1
00:00:04,462 --> 00:00:06,800
♪♪

2
00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,341
Lawson: Mike is
a complicated individual.

3
00:00:10,341 --> 00:00:13,247
Bayless: I never knew what Tyson
I was going to get.

4
00:00:13,247 --> 00:00:15,084
Gordon: He looked like
he could kill somebody.

5
00:00:15,084 --> 00:00:18,057
Man: Unapologetically open
and honest.

6
00:00:18,057 --> 00:00:21,396
Lott: You could not have
a better friend than Mike Tyson.

7
00:00:21,396 --> 00:00:24,269
♪♪

8
00:00:24,269 --> 00:00:25,872
Walters:
Were you an unhappy kid?

9
00:00:25,872 --> 00:00:28,344
Tyson: I knew I had something
and I had to let it out.

10
00:00:28,344 --> 00:00:33,187
♪♪

11
00:00:33,187 --> 00:00:34,991
I've been listening
to people tell me

12
00:00:34,991 --> 00:00:36,793
I wasn't going to do anything
with my life.

13
00:00:36,793 --> 00:00:41,069
♪♪

14
00:00:41,069 --> 00:00:42,772
I knew I was special.

15
00:00:42,772 --> 00:00:45,144
I wanted to do something.
I didn't know what it was.

16
00:00:45,144 --> 00:00:49,386
Announcer:
Mike Tyson!

17
00:00:49,386 --> 00:00:53,560
Michael is intimidating.
He cannot control his temper.

18
00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,264
Atlas: I was going to kill him
if I had to.

19
00:00:55,264 --> 00:00:56,767
D'Amato: He's my boy.
He's with me.

20
00:00:56,767 --> 00:00:59,506
Get it, baby!
[ Laughs ]

21
00:00:59,506 --> 00:01:00,675
Announcer #2: It's over!

22
00:01:00,675 --> 00:01:03,047
Announcer #3: Mike Tyson has
been knocked out.

23
00:01:03,047 --> 00:01:06,653
Boyd: It's a tragic narrative,
the rise and fall.

24
00:01:06,653 --> 00:01:08,123
Reporter:
The alleged victim's statements

25
00:01:08,123 --> 00:01:11,897
were credible enough
to warrant a full investigation.

26
00:01:11,897 --> 00:01:13,400
Man #2:
I cannot believe he bit him

27
00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,004
and expected
to get away with that.

28
00:01:15,004 --> 00:01:17,408
Perez:
He just destroyed his career.

29
00:01:17,408 --> 00:01:18,844
Have a nice fight,
Mike.

30
00:01:18,844 --> 00:01:20,448
[Bleep] off.

31
00:01:20,448 --> 00:01:22,919
Wald: The drugs
made him very, very dark.

32
00:01:22,919 --> 00:01:25,591
Hujtyn: The only person that
defeated him was him.

33
00:01:25,591 --> 00:01:27,228
Matthews: This is the way
it's going to end?

34
00:01:27,228 --> 00:01:28,530
Free Mike Tyson!

35
00:01:28,530 --> 00:01:30,101
Crowd:
Free Mike Tyson!

36
00:01:30,101 --> 00:01:34,275
Schaap:
If Mike Tyson gets out of prison
in 2020 rather than 1995,

37
00:01:34,275 --> 00:01:35,544
I don't know
what would happen today.

38
00:01:35,544 --> 00:01:37,315
Woman: Sexual violence
has got to go!

39
00:01:37,315 --> 00:01:39,719
[ Chanting ] Hey, hey!
Ho, ho!

40
00:01:39,719 --> 00:01:42,625
Lawson: Will there be
a tomorrow for Mike Tyson?

41
00:01:42,625 --> 00:01:44,162
Walters: This may be
the biggest challenge

42
00:01:44,162 --> 00:01:46,733
and the biggest fight
you ever had.

43
00:01:46,733 --> 00:01:48,037
I usually come out on top,

44
00:01:48,037 --> 00:01:50,074
and I plan on
coming on top again.

45
00:01:50,074 --> 00:01:58,357
♪♪

46
00:01:58,357 --> 00:02:06,606
♪♪

47
00:02:06,606 --> 00:02:12,718
♪♪

48
00:02:12,718 --> 00:02:14,923
[ Bell dings ]

49
00:02:14,923 --> 00:02:23,140
♪♪

50
00:02:23,140 --> 00:02:25,277
[ Tiger roars ]

51
00:02:25,277 --> 00:02:34,696
♪♪

52
00:02:34,696 --> 00:02:35,531
♪♪

53
00:02:35,531 --> 00:02:37,802
[ Crowd cheering ]

54
00:02:37,802 --> 00:02:46,586
♪♪

55
00:02:46,586 --> 00:02:55,404
♪♪

56
00:02:55,404 --> 00:03:01,016
♪♪

57
00:03:01,016 --> 00:03:05,491
[ Helicopter blades whirring ]

58
00:03:05,491 --> 00:03:12,638
♪♪

59
00:03:12,638 --> 00:03:15,277
Announcer:
This is the biggest fight
with the biggest buildup

60
00:03:15,277 --> 00:03:17,415
of legitimate quality

61
00:03:17,415 --> 00:03:19,954
since Muhammad Ali
fought Joe Frazier

62
00:03:19,954 --> 00:03:23,594
for the first time 17 years ago
in Madison Square Garden.

63
00:03:23,594 --> 00:03:26,466
[ Cheers and applause ]

64
00:03:26,466 --> 00:03:30,474
Announcer #2:
Obviously, Mike Tyson
behind that crowd coming in.

65
00:03:30,474 --> 00:03:33,213
Mike Tyson was called
the baddest man on the planet

66
00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:36,486
because he was the baddest man
on the planet.

67
00:03:36,486 --> 00:03:40,594
Announcer #2: Everything that
Tyson does is intimidating.

68
00:03:40,594 --> 00:03:43,634
Matthews: When Tyson fought,
everybody stopped to watch.

69
00:03:43,634 --> 00:03:45,604
The world stopped.

70
00:03:45,604 --> 00:03:47,008
Nothing compared to a night

71
00:03:47,008 --> 00:03:48,677
that Mike Tyson
was fighting for the title.

72
00:03:48,677 --> 00:03:51,683
[ Cheers and applause ]

73
00:03:51,683 --> 00:03:54,255
Announcer #2: Mike Tyson
surrounded by security,

74
00:03:54,255 --> 00:03:56,826
his handlers as he comes in.

75
00:03:56,826 --> 00:04:00,334
Kriegel: Tyson's story breaks
all the rules.

76
00:04:00,334 --> 00:04:02,371
[ Camera shutters clicking ]
Black guy.

77
00:04:02,371 --> 00:04:03,707
Violent sport.

78
00:04:03,707 --> 00:04:04,977
[ Sirens wailing ]

79
00:04:04,977 --> 00:04:08,417
Grows up in and around violence.

80
00:04:08,417 --> 00:04:11,790
Goes away...for rape.

81
00:04:11,790 --> 00:04:14,162
Rivers: Mike! Mike!
Mike, I need you!

82
00:04:14,162 --> 00:04:15,531
Right here, right here!

83
00:04:15,531 --> 00:04:19,505
Kriegel:
And he is more loved now
than he ever has been.

84
00:04:19,505 --> 00:04:26,186
I've never seen Americans allow
that to happen to somebody.

85
00:04:26,186 --> 00:04:28,256
[ Crowd cheering ]

86
00:04:28,256 --> 00:04:34,635
Announcer #3:
Mike Tyson, as always, no shirt,
no robe, no accoutrement.

87
00:04:34,635 --> 00:04:37,942
Matthews: The Tyson/Spinks fight
was the biggest event

88
00:04:37,942 --> 00:04:40,547
that you could imagine ‐‐
bigger than the World Series,

89
00:04:40,547 --> 00:04:42,284
bigger than the Super Bowl,

90
00:04:42,284 --> 00:04:44,422
bigger than
the NBA Championship.

91
00:04:44,422 --> 00:04:47,128
Man: Hey, Michael.

92
00:04:47,128 --> 00:04:51,936
Briggs:
It was a who's who event.
Oprah was courtside.

93
00:04:51,936 --> 00:04:54,876
Anybody who was somebody
was there.

94
00:04:54,876 --> 00:04:57,648
Announcer #3: Muhammad Ali has
just entered the ring here

95
00:04:57,648 --> 00:04:59,552
to take his bow.

96
00:04:59,552 --> 00:05:02,691
Perez: Everybody was looking
for the next Ali.

97
00:05:02,691 --> 00:05:05,798
And then here comes
Kid Dynamite.

98
00:05:05,798 --> 00:05:08,003
[ Cheers and applause ]

99
00:05:08,003 --> 00:05:09,172
Briggs:
People feared him.

100
00:05:09,172 --> 00:05:10,941
They thought their life
was going to end.

101
00:05:10,941 --> 00:05:12,077
Announcer #4: Whoa!

102
00:05:18,256 --> 00:05:21,629
Man #2: I mean, no fighter wants
to get run over by a truck.

103
00:05:21,629 --> 00:05:23,968
There's few people in the world
that go by one name.

104
00:05:23,968 --> 00:05:24,802
Man #2: Tyson.

105
00:05:24,802 --> 00:05:25,637
Man #3: Tyson.

106
00:05:25,637 --> 00:05:26,473
Woman: Tyson.

107
00:05:26,473 --> 00:05:27,808
Man #4: Tyson.

108
00:05:27,808 --> 00:05:29,645
His was the most recognizable
face on the planet ‐‐

109
00:05:29,645 --> 00:05:30,881
more than the pope,

110
00:05:30,881 --> 00:05:33,119
more than Queen Elizabeth,
more than the president.

111
00:05:33,119 --> 00:05:37,795
Synonymous with the big names ‐‐
Jesus Christ and Mike Tyson.

112
00:05:37,795 --> 00:05:39,031
C. Douglas: In White America,

113
00:05:39,031 --> 00:05:43,373
the image of Mike Tyson was
that he was scary.

114
00:05:43,373 --> 00:05:46,045
From the Black perspective,

115
00:05:46,045 --> 00:05:47,648
he was a hero

116
00:05:47,648 --> 00:05:52,024
because he was a success
in the White man's world

117
00:05:52,024 --> 00:05:56,799
and gain worldly possessions
at the White man's game.

118
00:05:56,799 --> 00:05:58,670
There's no way in the world
I could be beat. I refuse.

119
00:05:58,670 --> 00:06:01,042
There's no way.

120
00:06:01,042 --> 00:06:03,880
[ Crowd cheering ]

121
00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,920
Wooley: Courtside seats
were $1,500.

122
00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,725
The fight grossed
$70 million.

123
00:06:09,725 --> 00:06:12,331
Everybody wanted
a piece of that fight,

124
00:06:12,331 --> 00:06:13,633
including Donald Trump.

125
00:06:13,633 --> 00:06:17,174
♪♪

126
00:06:17,174 --> 00:06:19,946
King: Donald Trump,
who has the daring, the flair,

127
00:06:19,946 --> 00:06:22,051
the look, and the cash
to make it happen.

128
00:06:22,051 --> 00:06:23,186
[ Laughter ]

129
00:06:23,186 --> 00:06:25,190
Reporter: Donald Trump
put up $11 million

130
00:06:25,190 --> 00:06:26,392
to host this fight

131
00:06:26,392 --> 00:06:29,098
and has made it
his personal mission.

132
00:06:29,098 --> 00:06:33,206
Hazzard: What would benefit?
Trump's casinos, of course.

133
00:06:33,206 --> 00:06:35,243
The boardwalk was packed.

134
00:06:35,243 --> 00:06:37,348
Two tickets ‐‐
Who needs 'em?

135
00:06:37,348 --> 00:06:40,654
You couldn't get a room
within 10, 15 miles

136
00:06:40,654 --> 00:06:41,889
of Atlantic City.

137
00:06:41,889 --> 00:06:44,061
It was shown
in over 16 countries.

138
00:06:44,061 --> 00:06:46,866
King: Listen to all
the gossiping, the stories

139
00:06:46,866 --> 00:06:49,639
that surround
this magnificent event

140
00:06:49,639 --> 00:06:52,444
that transpired
here at Trump Plaza.

141
00:06:52,444 --> 00:06:58,356
[ Cheers and applause ]

142
00:06:58,356 --> 00:07:01,496
Announcer #2:
The heavyweight champion of
the world comes into the ring.

143
00:07:01,496 --> 00:07:04,235
This is why we're here.

144
00:07:04,235 --> 00:07:06,539
Wooley:
Mike Tyson was a kid.

145
00:07:06,539 --> 00:07:08,843
He was only 21 years old.

146
00:07:08,843 --> 00:07:11,849
He had to carry the whole
industry on his shoulder.

147
00:07:11,849 --> 00:07:13,386
He wasn't equipped for that.

148
00:07:13,386 --> 00:07:16,059
Announcer #2: Millions and
millions of dollars on the line.

149
00:07:16,059 --> 00:07:19,265
Billions of people, literally,
watching this fight.

150
00:07:19,265 --> 00:07:22,504
Hazzard:
You never know a person...

151
00:07:24,608 --> 00:07:28,316
...until you start to peel back
the layers of that person...

152
00:07:30,420 --> 00:07:33,827
...and where they've been
and where they came from.

153
00:07:33,827 --> 00:07:35,664
Dapper Dan:
Mike is from the hood.

154
00:07:35,664 --> 00:07:38,236
When Mike hits you,
it came from the corner ‐‐

155
00:07:38,236 --> 00:07:39,872
every corner in the world.

156
00:07:39,872 --> 00:07:41,142
[ Bell dings ]

157
00:07:41,142 --> 00:07:43,613
It's like, "Whoa,
they must have brought this guy

158
00:07:43,613 --> 00:07:45,016
straight from the street."

159
00:07:45,016 --> 00:07:51,362
♪♪

160
00:07:51,362 --> 00:07:57,741
♪♪

161
00:07:57,741 --> 00:07:59,745
I grew up, literally,
across the street

162
00:07:59,745 --> 00:08:00,881
from Mike Tyson.

163
00:08:00,881 --> 00:08:03,887
I'm from Ocean Hill‐Brownsville,
and so was Mike,

164
00:08:03,887 --> 00:08:08,329
and then Mike lost his home, and
he moved down the hill to Amboy.

165
00:08:08,329 --> 00:08:09,498
You know, when you go down
the hill,

166
00:08:09,498 --> 00:08:11,602
it's savagery down there,
you feel me?

167
00:08:11,602 --> 00:08:13,873
You gotta to be ready prepared
because it's rough.

168
00:08:13,873 --> 00:08:15,477
It was so dangerous.

169
00:08:15,477 --> 00:08:17,281
[ Sirens wailing ]

170
00:08:17,281 --> 00:08:19,251
I'm talking about gangs.

171
00:08:19,251 --> 00:08:22,157
I'm talking about
girls disappearing.

172
00:08:22,157 --> 00:08:27,768
I'm talking about dead bodies
being found in vacant lots,

173
00:08:27,768 --> 00:08:30,373
you know,
at 10:00 in the morning.

174
00:08:30,373 --> 00:08:32,878
You gotta worry about who's
going to take your sneakers,

175
00:08:32,878 --> 00:08:34,148
who's going to take
your bus pass.

176
00:08:34,148 --> 00:08:36,586
Who was going to come out
and duck out of a building

177
00:08:36,586 --> 00:08:38,958
and grab you, rape you,
stab you, murder you.

178
00:08:38,958 --> 00:08:41,762
So you become paranoid.
You live by that.

179
00:08:41,762 --> 00:08:44,001
You know that, "Yo, they might
be scheming on me."

180
00:08:44,001 --> 00:08:46,339
And this is poor people
robbing poor people.

181
00:08:46,339 --> 00:08:50,547
The rest of the country hears
about Harlem all the time.

182
00:08:50,547 --> 00:08:52,251
Harlem,
compared to Brownsville,

183
00:08:52,251 --> 00:08:55,090
is a stable,
middle‐class community.

184
00:08:55,090 --> 00:08:58,363
Tyson: It was always hostile.
Cops always stopping.

185
00:08:58,363 --> 00:08:59,865
You know what I mean?
Ambulance always coming

186
00:08:59,865 --> 00:09:01,035
to pick up somebody,

187
00:09:01,035 --> 00:09:02,871
guns always going off.

188
00:09:02,871 --> 00:09:05,110
People are getting stabbed.
Windows are being broken.

189
00:09:05,110 --> 00:09:06,545
Very, very hostile.

190
00:09:06,545 --> 00:09:09,618
I mean ‐‐ And like I said,
you become accustomed to it.

191
00:09:09,618 --> 00:09:12,257
Briggs: Chances of making it out
of Brownsville is slim to none.

192
00:09:12,257 --> 00:09:14,828
I'm gonna tell you right now,
it's a door,

193
00:09:14,828 --> 00:09:18,002
and it's 50,000 people trying
to get through one door ‐‐

194
00:09:18,002 --> 00:09:20,240
You know what I mean? ‐‐
with no opportunity.

195
00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,081
I always have Mike's permission
to share what I do.

196
00:09:24,081 --> 00:09:27,989
He didn't really have
a healthy childhood at all.

197
00:09:27,989 --> 00:09:31,095
His mother was alcoholic,
and she loved him dearly,

198
00:09:31,095 --> 00:09:34,802
but when she would be drinking,
she was extremely abusive.

199
00:09:34,802 --> 00:09:38,710
His mom, on Saturdays,
usually on the weekends,

200
00:09:38,710 --> 00:09:41,916
would hook up with some guy
and bring him home,

201
00:09:41,916 --> 00:09:43,988
and they were usually
both drunk,

202
00:09:43,988 --> 00:09:46,859
and oftentimes, his mother
would get beat up,

203
00:09:46,859 --> 00:09:49,298
and then he would
watch them having sex.

204
00:09:49,298 --> 00:09:54,408
And so violence, sex,
alcoholism, abuse of women ‐‐

205
00:09:54,408 --> 00:09:56,579
those were his baseline
for normal.

206
00:09:56,579 --> 00:10:00,653
He picks up the nickname "Dirty
Ike" from the kids in the street

207
00:10:00,653 --> 00:10:06,465
because his personal hygiene
is just lacking.

208
00:10:06,465 --> 00:10:08,002
Murray: He said that,
in the neighborhood,

209
00:10:08,002 --> 00:10:11,675
he was really bullied
and teased a lot.

210
00:10:11,675 --> 00:10:16,919
♪♪

211
00:10:16,919 --> 00:10:18,689
Matthews:
He found some serenity

212
00:10:18,689 --> 00:10:22,197
only really
from raising pigeons,

213
00:10:22,197 --> 00:10:25,503
and it gave him some stature
in his community.

214
00:10:29,845 --> 00:10:33,586
Perez: Pigeon flying is ‐‐ is
so synonymous with Brooklyn.

215
00:10:33,586 --> 00:10:36,525
I mean, with New York,
but primarily with Brooklyn.

216
00:10:36,525 --> 00:10:39,098
It was a sport to fly a pigeon.
A guy three blocks away

217
00:10:39,098 --> 00:10:42,037
might have a pigeon coop,
and we would battle.

218
00:10:42,037 --> 00:10:45,276
You sent all your pigeons up
at the same time,

219
00:10:45,276 --> 00:10:49,218
and then they'd fly around,
and then they'd interact,

220
00:10:49,218 --> 00:10:51,055
and who could draw
the most pigeons

221
00:10:51,055 --> 00:10:53,726
from the other guy's
pigeon coop?

222
00:10:53,726 --> 00:10:56,065
Perez:
It's just a form of escapism,

223
00:10:56,065 --> 00:11:00,406
and it's also a source
you run to for love.

224
00:11:00,406 --> 00:11:03,045
Bayless: He loved the freedoms
the pigeons had ‐‐

225
00:11:03,045 --> 00:11:06,987
that they had a home
that was a good home, a roost,

226
00:11:06,987 --> 00:11:10,326
but they could fly free
during the day

227
00:11:10,326 --> 00:11:12,464
and return to their roost.

228
00:11:12,464 --> 00:11:15,937
And Mike couldn't fly free.

229
00:11:15,937 --> 00:11:18,409
They're like my brothers
and sisters, my friends,

230
00:11:18,409 --> 00:11:21,215
and I don't have to worry about
them asking me for any money

231
00:11:21,215 --> 00:11:22,551
or trying to get over me

232
00:11:22,551 --> 00:11:25,089
or do anything or trying to
hurt me for any reason.

233
00:11:27,761 --> 00:11:31,502
Heller: One day, Mike Tyson,
he's with his pigeons,

234
00:11:31,502 --> 00:11:33,206
and one of the older boys

235
00:11:33,206 --> 00:11:36,412
who had been victimizing him
on the streets turns up,

236
00:11:36,412 --> 00:11:38,349
and he starts tormenting Mike.

237
00:11:38,349 --> 00:11:39,585
And he goes into Mike's coop,

238
00:11:39,585 --> 00:11:42,591
and he takes one
of Mike's pigeons in his hand,

239
00:11:42,591 --> 00:11:43,726
and he's playing
with the pigeon.

240
00:11:43,726 --> 00:11:46,265
And Mike is begging him,
"Don't hurt the pigeon."

241
00:11:46,265 --> 00:11:49,338
And instead of giving the bird
back to Mike,

242
00:11:49,338 --> 00:11:52,410
this guys twists
the pigeon's head

243
00:11:52,410 --> 00:11:55,216
and rips the head
off this pigeon.

244
00:11:55,216 --> 00:12:00,093
The bird is twitching,
literally in its death throes.

245
00:12:00,093 --> 00:12:03,933
And Mike Tyson goes berserk.

246
00:12:03,933 --> 00:12:08,042
Mike Tyson beats
the living daylights

247
00:12:08,042 --> 00:12:11,882
out of this bigger,
stronger kid.

248
00:12:11,882 --> 00:12:16,358
And that may well have been
the turning point

249
00:12:16,358 --> 00:12:18,429
in Mike Tyson's life.

250
00:12:18,429 --> 00:12:21,068
♪♪

251
00:12:26,515 --> 00:12:28,953
♪♪

252
00:12:28,953 --> 00:12:31,559
Man: The street is the place
where you become a man.

253
00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:33,830
♪♪

254
00:12:33,830 --> 00:12:37,504
And you hustle to stay alive.

255
00:12:37,504 --> 00:12:40,710
Mike Tyson started hanging out
with a different crowd,

256
00:12:40,710 --> 00:12:45,487
and there, with older guys,
older gang members,

257
00:12:45,487 --> 00:12:49,795
he was groomed,
groomed in street crime.

258
00:12:49,795 --> 00:12:54,805
♪♪

259
00:12:54,805 --> 00:12:57,009
When after a while,
people treat you a certain way,

260
00:12:57,009 --> 00:12:58,946
you become just like them.

261
00:12:58,946 --> 00:13:00,984
That type of violence,

262
00:13:00,984 --> 00:13:06,027
that type of abject poverty
rewires your brain.

263
00:13:06,027 --> 00:13:09,200
It rewires
your emotional intelligence.

264
00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:14,043
It was so exciting.
I mean, you couldn't see...

265
00:13:14,043 --> 00:13:16,047
Me and your world
is so vastly different.

266
00:13:16,047 --> 00:13:17,049
You could never understand

267
00:13:17,049 --> 00:13:20,757
the action and excitement
of it all.

268
00:13:20,757 --> 00:13:23,496
To be able to outsmart somebody
was a big thrill,

269
00:13:23,496 --> 00:13:26,368
to outsmart them, to out‐time
them, to out‐think them,

270
00:13:26,368 --> 00:13:27,771
even though they know
that you're a crook.

271
00:13:27,771 --> 00:13:29,073
When you're in a brothel,
when you're walking

272
00:13:29,073 --> 00:13:32,647
in the check‐cashing place
or the grocery store,

273
00:13:32,647 --> 00:13:35,052
they know to watch you,
and you still outsmart them.

274
00:13:35,052 --> 00:13:36,922
It's a fear and a challenge
at the same time.

275
00:13:36,922 --> 00:13:39,294
It's the fear of getting caught,
but it's a challenge ‐‐

276
00:13:39,294 --> 00:13:40,463
"Can I get away?"

277
00:13:40,463 --> 00:13:41,799
[ Police sirens wailing ]

278
00:13:41,799 --> 00:13:44,772
Matthews: Mike Tyson was
arrested all the time as a kid.

279
00:13:44,772 --> 00:13:46,475
[ Cell door clanks ]

280
00:13:46,475 --> 00:13:50,950
I think, by his own count,
more than 30 times.

281
00:13:50,950 --> 00:13:54,056
Heller:
After a while of being sent
to detention centers,

282
00:13:54,056 --> 00:13:56,595
the authorities feel

283
00:13:56,595 --> 00:13:58,866
that he's really headed
for serious trouble.

284
00:13:58,866 --> 00:14:03,276
♪♪

285
00:14:03,276 --> 00:14:08,118
They send him upstate New York
to the Tryon School,

286
00:14:08,118 --> 00:14:11,559
a place where troubled kids
are sent.

287
00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:17,203
He hears that one
of the guards at Tryon,

288
00:14:17,203 --> 00:14:21,812
a guy named Bobby Stewart,
had been a boxer.

289
00:14:21,812 --> 00:14:24,183
They used to let me work
with the kids.

290
00:14:24,183 --> 00:14:26,154
Mike said that
he heard about this,

291
00:14:26,154 --> 00:14:28,526
and he wanted to get involved.

292
00:14:28,526 --> 00:14:32,132
♪♪

293
00:14:32,132 --> 00:14:33,469
The first day we ever boxed,

294
00:14:33,469 --> 00:14:35,473
he humiliated me
in front of everybody ‐‐

295
00:14:35,473 --> 00:14:36,742
beat me up, hit my body.

296
00:14:36,742 --> 00:14:38,144
I went down.

297
00:14:38,144 --> 00:14:39,748
He thought I would never want
to box again

298
00:14:39,748 --> 00:14:41,418
after taking the beating.

299
00:14:41,418 --> 00:14:43,021
And after that, I said,
"Can I learn?

300
00:14:43,021 --> 00:14:44,791
You think I can learn?
You think I got anything?"

301
00:14:44,791 --> 00:14:48,064
I work with him one on one,
wait for him to quit,

302
00:14:48,064 --> 00:14:49,735
but he wouldn't quit.

303
00:14:49,735 --> 00:14:52,307
The third‐shift staff would come
to me the next day sometimes

304
00:14:52,307 --> 00:14:56,282
and say, "Bobby, he was up
till 4:00 in the morning.

305
00:14:56,282 --> 00:14:58,386
He's in there practicing
what you showed him."

306
00:14:58,386 --> 00:15:00,723
Colangelo: Bobby Stewart
said to Mike Tyson,

307
00:15:00,723 --> 00:15:02,226
"If you stay out of trouble,

308
00:15:02,226 --> 00:15:06,702
I'll bring you down to a man
who trained champions."

309
00:15:06,702 --> 00:15:14,551
♪♪

310
00:15:14,551 --> 00:15:16,422
D'Amato: It is the mark
of a great fighter

311
00:15:16,422 --> 00:15:19,093
when he has character
plus skill,

312
00:15:19,093 --> 00:15:21,532
because a fighter
with character and skill

313
00:15:21,532 --> 00:15:24,170
will often rise
and beat a better fighter

314
00:15:24,170 --> 00:15:25,573
because of this.

315
00:15:25,573 --> 00:15:29,715
Ali: Cus D'Amato,
the genius of boxing.

316
00:15:29,715 --> 00:15:32,287
He knows all about boxing.

317
00:15:32,287 --> 00:15:34,424
He can tell you about
all the fighters,

318
00:15:34,424 --> 00:15:37,096
from the first fighter
up until myself.

319
00:15:37,096 --> 00:15:39,434
He's the Bible of boxing.

320
00:15:39,434 --> 00:15:43,442
Cus D'Amato,
the legendary boxing trainer

321
00:15:43,442 --> 00:15:47,851
who had taken two fighters
to world championships,

322
00:15:47,851 --> 00:15:50,790
but who now was 72 years old,

323
00:15:50,790 --> 00:15:53,562
and he was running a gym
above the police station...

324
00:15:53,562 --> 00:15:55,600
No, no. Fight back and forth
like this.

325
00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:56,435
Oh, okay.

326
00:15:56,435 --> 00:15:57,637
...for amateur fighters,

327
00:15:57,637 --> 00:15:59,975
local kids
who lived in Catskill.

328
00:15:59,975 --> 00:16:03,482
♪♪

329
00:16:03,482 --> 00:16:05,887
Colangelo: Bobby Stewart
brought him down to the gym,

330
00:16:05,887 --> 00:16:08,692
and he introduced him to Cus.

331
00:16:08,692 --> 00:16:11,398
Cus couldn't believe
the size of him.

332
00:16:11,398 --> 00:16:14,203
And Teddy Atlas
was working the ring there,

333
00:16:14,203 --> 00:16:17,744
and he says,"We got nobody
big enough for him to box,"

334
00:16:17,744 --> 00:16:19,514
and I said, "No,
I'm gonna box with him."

335
00:16:19,514 --> 00:16:21,885
Colangelo:
Cus said to me, you know,

336
00:16:21,885 --> 00:16:24,123
"How old do you think
that guy is?"

337
00:16:24,123 --> 00:16:28,599
"Geez, Cus," I said,
"I don't know, 21, 22, 23."

338
00:16:28,599 --> 00:16:30,770
You know,
somewhere in there.

339
00:16:30,770 --> 00:16:32,106
And he says ‐‐ he smiled.

340
00:16:32,106 --> 00:16:34,277
I said,
"What are you smiling at?"

341
00:16:34,277 --> 00:16:36,815
He says, "He's 12 years old."
"What?"

342
00:16:36,815 --> 00:16:39,120
I says, "12 years old?"
And I called him over.

343
00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,291
"Come over here.
I want to talk to you."

344
00:16:41,291 --> 00:16:45,867
So he comes over,
and I says, "Get closer.

345
00:16:45,867 --> 00:16:48,004
I want to see your face.
Get closer."

346
00:16:48,004 --> 00:16:51,912
And you could see, all
underneath here, the baby skin.

347
00:16:51,912 --> 00:16:54,518
Atlas:
He's 190 pounds solid

348
00:16:54,518 --> 00:16:58,959
and talked with a little bit of
a very low, whispery voice.

349
00:16:58,959 --> 00:17:03,001
I get him gloved up,
and we go.

350
00:17:03,001 --> 00:17:05,940
Colangelo: He had Bobby
against the ropes.

351
00:17:05,940 --> 00:17:10,416
So Bobby would have to use
everything he had as a grown man

352
00:17:10,416 --> 00:17:12,085
to push this kid away.

353
00:17:12,085 --> 00:17:13,389
Everything I showed him,

354
00:17:13,389 --> 00:17:15,693
it was like he'd been doing it
for 25 years.

355
00:17:15,693 --> 00:17:18,064
Atlas:
And we could see he's got power,
we can see he's got quickness,

356
00:17:18,064 --> 00:17:21,505
but he's also very raw.

357
00:17:21,505 --> 00:17:23,074
Relax.

358
00:17:23,074 --> 00:17:24,844
He didn't want
to get out of the ring.

359
00:17:24,844 --> 00:17:27,049
Stewart: Cus was taking
my gloves off,

360
00:17:27,049 --> 00:17:29,354
and I said,
"What do you think?"

361
00:17:29,354 --> 00:17:32,760
He says,
"Bar any distractions,

362
00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:33,796
we're looking at the next

363
00:17:33,796 --> 00:17:35,933
heavyweight champion
of the world."

364
00:17:35,933 --> 00:17:38,739
He was like...

365
00:17:38,739 --> 00:17:40,208
How can I say this?

366
00:17:40,208 --> 00:17:43,415
He was like
a big piece of marble,

367
00:17:43,415 --> 00:17:47,890
and Cus was going to
chisel out this statue,

368
00:17:47,890 --> 00:17:51,265
and it was going to be perfect.

369
00:17:51,265 --> 00:17:54,971
So, initially, Bobby Stewart
would be bringing Mike Tyson

370
00:17:54,971 --> 00:17:58,345
back and forth to Catskill
from the Tryon School

371
00:17:58,345 --> 00:18:02,654
and training with Cus
and Teddy.

372
00:18:05,225 --> 00:18:06,428
Tyson: I started
training at the gym

373
00:18:06,428 --> 00:18:08,932
for at least, what,
five, six months

374
00:18:08,932 --> 00:18:11,471
without, you know, any fights
or anything.

375
00:18:11,471 --> 00:18:12,740
Just doing the motions,

376
00:18:12,740 --> 00:18:15,379
getting everything
practiced down.

377
00:18:15,379 --> 00:18:17,417
What do you think,
with the bag?

378
00:18:17,417 --> 00:18:18,686
I'll work on the bag.

379
00:18:18,686 --> 00:18:21,190
Colangelo: He's coming into
a strange place,

380
00:18:21,190 --> 00:18:24,831
and he doesn't know
what to expect,

381
00:18:24,831 --> 00:18:27,169
and at the same time,

382
00:18:27,169 --> 00:18:29,641
he wants to make
a great impression.

383
00:18:29,641 --> 00:18:31,645
Hujtyn: He was very eager
to prove

384
00:18:31,645 --> 00:18:34,149
how serious he was in the ring

385
00:18:34,149 --> 00:18:38,625
and how he was going to give
110% in the ring.

386
00:18:38,625 --> 00:18:40,730
Training's not just
doing all exercises.

387
00:18:40,730 --> 00:18:44,704
That's the easy part in boxing,
is training, physically.

388
00:18:44,704 --> 00:18:46,173
It's mentally
that's the hard part,

389
00:18:46,173 --> 00:18:49,046
and people have you doing it
over and over and over and over

390
00:18:49,046 --> 00:18:50,483
and over and over.

391
00:18:50,483 --> 00:18:52,520
That's not building up
your body or your legs

392
00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:53,655
or your heart.

393
00:18:53,655 --> 00:18:55,292
It's building up your mind.

394
00:18:55,292 --> 00:18:57,430
♪♪

395
00:18:57,430 --> 00:19:00,403
Man #2: When you first met Mike
at a young age,

396
00:19:00,403 --> 00:19:01,972
anybody who looked
at his history at that point

397
00:19:01,972 --> 00:19:03,542
would have said,
"Geez, this is a bad kid."

398
00:19:03,542 --> 00:19:05,679
Well, I wouldn't say
he was bad,

399
00:19:05,679 --> 00:19:09,954
because, basically, he had
some wonderful quality.

400
00:19:09,954 --> 00:19:12,092
But then he had the environment
in which he grew up, with...

401
00:19:12,092 --> 00:19:15,699
He was tremendously
physically talented.

402
00:19:15,699 --> 00:19:18,372
But where he was flawed
was up here.

403
00:19:18,372 --> 00:19:21,611
The fear, the insecurity,
you know, the self‐doubt.

404
00:19:21,611 --> 00:19:23,816
"Am I really this good?"

405
00:19:23,816 --> 00:19:25,920
Hujtyn:
Cus would repeat over and over

406
00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:27,857
to Mike from the beginning,

407
00:19:27,857 --> 00:19:29,294
"Do you know you're going to be

408
00:19:29,294 --> 00:19:31,832
heavyweight champion
of the world someday?"

409
00:19:31,832 --> 00:19:35,840
And if you say it enough times,
you believe it.

410
00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,946
And if you believe it,
then you have no doubt.

411
00:19:38,946 --> 00:19:42,118
To me, fear is the greatest
obstacle to learning.

412
00:19:42,118 --> 00:19:44,223
Fear is like fire.

413
00:19:44,223 --> 00:19:47,563
If you learn to control it,
you can make it work for you.

414
00:19:47,563 --> 00:19:49,300
You let it get out of control,
it can destroy you

415
00:19:49,300 --> 00:19:51,271
and everything around you.

416
00:19:51,271 --> 00:19:52,940
You've got to control your fear

417
00:19:52,940 --> 00:19:55,513
and control your emotions
and make them work for you.

418
00:19:55,513 --> 00:19:58,552
Make them fuel.

419
00:19:58,552 --> 00:20:00,489
Murray: Cus put him to where
he said,

420
00:20:00,489 --> 00:20:02,426
"When you get in that ring,

421
00:20:02,426 --> 00:20:06,268
you hate that other guy
and you are going to kill him."

422
00:20:06,268 --> 00:20:09,172
The whole fight is won
before it ever starts

423
00:20:09,172 --> 00:20:14,651
if you can intimidate the other
guy to make him afraid of you.

424
00:20:14,651 --> 00:20:15,920
That's it. See?

425
00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,159
Ain't no way he's going
to hit you then. Right?

426
00:20:19,159 --> 00:20:21,965
And remember, it's always good
to throw the punch

427
00:20:21,965 --> 00:20:23,802
where you could hit him
and he can't hit you.

428
00:20:23,802 --> 00:20:26,808
That's what the science
of boxing is all about.

429
00:20:26,808 --> 00:20:28,645
Remember, from the side,

430
00:20:28,645 --> 00:20:31,284
you can let that punch go
with the worst kind of intention

431
00:20:31,284 --> 00:20:34,724
because you know
he can't hit you back,

432
00:20:34,724 --> 00:20:35,859
so you can throw the bomb

433
00:20:35,859 --> 00:20:37,930
with all the power
you can generate.

434
00:20:37,930 --> 00:20:40,536
Bap‐bap. Bap‐bap.
Bap‐bap‐bap.

435
00:20:40,536 --> 00:20:41,938
Move then hit again.
You know what I mean?

436
00:20:41,938 --> 00:20:43,342
Keep it going as though
there's an exchange

437
00:20:43,342 --> 00:20:45,646
and the guy's still
fighting with you.

438
00:20:45,646 --> 00:20:48,352
Atlas: I was in the gym with him
every day and every night,

439
00:20:48,352 --> 00:20:51,458
and I'm teaching a specific
style ‐‐ the peek‐a‐boo.

440
00:20:51,458 --> 00:20:55,699
♪♪

441
00:20:55,699 --> 00:20:57,436
D'Amato: You not only
got to throw punches,

442
00:20:57,436 --> 00:20:58,772
you gotta learn
how to miss punches.

443
00:20:58,772 --> 00:21:00,576
You know what that means?

444
00:21:00,576 --> 00:21:02,713
Bring your hands up like this,
your elbows in here,

445
00:21:02,713 --> 00:21:04,717
and you're looking
to slip punches

446
00:21:04,717 --> 00:21:07,757
and be aggressive, where
straight punches, you slip,

447
00:21:07,757 --> 00:21:11,831
round punches, you weave.

448
00:21:11,831 --> 00:21:13,402
You're looking to make them miss

449
00:21:13,402 --> 00:21:16,341
and create openings,
create holes,

450
00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:20,248
create opportunities
where now you can punch

451
00:21:20,248 --> 00:21:21,584
because he gave you ‐‐
make him miss.

452
00:21:21,584 --> 00:21:25,659
Oh, he missed?
Bang, bang. I can catch him.

453
00:21:25,659 --> 00:21:27,797
Be the champ of the world
someday.

454
00:21:27,797 --> 00:21:30,068
Just keep in mind
where it's supposed to be.

455
00:21:30,068 --> 00:21:33,240
♪♪

456
00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:34,677
Right there. That's it.
There you go.

457
00:21:34,677 --> 00:21:36,146
There you go.
Again, again.

458
00:21:36,146 --> 00:21:38,885
Who's the last guy
to stop?

459
00:21:38,885 --> 00:21:41,123
Time. Very good.
That's what...

460
00:21:41,123 --> 00:21:43,194
Very good.
That's what you have to do.

461
00:21:43,194 --> 00:21:47,202
Gordon: For the first time in
his life, he had direction.

462
00:21:47,202 --> 00:21:49,307
He still had a lot of issues,

463
00:21:49,307 --> 00:21:53,749
but he was overcoming them
by being around Cus D'Amato.

464
00:21:53,749 --> 00:21:55,452
I have never seen a fighter
like Mike.

465
00:21:55,452 --> 00:21:57,623
He may go down in history as
one of the greatest we ever had,

466
00:21:57,623 --> 00:21:58,525
if not the greatest
that ever lived.

467
00:22:07,075 --> 00:22:11,251
♪♪

468
00:22:11,251 --> 00:22:12,853
Heller:
After a few months,

469
00:22:12,853 --> 00:22:19,735
Mike Tyson moved into the house
full time with Cus D'Amato.

470
00:22:19,735 --> 00:22:23,309
Hujtyn: The house was
a Victorian mansion on 10 acres

471
00:22:23,309 --> 00:22:25,346
overlooking the Hudson River.

472
00:22:25,346 --> 00:22:28,286
It was a magnificent property.
It still is.

473
00:22:30,190 --> 00:22:31,725
What do you do
with the sunflower seeds?

474
00:22:31,725 --> 00:22:33,062
[ Speaking
indistinctly ]

475
00:22:34,431 --> 00:22:36,502
This is for you.

476
00:22:36,502 --> 00:22:38,706
Matthews: Cus D'Amato had
a whole stable of young fighters

477
00:22:38,706 --> 00:22:40,410
that he took in.

478
00:22:40,410 --> 00:22:42,514
He would have a half dozen kids,

479
00:22:42,514 --> 00:22:45,086
maybe more than that,
living in his house.

480
00:22:45,086 --> 00:22:47,824
There was a structure.

481
00:22:47,824 --> 00:22:49,728
You get up,
you do real work,

482
00:22:49,728 --> 00:22:53,102
you have to do chores
around the house.

483
00:22:53,102 --> 00:22:55,206
One took out the garbage,
one shoveled the snow,

484
00:22:55,206 --> 00:22:56,943
one did this, one did that.

485
00:22:56,943 --> 00:22:58,379
[ Groans ]

486
00:22:58,379 --> 00:23:01,485
Greenburg: And it became
very much a home for Mike Tyson,

487
00:23:01,485 --> 00:23:04,858
which he had never really had.

488
00:23:04,858 --> 00:23:06,095
Man: What's Mike like?

489
00:23:06,095 --> 00:23:08,666
I mean, is he good?
Is he a good kid?

490
00:23:08,666 --> 00:23:11,171
Basically, he's a good kid.
Yes.

491
00:23:11,171 --> 00:23:14,378
I think he grew up without
any love or affection.

492
00:23:14,378 --> 00:23:18,085
He just grew up in the street
looking for something.

493
00:23:18,085 --> 00:23:21,559
He wanted somebody
to pay attention to him.

494
00:23:21,559 --> 00:23:23,329
Did Cus
pay attention to him?

495
00:23:23,329 --> 00:23:24,999
Very much so.

496
00:23:24,999 --> 00:23:27,704
I'll never forget it ‐‐
He sat at the table,

497
00:23:27,704 --> 00:23:30,410
and he wasn't used to sitting
at that kind of a table

498
00:23:30,410 --> 00:23:33,249
with all the food,
sitting as a family.

499
00:23:33,249 --> 00:23:36,889
And you could see that
Tyson is going out of his way

500
00:23:36,889 --> 00:23:38,759
to be the way
he thought he needed to be.

501
00:23:38,759 --> 00:23:42,167
Very, very polite.
"Yes, ma'am. Yes, sir."

502
00:23:42,167 --> 00:23:47,410
And she asked him to get a spoon
in a drawer behind him.

503
00:23:47,410 --> 00:23:50,450
He was so nervous,
he moved real fast.

504
00:23:50,450 --> 00:23:53,856
His legs were like this,
and his leg got stuck

505
00:23:53,856 --> 00:23:57,430
under one of the branches
of the table

506
00:23:57,430 --> 00:23:58,967
and picked up the table,

507
00:23:58,967 --> 00:24:01,271
and all the food started
sliding,

508
00:24:01,271 --> 00:24:04,411
and Camille is, like, screaming,
like, "What are you doing?"

509
00:24:04,411 --> 00:24:06,582
You know, like she's worried
about that.

510
00:24:06,582 --> 00:24:08,552
And Tyson is, like, crying,

511
00:24:08,552 --> 00:24:10,156
like, "Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry,"

512
00:24:10,156 --> 00:24:11,759
because he thought he did,
you know,

513
00:24:11,759 --> 00:24:14,097
something that's going to
get him in trouble.

514
00:24:14,097 --> 00:24:18,873
And I look at Cus,
and Cus is going, "What power!

515
00:24:18,873 --> 00:24:20,643
The next heavyweight champ
of the world."

516
00:24:20,643 --> 00:24:21,779
[ Laughs ]

517
00:24:24,584 --> 00:24:30,063
Mike, being from
where he was from,

518
00:24:30,063 --> 00:24:32,434
you know, at all times,
he's guarded.

519
00:24:32,434 --> 00:24:36,208
♪♪

520
00:24:36,208 --> 00:24:39,047
Tyson: Coming from Brooklyn,
I just never trust anybody.

521
00:24:39,047 --> 00:24:40,717
You don't trust anybody.

522
00:24:40,717 --> 00:24:42,454
Cus was doing something
for nothing.

523
00:24:42,454 --> 00:24:46,729
You're not used to people in
the city doing something for you

524
00:24:46,729 --> 00:24:48,799
and them not wanting
something back in return.

525
00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:49,868
So I just shied off.

526
00:24:49,868 --> 00:24:51,705
I didn't like that
for some reason.

527
00:24:51,705 --> 00:24:56,448
♪♪

528
00:24:56,448 --> 00:24:57,584
[ Whistles ]

529
00:24:57,584 --> 00:24:59,221
But now, coming here
and living with him,

530
00:24:59,221 --> 00:25:01,158
it's just that ‐‐
it's like day and night.

531
00:25:01,158 --> 00:25:02,427
It's hard to believe.

532
00:25:02,427 --> 00:25:06,835
♪♪

533
00:25:06,835 --> 00:25:09,007
Man: Has Mike changed
since he's lived here?

534
00:25:09,007 --> 00:25:12,147
Ewald: Very much.
How?

535
00:25:12,147 --> 00:25:18,626
He's more kinder,
he's more thoughtful.

536
00:25:18,626 --> 00:25:20,797
I think
he's more responsive.

537
00:25:20,797 --> 00:25:22,467
There's no violence.

538
00:25:22,467 --> 00:25:25,006
There's no yelling
and screaming.

539
00:25:25,006 --> 00:25:27,577
You have your own bed
to sleep in.

540
00:25:27,577 --> 00:25:29,815
Little things
that we take for granted.

541
00:25:29,815 --> 00:25:32,988
He was in awe,
and he was thankful to be there.

542
00:25:32,988 --> 00:25:38,332
♪♪

543
00:25:38,332 --> 00:25:41,839
Man #2: Is it tough for you,
a 76‐year‐old White guy,

544
00:25:41,839 --> 00:25:45,379
to work with a 17‐year‐old
Black kid from Brooklyn?

545
00:25:45,379 --> 00:25:49,855
Not at all. He's my boy.
He's with me.

546
00:25:49,855 --> 00:25:53,229
And for that reason,
I just accept him that way.

547
00:25:53,229 --> 00:25:54,631
And I think
the same thing applies

548
00:25:54,631 --> 00:25:57,470
to everybody in the house
who lives with him.

549
00:25:57,470 --> 00:25:59,007
Tyson:
He's like my father.

550
00:25:59,007 --> 00:26:01,411
It's like a father‐and‐son
relationship.

551
00:26:01,411 --> 00:26:03,315
You know, even though
he is my manager and trainer,

552
00:26:03,315 --> 00:26:05,753
sometimes I forget that
because of the way we are.

553
00:26:05,753 --> 00:26:07,824
He's just accepting me
like I was his son,

554
00:26:07,824 --> 00:26:09,261
just off the street,
like nothing.

555
00:26:09,261 --> 00:26:11,298
[ Indistinct conversation ]

556
00:26:11,298 --> 00:26:13,135
Man #3:
Michael Tyson and Cus D'Amato

557
00:26:13,135 --> 00:26:16,241
have given each other
the same gift ‐‐ a future.

558
00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:21,818
A chance for Mike,
a second chance for Cus.

559
00:26:21,818 --> 00:26:27,530
Hujtyn: They grew up under
similar oppressive conditions.

560
00:26:27,530 --> 00:26:31,405
Cus grew up in the Depression,
very poor.

561
00:26:31,405 --> 00:26:32,942
D'Amato:
I grew up without a mother.

562
00:26:32,942 --> 00:26:35,112
My mother died.
I don't remember my mother.

563
00:26:35,112 --> 00:26:36,448
And I was fortunate

564
00:26:36,448 --> 00:26:39,387
because I was self‐reliant
at a very young age.

565
00:26:39,387 --> 00:26:42,727
He had to pretty much
rely on himself,

566
00:26:42,727 --> 00:26:47,036
and made his way
by his wits alone.

567
00:26:56,355 --> 00:26:58,425
He could only be measured
by boxing

568
00:26:58,425 --> 00:27:00,931
and what he put forth in boxing.

569
00:27:00,931 --> 00:27:05,106
That was it. There was no other
currency to measure him.

570
00:27:05,106 --> 00:27:07,243
Tyson:
He was a teacher in all aspects.

571
00:27:07,243 --> 00:27:10,383
He was cunning,
he was smart, he was shrewd.

572
00:27:10,383 --> 00:27:15,894
Cus made Tyson this obsessive
kind of encyclopedia of boxing.

573
00:27:15,894 --> 00:27:23,242
And Mike would watch the films,
old 16 millimeter films.

574
00:27:23,242 --> 00:27:27,550
Well, I might have to come back
and fix these up.

575
00:27:27,550 --> 00:27:30,022
Seems like somebody
was fooling with them.

576
00:27:30,022 --> 00:27:33,462
Colangelo: He would set up this
projector and put up a screen,

577
00:27:33,462 --> 00:27:35,901
and he would watch
all these films.

578
00:27:35,901 --> 00:27:39,040
[ Projector whirring ]

579
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:43,048
I'mma show all the fighters
that I admire, okay?

580
00:27:43,048 --> 00:27:44,751
♪♪

581
00:27:44,751 --> 00:27:46,521
Announcer:
<i>Henry Armstrong on the left,</i>

582
00:27:46,521 --> 00:27:51,531
<i>looking to be the first man to
win four world championships.</i>

583
00:27:51,531 --> 00:27:55,072
Heller:
He would study these films
not only for boxing technique,

584
00:27:55,072 --> 00:27:58,278
but to see the way
these fighters posed,

585
00:27:58,278 --> 00:28:01,051
acted, to see their bravado,

586
00:28:01,051 --> 00:28:04,624
how they carried themselves
in the ring.

587
00:28:04,624 --> 00:28:05,759
Tyson: They stand for
different things ‐‐

588
00:28:05,759 --> 00:28:09,400
heart, courage,
you know, ability.

589
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,707
Colangelo: He liked Ali
and Frazier,

590
00:28:12,707 --> 00:28:17,783
but Dempsey was the one
that stood out.

591
00:28:17,783 --> 00:28:20,991
Because Jack Dempsey
was so ferocious,

592
00:28:20,991 --> 00:28:24,130
and he was like
a Roman gladiator in the ring.

593
00:28:24,130 --> 00:28:26,903
That was the one
that was his favorite fighter.

594
00:28:26,903 --> 00:28:31,077
I mean, in a lot of ways,
he modeled himself like that.

595
00:28:31,077 --> 00:28:35,553
Boyd:
To learn the history of boxing
the way Mike Tyson did,

596
00:28:35,553 --> 00:28:39,962
by watching old fight films,
really helped him

597
00:28:39,962 --> 00:28:42,800
sort of envision
a place for himself as a boxer

598
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,875
when his time came to,
you know, take the crown.

599
00:28:46,875 --> 00:28:48,111
I would like to be something
like them.

600
00:28:48,111 --> 00:28:52,220
I'd like to be not much ‐‐
flamboyant or something,

601
00:28:52,220 --> 00:28:56,294
arrogant, you can say,
but just to be in a way

602
00:28:56,294 --> 00:28:59,601
that's different from
all the fighters nowadays.

603
00:28:59,601 --> 00:29:01,906
My mother told me one day
she don't like boxing.

604
00:29:01,906 --> 00:29:06,448
But she said, you know, "It's
horrible and I don't like it,

605
00:29:06,448 --> 00:29:08,885
but whatever you want to do,
just be the best of it."

606
00:29:08,885 --> 00:29:12,460
And that's how it's gonna be.

607
00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:14,932
While Mike is living
in Catskill,

608
00:29:14,932 --> 00:29:17,737
he gets word
that his mother dies.

609
00:29:17,737 --> 00:29:22,647
♪♪

610
00:29:22,647 --> 00:29:24,117
Walters: But were you close
to your mother?

611
00:29:24,117 --> 00:29:25,252
Tyson: Very close, yeah.

612
00:29:25,252 --> 00:29:27,256
She wanted to be
a school teacher.

613
00:29:27,256 --> 00:29:28,659
Something that happened ‐‐

614
00:29:28,659 --> 00:29:31,464
Her father was sick, and she
went to take care of her father.

615
00:29:31,464 --> 00:29:34,871
And I guess she got married
to my father.

616
00:29:34,871 --> 00:29:37,677
And he left her or
she left him,

617
00:29:37,677 --> 00:29:38,879
but it broke her heart,

618
00:29:38,879 --> 00:29:41,618
and it just beat her,
you know what I mean?

619
00:29:41,618 --> 00:29:44,657
Life just wore her down
after that.

620
00:29:44,657 --> 00:29:48,565
Murray: Cus and Camille became
foster parents.

621
00:29:48,565 --> 00:29:54,177
Cus knew what Mike Tyson
was feeling inside,

622
00:29:54,177 --> 00:29:56,748
and Cus said that.

623
00:29:56,748 --> 00:29:59,354
Tyson: And no one really knows
Mike Tyson.

624
00:29:59,354 --> 00:30:02,026
Nobody's really friendly
with Mike Tyson

625
00:30:02,026 --> 00:30:03,628
except Cus D'Amato.

626
00:30:03,628 --> 00:30:07,938
♪♪

627
00:30:07,938 --> 00:30:10,743
Your mind is not
on your work.

628
00:30:10,743 --> 00:30:13,048
Your mind is not
on your work.

629
00:30:13,048 --> 00:30:14,083
Just trying to ‐‐

630
00:30:14,083 --> 00:30:16,989
There's something
distracting you.

631
00:30:16,989 --> 00:30:18,859
D'Amato: I often say to him,
"You know, I owe you a lot,"

632
00:30:18,859 --> 00:30:20,028
and he doesn't know
what I mean.

633
00:30:20,028 --> 00:30:21,431
But I'm gonna tell him now
what I mean.

634
00:30:21,431 --> 00:30:22,400
If he weren't here,

635
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,972
I probably
wouldn't be alive today.

636
00:30:24,972 --> 00:30:26,241
That's it? See?

637
00:30:26,241 --> 00:30:28,712
Ain't no way he's going
to hit you then. Right?

638
00:30:28,712 --> 00:30:31,551
The fact that he <i>is</i> here
and doing what he's doing

639
00:30:31,551 --> 00:30:35,392
and doing as well as he's doing
and improving as he has

640
00:30:35,392 --> 00:30:38,565
gives me the motivation
and interest to stay alive.

641
00:30:38,565 --> 00:30:40,035
What's the rule?
What's the rule?

642
00:30:40,035 --> 00:30:42,006
If you can
hit him with two,

643
00:30:42,006 --> 00:30:42,873
should you hit him
with one?

644
00:30:42,873 --> 00:30:44,343
Come on.
With bad intentions.

645
00:30:44,343 --> 00:30:46,314
Believe in yourself.
Feel it.

646
00:30:46,314 --> 00:30:49,086
Atlas: You know, we've been
training for all this time.

647
00:30:49,086 --> 00:30:55,199
Now it was time
to take it on the road.

648
00:30:58,432 --> 00:31:02,006
♪♪

649
00:31:02,006 --> 00:31:04,510
Atlas: We've been training
for all this time.

650
00:31:04,510 --> 00:31:07,516
Now it's time to get experience
under your belt.

651
00:31:07,516 --> 00:31:11,892
And the things that were
told to him were coming true.

652
00:31:11,892 --> 00:31:13,896
"You listen to us,
you become a good fighter,

653
00:31:13,896 --> 00:31:15,265
you're going to travel,

654
00:31:15,265 --> 00:31:17,236
you're going to see the world."

655
00:31:17,236 --> 00:31:20,108
Win this title,
and then we'll go home.

656
00:31:20,108 --> 00:31:24,250
To all our friends, right?
Yes, sir.

657
00:31:24,250 --> 00:31:25,185
Good.

658
00:31:27,924 --> 00:31:29,594
Look, look, look.
Just relax, Michael.

659
00:31:29,594 --> 00:31:31,331
Relax. Just relax.
Come here.

660
00:31:37,176 --> 00:31:39,447
Atlas: Before the fight,
he felt scared.

661
00:31:39,447 --> 00:31:40,649
He felt nervous.

662
00:31:40,649 --> 00:31:42,386
He started saying,
"If I don't win,

663
00:31:42,386 --> 00:31:43,890
then they won't like me."

664
00:31:43,890 --> 00:31:45,492
I just reminded him,

665
00:31:45,492 --> 00:31:46,661
"This is what we do,

666
00:31:46,661 --> 00:31:49,233
and we ain't going to get rid
of the fear,

667
00:31:49,233 --> 00:31:52,072
but we are gonna ride it."

668
00:31:52,072 --> 00:31:54,477
Let's go get ready for a fight.
Come on.

669
00:31:55,947 --> 00:31:58,318
That's it.
Good. Good.

670
00:31:59,654 --> 00:32:01,824
You're the champ
who fights smart

671
00:32:01,824 --> 00:32:03,094
and like a tiger
and calm.

672
00:32:03,094 --> 00:32:04,797
Announcer:
He carries his left hand low.

673
00:32:04,797 --> 00:32:06,701
We'll see whether
the two match up.

674
00:32:06,701 --> 00:32:09,273
There's the right hand.
There's the left.

675
00:32:09,273 --> 00:32:11,144
There's the last right.

676
00:32:11,144 --> 00:32:13,515
The towel's coming in.

677
00:32:13,515 --> 00:32:15,519
Look at old Tyson
jump on the ropes.

678
00:32:15,519 --> 00:32:17,289
That is it.
They threw the towel in.

679
00:32:17,289 --> 00:32:19,995
Threw the towel in.
[ Speaking indistinctly ]

680
00:32:19,995 --> 00:32:21,932
Atlas:
I was proud of what we did.

681
00:32:21,932 --> 00:32:23,635
I wanted Cus to be proud.

682
00:32:23,635 --> 00:32:27,576
Man: The reigning number one,
Mike Tyson!

683
00:32:27,576 --> 00:32:29,647
[ Cheers and applause ]

684
00:32:29,647 --> 00:32:31,718
I was so certain
that he would win,

685
00:32:31,718 --> 00:32:33,755
I went and ordered
a big banner

686
00:32:33,755 --> 00:32:37,563
to string across Main Street
in Catskill here ‐‐

687
00:32:37,563 --> 00:32:39,166
"Welcome home, champs."

688
00:32:39,166 --> 00:32:45,646
♪♪

689
00:32:45,646 --> 00:32:48,118
Heller: This myth built up
over the years ‐‐

690
00:32:48,118 --> 00:32:51,724
this myth of Cus and the kid.

691
00:32:51,724 --> 00:32:55,032
Reporter:
Cus D'Amato is more than
a manager of champions.

692
00:32:55,032 --> 00:32:57,202
He is a saver of souls.

693
00:32:57,202 --> 00:33:00,075
Many of us, myself included,
and I plead guilty,

694
00:33:00,075 --> 00:33:02,746
swallowed the Cus and the kid
narrative.

695
00:33:02,746 --> 00:33:05,218
This is a kid
who had a terrible upbringing,

696
00:33:05,218 --> 00:33:08,391
who was redeemed by Cus D'Amato,

697
00:33:08,391 --> 00:33:10,462
which in itself
is a racist trope.

698
00:33:10,462 --> 00:33:12,032
Here's the great White father

699
00:33:12,032 --> 00:33:15,005
who has rescued
Mike Tyson from the streets

700
00:33:15,005 --> 00:33:17,142
and civilized him.

701
00:33:17,142 --> 00:33:20,615
Schaap: Their relationship
is much too complicated

702
00:33:20,615 --> 00:33:23,555
to be put into this
kind of simple narrative

703
00:33:23,555 --> 00:33:27,596
of surrogate father
and wayward surrogate son.

704
00:33:27,596 --> 00:33:32,907
There are mutual interests
and there are mutual goals.

705
00:33:32,907 --> 00:33:36,447
Boyd: Cus was a good trainer.
He helped Mike a great deal.

706
00:33:36,447 --> 00:33:39,086
But he's also an opportunist
and self‐interested.

707
00:33:39,086 --> 00:33:40,288
Doesn't make him a criminal,

708
00:33:40,288 --> 00:33:44,898
but also doesn't make him,
you know, a saint.

709
00:33:44,898 --> 00:33:50,041
Hujtyn:
Don't think that Cus was focused
solely on Mike being a champion.

710
00:33:50,041 --> 00:33:56,889
He wanted Mike to have a future,
to have a role in life

711
00:33:56,889 --> 00:34:03,067
that wouldn't let him slip back
to what he was on the streets.

712
00:34:03,067 --> 00:34:04,069
Man #2: You were
telling me a story

713
00:34:04,069 --> 00:34:08,711
about how
Mike ran away once.

714
00:34:08,711 --> 00:34:12,553
Yes. Not only once.
Few times.

715
00:34:12,553 --> 00:34:14,925
Atlas: The school started having
problems with girls

716
00:34:14,925 --> 00:34:16,794
and with ‐‐ with behavior.

717
00:34:16,794 --> 00:34:19,033
I would discipline Tyson
for things he did wrong.

718
00:34:19,033 --> 00:34:23,308
Cus would find a way
to say it was okay.

719
00:34:23,308 --> 00:34:27,716
Cus became the good cop.
I became the bad cop.

720
00:34:27,716 --> 00:34:29,253
I put him out of the gym.

721
00:34:29,253 --> 00:34:31,959
Cus started
making allowances for him,

722
00:34:31,959 --> 00:34:36,133
and he was sneaking him
in the gym when I wasn't there.

723
00:34:36,133 --> 00:34:38,538
Hujtyn: They were not
allowances.

724
00:34:38,538 --> 00:34:41,344
Mike needed to be in the gym

725
00:34:41,344 --> 00:34:45,652
because if he wasn't in the gym,
he would be easily misled

726
00:34:45,652 --> 00:34:48,859
to do things that
were not beneficial.

727
00:34:48,859 --> 00:34:50,662
And Cus knew that.

728
00:34:50,662 --> 00:34:53,936
And besides, whose gym was it?
Whose house was it?

729
00:34:53,936 --> 00:34:55,672
Whose child was it?

730
00:34:55,672 --> 00:34:59,213
Mike was Cus' child,
in effect.

731
00:34:59,213 --> 00:35:01,150
Heller: The tensions continued
to mount,

732
00:35:01,150 --> 00:35:05,759
and, eventually,
it led to an incident

733
00:35:05,759 --> 00:35:07,396
that caused the break

734
00:35:07,396 --> 00:35:11,337
between Mike Tyson
and Teddy Atlas.

735
00:35:11,337 --> 00:35:14,945
I had just recently got married.
I have sister‐in‐laws now,

736
00:35:14,945 --> 00:35:18,818
and one of them
was 11‐years‐old, and...

737
00:35:23,161 --> 00:35:24,196
...and he grabbed her,

738
00:35:24,196 --> 00:35:29,239
and he knew that
she was my sister‐in‐law.

739
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:31,577
You know, he knew how I was
with family ‐‐

740
00:35:31,577 --> 00:35:34,783
protective,
the way everyone is.

741
00:35:34,783 --> 00:35:37,122
I knew what I was
prepared to do.

742
00:35:37,122 --> 00:35:39,059
I was going to kill him
if I had to.

743
00:35:43,534 --> 00:35:45,205
He saw me coming.

744
00:35:45,205 --> 00:35:48,478
♪♪

745
00:35:48,478 --> 00:35:52,185
I just called him
a piece of crap,

746
00:35:52,185 --> 00:35:56,862
and I put the gun,
you know, to his head,

747
00:35:56,862 --> 00:36:00,135
and I told him that

748
00:36:00,135 --> 00:36:04,743
he will never go near
anybody in my family again.

749
00:36:04,743 --> 00:36:06,347
And I said,
"Do you understand?"

750
00:36:06,347 --> 00:36:09,420
And it was like a little smirk.

751
00:36:09,420 --> 00:36:10,890
I don't know if it's fair
to say smirk,

752
00:36:10,890 --> 00:36:13,728
but it was ‐‐ it was like that.

753
00:36:13,728 --> 00:36:16,167
Like, just shouldn't have been,
you know?

754
00:36:16,167 --> 00:36:18,271
And I saw that.

755
00:36:18,271 --> 00:36:20,075
I stuck the gun in his ear.

756
00:36:20,075 --> 00:36:21,477
[ Gun cocks ]

757
00:36:21,477 --> 00:36:22,947
I started to pull the trigger.

758
00:36:22,947 --> 00:36:26,654
And at the last second,
I pulled it out of his ear,

759
00:36:26,654 --> 00:36:31,297
and I ‐‐ I fired the gun,
and he fell on the floor,

760
00:36:31,297 --> 00:36:32,799
grabbing his ear.

761
00:36:34,803 --> 00:36:37,843
That was enough.
That was it for Cus.

762
00:36:37,843 --> 00:36:41,885
Pulling the gun,
that was it.

763
00:36:41,885 --> 00:36:45,558
Teddy gone?
So be it.

764
00:36:45,558 --> 00:36:54,243
♪♪

765
00:36:54,243 --> 00:37:03,761
♪♪

766
00:37:08,704 --> 00:37:11,676
Man: That was good.
That's a good move.

767
00:37:11,676 --> 00:37:15,550
Hazzard: It seems like,
every 50 to 100 years,

768
00:37:15,550 --> 00:37:18,791
we get a personality
in the sport of boxing

769
00:37:18,791 --> 00:37:20,427
that's just phenomenal.

770
00:37:20,427 --> 00:37:24,970
And Mike Tyson was
a phenomenal element of boxing

771
00:37:24,970 --> 00:37:26,339
when he came in.

772
00:37:26,339 --> 00:37:28,610
Matthews: He's now going to be
the heir to Dempsey,

773
00:37:28,610 --> 00:37:30,047
Marciano, Lewis, and Ali,

774
00:37:30,047 --> 00:37:31,684
who, you know, are like
the Mount Rushmore

775
00:37:31,684 --> 00:37:33,453
of heavyweight champions.

776
00:37:33,453 --> 00:37:36,960
His skill set was top tier.
Really impressive.

777
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,365
Perez: For a fighter
to be that young,

778
00:37:39,365 --> 00:37:42,671
that well trained,
and that disciplined

779
00:37:42,671 --> 00:37:44,743
was explosive.

780
00:37:44,743 --> 00:37:49,518
Him and Cus dropped the bomb
on the boxing world.

781
00:37:49,518 --> 00:37:51,622
Boom.

782
00:37:51,622 --> 00:37:55,030
Welcome
to Mike Tyson's world.

783
00:37:55,030 --> 00:37:56,700
I'm the young champ,
young kid,

784
00:37:56,700 --> 00:37:59,638
I'm making it,
I'm coming up.

785
00:37:59,638 --> 00:38:02,478
C. Douglas: Once that first bell
was rung,

786
00:38:02,478 --> 00:38:05,550
"Let me at him!
Let me at him!"

787
00:38:05,550 --> 00:38:08,189
Announcer #1: Here he comes.
Whoa.

788
00:38:08,189 --> 00:38:09,826
Announcer #2: That jaw
might be broken.

789
00:38:09,826 --> 00:38:12,464
I was terrified by that brother.

790
00:38:12,464 --> 00:38:14,001
Announcer #3:
And he put it all there.

791
00:38:14,001 --> 00:38:15,771
Announcer #4:
The right to the head,

792
00:38:15,771 --> 00:38:17,775
and it's all over.
Goodbye.

793
00:38:17,775 --> 00:38:20,013
Bayless: He actually invented
a new way to throw a punch,

794
00:38:20,013 --> 00:38:24,890
which was where he leaped up
into punches.

795
00:38:24,890 --> 00:38:27,361
[ Cheers and applause ]

796
00:38:27,361 --> 00:38:32,504
It was borderline lethal,
what he did.

797
00:38:32,504 --> 00:38:35,143
♪♪

798
00:38:35,143 --> 00:38:38,951
Greenburg:
I'm sitting in my office at HBO,
and a package comes.

799
00:38:38,951 --> 00:38:42,291
On it is a note,
and it says, "Ross,

800
00:38:42,291 --> 00:38:45,297
I want you to take a look
at a new heavyweight."

801
00:38:45,297 --> 00:38:47,601
Plug it into the machine,

802
00:38:47,601 --> 00:38:51,910
and I'm seeing this, you know,
13 straight knockouts,

803
00:38:51,910 --> 00:38:54,014
and my mouth dropped.

804
00:38:54,014 --> 00:38:58,590
To actually see it
was chilling.

805
00:38:58,590 --> 00:39:03,433
And so I traveled up there.

806
00:39:03,433 --> 00:39:06,138
And there are about
4,000 or 5,000 people ‐‐

807
00:39:06,138 --> 00:39:11,048
a pretty small arena,
but a loud arena.

808
00:39:11,048 --> 00:39:15,090
Announcer #5: Right uppercut,
and Tyson has put him down.

809
00:39:15,090 --> 00:39:17,762
Greenburg: And you could tell
that those people knew

810
00:39:17,762 --> 00:39:21,602
that this was different
and special.

811
00:39:21,602 --> 00:39:23,006
Announcer #6: This is as bad
as I've ever seen.

812
00:39:23,006 --> 00:39:24,743
Announcer #7: That's it.

813
00:39:24,743 --> 00:39:26,980
Boyd: You know,
here was this young fighter

814
00:39:26,980 --> 00:39:30,020
who was knocking people out
with regularity.

815
00:39:30,020 --> 00:39:33,326
He had the pedigree
of Cus D'Amato.

816
00:39:33,326 --> 00:39:36,499
And because he was so young,
it looked as though

817
00:39:36,499 --> 00:39:40,875
he was in a position to dominate
the sport for a long time.

818
00:39:40,875 --> 00:39:42,477
Tyson: First of all,
I'd like to thank Cus

819
00:39:42,477 --> 00:39:45,350
for putting in all the hard work
and reaching me to the goal

820
00:39:45,350 --> 00:39:47,454
that we're trying
to prove right now.

821
00:39:47,454 --> 00:39:56,940
♪♪

822
00:39:56,940 --> 00:39:58,276
D'Amato:
I consider my work

823
00:39:58,276 --> 00:40:00,848
to have been completed
at this point,

824
00:40:00,848 --> 00:40:03,954
but I know I must have
forgot something.

825
00:40:03,954 --> 00:40:07,862
I can't see
just what it was.

826
00:40:07,862 --> 00:40:09,198
Hmm.

827
00:40:09,198 --> 00:40:10,801
I guess that's
about it.

828
00:40:13,072 --> 00:40:15,110
Colangelo:
I call the house.

829
00:40:15,110 --> 00:40:20,086
And I believe it was Nadia
that answered the phone,

830
00:40:20,086 --> 00:40:22,591
where she says, "You don't ‐‐
I guess you don't know."

831
00:40:22,591 --> 00:40:29,638
♪♪

832
00:40:29,638 --> 00:40:32,712
[ Car door closes ]

833
00:40:32,712 --> 00:40:39,391
♪♪

834
00:40:39,391 --> 00:40:41,629
Bayless: Cus' death was

835
00:40:41,629 --> 00:40:44,635
one of the most brutal moments
in his life.

836
00:40:44,635 --> 00:40:46,539
♪♪

837
00:40:46,539 --> 00:40:50,680
Just when he was about to go off
and do great things

838
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:55,423
due to Cus' tutelage,
Cus was gone.

839
00:40:55,423 --> 00:40:57,494
Tyson: I owe Cus more
than just boxing.

840
00:40:57,494 --> 00:41:01,368
He was a philosopher.
He was everything.

841
00:41:01,368 --> 00:41:03,339
Man #2:
Do you miss Cus?

842
00:41:03,339 --> 00:41:05,143
Yes.

843
00:41:05,143 --> 00:41:10,453
♪♪

844
00:41:10,453 --> 00:41:11,923
Bentt:
I'm sure, at some point,

845
00:41:11,923 --> 00:41:14,228
Cus and Mike had a conversation
about death.

846
00:41:14,228 --> 00:41:16,733
"You have a mission
to commit to.

847
00:41:16,733 --> 00:41:17,869
We have a pact.

848
00:41:17,869 --> 00:41:19,839
If I'm here or not,
you complete that pact."

849
00:41:19,839 --> 00:41:22,177
And I'm sure Cus spoke
to Mike about that.

850
00:41:22,177 --> 00:41:24,348
And even when Cus died,

851
00:41:24,348 --> 00:41:26,753
Cus spoke to Mike about that,
and Mike heard that.

852
00:41:26,753 --> 00:41:29,358
♪♪

853
00:41:29,358 --> 00:41:32,531
Reporter: Tyson pounds on,
perfecting the craft

854
00:41:32,531 --> 00:41:34,368
the old man taught him,

855
00:41:34,368 --> 00:41:37,909
becoming the hero
that he never had.

856
00:41:37,909 --> 00:41:43,052
Reporter #2: Mike Tyson, age 19,
has the skills and is determined

857
00:41:43,052 --> 00:41:46,960
to win the heavyweight boxing
championship of the world.

858
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,531
‐Mike!
‐Mike Tyson!

859
00:41:49,531 --> 00:41:52,203
[ Cheers and applause ]

860
00:41:52,203 --> 00:41:54,575
In your mind,
if your managers

861
00:41:54,575 --> 00:41:56,211
came to you and said,
"Mike,

862
00:41:56,211 --> 00:41:58,082
we think you're ready for
a title shot tomorrow,"

863
00:41:58,082 --> 00:42:00,053
do you ‐‐ would you agree
with them at this point?

864
00:42:00,053 --> 00:42:01,221
Tyson:
Most definitely.

865
00:42:01,221 --> 00:42:03,225
I'm confident I can beat
any fighter in the world.

866
00:42:03,225 --> 00:42:05,931
♪♪

867
00:42:05,931 --> 00:42:07,768
Reporter #3: We're inside
the Las Vegas Hilton,

868
00:42:07,768 --> 00:42:09,404
and in this ring behind me,

869
00:42:09,404 --> 00:42:12,444
WBC heavyweight title holder
Trevor Berbick

870
00:42:12,444 --> 00:42:13,880
will put his championship
on the line

871
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:17,922
against unbeaten heavyweight
sensation Mike Tyson.

872
00:42:17,922 --> 00:42:20,794
Announcer: The moment of truth
is not far off.

873
00:42:20,794 --> 00:42:24,101
♪♪

874
00:42:24,101 --> 00:42:28,242
[ Cheers and applause ]

875
00:42:28,242 --> 00:42:30,246
He could go into
the record books tonight

876
00:42:30,246 --> 00:42:32,918
as one of the very youngest
heavyweight champions

877
00:42:32,918 --> 00:42:34,655
of all time.

878
00:42:34,655 --> 00:42:40,233
This is what Mike Tyson
has trained his whole life for.

879
00:42:40,233 --> 00:42:41,669
Announcer #2:
Berbick as he makes his way

880
00:42:41,669 --> 00:42:43,305
out of his locker room
and toward the ring now.

881
00:42:43,305 --> 00:42:45,143
Bentt:
Berbick was a threat.

882
00:42:45,143 --> 00:42:48,315
Mike and his team,
they were aware of that.

883
00:42:48,315 --> 00:42:53,192
Trevor Berbick was the last man
to beat Muhammad Ali.

884
00:42:53,192 --> 00:42:55,663
Announcer #1: There is
electricity in the crowd.

885
00:42:55,663 --> 00:42:57,300
I've got goosebumps.

886
00:42:57,300 --> 00:43:02,143
On the line, the WBC heavyweight
championship of the world.

887
00:43:02,143 --> 00:43:03,646
Gordon:
The bell rings.

888
00:43:03,646 --> 00:43:07,320
Tyson comes out in overdrive,
throwing shots.

889
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:08,690
♪♪

890
00:43:08,690 --> 00:43:11,796
Announcer #1: Oh,
left hook really got him.

891
00:43:11,796 --> 00:43:14,267
Gordon:
He was in total command,

892
00:43:14,267 --> 00:43:17,273
and he hit this guy so hard.

893
00:43:17,273 --> 00:43:18,710
Announcer #1:
Look at this, combination,

894
00:43:18,710 --> 00:43:21,482
and Trevor's ready to go,
but he stays on his feet.

895
00:43:21,482 --> 00:43:22,818
[ Bell rings ]

896
00:43:22,818 --> 00:43:25,623
Announcer #2: That was a big,
big round for Mike Tyson.

897
00:43:25,623 --> 00:43:26,826
Not only...

898
00:43:26,826 --> 00:43:28,930
Bentt: And when Mike goes back
to the corner

899
00:43:28,930 --> 00:43:30,533
between Round One and Two,

900
00:43:30,533 --> 00:43:33,940
someone in his corner
sees something.

901
00:43:33,940 --> 00:43:36,011
Berbick was keeping
his hands low.

902
00:43:36,011 --> 00:43:38,984
And if you keep your hands low,
what's susceptible?

903
00:43:38,984 --> 00:43:40,821
[ Whistles ] The temple.

904
00:43:40,821 --> 00:43:43,159
Announcer #1:
Tyson goes to work right away,

905
00:43:43,159 --> 00:43:44,327
and he's got Trevor in trouble.

906
00:43:44,327 --> 00:43:46,900
And he's down!

907
00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:50,072
He launches
one of his classic combinations

908
00:43:50,072 --> 00:43:51,910
on Trevor Berbick.

909
00:43:51,910 --> 00:43:53,847
Boom with a right,

910
00:43:53,847 --> 00:43:57,153
then he hit him
with an uppercut to the chin,

911
00:43:57,153 --> 00:43:59,725
and then hit him
with a left hook.

912
00:43:59,725 --> 00:44:01,863
Announcer #1: And he goes down!
He goes down!

913
00:44:01,863 --> 00:44:04,568
Matthews: And he tried his best
to get up.

914
00:44:04,568 --> 00:44:06,471
Announcer #1: He should be able
to get up from this.

915
00:44:06,471 --> 00:44:08,375
His lights maybe should stay on.

916
00:44:08,375 --> 00:44:11,381
Gordon: Berbick catches himself
on the ropes as he's down,

917
00:44:11,381 --> 00:44:13,920
picks himself up,
but he's all dizzy.

918
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:15,590
And he falls down again.

919
00:44:15,590 --> 00:44:17,795
Announcer #1: I don't know if
he's gonna be able to continue.

920
00:44:17,795 --> 00:44:19,664
Perez:
God bless his heart, man,

921
00:44:19,664 --> 00:44:21,703
'cause that's a heart
of a true warrior,

922
00:44:21,703 --> 00:44:23,874
to keep trying to stand up.

923
00:44:23,874 --> 00:44:25,811
His body was like, "No."

924
00:44:25,811 --> 00:44:29,351
Announcer #1:
And he's counted out.

925
00:44:29,351 --> 00:44:30,687
It's all over.

926
00:44:30,687 --> 00:44:33,994
We got a brand‐new heavyweight
champion of the world.

927
00:44:33,994 --> 00:44:36,498
[ Bell rings ]
Announcer #2:
The winner by a TKO,

928
00:44:36,498 --> 00:44:39,070
Michael Tyson!

929
00:44:39,070 --> 00:44:42,010
Greenburg: From that moment,
from that statement,

930
00:44:42,010 --> 00:44:46,318
we knew we were living
something special.

931
00:44:46,318 --> 00:44:49,057
Lott:
After the fight, in the ring,

932
00:44:49,057 --> 00:44:54,134
Mike said something
that was so...emotional.

933
00:44:54,134 --> 00:44:56,038
I'd like to dedicate my fight

934
00:44:56,038 --> 00:44:57,708
to my great guardian,
Cus D'Amato,

935
00:44:57,708 --> 00:44:59,110
and I'm sure he's looking ‐‐

936
00:44:59,110 --> 00:45:00,914
he's looking, and he's talking
to all the great fighters,

937
00:45:00,914 --> 00:45:02,985
and saying his boy did it.

938
00:45:02,985 --> 00:45:06,258
[ Voice breaking ]
"My boy did it."

939
00:45:06,258 --> 00:45:08,930
That was great.

940
00:45:08,930 --> 00:45:10,901
Gordon:
That little green belt ‐‐

941
00:45:10,901 --> 00:45:14,240
that was worth everything
to Tyson.

942
00:45:14,240 --> 00:45:16,678
I saw him in the dressing room,
he's kissing the belt,

943
00:45:16,678 --> 00:45:18,615
and he goes,
"I did it! I did it!"

944
00:45:18,615 --> 00:45:21,054
♪♪

945
00:45:21,054 --> 00:45:24,194
But the moment, for me,
that night

946
00:45:24,194 --> 00:45:27,735
was him on the phone
talking to Camille,

947
00:45:27,735 --> 00:45:29,739
just talking to her
about the experience.

948
00:45:29,739 --> 00:45:34,547
It was like calling back home
and sharing it with her.

949
00:45:34,547 --> 00:45:37,253
Ewald: And that's
what Cus always wanted,

950
00:45:37,253 --> 00:45:39,624
a champion of all the champions.

951
00:45:39,624 --> 00:45:42,597
He wanted Mike to be champion.

952
00:45:42,597 --> 00:45:45,336
Perez: When you have nothing
but a dream,

953
00:45:45,336 --> 00:45:47,775
and then that dream comes true

954
00:45:47,775 --> 00:45:51,281
as a result of hard work
and dedication,

955
00:45:51,281 --> 00:45:54,454
it's so much sweeter
when you win that way.

956
00:45:55,791 --> 00:45:57,694
Everything paid off.

957
00:45:57,694 --> 00:45:59,631
Everything paid off.

958
00:45:59,631 --> 00:46:05,811
♪♪

959
00:46:10,086 --> 00:46:13,927
♪♪

960
00:46:13,927 --> 00:46:15,463
Reporter:
At 20 years and 5 months,

961
00:46:15,463 --> 00:46:17,467
Mike Tyson became
the youngest fighter

962
00:46:17,467 --> 00:46:19,070
to ever hold
a heavyweight title.

963
00:46:19,070 --> 00:46:21,976
Reporter #2: The fact is,
Tyson's rise has been meteoric.

964
00:46:21,976 --> 00:46:23,713
Reporter #3:
Mike Tyson now catapults

965
00:46:23,713 --> 00:46:25,216
from being a local celebrity

966
00:46:25,216 --> 00:46:28,288
to becoming
a multimillion‐dollar man.

967
00:46:28,288 --> 00:46:30,359
♪♪

968
00:46:30,359 --> 00:46:31,796
Gordon:
Once Mike Tyson became

969
00:46:31,796 --> 00:46:33,298
heavyweight champion
of the world,

970
00:46:33,298 --> 00:46:36,571
advertisers wanted
a piece of Mike Tyson.

971
00:46:36,571 --> 00:46:38,877
Reporter #2: He's already
pocketed a cool half million

972
00:46:38,877 --> 00:46:40,212
for this beer commercial.

973
00:46:40,212 --> 00:46:42,450
I like Suntory Dry.

974
00:46:42,450 --> 00:46:45,322
If you could drink it,
if you could drive it...

975
00:46:45,322 --> 00:46:46,959
Tyson power!

976
00:46:46,959 --> 00:46:48,897
Announcer:
Toyota truck.

977
00:46:48,897 --> 00:46:51,568
...Mike Tyson was the guy
to sell it for you.

978
00:46:51,568 --> 00:46:53,071
Reporter #2: The soft‐drink
company has produced

979
00:46:53,071 --> 00:46:54,808
a series of commercials
with the champ.

980
00:46:54,808 --> 00:46:55,977
Diet Pepsi only.

981
00:46:55,977 --> 00:46:58,382
Matthews:
He was one of the first boxers

982
00:46:58,382 --> 00:47:01,254
to have really big
endorsement deals.

983
00:47:01,254 --> 00:47:02,991
And, wham, they're dead.

984
00:47:02,991 --> 00:47:04,795
Matthews:
Muhammad Ali at his height

985
00:47:04,795 --> 00:47:07,600
had, like, shoe polish
and roach powder.

986
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:09,872
Greenburg: Clearly,
Mike was making multimillions

987
00:47:09,872 --> 00:47:11,641
every time he fought.

988
00:47:11,641 --> 00:47:14,180
Announcer #2:
Oh, what a shot!

989
00:47:14,180 --> 00:47:16,786
Announcer #3:
Tyson bangs in the body. Ooh!

990
00:47:16,786 --> 00:47:20,727
But he was also ringing
the cash register for HBO

991
00:47:20,727 --> 00:47:23,265
and a lot of other networks.

992
00:47:23,265 --> 00:47:24,768
Announcer #3:
Stopped the fight!

993
00:47:24,768 --> 00:47:26,839
He's hurt!
It's all over!

994
00:47:26,839 --> 00:47:29,110
Gordon: And they could put him
on pay‐per‐view.

995
00:47:29,110 --> 00:47:32,350
I'm paying 100 bucks, a million
people are paying 100 bucks.

996
00:47:32,350 --> 00:47:34,220
He was a money‐making machine.

997
00:47:34,220 --> 00:47:36,124
Announcer #4: A punishing
left hook, and that's it.

998
00:47:36,124 --> 00:47:38,395
They think I'm the hottest thing
since sliced bread.

999
00:47:38,395 --> 00:47:41,668
C. Douglas: He was admired
in the Black community

1000
00:47:41,668 --> 00:47:46,011
because when someone who
looks like me is succeeding,

1001
00:47:46,011 --> 00:47:48,716
I am uplifted myself.

1002
00:47:48,716 --> 00:47:51,021
Announcer #4:
The power of Mike Tyson.

1003
00:47:51,021 --> 00:47:52,724
You know,
there were three Black men

1004
00:47:52,724 --> 00:47:55,629
who ruled the world
during this time.

1005
00:47:55,629 --> 00:47:58,568
It was Michael Jordan,
Michael Jackson,

1006
00:47:58,568 --> 00:48:01,007
and it was Mike Tyson.

1007
00:48:01,007 --> 00:48:03,713
And everybody wanted to be Mike.

1008
00:48:03,713 --> 00:48:06,719
Announcer #5: You've got a shot
at Tyson's title.

1009
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:09,692
The only question was,
which Mike do you want to be?

1010
00:48:09,692 --> 00:48:11,194
[ Laughs ]

1011
00:48:11,194 --> 00:48:13,298
[ Cheers and applause ]

1012
00:48:13,298 --> 00:48:15,870
Reporter #2: Children and adults
beg him for autographs.

1013
00:48:15,870 --> 00:48:18,442
Fans and reporters follow him
wherever he goes.

1014
00:48:18,442 --> 00:48:21,816
He gets no relief,
not even during 4:00 A. M. jogs.

1015
00:48:21,816 --> 00:48:24,654
Good morning! Which way do I go?
Where's the hotel?

1016
00:48:24,654 --> 00:48:27,226
Perez:
You're an overnight sensation,

1017
00:48:27,226 --> 00:48:28,462
and you're walking
in the street,

1018
00:48:28,462 --> 00:48:30,332
and people are yelling
your name.

1019
00:48:30,332 --> 00:48:32,670
Girls are throwing themselves
at you,

1020
00:48:32,670 --> 00:48:36,478
and there's money, money, money
that you never, ever had.

1021
00:48:36,478 --> 00:48:39,317
How do you process all of that?

1022
00:48:39,317 --> 00:48:40,820
♪♪

1023
00:48:40,820 --> 00:48:42,691
Matthews:
The night he won the title

1024
00:48:42,691 --> 00:48:44,527
from Trevor Berbick in Vegas,

1025
00:48:44,527 --> 00:48:48,168
I came in from a club
at 4:00 in the morning,

1026
00:48:48,168 --> 00:48:50,707
and who was sitting
in the lobby by himself

1027
00:48:50,707 --> 00:48:52,376
with that title belt
around his waist

1028
00:48:52,376 --> 00:48:54,882
but Mike Tyson.

1029
00:48:54,882 --> 00:48:58,488
He was lonely, isolated,

1030
00:48:58,488 --> 00:49:01,561
wasn't sure what to do
with himself.

1031
00:49:01,561 --> 00:49:04,634
Gonzalez: The day Cus died,
Mike died with him.

1032
00:49:04,634 --> 00:49:06,137
♪♪

1033
00:49:06,137 --> 00:49:08,408
My first passenger
and my only passenger

1034
00:49:08,408 --> 00:49:11,247
in the limousine service
was Mike Tyson.

1035
00:49:11,247 --> 00:49:12,751
♪♪

1036
00:49:12,751 --> 00:49:14,020
I always saw Mike

1037
00:49:14,020 --> 00:49:15,957
through the rearview mirror
of those limousines

1038
00:49:15,957 --> 00:49:19,363
just as a sad young guy
trying to hide the fact

1039
00:49:19,363 --> 00:49:22,838
that he didn't know
what to do next.

1040
00:49:22,838 --> 00:49:26,879
During that time,
two men represented Mike Tyson,

1041
00:49:26,879 --> 00:49:28,950
Bill Cayton and Jim Jacobs,

1042
00:49:28,950 --> 00:49:33,726
and Jim did his best to console
him when he needed consoling

1043
00:49:33,726 --> 00:49:36,899
and just guide him
through the ups and downs

1044
00:49:36,899 --> 00:49:40,740
of being such a public figure
in such a public world.

1045
00:49:40,740 --> 00:49:46,451
Cus D'Amato
was violently opposed

1046
00:49:46,451 --> 00:49:50,960
to the ignorance
and corruption in boxing.

1047
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:52,296
♪♪

1048
00:49:52,296 --> 00:49:55,302
Gordon: During those early
years, that money came in,

1049
00:49:55,302 --> 00:49:57,172
and they put it away for him.

1050
00:49:57,172 --> 00:50:00,445
And they set up
all kind of annuities for him.

1051
00:50:00,445 --> 00:50:04,453
When I worked for them,
Mike Tyson was at home at 9:00,

1052
00:50:04,453 --> 00:50:06,157
because they told me one time,

1053
00:50:06,157 --> 00:50:07,660
"You don't do
what the champion wants.

1054
00:50:07,660 --> 00:50:09,630
You do what's good
for the champion."

1055
00:50:09,630 --> 00:50:11,467
♪♪

1056
00:50:11,467 --> 00:50:14,140
What fighters need to do
is have somebody there

1057
00:50:14,140 --> 00:50:15,442
that they can trust.

1058
00:50:15,442 --> 00:50:17,146
We don't have
that kind of education

1059
00:50:17,146 --> 00:50:19,150
to know what we're doing
with our money.

1060
00:50:19,150 --> 00:50:20,987
Somebody's got to help us.

1061
00:50:20,987 --> 00:50:22,489
♪♪

1062
00:50:22,489 --> 00:50:24,226
Reporter #3: What do you
think's going to be

1063
00:50:24,226 --> 00:50:25,329
with Mike
in the future?

1064
00:50:25,329 --> 00:50:27,066
What do you think
will happen with him?

1065
00:50:27,066 --> 00:50:29,838
[ Sighs ]
What will happen to him?

1066
00:50:29,838 --> 00:50:34,313
I think if he listens
to everybody ‐‐

1067
00:50:34,313 --> 00:50:38,689
listens to Jimmy,
listens to Bill ‐‐

1068
00:50:38,689 --> 00:50:41,361
I think he could become
a very great person.

1069
00:50:41,361 --> 00:50:43,866
♪♪

1070
00:50:43,866 --> 00:50:45,870
Strawberry: When you have
millions of dollars

1071
00:50:45,870 --> 00:50:47,707
and you come from nothing,

1072
00:50:47,707 --> 00:50:51,247
it means nothing anyway because
you had nothing growing up.

1073
00:50:51,247 --> 00:50:52,751
There's no education for that.

1074
00:50:52,751 --> 00:50:57,259
There's...trust for that.

1075
00:50:57,259 --> 00:50:58,729
♪♪

1076
00:50:58,729 --> 00:51:00,900
Money comes into play.
Fame comes into play.

1077
00:51:00,900 --> 00:51:02,704
Notoriety comes into play.

1078
00:51:02,704 --> 00:51:05,409
And it's very hard to deal
with them when you're young.

1079
00:51:05,409 --> 00:51:11,889
♪♪

1080
00:51:11,889 --> 00:51:13,258
Boyd:
And I think one of the ways

1081
00:51:13,258 --> 00:51:15,595
you can sort of stay connected
and plugged in

1082
00:51:15,595 --> 00:51:17,734
is by going back to something
that's very familiar.

1083
00:51:17,734 --> 00:51:21,207
He always seemed comfortable
to go home to Brooklyn

1084
00:51:21,207 --> 00:51:23,713
and be around his people.

1085
00:51:23,713 --> 00:51:25,215
Perez:
He was Brooklyn's own,

1086
00:51:25,215 --> 00:51:28,088
and so everyone felt
a connection to him.

1087
00:51:28,088 --> 00:51:30,125
And everyone lied,
"I know Mike Tyson.

1088
00:51:30,125 --> 00:51:31,127
Yeah, yeah, yeah."

1089
00:51:31,127 --> 00:51:32,029
Like,
you don't know Mike Tyson.

1090
00:51:32,029 --> 00:51:33,598
"Yes, I do, duh‐duh‐duh."

1091
00:51:33,598 --> 00:51:36,070
Dapper Dan: Mike Tyson, like,
was in the ghetto.

1092
00:51:36,070 --> 00:51:37,239
You could see him.

1093
00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:40,378
So he was that boy wonder
that we could relate to.

1094
00:51:40,378 --> 00:51:41,581
Gonzalez:
We would park these cars,

1095
00:51:41,581 --> 00:51:43,853
which, by the way,
no one would ever touch.

1096
00:51:43,853 --> 00:51:45,589
I was probably the only guy
in the world that left

1097
00:51:45,589 --> 00:51:48,228
a $300,000 Ferrari
sitting in Brooklyn

1098
00:51:48,228 --> 00:51:50,632
and it was still there
four hours later.

1099
00:51:50,632 --> 00:51:52,503
Grinker: We were in the car
at one point,

1100
00:51:52,503 --> 00:51:54,106
and all these little kids
came by.

1101
00:51:54,106 --> 00:51:56,077
And they were ripping up, like,
a paper bag or something

1102
00:51:56,077 --> 00:51:58,248
so they could have paper
for him to sign.

1103
00:51:58,248 --> 00:51:59,617
I loved that moment.

1104
00:51:59,617 --> 00:52:01,722
You know, this hero comes back.

1105
00:52:03,124 --> 00:52:04,426
[ Engine starts ]

1106
00:52:04,426 --> 00:52:06,297
[ Beep, gearshift clicks ]

1107
00:52:06,297 --> 00:52:08,434
Gonzalez: He was always
handing out money.

1108
00:52:08,434 --> 00:52:09,905
We would be driving
in the street,

1109
00:52:09,905 --> 00:52:11,440
and he would see a homeless guy,

1110
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:13,311
and he would jump out
of the limousine.

1111
00:52:13,311 --> 00:52:15,482
It got to a point where
we had to put special locks

1112
00:52:15,482 --> 00:52:16,852
so he wouldn't open these doors.

1113
00:52:16,852 --> 00:52:18,588
You know, I was scared
he would get runned over.

1114
00:52:18,588 --> 00:52:20,760
And people said,
"Why are you giving bums money?"

1115
00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:23,631
Because our family was homeless.

1116
00:52:23,631 --> 00:52:25,669
And I remember that situation.

1117
00:52:25,669 --> 00:52:27,139
♪♪

1118
00:52:27,139 --> 00:52:29,476
Perez:
He wanted a new narrative.

1119
00:52:29,476 --> 00:52:31,314
He didn't want to be the kid

1120
00:52:31,314 --> 00:52:34,153
that everyone picked on
and beat up and bullied.

1121
00:52:37,492 --> 00:52:41,869
It's hard to let go of a
childhood that wasn't so great.

1122
00:52:43,939 --> 00:52:47,579
And you want to keep going back
to make it right.

1123
00:52:47,579 --> 00:52:49,516
You keep wanting to correct it.

1124
00:52:49,516 --> 00:52:52,389
He told me that money
doesn't make you happy.

1125
00:52:52,389 --> 00:52:53,859
♪♪

1126
00:52:53,859 --> 00:52:56,832
It just buys you enough time
to realize you're not happy.

1127
00:52:56,832 --> 00:53:00,672
♪♪

1128
00:53:04,987 --> 00:53:06,624
♪♪

1129
00:53:06,624 --> 00:53:09,296
Dapper Dan: No famous person
ever in my history

1130
00:53:09,296 --> 00:53:13,804
has been inside the ghetto,
what we call inner sanctum,

1131
00:53:13,804 --> 00:53:15,173
like Mike Tyson.

1132
00:53:15,173 --> 00:53:18,915
You know,
on the block at the party.

1133
00:53:18,915 --> 00:53:20,485
Gonzalez:
We left Brownsville.

1134
00:53:20,485 --> 00:53:22,989
One night, it would be
Eddie Murphy's mansion.

1135
00:53:22,989 --> 00:53:26,997
It would be Bentley's nightclub,
or we would hit Studio 54.

1136
00:53:26,997 --> 00:53:29,469
We had some fun nights, and he
loved me like a little brother.

1137
00:53:29,469 --> 00:53:31,172
You know,
he'd just put his arm around me,

1138
00:53:31,172 --> 00:53:32,509
and we'd go through the club
and hang out.

1139
00:53:32,509 --> 00:53:33,511
He was great.

1140
00:53:33,511 --> 00:53:34,880
Matthews:
Cus D'Amato had this guy.

1141
00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:36,317
He's like, "I'm making you
into heavyweight champion.

1142
00:53:36,317 --> 00:53:37,886
No, you can't go out with girls.

1143
00:53:37,886 --> 00:53:39,957
No, you can't go out drinking
with your friends."

1144
00:53:39,957 --> 00:53:42,596
Those handcuffs were off
after he beat Berbick.

1145
00:53:42,596 --> 00:53:44,800
Are the women, like,
approaching you now?

1146
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:45,802
I mean,
you know...

1147
00:53:45,802 --> 00:53:47,237
It's tough being 20.

1148
00:53:47,237 --> 00:53:49,141
[ Laughter ]

1149
00:53:49,141 --> 00:53:51,045
Heller: When you're heavyweight
champion of the world,

1150
00:53:51,045 --> 00:53:54,486
you symbolically are the most
powerful man in the world,

1151
00:53:54,486 --> 00:53:56,222
and now
all these beautiful women

1152
00:53:56,222 --> 00:53:57,993
wanted to be with him,
suddenly ‐‐

1153
00:53:57,993 --> 00:54:00,798
Suzette Charles,
who had been Miss America;

1154
00:54:00,798 --> 00:54:03,036
Naomi Campbell, a supermodel;

1155
00:54:03,036 --> 00:54:06,910
people who were totally
inaccessible to him previously.

1156
00:54:06,910 --> 00:54:09,750
He had relationship
after relationship,

1157
00:54:09,750 --> 00:54:12,989
and then, finally,
he meets his princess.

1158
00:54:12,989 --> 00:54:14,926
Gosh,
you look really...

1159
00:54:14,926 --> 00:54:17,465
I don't know.
Hot.

1160
00:54:17,465 --> 00:54:19,168
Really?

1161
00:54:19,168 --> 00:54:21,139
Matthews:
Robin Givens was the star

1162
00:54:21,139 --> 00:54:24,713
of a TV show called
"Head of the Class."

1163
00:54:24,713 --> 00:54:26,082
[ Reporters clamoring ]

1164
00:54:26,082 --> 00:54:28,688
Smith: Robin Givens was one of
the few Black actresses

1165
00:54:28,688 --> 00:54:33,364
on television or in films ‐‐
somebody that myself

1166
00:54:33,364 --> 00:54:35,501
and a lot of my friends
looked to

1167
00:54:35,501 --> 00:54:40,177
as such an amazing person,
so beautiful, so smart.

1168
00:54:40,177 --> 00:54:42,549
Supposedly had been with
Michael Jordan,

1169
00:54:42,549 --> 00:54:44,419
supposedly been
with Eddie Murphy,

1170
00:54:44,419 --> 00:54:47,592
and Tyson was running
in those circles.

1171
00:54:47,592 --> 00:54:50,698
Gonzalez: She was very nice.
She was very respectful.

1172
00:54:50,698 --> 00:54:52,569
He really,
really was in love with her.

1173
00:54:52,569 --> 00:54:54,606
He went bananas.

1174
00:54:54,606 --> 00:54:57,579
Boyd: I remember Mike Tyson
and Robin Givens

1175
00:54:57,579 --> 00:55:02,589
at the NBA all‐star game
in 1988 in Chicago.

1176
00:55:02,589 --> 00:55:05,461
Announcer:
Michael Jordan!

1177
00:55:05,461 --> 00:55:08,099
Boyd: It was something
that the media

1178
00:55:08,099 --> 00:55:10,270
and others paid
a lot of attention to.

1179
00:55:10,270 --> 00:55:13,778
I mean, the heavyweight champion
of the world and this actress ‐‐

1180
00:55:13,778 --> 00:55:17,452
It kind of fits into notions
that Americans have long had

1181
00:55:17,452 --> 00:55:21,693
about individuals like
Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe.

1182
00:55:21,693 --> 00:55:23,731
Givens:
He was persistent.

1183
00:55:23,731 --> 00:55:27,605
He came to claim me,
and I like that.

1184
00:55:27,605 --> 00:55:29,643
Grinker:
So then there's this wedding,

1185
00:55:29,643 --> 00:55:32,214
and it's ‐‐ it feels very real.

1186
00:55:32,214 --> 00:55:33,584
They had a good rapport.

1187
00:55:33,584 --> 00:55:36,055
They laughed a lot.

1188
00:55:36,055 --> 00:55:38,427
Yeah, I definitely could see him

1189
00:55:38,427 --> 00:55:42,468
totally in love with her,
like a puppy.

1190
00:55:42,468 --> 00:55:44,940
Reporter: Robin,
inquiring minds want to know,

1191
00:55:44,940 --> 00:55:47,946
how does a woman who went
to Sarah Lawrence

1192
00:55:47,946 --> 00:55:49,616
wind up falling in love
with a guy

1193
00:55:49,616 --> 00:55:51,620
who's a graduate
of the school of hard knocks?

1194
00:55:51,620 --> 00:55:53,457
God,
I want to know, too.

1195
00:55:53,457 --> 00:55:55,628
There's something ‐‐
We have a lot in common,

1196
00:55:55,628 --> 00:55:58,300
tradition ‐‐
traditional families,

1197
00:55:58,300 --> 00:56:00,438
and we just sort of
love each other.

1198
00:56:00,438 --> 00:56:01,707
It was sort of love
at first sight.

1199
00:56:01,707 --> 00:56:02,809
It was hard
in the beginning,

1200
00:56:02,809 --> 00:56:05,481
but we got through it
and we ended up married.

1201
00:56:05,481 --> 00:56:06,817
Perez:
Everyone's like,

1202
00:56:06,817 --> 00:56:08,420
"Oh, it's going to work
because opposites attract."

1203
00:56:10,758 --> 00:56:12,795
Yeah.

1204
00:56:12,795 --> 00:56:16,670
Announcer:
Good left by Tyson.

1205
00:56:16,670 --> 00:56:19,008
Tubbs is hurt.

1206
00:56:19,008 --> 00:56:21,647
Tubbs is hurt badly.

1207
00:56:21,647 --> 00:56:24,586
Boyd: When you think about
Mike Tyson in the ring,

1208
00:56:24,586 --> 00:56:26,456
he was unbeatable,

1209
00:56:26,456 --> 00:56:31,767
but outside the ring,
he had to face Don King.

1210
00:56:31,767 --> 00:56:33,704
Get it now, baby!
Only in America!

1211
00:56:33,704 --> 00:56:35,808
Only in America!

1212
00:56:35,808 --> 00:56:38,146
Tyson: Don King is
the greatest promoter

1213
00:56:38,146 --> 00:56:40,016
in the history of the world.

1214
00:56:40,016 --> 00:56:42,989
He is just magnificent,
the way he articulate his words.

1215
00:56:42,989 --> 00:56:44,292
King:
He's going to be SKD,

1216
00:56:44,292 --> 00:56:46,296
what we call in the vernacular
of the ghetto ‐‐

1217
00:56:46,296 --> 00:56:47,565
something kind of different.

1218
00:56:47,565 --> 00:56:49,469
[ Laughs ]

1219
00:56:49,469 --> 00:56:52,775
Reporter #2: An arresting figure
with his wild hair.

1220
00:56:52,775 --> 00:56:54,078
Reporter #3: Why do you wear
your hair that way?

1221
00:56:54,078 --> 00:56:56,215
I don't wear my hair that way.
My hair wears me.

1222
00:56:56,215 --> 00:56:57,685
Ping, ping,
ping, ping, ping.

1223
00:56:57,685 --> 00:56:59,188
My hair
was coming up like this.

1224
00:56:59,188 --> 00:57:00,791
It is au naturale.

1225
00:57:00,791 --> 00:57:04,432
Bayless: Nobody that I've ever
encountered could sell better

1226
00:57:04,432 --> 00:57:06,903
than Don King could sell fights.

1227
00:57:06,903 --> 00:57:10,143
And I'm certain
that it can only go one way ‐‐

1228
00:57:10,143 --> 00:57:12,515
Mike Tyson,
double your money.

1229
00:57:12,515 --> 00:57:13,851
Thank you.

1230
00:57:13,851 --> 00:57:17,291
Gordon: Don King was a street
guy from Cleveland, Ohio.

1231
00:57:17,291 --> 00:57:20,163
Numbers runner, this and that.

1232
00:57:20,163 --> 00:57:23,637
Don King is no one to
[bleep] with, you know, period.

1233
00:57:23,637 --> 00:57:26,309
He beat a man to death
on a street corner in Cleveland

1234
00:57:26,309 --> 00:57:27,578
who owed him money.

1235
00:57:27,578 --> 00:57:29,482
The guy was saying,
"I'll pay you, Don,"

1236
00:57:29,482 --> 00:57:33,189
as Don King was kicking him
to death on a street corner.

1237
00:57:33,189 --> 00:57:35,026
Don King goes to jail
for four years

1238
00:57:35,026 --> 00:57:37,398
on a manslaughter rap.

1239
00:57:37,398 --> 00:57:40,838
Boyd: Don King listened
to the first Ali‐Frazier fight

1240
00:57:40,838 --> 00:57:43,176
on the radio
in the penitentiary,

1241
00:57:43,176 --> 00:57:46,048
and three years later,
he was promoting

1242
00:57:46,048 --> 00:57:47,985
The Rumble in the Jungle
in Zaire.

1243
00:57:47,985 --> 00:57:50,491
Announcer: And quickly,
a combination.

1244
00:57:50,491 --> 00:57:53,797
Matthews: Which is, you know,
at that point, a blockbuster.

1245
00:57:53,797 --> 00:57:55,266
He's got Muhammad Ali.

1246
00:57:55,266 --> 00:57:56,703
He's got all the money.

1247
00:57:56,703 --> 00:57:59,342
He is the king of boxing.

1248
00:57:59,342 --> 00:58:01,178
But someone like Don King,
he wants everything.

1249
00:58:01,178 --> 00:58:02,815
He wants the power,
you know what I mean?

1250
00:58:02,815 --> 00:58:04,284
King:
It's not about white power.

1251
00:58:04,284 --> 00:58:05,821
It's not about black power.

1252
00:58:05,821 --> 00:58:08,092
It's about green power,
M‐O‐N‐E‐Y, man.

1253
00:58:08,092 --> 00:58:11,766
And we know we gonna get
<i>mucho, mucho dinero.</i>

1254
00:58:11,766 --> 00:58:13,804
Martin Luther King took us
to the mountaintop,

1255
00:58:13,804 --> 00:58:15,474
and he showed us
the promised land.

1256
00:58:15,474 --> 00:58:17,411
I want to take us to the bank.

1257
00:58:17,411 --> 00:58:19,649
Reporter #4: But if there's one
person he hopes is listening,

1258
00:58:19,649 --> 00:58:21,920
it's Mike Tyson, who at age 21

1259
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:26,363
figures to be the biggest
money winner in boxing history.

1260
00:58:26,363 --> 00:58:31,306
Don King kept looking for a way
to move in on Mike Tyson.

1261
00:58:31,306 --> 00:58:32,508
♪♪

1262
00:58:32,508 --> 00:58:35,581
And then
the unexpected happened.

1263
00:58:35,581 --> 00:58:37,552
Reporter #5:
Funeral services were held today

1264
00:58:37,552 --> 00:58:38,887
at Hillside Memorial Cemetery

1265
00:58:38,887 --> 00:58:41,626
for boxing manager Jimmy Jacobs,
who died Wednesday.

1266
00:58:41,626 --> 00:58:44,933
Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson,
whom Jacobs co‐managed,

1267
00:58:44,933 --> 00:58:46,736
was one of the pallbearers.

1268
00:58:46,736 --> 00:58:52,280
Heller: So within two years,
Mike Tyson lost both his mentor,

1269
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:56,856
Cus D'Amato, and Jimmy Jacobs.

1270
00:58:56,856 --> 00:58:59,061
He was lost.

1271
00:58:59,061 --> 00:59:00,931
Gordon: I remember
at Jim Jacobs' funeral,

1272
00:59:00,931 --> 00:59:02,401
and I was there in L. A.,

1273
00:59:02,401 --> 00:59:06,309
was when Don King began to put
the full‐court press on Tyson.

1274
00:59:06,309 --> 00:59:07,845
Reporter #3:
When Jim Jacobs died,

1275
00:59:07,845 --> 00:59:09,515
did you not
go to Mike Tyson

1276
00:59:09,515 --> 00:59:11,686
and say, "You don't want to stay
with this other guy who's white.

1277
00:59:11,686 --> 00:59:12,822
You want
to come with me"?

1278
00:59:12,822 --> 00:59:14,826
No, I never even went to him,
period,

1279
00:59:14,826 --> 00:59:15,995
to even talk to him about that.

1280
00:59:15,995 --> 00:59:17,598
Let me ask you about
another trait

1281
00:59:17,598 --> 00:59:19,067
people say
of Don King.

1282
00:59:19,067 --> 00:59:20,270
They say he uses race.

1283
00:59:20,270 --> 00:59:21,640
He plays
on the race.

1284
00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:23,777
"Brother,"
he says to a Black fighter,

1285
00:59:23,777 --> 00:59:25,614
"you don't want
that White manager.

1286
00:59:25,614 --> 00:59:28,620
Brother, you come with me
because we're Black."

1287
00:59:28,620 --> 00:59:29,622
You do that?

1288
00:59:29,622 --> 00:59:31,326
[ Chuckles ]
That's ridiculous.

1289
00:59:31,326 --> 00:59:33,029
Let me tell you something,
Sam.

1290
00:59:33,029 --> 00:59:35,467
In America,
it's sad, but it's true.

1291
00:59:35,467 --> 00:59:38,307
You know, racism is prevalent
here in America,

1292
00:59:38,307 --> 00:59:41,980
and it's the exception
rather than the rule

1293
00:59:41,980 --> 00:59:44,017
when a Black represents a Black.

1294
00:59:44,017 --> 00:59:47,291
The rule is that White
represents Black in boxing,

1295
00:59:47,291 --> 00:59:49,962
entertainment, in sports,
and everything else.

1296
00:59:49,962 --> 00:59:51,466
♪♪

1297
00:59:51,466 --> 00:59:55,474
Gordon: We saw a metamorphosis
in Mike Tyson,

1298
00:59:55,474 --> 00:59:57,511
and I think
only Mike can tell you

1299
00:59:57,511 --> 01:00:00,351
what he was going through,
the pain he was going through.

1300
01:00:00,351 --> 01:00:08,367
It just didn't ever feel like
he was grounded and truly happy,

1301
01:00:08,367 --> 01:00:12,207
and his life started
to spiral out of control.

1302
01:00:12,207 --> 01:00:16,115
♪♪

1303
01:00:19,422 --> 01:00:22,361
And now I guess I'm Mike Tyson,
what everybody wants to see.

1304
01:00:22,361 --> 01:00:24,298
♪♪

1305
01:00:24,298 --> 01:00:25,501
Announcer:
He is gone by now.

1306
01:00:25,501 --> 01:00:27,338
He has no legs at all.

1307
01:00:27,338 --> 01:00:29,375
Tyson: It's just my nature
to reach for you

1308
01:00:29,375 --> 01:00:31,513
and take your heart
and your blood and your spleen

1309
01:00:31,513 --> 01:00:33,450
and your liver, your eye socket.

1310
01:00:33,450 --> 01:00:35,019
Announcer: And 10 seconds to go
in the round.

1311
01:00:35,019 --> 01:00:37,525
There's the left hand.
He's down again. It's over.

1312
01:00:37,525 --> 01:00:38,860
Bayless:
The sport of boxing

1313
01:00:38,860 --> 01:00:41,399
has always exploited
its fighters

1314
01:00:41,399 --> 01:00:45,874
because it's never enough
just to win a fight.

1315
01:00:45,874 --> 01:00:48,580
Announcer #2:
And there comes the gladiator.

1316
01:00:48,580 --> 01:00:50,149
The public wants more.

1317
01:00:50,149 --> 01:00:53,523
Right on down
after a right hand.

1318
01:00:53,523 --> 01:00:55,961
The public wants personality.

1319
01:00:55,961 --> 01:00:57,163
Tyson: I dare them
to challenge me

1320
01:00:57,163 --> 01:00:59,000
with their somewhat
primitive skills.

1321
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:00,838
They're just as good as dead.

1322
01:01:00,838 --> 01:01:02,808
The public wants soap opera.

1323
01:01:02,808 --> 01:01:05,414
♪♪

1324
01:01:05,414 --> 01:01:08,219
Reporter: The fight is about
to begin between Mike Tyson

1325
01:01:08,219 --> 01:01:09,822
and the challenger,
Michael Spinks,

1326
01:01:09,822 --> 01:01:11,091
to determine who will be

1327
01:01:11,091 --> 01:01:13,930
the undisputed heavyweight
champion of the world.

1328
01:01:13,930 --> 01:01:16,769
Announcer #3:
"Iron" Mike Tyson!

1329
01:01:16,769 --> 01:01:19,742
Reporter #2: These men are
very businesslike as they arrive

1330
01:01:19,742 --> 01:01:22,515
and step onto the scales
at Trump Plaza today.

1331
01:01:22,515 --> 01:01:25,152
This theater
is absolutely jammed.

1332
01:01:25,152 --> 01:01:27,591
Wooley: The fight was named
Once and For All.

1333
01:01:27,591 --> 01:01:29,595
Both men were undefeated.

1334
01:01:29,595 --> 01:01:34,237
Man: Okay, Michael Spinks,
212 pounds and 1/4.

1335
01:01:34,237 --> 01:01:37,478
Wooley: That created the
excitement behind this fight.

1336
01:01:37,478 --> 01:01:40,216
Who was going to win?
Nobody knew.

1337
01:01:40,216 --> 01:01:43,590
Man: Michael Tyson,
218 pounds and 1/4.

1338
01:01:43,590 --> 01:01:46,261
[ Cheers and applause ]

1339
01:01:46,261 --> 01:01:49,100
Greenburg: I remember Mike Tyson
and Robin Givens

1340
01:01:49,100 --> 01:01:51,071
were reported
to be getting into fights

1341
01:01:51,071 --> 01:01:52,775
in their Bernardsville home

1342
01:01:52,775 --> 01:01:56,583
that they had just bought
prior to the Spinks fight.

1343
01:01:56,583 --> 01:01:58,753
Reporter #3: Tyson was caught up
in a family squabble.

1344
01:01:58,753 --> 01:02:00,457
He was accused
of hitting his wife.

1345
01:02:00,457 --> 01:02:02,661
She was accused
of dominating him.

1346
01:02:02,661 --> 01:02:05,834
Obviously, we're sitting
in our offices at HBO

1347
01:02:05,834 --> 01:02:07,638
kind of rolling our eyes.

1348
01:02:07,638 --> 01:02:09,642
Okay, what's going on there?

1349
01:02:09,642 --> 01:02:11,479
Matthews: The stress that was
leading up to the Spinks fight

1350
01:02:11,479 --> 01:02:13,783
on Tyson had to be tremendous.

1351
01:02:13,783 --> 01:02:17,156
Clearly, you know,
his marriage is falling apart.

1352
01:02:17,156 --> 01:02:19,160
There were these
horrible stories in the media,

1353
01:02:19,160 --> 01:02:20,464
one of which I wrote,

1354
01:02:20,464 --> 01:02:23,202
but there were other stories,
as well.

1355
01:02:23,202 --> 01:02:25,440
He was just, like,
sick of the media coverage,

1356
01:02:25,440 --> 01:02:28,012
sick of all the people
pulling on him.

1357
01:02:28,012 --> 01:02:29,548
You can see his mood darkening.

1358
01:02:29,548 --> 01:02:30,984
What about
all the things

1359
01:02:30,984 --> 01:02:32,588
that have been written
about your personal life?

1360
01:02:32,588 --> 01:02:34,224
The majority of things
that you read

1361
01:02:34,224 --> 01:02:35,661
is preposterous.

1362
01:02:35,661 --> 01:02:39,869
[ Cheers and applause ]

1363
01:02:39,869 --> 01:02:41,038
Announcer #4:
I want to tell you,

1364
01:02:41,038 --> 01:02:43,343
the electricity of this crowd
is awesome.

1365
01:02:43,343 --> 01:02:45,647
Greenburg:
The one thing about Mike Tyson

1366
01:02:45,647 --> 01:02:49,355
was as much chaos
was going on around him,

1367
01:02:49,355 --> 01:02:52,494
he never let that
affect his tunnel vision

1368
01:02:52,494 --> 01:02:55,701
of what Cus had taught him...

1369
01:02:55,701 --> 01:02:59,341
getting in the ring
and execute the game plan.

1370
01:02:59,341 --> 01:03:02,848
[ Cheers and applause ]

1371
01:03:02,848 --> 01:03:05,019
Announcer #5: People are betting
on Michael Spinks

1372
01:03:05,019 --> 01:03:08,192
because he hasn't lost a fight
in 12 years.

1373
01:03:08,192 --> 01:03:10,062
I knew I had my hands full,

1374
01:03:10,062 --> 01:03:12,601
and I knew
what I was up against.

1375
01:03:12,601 --> 01:03:14,104
♪♪

1376
01:03:14,104 --> 01:03:16,375
Announcer #4: He's got
that scornful look on his face,

1377
01:03:16,375 --> 01:03:18,713
"Hey, let's get it going."

1378
01:03:18,713 --> 01:03:21,886
Briggs: We don't understand fear
until fear hits us.

1379
01:03:21,886 --> 01:03:24,157
You start sweating, perspiring
in front of the world.

1380
01:03:24,157 --> 01:03:25,360
You on television,

1381
01:03:25,360 --> 01:03:27,464
and you got Mike Tyson
right across from you.

1382
01:03:27,464 --> 01:03:30,169
And you trying to tell yourself,
"Stay calm, stay calm."

1383
01:03:30,169 --> 01:03:33,777
No, listen, you about
to get that thunder put to you.

1384
01:03:33,777 --> 01:03:35,881
Announcer #6:
Referee Frank Cappuccino

1385
01:03:35,881 --> 01:03:38,051
begins to issue
final instructions.

1386
01:03:38,051 --> 01:03:40,357
Cappuccino: Alright,
both of you, touch gloves.

1387
01:03:40,357 --> 01:03:41,926
Good luck to both of you.

1388
01:03:41,926 --> 01:03:43,463
Gonzalez:
There's a misconception

1389
01:03:43,463 --> 01:03:45,934
that Tyson was vicious
and he was angry.

1390
01:03:45,934 --> 01:03:47,069
It was just a technique.

1391
01:03:47,069 --> 01:03:48,473
[ Bell rings ]

1392
01:03:48,473 --> 01:03:50,209
Announcer #4: The opening bell.
Let's see what happens.

1393
01:03:50,209 --> 01:03:51,479
Gonzalez:
It's no different

1394
01:03:51,479 --> 01:03:53,215
than what a tap dancer does
on the floor.

1395
01:03:53,215 --> 01:03:55,252
Announcer #4:
Tyson attacks immediately,

1396
01:03:55,252 --> 01:03:57,558
cuts up the ring,
throws a wild right hand.

1397
01:03:57,558 --> 01:03:59,929
This is Round One.
We're just underway.

1398
01:03:59,929 --> 01:04:02,467
He would knock out somebody,
send you flowers.

1399
01:04:02,467 --> 01:04:04,872
He would be like, "Dan,
I really hit that guy hard."

1400
01:04:04,872 --> 01:04:06,909
Announcer #4: Tyson just looking
for the opportunity

1401
01:04:06,909 --> 01:04:09,348
to land a vicious left hook
and then a right hand.

1402
01:04:09,348 --> 01:04:11,953
A right hand lands
on the head of Mike Spinks.

1403
01:04:11,953 --> 01:04:14,758
It's Tyson all the way here
in round number one.

1404
01:04:14,758 --> 01:04:16,562
Vicious shots to the body.

1405
01:04:16,562 --> 01:04:18,433
Nothing really heavy
landing yet,

1406
01:04:18,433 --> 01:04:19,535
but he's taking them.

1407
01:04:19,535 --> 01:04:21,539
The uppercut.
Body shot.

1408
01:04:21,539 --> 01:04:24,545
Down goes Mike Spinks
for the first time.

1409
01:04:24,545 --> 01:04:26,114
Spinks:
When I got hit,

1410
01:04:26,114 --> 01:04:28,786
I lost my cools
and just tried to hit him back.

1411
01:04:28,786 --> 01:04:30,055
Announcer #4:
Here comes Mike Spinks in.

1412
01:04:30,055 --> 01:04:32,661
He leads with a right hand.
Down he goes.

1413
01:04:32,661 --> 01:04:34,398
I don't think
you get up from this.

1414
01:04:34,398 --> 01:04:36,736
Mike Spinks is laying
flat on his back.

1415
01:04:36,736 --> 01:04:40,242
The count is up to five,
and six and seven and eight.

1416
01:04:40,242 --> 01:04:43,215
He won't be able to do it.
It's all over!

1417
01:04:43,215 --> 01:04:47,925
A dramatic first round
for Mike Tyson.

1418
01:04:47,925 --> 01:04:51,197
[ Cheers and applause ]

1419
01:04:51,197 --> 01:04:54,037
And the time, it tells me 1:31,

1420
01:04:54,037 --> 01:04:58,078
one of the fastest knockouts
in heavyweight history.

1421
01:04:58,078 --> 01:05:00,317
Wooley: 91 seconds.

1422
01:05:00,317 --> 01:05:04,123
That meant that Tyson made about
a quarter of a million dollars

1423
01:05:04,123 --> 01:05:06,362
for every second
he was in that ring.

1424
01:05:06,362 --> 01:05:10,804
Announcer #4: I have never seen
a guy taken out so viciously.

1425
01:05:10,804 --> 01:05:13,175
Gonzalez:
I didn't get to see any of it.

1426
01:05:13,175 --> 01:05:17,384
I had to park the limousine,
and I see Mike come out.

1427
01:05:17,384 --> 01:05:18,720
And he still has his raps.

1428
01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:21,024
He's pulling them off,
and he jumps in the limousine.

1429
01:05:21,024 --> 01:05:22,361
And I look.
I said, "What happened?"

1430
01:05:22,361 --> 01:05:24,898
He goes, "He's done. It's done.
Let's get out of here."

1431
01:05:24,898 --> 01:05:26,635
That's how fast this was.

1432
01:05:26,635 --> 01:05:28,105
Announcer #4:
And now the question is,

1433
01:05:28,105 --> 01:05:31,946
who in this world
has any chance against this man?

1434
01:05:31,946 --> 01:05:34,752
Schaap:
This was the coronation.

1435
01:05:34,752 --> 01:05:38,960
This was Mike Tyson
sending a message that...

1436
01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:42,634
"I am now
the king of the world."

1437
01:05:42,634 --> 01:05:45,640
You would think that riding
the crest of that Spinks win

1438
01:05:45,640 --> 01:05:48,145
would have put him on top
of the world, but actually...

1439
01:05:48,145 --> 01:05:49,213
Reporter #4:
Are you okay, Mike?

1440
01:05:49,213 --> 01:05:50,417
Man:
How you feeling?

1441
01:05:50,417 --> 01:05:51,786
...it was the beginning
of a downward spiral

1442
01:05:51,786 --> 01:05:53,322
that lasted for quite a while.

1443
01:05:53,322 --> 01:05:55,360
Just get out of here.
Come on. Please.

1444
01:05:55,360 --> 01:05:56,495
Reporter #4: Robin,
can you tell us ‐‐

1445
01:05:56,495 --> 01:05:57,962
No,
nothing happened.

1446
01:06:02,843 --> 01:06:05,281
Reporter: Has the price of fame
been too great for you?

1447
01:06:05,281 --> 01:06:07,753
When you're a celebrity,
especially of my caliber,

1448
01:06:07,753 --> 01:06:09,089
you make a great deal of money,

1449
01:06:09,089 --> 01:06:10,759
and once you make
a great deal of money,

1450
01:06:10,759 --> 01:06:12,930
there's a whole bunch
of greed involved.

1451
01:06:12,930 --> 01:06:15,769
And that's the only thing that
interferes as far as your life

1452
01:06:15,769 --> 01:06:17,940
and in your professional career.

1453
01:06:17,940 --> 01:06:20,446
Dapper Dan: I watched all
these vultures converge on Mike.

1454
01:06:20,446 --> 01:06:22,015
I said, "Damn."

1455
01:06:22,015 --> 01:06:24,152
It was a sad picture.

1456
01:06:24,152 --> 01:06:25,990
Gordon:
He was battling with King,

1457
01:06:25,990 --> 01:06:28,127
he was battling
with Robin Givens,

1458
01:06:28,127 --> 01:06:29,831
and all the magazine writers,

1459
01:06:29,831 --> 01:06:32,068
the newspaper writers,
went from saying

1460
01:06:32,068 --> 01:06:35,576
the most glowing things
in the world about Mike...

1461
01:06:35,576 --> 01:06:38,482
to making jokes about him.

1462
01:06:38,482 --> 01:06:40,251
Reporter #2: This
<i>Sports Illustrated</i> article

1463
01:06:40,251 --> 01:06:42,255
and some of the others,
the tone is that suggests

1464
01:06:42,255 --> 01:06:44,427
that you and your mother
are opportunists

1465
01:06:44,427 --> 01:06:46,531
and that you are meddling
too much in Mike's career.

1466
01:06:46,531 --> 01:06:48,635
Right.
That's absurd.

1467
01:06:48,635 --> 01:06:50,606
First of all,
I'm Michael's wife,

1468
01:06:50,606 --> 01:06:52,777
and not only that,
but we're family.

1469
01:06:52,777 --> 01:06:55,449
Gordon:
Many of us who were his friends,

1470
01:06:55,449 --> 01:06:57,586
he questioned our friendship.

1471
01:06:57,586 --> 01:06:59,757
He asked,
"Are you still my friend?

1472
01:06:59,757 --> 01:07:01,995
Because I don't know
who my friends are."

1473
01:07:01,995 --> 01:07:03,632
Givens: An incident happened,
and we noticed

1474
01:07:03,632 --> 01:07:05,502
a discrepancy
with Michael's money.

1475
01:07:05,502 --> 01:07:07,973
If Michael has $50 million

1476
01:07:07,973 --> 01:07:10,144
and he's supposed to have
$70 million,

1477
01:07:10,144 --> 01:07:12,282
there's a problem.

1478
01:07:12,282 --> 01:07:14,821
Gordon: By the time
1988 was running out,

1479
01:07:14,821 --> 01:07:18,160
that fantasy love story
was disappearing,

1480
01:07:18,160 --> 01:07:22,001
and we all remember him
being on ABC

1481
01:07:22,001 --> 01:07:23,505
with Barbara Walters.

1482
01:07:23,505 --> 01:07:25,108
Good evening.
I'm Hugh Downs.

1483
01:07:25,108 --> 01:07:28,815
And I'm Barbara Walters,
and this is "20/20."

1484
01:07:28,815 --> 01:07:33,458
♪♪

1485
01:07:33,458 --> 01:07:38,300
And you knew before it that
the electric sparks would fly

1486
01:07:38,300 --> 01:07:41,674
and something bizarre
would happen that night.

1487
01:07:41,674 --> 01:07:43,779
Well, Hugh, these days,
it seems that the only time

1488
01:07:43,779 --> 01:07:45,649
Mike Tyson's name
is in the news

1489
01:07:45,649 --> 01:07:48,020
is when it's linked
to something sensational.

1490
01:07:48,020 --> 01:07:49,991
♪♪

1491
01:07:49,991 --> 01:07:52,328
Walters: Outside the ring,
there was trouble ‐‐

1492
01:07:52,328 --> 01:07:54,332
Tyson hurt
in a Harlem street brawl

1493
01:07:54,332 --> 01:07:56,036
with fighter Mitch Green.

1494
01:07:56,036 --> 01:07:58,675
Tyson broke his hand
and Green's face.

1495
01:07:58,675 --> 01:08:02,048
Then rumors that the brief
marriage was falling apart

1496
01:08:02,048 --> 01:08:04,821
and that Tyson
was beating his wife.

1497
01:08:04,821 --> 01:08:05,856
Reporter #3:
Are you okay, Mike?

1498
01:08:05,856 --> 01:08:06,925
Man: How you feeling?

1499
01:08:06,925 --> 01:08:08,060
Tyson in the news again.

1500
01:08:08,060 --> 01:08:10,264
This time, <i>he</i> was knocked out,

1501
01:08:10,264 --> 01:08:12,837
crashing his own car
into a tree,

1502
01:08:12,837 --> 01:08:15,241
reportedly an attempted suicide

1503
01:08:15,241 --> 01:08:17,045
after another fight
with his wife.

1504
01:08:17,045 --> 01:08:18,548
Reporter #3: Can you tell us
what happened?

1505
01:08:18,548 --> 01:08:21,588
No, no. Just get out of here.
Come on. Please.

1506
01:08:21,588 --> 01:08:23,390
Walters:
And another incident ‐‐

1507
01:08:23,390 --> 01:08:25,829
this time,
Tyson attacked an NBC News crew

1508
01:08:25,829 --> 01:08:27,666
which caught him
on an early‐morning run.

1509
01:08:27,666 --> 01:08:29,837
Reporter #4: Mike.
What do you want?

1510
01:08:29,837 --> 01:08:31,406
Matthews:
You couldn't keep up with it.

1511
01:08:31,406 --> 01:08:33,845
I mean, this guy basically
was reality television

1512
01:08:33,845 --> 01:08:36,584
way before reality TV
was invented.

1513
01:08:36,584 --> 01:08:38,588
♪♪

1514
01:08:38,588 --> 01:08:40,592
‐Are we rolling?
‐Yeah.

1515
01:08:40,592 --> 01:08:41,728
Barbara coming down.

1516
01:08:41,728 --> 01:08:44,065
Walters: Okay, here we go.
We're talking.

1517
01:08:44,065 --> 01:08:45,736
How long have you been
in this house?

1518
01:08:45,736 --> 01:08:47,540
For at least
4 1/2, 5 months.

1519
01:08:47,540 --> 01:08:49,042
Matthews:
Back in the 1980s,

1520
01:08:49,042 --> 01:08:50,846
there was a standard
rehabilitation tour

1521
01:08:50,846 --> 01:08:52,850
for celebrities
who had been disgraced.

1522
01:08:52,850 --> 01:08:56,691
You would go to Barbara Walters,
sit on the couch, and cry.

1523
01:08:56,691 --> 01:08:59,262
Walters: I went to the estate
Tyson calls home

1524
01:08:59,262 --> 01:09:02,536
in exclusive
Bernardsville, New Jersey.

1525
01:09:02,536 --> 01:09:05,742
Inside, the white room for music
and relaxing...

1526
01:09:05,742 --> 01:09:07,145
♪♪

1527
01:09:07,145 --> 01:09:10,919
...the dining room,
fit for grand parties...

1528
01:09:10,919 --> 01:09:14,059
and the living room
with its gold‐leaf ceiling

1529
01:09:14,059 --> 01:09:18,167
and yellow silk draperies
and couches.

1530
01:09:18,167 --> 01:09:20,104
You really
decorated this house.

1531
01:09:20,104 --> 01:09:22,576
I did everything.
Me myself.

1532
01:09:22,576 --> 01:09:25,014
But you never grew up
with any of this.

1533
01:09:25,014 --> 01:09:27,686
You don't have
to grow up with it.

1534
01:09:27,686 --> 01:09:29,724
I mean, you're not born
with good taste.

1535
01:09:29,724 --> 01:09:31,360
You develop it.

1536
01:09:31,360 --> 01:09:34,032
Stedman Guff:
Everyone on the crew

1537
01:09:34,032 --> 01:09:36,203
and Barbara Walters herself...

1538
01:09:36,203 --> 01:09:37,906
You look like
a country squire here

1539
01:09:37,906 --> 01:09:39,777
with your dogs
and your estate.

1540
01:09:39,777 --> 01:09:43,952
...we were all impressed
by how he put

1541
01:09:43,952 --> 01:09:47,860
his personal taste
into this place.

1542
01:09:47,860 --> 01:09:50,799
Because the house
is very elegant.

1543
01:09:50,799 --> 01:09:52,068
Elegant is true,

1544
01:09:52,068 --> 01:09:55,007
but from the outside,
it's overwhelming.

1545
01:09:55,007 --> 01:09:58,848
We thought it was very elegant,
and you don't think of

1546
01:09:58,848 --> 01:10:02,221
heavyweight champions
as elegant.

1547
01:10:02,221 --> 01:10:05,094
You hear all the rumors.
Anything untrue?

1548
01:10:05,094 --> 01:10:09,202
Well, I'm not a psychopath
or a maniac or anything.

1549
01:10:09,202 --> 01:10:11,507
People think
you're violent.

1550
01:10:11,507 --> 01:10:12,543
I'm not at all violent.

1551
01:10:12,543 --> 01:10:14,647
And at times, you know,
I raise hell,

1552
01:10:14,647 --> 01:10:15,682
of course, yeah,

1553
01:10:15,682 --> 01:10:17,453
and, I mean ‐‐
and I like to raise hell

1554
01:10:17,453 --> 01:10:19,155
because that's
basically my nature,

1555
01:10:19,155 --> 01:10:20,425
you know what I mean?

1556
01:10:20,425 --> 01:10:21,661
You come from my background
or anything...

1557
01:10:21,661 --> 01:10:23,498
But, I mean,
I'm not a violent guy.

1558
01:10:23,498 --> 01:10:25,334
I would never want
to hurt anyone,

1559
01:10:25,334 --> 01:10:27,606
and definitely not the stories
you're going to hear.

1560
01:10:27,606 --> 01:10:29,844
It's been said
that you've hit your wife.

1561
01:10:29,844 --> 01:10:31,346
No.
Never hit her?

1562
01:10:31,346 --> 01:10:33,350
Like I said,
me and wife had arguments.

1563
01:10:33,350 --> 01:10:34,419
I never have hit my wife.

1564
01:10:34,419 --> 01:10:36,123
I grab my wife
and hold my wife...

1565
01:10:36,123 --> 01:10:37,258
Mm‐hmm.
...you know what I mean?

1566
01:10:37,258 --> 01:10:38,461
I may have shaken
my wife up.

1567
01:10:38,461 --> 01:10:40,699
But I've never
totally struck my wife

1568
01:10:40,699 --> 01:10:42,034
or beat her up, no.

1569
01:10:42,034 --> 01:10:44,372
Walters: What happened was,
Hugh, that after

1570
01:10:44,372 --> 01:10:47,245
we did the interview with Mike,
Robin came to us and said,

1571
01:10:47,245 --> 01:10:49,450
"You're not getting
the story straight."

1572
01:10:49,450 --> 01:10:52,355
Man: Okay,
enter the lovely wife.

1573
01:10:52,355 --> 01:10:55,729
Greenburg: And indeed, it became
one of the most remarkable,

1574
01:10:55,729 --> 01:11:00,137
strange interviews maybe
in the history of the medium.

1575
01:11:00,137 --> 01:11:01,440
Does he hit you?

1576
01:11:01,440 --> 01:11:04,547
♪♪

1577
01:11:08,187 --> 01:11:10,024
There was
no prenuptial agreement.

1578
01:11:10,024 --> 01:11:11,494
Givens: No, and why
should there be?

1579
01:11:11,494 --> 01:11:14,900
We got married
to be together forever,

1580
01:11:14,900 --> 01:11:17,305
not to plan
for divorce.

1581
01:11:17,305 --> 01:11:20,144
For this stage of my life,
I do have many millions.

1582
01:11:20,144 --> 01:11:21,948
My wife
just has to ask for it,

1583
01:11:21,948 --> 01:11:23,918
and she has
every penny I have.

1584
01:11:23,918 --> 01:11:27,626
Man: Okay, guys, come on up
and give me one more take.

1585
01:11:27,626 --> 01:11:29,797
Tyson: The house looks great
from right here, right?

1586
01:11:29,797 --> 01:11:32,201
It does.
This is a good view.

1587
01:11:32,201 --> 01:11:35,074
Stedman Guff:
When we shot the footage of Mike

1588
01:11:35,074 --> 01:11:38,247
touring the estate
with his wife, Robin,

1589
01:11:38,247 --> 01:11:41,754
they seemed very compatible

1590
01:11:41,754 --> 01:11:45,394
and they seemed very relaxed
with one another.

1591
01:11:45,394 --> 01:11:52,041
So we were surprised
by the turn the interview took

1592
01:11:52,041 --> 01:11:58,287
because it was not reflected in
their behavior with one another.

1593
01:11:59,456 --> 01:12:01,961
What's it been like,
this roller coaster?

1594
01:12:03,263 --> 01:12:05,802
Basically, I'm really concerned
more about my wife

1595
01:12:05,802 --> 01:12:09,342
because I stand strong
regardless of the circumstances.

1596
01:12:09,342 --> 01:12:11,681
I stand strong,
you know what I mean?

1597
01:12:11,681 --> 01:12:13,918
It's been torture.

1598
01:12:13,918 --> 01:12:16,323
It's been pure hell.

1599
01:12:16,323 --> 01:12:20,632
It's been worse than anything
I could possibly imagine.

1600
01:12:20,632 --> 01:12:23,604
She led him
right into the limelight

1601
01:12:23,604 --> 01:12:26,577
and then dropped a hammer on him
in front of the world.

1602
01:12:26,577 --> 01:12:29,750
Walters: Robin, some of
the things that we've read,

1603
01:12:29,750 --> 01:12:33,357
that Mike has
a very volatile temper, true?

1604
01:12:33,357 --> 01:12:35,495
Extremely volatile temper.

1605
01:12:35,495 --> 01:12:37,632
What happens?

1606
01:12:40,170 --> 01:12:44,312
He gets
out of control.

1607
01:12:44,312 --> 01:12:46,984
Throwing, screaming.

1608
01:12:46,984 --> 01:12:49,322
Does he hit you?

1609
01:12:49,322 --> 01:12:51,560
He shakes.
He pushes.

1610
01:12:51,560 --> 01:12:53,498
He, um...

1611
01:12:53,498 --> 01:12:54,700
He swings.

1612
01:12:54,700 --> 01:12:58,306
Sometimes, I think
he's trying to scare me...

1613
01:12:58,306 --> 01:13:02,014
Kriegel: That moment, with him
sitting there like a zombie,

1614
01:13:02,014 --> 01:13:04,520
there's something...

1615
01:13:04,520 --> 01:13:08,326
voyeuristic and completely
screwed up about it,

1616
01:13:08,326 --> 01:13:12,502
but you know
you can't not watch it.

1617
01:13:12,502 --> 01:13:16,544
That feels like the genesis

1618
01:13:16,544 --> 01:13:19,382
of what we now call
tabloid culture.

1619
01:13:19,382 --> 01:13:22,088
And just recently,
I've become afraid.

1620
01:13:22,088 --> 01:13:24,560
I mean,
very, very much afraid.

1621
01:13:24,560 --> 01:13:28,266
He couldn't believe that she
would say such things about him.

1622
01:13:28,266 --> 01:13:30,003
He told me, "I felt paralyzed.

1623
01:13:30,003 --> 01:13:32,174
I felt like I was in concrete.

1624
01:13:32,174 --> 01:13:34,847
I couldn't move.
I didn't know what to do."

1625
01:13:34,847 --> 01:13:39,021
Imagine the huge event
of a Black man

1626
01:13:39,021 --> 01:13:40,525
making an ass of himself,

1627
01:13:40,525 --> 01:13:42,863
and there's a lot of people
in American society

1628
01:13:42,863 --> 01:13:44,031
who would love to see that,

1629
01:13:44,031 --> 01:13:46,002
but Tyson wouldn't
give it to them.

1630
01:13:46,002 --> 01:13:49,108
Michael is
a manic depressive.

1631
01:13:49,108 --> 01:13:50,110
He is.

1632
01:13:50,110 --> 01:13:52,682
And when he's in
a manic state,

1633
01:13:52,682 --> 01:13:54,118
he doesn't sleep.

1634
01:13:54,118 --> 01:13:55,788
He gets you up.
There's an argument.

1635
01:13:55,788 --> 01:13:57,893
I mean, of course
you want to sleep.

1636
01:13:57,893 --> 01:13:59,997
Walters: So you run out
of the room, and he runs after.

1637
01:13:59,997 --> 01:14:01,433
Right.

1638
01:14:01,433 --> 01:14:05,909
As a viewer, you just kind of
shrug your shoulders going,

1639
01:14:05,909 --> 01:14:07,746
"What am I watching here?

1640
01:14:07,746 --> 01:14:12,221
Why is she opening up
her private life like this?"

1641
01:14:12,221 --> 01:14:13,691
I can't imagine

1642
01:14:13,691 --> 01:14:17,131
that anyone could live
with Mike Tyson

1643
01:14:17,131 --> 01:14:20,939
and not recognize
that there was a problem.

1644
01:14:20,939 --> 01:14:22,274
Walters: Hey, listen,
you're a guy

1645
01:14:22,274 --> 01:14:23,310
who said you want challenges.

1646
01:14:23,310 --> 01:14:25,448
This may be
the biggest challenge

1647
01:14:25,448 --> 01:14:28,053
and the biggest fight
you ever had.

1648
01:14:28,053 --> 01:14:30,592
Well,
I usually come out on top,

1649
01:14:30,592 --> 01:14:33,063
and I plan on
coming on top again.

1650
01:14:33,063 --> 01:14:36,035
I cannot imagine
another heavyweight champion

1651
01:14:36,035 --> 01:14:38,273
having been humiliated publicly
like that

1652
01:14:38,273 --> 01:14:40,377
in the history of boxing.

1653
01:14:40,377 --> 01:14:43,049
You know,
if you're Mike Tyson...

1654
01:14:43,049 --> 01:14:45,287
it's tough.

1655
01:14:45,287 --> 01:14:48,093
It's one thing
to live through it.

1656
01:14:48,093 --> 01:14:51,934
It's another thing
for 300 million people to watch.

1657
01:14:51,934 --> 01:14:56,142
♪♪

1658
01:14:56,142 --> 01:14:58,914
Smith: The interview created
headlines around the world

1659
01:14:58,914 --> 01:15:02,087
because Mike Tyson
was a world champion,

1660
01:15:02,087 --> 01:15:03,691
emphasis on "world."

1661
01:15:03,691 --> 01:15:05,962
I mean, these were not things

1662
01:15:05,962 --> 01:15:09,636
that were discussed
on television in that era.

1663
01:15:09,636 --> 01:15:12,308
I think the media turned on it

1664
01:15:12,308 --> 01:15:14,378
because his life
was a spectacle.

1665
01:15:14,378 --> 01:15:16,984
The late‐night talk shows,
the Johnny Carsons,

1666
01:15:16,984 --> 01:15:20,992
delivered their monologue
every night with Tyson jokes.

1667
01:15:20,992 --> 01:15:23,831
Did you know there's
a video game out called

1668
01:15:23,831 --> 01:15:26,503
"Mike Tyson's Punch‐Out!!"?

1669
01:15:26,503 --> 01:15:27,939
And that's just
based on his home life.

1670
01:15:27,939 --> 01:15:29,843
There's another one.

1671
01:15:29,843 --> 01:15:32,114
About a week
after the interview aired,

1672
01:15:32,114 --> 01:15:37,157
he went from sadness
to then anger.

1673
01:15:37,157 --> 01:15:39,128
I remember we were
watching television.

1674
01:15:39,128 --> 01:15:41,934
He had lunch, and he said,
"You know, I'm done with this."

1675
01:15:41,934 --> 01:15:43,537
And he went upstairs,

1676
01:15:43,537 --> 01:15:46,008
and he just started
throwing things out the window.

1677
01:15:46,008 --> 01:15:48,146
Reporter: A horde of reporters
and photographers

1678
01:15:48,146 --> 01:15:50,818
were staked outside of Tyson's
home in Bernardsville today,

1679
01:15:50,818 --> 01:15:52,756
but the champ
had still not returned

1680
01:15:52,756 --> 01:15:54,559
after his rampage here
yesterday,

1681
01:15:54,559 --> 01:15:57,030
tossing chairs
and other items through windows

1682
01:15:57,030 --> 01:15:59,068
of his $6 million mansion.

1683
01:15:59,068 --> 01:16:01,072
In fact, we helped him
throw some stuff out the window.

1684
01:16:01,072 --> 01:16:02,509
"Let's empty out the closets.

1685
01:16:02,509 --> 01:16:04,378
Let's get this nightmare
out of your life."

1686
01:16:04,378 --> 01:16:06,717
Reporter: Actress Robin Givens
and her mother

1687
01:16:06,717 --> 01:16:09,054
fled the estate
and called police.

1688
01:16:09,054 --> 01:16:11,860
Since he didn't threaten anyone
or strike anyone,

1689
01:16:11,860 --> 01:16:13,363
there's very little they can do,

1690
01:16:13,363 --> 01:16:15,333
and they consider
this case closed.

1691
01:16:15,333 --> 01:16:17,872
Some news that may not come
as much of a surprise.

1692
01:16:17,872 --> 01:16:20,845
Actress Robin Givens has filed
for divorce in Los Angeles

1693
01:16:20,845 --> 01:16:23,383
from heavyweight champion
Mike Tyson.

1694
01:16:23,383 --> 01:16:26,155
Smith:
The Barbara Walters interview

1695
01:16:26,155 --> 01:16:28,661
changed Robin Givens' life,
also.

1696
01:16:28,661 --> 01:16:32,435
You could say it was
kind of a disaster for her.

1697
01:16:32,435 --> 01:16:33,737
♪♪

1698
01:16:33,737 --> 01:16:38,814
Robin Givens was constantly
trashed in the media.

1699
01:16:38,814 --> 01:16:40,317
♪♪

1700
01:16:40,317 --> 01:16:41,987
It was relentless.

1701
01:16:41,987 --> 01:16:43,524
Robin Givens
is in the news again.

1702
01:16:43,524 --> 01:16:44,593
I guess you know about this.

1703
01:16:44,593 --> 01:16:48,366
She's suing Mike Tyson
for $125 million,

1704
01:16:48,366 --> 01:16:50,370
but since it involves
her reputation,

1705
01:16:50,370 --> 01:16:54,579
I'm sure it'll just wind up
in small‐claims court, but...

1706
01:16:54,579 --> 01:16:58,052
But the idea
that she was playing a victim

1707
01:16:58,052 --> 01:17:00,023
in that situation,

1708
01:17:00,023 --> 01:17:04,231
the idea
that we immediately distrust

1709
01:17:04,231 --> 01:17:11,379
her characterization of events,
I think is beyond unfortunate.

1710
01:17:11,379 --> 01:17:13,751
It's systematic...

1711
01:17:13,751 --> 01:17:16,255
and like so many others,
I'm tired of it.

1712
01:17:16,255 --> 01:17:24,004
♪♪

1713
01:17:24,004 --> 01:17:33,323
♪♪

1714
01:17:36,023 --> 01:17:39,144
♪♪

1715
01:17:39,144 --> 01:17:42,817
Tyson went into a period
where all of his worst instincts

1716
01:17:42,817 --> 01:17:44,755
were indulged and encouraged.

1717
01:17:44,755 --> 01:17:47,494
Gonzalez: We had four penthouse
apartments, three mansions...

1718
01:17:47,494 --> 01:17:50,800
Reporter: A disco, indoor
racquetball, indoor pool...

1719
01:17:50,800 --> 01:17:52,537
Gonzalez:
...private aircraft...

1720
01:17:52,537 --> 01:17:55,977
Reporter: ...a master bedroom
with five televisions...

1721
01:17:55,977 --> 01:17:57,214
Gonzalez:
...200 cars...

1722
01:17:57,214 --> 01:17:59,351
Reporter: ...five of
these Bentley convertibles

1723
01:17:59,351 --> 01:18:01,522
at $320,000 each.

1724
01:18:01,522 --> 01:18:03,192
Gonzalez:
...a lot of jewelry.

1725
01:18:03,192 --> 01:18:04,595
People wanted to see,

1726
01:18:04,595 --> 01:18:07,267
"Mike Tyson just spent a million
dollars in Gianni Versace."

1727
01:18:07,267 --> 01:18:09,471
Heller:
He would go to nightclubs.

1728
01:18:09,471 --> 01:18:12,510
He would
grab women inappropriately.

1729
01:18:12,510 --> 01:18:14,881
Gonzalez: I would have girls
pull up to the limousine

1730
01:18:14,881 --> 01:18:16,252
and throw their underwear at me

1731
01:18:16,252 --> 01:18:17,821
and say,
"Give this to your boss.

1732
01:18:17,821 --> 01:18:19,157
Here's my number."

1733
01:18:19,157 --> 01:18:20,927
It was nonstop with groupies.

1734
01:18:20,927 --> 01:18:22,864
♪♪

1735
01:18:22,864 --> 01:18:25,136
Stedman Guff:
He acted out in a way

1736
01:18:25,136 --> 01:18:27,140
that generated more headlines...

1737
01:18:27,140 --> 01:18:28,876
Only in America!

1738
01:18:28,876 --> 01:18:34,588
...and this to Don King,
as a boxing promoter, was huge.

1739
01:18:34,588 --> 01:18:37,661
And it made people
more interested to buy tickets

1740
01:18:37,661 --> 01:18:39,531
when he fought.

1741
01:18:39,531 --> 01:18:41,735
♪♪

1742
01:18:41,735 --> 01:18:44,174
Bayless:
"You people want me to be

1743
01:18:44,174 --> 01:18:46,712
self‐destructing
'Iron' Mike Tyson."

1744
01:18:46,712 --> 01:18:49,618
I just felt like
he got trapped in that.

1745
01:18:49,618 --> 01:18:59,638
♪♪

1746
01:18:59,638 --> 01:19:02,577
Reporter #2: Now to Tokyo,
where heavyweight boxing champ

1747
01:19:02,577 --> 01:19:06,118
Mike Tyson has taken his show
and his title on the road.

1748
01:19:06,118 --> 01:19:08,089
Reporter #3:
$6 million ‐‐

1749
01:19:08,089 --> 01:19:10,126
that's what Mike Tyson
is said to be getting

1750
01:19:10,126 --> 01:19:12,297
just for showing up in Tokyo.

1751
01:19:12,297 --> 01:19:15,570
Tyson's in Japan to defend
his heavyweight boxing title

1752
01:19:15,570 --> 01:19:18,576
against James "Buster" Douglas.

1753
01:19:18,576 --> 01:19:21,215
Schaap: He's the biggest star
in the world of sports,

1754
01:19:21,215 --> 01:19:23,452
and nobody cared
about this fight

1755
01:19:23,452 --> 01:19:26,258
because nobody expected it
to be a fight

1756
01:19:26,258 --> 01:19:28,329
because it was
considered a joke.

1757
01:19:28,329 --> 01:19:29,331
[ Bell rings ]

1758
01:19:29,331 --> 01:19:30,967
Announcer:
Good luck there,

1759
01:19:30,967 --> 01:19:33,105
and "Buster" Douglas.

1760
01:19:33,105 --> 01:19:37,580
Greenburg: "Buster" Douglas,
a 42‐1 underdog from Ohio,

1761
01:19:37,580 --> 01:19:41,422
was regarded as just
another fight for Mike Tyson.

1762
01:19:41,422 --> 01:19:46,165
One round, 91 seconds,
maybe 92 seconds.

1763
01:19:46,165 --> 01:19:48,102
J. Douglas:
When they said it was 42‐1,

1764
01:19:48,102 --> 01:19:49,938
it was no surprise to me.

1765
01:19:49,938 --> 01:19:51,775
I was surprised
it was that close.

1766
01:19:51,775 --> 01:19:54,848
1,000‐1 would've been
appropriate.

1767
01:19:54,848 --> 01:19:56,118
Matthews: People thought
he was a quitter.

1768
01:19:56,118 --> 01:19:58,489
His reputation
was in the toilet.

1769
01:19:58,489 --> 01:20:01,028
J. Douglas: You know, I really
thrived off that negativity,

1770
01:20:01,028 --> 01:20:05,001
and I knew that I had
the ability to go fight Tyson.

1771
01:20:05,001 --> 01:20:08,275
Gordon: Every single night,
instead of resting,

1772
01:20:08,275 --> 01:20:10,279
Tyson was partying.

1773
01:20:10,279 --> 01:20:13,185
"Buster" Douglas was training
and resting

1774
01:20:13,185 --> 01:20:15,423
and training and resting.

1775
01:20:15,423 --> 01:20:18,529
♪♪

1776
01:20:18,529 --> 01:20:20,166
Pearl: I'm glad
he's the last one.

1777
01:20:20,166 --> 01:20:22,570
I have two other sons,
and he's the last one

1778
01:20:22,570 --> 01:20:24,941
that I have to, you know,
go through this with.

1779
01:20:24,941 --> 01:20:26,311
I guess
you're proud of him tonight.

1780
01:20:26,311 --> 01:20:29,217
Very much so.

1781
01:20:29,217 --> 01:20:30,987
Matthews:
Then his mother dies

1782
01:20:30,987 --> 01:20:32,957
less than a month
before the fight,

1783
01:20:32,957 --> 01:20:35,496
and he decides he's going to
draw strength from that.

1784
01:20:35,496 --> 01:20:37,200
J. Douglas:
She meant a great deal to me,

1785
01:20:37,200 --> 01:20:43,045
and I'm going to miss her
tremendously, but...

1786
01:20:43,045 --> 01:20:45,917
You know, just got to go on.

1787
01:20:45,917 --> 01:20:52,063
Announcer:
James "Buster" Douglas!

1788
01:20:52,063 --> 01:20:55,336
Greenburg: Many fighters might
have just said, "I can't do it.

1789
01:20:55,336 --> 01:20:56,672
It's too emotional.

1790
01:20:56,672 --> 01:20:58,309
I can't go in the ring."

1791
01:20:58,309 --> 01:21:00,913
You know, that was my mom.

1792
01:21:00,913 --> 01:21:03,619
And she raised me to be strong.

1793
01:21:03,619 --> 01:21:05,957
♪♪

1794
01:21:05,957 --> 01:21:07,760
I felt that, in a sense,

1795
01:21:07,760 --> 01:21:10,666
it made me even more, you know,
determined

1796
01:21:10,666 --> 01:21:14,307
because she meant more to me
than anything, anybody.

1797
01:21:14,307 --> 01:21:16,278
I wasn't going to let her down.

1798
01:21:16,278 --> 01:21:19,985
♪♪

1799
01:21:19,985 --> 01:21:21,989
Announcer #2: Douglas insists
that he's going to

1800
01:21:21,989 --> 01:21:23,926
shock the world in this fight.

1801
01:21:23,926 --> 01:21:25,796
[ Bell rings ]

1802
01:21:25,796 --> 01:21:27,567
J. Douglas:
Early in the fight,

1803
01:21:27,567 --> 01:21:29,137
the thing that was surprising me

1804
01:21:29,137 --> 01:21:31,742
was how easily
I was able to hit him.

1805
01:21:31,742 --> 01:21:33,912
Announcer #3: Couple of
right hands by Douglas.

1806
01:21:33,912 --> 01:21:36,318
J. Douglas: Once I started
touching him and reaching him,

1807
01:21:36,318 --> 01:21:39,491
I started bringing the power.

1808
01:21:39,491 --> 01:21:42,930
Announcer #2: Had a good right
hand and a good right uppercut,

1809
01:21:42,930 --> 01:21:44,434
and two more good rights.

1810
01:21:44,434 --> 01:21:46,304
Perez:
Everybody was shocked

1811
01:21:46,304 --> 01:21:49,444
at the amount of punches that
"Buster" Douglas was getting in.

1812
01:21:49,444 --> 01:21:52,784
Announcer #2: Right hand by
Douglas right on Tyson's chin.

1813
01:21:52,784 --> 01:21:56,224
He was connecting, and it was
just like, "Oh, my God, no."

1814
01:21:59,164 --> 01:22:00,966
Announcer #2:
Another right hand,

1815
01:22:00,966 --> 01:22:03,105
and now Tyson
seems to be wobbling.

1816
01:22:03,105 --> 01:22:04,808
Mike is not throwing back.

1817
01:22:04,808 --> 01:22:07,046
Schaap:
He's doing to Mike Tyson

1818
01:22:07,046 --> 01:22:10,653
what Mike Tyson does to
all of his other opponents.

1819
01:22:10,653 --> 01:22:12,190
Announcer #2: "Buster" Douglas
is completely

1820
01:22:12,190 --> 01:22:13,492
dominating this round.

1821
01:22:13,492 --> 01:22:16,698
And again, the champion
wobbles back to the ropes.

1822
01:22:16,698 --> 01:22:18,168
Schaap:
In the 10th round,

1823
01:22:18,168 --> 01:22:20,339
Douglas delivers
the <i>coup de grace.</i>

1824
01:22:20,339 --> 01:22:22,176
♪♪

1825
01:22:22,176 --> 01:22:27,186
Announcer #2: What an uppercut
by Douglas, and down goes Tyson.

1826
01:22:27,186 --> 01:22:30,526
Schaap:
Tyson is down, he's struggling,

1827
01:22:30,526 --> 01:22:31,995
he's reaching
for his mouthpiece,

1828
01:22:31,995 --> 01:22:35,803
clearly doesn't know where he is
or what's going on.

1829
01:22:35,803 --> 01:22:37,673
‐It's over!
‐It's over!

1830
01:22:37,673 --> 01:22:40,746
Announcer #2: Mike Tyson
has been knocked out.

1831
01:22:40,746 --> 01:22:44,687
Those words were words you never
thought you'd ever hear

1832
01:22:44,687 --> 01:22:46,224
in your lifetime.

1833
01:22:46,224 --> 01:22:49,197
Smith: It was the shot heard
'round the world.

1834
01:22:49,197 --> 01:22:51,835
This was the era
before social media.

1835
01:22:51,835 --> 01:22:53,572
You had to call people
on the phone and say,

1836
01:22:53,572 --> 01:22:56,044
"Did you just see that
Mike Tyson got knocked out?"

1837
01:22:56,044 --> 01:22:57,580
And that's what happened.

1838
01:22:57,580 --> 01:23:00,419
As you seen over there,
he was flat on his ass.

1839
01:23:00,419 --> 01:23:03,859
Announcer #2: Let's go ahead
and call it the biggest upset

1840
01:23:03,859 --> 01:23:07,033
in the history of
heavyweight championship fights.

1841
01:23:07,033 --> 01:23:08,602
Schaap:
"Iron" Mike.

1842
01:23:08,602 --> 01:23:10,906
♪♪

1843
01:23:10,906 --> 01:23:15,749
"Invincible" Mike,
the destroyer of worlds.

1844
01:23:15,749 --> 01:23:17,353
That's over.

1845
01:23:17,353 --> 01:23:20,726
Boyd: We have a long history
in this country

1846
01:23:20,726 --> 01:23:24,601
of supporting people
on the way up...

1847
01:23:24,601 --> 01:23:26,738
Tyson: I have in my mind
I'm the young champ,

1848
01:23:26,738 --> 01:23:28,842
young kid making it
and I'm coming up.

1849
01:23:28,842 --> 01:23:30,045
I'm the young Mike Tyson.

1850
01:23:30,045 --> 01:23:32,316
I'll beat them, I'll game them,
I'll punch them.

1851
01:23:32,316 --> 01:23:34,220
♪♪

1852
01:23:34,220 --> 01:23:36,224
Reporter #4:
How good are you?

1853
01:23:36,224 --> 01:23:38,095
I do not know how good I am.

1854
01:23:38,095 --> 01:23:41,301
♪♪

1855
01:23:41,301 --> 01:23:43,772
Boyd:
...and once they reach the top,

1856
01:23:43,772 --> 01:23:45,542
wanting to see them fall.

1857
01:23:45,542 --> 01:23:47,880
Announcer #2:
Down goes Tyson!

1858
01:23:47,880 --> 01:23:49,884
Boyd:
It's drama.

1859
01:23:49,884 --> 01:23:52,023
♪♪

1860
01:23:52,023 --> 01:23:53,558
Tyson: They want to see me
self‐destruct.

1861
01:23:53,558 --> 01:23:55,229
They want to see me one day
with handcuffs

1862
01:23:55,229 --> 01:23:57,466
and walking into police cars.

1863
01:23:57,466 --> 01:23:59,337
People, they love saying,
"Look, this is what I told you.

1864
01:23:59,337 --> 01:24:00,572
I told you
he was headed for that.

1865
01:24:00,572 --> 01:24:02,076
I told you he was headed
for that."

1866
01:24:02,076 --> 01:24:05,716
♪♪