 --> 00:43:47,667 MERCHANT: Sometimes, the stars are aligned 916 00:43:47,708 --> 00:43:50,586 in the right way 917 00:43:50,628 --> 00:43:54,632 And there was a natural progression. 918 00:43:54,674 --> 00:43:57,677 I would like to move on to the middleweight division 919 00:43:57,718 --> 00:44:00,012 and challenge Marvin Hagler. 920 00:44:00,054 --> 00:44:02,098 HAGLER: The biggest fight I've been waiting for 921 00:44:02,139 --> 00:44:03,265 and that was Sugar Ray Leonard, 922 00:44:03,307 --> 00:44:04,642 now that he's gone out of the game. 923 00:44:04,684 --> 00:44:06,435 Now I only have one other thing to do, 924 00:44:06,477 --> 00:44:07,895 and that's to fight Thomas Hearns 925 00:44:07,937 --> 00:44:10,356 and I'm planning on breaking every bone in his body. 926 00:44:11,524 --> 00:44:13,192 Thomas Hitman Hearns, 927 00:44:13,234 --> 00:44:15,403 challenging Marvelous Marvin Hagler 928 00:44:15,444 --> 00:44:17,863 for the middleweight championship of the world. 929 00:44:17,905 --> 00:44:19,323 The richest fight ever. 930 00:44:23,536 --> 00:44:27,748 Welcome to day six of the magical mystery tour. 931 00:44:29,625 --> 00:44:31,085 FARHOOD: Maybe for the first time, 932 00:44:31,127 --> 00:44:33,170 they both viewed themselves as the A-side. 933 00:44:33,212 --> 00:44:34,797 These were two fighters who had 934 00:44:34,839 --> 00:44:37,216 kind of earned their stripes as superstars. 935 00:44:37,258 --> 00:44:39,218 REAGAN: If anyone is looking for heroes, 936 00:44:39,260 --> 00:44:41,220 let them look at main street America. 937 00:44:41,262 --> 00:44:43,222 HAGLER: This is the highlight of my career. 938 00:44:43,264 --> 00:44:45,391 I remember the day when I couldn't get 939 00:44:45,433 --> 00:44:47,393 anyone to listen to a word I had to say. 940 00:44:50,896 --> 00:44:52,398 KALLEN: The press tours. 941 00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:55,860 Unbelievable. We would send private jets for each guy. 942 00:44:55,901 --> 00:44:58,070 and we would go from city to city. 943 00:44:58,112 --> 00:45:03,325 ARUM: We were doing 26 cities in 14 days. 944 00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:06,746 Hagler's plane. They would serve seafood. 945 00:45:06,787 --> 00:45:09,790 Hagler would sit in his seat Maybe read a book. 946 00:45:09,832 --> 00:45:11,751 Boring, boring, boring. 947 00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:14,170 Now, on Tommy's plane... 948 00:45:14,211 --> 00:45:17,506 That was the Detroit plane. The ghetto plane. 949 00:45:17,548 --> 00:45:19,049 And that was a fun plane. 950 00:45:19,091 --> 00:45:20,760 MARANTZ: You come out of poverty, 951 00:45:20,801 --> 00:45:21,844 you come out of the inner city 952 00:45:21,886 --> 00:45:23,512 and the next thing you know, 953 00:45:23,554 --> 00:45:25,890 you're flying in private jets. 954 00:45:25,931 --> 00:45:28,517 And only by trusting you, giving you opportunities 955 00:45:28,559 --> 00:45:30,686 to climb high and reach for the stars 956 00:45:30,728 --> 00:45:33,147 can we preserve the golden dream of America. 957 00:45:33,189 --> 00:45:35,024 As the champion of peace and freedom 958 00:45:35,065 --> 00:45:36,942 among the nations of the world. 959 00:45:36,984 --> 00:45:39,695 Everything is booming, but the guns. 960 00:45:39,737 --> 00:45:42,281 KALLEN: It kind of went along with the times. 961 00:45:42,323 --> 00:45:44,909 People were living high. 962 00:45:44,950 --> 00:45:47,578 REPORTER: Costumed Romans and well-heeled countrymen 963 00:45:47,620 --> 00:45:50,539 and a guarantee of more than $5 million apiece 964 00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:51,791 is a nice payday. 965 00:45:51,832 --> 00:45:55,211 KALLEN: The casinos were absolutely packed. 966 00:45:55,252 --> 00:45:57,046 Women were dripping with diamonds. 967 00:45:57,087 --> 00:46:00,216 The guys were pulling up in these rented limos. 968 00:46:00,257 --> 00:46:02,218 REPORTER: Good for the Las Vegas hotels, 969 00:46:02,259 --> 00:46:04,762 limousine companies and the bookies. 970 00:46:04,804 --> 00:46:06,514 Good too for the high rollers 971 00:46:06,555 --> 00:46:09,266 who can't resist the raw spectacle of two men 972 00:46:09,308 --> 00:46:10,935 squaring off against each other... 973 00:46:10,976 --> 00:46:12,520 O'BRIEN: It very much had that greed is good kind of feel 974 00:46:12,561 --> 00:46:13,979 that they were buying into 975 00:46:14,021 --> 00:46:16,440 And I think everyone was happy to have that happen. 976 00:46:16,482 --> 00:46:17,942 GREER: What's wrong with being rich? 977 00:46:17,983 --> 00:46:19,610 What's wrong with walking around with diamond rings, 978 00:46:19,652 --> 00:46:21,403 fur coats. What's the problem? 979 00:46:21,445 --> 00:46:23,697 That's what the Reagan Revolution was about. 980 00:46:23,739 --> 00:46:25,783 We're going to turn the bull loose. 981 00:46:25,825 --> 00:46:27,493 (CROWD CHEERING) 982 00:46:29,036 --> 00:46:31,288 GREER: For me, it was just awful, 983 00:46:31,330 --> 00:46:35,292 unfettered, unapologetic, opulence. 984 00:46:35,334 --> 00:46:37,127 O'BRIEN: America was also ready to embrace 985 00:46:37,169 --> 00:46:38,838 that kind of, "It's morning in America," 986 00:46:38,879 --> 00:46:41,590 even if it wasn't morning for a lot of America. 987 00:46:41,632 --> 00:46:44,510 I am a candidate and will seek re-election. 988 00:46:44,552 --> 00:46:47,096 He has warped this nation's priorities. 989 00:46:47,137 --> 00:46:49,932 He has taken from those who need our help the most. 990 00:46:49,974 --> 00:46:51,350 REAGAN: Those in this campaign 991 00:46:51,392 --> 00:46:53,686 who're telling you that those taxes were unbalanced 992 00:46:53,727 --> 00:46:56,188 and benefitted certain groups more than others, 993 00:46:56,230 --> 00:46:57,857 They are lying in their teeth. 994 00:46:57,898 --> 00:46:58,983 JACKSON: Mr. Hart 995 00:46:59,024 --> 00:47:01,235 is so far removed from the poor. 996 00:47:01,277 --> 00:47:02,528 He thinks the poor are poor 997 00:47:02,570 --> 00:47:04,780 because they don't have ideas. 998 00:47:04,822 --> 00:47:07,783 Poor folks got more ideas than anybody. 999 00:47:07,825 --> 00:47:09,660 Necessity is the mother of invention. 1000 00:47:09,702 --> 00:47:11,745 HAGLER: He had taken the underprivileged people 1001 00:47:11,787 --> 00:47:13,873 that don't have the education 1002 00:47:13,914 --> 00:47:16,542 and the only tool that they have is their boxing. 1003 00:47:17,418 --> 00:47:20,296 And for one that was me. 1004 00:47:20,337 --> 00:47:22,172 REAGAN: Each of you is an individual 1005 00:47:22,214 --> 00:47:23,549 worthy of respect, 1006 00:47:23,591 --> 00:47:26,552 unique and important to the success of America. 1007 00:47:26,594 --> 00:47:28,178 NEWSCASTER: CBS News estimates that 1008 00:47:28,220 --> 00:47:30,514 Ronald Reagan has been re-elected President 1009 00:47:30,556 --> 00:47:33,100 Come April 15 and three rounds, 1010 00:47:35,060 --> 00:47:36,562 I will be the greatest. 1011 00:47:37,730 --> 00:47:39,940 REAGAN: You brought America back 1012 00:47:39,982 --> 00:47:41,692 and you're making us great again. 1013 00:47:43,694 --> 00:47:46,030 It may or may not be the fight of the century 1014 00:47:46,071 --> 00:47:49,074 but, Las Vegas gamblers say a record $15 million 1015 00:47:49,116 --> 00:47:51,869 could be bet on tonight's middleweight title fight. 1016 00:47:51,911 --> 00:47:53,954 HOST: Three years in the making, we've come down 1017 00:47:53,996 --> 00:47:55,915 to the night of reckoning, here in Las Vegas. 1018 00:47:55,956 --> 00:47:57,625 Who would deal with the big event better? 1019 00:47:57,666 --> 00:48:00,085 Well, I think Tommy Hearns is prepared for it mostly. 1020 00:48:00,127 --> 00:48:02,880 The question to bring out, whether or not Marvin Hagler 1021 00:48:02,922 --> 00:48:04,214 can deal with this kind of event? 1022 00:48:05,758 --> 00:48:07,092 HUNTER: As a boxer, 1023 00:48:07,134 --> 00:48:09,178 you're representing the place you come from 1024 00:48:09,219 --> 00:48:11,764 as much as you're representing yourself. 1025 00:48:11,805 --> 00:48:13,807 They're proxy stories for their cities, 1026 00:48:13,849 --> 00:48:17,519 Newark and Detroit that feel very forgotten. 1027 00:48:17,561 --> 00:48:19,188 It's important to remember that, 1028 00:48:19,229 --> 00:48:20,689 while all of this attention, 1029 00:48:20,731 --> 00:48:23,359 spotlight, television and all of that going on, 1030 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,028 people are struggling and striving back home. 1031 00:48:26,946 --> 00:48:28,113 Those are all the things 1032 00:48:28,155 --> 00:48:30,658 that they're carrying as motivation, 1033 00:48:30,699 --> 00:48:33,285 you know, because they're definitely in touch 1034 00:48:33,327 --> 00:48:34,536 with the other reality. 1035 00:48:35,579 --> 00:48:36,872 ATLAS: We've got too much bullshit 1036 00:48:36,914 --> 00:48:38,374 going on in this country. 1037 00:48:38,415 --> 00:48:40,000 Get to what matters. 1038 00:48:41,335 --> 00:48:42,628 People matter 1039 00:48:42,670 --> 00:48:45,589 and what it takes to get people to a place 1040 00:48:45,631 --> 00:48:48,342 that they feel like they're worth something. 1041 00:48:50,260 --> 00:48:52,054 I've been puzzling over why 1042 00:48:52,096 --> 00:48:53,973 this has become a major event. 1043 00:48:54,014 --> 00:48:56,266 Neither Tommy Hearns nor Marvin Hagler 1044 00:48:56,308 --> 00:48:58,143 has ever had box office magic 1045 00:48:58,185 --> 00:49:01,146 the way that Muhammad Ali or Ray Leonard did. 1046 00:49:01,188 --> 00:49:02,690 What is it then? 1047 00:49:02,731 --> 00:49:04,566 What I come up with is this. 1048 00:49:04,608 --> 00:49:07,069 It's great to wanna be great 1049 00:49:07,111 --> 00:49:09,488 And these two quality athletes, 1050 00:49:09,530 --> 00:49:12,241 desperately want to be great. 1051 00:49:12,282 --> 00:49:13,659 ARUM: You have to be chasing something. 1052 00:49:14,910 --> 00:49:17,329 You have to be burning to become something 1053 00:49:17,371 --> 00:49:20,416 that people, society told you, you couldn't be. 1054 00:49:22,292 --> 00:49:24,878 You have to be fighting for something. 1055 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:26,505 More than a freaking check. 1056 00:49:37,224 --> 00:49:38,851 COMMENTATOR: And tonight, man to man 1057 00:49:39,810 --> 00:49:42,021 will decide which one of them 1058 00:49:42,062 --> 00:49:44,815 is the best at his trade. 1059 00:49:44,857 --> 00:49:46,942 Okay, I gave both fighters the instructions 1060 00:49:46,984 --> 00:49:48,110 in the dressing room. 1061 00:49:48,152 --> 00:49:49,570 STEELE: I'm looking at these two guys 1062 00:49:49,611 --> 00:49:52,156 and I know something big is about to happen. 1063 00:49:52,197 --> 00:49:54,533 MERCHANT: I have a vivid recollection 1064 00:49:54,575 --> 00:49:57,369 of Hagler before the bell 1065 00:49:57,411 --> 00:50:00,122 starting to pound his own head, 1066 00:50:00,164 --> 00:50:02,875 and it was a signal of what was to come. 1067 00:50:02,916 --> 00:50:04,043 (BELL DINGING) 1068 00:50:06,211 --> 00:50:08,172 FARHOOD: That first round will live forever, 1069 00:50:08,213 --> 00:50:10,799 probably the greatest round in boxing history. 1070 00:50:10,841 --> 00:50:12,718 It was just pure hell. 1071 00:50:15,387 --> 00:50:16,764 ANNOUNCER: There's a super-charged 1072 00:50:16,805 --> 00:50:18,515 right hand from Thomas Hearns. 1073 00:50:18,557 --> 00:50:21,226 Tremendous pace in the first round. 1074 00:50:21,268 --> 00:50:23,520 Both of them are going at each other. 1075 00:50:23,562 --> 00:50:25,230 Hearns having the better of him right now. 1076 00:50:26,106 --> 00:50:27,816 And a left hand by Hagler! 1077 00:50:29,276 --> 00:50:30,736 What a pace. 1078 00:50:32,362 --> 00:50:34,406 You know, both the guys just draining each other out. 1079 00:50:34,448 --> 00:50:36,158 So whoever becomes the champion they will... 1080 00:50:37,242 --> 00:50:39,453 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 1081 00:50:50,464 --> 00:50:51,882 ANNOUNCER: A left hand by Hagler 1082 00:50:51,924 --> 00:50:53,133 and it's gonna bruise him. 1083 00:50:53,175 --> 00:50:54,426 Now the right hand. 1084 00:50:54,468 --> 00:50:57,304 [INDISCERNIBLE] 1085 00:50:57,346 --> 00:50:59,556 Tommy is hurt. 1086 00:50:59,598 --> 00:51:01,475 And one was the right hand of Tommy Hearns 1087 00:51:01,517 --> 00:51:03,769 and it did catch Hagler. 1088 00:51:03,811 --> 00:51:05,646 Another good right hand by Hearns. 1089 00:51:05,687 --> 00:51:07,564 Tremendous pace in the first round. 1090 00:51:07,606 --> 00:51:09,274 Blood coming from the face of Marvin Hagler, 1091 00:51:09,316 --> 00:51:11,568 It is over the right eye, I believe, of Hagler. 1092 00:51:11,610 --> 00:51:13,904 There's a lot of blood early on here. 1093 00:51:13,946 --> 00:51:16,198 An awful lot of blood on the face of Marvin Hagler. 1094 00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:18,450 PETRONELLI: They're going to come down to a street fight 1095 00:51:18,492 --> 00:51:19,910 and whose chin's gonna hold up. 1096 00:51:21,578 --> 00:51:23,622 ANNOUNCER: Hagler. Punishing Hearns now. 1097 00:51:23,664 --> 00:51:25,415 This is still the first round. 1098 00:51:30,504 --> 00:51:32,131 There has been no boxing at all. 1099 00:51:32,172 --> 00:51:33,257 They're just fighting here. 1100 00:51:33,298 --> 00:51:35,217 Just slugging. Now Hearns 1101 00:51:35,259 --> 00:51:36,969 continues to... 1102 00:51:38,804 --> 00:51:40,556 And now Hearns has got his right back! 1103 00:51:41,974 --> 00:51:44,143 This could be the most brutal heathen round 1104 00:51:44,184 --> 00:51:46,645 -you've ever seen in boxing. -(BELL DINGING) 1105 00:51:46,687 --> 00:51:47,980 FARHOOD: Nobody could believe it. 1106 00:51:48,021 --> 00:51:49,731 It was just one long scream for three minutes. 1107 00:51:52,109 --> 00:51:53,902 ANNOUNCER: That's as good as it ever gets, folks. 1108 00:51:53,944 --> 00:51:55,404 I doubt that there has ever been 1109 00:51:55,445 --> 00:51:58,365 a better middleweight round than that one. 1110 00:51:58,407 --> 00:52:00,742 STEWARD: Thomas comes back, end of the first round. 1111 00:52:00,784 --> 00:52:04,037 First thing, he says, "My right hand is broke." 1112 00:52:04,079 --> 00:52:06,373 I said, "Oh, my God!" 1113 00:52:06,415 --> 00:52:08,208 But the thought of quitting 1114 00:52:08,250 --> 00:52:10,502 and stopping the fight never entered my mind. 1115 00:52:10,544 --> 00:52:12,546 But, just knowing Thomas's mental makeup. 1116 00:52:14,006 --> 00:52:16,008 (HEARNS SPEAKING) 1117 00:52:20,262 --> 00:52:22,681 STEWARD: He was actually slinging the right hand. 1118 00:52:22,723 --> 00:52:24,516 He really wasn't punching it straight anymore 1119 00:52:24,558 --> 00:52:25,517 because it was broken. 1120 00:52:26,727 --> 00:52:28,145 ANNOUNCER: That was a hook. Good left hook. 1121 00:52:28,187 --> 00:52:30,689 IZENBERG: The second round was much more Hagler. 1122 00:52:30,731 --> 00:52:33,025 But the blood was flowing much more. 1123 00:52:35,569 --> 00:52:37,988 COMMENTATOR: Another good right hand by Hagler. 1124 00:52:38,030 --> 00:52:39,531 (STEELE SPEAKING) 1125 00:52:43,577 --> 00:52:44,786 FARHOOD: It was a serious cut. 1126 00:52:44,828 --> 00:52:46,496 As much damage as Hagler had done to Hearns 1127 00:52:46,538 --> 00:52:47,706 in that round, it wasn't enough. 1128 00:52:47,748 --> 00:52:49,458 All of sudden, there was a new threat. 1129 00:52:49,499 --> 00:52:51,835 HAGLER: Goody, my corner man had stopped the blood, 1130 00:52:51,877 --> 00:52:53,378 He speak to me in the corner. 1131 00:52:53,420 --> 00:52:55,505 "Don't worry about your cut." 1132 00:52:55,547 --> 00:52:56,798 (GOODY SPEAKING) 1133 00:52:59,051 --> 00:53:01,053 ANNOUNCER: Without question, the two most prevalent words 1134 00:53:01,094 --> 00:53:03,805 on the lips of the 15,000 here, great fight. 1135 00:53:03,847 --> 00:53:05,849 IZENBERG: Now, the third round comes. 1136 00:53:07,100 --> 00:53:09,561 Hearns' legs look like wet spaghetti. 1137 00:53:11,063 --> 00:53:12,648 ANNOUNCER: He really is awkward. 1138 00:53:12,689 --> 00:53:16,276 IZENBERG: And suddenly, the referee stops the fight. 1139 00:53:16,318 --> 00:53:18,946 STEELE: He had split open like a watermelon. 1140 00:53:18,987 --> 00:53:22,532 So I got to get a medical opinion. 1141 00:53:22,574 --> 00:53:24,785 HAGLER: You see the referee pushing you away. 1142 00:53:24,826 --> 00:53:26,870 I'm like, "Don't do this to me." 1143 00:53:26,912 --> 00:53:28,330 STEELE: He looks at me and he says, 1144 00:53:28,372 --> 00:53:30,290 "I'm not gonna let you stop this fight 1145 00:53:30,332 --> 00:53:31,583 "because of no cut." 1146 00:53:35,003 --> 00:53:37,547 The referee said, "Marvin, can you see?" 1147 00:53:40,092 --> 00:53:43,178 Can I see? I'm hitting him, ain't I? (LAUGHING) 1148 00:53:43,220 --> 00:53:45,180 PETRONELLI: So they go back and fight. 1149 00:53:45,222 --> 00:53:46,848 I know if they playing this game, 1150 00:53:46,890 --> 00:53:48,308 I must not come out now. 1151 00:53:49,726 --> 00:53:51,103 I have to knock him out. 1152 00:53:52,437 --> 00:53:53,772 ANNOUNCER: ...some serious business. 1153 00:53:53,814 --> 00:53:55,774 (CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 1154 00:53:58,235 --> 00:54:04,199 [INDISCERNIBLE] 1155 00:54:06,118 --> 00:54:08,120 PETRONELLI: Right hook. 1156 00:54:09,496 --> 00:54:10,706 Right cross. 1157 00:54:11,790 --> 00:54:12,916 Right over. 1158 00:54:19,423 --> 00:54:21,133 HAGLER: When Tommy went down, 1159 00:54:21,174 --> 00:54:23,135 I find myself like a monster 1160 00:54:24,428 --> 00:54:27,681 because I felt, if this guy gets up, 1161 00:54:27,723 --> 00:54:29,016 I'm gonna kill this guy. 1162 00:54:34,313 --> 00:54:36,398 ANNOUNCER: I'm not sure he can make it. 1163 00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:40,319 ...five, six, seven... 1164 00:54:42,738 --> 00:54:45,657 ...eight, nine... 1165 00:54:45,699 --> 00:54:47,617 STEELE: I don't even know how he got up. 1166 00:54:47,659 --> 00:54:49,328 He was dead in my arms. 1167 00:54:49,369 --> 00:54:51,330 ANNOUNCER: This one is history! 1168 00:54:51,371 --> 00:54:53,957 Five and a half rounds. A tremendous victory. 1169 00:54:53,999 --> 00:54:55,834 REPORTER: Marvin Hagler just doesn't go down. 1170 00:54:55,876 --> 00:54:58,253 This is a man with such incredible grit 1171 00:54:58,295 --> 00:54:59,546 and such courage. 1172 00:54:59,588 --> 00:55:01,423 I just don't think you can say enough about that. 1173 00:55:01,465 --> 00:55:03,091 FARHOOD: He understood what he needed to do 1174 00:55:03,133 --> 00:55:05,177 and he said, I will walk through fire 1175 00:55:05,218 --> 00:55:06,636 I will take his best right hand 1176 00:55:06,678 --> 00:55:08,013 and then take his heart. 1177 00:55:08,055 --> 00:55:09,931 Because once he hits me with his best right hand 1178 00:55:09,973 --> 00:55:12,309 and sees he can't hurt me, fight is over. 1179 00:55:12,351 --> 00:55:14,770 ANNOUNCER: Hearns being carried back to his corner. 1180 00:55:14,811 --> 00:55:16,355 KALLEN: To see him carried back to the corner 1181 00:55:16,396 --> 00:55:17,481 like a baby. 1182 00:55:17,522 --> 00:55:18,940 That was hurtful. 1183 00:55:18,982 --> 00:55:20,901 I just wish they'd take a deep breath 1184 00:55:20,942 --> 00:55:22,819 and walk back to the corner. 1185 00:55:22,861 --> 00:55:26,073 He just had never experienced that before. 1186 00:55:26,907 --> 00:55:28,367 Hi, baby! 1187 00:55:28,408 --> 00:55:29,868 Yay! 1188 00:55:29,910 --> 00:55:31,536 You see Daddy's boo-boos? 1189 00:55:31,578 --> 00:55:33,413 PETRONELLI: I can't figure too many guys 1190 00:55:33,455 --> 00:55:36,083 that were better than him. 1191 00:55:36,124 --> 00:55:40,462 Now, everybody realize that above everything else, 1192 00:55:40,504 --> 00:55:41,546 he was marvelous. 1193 00:55:44,841 --> 00:55:47,010 And here is Marvelous, Marvin Hagler. 1194 00:55:47,052 --> 00:55:49,679 (AUDIENCE CHEERING) 1195 00:55:49,721 --> 00:55:52,349 It must be nice to hear that we got here tonight, 1196 00:55:52,391 --> 00:55:54,351 I know this is something you have been trying 1197 00:55:54,393 --> 00:55:56,686 to get in your professional fighting career for a long time. 1198 00:55:56,728 --> 00:55:59,815 And it really didn't happen until this fight, did it? 1199 00:55:59,856 --> 00:56:01,316 HAGLER: I look at the newspaper clippings, 1200 00:56:01,358 --> 00:56:02,609 and they say, 1201 00:56:02,651 --> 00:56:04,736 that was the best first round in history. 1202 00:56:04,778 --> 00:56:06,571 I've never seen a first round fight 1203 00:56:06,613 --> 00:56:07,572 like that in my life. 1204 00:56:07,614 --> 00:56:09,241 But you gave Hearns credit also. 1205 00:56:09,282 --> 00:56:11,201 You said it takes two to make a round like that. 1206 00:56:11,243 --> 00:56:12,536 It takes two. 1207 00:56:12,577 --> 00:56:14,538 Every time I talk about the Tommy Hearns fight, 1208 00:56:14,579 --> 00:56:15,914 I still get chills. 1209 00:56:15,956 --> 00:56:17,541 I give Tommy a lot of credit. 1210 00:56:17,582 --> 00:56:19,876 I mean, he's a true champion. 1211 00:56:19,918 --> 00:56:22,129 And he is a good gentleman. 1212 00:56:22,170 --> 00:56:25,507 KALLEN: There has not been one day that's gone by since 1213 00:56:25,549 --> 00:56:28,051 that fight that Tommy hasn't relived it in his mind. 1214 00:56:28,093 --> 00:56:29,511 And I'd say, 1215 00:56:29,553 --> 00:56:31,763 "Tommy, all the greats, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, 1216 00:56:31,805 --> 00:56:33,473 "all of them have had their losses. 1217 00:56:33,515 --> 00:56:35,392 It hurts like crazy. 1218 00:56:35,434 --> 00:56:37,853 "But, you win some, you lose some." 1219 00:56:37,894 --> 00:56:39,563 That's life. 1220 00:56:39,604 --> 00:56:41,815 His boxing is life. 1221 00:56:43,233 --> 00:56:46,570 I finally gained recognition and that's what I wanted 1222 00:56:46,611 --> 00:56:48,780 from the public and from the media. 1223 00:56:48,822 --> 00:56:51,408 It took him so long to get his due, 1224 00:56:51,450 --> 00:56:53,410 and Marvin never gave up. 1225 00:56:54,786 --> 00:56:56,830 To me, he was a class act inside and out, 1226 00:56:56,872 --> 00:56:58,290 and I love the way he fought. 1227 00:57:03,753 --> 00:57:06,673 We talked about just how marvelous, Marvin Hagler was 1228 00:57:06,715 --> 00:57:09,259 When former fighters sit ringside and watch a fight, 1229 00:57:09,301 --> 00:57:11,720 they think they could still kick the butt of those guys, 1230 00:57:11,761 --> 00:57:13,221 even though they're retired. 1231 00:57:13,263 --> 00:57:16,475 So Leonard, seeing Marvin getting all the attention, 1232 00:57:16,516 --> 00:57:17,809 that's fuel. 1233 00:57:17,851 --> 00:57:19,978 Ray has retired more than Barbra Streisand. 1234 00:57:20,020 --> 00:57:21,938 That's just what Ray did. 1235 00:57:21,980 --> 00:57:23,982 It's definitely true with a lot of fighters. 1236 00:57:24,024 --> 00:57:26,776 Many of them just don't know when to quit. 1237 00:57:26,818 --> 00:57:30,405 Don't tell me not to fly I've simply got to 1238 00:57:30,447 --> 00:57:33,450 If someone takes a spill it's me and not you 1239 00:57:33,492 --> 00:57:35,202 Who told you you're allowed 1240 00:57:35,243 --> 00:57:38,288 To rain on my parade 1241 00:57:38,330 --> 00:57:40,373 I'll march my band out! 1242 00:57:41,124 --> 00:57:44,461 I'll beat my drum! 1243 00:57:44,503 --> 00:57:47,339 And if I'm fanned out 1244 00:57:47,380 --> 00:57:50,008 Y our turn at bat, sir 1245 00:57:50,050 --> 00:57:53,011 At least I didn't fake it Hat, sir