1 00:00:01,143 --> 00:00:03,176 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING FOR "MUHAMMAD ALI" 2 00:00:03,209 --> 00:00:05,376 WAS PROVIDED BY: DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN, 3 00:00:05,409 --> 00:00:07,609 {\an1}INVESTING IN PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS 4 00:00:07,643 --> 00:00:11,943 {\an1}THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND THE PAST AND PREPARE US FOR THE FUTURE; 5 00:00:11,976 --> 00:00:14,443 {\an1}BY THE ARTHUR VINING DAVIS FOUNDATIONS, 6 00:00:14,476 --> 00:00:16,876 {\an1}INVESTING IN OUR COMMON FUTURE; 7 00:00:16,909 --> 00:00:19,876 {\an1}BY THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY AND ITS MEMBERS 8 00:00:19,909 --> 00:00:21,709 {\an1}ALAN AND MARCIA DOCTER, 9 00:00:21,743 --> 00:00:24,843 {\an1}MR. AND MRS. PAUL TUDOR JONES, 10 00:00:24,876 --> 00:00:27,676 {\an1}THE FULLERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND, 11 00:00:27,709 --> 00:00:29,676 {\an1}GILCHRIST AND AMY BERG; 12 00:00:29,709 --> 00:00:32,043 {\an1}THE BROOKE BROWN BARZUN FOUNDATION, 13 00:00:32,076 --> 00:00:34,076 {\an1}OWSLEY BROWN III FOUNDATION. 14 00:00:34,109 --> 00:00:37,209 {\an1}AND AUGUSTA BROWN HOLLAND FOUNDATION, 15 00:00:37,243 --> 00:00:38,943 {\an1}PERRY AND DONNA GOLKIN, 16 00:00:38,976 --> 00:00:41,476 {\an1}JOHN AND LESLIE McQUOWN, 17 00:00:41,509 --> 00:00:43,376 {\an1}JOHN AND CATHERINE DEBS, 18 00:00:43,409 --> 00:00:45,176 {\an1}FRED AND DONNA SEIGEL, 19 00:00:45,209 --> 00:00:47,243 {\an1}SUSAN AND JOHN WIELAND, 20 00:00:47,276 --> 00:00:50,276 {\an1}AND BY THESE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS. 21 00:00:50,309 --> 00:00:51,943 {\an1}MAJOR FUNDING WAS ALSO PROVIDED 22 00:00:51,976 --> 00:00:54,609 {\an1}BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 23 00:00:54,643 --> 00:00:56,043 {\an1}AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS 24 00:00:56,076 --> 00:00:57,809 {\an1}TO YOUR PBS STATION 25 00:00:57,843 --> 00:00:59,809 {\an1}FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. THANK YOU. 26 00:01:02,243 --> 00:01:10,243 ♪ 27 00:01:14,343 --> 00:01:17,443 {\an1}HE RULES THE NIGHT SPACE EVEN NOW, 28 00:01:17,476 --> 00:01:21,009 {\an7}BESTRIDES THE TREACHEROUS DOMAIN WITH THIGHS OF BRONZE. 29 00:01:21,043 --> 00:01:23,276 {\an7}A DANCING MURAL OF DELIGHTS. 30 00:01:23,309 --> 00:01:27,543 {\an8}OH, ALI, ALI... 31 00:01:27,576 --> 00:01:31,409 {\an1}WHAT MUSIC HURTS THE MASSIVE HEAD TONIGHT, ALI? 32 00:01:31,443 --> 00:01:35,643 {\an1}THE DRUMS, THE TIN CANS, THE GUITARS 33 00:01:35,676 --> 00:01:37,843 {\an1}AND MBIRA OF ZAIRE? 34 00:01:37,876 --> 00:01:41,276 ALI, ALI, BOMAYE. 35 00:01:41,309 --> 00:01:43,676 {\an1}THE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE? 36 00:01:43,709 --> 00:01:45,976 {\an1}BEAUTY AND THE BEAST? 37 00:01:46,009 --> 00:01:48,109 {\an1}ROLL CALL OF BUM-A-MONTH. 38 00:01:48,143 --> 00:01:49,609 THE ROPE-A-DOPE? 39 00:01:49,643 --> 00:01:51,276 {\an1}THE THRILLA IN MANILLA? 40 00:01:51,309 --> 00:01:54,076 ALI, ALI. 41 00:01:54,109 --> 00:01:57,543 {\an1}"THE CLOSEST THING TO DEATH," YOU SAID. 42 00:01:57,576 --> 00:02:02,476 {\an1}WAS THAT THE GREATEST, SADDEST PROPHECY OF ALL? 43 00:02:02,509 --> 00:02:10,509 ♪ 44 00:02:14,976 --> 00:02:19,009 {\an1}NARRATOR: BY THE SUMMER OF 1974, THE UNITED STATES WAS BESET 45 00:02:19,043 --> 00:02:21,076 {\an1}BY A CRIPPLING OIL EMBARGO, 46 00:02:21,109 --> 00:02:25,243 {\an1}SKYROCKETING INFLATION THAT HAD STAGGERED THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, 47 00:02:25,276 --> 00:02:28,676 AND A CORRUPT AND SCANDAL-PLAGUED PRESIDENT. 48 00:02:28,709 --> 00:02:30,343 [APPLAUSE] 49 00:02:30,376 --> 00:02:31,919 REPORTER: THERE'S THE PRESIDENT WAVING GOOD-BYE. 50 00:02:31,943 --> 00:02:33,576 {\an1}YOU CAN HEAR THE APPLAUSE. 51 00:02:33,609 --> 00:02:35,543 {\an1}[APPLAUSE CONTINUES] 52 00:02:35,576 --> 00:02:38,409 {\an1}NARRATOR: AS COURT-ORDERED DESEGREGATION OF SCHOOLS 53 00:02:38,443 --> 00:02:40,543 {\an1}SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY 54 00:02:40,576 --> 00:02:43,343 {\an1}AND WHITE PEOPLE CONTINUED LEAVING CITIES FOR THE SUBURBS, 55 00:02:43,376 --> 00:02:44,943 {\an7}SOME BLACK ACTIVISTS 56 00:02:44,976 --> 00:02:46,576 {\an7}WHO HAD MARCHED AND PROTESTED... 57 00:02:46,609 --> 00:02:48,543 {\an7}OR EVEN TAKEN UP ARMS... 58 00:02:48,576 --> 00:02:50,343 {\an7}TURNED TO POLITICS 59 00:02:50,376 --> 00:02:53,343 {\an7}IN HOPES OF ACHIEVING CHANGE. 60 00:02:53,376 --> 00:02:56,343 {\an7}ELECTORAL POLITICS BECAME MUCH MORE IMPORTANT. 61 00:02:56,376 --> 00:02:58,909 {\an7}A LOT OF BLACK MAYORS WERE BEGINNING TO BE ELECTED. 62 00:02:58,943 --> 00:03:03,009 {\an1}MORE TRADITIONAL ROUTES OF EMPOWERMENT WERE EMPLOYED. 63 00:03:03,043 --> 00:03:06,409 {\an1}AND I THINK THE COUNTRY CONCLUDED 64 00:03:06,443 --> 00:03:08,409 {\an1}THAT VIETNAM WAS A MISTAKE 65 00:03:08,443 --> 00:03:12,976 {\an1}AND THAT MAYBE ALI WAS PRESCIENT IN HIS REFUSAL TO GO. 66 00:03:13,009 --> 00:03:17,443 {\an1}NARRATOR: MUHAMMAD ALI'S LOSS TO JOE FRAZIER IN 1971 67 00:03:17,476 --> 00:03:21,109 {\an1}AND THEN HIS COMEBACK VICTORY IN THEIR REMATCH THREE YEARS LATER 68 00:03:21,143 --> 00:03:23,276 {\an1}HAD SOFTENED PERCEPTIONS OF HIM, 69 00:03:23,309 --> 00:03:26,876 EVEN AMONG THOSE WHO HAD ONCE DESPISED ALI. 70 00:03:26,909 --> 00:03:30,343 {\an1}HE CONTINUED TO VENERATE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD, 71 00:03:30,376 --> 00:03:33,976 {\an1}THE 77-YEAR-OLD LEADER OF THE NATION OF ISLAM. 72 00:03:34,009 --> 00:03:37,576 {\an1}THOUGH THE SECT HAD RECEDED FROM PUBLIC VIEW, IT HAD, 73 00:03:37,609 --> 00:03:42,209 {\an1}IN FACT, EXPANDED, WITH OVER 70 MOSQUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 74 00:03:42,243 --> 00:03:44,776 {\an1}MORE THAN 200,000 MEMBERS, 75 00:03:44,809 --> 00:03:46,809 {\an1}AND A BUSINESS EMPIRE 76 00:03:46,843 --> 00:03:50,809 WITH ASSETS IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 77 00:03:50,843 --> 00:03:54,809 {\an1}IF YOU THINK THE WORLD WAS SURPRISED WHEN NIXON RESIGNED, 78 00:03:54,843 --> 00:03:57,209 WAIT TILL I WHIP FOREMAN'S BEHIND. 79 00:03:57,243 --> 00:03:59,309 {\an1}[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] 80 00:03:59,343 --> 00:04:01,476 ALI: HE'S SLOW. HE HAS NO SKILL, 81 00:04:01,509 --> 00:04:03,376 {\an1}NO FOOTWORK. HE'S AWKWARD. 82 00:04:03,409 --> 00:04:05,509 {\an1}AND I HAVE GIVEN HIM A NAME. 83 00:04:05,543 --> 00:04:07,543 {\an1}I NAMED FLOYD PATTERSON "THE RABBIT." 84 00:04:07,576 --> 00:04:09,643 I NAMED SONNY LISTON "THE BEAR." 85 00:04:09,676 --> 00:04:12,943 {\an1}AND HE SHALL BE KNOWN OFFICIALLY AS "THE MUMMY." 86 00:04:12,976 --> 00:04:14,343 [LAUGHTER] 87 00:04:14,376 --> 00:04:15,609 THE MUMMY. 88 00:04:15,643 --> 00:04:17,876 {\an1}FROST: WHY "THE MUMMY?" 89 00:04:17,909 --> 00:04:20,409 WHY? BECAUSE HE FIGHTS... WHEN HE'S FIGHTING, 90 00:04:20,443 --> 00:04:22,976 {\an1}IF YOU EVER WATCH HIM IN THE RING, HE... 91 00:04:23,009 --> 00:04:25,076 HE DRAGS LIKE THAT AFTER HIS OPPONENT. 92 00:04:25,109 --> 00:04:27,543 [LAUGHTER] 93 00:04:27,576 --> 00:04:30,809 {\an1}NARRATOR: CONSIDERED A LONGSHOT IN HIS UPCOMING TITLE MATCH 94 00:04:30,843 --> 00:04:34,076 {\an1}IN ZAIRE, IN AFRICA, ALI PROMOTED HIMSELF 95 00:04:34,109 --> 00:04:37,709 AS A CHAMPION OF BLACK NATIONALISM AND ISLAM, 96 00:04:37,743 --> 00:04:41,009 {\an1}AND THIS TIME DERIDED HIS OPPONENT, GEORGE FOREMAN, 97 00:04:41,043 --> 00:04:42,843 {\an1}THE CURRENT UNDEFEATED 98 00:04:42,876 --> 00:04:44,676 {\an1}HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, 99 00:04:44,709 --> 00:04:48,609 {\an1}AS "THE CHRISTIAN" AND THE WHITE MAN'S HOPE. 100 00:04:48,643 --> 00:04:51,809 {\an1}MAN: ALI MAKES THE STAKES VERY HIGH IN THIS FIGHT. 101 00:04:51,843 --> 00:04:54,176 {\an8}THIS IS THE FIGHT ABOUT THE BLACK WORLD. 102 00:04:54,209 --> 00:04:56,376 {\an7}THIS IS A FIGHT ABOUT THE WHOLE BLACK WORLD 103 00:04:56,409 --> 00:04:57,752 {\an7}COMING TOGETHER, WHO'S GOING TO BE THE CHAMPION 104 00:04:57,776 --> 00:04:59,676 {\an7}OF THE BLACK WORLD. 105 00:04:59,709 --> 00:05:02,909 {\an8}AND HE SAYS, "FOREMAN IS NOT THIS. 106 00:05:02,943 --> 00:05:05,109 {\an1}"FOREMAN IS THE WHITE MAN'S CHAMPION, 107 00:05:05,143 --> 00:05:09,209 {\an1}AND I'M THE CHAMPION OF THE THIRD WORLD." 108 00:05:09,243 --> 00:05:13,409 {\an1}MAN: FOR ME, GEORGE FOREMAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN 109 00:05:13,443 --> 00:05:17,209 WHAT I WOULD CALL A COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY FIGHTER. 110 00:05:17,243 --> 00:05:20,809 {\an7}AT THE SAME 1968 OLYMPICS WHERE CARLOS AND SMITH 111 00:05:20,843 --> 00:05:24,276 {\an7}RAISED THE CLENCHED BLACK FIST, IT IS GEORGE FOREMAN 112 00:05:24,309 --> 00:05:27,343 {\an1}WHO PULLS THE AMERICAN FLAG OUT OF HIS TRUNKS 113 00:05:27,376 --> 00:05:32,076 {\an1}AND STARTS WAVING IT AROUND AFTER HE WINS A GOLD MEDAL. 114 00:05:32,109 --> 00:05:35,776 {\an1}SO IN SOME WAYS, IT'S NECESSARY 115 00:05:35,809 --> 00:05:42,009 {\an1}FOR MUHAMMAD ALI TO FIGHT GEORGE FOREMAN IN ZAIRE IN 1974, 116 00:05:42,043 --> 00:05:45,376 {\an1}BECAUSE ALI IS THE ULTIMATE REVOLUTIONARY ATHLETE 117 00:05:45,409 --> 00:05:49,143 FIGHTING THE COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY ATHLETE. 118 00:05:49,176 --> 00:05:51,109 {\an1}I'M REPRESENTING GOD. 119 00:05:51,143 --> 00:05:54,076 {\an1}I'M REPRESENTING THE FREEDOM OF BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA. 120 00:05:54,109 --> 00:05:57,076 {\an1}I WANT TO WIN SO I CAN COME HOME AND SPEAK FOR THE BROTHER 121 00:05:57,109 --> 00:05:58,676 {\an1}WHO'S LIVING IN RAT-INFESTED HOUSES, 122 00:05:58,709 --> 00:06:01,176 {\an1}SLEEPING ON CONCRETE IN THE GHETTO, 123 00:06:01,209 --> 00:06:04,776 {\an1}CAN'T GO ON TELEVISION TO SPEAK. 124 00:06:04,809 --> 00:06:06,643 {\an1}SO THIS FOR ME IS A HOLY WAR. 125 00:06:06,676 --> 00:06:10,009 {\an1}THIS AIN'T JUST NO FIGHT WITH GEORGE FOREMAN. 126 00:06:10,043 --> 00:06:12,409 I'M FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOM AND EQUALITY 127 00:06:12,443 --> 00:06:16,076 {\an1}OF THE BLACK MAN OF AMERICA. 128 00:06:16,109 --> 00:06:18,176 [BELL CLANGS] 129 00:06:18,209 --> 00:06:26,209 ♪ 130 00:06:28,376 --> 00:06:32,476 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON JULY 17, 1974, MUHAMMAD ALI INVITED 131 00:06:32,509 --> 00:06:36,076 {\an1}A BUSLOAD OF REPORTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO A PICNIC LUNCH 132 00:06:36,109 --> 00:06:37,809 {\an1}AT HIS TRAINING CAMP 133 00:06:37,843 --> 00:06:41,276 {\an1}IN THE POCONO MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 134 00:06:41,309 --> 00:06:44,309 {\an1}IT HAD BEEN EIGHT WEEKS SINCE HE'D BEGUN TRAINING 135 00:06:44,343 --> 00:06:45,976 {\an1}FOR GEORGE FOREMAN, 136 00:06:46,009 --> 00:06:48,976 {\an1}AND THOUGH ALI HAD ALREADY TRIMMED TEN POUNDS 137 00:06:49,009 --> 00:06:52,743 {\an1}FROM HIS 6'3" FRAME, HE HOPED TO LOSE ANOTHER TEN 138 00:06:52,776 --> 00:06:55,009 IN THE TWO MONTHS BEFORE THEIR TITLE FIGHT 139 00:06:55,043 --> 00:06:57,809 {\an1}IN KINSHASA, ZAIRE, IN SEPTEMBER. 140 00:06:57,843 --> 00:06:59,843 {\an1}ALI: I DON'T HAVE NO MANAGERS, NO BOSSES. 141 00:06:59,876 --> 00:07:02,809 {\an1}I RUN WHEN I WANT TO RUN, TRAIN AS LONG AS I WANT TO TRAIN... 142 00:07:02,843 --> 00:07:06,043 {\an1}NARRATOR: ALI, NOW 32 YEARS OLD, 143 00:07:06,076 --> 00:07:09,576 {\an1}TOLD JOKES AND STORIES JUST AS HE ALWAYS HAD. 144 00:07:09,609 --> 00:07:11,276 {\an1}HE RECITED POETRY, 145 00:07:11,309 --> 00:07:14,043 {\an1}ORDERED HIS SPARRING PARTNERS TO PUMMEL HIM... 146 00:07:14,076 --> 00:07:15,609 ALI: KEEP BLASTING. 147 00:07:15,643 --> 00:07:17,209 NARRATOR: AND PROMISED REPORTERS 148 00:07:17,243 --> 00:07:20,576 {\an1}THAT FOREMAN "CAN'T HURT WHAT HE CAN'T HIT." 149 00:07:20,609 --> 00:07:25,076 {\an1}"BET THE HOUSE ON ME," HE TOLD THEM. 150 00:07:25,109 --> 00:07:27,909 {\an1}FOR THIS FIGHT, I'VE WRASSLED WITH ALLIGATORS. 151 00:07:27,943 --> 00:07:29,809 {\an1}I'VE TUSSLED WITH A WHALE. 152 00:07:29,843 --> 00:07:32,876 {\an1}I DONE HANDCUFFED LIGHTNING AND PUT THUNDER IN JAIL. 153 00:07:32,909 --> 00:07:34,409 {\an1}YOU KNOW I'M BAD. 154 00:07:34,443 --> 00:07:37,809 {\an1}I HAVE MURDERED A ROCK, I INJURED A STONE, 155 00:07:37,843 --> 00:07:40,076 {\an1}AND I HOSPITALIZED A BRICK. 156 00:07:40,109 --> 00:07:42,276 {\an1}I'M SO BAD, I MAKE MEDICINE SICK. 157 00:07:42,309 --> 00:07:44,943 {\an1}I'M SO FAST, MAN, I CAN RUN THROUGH A HURRICANE 158 00:07:44,976 --> 00:07:46,576 {\an1}AND DON'T GET WET. 159 00:07:46,609 --> 00:07:49,076 {\an1}WHEN GEORGE FOREMAN MEETS ME, HE'LL PAY HIS DEBT. 160 00:07:49,109 --> 00:07:52,609 {\an1}I CAN DROWN A DRINK OF WATER AND KILL A DEAD TREE. 161 00:07:52,643 --> 00:07:55,043 {\an1}WAIT TILL YOU SEE MUHAMMAD ALI. 162 00:07:55,076 --> 00:08:03,076 {\an8}♪ 163 00:08:04,443 --> 00:08:09,543 {\an7}TODD BOYD: MOBUTU SESE SEKO IS THE DICTATOR IN ZAIRE, 164 00:08:09,576 --> 00:08:12,076 {\an1}WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN KNOWN AS THE CONGO, 165 00:08:12,109 --> 00:08:15,109 THE BELGIAN CONGO WHEN IT WAS COLONIZED. 166 00:08:15,143 --> 00:08:19,909 MOBUTU WILL STAGE THIS LEGENDARY BOXING MATCH 167 00:08:19,943 --> 00:08:23,476 {\an1}IN A LOCATION THAT'S, OF COURSE, QUITE SYMBOLIC 168 00:08:23,509 --> 00:08:28,543 {\an1}BECAUSE OF THE RISING CONSCIOUSNESS AROUND AFRICA, 169 00:08:28,576 --> 00:08:31,943 {\an1}PARTICULARLY FOR MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS. 170 00:08:31,976 --> 00:08:34,909 {\an1}NARRATOR: MOBUTU SESE SEKO, THE PRESIDENT OF ZAIRE, 171 00:08:34,943 --> 00:08:36,576 HAD COME TO POWER 172 00:08:36,609 --> 00:08:39,409 IN A BELGIAN- AND AMERICAN-BACKED MILITARY COUP 173 00:08:39,443 --> 00:08:40,943 THAT OVERTHREW 174 00:08:40,976 --> 00:08:43,209 {\an1}THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT. 175 00:08:43,243 --> 00:08:46,543 {\an1}HE ROUTINELY TORTURED AND KILLED HIS OPPONENTS, 176 00:08:46,576 --> 00:08:49,209 {\an1}AND AMASSED AN ENORMOUS PERSONAL FORTUNE, 177 00:08:49,243 --> 00:08:50,809 {\an1}SIPHONING THE PROFITS 178 00:08:50,843 --> 00:08:52,876 {\an1}FROM THE COUNTRY'S BOOMING MINING INDUSTRY 179 00:08:52,909 --> 00:08:54,643 {\an1}INTO OFFSHORE BANK ACCOUNTS, 180 00:08:54,676 --> 00:08:57,343 {\an1}WHILE MANY ZAIRIANS SCRAPED BY 181 00:08:57,376 --> 00:09:00,543 {\an1}WITHOUT ELECTRICITY OR RUNNING WATER. 182 00:09:00,576 --> 00:09:05,643 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI AND GEORGE FOREMAN ACCEPTED MOBUTU'S MILLIONS. 183 00:09:05,676 --> 00:09:07,543 {\an1}DON KING: HE HAD ALL THE MONEY, 184 00:09:07,576 --> 00:09:10,809 {\an7}ONE OF THE RICHEST DICTATORS AT THE TIME IN THE WORLD, 185 00:09:10,843 --> 00:09:12,643 {\an7}AND SO NOW HE HAD OPPORTUNITY 186 00:09:12,676 --> 00:09:14,676 {\an7}TO BRING HIS PEOPLE IN HIS COUNTRY 187 00:09:14,709 --> 00:09:17,609 {\an7}TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE WORLD. 188 00:09:17,643 --> 00:09:19,709 WOLE SOYINKA: THAT'S WHAT DICTATORS DO. 189 00:09:19,743 --> 00:09:21,676 {\an1}THEY STAGE EXTRAVAGANZAS 190 00:09:21,709 --> 00:09:25,143 {\an1}TO DISTRACT PEOPLE AWAY FROM THEIR MISERY 191 00:09:25,176 --> 00:09:28,876 {\an1}AND ALSO TO FOCUS THE WRONG KIND OF ATTENTION... 192 00:09:28,909 --> 00:09:32,176 {\an1}THEY THINK IS THE RIGHT ONE... ON THEMSELVES. 193 00:09:32,209 --> 00:09:37,376 {\an7}HE'S A DESPICABLE, EXTRAVAGANT CHARACTER WHO OWNS 194 00:09:37,409 --> 00:09:39,809 {\an8}NOT JUST HOUSES BUT STREETS OF HOUSES 195 00:09:39,843 --> 00:09:45,509 {\an7}IN THE HOME COUNTRY OF HIS BOSSES, THE BELGIANS. 196 00:09:45,543 --> 00:09:49,976 {\an1}HE USED TO IMPORT CARTONS AND CARTONS OF CHAMPAGNE, 197 00:09:50,009 --> 00:09:52,476 {\an1}SPECIALLY BOTTLED FOR HIM. 198 00:09:52,509 --> 00:09:56,809 {\an1}HE DRANK NOTHING ELSE BUT THAT PARTICULAR BRAND FOR BREAKFAST. 199 00:09:56,843 --> 00:09:58,643 {\an1}THAT'S THE KIND OF INDIVIDUAL HE WAS. 200 00:09:58,676 --> 00:10:06,676 ♪ 201 00:10:06,709 --> 00:10:08,376 [CROWD CHEERING] 202 00:10:08,409 --> 00:10:10,209 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON SEPTEMBER 10th, 203 00:10:10,243 --> 00:10:12,876 {\an1}ALI ALONG WITH HIS WIFE BELINDA, HIS BROTHER RAHMAN, 204 00:10:12,909 --> 00:10:14,876 {\an1}HIS MOTHER AND FATHER, 205 00:10:14,909 --> 00:10:18,543 {\an1}AS WELL AS AN ENTOURAGE OF 2 DOZEN FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES, 206 00:10:18,576 --> 00:10:23,176 {\an1}ARRIVED IN KINSHASA ABOARD MOBUTU'S PRIVATE PLANE. 207 00:10:23,209 --> 00:10:27,009 {\an1}"FOREMAN IS A STRANGER COMING TO MY HOME TO FIGHT ME," 208 00:10:27,043 --> 00:10:29,009 {\an1}HE TOLD A CROWD OF 5,000 ZAIRIANS 209 00:10:29,043 --> 00:10:30,743 {\an1}WHO WERE THERE TO GREET HIM. 210 00:10:30,776 --> 00:10:33,009 {\an1}"HE IS A BELGIAN." 211 00:10:33,043 --> 00:10:37,643 {\an1}PRESIDENT MOBUTU HAD BUILT A NEW RUNWAY FOR JUMBO JETS 212 00:10:37,676 --> 00:10:41,976 {\an1}AND A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY TO CONNECT THE AIRPORT TO DOWNTOWN. 213 00:10:42,009 --> 00:10:46,409 {\an1}TO RETROFIT THE CITY'S DECREPIT 62,000-SEAT STADIUM, 214 00:10:46,443 --> 00:10:49,676 {\an1}ONE HUNDRED TONS OF REFRIGERATORS, STEAM TABLES, 215 00:10:49,709 --> 00:10:51,976 SHOWERHEADS, AND BOXING EQUIPMENT 216 00:10:52,009 --> 00:10:55,176 {\an1}HAD ARRIVED FROM BELGIUM. 217 00:10:55,209 --> 00:10:58,209 {\an1}ALI AND HIS ENTOURAGE WERE HOUSED 218 00:10:58,243 --> 00:11:00,443 {\an1}AT ONE OF MOBUTU'S PRESIDENTIAL COMPOUNDS 219 00:11:00,476 --> 00:11:05,409 {\an1}25 MILES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, IN N'SELE. 220 00:11:05,443 --> 00:11:08,376 {\an1}MAN: WE WAS STAYING AT MOBUTU'S QUARTERS 221 00:11:08,409 --> 00:11:10,509 {\an7}OUT ON THE CONGO RIVER. 222 00:11:10,543 --> 00:11:14,043 {\an7}I MEAN, THAT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SIGHT I EVER SEEN, 223 00:11:14,076 --> 00:11:16,909 {\an7}BECAUSE THE RIVER, YOU COULD SEE THE LILIES 224 00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:18,743 {\an1}GOING DOWN THE RIVER, 225 00:11:18,776 --> 00:11:21,876 {\an1}AND IN THE EVENING THE SUN WOULD SET, 226 00:11:21,909 --> 00:11:24,543 AND YOU WOULD SEE ALL OF THAT BEAUTIFUL COLOR 227 00:11:24,576 --> 00:11:27,543 IN THAT WATER, 228 00:11:27,576 --> 00:11:31,876 {\an1}AND I SHOT SOME PICTURES OF THAT SO I COULD KEEP IT. 229 00:11:31,909 --> 00:11:34,243 ♪ 230 00:11:34,276 --> 00:11:37,809 {\an1}NARRATOR: GEORGE FOREMAN SEEMED ILL AT EASE IN AFRICA. 231 00:11:37,843 --> 00:11:40,409 HE HAD ARRIVED TO FAR LESS FANFARE THAN ALI 232 00:11:40,443 --> 00:11:43,543 {\an1}AND MOVED INTO THE VILLA OF A ZAIRIAN OFFICIAL 233 00:11:43,576 --> 00:11:46,076 {\an1}A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD FROM HIS OPPONENT 234 00:11:46,109 --> 00:11:49,143 {\an1}AND KEPT MOSTLY TO HIMSELF. 235 00:11:49,176 --> 00:11:53,709 {\an1}ON SEPTEMBER 16th, FOREMAN'S SPARRING PARTNER CAUGHT HIM 236 00:11:53,743 --> 00:11:57,576 {\an1}WITH AN ELBOW, OPENING A CUT ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE. 237 00:11:57,609 --> 00:12:01,476 {\an1}THOUGH IT REQUIRED NO STITCHES, FOREMAN'S DOCTOR CONCLUDED 238 00:12:01,509 --> 00:12:03,843 {\an1}THAT THE WOUND WOULD TAKE WEEKS TO HEAL 239 00:12:03,876 --> 00:12:07,309 {\an1}AND CALLED FOR THE FIGHT TO BE POSTPONED. 240 00:12:07,343 --> 00:12:11,076 {\an1}LOCAL OFFICIALS, WHO HAD SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 241 00:12:11,109 --> 00:12:13,976 {\an1}ON PREPARATIONS AND WORRIED THAT ANY DELAY 242 00:12:14,009 --> 00:12:16,276 {\an1}COULD MEAN RISKING THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS 243 00:12:16,309 --> 00:12:18,809 {\an1}AND FATAL FLOODS OF THE UPCOMING RAINY SEASON, 244 00:12:18,843 --> 00:12:20,676 {\an1}CLAIMED THAT FOREMAN'S CAMP 245 00:12:20,709 --> 00:12:23,743 WAS OVERSTATING THE SEVERITY OF THE CUT. 246 00:12:23,776 --> 00:12:25,209 {\an1}ALI: I WANT THE PRESIDENT 247 00:12:25,243 --> 00:12:26,643 {\an1}TO PUT STRICT ORDERS ON THE AIRPORT. 248 00:12:26,676 --> 00:12:28,209 {\an1}DON'T LET GEORGE OUT OF THIS COUNTRY. 249 00:12:28,243 --> 00:12:30,676 [LAUGHTER] 250 00:12:30,709 --> 00:12:32,676 {\an1}PLEASE DON'T LET HIM GO. 251 00:12:32,709 --> 00:12:34,976 {\an1}I'M READY. I'M DANCING. 252 00:12:35,009 --> 00:12:38,143 {\an1}DON KING: GEORGE FOREMAN WANTED TO GO HOME. 253 00:12:38,176 --> 00:12:41,976 {\an1}AND I KNOW ALREADY... AND I ALREADY SAID 254 00:12:42,009 --> 00:12:45,143 {\an1}IN THE BACK OF HIS MIND HE GOT ACCIDENTALLY CUT, 255 00:12:45,176 --> 00:12:47,843 BUT HE DON'T WANT TO STAY IN AFRICA. 256 00:12:47,876 --> 00:12:49,476 {\an1}I KNOW ONCE HE GOT BACK IN AMERICA, 257 00:12:49,509 --> 00:12:51,076 {\an1}HE WASN'T COMING BACK. 258 00:12:51,109 --> 00:12:52,876 {\an1}IF HE GOT BACK TO AMERICA, IT WAS OVER WITH. 259 00:12:52,909 --> 00:12:54,809 {\an1}THAT FIGHT WAS DONE FOR. 260 00:12:54,843 --> 00:12:57,443 {\an1}NARRATOR: WHEN FOREMAN ASKED TO GO TO FRANCE OR BELGIUM 261 00:12:57,476 --> 00:13:01,576 {\an1}FOR A SECOND OPINION ON HIS CUT, MOBUTU SAID NO. 262 00:13:01,609 --> 00:13:05,543 {\an1}HE HAD REPORTEDLY CONFISCATED FOREMAN'S PASSPORT. 263 00:13:05,576 --> 00:13:09,909 {\an1}EVENTUALLY THE FIGHT WAS RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 30th 264 00:13:09,943 --> 00:13:13,743 {\an1}AT 4 A.M. ZAIRE TIME. 265 00:13:13,776 --> 00:13:15,476 {\an1}I'M GOING TO FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY 266 00:13:15,509 --> 00:13:17,076 {\an1}AND STING LIKE A BEE. 267 00:13:17,109 --> 00:13:19,543 {\an1}GEORGE CAN'T HIT WHAT HIS EYES CAN'T SEE. 268 00:13:19,576 --> 00:13:21,909 {\an1}NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T. 269 00:13:21,943 --> 00:13:24,009 {\an1}YOU THINK YOU WILL, BUT I KNOW YOU WON'T. 270 00:13:24,043 --> 00:13:25,243 [LAUGHTER] 271 00:13:25,276 --> 00:13:27,909 ALI: GEORGE FOREMAN. 272 00:13:27,943 --> 00:13:30,143 {\an1}MEN: BOMAYE. BOMAYE... 273 00:13:30,176 --> 00:13:34,243 {\an1}MAN: SEE, FOREMAN DIDN'T GO OUT. FOREMAN STAYED IN HIS CAMP. 274 00:13:34,276 --> 00:13:37,243 {\an1}AND I WOULD WATCH ALI WALK THROUGH THE STREETS. 275 00:13:37,276 --> 00:13:40,343 {\an1}PEOPLE TOUCHED HIM. ALI WAS LOOSE. 276 00:13:40,376 --> 00:13:43,009 {\an1}AND HE KNEW THEY LOVED HIM. 277 00:13:43,043 --> 00:13:45,409 {\an7}ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN KINSHASA 278 00:13:45,443 --> 00:13:50,276 {\an7}MADE A CHOICE FOR HIM OVER FOREMAN. 279 00:13:50,309 --> 00:13:52,743 {\an7}AND SO WHEN THAT FIGHT HIT, 280 00:13:52,776 --> 00:13:57,176 {\an1}EVERYBODY... I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WANTED FOREMAN TO WIN. 281 00:13:57,209 --> 00:14:00,276 {\an1}NARRATOR: WHEN ALI RAN IN THE COUNTRYSIDE 282 00:14:00,309 --> 00:14:04,343 {\an1}AROUND MOBUTU'S COMPOUND, CROWDS TURNED OUT TO CHEER HIM, 283 00:14:04,376 --> 00:14:08,443 {\an1}CHANTING "ALI, BOMAYE," "ALI, KILL HIM." 284 00:14:08,476 --> 00:14:14,776 {\an1}CROWD: ALI, BOMAYE! ALI, BOMAYE! ALI, BOMAYE... 285 00:14:14,809 --> 00:14:17,776 ♪ 286 00:14:17,809 --> 00:14:22,076 {\an1}NARRATOR: ONE DAY IN N'SELE, ALI RAN INTO VERONICA PORCHE, 287 00:14:22,109 --> 00:14:25,676 {\an1}AN 18-YEAR-OLD PRE-MED STUDENT FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 288 00:14:25,709 --> 00:14:29,743 {\an1}WHO HAD BEEN HIRED BY DON KING TO HELP PROMOTE THE FIGHT. 289 00:14:29,776 --> 00:14:31,643 {\an1}THEY HAD MET WEEKS EARLIER 290 00:14:31,676 --> 00:14:34,643 {\an1}AT AN EXHIBITION MATCH IN SALT LAKE CITY. 291 00:14:34,676 --> 00:14:37,676 AT FIRST, HE PAID LITTLE ATTENTION TO HER, 292 00:14:37,709 --> 00:14:39,943 {\an1}BUT AS SHE BOARDED THE BUS BACK TO KINSHASA, 293 00:14:39,976 --> 00:14:42,243 {\an1}HE OFFERED TO JOIN HER. 294 00:14:42,276 --> 00:14:43,876 {\an1}THE TWO SPENT THE TRIP 295 00:14:43,909 --> 00:14:46,976 {\an1}DISCUSSING THEIR CHILDHOODS AND FAMILIES. 296 00:14:47,009 --> 00:14:48,676 VERONICA PORCHE: IT MADE A GOOD IMPRESSION 297 00:14:48,709 --> 00:14:50,809 {\an7}BECAUSE I SAID, "OH, HE'S A NICE GUY. HE'S HUMBLE." 298 00:14:50,843 --> 00:14:54,009 {\an7}HE'S NOT, YOU KNOW... THAT PUBLIC PERSONA 299 00:14:54,043 --> 00:14:56,409 {\an8}WAS NOT THERE. 300 00:14:56,443 --> 00:14:59,243 {\an7}AND NOT THAT I DISLIKED THE PUBLIC PERSONA, 301 00:14:59,276 --> 00:15:01,743 {\an7}IT WAS MORE WHEN HE WAS BRAGGING. 302 00:15:01,776 --> 00:15:04,076 {\an1}NARRATOR: ALI HOPED TO SEE HER AGAIN. 303 00:15:04,109 --> 00:15:06,676 {\an1}BELINDA HAD RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES 304 00:15:06,709 --> 00:15:08,976 {\an1}WHEN THE FIGHT WAS POSTPONED. 305 00:15:09,009 --> 00:15:12,643 {\an1}PORCHE: THE FIRST CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD 306 00:15:12,676 --> 00:15:17,176 {\an1}WHERE HE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SEEING ME AGAIN, 307 00:15:17,209 --> 00:15:20,376 {\an1}I SAID, "WELL, YOU'RE MARRIED." 308 00:15:20,409 --> 00:15:23,209 AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS GETTING DIVORCED. 309 00:15:23,243 --> 00:15:25,843 {\an1}I ASKED ONE PERSON, WHO TOLD ME, 310 00:15:25,876 --> 00:15:28,376 {\an1}"YEAH, THEY'RE HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS." 311 00:15:28,409 --> 00:15:31,976 {\an1}AND ANOTHER PERSON SAID, "WELL, THEY'RE BOTH MY FRIENDS, 312 00:15:32,009 --> 00:15:34,309 SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING." 313 00:15:34,343 --> 00:15:36,709 {\an1}I DID TRY TO FIND OUT IF... 314 00:15:36,743 --> 00:15:38,709 {\an1}I DIDN'T JUST TAKE HIS WORD FOR IT. 315 00:15:38,743 --> 00:15:41,143 {\an1}BUT I BECAME CONVINCED THAT HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH, 316 00:15:41,176 --> 00:15:44,409 SO THAT'S WHY I DID SEE HIM AGAIN. 317 00:15:44,443 --> 00:15:46,709 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN FACT, ALI WAS SEEING 318 00:15:46,743 --> 00:15:49,543 {\an1}AT LEAST TWO OTHER WOMEN IN AFRICA. 319 00:15:49,576 --> 00:15:52,009 {\an1}WHEN BELINDA RETURNED TO ZAIRE, 320 00:15:52,043 --> 00:15:54,309 {\an1}SHE STAYED IN A HOTEL IN KINSHASA. 321 00:15:54,343 --> 00:15:56,409 {\an1}SHE AND ALI QUARRELED; 322 00:15:56,443 --> 00:15:59,976 {\an1}HE ACCUSED HER OF HAVING SLEPT WITH ANOTHER MAN. 323 00:16:00,009 --> 00:16:03,443 {\an1}VERONICA REMAINED OUT OF SIGHT, 324 00:16:03,476 --> 00:16:07,476 {\an1}QUIETLY VISITING ALI AT HIS COMPOUND. 325 00:16:07,509 --> 00:16:11,409 {\an1}SO WE WOULD WALK ALONG THE WATER IN THE EVENINGS. 326 00:16:11,443 --> 00:16:13,143 {\an1}IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL, 327 00:16:13,176 --> 00:16:16,909 {\an1}AND TALKED, AND HE GAVE ME A LOT OF HIS LECTURES 328 00:16:16,943 --> 00:16:22,276 {\an1}THAT I LATER FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD TAKEN IDEAS 329 00:16:22,309 --> 00:16:25,009 FROM SUFI BOOKS AND HAD WRITTEN THEM. 330 00:16:25,043 --> 00:16:28,276 {\an1}BUT AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT HE HAD WRITTEN IT ALL HIMSELF, 331 00:16:28,309 --> 00:16:30,376 AND TOPICS LIKE LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. 332 00:16:30,409 --> 00:16:32,209 {\an1}AND IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. 333 00:16:32,243 --> 00:16:36,276 {\an1}I ACTUALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM LISTENING TO THOSE LECTURES. 334 00:16:36,309 --> 00:16:37,909 ♪ 335 00:16:37,943 --> 00:16:39,909 NARRATOR: AS THE FIGHT APPROACHED, 336 00:16:39,943 --> 00:16:42,743 {\an1}MORE THAN 600 JOURNALISTS ARRIVED IN ZAIRE, 337 00:16:42,776 --> 00:16:45,943 {\an1}INCLUDING GEORGE PLIMPTON, HUNTER S. THOMPSON, 338 00:16:45,976 --> 00:16:47,943 {\an1}AND NORMAN MAILER. 339 00:16:47,976 --> 00:16:51,809 {\an1}[JUMP ROPE SWINGING RAPIDLY] 340 00:16:51,843 --> 00:16:54,243 TIME! 341 00:16:54,276 --> 00:16:56,609 ALI: I FIGHT IN MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, 342 00:16:56,643 --> 00:17:00,076 {\an7}AND IT'S A GREATER FEELING FIGHTING IN A BLACK COUNTRY. 343 00:17:00,109 --> 00:17:03,276 {\an1}I FIGHT IN AFRICA BECAUSE I'M FIGHTING IN MY HOMELAND. 344 00:17:03,309 --> 00:17:07,809 {\an1}[MAN TRANSLATING INTO FRENCH] 345 00:17:07,843 --> 00:17:09,476 {\an1}THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 346 00:17:09,509 --> 00:17:11,209 {\an1}ALI: AMERICA'S NOT MY ORIGINAL HOMELAND. 347 00:17:11,243 --> 00:17:13,509 MY ORIGINAL HOMELAND IS AFRICA. 348 00:17:13,543 --> 00:17:15,276 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 349 00:17:15,309 --> 00:17:18,209 {\an1}THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, GEORGE FOREMAN. 350 00:17:18,243 --> 00:17:20,009 {\an1}NARRATOR: GEORGE FOREMAN, 351 00:17:20,043 --> 00:17:22,143 {\an1}WHO HAD FINALLY RESUMED FULL WORKOUTS, 352 00:17:22,176 --> 00:17:24,343 {\an1}MADE LITTLE TIME FOR REPORTERS 353 00:17:24,376 --> 00:17:28,009 AND GAVE THEM ALMOST NOTHING TO WRITE ABOUT. 354 00:17:28,043 --> 00:17:30,976 {\an1}THOUGH HIS TRAINING SESSIONS WERE WELL-ATTENDED, 355 00:17:31,009 --> 00:17:32,843 {\an1}HE BARELY ACKNOWLEDGED THE CROWD, 356 00:17:32,876 --> 00:17:34,609 {\an1}PREFERRING TO PUT IN HIS WORK 357 00:17:34,643 --> 00:17:36,476 {\an1}AND RETURN TO THE HOTEL IN KINSHASA, 358 00:17:36,509 --> 00:17:38,309 {\an1}WHERE HE WAS NOW STAYING. 359 00:17:38,343 --> 00:17:40,343 {\an1}ALI: I'LL BRUISE UP GEORGE FOREMAN. 360 00:17:40,376 --> 00:17:42,743 {\an1}IF I DON'T KNOCK HIM OUT, I'LL CUT HIM UP! 361 00:17:42,776 --> 00:17:45,743 {\an1}ALL AROUND HIS FACE WILL BE NICKS AND CUTS. 362 00:17:45,776 --> 00:17:48,109 {\an1}I'M SO SHARP, WHEN I'M FINISHED, 363 00:17:48,143 --> 00:17:50,809 {\an1}IT'LL LOOK LIKE I HAD A RAZOR BLADE. 364 00:17:50,843 --> 00:17:54,676 {\an1}QUINCY TROUPE: MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT, TO BE TRUTHFUL, 365 00:17:54,709 --> 00:17:57,143 THAT FOREMAN WOULD WIN THAT FIGHT, 366 00:17:57,176 --> 00:18:01,843 {\an1}EVEN IF THEY LOVED ALI. 367 00:18:01,876 --> 00:18:05,676 {\an1}YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, FOREMAN WAS 368 00:18:05,709 --> 00:18:10,143 {\an1}THIS OVERWHELMING, BIG KNOCK-OUT ARTIST 369 00:18:10,176 --> 00:18:12,609 {\an1}WHO JUST WHUPPED EVERYBODY, 370 00:18:12,643 --> 00:18:15,843 {\an7}YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY COULDN'T GET PAST THAT. 371 00:18:15,876 --> 00:18:18,043 {\an7}AND, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST THOUGHT THAT HE WAS 372 00:18:18,076 --> 00:18:20,609 {\an7}GONNA DESTROY ALI. 373 00:18:20,643 --> 00:18:22,843 NARRATOR: THE DAY BEFORE THE FIGHT... 374 00:18:22,876 --> 00:18:25,609 {\an1}WHAT ALI HAD DUBBED "THE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE," 375 00:18:25,643 --> 00:18:28,843 {\an1}HIS TRAINER, ANGELO DUNDEE, HEADED TO THE STADIUM 376 00:18:28,876 --> 00:18:30,843 {\an1}TO INSPECT THE RING, 377 00:18:30,876 --> 00:18:33,576 {\an1}WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT BENEATH A TEMPORARY TIN ROOF 378 00:18:33,609 --> 00:18:36,209 {\an1}IN CASE THE HEAVY RAINS FINALLY ARRIVED. 379 00:18:36,243 --> 00:18:38,743 {\an1}HE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE SAW. 380 00:18:38,776 --> 00:18:41,909 {\an1}THE CANVAS FLOOR WAS SOFT AND SLANTED, 381 00:18:41,943 --> 00:18:45,076 {\an1}AND THE ROPES SAGGED FROM THE HEAT. 382 00:18:45,109 --> 00:18:47,509 {\an1}THE TRAINER TIGHTENED THE ROPES AND LEVELED THE FLOOR 383 00:18:47,543 --> 00:18:51,509 AS BEST HE COULD. 384 00:18:51,543 --> 00:18:54,376 {\an1}AT 2 A.M. ON OCTOBER 30th, 385 00:18:54,409 --> 00:18:57,343 ALI BOARDED A BUS TO THE STADIUM. 386 00:18:57,376 --> 00:19:00,876 {\an1}THE MOOD IN HIS DRESSING ROOM WAS GRIM. 387 00:19:00,909 --> 00:19:03,543 {\an1}EVERYBODY BUT THE FIGHTER WAS FEARFUL 388 00:19:03,576 --> 00:19:06,309 {\an1}HE WOULD BE HURT OR WORSE. 389 00:19:06,343 --> 00:19:08,676 {\an1}MAN: ALI WASN'T SCARED. 390 00:19:08,709 --> 00:19:11,576 ALI HAD NO FEAR. 391 00:19:11,609 --> 00:19:14,676 {\an1}MY BIGGEST FEAR IS, SHOULD HE GET HURT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO 392 00:19:14,709 --> 00:19:16,743 {\an1}FOR A HOSPITAL OVER HERE? 393 00:19:16,776 --> 00:19:20,243 {\an7}YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE BIG FEAR FOR ME. 394 00:19:20,276 --> 00:19:21,909 {\an7}BUT ALI HAD NO FEAR 395 00:19:21,943 --> 00:19:24,676 {\an7}BECAUSE THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD TOLD HIM, 396 00:19:24,709 --> 00:19:27,809 {\an7}"ALLAH IS IN YOUR CORNER. HE DOESN'T HAVE ALLAH." 397 00:19:27,843 --> 00:19:30,876 {\an1}AND THAT WAS ALI'S BOOSTER ROCKET. 398 00:19:30,909 --> 00:19:33,309 {\an1}NARRATOR: FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE FIGHT, 399 00:19:33,343 --> 00:19:36,409 {\an1}THE BOXER SQUEEZED INTO A TOILET STALL WITH HIS MANAGER, 400 00:19:36,443 --> 00:19:40,909 {\an1}HERBERT MUHAMMAD, AND READ ALOUD FROM THE QUR'AN. 401 00:19:40,943 --> 00:19:44,076 {\an1}IN GEORGE FOREMAN'S DRESSING ROOM, 402 00:19:44,109 --> 00:19:46,209 {\an1}THE CHAMP JOINED HANDS WITH HIS CORNERMEN, 403 00:19:46,243 --> 00:19:50,143 {\an1}INCLUDING ALI'S ONE-TIME TRAINER ARCHIE MOORE. 404 00:19:50,176 --> 00:19:54,809 {\an1}"I PRAYED THAT GEORGE WOULDN'T KILL ALI," MOORE SAID LATER. 405 00:19:54,843 --> 00:19:58,643 {\an1}BOB SHERIDAN: THERE YOU SEE HIM, PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE SEKO, 406 00:19:58,676 --> 00:20:00,676 {\an1}THE MAN THAT ABSOLUTELY RUNS THIS COUNTRY. 407 00:20:00,709 --> 00:20:02,443 {\an1}AND WHAT A JOB HE HAS DONE. 408 00:20:02,476 --> 00:20:04,643 NEVER BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF BOXING 409 00:20:04,676 --> 00:20:06,276 {\an1}AND PERHAPS IN ALL SPORTS HAS THERE BEEN 410 00:20:06,309 --> 00:20:08,209 {\an1}AN EVENT THAT PACKS THE DRAMA, 411 00:20:08,243 --> 00:20:09,909 {\an1}THE TRUE EXCITEMENT, THE SUSPENSE, 412 00:20:09,943 --> 00:20:12,576 {\an1}AND ESPECIALLY THE MYSTIQUE OF THIS SPECTACLE. 413 00:20:12,609 --> 00:20:15,676 {\an1}THEY SAID IT COULDN'T HAPPEN IN THE DEEPEST PART OF AFRICA, 414 00:20:15,709 --> 00:20:17,309 BUT HERE WE ARE. 415 00:20:17,343 --> 00:20:18,876 GEORGE FOREMAN HAS THAT SERIOUS LOOK. 416 00:20:18,909 --> 00:20:20,443 {\an1}ALI DEFINITELY TALKING TO HIM. 417 00:20:20,476 --> 00:20:22,276 LOOK AT THE STARE ON GEORGE FOREMAN. 418 00:20:22,309 --> 00:20:24,109 {\an1}LOOK AT ALI GIVE HIM THE WORD. 419 00:20:24,143 --> 00:20:27,243 {\an7}SO THE STAGE IS SET, ROUND ONE. 420 00:20:27,276 --> 00:20:28,776 {\an7}THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP 421 00:20:28,809 --> 00:20:30,443 {\an7}OF THE WORLD AT STAKE. [BELL CLANGS] 422 00:20:30,476 --> 00:20:32,609 HERE WE GO. ALI QUICKLY ACROSS... 423 00:20:32,643 --> 00:20:34,609 NARRATOR: MUHAMMAD ALI STRUCK FIRST, 424 00:20:34,643 --> 00:20:36,109 {\an1}SURPRISING ALMOST EVERYONE. 425 00:20:36,143 --> 00:20:37,909 SHERIDAN: THE LIGHT RIGHT HAND 426 00:20:37,943 --> 00:20:40,143 {\an1}TAKEN ON THE FOREHEAD BY GEORGE FOREMAN, THE CHAMPION. 427 00:20:40,176 --> 00:20:42,543 {\an1}NARRATOR: THOUGH HE MADE FOREMAN CHASE HIM INTO THE CORNERS 428 00:20:42,576 --> 00:20:46,809 {\an1}AND ALONG THE ROPES DURING ROUND ONE, HE DID NOT DANCE. 429 00:20:46,843 --> 00:20:48,543 [CROWD CHEERING] 430 00:20:48,576 --> 00:20:52,576 ♪ 431 00:20:52,609 --> 00:20:55,743 {\an1}NARRATOR: FOREMAN LAUNCHED PUNCH AFTER PUNCH, 432 00:20:55,776 --> 00:20:58,676 {\an1}ASSUMING HE'D NEED TO LAND JUST ONE TO END THE FIGHT. 433 00:20:58,709 --> 00:21:00,343 SHERIDAN: THE REFEREE SEPARATES THEM. 434 00:21:00,376 --> 00:21:02,843 {\an1}ABOUT 8 SECONDS LEFT IN THE ROUND, ROUND ONE. 435 00:21:02,876 --> 00:21:06,176 {\an1}FOREMAN AND ALI ENDING ROUND ONE. 436 00:21:06,209 --> 00:21:08,176 [CHEERING] 437 00:21:08,209 --> 00:21:11,343 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN ALI'S CORNER BEFORE ROUND TWO, 438 00:21:11,376 --> 00:21:13,709 {\an1}HIS TEAM BEGGED HIM TO STAY OFF THE ROPES 439 00:21:13,743 --> 00:21:16,143 {\an1}AND AWAY FROM FOREMAN. [BELL CLANGS] 440 00:21:16,176 --> 00:21:18,309 {\an1}SHERIDAN: HERE WE GO, ROUND NUMBER TWO... 441 00:21:18,343 --> 00:21:19,819 {\an7}DON KING: ALI SHOCKED EVERYBODY 'CAUSE HE WOULDN'T TELL NOBODY 442 00:21:19,843 --> 00:21:21,843 {\an7}WHAT HE WAS DOING, 443 00:21:21,876 --> 00:21:23,819 {\an7}AND ANGELO DUNDEE AND ALL OF THEM WAS PULLING THEIR HAIR OUT. 444 00:21:23,843 --> 00:21:26,276 {\an7}SHERIDAN: FOREMAN TRIES TO WORK THE BODY. 445 00:21:26,309 --> 00:21:28,843 {\an1}NEITHER ONE OF THOSE PUNCHES DID ANY DAMAGE. 446 00:21:28,876 --> 00:21:31,276 {\an1}NONE OF THOSE PUNCHES ARE DOING ANY DAMAGE AT ALL. 447 00:21:31,309 --> 00:21:33,276 {\an1}NONE, ABSOLUTELY NONE. 448 00:21:33,309 --> 00:21:35,009 {\an1}THERE'S THE LIGHT FLICKING LEFT HAND 449 00:21:35,043 --> 00:21:37,009 {\an1}TO THE FACE OF GEORGE FOREMAN. 450 00:21:37,043 --> 00:21:39,209 FOREMAN PUSHING THE HEAD BACK OF ALI. 451 00:21:39,243 --> 00:21:42,043 {\an1}WE WERE ABLE TO OBSERVE A LITTLE BIT OF PUFFINESS 452 00:21:42,076 --> 00:21:44,176 {\an1}UNDER THE LEFT EYE OF GEORGE FOREMAN. 453 00:21:44,209 --> 00:21:46,309 {\an1}THE LEFT EYE, NOT THE RIGHT EYE. 454 00:21:46,343 --> 00:21:48,676 {\an1}OH, WHAT A COMBINATION LANDED BY ALI 455 00:21:48,709 --> 00:21:50,076 {\an1}TO THE FACE OF GEORGE FOREMAN. 456 00:21:50,109 --> 00:21:51,943 {\an1}ROUND THREE JUST UNDERWAY... 457 00:21:51,976 --> 00:21:54,809 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN ROUND THREE, ALI WENT BACK TO THE ROPES 458 00:21:54,843 --> 00:21:57,143 {\an1}AND ALLOWED FOREMAN TO SWING AWAY AT HIS BODY 459 00:21:57,176 --> 00:22:00,076 {\an1}WHILE HE FIRED COMBINATIONS AT THE CHAMP'S HEAD. 460 00:22:00,109 --> 00:22:03,076 {\an1}SHERIDAN: LEFT HAND, LIGHT LEFT TAKEN ON THE CHIN OF ALI. 461 00:22:03,109 --> 00:22:05,143 {\an1}THAT WILD LEFT HAND IS NOT SCORING. 462 00:22:05,176 --> 00:22:07,009 {\an1}FOREMAN SETTING HIM UP AGAINST THE ROPES. 463 00:22:07,043 --> 00:22:10,576 WHAT A VICIOUS, FAST COMBINATION BY ALI. 464 00:22:10,609 --> 00:22:14,409 {\an1}ALI DEFINITELY SHOWING SOME HAND SPEED IN THIS FIGHT. 465 00:22:14,443 --> 00:22:18,909 {\an1}THERE'S THE CHANT "ALI, BOMAYE." THAT MEANS "ALI, KILL HIM." 466 00:22:18,943 --> 00:22:26,943 {\an7}THE ROPE-A-DOPE IS A... TRAP THAT MUHAMMAD EMPLOYED 467 00:22:27,043 --> 00:22:29,243 {\an1}TO ENSNARL GEORGE FOREMAN. 468 00:22:29,276 --> 00:22:33,043 {\an1}MUHAMMAD LAYS AGAINST THE ROPES, INVITES GEORGE FOREMAN 469 00:22:33,076 --> 00:22:37,109 {\an1}TO "POUND AWAY, BRUH. NOT GONNA HIT MY HEAD, 470 00:22:37,143 --> 00:22:39,576 AND IF YOU DO, LIKE, I CAN TAKE IT." 471 00:22:39,609 --> 00:22:41,152 {\an1}AND IF YOU'RE MOVING AROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING, 472 00:22:41,176 --> 00:22:42,876 GUESS WHAT. 473 00:22:42,909 --> 00:22:46,209 YOU'RE USING UP YOUR ENERGY FOR YOUR LEGS. 474 00:22:46,243 --> 00:22:50,576 {\an1}SO IT'S SMARTER TO LAY AGAINST THE ROPES. 475 00:22:50,609 --> 00:22:53,743 {\an1}SHERIDAN: LOOK AT HIM WHISPERING IN THE EAR OF FOREMAN. 476 00:22:53,776 --> 00:22:55,743 {\an1}WHY HE CONTINUES TO TAUNT HIM. 477 00:22:55,776 --> 00:22:58,109 {\an1}ALI SUPER CONFIDENT. 478 00:22:58,143 --> 00:23:00,443 {\an7}MAN: ANGELO IS SCREAMING, "GET OFF THE ROPES! 479 00:23:00,476 --> 00:23:03,209 {\an7}STAY OFF THE ROPES. STAY OFF THE ROPES!" 480 00:23:03,243 --> 00:23:05,743 {\an7}AND AFTER ONE OF THE ROUNDS, HE CAME AND HE SAT DOWN, 481 00:23:05,776 --> 00:23:08,109 {\an7}AND HE SAID, "SHUT THE F UP." 482 00:23:08,143 --> 00:23:10,409 HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS DOING. 483 00:23:10,443 --> 00:23:11,852 {\an1}SHERIDAN: THE LEFT HAND SCORES AGAIN. 484 00:23:11,876 --> 00:23:13,676 {\an1}FOREMAN LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 485 00:23:13,709 --> 00:23:15,643 {\an1}LOOKS, HAS A TREMENDOUS LOOK OF DETERMINATION. 486 00:23:15,676 --> 00:23:17,509 {\an1}STAGGERED! FOREMAN STAGGERED... 487 00:23:17,543 --> 00:23:20,343 {\an1}NARRATOR: ALI LANDED SIX STRAIGHT SHOTS TO FOREMAN'S HEAD 488 00:23:20,376 --> 00:23:23,676 {\an1}EARLY IN THE FOURTH ROUND, THEN SETTLED INTO THE ROPES 489 00:23:23,709 --> 00:23:27,109 {\an1}AND COUNTERPUNCHED AS THE CHAMP TRIED TO PUMMEL HIS BODY. 490 00:23:27,143 --> 00:23:28,809 {\an1}SHERIDAN: ALI PICKS IT UP A LITTLE BIT. 491 00:23:28,843 --> 00:23:32,843 {\an1}ABOUT 40 SECONDS LEFT IN ROUND NUMBER FIVE. 492 00:23:32,876 --> 00:23:35,509 GOOD CRISP LEFT, A COMBINATION BY ALI 493 00:23:35,543 --> 00:23:38,109 {\an1}LANDS ON THE HEAD OF FOREMAN. 494 00:23:38,143 --> 00:23:43,443 {\an1}FOREMAN WITH THAT RIGHT HOOK. ALI'S STARTING... 495 00:23:43,476 --> 00:23:46,643 {\an1}NARRATOR: WITH 30 SECONDS REMAINING IN ROUND FIVE, 496 00:23:46,676 --> 00:23:50,009 {\an1}ALI STAGGERED FOREMAN WITH A SHARP RIGHT HAND, 497 00:23:50,043 --> 00:23:54,643 {\an1}FOLLOWED BY A FLURRY OF SHORT PUNCHES TO HIS HEAD. 498 00:23:54,676 --> 00:23:58,343 {\an1}MICHAEL BENTT: AND THE SHOTS THAT LAND... ALI LANDS ON HIM, 499 00:23:58,376 --> 00:24:00,076 {\an1}BEAUTIFUL SHOTS, MAN. 500 00:24:00,109 --> 00:24:02,409 {\an1}THEY'RE NOT TEXTBOOK SHOTS. 501 00:24:02,443 --> 00:24:04,709 {\an1}THEY'RE SHOTS THAT ONLY MUHAMMAD ALI CAN THROW, 502 00:24:04,743 --> 00:24:06,843 ANGLE-WISE. 503 00:24:06,876 --> 00:24:08,609 [BELL CLANGS] 504 00:24:08,643 --> 00:24:11,043 {\an1}NARRATOR: BY THE SIXTH ROUND, FOREMAN HAD SLOWED, 505 00:24:11,076 --> 00:24:13,743 {\an1}HIS FACE PUFFY AND BRUISED. 506 00:24:13,776 --> 00:24:17,676 {\an1}TODD BOYD: ALI IS USING HIS MIND AS WELL AS HIS FIST. 507 00:24:17,709 --> 00:24:20,043 {\an1}HOW DO YOU BEAT THIS GUY? 508 00:24:20,076 --> 00:24:22,576 {\an1}SHERIDAN: FOREMAN, THERE'S NO ESCAPING ANY OF THOSE PUNCHES, 509 00:24:22,609 --> 00:24:24,243 {\an1}AND YOU DON'T NEED ME TO TELL YOU THAT. 510 00:24:24,276 --> 00:24:26,476 BOYD: WELL, YOU LET HIM PUNCH HIMSELF OUT. 511 00:24:26,509 --> 00:24:28,419 {\an1}SHERIDAN: FOREMAN DEFINITELY SHOWING SOME FATIGUE 512 00:24:28,443 --> 00:24:30,809 {\an1}IN THE WANING SECONDS IN ROUND SEVEN. 513 00:24:30,843 --> 00:24:34,676 {\an1}BOYD: AND ONCE HE GETS TIRED, ALI FLIPS THE SWITCH. 514 00:24:34,709 --> 00:24:36,476 [BELL CLANGS] 515 00:24:36,509 --> 00:24:39,076 {\an1}SHERIDAN: HERE WE GO. THE BELL SOUNDS, ROUND NUMBER EIGHT. 516 00:24:39,109 --> 00:24:41,909 {\an1}FOREMAN LOOKING TO DELIVER THE REAL HEAVY BLOWS. 517 00:24:41,943 --> 00:24:43,409 {\an1}NOW HE'S POUNCING THERE. 518 00:24:43,443 --> 00:24:46,409 {\an1}ALMOST FALLS OUT OF THE RING! 519 00:24:46,443 --> 00:24:48,543 {\an1}THIRTY SECONDS LEFT IN ROUND EIGHT. 520 00:24:48,576 --> 00:24:51,243 {\an1}ALI, A SNEAKY RIGHT HAND. 521 00:24:51,276 --> 00:24:53,276 ANOTHER SNEAKY RIGHT HAND. 522 00:24:53,309 --> 00:24:55,843 {\an1}THIS TIME, HE'S WORKING OVER THE SHOULDER OF FOREMAN. 523 00:24:55,876 --> 00:24:57,209 {\an1}IT'S A COMBINATION! 524 00:24:57,243 --> 00:25:01,776 {\an1}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 525 00:25:01,809 --> 00:25:04,909 {\an1}SHERIDAN: 3, 4, 5... 526 00:25:04,943 --> 00:25:09,809 {\an1}NINA SIMONE: ♪ IT'S A NEW DAWN, IT'S A NEW DAY ♪ 527 00:25:09,843 --> 00:25:12,876 ♪ IT'S A NEW LIFE FOR ME, YEAH... ♪ 528 00:25:12,909 --> 00:25:15,409 DAVID FROST: MUHAMMAD ALI HAS DONE IT! 529 00:25:15,443 --> 00:25:17,209 THE GREAT MAN HAS DONE IT! 530 00:25:17,243 --> 00:25:20,776 {\an1}THIS IS THE MOST JOYOUS SCENE EVER SEEN 531 00:25:20,809 --> 00:25:22,643 {\an1}IN THE HISTORY OF BOXING! 532 00:25:22,676 --> 00:25:27,143 {\an1}THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE SCENE. THE PLACE IS GOING WILD... 533 00:25:27,176 --> 00:25:30,909 {\an1}NARRATOR: MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS AFTER HE WAS EXILED FROM BOXING 534 00:25:30,943 --> 00:25:33,943 {\an1}AND STRIPPED OF HIS CROWN, MUHAMMAD ALI WAS 535 00:25:33,976 --> 00:25:37,643 {\an1}ONCE AGAIN THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. 536 00:25:37,676 --> 00:25:40,443 {\an1}BOYD: IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO WATCH. 537 00:25:40,476 --> 00:25:44,209 AND THIS GUY WHO TOLD US BACK IN 1964 538 00:25:44,243 --> 00:25:45,876 {\an1}THAT HE SHOOK UP THE WORLD, 539 00:25:45,909 --> 00:25:50,576 {\an7}THIS IS 10 YEARS LATER, HE'S GONE THROUGH EXILE, 540 00:25:50,609 --> 00:25:52,909 {\an8}HE'S, YOU KNOW, HAD HIS TITLE... EVERYTHING. 541 00:25:52,943 --> 00:25:54,543 HE'S COME BACK. 542 00:25:54,576 --> 00:25:56,576 {\an1}THE COMEBACK'S BEEN GOOD, BUT IT'S NOT BEEN GREAT. 543 00:25:56,609 --> 00:25:58,543 {\an1}NOW HE'S FIGHTING SOMEBODY HE'S NOT SUPPOSED 544 00:25:58,576 --> 00:26:01,376 {\an1}TO BE ABLE TO BEAT, AND HE BEATS HIM IN THIS DRAMATIC FASHION 545 00:26:01,409 --> 00:26:04,376 {\an1}IN THIS SYMBOLIC LOCATION. 546 00:26:04,409 --> 00:26:09,409 {\an1}IT'S THE FULL CIRCLE OF HIS CAREER AS A BOXER. 547 00:26:09,443 --> 00:26:12,643 {\an1}NOW HE'S BACK ON TOP. 548 00:26:12,676 --> 00:26:14,076 {\an7}FROST: CONGRATULATIONS. 549 00:26:14,109 --> 00:26:15,709 {\an8}ALI: AM I THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME? 550 00:26:15,743 --> 00:26:18,043 {\an7}FROST: MUHAMMAD, YOU TOLD ME IN DEER LAKE YOU WERE 551 00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:19,876 {\an7}THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, AND I THINK... 552 00:26:19,909 --> 00:26:22,676 {\an7}ALI IS THE ONE WHO GETS TO BE MADE WHOLE. 553 00:26:22,709 --> 00:26:24,476 {\an7}HE HAS TO BE MADE WHOLE. 554 00:26:24,509 --> 00:26:26,976 {\an7}THE REASON WHY WE LOVE HIM IS BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE 555 00:26:27,009 --> 00:26:29,709 {\an1}WHO ACTUALLY GOT IT ALL BACK. 556 00:26:29,743 --> 00:26:31,409 {\an1}IF HE DOESN'T WIN THAT FIGHT, 557 00:26:31,443 --> 00:26:32,943 {\an1}IF HE DOESN'T COME ALL THE WAY BACK, 558 00:26:32,976 --> 00:26:35,809 HE GETS BROKEN LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. 559 00:26:35,843 --> 00:26:39,176 {\an1}HE GOT TO BE BEAUTIFUL. HE GOT TO BE FULL FLOWER. 560 00:26:39,209 --> 00:26:42,876 {\an1}HE GOT TO USE THE FULL TALENT, SO YOU COULD SEE ALL THE GIFTS. 561 00:26:42,909 --> 00:26:45,509 AND THAT'S WHY WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH. 562 00:26:45,543 --> 00:26:47,976 {\an1}NARRATOR: PEOPLE EVERYWHERE CHEERED 563 00:26:48,009 --> 00:26:50,843 {\an1}ALI'S UNEXPECTED TRIUMPH. 564 00:26:50,876 --> 00:26:53,876 {\an1}"IT'S A VICTORY OF ALL THE OPPRESSED IN THE THIRD WORLD," 565 00:26:53,909 --> 00:26:55,676 {\an1}WROTE A SENEGALESE JOURNALIST. 566 00:26:55,709 --> 00:26:58,309 {\an1}"THE WHOLE OF AFRICA HAS UNITED ITSELF 567 00:26:58,343 --> 00:27:00,676 {\an1}"BEHIND MUHAMMAD ALI... 568 00:27:00,709 --> 00:27:04,243 THE BELOVED ONE ON OUR CONTINENT." 569 00:27:04,276 --> 00:27:09,009 {\an1}MOSLEY: I THINK THAT WHAT IT DID FOR AMERICA, 570 00:27:09,043 --> 00:27:13,743 {\an7}IT MADE AFRICA REAL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHERE IT WASN'T. 571 00:27:13,776 --> 00:27:18,809 {\an7}THIS IS A PLACE, AND IN THIS PLACE, A GREAT THING HAPPENED. 572 00:27:18,843 --> 00:27:23,009 {\an1}NARRATOR: BACK IN LOUISVILLE, ALI JOINED JOE MARTIN 573 00:27:23,043 --> 00:27:25,443 AND FRED STONER... HIS FIRST TRAINERS... 574 00:27:25,476 --> 00:27:28,409 {\an1}AND AN OVERFLOW CROWD AT RIVERFRONT PLAZA 575 00:27:28,443 --> 00:27:31,476 {\an1}AS THE CITY CELEBRATED MUHAMMAD ALI DAY 576 00:27:31,509 --> 00:27:35,343 {\an1}AND RENAMED A DOWNTOWN STREET IN HIS HONOR. 577 00:27:35,376 --> 00:27:38,076 {\an1}IN CHICAGO, MAYOR RICHARD DALEY, 578 00:27:38,109 --> 00:27:42,043 {\an1}WHO, IN 1966, HAD RESCINDED ALI'S BOXING LICENSE, 579 00:27:42,076 --> 00:27:45,543 {\an1}AWARDED HIM THE CITY'S MEDAL OF MERIT. 580 00:27:45,576 --> 00:27:49,076 {\an1}PRESIDENT GERALD FORD SEEKING, HE SAID, 581 00:27:49,109 --> 00:27:51,376 {\an1}TO "HEAL THE WOUNDS OF RACIAL DIVISION, 582 00:27:51,409 --> 00:27:53,109 {\an1}VIETNAM, AND WATERGATE," 583 00:27:53,143 --> 00:27:56,076 INVITED THE BOXER TO THE OVAL OFFICE. 584 00:27:56,109 --> 00:28:00,876 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI, FORD SAID, "WAS A MAN OF PRINCIPLE." 585 00:28:00,909 --> 00:28:06,276 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN THE WORLD. 586 00:28:06,309 --> 00:28:09,876 {\an1}EVERYBODY KNEW HIM. EVERYBODY. 587 00:28:09,909 --> 00:28:14,843 {\an1}YOU KNOW? IT WAS A GREATNESS THAT NOBODY HAD. 588 00:28:14,876 --> 00:28:16,676 {\an1}AND THERE WERE NO DOORS CLOSED TO HIM. 589 00:28:16,709 --> 00:28:21,476 {\an1}[SOUND OF CROWD CHEERING] 590 00:28:23,909 --> 00:28:28,409 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN THE FALL OF 1974, ALI AND BELINDA SOLD THEIR HOME 591 00:28:28,443 --> 00:28:30,409 IN NEW JERSEY AND BOUGHT A TUDOR MANSION ON 592 00:28:30,443 --> 00:28:32,409 {\an1}CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE, 593 00:28:32,443 --> 00:28:36,743 {\an1}DOWN THE STREET FROM THE HOME OF THE AILING ELIJAH MUHAMMAD. 594 00:28:36,776 --> 00:28:40,476 {\an1}ALI HAD ALSO PURCHASED A CONDOMINIUM IN CHICAGO 595 00:28:40,509 --> 00:28:42,876 FOR VERONICA, WHOM HE HAD SECRETLY MARRIED 596 00:28:42,909 --> 00:28:47,276 {\an1}IN A SMALL ISLAMIC CEREMONY BEFORE THEY LEFT ZAIRE. 597 00:28:47,309 --> 00:28:51,143 {\an1}BELINDA, WHO WOULD SOON CHANGE HER FIRST NAME TO KHALILAH, 598 00:28:51,176 --> 00:28:53,109 {\an1}KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT. 599 00:28:53,143 --> 00:28:55,943 {\an1}AND VERONICA STILL BELIEVED THAT ALI 600 00:28:55,976 --> 00:28:58,476 {\an1}INTENDED TO DIVORCE HIS WIFE. 601 00:28:58,509 --> 00:29:02,543 {\an1}PORCHE: I WAS NOT SAVVY AND NOT EXPERIENCED. 602 00:29:02,576 --> 00:29:04,409 {\an7}ALL I KNEW IS I LOVED HIM... 603 00:29:06,509 --> 00:29:08,809 {\an7}AND I THOUGHT THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, 604 00:29:08,843 --> 00:29:11,209 {\an7}AND THAT'S WHAT ALL THE SONGS OF THAT ERA SAID. 605 00:29:11,243 --> 00:29:13,143 [LAUGHS] SO, THAT WAS 606 00:29:13,176 --> 00:29:15,809 MY EDUCATION ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. 607 00:29:15,843 --> 00:29:17,843 ♪ 608 00:29:17,876 --> 00:29:20,843 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON FEBRUARY 25, 1975, 609 00:29:20,876 --> 00:29:23,843 {\an1}ALI WAS AT DEER LAKE WHEN WORD CAME 610 00:29:23,876 --> 00:29:26,576 {\an1}THAT ELIJAH MUHAMMAD HAD DIED. 611 00:29:26,609 --> 00:29:29,143 ALI IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO CHICAGO. 612 00:29:29,176 --> 00:29:31,609 {\an1}THOUGH HE WAS STILL OFFICIALLY SUSPENDED 613 00:29:31,643 --> 00:29:33,276 {\an1}FROM THE NATION OF ISLAM, 614 00:29:33,309 --> 00:29:36,343 {\an1}HE HAD CONTINUED TO VISIT ELIJAH MUHAMMAD REGULARLY 615 00:29:36,376 --> 00:29:38,176 {\an1}AND PRAISE HIM PUBLICLY, 616 00:29:38,209 --> 00:29:41,709 {\an1}AND REMAINED AMONG THE SECT'S LARGEST DONORS. 617 00:29:41,743 --> 00:29:45,676 {\an1}THE LEADER'S FAMILY AND CLOSEST ADVISORS CLOSED RANKS 618 00:29:45,709 --> 00:29:48,876 {\an1}AROUND WALLACE MUHAMMAD, HERBERT'S YOUNGER BROTHER, 619 00:29:48,909 --> 00:29:51,143 {\an1}AS ELIJAH'S SUCCESSOR. 620 00:29:51,176 --> 00:29:53,943 AFTER EMBRACING TRADITIONAL ISLAM YEARS EARLIER, 621 00:29:53,976 --> 00:29:57,343 {\an1}WALLACE HAD FREQUENTLY REBELLED AGAINST HIS FATHER'S TEACHINGS 622 00:29:57,376 --> 00:29:59,509 {\an1}AND HAD BEEN CAST OUT OF THE SECT 623 00:29:59,543 --> 00:30:01,143 {\an1}FOR CHALLENGING ELIJAH'S CLAIM 624 00:30:01,176 --> 00:30:03,409 THAT HE WAS THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH. 625 00:30:03,443 --> 00:30:07,376 {\an1}BUT HE HAD RECENTLY BEEN REINSTATED. 626 00:30:07,409 --> 00:30:09,509 {\an1}BROTHER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION MUHAMMAD ALI. 627 00:30:09,543 --> 00:30:11,376 [APPLAUSE] 628 00:30:11,409 --> 00:30:15,509 {\an1}NARRATOR: A DAY LATER, ALI SWORE HIS ALLEGIANCE TO WALLACE. 629 00:30:15,543 --> 00:30:20,276 {\an1}ALI: BROTHER WALLACE IS NOW IN THE POSITION 630 00:30:20,309 --> 00:30:22,143 OF THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD. 631 00:30:22,176 --> 00:30:25,409 {\an1}AND WHEN WE LOOK AT HIM, YOU ARE LOOKING AT 632 00:30:25,443 --> 00:30:27,509 {\an1}THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD. 633 00:30:27,543 --> 00:30:29,576 {\an1}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 634 00:30:29,609 --> 00:30:34,843 {\an1}PORCHE: MUHAMMAD DID NOT HESITATE TO GO WITH WALLACE. 635 00:30:34,876 --> 00:30:38,276 {\an1}HE, ACTUALLY, IN HIS HEART, FOLLOWED 636 00:30:38,309 --> 00:30:41,576 THE TEACHINGS OF WALLACE MUHAMMAD MORE CLOSELY 637 00:30:41,609 --> 00:30:43,943 {\an1}THAN THOSE OF ELIJAH MUHAMMAD ANYWAY 638 00:30:43,976 --> 00:30:47,343 {\an1}BECAUSE HE LOVED ALL PEOPLE. 639 00:30:47,376 --> 00:30:50,676 {\an1}I THINK WALLACE MUHAMMAD WAS TEACHING THE THINGS 640 00:30:50,709 --> 00:30:54,476 {\an1}THAT MALCOLM X HAD GONE OVER TO SAUDI ARABIA 641 00:30:54,509 --> 00:30:56,343 {\an1}AND DISCOVERED ON HIS OWN. 642 00:30:56,376 --> 00:30:59,143 NARRATOR: OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS, 643 00:30:59,176 --> 00:31:00,976 {\an1}WALLACE STEERED THE ORGANIZATION TOWARD 644 00:31:01,009 --> 00:31:03,643 A MORE MAINSTREAM INTERPRETATION OF ISLAM. 645 00:31:03,676 --> 00:31:08,109 {\an1}HE DISBANDED THE FRUIT OF ISLAM, THE ORGANIZATION'S ENFORCERS, 646 00:31:08,143 --> 00:31:11,276 {\an1}DECLARED THAT DEVILS COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED 647 00:31:11,309 --> 00:31:15,009 {\an1}BY PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES, EFFECTIVELY OPENING MEMBERSHIP 648 00:31:15,043 --> 00:31:17,976 TO WHITE PEOPLE, AND HE CHANGED THE GROUP'S NAME 649 00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:22,343 {\an7}TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY OF ISLAM IN THE WEST. 650 00:31:22,376 --> 00:31:25,676 {\an7}WALLACE HAD A MUCH MORE OPEN IDEA OF ISLAM, 651 00:31:25,709 --> 00:31:28,776 {\an8}MUCH MORE IN ACCORD WITH ORTHODOX ISLAM. 652 00:31:28,809 --> 00:31:30,743 {\an1}THAT ENABLED MUHAMMAD ALI 653 00:31:30,776 --> 00:31:33,876 {\an1}TO OPEN HIS EMBRACE TO MORE PEOPLE. 654 00:31:33,909 --> 00:31:36,576 {\an1}AND IT ALLOWED HIM TO BE MORE UNIVERSAL 655 00:31:36,609 --> 00:31:38,476 {\an1}IN HIS EXPRESSION OF ISLAM. 656 00:31:38,509 --> 00:31:40,476 AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD THING FOR HIM. 657 00:31:40,509 --> 00:31:47,643 {\an8}♪ 658 00:31:47,676 --> 00:31:50,609 {\an7}NARRATOR: IN THE SPRING OF 1975, 659 00:31:50,643 --> 00:31:53,943 {\an1}ALI EARNED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FIGHTING AND DEFEATING 660 00:31:53,976 --> 00:31:56,143 {\an1}LOWER-RANKED CONTENDERS: 661 00:31:56,176 --> 00:31:58,676 {\an1}CHUCK WEPNER, RON LYLE, 662 00:31:58,709 --> 00:32:01,009 AND JOE BUGNER. 663 00:32:01,043 --> 00:32:05,409 BOTH VERONICA AND BELINDA... NOW KHALILAH... 664 00:32:05,443 --> 00:32:08,076 {\an1}OFTEN TRAVELED WITH HIM. 665 00:32:08,109 --> 00:32:11,476 {\an1}AT FIRST, THE PRESS IDENTIFIED VERONICA 666 00:32:11,509 --> 00:32:14,476 {\an1}AS THE FAMILY'S BABYSITTER OR KHALILAH'S COUSIN, 667 00:32:14,509 --> 00:32:17,076 {\an1}BUT RUMORS BEGAN TO CIRCULATE. 668 00:32:17,109 --> 00:32:21,209 {\an1}A "HAREM ATMOSPHERE PREVAILED" AROUND ALI, WROTE ONE REPORTER, 669 00:32:21,243 --> 00:32:24,609 {\an1}WHO NOTED THAT KHALILAH HAD BEGUN INTRODUCING VERONICA 670 00:32:24,643 --> 00:32:27,476 {\an1}AS "ALI'S OTHER WIFE." 671 00:32:27,509 --> 00:32:30,309 {\an1}KHALILAH HAD GROWN TO ACCEPT HER HUSBAND'S CHEATING, 672 00:32:30,343 --> 00:32:32,976 {\an1}AT TIMES EVEN FACILITATING HIS LIAISONS, 673 00:32:33,009 --> 00:32:37,143 {\an1}AND SHE OCCASIONALLY BEFRIENDED HER RIVALS. 674 00:32:37,176 --> 00:32:40,643 {\an1}ALI HAD FATHERED CHILDREN WITH AT LEAST TWO OTHER WOMEN 675 00:32:40,676 --> 00:32:43,176 {\an1}DURING THEIR MARRIAGE, BUT THROUGH IT ALL, 676 00:32:43,209 --> 00:32:45,176 {\an1}KHALILAH STAYED WITH HIM. 677 00:32:45,209 --> 00:32:46,676 {\an1}KHALILAH ALI: I HAD TO BE HIS WIFE, 678 00:32:46,709 --> 00:32:49,176 {\an7}AND THEN I HAD TO BE HIS FRIEND, TOO. 679 00:32:49,209 --> 00:32:52,009 {\an7}WHEN HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH A PATERNITY SUIT 680 00:32:52,043 --> 00:32:54,609 {\an7}OR SOME CHICK JUST TRYING TO MILK HIM FOR MONEY, 681 00:32:54,643 --> 00:32:57,876 {\an1}HE HAD TO COME TO ME AND TELL ME ABOUT IT. 682 00:32:57,909 --> 00:33:01,409 {\an1}"AND THEY SAID THIS IS MY KID." 683 00:33:01,443 --> 00:33:04,409 {\an1}I HAD TO NOT BE A WIFE AND BE HIS FRIEND AND SAYS, 684 00:33:04,443 --> 00:33:06,376 {\an1}"LET ME LOOK AT THE KID. I'LL SEE IF IT'S YOURS." 685 00:33:06,409 --> 00:33:09,209 {\an1}NARRATOR: WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT ALI'S RELATIONSHIP 686 00:33:09,243 --> 00:33:12,109 {\an1}WITH VERONICA HAD DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING MORE, 687 00:33:12,143 --> 00:33:14,576 {\an1}KHALILAH AGREED TO PUT UP WITH HER PRESENCE 688 00:33:14,609 --> 00:33:18,109 {\an1}IF IT MEANT AVOIDING A DIVORCE. 689 00:33:18,143 --> 00:33:21,209 {\an1}IT GETS VERY COMPLICATED. 690 00:33:21,243 --> 00:33:26,609 {\an1}ONE OF THE FACTORS WAS THAT HIS MANAGER, HERBERT MUHAMMAD, 691 00:33:26,643 --> 00:33:31,376 {\an1}DID NOT WANT HIM TO DIVORCE HER BECAUSE SHE WAS A MUSLIM. 692 00:33:31,409 --> 00:33:34,243 DON KING: THAT'S ENOUGH. THAT'S ENOUGH... 693 00:33:34,276 --> 00:33:38,709 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON JULY 1, 1975, ALI ANNOUNCED HIS NEXT FIGHT: 694 00:33:38,743 --> 00:33:40,709 {\an1}A TIE-BREAKING THIRD SHOWDOWN 695 00:33:40,743 --> 00:33:43,676 {\an1}WITH HIS OLD NEMESIS JOE FRAZIER. 696 00:33:43,709 --> 00:33:47,476 {\an1}THE FIGHT WOULD BE HELD IN OCTOBER IN THE PHILIPPINES 697 00:33:47,509 --> 00:33:52,076 {\an7}AND WOULD COME TO BE KNOWN AS "THE THRILLA IN MANILA." 698 00:33:52,109 --> 00:33:55,609 {\an7}BY THIS POINT, YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THEY 699 00:33:55,643 --> 00:33:57,776 {\an7}HAD EARNED EACH OTHER'S RESPECT. 700 00:33:57,809 --> 00:34:00,976 {\an1}NEITHER ONE REALLY HAD NEARLY AS MUCH TO PROVE ANYMORE. 701 00:34:01,009 --> 00:34:04,076 {\an1}ALI WAS WHOLE AGAIN. FRAZIER WAS ON THE DOWNSIDE. 702 00:34:04,109 --> 00:34:07,976 {\an1}THAT THERE WOULD'VE BEEN SOME MOMENT THERE 703 00:34:08,009 --> 00:34:13,209 {\an1}WHERE YOU COULD HAVE SAID FINALLY, "RESPECT." 704 00:34:13,243 --> 00:34:19,743 {\an1}NO, NO, NO RESPECT. 705 00:34:19,776 --> 00:34:22,776 {\an1}THAT THIS IS, THIS CHAPTER IS NOT FINISHED, 706 00:34:22,809 --> 00:34:25,009 THAT THIS BATTLE IS NOT FINISHED. 707 00:34:25,043 --> 00:34:26,976 {\an1}NARRATOR: FERDINAND MARCOS, 708 00:34:27,009 --> 00:34:29,809 {\an1}THE CORRUPT AND AUTHORITARIAN DICTATOR OF THE PHILIPPINES, 709 00:34:29,843 --> 00:34:31,843 {\an1}HOPED TO IMPROVE HIS REPUTATION 710 00:34:31,876 --> 00:34:35,076 {\an1}AND PUT HIS COUNTRY IN THE SPOTLIGHT BY HOSTING THE BOUT, 711 00:34:35,109 --> 00:34:38,343 {\an1}JUST AS MOBUTU HAD IN ZAIRE. 712 00:34:38,376 --> 00:34:40,609 {\an1}REPORTER: MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT DO YOU THINK 713 00:34:40,643 --> 00:34:42,976 {\an1}THIS SORT OF FIGHT WILL DO FOR THE PHILIPPINES? 714 00:34:43,009 --> 00:34:44,976 {\an1}MARCOS: WELL, IT DOES PUBLICIZE THE PHILIPPINES, 715 00:34:45,009 --> 00:34:48,443 INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS STABLE 716 00:34:48,476 --> 00:34:51,343 AND THAT WE HAVE PEACE AND ORDER. 717 00:34:51,376 --> 00:34:54,543 {\an1}NARRATOR: WHEN MARCOS AND HIS WIFE IMELDA INVITED 718 00:34:54,576 --> 00:34:57,143 THE FIGHTERS TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, 719 00:34:57,176 --> 00:35:00,876 {\an1}ALI BROUGHT VERONICA, NOT KHALILAH. 720 00:35:00,909 --> 00:35:02,185 {\an1}ALI: THAT'S ALL YOU'RE GONNA SEE ME DO 721 00:35:02,209 --> 00:35:03,909 {\an1}TO JOE FRAZIER'S HEAD ALL NIGHT. 722 00:35:03,943 --> 00:35:05,143 {\an1}I'M GONNA STOP ALL THESE PEOPLE 723 00:35:05,176 --> 00:35:06,943 {\an1}TALKING ABOUT JOE FRAZIER. 724 00:35:06,976 --> 00:35:09,176 {\an1}THEY STILL THINK JOE FRAZIER CAN WHUP ME. 725 00:35:09,209 --> 00:35:11,743 {\an1}I'M GONNA SHOW 'EM. YOU SEE HOW HE'S BOUNCING, HMM? 726 00:35:11,776 --> 00:35:13,476 {\an1}SEE HIS HEAD? 727 00:35:13,509 --> 00:35:15,843 {\an1}NARRATOR: ALI INSULTED FRAZIER'S INTELLIGENCE, 728 00:35:15,876 --> 00:35:18,176 {\an1}CLAIMED HE SMELLED BAD, 729 00:35:18,209 --> 00:35:20,676 {\an1}AND SNUCK INTO ONE OF FRAZIER'S TRAINING SESSIONS 730 00:35:20,709 --> 00:35:24,143 {\an1}TO HARASS HIM FROM THE CATWALK ABOVE THE RING. 731 00:35:24,176 --> 00:35:28,376 {\an1}MAN: BY MY MEASURE, THE TWO WORST EPISODES OF ALI'S LIFE 732 00:35:28,409 --> 00:35:31,143 {\an7}WERE HIS CASTING ASIDE OF MALCOLM X 733 00:35:31,176 --> 00:35:34,476 {\an7}AND HIS TREATMENT OF FRAZIER GOING INTO THE THIRD FIGHT, 734 00:35:34,509 --> 00:35:36,209 {\an7}THE THRILLA IN MANILA. 735 00:35:36,243 --> 00:35:41,476 {\an7}ALI: GOTTA HOLD THE GORILLA. [LAUGHTER] 736 00:35:41,509 --> 00:35:43,809 {\an1}GOTTA CAPTURE THE GORILLA. 737 00:35:43,843 --> 00:35:47,809 {\an1}DAVE KINDRED: THIRD FIGHT, THEY BOTH WERE KIND OF OVER THE HILL. 738 00:35:47,843 --> 00:35:50,909 {\an1}IT WAS GOING TO BE A WAR, AND ALI KNEW THAT. 739 00:35:50,943 --> 00:35:54,043 {\an1}HE KNEW THAT THE TIME WAS RUNNING OUT ON HIM. 740 00:35:54,076 --> 00:35:58,576 {\an1}SO, IT WAS A CRUEL, INSENSITIVE, VILE EPISODE, 741 00:35:58,609 --> 00:36:01,276 {\an1}AND FRAZIER NEVER FORGAVE HIM. 742 00:36:01,309 --> 00:36:04,976 {\an1}NARRATOR: FRAZIER HOPED TO SURPRISE ALI WITH A NEW WEAPON. 743 00:36:05,009 --> 00:36:07,876 {\an1}HE HAD BEEN WORKING ON HIS RIGHT CROSS. 744 00:36:07,909 --> 00:36:10,543 {\an1}"WHATEVER HAPPENS," FRAZIER TOLD HIS TRAINER, EDDIE FUTCH, 745 00:36:10,576 --> 00:36:12,443 {\an1}"DON'T STOP THE FIGHT. 746 00:36:12,476 --> 00:36:15,209 {\an1}"I'M GONNA EAT THIS HALF-BREED'S HEART RIGHT OUT OF HIS CHEST. 747 00:36:15,243 --> 00:36:19,343 {\an1}THIS IS THE END OF HIM OR ME." 748 00:36:19,376 --> 00:36:23,109 {\an1}ALI SKIPPED ROADWORK AND SPARRING SESSIONS. 749 00:36:23,143 --> 00:36:26,143 {\an1}"I'M ALREADY IN PERFECT SHAPE," HE CLAIMED. 750 00:36:26,176 --> 00:36:29,576 {\an1}"I'LL BE SO MUCH SUPERIOR, I'LL KNOCK HIM OUT." 751 00:36:29,609 --> 00:36:34,076 RING ANNOUNCER: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 752 00:36:34,109 --> 00:36:37,576 {\an1}THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, 753 00:36:37,609 --> 00:36:43,743 {\an1}IN COOPERATION WITH DON KING PRODUCTIONS, INCORPORATED, 754 00:36:43,776 --> 00:36:49,743 PROUDLY PRESENT THE THRILLA IN MANILA. 755 00:36:49,776 --> 00:36:51,609 {\an1}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 756 00:36:51,643 --> 00:36:54,409 {\an1}MOSLEY: WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS TWO EXTRAORDINARY HEARTS. 757 00:36:54,443 --> 00:36:57,409 {\an1}IT'S NOT STYLES. IT'S HEARTS. 758 00:36:57,443 --> 00:36:59,976 RING ANNOUNCER: INTRODUCING THE CHALLENGER 759 00:37:00,009 --> 00:37:06,043 {\an1}AND FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, JOE FRAZIER. 760 00:37:06,076 --> 00:37:07,943 {\an1}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] FRAZIER! 761 00:37:07,976 --> 00:37:11,176 {\an7}MOSLEY: FRAZIER SAYS, "I'M GONNA WIN." 762 00:37:11,209 --> 00:37:13,943 {\an7}AND EVERYTHING, HIS WHOLE HEART, HIS WHOLE SOUL, 763 00:37:13,976 --> 00:37:15,609 {\an7}EVERYTHING IS HIM WINNING. 764 00:37:15,643 --> 00:37:18,509 {\an8}RING ANNOUNCER: IN THE RED CORNER, 765 00:37:18,543 --> 00:37:23,943 {\an1}WEIGHING 224 1/2 POUNDS... [CROWD BOOS] 766 00:37:23,976 --> 00:37:28,643 {\an1}THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, MUHAMMAD ALI. 767 00:37:28,676 --> 00:37:30,509 {\an1}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] ALI! 768 00:37:30,543 --> 00:37:33,976 {\an7}SO JOE IS NOT INTIMIDATED, AND ALI'S NEVER INTIMIDATED. 769 00:37:34,009 --> 00:37:35,509 {\an7}IN THE RING THEY GO. 770 00:37:35,543 --> 00:37:37,676 {\an8}[BELL CLANGS] 771 00:37:37,709 --> 00:37:39,309 {\an7}HOWARD COSELL: THE ACTION 772 00:37:39,343 --> 00:37:41,643 {\an8}BEGINS. 773 00:37:41,676 --> 00:37:44,476 {\an1}ALI SCORING QUICKLY WITH A COUPLE OF LEFTS. 774 00:37:46,509 --> 00:37:49,709 {\an1}THE TWO MOST FAMILIAR FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD 775 00:37:49,743 --> 00:37:52,009 {\an1}MEETING FOR THE THIRD TIME. 776 00:37:53,409 --> 00:37:57,876 {\an1}I THINK ALI WILL FIND FRAZIER A DIFFERENT CUSTOMER 777 00:37:57,909 --> 00:38:00,876 {\an1}IN TERMS OF ANY ROPE-A-DOPE TACTICS. 778 00:38:00,909 --> 00:38:04,143 BY DEFINITION, GEORGE FOREMAN WAS A SLUGGER. 779 00:38:04,176 --> 00:38:07,909 JOE FRAZIER, HE KNOWS ABOUT PACING HIMSELF, 780 00:38:07,943 --> 00:38:10,543 {\an1}WHEN TO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, STEP BACK AND TAKE A BREATH, 781 00:38:10,576 --> 00:38:12,709 {\an1}WHEN NOT TO PUNCH, 782 00:38:12,743 --> 00:38:15,709 {\an1}WHEN TO TIE UP BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE TIED UP WITH SOMEONE, 783 00:38:15,743 --> 00:38:18,376 {\an1}NOT ONLY IS HE RESTING, BUT YOU'RE RESTING. 784 00:38:18,409 --> 00:38:20,009 {\an8}[BELL CLANGS] 785 00:38:20,043 --> 00:38:23,776 {\an8}COSELL: ROUND TWO JUST GETTING UNDERWAY. 786 00:38:23,809 --> 00:38:28,109 {\an1}OH! A GOOD RIGHT LEAD SNAPPED FRAZIER'S HEAD BACK. 787 00:38:28,143 --> 00:38:30,876 {\an1}AGAIN, THAT RIGHT LEAD. 788 00:38:30,909 --> 00:38:33,809 {\an1}A KEY TO THE FIGHT THUS FAR. 789 00:38:35,576 --> 00:38:39,476 {\an1}ALI IS NOW SCORING AGAINST JOE FRAZIER. 790 00:38:39,509 --> 00:38:41,143 {\an1}IZENBERG: BY THREE ROUNDS, 791 00:38:41,176 --> 00:38:43,443 {\an1}IT LOOKS LIKE JOE'S GONNA GET KNOCKED DOWN. 792 00:38:43,476 --> 00:38:46,276 COSELL: WE'VE GOT LESS THAN 30 SECONDS LEFT, 793 00:38:46,309 --> 00:38:49,009 {\an1}AND ALI IS CLEANING UP ON FRAZIER'S HEAD HERE 794 00:38:49,043 --> 00:38:51,443 {\an1}IN THE LATE GOING. 795 00:38:51,476 --> 00:38:53,143 IZENBERG: SUDDENLY, FOURTH ROUND, 796 00:38:53,176 --> 00:38:55,909 FRAZIER HITS ALI WITH A RIGHT HAND. 797 00:38:55,943 --> 00:38:59,609 {\an1}ALI SAYS TO HIM, "OLD MAN, YOU AIN'T GOT NO RIGHT HAND. 798 00:38:59,643 --> 00:39:01,509 YOU AIN'T GOT NO RIGHT HAND." 799 00:39:01,543 --> 00:39:04,809 {\an1}BUT IT SLOWED ALI DOWN BECAUSE HE HAD TO CHANGE HIS STRATEGY. 800 00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:07,276 {\an1}NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, FRAZIER'S WINNING THE FIGHT. 801 00:39:07,309 --> 00:39:09,276 ♪ 802 00:39:09,309 --> 00:39:13,643 {\an1}COSELL: FRAZIER ALWAYS ON TOP OF ALI, TRYING TO GET THROUGH, 803 00:39:13,676 --> 00:39:16,076 {\an1}ALWAYS THE AGGRESSOR. 804 00:39:16,109 --> 00:39:18,143 {\an1}GOOD LEFT HOOK BY JOE FRAZIER. 805 00:39:18,176 --> 00:39:19,943 {\an1}QUICKLY, ALI COVERS UP... 806 00:39:19,976 --> 00:39:21,843 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN THE SIXTH, 807 00:39:21,876 --> 00:39:25,343 {\an1}FRAZIER LANDED TWO VICIOUS LEFT HOOKS, STAGGERING ALI. 808 00:39:25,376 --> 00:39:28,309 {\an1}COSELL: OH, ANOTHER GOOD LEFT BY JOE FRAZIER. 809 00:39:28,343 --> 00:39:32,876 {\an1}QUICKLY, JOE CHANGES THE NATURE OF THIS FIGHT... 810 00:39:32,909 --> 00:39:36,276 {\an1}NARRATOR: "GET OFF THE ROPES," DUNDEE SHOUTED AT ALI. 811 00:39:36,309 --> 00:39:38,309 {\an1}COSELL: JOE IS ALL OVER HIM THIS ROUND, 812 00:39:38,343 --> 00:39:41,176 {\an1}AND THOSE BLOWS HURT. 813 00:39:41,209 --> 00:39:43,743 {\an1}GOOD LEFT TO THE MIDSECTION, A RIGHT TO THE CHEST, 814 00:39:43,776 --> 00:39:47,676 ANOTHER LEFT HOOK TO THE RIGHT JAW OF ALI. 815 00:39:47,709 --> 00:39:51,276 {\an1}NARRATOR: EARLY IN THE SEVENTH, ALI WHISPERED IN FRAZIER'S EAR: 816 00:39:51,309 --> 00:39:55,443 {\an1}"OLD JOE FRAZIER, THEY TOLD ME YOU WERE WASHED UP." 817 00:39:55,476 --> 00:39:59,643 {\an1}"THEY LIED, PRETTY BOY," RESPONDED FRAZIER. 818 00:39:59,676 --> 00:40:02,143 {\an1}COSELL: ALI ON HIS TOES STILL, 819 00:40:02,176 --> 00:40:06,743 {\an1}TRYING TO CREATE A MOVING TARGET FOR FRAZIER. 820 00:40:06,776 --> 00:40:09,609 {\an1}OH, GOOD BLOWS BY ALI. 821 00:40:09,643 --> 00:40:13,543 {\an1}A COUPLE OF QUICK FLICKING LEFTS, FOLLOWED BY A RIGHT. 822 00:40:13,576 --> 00:40:16,409 {\an1}GOOD LEFT HOOK THERE BY FRAZIER. 823 00:40:16,443 --> 00:40:19,276 {\an1}LESS THAN A MINUTE TO GO IN THIS, THE TENTH ROUND, 824 00:40:19,309 --> 00:40:22,976 {\an1}AND ALI SEEMS A WEARY FIGHTER. 825 00:40:23,009 --> 00:40:27,409 {\an1}AT THIS POINT IN A FIGHT, THE KEY QUESTIONS BECOME 826 00:40:27,443 --> 00:40:30,443 {\an1}STAMINA AND STRENGTH. 827 00:40:30,476 --> 00:40:32,876 {\an1}GOOD RIGHT THERE BY ALI. 828 00:40:32,909 --> 00:40:36,609 {\an1}JOE TAKES TOO MANY TO THE HEAD AS HE DID THERE. 829 00:40:36,643 --> 00:40:41,309 {\an1}THAT'S WHY HIS EYES ARE SO SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE. 830 00:40:41,343 --> 00:40:43,276 {\an1}NARRATOR: THOUGH BOTH MEN WERE EXHAUSTED, 831 00:40:43,309 --> 00:40:45,676 {\an1}IN THE 12th, ALI TOOK CHARGE, 832 00:40:45,709 --> 00:40:47,976 NEARLY CLOSING FRAZIER'S LEFT EYE 833 00:40:48,009 --> 00:40:51,109 {\an1}AND DRAWING A TRICKLE OF BLOOD FROM HIS MOUTH. 834 00:40:51,143 --> 00:40:53,876 [BELL CLANGS] 835 00:40:53,909 --> 00:40:57,809 {\an7}BOYD: FRAZIER WAS BLIND IN ONE EYE ALREADY. 836 00:40:57,843 --> 00:41:00,243 {\an7}ALI CLOSED THE OTHER EYE DURING THE FIGHT. 837 00:41:00,276 --> 00:41:02,609 {\an7}BUT FRAZIER WANTS TO GO. 838 00:41:02,643 --> 00:41:05,176 THE GUY WANTS TO GET IN THE RING AND FIGHT BLIND. 839 00:41:05,209 --> 00:41:10,243 {\an1}IN THE OTHER CORNER, ALI IS EXHAUSTED. HE CAN'T STAND UP. 840 00:41:10,276 --> 00:41:11,609 {\an8}♪ 841 00:41:11,643 --> 00:41:12,943 {\an8}[BELL CLANGS] 842 00:41:12,976 --> 00:41:15,743 {\an7}COSELL: THE BELL FOR ROUND 13. 843 00:41:15,776 --> 00:41:20,176 {\an7}JOE FRAZIER'S LEFT EYE IS A MESS. NO OTHER WAY TO PUT IT. 844 00:41:20,209 --> 00:41:23,009 {\an1}IT'S BEEN ANOTHER GRUELING, BRUISING STRUGGLE 845 00:41:23,043 --> 00:41:24,509 {\an1}BETWEEN THE TWO... 846 00:41:24,543 --> 00:41:26,276 {\an1}IZENBERG: IT WAS SO BRUTAL, BRUTAL. 847 00:41:26,309 --> 00:41:28,009 {\an1}COSELL: EACH MAN GIVING EVERYTHING, 848 00:41:28,043 --> 00:41:30,509 {\an1}IN SOME WAYS REMINISCENT OF THE CLASSIC FIRST FIGHT 849 00:41:30,543 --> 00:41:33,143 IN MARCH OF '71. 850 00:41:33,176 --> 00:41:36,143 {\an1}THERE'S ALI ACTUALLY... 851 00:41:36,176 --> 00:41:38,509 {\an1}THE MOUTHPIECE WENT FROM THE RIGHT LEAD. 852 00:41:38,543 --> 00:41:40,476 THE MOUTHPIECE WENT. YOU SAW IT FLY OUT. 853 00:41:40,509 --> 00:41:43,476 ALI IS NOW REALLY GIVING IT TO FRAZIER. 854 00:41:43,509 --> 00:41:45,276 {\an1}FRAZIER'S IN TROUBLE. 855 00:41:45,309 --> 00:41:49,009 {\an1}JOE COMING BACK TO THE MIDSECTION, BUT ALI COVERED. 856 00:41:49,043 --> 00:41:51,243 ♪ 857 00:41:51,276 --> 00:41:54,609 {\an1}LESS THAN A MINUTE LEFT IN THE 13th ROUND 858 00:41:54,643 --> 00:41:57,009 {\an1}WITH ALI PUNISHING FRAZIER. 859 00:41:57,043 --> 00:42:01,676 {\an1}ALREADY THE MOUTHPIECE IS GONE. HE HAS STAGGERED FRAZIER. 860 00:42:01,709 --> 00:42:04,276 [BELL CLANGS] 861 00:42:04,309 --> 00:42:07,643 {\an1}IZENBERG: FRAZIER, HIS LEGS ARE LIKE WET SPAGHETTI. 862 00:42:07,676 --> 00:42:10,943 {\an1}ALI DOESN'T LOOK TOO GOOD EITHER. 863 00:42:10,976 --> 00:42:14,009 {\an1}THAT'S HOW MUCH THESE GUYS LEFT IN THE ROUND. 864 00:42:14,043 --> 00:42:19,676 {\an1}BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THE 14th ROUND, I SAY, 865 00:42:19,709 --> 00:42:23,409 {\an7}"I WISH THIS THING WOULD END. WHY DON'T THEY SEND THEM HOME? 866 00:42:23,443 --> 00:42:25,676 {\an7}TELL 'EM IT'S A DRAW. YOU BOTH ARE GREAT. GO HOME." 867 00:42:25,709 --> 00:42:28,443 {\an7}I CAN'T WATCH IT ANYMORE. 868 00:42:28,476 --> 00:42:30,476 {\an1}COSELL: ALI IS GIVING IT TO HIM AGAIN, 869 00:42:30,509 --> 00:42:32,276 {\an1}AND JOE CAN'T ANSWER BACK. 870 00:42:32,309 --> 00:42:34,343 {\an1}THE SWINGS ARE WILD. 871 00:42:34,376 --> 00:42:38,409 {\an1}ALI IN TOTAL COMMAND. 872 00:42:38,443 --> 00:42:41,576 LOOK AT THAT, LEFT AND THEN THE RIGHT... 873 00:42:41,609 --> 00:42:44,143 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN THE LAST MINUTE OF THE 14th ROUND, 874 00:42:44,176 --> 00:42:46,143 {\an1}ALI UNLEASHED A FLURRY OF BLOWS 875 00:42:46,176 --> 00:42:50,576 {\an1}TO FRAZIER'S ALREADY SWOLLEN AND BLOODIED FACE. 876 00:42:50,609 --> 00:42:55,943 SOMEHOW, FRAZIER STAYED ON HIS FEET. 877 00:42:55,976 --> 00:42:57,776 {\an1}BENTT: MUHAMMAD HIT HIM WITH, I THINK, LIKE, 878 00:42:57,809 --> 00:43:00,176 {\an1}IT WAS TWO OR THREE SHOTS AT THE CLOSE OF THE ROUND. 879 00:43:00,209 --> 00:43:02,609 {\an1}AND THOSE TWO OR THREE SHOTS DISORIENTED JOE. 880 00:43:02,643 --> 00:43:06,376 [BELL CLANGS] 881 00:43:06,409 --> 00:43:10,676 {\an1}THE BELL RINGS, AND THE REFEREE HAS TO STEER HIM 882 00:43:10,709 --> 00:43:12,343 {\an1}BACK TO HIS CORNER. 883 00:43:12,376 --> 00:43:16,809 {\an8}AND HE'S DAMAGED, BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO QUIT. 884 00:43:16,843 --> 00:43:20,976 {\an7}"NAH, NAH, DON'T... DON'T... DON'T STOP IT. DON'T STOP IT." 885 00:43:21,009 --> 00:43:24,009 {\an1}MUHAMMAD, HE'S OUT OF IT. 886 00:43:24,043 --> 00:43:29,476 {\an1}HE SAID THAT THAT FIGHT WAS THE CLOSEST THING TO DEATH. 887 00:43:29,509 --> 00:43:31,876 HE'S NEAR DEATH. 888 00:43:31,909 --> 00:43:34,209 {\an1}COSELL: EDDIE FUTCH LEANING OVER HIS FIGHTER. 889 00:43:34,243 --> 00:43:36,309 {\an1}LOOK AT FRAZIER'S EYES. 890 00:43:36,343 --> 00:43:40,143 {\an1}NARRATOR: EDDIE FUTCH HAD SEEN FOUR FIGHTERS DIE IN THE RING. 891 00:43:40,176 --> 00:43:43,676 HE REFUSED TO LET HIS BOXER CONTINUE. 892 00:43:43,709 --> 00:43:48,143 {\an1}"JOE," HE SAID. "IT'S OVER." 893 00:43:48,176 --> 00:43:52,409 {\an1}KINDRED: FRAZIER DIDN'T WANT TO QUIT. FUTCH MADE HIM QUIT. 894 00:43:52,443 --> 00:43:55,709 {\an1}ONE OF THE GREAT MOMENTS IN BOXING HISTORY, ACTUALLY. 895 00:43:55,743 --> 00:43:59,043 {\an1}COSELL: FUTCH DOESN'T WANT THE FIGHTER TO GO ON, 896 00:43:59,076 --> 00:44:00,776 {\an1}TELLING THE REFEREE. 897 00:44:00,809 --> 00:44:04,776 JOE FRAZIER IS IN HIS CORNER, ON THE STOOL. 898 00:44:04,809 --> 00:44:06,443 {\an7}LOOK AT ALI GETTING READY TO GO OUT. 899 00:44:06,476 --> 00:44:09,276 {\an7}NOW HE REALIZES FRAZIER WILL NOT COME OUT. 900 00:44:09,309 --> 00:44:11,609 {\an8}MUHAMMAD ALI IS 901 00:44:11,643 --> 00:44:15,109 {\an7}STILL THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. 902 00:44:15,143 --> 00:44:18,043 {\an8}KINDRED: IT ASKED EVERYTHING OF THEM, 903 00:44:18,076 --> 00:44:20,909 {\an7}AND THEY GAVE EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW. 904 00:44:20,943 --> 00:44:23,809 {\an7}AND YOU DON'T SEE THAT HAPPEN VERY OFTEN IN ANY... 905 00:44:23,843 --> 00:44:26,543 {\an7}IN ANYTHING, ANY GAME, ANY LIFE, YOU KNOW. 906 00:44:26,576 --> 00:44:28,776 {\an7}AND THERE IT'S NAKED. 907 00:44:28,809 --> 00:44:31,076 {\an7}THERE YOU COULDN'T MISS IT. 908 00:44:31,109 --> 00:44:34,609 {\an1}NARRATOR: AS ALI'S CORNER CROWDED AROUND HIM TO CELEBRATE, 909 00:44:34,643 --> 00:44:37,776 {\an1}HE COLLAPSED ONTO THE CANVAS. 910 00:44:37,809 --> 00:44:41,443 {\an1}KINDRED: THEY TURNED EACH OTHER INTO MONSTERS, YOU KNOW. 911 00:44:41,476 --> 00:44:45,609 AND THAT'S BOXING AT ITS CRUELEST, YOU KNOW, 912 00:44:45,643 --> 00:44:47,909 {\an1}BUT THAT'S WHAT THE GAME IS, YOU KNOW. 913 00:44:47,943 --> 00:44:50,743 {\an1}IT'S A NAKED ASSAULT ON THE BRAIN, YOU KNOW. 914 00:44:50,776 --> 00:44:53,209 {\an1}IT'S A CRUEL GAME. 915 00:44:53,243 --> 00:44:56,909 {\an1}AND THEY WERE AT THEIR BEST CRUELEST THAT NIGHT. 916 00:44:56,943 --> 00:45:01,443 {\an1}IZENBERG: THEY DIDN'T FIGHT FOR THE WBC CHAMPIONSHIP. 917 00:45:01,476 --> 00:45:04,943 THEY DIDN'T FIGHT FOR THE WBA CHAMPIONSHIP. 918 00:45:04,976 --> 00:45:09,143 {\an1}THEY DIDN'T FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE PLANET. 919 00:45:09,176 --> 00:45:12,809 {\an1}THEY STOOD TOE-TO-TOE ON A MELTING ICE FLOE 920 00:45:12,843 --> 00:45:16,509 AND FOUGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF EACH OTHER. 921 00:45:16,543 --> 00:45:21,076 {\an1}AND FOR EACH OF THEM, THE OTHER GUY WAS AHAB'S WHITE WHALE. 922 00:45:21,109 --> 00:45:23,609 ♪ 923 00:45:23,643 --> 00:45:25,476 NARRATOR: FRAZIER WAS TOO BATTERED 924 00:45:25,509 --> 00:45:28,543 {\an1}TO ATTEND THE RECEPTION AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE THAT NIGHT. 925 00:45:28,576 --> 00:45:32,109 {\an1}ALI WOULD URINATE BLOOD FOR WEEKS. 926 00:45:32,143 --> 00:45:35,876 {\an1}"WE WENT TO MANILA AS CHAMPIONS," ALI SAID LATER, 927 00:45:35,909 --> 00:45:39,509 {\an1}"AND WE CAME BACK AS OLD MEN." 928 00:45:39,543 --> 00:45:42,343 {\an1}BENTT: THAT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, A BARE KNUCKLES MATCH, MAN, 929 00:45:42,376 --> 00:45:44,676 {\an1}AT LIKE THE BAR DOWN THE STREET. 930 00:45:44,709 --> 00:45:46,676 WHAT MUHAMMAD ALI AND JOE FRAZIER EXPRESSED WAS 931 00:45:46,709 --> 00:45:48,943 MAJESTIC, MAN. 932 00:45:48,976 --> 00:45:52,643 {\an1}IT WAS VIOLENT AND CONFLICTING AND AT TIMES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, 933 00:45:52,676 --> 00:45:55,309 QUITE MOVING. 934 00:45:55,343 --> 00:45:57,943 {\an1}THAT'S THEIR GIFT TO US. 935 00:45:57,976 --> 00:46:02,243 ♪ 936 00:46:02,276 --> 00:46:04,943 {\an1}I'M GIVING YOU A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN I'M LEAVING. 937 00:46:04,976 --> 00:46:06,885 {\an1}REPORTER: WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY ABOUT JOE FRAZIER NOW? 938 00:46:06,909 --> 00:46:08,743 {\an1}HE'S GREAT. 939 00:46:08,776 --> 00:46:11,476 {\an1}HE'S GREATER THAN I THOUGHT HE WAS. 940 00:46:11,509 --> 00:46:16,076 {\an1}WHEN I SAY GREAT, HIS STYLE IS THE STYLE THAT 941 00:46:16,109 --> 00:46:18,843 ONLY HE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WITH. 942 00:46:18,876 --> 00:46:20,809 I THINK HE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT. 943 00:46:20,843 --> 00:46:23,943 {\an1}BOYD: WATCHING THE INTERVIEWS AFTER THE THRILLA IN MANILA, 944 00:46:23,976 --> 00:46:26,076 {\an1}IT'S APPARENT ALREADY. 945 00:46:26,109 --> 00:46:28,043 {\an1}HE'S TALKING DIFFERENTLY, SLOWER. 946 00:46:28,076 --> 00:46:30,243 SOMETHING'S OFF. 947 00:46:30,276 --> 00:46:35,176 {\an1}IT'S HARD, BECAUSE, SLOWLY, WE'RE GOING TO SEE 948 00:46:35,209 --> 00:46:37,043 {\an1}A DIFFERENT HUMAN BEING, 949 00:46:37,076 --> 00:46:40,876 {\an1}AND WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THIS MAN DETERIORATE IN PUBLIC, 950 00:46:40,909 --> 00:46:43,543 ONE OF THE MOST HEARTBREAKING THINGS EVER. 951 00:46:43,576 --> 00:46:48,276 ♪ 952 00:46:48,309 --> 00:46:53,276 {\an1}NARRATOR: BY THE SPRING OF 1976, HE AND KHALILAH WERE SEPARATED 953 00:46:53,309 --> 00:46:55,743 AND EACH LIVING IN THEIR OWN APARTMENTS. 954 00:46:55,776 --> 00:46:58,743 {\an1}"THERE ISN'T ANY MARRIAGE," SHE TOLD ONE REPORTER. 955 00:46:58,776 --> 00:47:01,209 {\an1}"IT'S PAST ME NOW." 956 00:47:01,243 --> 00:47:05,343 {\an7}KHALILAH ALI: I DECIDED I'M GONNA HAVE TO DIVORCE THE GUY. 957 00:47:05,376 --> 00:47:11,343 {\an7}I'VE BEARED A LOT OF EMBARRASSING SITUATIONS. 958 00:47:11,376 --> 00:47:14,909 {\an1}I BLAME MYSELF, AND, YOU KNOW, 959 00:47:14,943 --> 00:47:17,909 {\an1}I JUST DIDN'T CARE EITHER AFTER A WHILE, 960 00:47:17,943 --> 00:47:20,109 {\an1}AND IT HURT ME, TOO. 961 00:47:20,143 --> 00:47:23,276 RASHEDA ALI: MY DAD AND MY MOM DIVORCED 962 00:47:23,309 --> 00:47:27,409 {\an1}WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG. WE WERE, LIKE, FIVE. 963 00:47:27,443 --> 00:47:30,743 {\an1}MOST OF MY GROWING UP, I LIVED WITH MY GRANDPARENTS, 964 00:47:30,776 --> 00:47:32,543 MY MOM'S PARENTS. 965 00:47:32,576 --> 00:47:37,443 {\an7}AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE 966 00:47:37,476 --> 00:47:41,243 {\an7}OF HAVING MY DAD WITH ME AFTER THE DIVORCE, OBVIOUSLY. 967 00:47:41,276 --> 00:47:45,676 {\an7}IT WAS A PAINFUL TIME FOR US. 968 00:47:45,709 --> 00:47:48,576 {\an1}AND, YOU KNOW, WE MISSED HIM. 969 00:47:48,609 --> 00:47:51,809 {\an1}NARRATOR: VERONICA WAS PREGNANT NOW. 970 00:47:51,843 --> 00:47:54,643 {\an1}THEY WERE SPENDING TIME AT AN 80-ACRE FARM 971 00:47:54,676 --> 00:47:56,243 {\an1}IN BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICHIGAN, 972 00:47:56,276 --> 00:47:59,743 {\an1}THAT ALI HAD PURCHASED THE PREVIOUS FALL. 973 00:47:59,776 --> 00:48:01,609 {\an1}PORCHE: WE WERE IN LOVE. 974 00:48:01,643 --> 00:48:05,643 {\an7}AND I KNEW HOW MUCH HE LOVED ME. HE KNEW I LOVED HIM. 975 00:48:05,676 --> 00:48:10,809 {\an7}HE KNEW I WAS LOYAL TO HIM ONLY, NOBODY ELSE. 976 00:48:10,843 --> 00:48:14,143 {\an8}AND I KNOW HE APPRECIATED THAT A LOT. 977 00:48:14,176 --> 00:48:21,009 AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALWAYS TOGETHER. 978 00:48:21,043 --> 00:48:23,876 {\an1}I WANTED TO HAVE KIDS. 979 00:48:23,909 --> 00:48:28,943 {\an1}SO HANA WAS VERY WELCOME, YOU KNOW. 980 00:48:28,976 --> 00:48:31,709 {\an1}NARRATOR: ALI'S MOTHER ODESSA, 981 00:48:31,743 --> 00:48:34,209 {\an1}TIRED OF HER HUSBAND'S DRINKING AND CAROUSING, 982 00:48:34,243 --> 00:48:36,376 HAD SEPARATED FROM CASSIUS CLAY SENIOR, 983 00:48:36,409 --> 00:48:39,076 {\an1}AND MOVED INTO ANOTHER HOUSE IN LOUISVILLE, 984 00:48:39,109 --> 00:48:41,476 {\an1}BOUGHT FOR HER BY HER SON. 985 00:48:41,509 --> 00:48:46,309 {\an1}ALI HAD TOLD WALLACE MUHAMMAD HE WAS FINISHED WITH BOXING, 986 00:48:46,343 --> 00:48:49,743 {\an1}BUT HE NEEDED THE HUGE PAYDAYS TO MEET 987 00:48:49,776 --> 00:48:51,743 {\an1}HIS EVER-INCREASING EXPENSES. 988 00:48:51,776 --> 00:48:53,743 [BELL CLANGS] 989 00:48:53,776 --> 00:48:56,943 {\an1}NARRATOR: HE FOUGHT FIVE TIMES IN 15 MONTHS. 990 00:48:56,976 --> 00:48:59,143 {\an1}JEAN-PIERRE COOPMAN, 991 00:48:59,176 --> 00:49:01,143 JIMMY YOUNG, 992 00:49:01,176 --> 00:49:03,076 RICHARD DUNN, 993 00:49:03,109 --> 00:49:05,776 {\an1}KEN NORTON FOR A THIRD TIME, 994 00:49:05,809 --> 00:49:10,143 {\an1}ALFREDO EVANGELISTA. 995 00:49:10,176 --> 00:49:13,943 THOUGH HE WON EACH TIME, THE 35-YEAR-OLD ALI 996 00:49:13,976 --> 00:49:15,909 {\an1}WAS CLEARLY IN DECLINE, 997 00:49:15,943 --> 00:49:18,443 {\an1}SLOGGING THROUGH ROUND AFTER PUNISHING ROUND, 998 00:49:18,476 --> 00:49:23,243 {\an1}UNABLE TO AVOID PUNCHES THAT HE HAD ONCE DODGED WITH EASE. 999 00:49:23,276 --> 00:49:26,043 {\an1}AFTER A BRUTAL 15-ROUND VICTORY 1000 00:49:26,076 --> 00:49:29,909 {\an1}OVER EARNIE SHAVERS IN SEPTEMBER OF 1977, 1001 00:49:29,943 --> 00:49:32,743 {\an1}SOME OF HIS ASSOCIATES HAD SEEN ENOUGH. 1002 00:49:32,776 --> 00:49:36,576 {\an1}TEDDY BRENNER, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN'S PROMOTER, 1003 00:49:36,609 --> 00:49:39,009 {\an1}TOLD HERBERT MUHAMMAD THAT THE GARDEN 1004 00:49:39,043 --> 00:49:41,876 {\an1}WOULD NOT OFFER ALI ANOTHER FIGHT. 1005 00:49:41,909 --> 00:49:44,076 {\an1}"I WISH HE CALLS IT A DAY BEFORE HE 1006 00:49:44,109 --> 00:49:46,743 {\an1}FALLS OFF THE TIGHTROPE," SAID BRENNER. 1007 00:49:46,776 --> 00:49:50,743 {\an1}LAB TESTS BY THE NEW YORK STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION 1008 00:49:50,776 --> 00:49:54,409 {\an1}REVEALED THAT ALI'S KIDNEYS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED 1009 00:49:54,443 --> 00:49:57,576 {\an1}AND COULD FAIL IF EXPOSED TO MORE PUNISHMENT. 1010 00:49:57,609 --> 00:50:01,276 {\an1}"HE SHOULD QUIT AND QUIT NOW," SAID FERDIE PACHECO, 1011 00:50:01,309 --> 00:50:04,109 {\an1}WHO, AFTER 15 YEARS AS ALI'S RINGSIDE DOCTOR, 1012 00:50:04,143 --> 00:50:07,209 {\an1}DECIDED TO MOVE ON. 1013 00:50:07,243 --> 00:50:12,743 {\an1}HIS FATHER TOLD HIM, "QUIT, SON, BEFORE YOU GET HURT." 1014 00:50:12,776 --> 00:50:15,243 {\an1}MAN: HE STARTS ASKING PEOPLE, "DO YOU THINK I SOUND DIFFERENT? 1015 00:50:15,276 --> 00:50:17,243 {\an7}DO YOU THINK MY WORDS ARE SLURRING?" 1016 00:50:17,276 --> 00:50:18,876 {\an7}YOU KNOW, "DO I SEEM DIFFERENT TO YOU? 1017 00:50:18,909 --> 00:50:20,676 {\an7}DO YOU THINK I'M BRAIN DAMAGED?" 1018 00:50:20,709 --> 00:50:22,109 {\an7}HE'S ASKING REPORTERS THIS QUESTION, 1019 00:50:22,143 --> 00:50:24,076 {\an7}AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING, 1020 00:50:24,109 --> 00:50:26,409 {\an1}AND HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER ARE TELLING HIM, YOU KNOW, 1021 00:50:26,443 --> 00:50:28,576 {\an1}"YOU DON'T SOUND THE SAME. YOU DON'T SOUND RIGHT. 1022 00:50:28,609 --> 00:50:31,076 {\an1}WHY CAN'T YOU SPEAK RIGHT?" 1023 00:50:31,109 --> 00:50:34,409 {\an1}AND HE KEEPS BOXING, AS HE BELIEVES LIKE, 1024 00:50:34,443 --> 00:50:35,819 {\an1}AS HE'S ALWAYS BELIEVED, THAT YOU KNOW, 1025 00:50:35,843 --> 00:50:38,376 {\an1}EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT. 1026 00:50:38,409 --> 00:50:42,809 {\an1}NARRATOR: ANGELO DUNDEE CALLED IT ALI'S DECISION. 1027 00:50:42,843 --> 00:50:45,909 {\an1}"ONLY WHEN THE MAN COMES TO ME AND ASKS DO I TELL HIM 1028 00:50:45,943 --> 00:50:48,876 {\an1}WHAT'S IN MY HEART," SAID THE TRAINER. 1029 00:50:48,909 --> 00:50:52,676 {\an1}PORCHE: EVERYBODY WANTED HIM TO RETIRE THAT CARED ABOUT HIM. 1030 00:50:52,709 --> 00:50:57,076 {\an1}BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS THAT FIGHT 1031 00:50:57,109 --> 00:50:59,276 {\an1}THAT SOMEBODY WOULD CALL HIM ABOUT, 1032 00:50:59,309 --> 00:51:02,209 {\an1}AND USUALLY IT WAS HERBERT. 1033 00:51:02,243 --> 00:51:06,809 {\an1}I THINK OF EVERYONE, MUHAMMAD RESPECTED 1034 00:51:06,843 --> 00:51:10,209 {\an1}HERBERT MUHAMMAD'S OPINION THE MOST. 1035 00:51:10,243 --> 00:51:16,343 {\an1}HERBERT GREW TO HAVE A CERTAIN LIFESTYLE BECAUSE OF MUHAMMAD. 1036 00:51:16,376 --> 00:51:21,143 {\an1}I THINK HE WAS INFLUENTIAL IN HIM CONTINUING TO FIGHT, 1037 00:51:21,176 --> 00:51:25,443 {\an1}BECAUSE IT MEANT MORE MONEY FOR HIM. 1038 00:51:25,476 --> 00:51:27,443 {\an1}[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS] 1039 00:51:27,476 --> 00:51:30,409 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE PROMOTER BOB ARUM HAD ALREADY IDENTIFIED 1040 00:51:30,443 --> 00:51:33,976 {\an1}THE CHAMP'S NEXT OPPONENT, A 24-YEAR-OLD EX-MARINE 1041 00:51:34,009 --> 00:51:38,543 {\an1}NAMED LEON SPINKS, WHO HAD WON GOLD AS A LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 1042 00:51:38,576 --> 00:51:41,609 {\an1}AT THE 1976 OLYMPICS. 1043 00:51:41,643 --> 00:51:46,976 {\an1}THE 15-ROUND MATCH WAS SET FOR FEBRUARY 1978. 1044 00:51:47,009 --> 00:51:50,476 {\an1}VICTOR SOLANO, AN AMATEUR BOXER 1045 00:51:50,509 --> 00:51:52,109 {\an1}WHO HAD BEFRIENDED ALI 1046 00:51:52,143 --> 00:51:54,143 {\an1}AFTER A SPARRING SESSION IN LOS ANGELES, 1047 00:51:54,176 --> 00:51:57,176 {\an1}TRIED TO HELP MUHAMMAD PREPARE. 1048 00:51:57,209 --> 00:51:59,085 {\an1}VICTOR SOLANO: HE ONLY TRAINED FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS 1049 00:51:59,109 --> 00:52:01,209 {\an8}FOR THAT FIGHT, 1050 00:52:01,243 --> 00:52:03,609 {\an7}AND HE GOES, "OH, THIS GUY'S JUST AN AMATEUR. 1051 00:52:03,643 --> 00:52:06,043 {\an7}"HE'S JUST AN AMATEUR, AND I FOUGHT JOE FRAZIER. 1052 00:52:06,076 --> 00:52:08,076 {\an7}"I FOUGHT GEORGE FOREMAN. I FOUGHT ALL THESE GUYS. 1053 00:52:08,109 --> 00:52:10,343 {\an1}THIS GUY'S ONLY HAD SIX FIGHTS." 1054 00:52:10,376 --> 00:52:12,543 SO HE WOULD RUN MAYBE A FEW BLOCKS, 1055 00:52:12,576 --> 00:52:15,143 {\an1}GET BACK IN THE LIMOUSINE, GO BACK TO SLEEP. 1056 00:52:15,176 --> 00:52:16,843 [BELL CLANGS] 1057 00:52:16,876 --> 00:52:20,743 {\an1}NARRATOR: SPINKS TOOK ALI COMPLETELY BY SURPRISE. 1058 00:52:20,776 --> 00:52:22,409 {\an8}ANNOUNCER: SPINKS COMES FLYING OUT HERE 1059 00:52:22,443 --> 00:52:24,743 {\an7}AND GOES RIGHT AFTER THIS GREAT CHAMPION, 1060 00:52:24,776 --> 00:52:26,876 {\an7}ABSOLUTELY SHOWING NO RESPECT AT ALL. 1061 00:52:26,909 --> 00:52:30,409 {\an1}SPINKS DID A LOT OF DAMAGE TO HIM, A LOT OF DAMAGE. 1062 00:52:30,443 --> 00:52:32,843 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: ALI SHOULD BE PUNCHING WITH BOTH HANDS, 1063 00:52:32,876 --> 00:52:35,076 {\an1}BUT INSTEAD IT'S SPINKS WHO COMES BACK, 1064 00:52:35,109 --> 00:52:37,409 {\an1}AND HE'S THROWING EVERYTHING HE'S GOT IN BOTH PUNCHES. 1065 00:52:37,443 --> 00:52:39,509 {\an1}ALI IS COVERING UP. HE'S KEEPING HIM IN HIS CORNER. 1066 00:52:39,543 --> 00:52:41,552 {\an1}HE WILL NOT LET HIM OUT. ALI'S GOT TO GO TOE-TO-TOE... 1067 00:52:41,576 --> 00:52:43,609 {\an1}SOLANO: HE THOUGHT, "WELL... I'VE DONE IT BEFORE, 1068 00:52:43,643 --> 00:52:45,243 {\an1}"I'LL DO IT AGAIN. 1069 00:52:45,276 --> 00:52:46,685 "THE LAST ROUND I'M GOING TO COME OUT, 1070 00:52:46,709 --> 00:52:48,176 {\an1}AND I'M GOING TO GIVE IT ALL I GOT." 1071 00:52:48,209 --> 00:52:49,609 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: SPINKS IS IN THE CORNER, 1072 00:52:49,643 --> 00:52:51,609 AND ALI'S GOT HIM WHERE HE WANTS HIM. 1073 00:52:51,643 --> 00:52:53,385 {\an1}AND SPINKS COMES BACK WITH A COUNTER, ANOTHER COUNTER, 1074 00:52:53,409 --> 00:52:55,076 ANOTHER, ANOTHER. 1075 00:52:55,109 --> 00:52:56,943 {\an1}AND THERE'S SPINKS BACKING UP THE CHAMPION... 1076 00:52:56,976 --> 00:52:59,276 {\an1}BUT THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT. THERE... THERE WAS NOTHING. 1077 00:52:59,309 --> 00:53:01,309 {\an8}ANNOUNCER: IT'S EIGHT SECONDS AWAY... 1078 00:53:01,343 --> 00:53:04,276 {\an7}HE'S JUST HAMMERED ALI. ALI LOOKS LIKE HE'S IN TROUBLE. 1079 00:53:04,309 --> 00:53:05,909 {\an7}HE'S LEANING AGAINST THE ROPES. 1080 00:53:05,943 --> 00:53:09,276 {\an7}TWO SECONDS. IT'S ONE, AND AT THE BELL... 1081 00:53:09,309 --> 00:53:15,243 {\an1}RING ANNOUNCER: JUDGE HAROLD BUCK SCORES 144-141. 1082 00:53:15,276 --> 00:53:18,476 THE NEW... FIGHT ANNOUNCER: THERE IT IS! 1083 00:53:18,509 --> 00:53:20,909 {\an1}LEON SPINKS HAS PULLED IT OFF. 1084 00:53:20,943 --> 00:53:23,143 NARRATOR: AFTER ONLY SEVEN PROFESSIONAL WINS, 1085 00:53:23,176 --> 00:53:26,776 {\an1}LEON SPINKS WAS HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. 1086 00:53:26,809 --> 00:53:28,819 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: BEATING MAYBE THE GREATEST FIGHTER OF ALL TIME... 1087 00:53:28,843 --> 00:53:31,943 {\an7}ARUM: ALI SAID TO ME, "BOB, YOU GOT TO DO ME A FAVOR. 1088 00:53:31,976 --> 00:53:34,009 {\an7}YOU GOT TO MAKE THE REMATCH." 1089 00:53:34,043 --> 00:53:37,309 {\an7}AND I SAID, "ALI, I'LL MAKE THE REMATCH ONLY ON ONE CONDITION: 1090 00:53:37,343 --> 00:53:40,343 {\an8}WIN OR LOSE, IT'S THE END, YOU'LL RETIRE." 1091 00:53:40,376 --> 00:53:43,109 {\an8}"I PROMISE YOU," AND HE AGREED TO RETIRE. 1092 00:53:43,143 --> 00:53:45,576 {\an1}ALI: BUT NOW I GOT BEAT. I'M ALL WASHED UP. 1093 00:53:45,609 --> 00:53:48,443 "TIME" MAGAZINE: "THE GREATEST' IS GONE." 1094 00:53:48,476 --> 00:53:50,443 {\an1}"HE'S WASHED UP. HE'S OLD." 1095 00:53:50,476 --> 00:53:52,343 {\an1}NOW I GOT SOMETHING TO GET UP AND PROVE, 1096 00:53:52,376 --> 00:53:55,243 {\an1}TO SET A RECORD THAT YOU KNOW WON'T... NEVER BE BROKEN 1097 00:53:55,276 --> 00:53:56,943 {\an1}IN THE NEXT HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED YEARS. 1098 00:53:56,976 --> 00:53:58,976 {\an1}I MEAN, TO WIN THE TITLE BACK FOR THE THIRD TIME... 1099 00:53:59,009 --> 00:54:03,809 {\an1}SOLANO: AND HE GOT HUMBLE, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN HE SAID, 1100 00:54:03,843 --> 00:54:05,709 {\an1}"YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GET UP 1101 00:54:05,743 --> 00:54:08,143 {\an1}"AND RUN WITH THE MOON AND THE STARS. 1102 00:54:08,176 --> 00:54:10,543 {\an1}"I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND CHOP TREES, 1103 00:54:10,576 --> 00:54:14,143 {\an1}AND GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING TO WHAT MADE ME GREAT." 1104 00:54:14,176 --> 00:54:16,043 ♪ 1105 00:54:16,076 --> 00:54:17,643 [CHEERING] 1106 00:54:17,676 --> 00:54:21,076 RING ANNOUNCER: PRESENTING THE CHALLENGER 1107 00:54:21,109 --> 00:54:23,409 {\an1}OF TONIGHT'S BOUT... 1108 00:54:23,443 --> 00:54:27,276 {\an1}THE FORMER TWO-TIME GREAT CHAMPION 1109 00:54:27,309 --> 00:54:31,176 {\an1}FROM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, IN WHITE TRUNKS, 1110 00:54:31,209 --> 00:54:33,809 {\an1}WEIGHING IN AT 221... 1111 00:54:33,843 --> 00:54:35,976 {\an7}MUHAMMAD ALI, THE GREATEST. 1112 00:54:36,009 --> 00:54:37,476 {\an7}MOSLEY: WELL, I THINK 1113 00:54:37,509 --> 00:54:38,743 {\an7}HIS BRAVEST FIGHT WAS 1114 00:54:38,776 --> 00:54:40,709 {\an7}THE SECOND ONE WITH SPINKS. 1115 00:54:40,743 --> 00:54:42,309 {\an8}YOU KNOW? 1116 00:54:42,343 --> 00:54:43,552 {\an8}HE GOES THERE, HE'S TOO OLD TO BE BOXING. 1117 00:54:43,576 --> 00:54:45,176 {\an7}HE SHOULDN'T BE BOXING ANYMORE. 1118 00:54:45,209 --> 00:54:48,709 {\an8}BUT HE SAID, "BUT THIS GUY BEAT ME, OK." 1119 00:54:48,743 --> 00:54:52,043 AND HE PLANNED THE PERFECT FIGHT. 1120 00:54:52,076 --> 00:54:54,176 {\an8}[BELL CLANGS] 1121 00:54:54,209 --> 00:54:56,209 {\an7}ANNOUNCER: ROUND ONE. 1122 00:54:56,243 --> 00:54:57,743 {\an7}THE CHAMPION SPINKS COMING 1123 00:54:57,776 --> 00:55:00,409 {\an8}RIGHT OUT AGAINST 1124 00:55:00,443 --> 00:55:03,409 {\an1}A MOVING AND DANCING MUHAMMAD ALI... 1125 00:55:03,443 --> 00:55:06,243 {\an1}ANNOUNCER 2: ALI IS LURING HIM INTO THESE TRAPS. 1126 00:55:06,276 --> 00:55:09,243 {\an1}ANNOUNCER 1: LOOK AT ALI DANCE. HE'S A THING OF BEAUTY. 1127 00:55:09,276 --> 00:55:12,143 {\an1}A LITTLE SHUFFLE IN THE NEUTRAL CORNER BY THE FORMER CHAMPION. 1128 00:55:12,176 --> 00:55:15,543 {\an1}THE CHAMPION IS... THE FORMER CHAMPION STILL MOVING, 1129 00:55:15,576 --> 00:55:19,409 STILL FRUSTRATING THE CHAMPION, LEON SPINKS. 1130 00:55:19,443 --> 00:55:21,743 {\an1}OH! A GREAT RIGHT HAND BY ALI. 1131 00:55:21,776 --> 00:55:23,352 {\an1}ANNOUNCER 2: A TERRIFIC RIGHT HAND TO SPINKS, 1132 00:55:23,376 --> 00:55:25,209 AND HE GRIMACED. 1133 00:55:25,243 --> 00:55:28,776 {\an7}ANNOUNCER 1: COMING IN, HE GOT ANOTHER RIGHT HAND IN HIS FACE. 1134 00:55:28,809 --> 00:55:31,876 {\an7}ANOTHER RIGHT HAND. 1135 00:55:31,909 --> 00:55:33,876 {\an7}AND WITH THE FINAL 10 SECONDS IN ROUND 4... 1136 00:55:33,909 --> 00:55:36,943 {\an1}AND JUST WATCHING IT WAS, LIKE, AMAZING. 1137 00:55:36,976 --> 00:55:38,743 {\an8}[BELL CLANGS] 1138 00:55:38,776 --> 00:55:40,552 {\an7}ANNOUNCER 1: OK, THEY'RE OUT IN THE MIDDLE FOR ROUND EIGHT. 1139 00:55:40,576 --> 00:55:42,052 {\an7}ANNOUNCER 2: AND HE OPENED IT WITH TWO GOOD HOOKS 1140 00:55:42,076 --> 00:55:44,476 {\an7}RIGHT OFF OF SPINKS' JAW. 1141 00:55:44,509 --> 00:55:47,543 {\an7}ANNOUNCER 1: OH! A GREAT LEFT HOOK, AND SPINKS MAY BE HURT. 1142 00:55:47,576 --> 00:55:53,476 {\an7}NARRATOR: OVER 15 ROUNDS, ALI COMPLETELY OUT-BOXED SPINKS. 1143 00:55:53,509 --> 00:55:56,476 {\an1}ANNOUNCER 2: IT'S ALL ALI. IT'S ALL ALI. 1144 00:55:56,509 --> 00:55:58,743 ANNOUNCER 1:1:30 REMAINING IN THIS FIGHT. 1145 00:55:58,776 --> 00:56:01,176 {\an1}AND NOW HERE IN NEW ORLEANS, 1146 00:56:01,209 --> 00:56:04,843 {\an1}AT THE AGE OF 36 YEARS OLD, HE IS SHOWING A YOUNG MAN 1147 00:56:04,876 --> 00:56:07,009 {\an1}WHAT BOXING IS ALL ABOUT. 1148 00:56:07,043 --> 00:56:09,843 {\an1}HE IS SHOWING A YOUNG LEON SPINKS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE 1149 00:56:09,876 --> 00:56:11,543 {\an1}IN WITH THE REAL MUHAMMAD ALI. 1150 00:56:11,576 --> 00:56:13,409 {\an1}THAT IS ABOUT IT, FOLKS. 1151 00:56:13,443 --> 00:56:15,176 [BELL CLANGS] IT'S ALL OVER. 1152 00:56:15,209 --> 00:56:19,476 {\an1}RING ANNOUNCER: THE NEW CHAMPION, MUHAMMAD ALI... 1153 00:56:19,509 --> 00:56:22,209 {\an1}NARRATOR: MUHAMMAD ALI HAD WON THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP 1154 00:56:22,243 --> 00:56:25,676 {\an1}FOR THE THIRD TIME, SOMETHING NO ONE IN HISTORY 1155 00:56:25,709 --> 00:56:28,976 {\an1}HAD EVER DONE BEFORE. 1156 00:56:29,009 --> 00:56:32,043 {\an1}"THANK GOD IT'S OVER," SAID ALI. 1157 00:56:36,043 --> 00:56:41,309 SOLANO: I NOTICED A COUPLE OF TIMES, 1158 00:56:41,343 --> 00:56:44,143 {\an1}THERE WAS LIKE A LITTLE SHAKE ON THE THUMB. 1159 00:56:44,176 --> 00:56:47,276 {\an1}A LITTLE BIT, EVEN AT THAT TIME. 1160 00:56:47,309 --> 00:56:50,776 {\an1}I NOTICED SOMETIMES MAYBE AFTER... HITTING THE SPEED BAG, 1161 00:56:50,809 --> 00:56:54,209 {\an1}THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A TREMBLE, A LITTLE SLIGHTLY, 1162 00:56:54,243 --> 00:56:56,976 {\an1}BUT YOU COULDN'T SEE... YOU HAD TO SEE IT, YOU KNOW, 1163 00:56:57,009 --> 00:56:59,843 {\an1}BUT YOU KNEW SOMETHING WAS ALREADY WRONG. 1164 00:56:59,876 --> 00:57:03,476 {\an1}HANA ALI: MY MOM USED TO SAY THAT SHE SAW SIGNS 1165 00:57:03,509 --> 00:57:05,709 {\an1}AS EARLY AS THE SPINKS FIGHTS. 1166 00:57:05,743 --> 00:57:07,943 {\an1}AND IF YOU REALLY LOOK BACK, A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT 1167 00:57:07,976 --> 00:57:09,943 {\an1}THAT MY FATHER WAS JUST MATURE. 1168 00:57:09,976 --> 00:57:12,709 {\an1}HE WAS SPEAKING MORE SLOWLY. HE'S OLDER NOW. 1169 00:57:12,743 --> 00:57:15,243 {\an1}I SAID, "BUT HE WAS NOT REALLY THAT OLD." 1170 00:57:15,276 --> 00:57:17,943 {\an7}HE JUST DIDN'T FEEL THE SAME. HE THOUGHT IT WAS AGE. 1171 00:57:17,976 --> 00:57:20,509 {\an7}AND BECAUSE HE WAS SO EXTRAORDINARILY QUICK 1172 00:57:20,543 --> 00:57:24,243 {\an7}WITH HIS MOVEMENTS AND HIS SPEED AND HIS SPEECH, 1173 00:57:24,276 --> 00:57:26,676 {\an1}THAT WHEN HE SORT OF SLOWED DOWN, 1174 00:57:26,709 --> 00:57:28,576 {\an1}PEOPLE JUST ASSUMED IT WAS JUST AGE. 1175 00:57:28,609 --> 00:57:32,143 ♪ 1176 00:57:32,176 --> 00:57:36,609 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN JANUARY OF 1979, ALI AND VERONICA, 1177 00:57:36,643 --> 00:57:38,476 {\an1}NOW LEGALLY MARRIED, 1178 00:57:38,509 --> 00:57:40,676 BOUGHT A MANSION IN THE HANCOCK PARK SECTION 1179 00:57:40,709 --> 00:57:42,343 OF LOS ANGELES. 1180 00:57:42,376 --> 00:57:46,143 {\an1}IN ADDITION TO TWO-YEAR-OLD HANA, THEY HAD 1181 00:57:46,176 --> 00:57:50,209 {\an1}A SECOND DAUGHTER, LAILA, WHO HAD JUST TURNED ONE. 1182 00:57:50,243 --> 00:57:55,909 {\an1}IN JUNE, ALI OFFICIALLY RETIRED, QUIETLY RELINQUISHING HIS TITLE 1183 00:57:55,943 --> 00:57:58,943 IN A LETTER TO THE WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION. 1184 00:57:58,976 --> 00:58:02,209 {\an1}HE WENT ON A FAREWELL TOUR... 1185 00:58:02,243 --> 00:58:04,476 HASH BROWNS? ORE IDA? [MUFFLED SPEECH] 1186 00:58:04,509 --> 00:58:06,119 {\an7}NARRATOR: ENDORSED SCORES OF PRODUCTS... 1187 00:58:06,143 --> 00:58:08,009 {\an1}ALI: MOTORCRAFT PARTS, THEY HAVE THE STUFF. 1188 00:58:08,043 --> 00:58:09,809 {\an7}MOTORCRAFT IS TESTED TOUGH. 1189 00:58:09,843 --> 00:58:12,109 {\an1}NARRATOR: ACTED IN FILM AND ON TELEVISION... 1190 00:58:12,143 --> 00:58:14,209 {\an1}I'M JUST A SIMPLE MAN... 1191 00:58:14,243 --> 00:58:16,609 {\an1}NARRATOR: AND FOUGHT IN SEEMINGLY HARMLESS 1192 00:58:16,643 --> 00:58:18,943 {\an1}EXHIBITION MATCHES AROUND THE WORLD. 1193 00:58:18,976 --> 00:58:21,309 ♪ 1194 00:58:21,343 --> 00:58:24,309 {\an1}NARRATOR: BUT HE GREW BORED. 1195 00:58:24,343 --> 00:58:28,443 {\an1}ON FEBRUARY 15, 1980, HE TOLD A REPORTER 1196 00:58:28,476 --> 00:58:30,876 {\an1}FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT HE HAD BEEN APPROACHED 1197 00:58:30,909 --> 00:58:33,476 BY PROMOTERS AND WAS INCREASINGLY SURE 1198 00:58:33,509 --> 00:58:36,476 {\an1}HE WOULD RETURN TO THE RING AFTER ALL. 1199 00:58:36,509 --> 00:58:40,009 NOW 38 YEARS OLD, HIS HAIR GRAYING, 1200 00:58:40,043 --> 00:58:44,609 {\an1}AND, ACCORDING TO SOME REPORTS, WEIGHING ALMOST 270 POUNDS, 1201 00:58:44,643 --> 00:58:48,443 {\an1}ALI HADN'T HAD A REAL FIGHT IN 17 MONTHS. 1202 00:58:48,476 --> 00:58:52,276 {\an1}ALMOST NO ONE BELIEVED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA. 1203 00:58:52,309 --> 00:58:56,543 {\an1}"I DON'T WANT TO SEE HIM FIGHT ANYMORE," SAID ODESSA CLAY. 1204 00:58:56,576 --> 00:59:01,143 {\an1}BUT SOON, DON KING PHONED HERBERT AND ALI WITH AN OFFER. 1205 00:59:01,176 --> 00:59:02,809 {\an1}THE PROMOTER NOW MANAGED 1206 00:59:02,843 --> 00:59:04,976 {\an1}A FORMER SPARRING PARTNER OF ALI'S, 1207 00:59:05,009 --> 00:59:07,676 {\an1}WHO HAD RECENTLY CAPTURED THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE. 1208 00:59:07,709 --> 00:59:10,976 {\an1}"IF YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK," KING TOLD THEM, 1209 00:59:11,009 --> 00:59:13,609 {\an1}"YOU CAN ONLY FIGHT LARRY HOLMES." 1210 00:59:13,643 --> 00:59:14,643 SINGER: ♪ UH! ♪ 1211 00:59:14,676 --> 00:59:17,343 ♪ 1212 00:59:17,376 --> 00:59:19,143 {\an1}NARRATOR: HE WAS 30 YEARS OLD 1213 00:59:19,176 --> 00:59:23,976 AND UNDEFEATED IN 35 PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS. 1214 00:59:24,009 --> 00:59:25,876 {\an8}HE WAS MY FRIEND. 1215 00:59:25,909 --> 00:59:27,852 {\an7}WHEN ALI CAME TO MY FIGHTS TO SEE ME IN THE RING BOXING, 1216 00:59:27,876 --> 00:59:29,543 {\an7}HE'S SITTING THERE AT RINGSIDE, 1217 00:59:29,576 --> 00:59:31,176 {\an7}MAN, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I... 1218 00:59:31,209 --> 00:59:33,476 {\an1}"MAN. YEAH, ALI, HE'S WATCHING ME FIGHT!" 1219 00:59:33,509 --> 00:59:35,276 {\an1}MAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 1220 00:59:35,309 --> 00:59:37,185 {\an1}I MEAN, I WAS LIKE A LITTLE KID IN THE PLAYGROUND. 1221 00:59:37,209 --> 00:59:38,809 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI HAS SEEN THE BRIGHT SIDE, 1222 00:59:38,843 --> 00:59:40,843 {\an1}AND NOW HE'S ON THE DARK SIDE. 1223 00:59:40,876 --> 00:59:42,409 {\an1}I'M THE LIGHT SIDE NOW. 1224 00:59:42,443 --> 00:59:44,343 {\an1}REPORTER: WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL DO WITH HIM? 1225 00:59:44,376 --> 00:59:45,943 {\an1}BEAT MUHAMMAD ALI, OF COURSE, 1226 00:59:45,976 --> 00:59:47,276 {\an1}BUT I WILL FEEL SAD 1227 00:59:47,309 --> 00:59:48,943 {\an1}ABOUT BEATING MUHAMMAD ALI 1228 00:59:48,976 --> 00:59:50,552 {\an1}BECAUSE MUHAMMAD IS A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME. 1229 00:59:50,576 --> 00:59:53,309 {\an1}NOW HIS TIME HAS PASSED. IT'S MY TIME NOW. 1230 00:59:53,343 --> 00:59:55,943 {\an1}HE SHOULDN'T HAVE NEVER FOUGHT ME. 1231 00:59:55,976 --> 00:59:57,976 {\an1}BUT TO GET THAT $10 MILLION, 1232 00:59:58,009 --> 00:59:59,976 THAT $10 MILLION 1233 01:00:00,009 --> 01:00:02,509 {\an1}WILL MAKE YOU WANT TO FIGHT HOLMES AND EVERYBODY ELSE. 1234 01:00:02,543 --> 01:00:04,176 {\an1}AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID. 1235 01:00:04,209 --> 01:00:06,476 {\an1}AND THAT'S HOW I GOT IN TO FIGHT ALI. 1236 01:00:06,509 --> 01:00:09,476 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE BOXERS AGREED TO FACE EACH OTHER IN LAS VEGAS 1237 01:00:09,509 --> 01:00:11,943 {\an1}IN THE FALL OF 1980. 1238 01:00:11,976 --> 01:00:14,643 {\an1}"SOME OF OUR MOSQUES ARE IN TROUBLE, 1239 01:00:14,676 --> 01:00:17,876 {\an1}AND SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING," EXPLAINED ALI. 1240 01:00:17,909 --> 01:00:20,743 {\an7}"I WOULD RETURN TO KEEP THEM OPEN." 1241 01:00:20,776 --> 01:00:24,009 {\an7}WHEN ALI FOUGHT LARRY HOLMES, HE SAID, 1242 01:00:24,043 --> 01:00:25,843 {\an8}"I TAUGHT HIM EVERYTHING HE KNOWS. 1243 01:00:25,876 --> 01:00:28,009 {\an8}I DIDN'T TEACH HIM EVERYTHING I KNOW." 1244 01:00:28,043 --> 01:00:29,409 {\an1}ALI: I TAUGHT HIM HOW TO TRAIN. 1245 01:00:29,443 --> 01:00:31,043 {\an1}HE COME TO ME RAGGED AND HUNGRY. 1246 01:00:31,076 --> 01:00:32,609 {\an1}GAVE HIM A JOB AS A SPARRING PARTNER. 1247 01:00:32,643 --> 01:00:34,876 {\an1}TOOK HIM OUT OF EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 1248 01:00:34,909 --> 01:00:37,343 {\an1}A LITTLE PEANUT-HEAD, NOTHING, NO MONEY, BUM. 1249 01:00:37,376 --> 01:00:39,143 {\an1}TAUGHT HIM HOW TO DANCE. 1250 01:00:39,176 --> 01:00:40,685 {\an1}SHOWED HIM HOW TO... YOU SEE HIM IMITATING ME... SHOWED HIM 1251 01:00:40,709 --> 01:00:42,543 {\an1}HOW TO DANCE IN THE RING. 1252 01:00:42,576 --> 01:00:44,352 {\an1}HE TRIES TO IMITATE ME, BUT HE GETS TIRED AND CLUMSY. 1253 01:00:44,376 --> 01:00:46,176 HE CAN'T DANCE. 1254 01:00:46,209 --> 01:00:47,843 {\an1}LISTEN, TRIED TO TEACH HIM HOW TO TALK. 1255 01:00:47,876 --> 01:00:49,609 HE CAN'T TALK. DON'T ASK HIM NO QUESTIONS. 1256 01:00:49,643 --> 01:00:51,143 REPORTER: WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? 1257 01:00:51,176 --> 01:00:52,343 DO YOU NEED THE MONEY? 1258 01:00:52,376 --> 01:00:54,076 {\an1}WHO DON'T NEED MONEY? 1259 01:00:54,109 --> 01:00:56,743 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI NEVER SHOULD'VE FOUGHT LARRY HOLMES; 1260 01:00:56,776 --> 01:00:58,652 {\an1}LARRY HOLMES NEVER SHOULD'VE FOUGHT MUHAMMAD ALI. 1261 01:00:58,676 --> 01:01:00,909 {\an1}THAT'S THE BUSINESS. 1262 01:01:00,943 --> 01:01:04,376 {\an1}AND THAT'S ALSO ALI'S CONSTANT LOOK 1263 01:01:04,409 --> 01:01:07,443 {\an1}FOR ONE MORE CHANCE TO GET ON STAGE. 1264 01:01:07,476 --> 01:01:10,743 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN JULY, DOCTORS AT THE MAYO CLINIC 1265 01:01:10,776 --> 01:01:13,443 {\an1}GAVE ALI A RIGOROUS PHYSICAL EXAM. 1266 01:01:13,476 --> 01:01:16,343 {\an1}THOUGH THEY DETECTED DIFFICULTY WITH HIS SPEECH, 1267 01:01:16,376 --> 01:01:18,343 {\an1}MEMORY, AND COORDINATION, 1268 01:01:18,376 --> 01:01:21,276 {\an1}THEY TOOK HIS WORD THAT HE WAS JUST "TIRED," 1269 01:01:21,309 --> 01:01:23,909 {\an7}AND CLEARED HIM TO FIGHT. 1270 01:01:23,943 --> 01:01:28,676 {\an8}♪ 1271 01:01:28,709 --> 01:01:30,476 {\an8}[APPLAUSE] 1272 01:01:30,509 --> 01:01:34,809 {\an7}NARRATOR: ALI DYED HIS HAIR BLACK AND SHED 30 POUNDS. 1273 01:01:34,843 --> 01:01:38,443 {\an1}HE BEGAN TO LOOK MORE LIKE HIS OLD SELF. 1274 01:01:38,476 --> 01:01:40,709 {\an1}BUT WHEN HE INSTRUCTED HIS SPARRING PARTNERS 1275 01:01:40,743 --> 01:01:44,909 {\an1}TO PEPPER HIS HEAD WITH PUNCHES, THEY FOUND IT TOO EASY. 1276 01:01:44,943 --> 01:01:48,576 {\an1}ANGELO DUNDEE BEGAN SECRETLY CUTTING THE ROUNDS SHORT 1277 01:01:48,609 --> 01:01:51,609 {\an1}TO SPARE HIS FIGHTER. 1278 01:01:51,643 --> 01:01:53,576 {\an1}THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE MATCH, 1279 01:01:53,609 --> 01:01:57,143 {\an1}HERBERT MUHAMMAD'S PERSONAL PHYSICIAN GAVE ALI MEDICATION 1280 01:01:57,176 --> 01:02:00,609 {\an1}TO CORRECT WHAT HE SAID WAS A THYROID IMBALANCE. 1281 01:02:00,643 --> 01:02:03,609 {\an1}THE PILLS ACCELERATED HIS METABOLISM, 1282 01:02:03,643 --> 01:02:05,609 {\an1}WHICH CAUSED RAPID WEIGHT LOSS, 1283 01:02:05,643 --> 01:02:09,009 {\an1}AND LEFT HIM FEELING WEAK AND TIRED. 1284 01:02:09,043 --> 01:02:11,509 {\an1}DAYS BEFORE THE BOUT, 1285 01:02:11,543 --> 01:02:14,443 {\an1}ALI COLLAPSED WHILE ON AN EARLY MORNING RUN 1286 01:02:14,476 --> 01:02:17,076 {\an1}AND WAS TREATED FOR DEHYDRATION. 1287 01:02:17,109 --> 01:02:21,309 {\an1}A SPARRING PARTNER WORRIED THAT ALI WAS UNFIT TO FIGHT, 1288 01:02:21,343 --> 01:02:25,476 {\an1}BUT HERBERT MUHAMMAD INSISTED THAT IT WAS TOO LATE TO CANCEL. 1289 01:02:25,509 --> 01:02:28,409 {\an1}COSELL: THERE HE IS, THE RETURNING HERO, 1290 01:02:28,443 --> 01:02:30,643 {\an1}MAYBE NOT THIS TIME THE CONQUERING HERO, 1291 01:02:30,676 --> 01:02:32,443 MUHAMMAD ALI... 1292 01:02:32,476 --> 01:02:36,543 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON OCTOBER 2, 1980, A CROWD OF NEARLY 25,000 1293 01:02:36,576 --> 01:02:39,509 {\an1}PAID A RECORD-BREAKING $6 MILLION 1294 01:02:39,543 --> 01:02:44,309 {\an1}TO FILL A TEMPORARY ARENA BUILT ALONGSIDE CAESARS PALACE. 1295 01:02:44,343 --> 01:02:46,743 {\an1}COSELL: BUT HERE COMES LARRY HOLMES, 1296 01:02:46,776 --> 01:02:49,676 {\an1}THE WBC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION... 1297 01:02:49,709 --> 01:02:52,109 {\an1}HOLMES: WHAT I FELT THAT I HAD TO DO IS 1298 01:02:52,143 --> 01:02:55,643 {\an1}TAKE CONTROL RIGHT OFF THE BAT, 1299 01:02:55,676 --> 01:02:58,609 {\an1}MAKE HIM RESPECT ME IN A DIFFERENT SETTING 1300 01:02:58,643 --> 01:03:01,043 {\an1}THAN HE DID WHILE I WAS IN THE GYM. 1301 01:03:01,076 --> 01:03:05,709 {\an1}SO THEREFORE, MY STRATEGY WAS TO GET TO HIM, 1302 01:03:05,743 --> 01:03:07,343 PUSH HIM AROUND. 1303 01:03:07,376 --> 01:03:08,543 {\an1}I'M GONNA HANDLE HIM. 1304 01:03:08,576 --> 01:03:09,709 {\an8}[BELL CLANGS] 1305 01:03:09,743 --> 01:03:11,409 {\an7}COSELL: THE BELL FOR ROUND ONE. 1306 01:03:11,443 --> 01:03:14,209 {\an8}♪ 1307 01:03:14,243 --> 01:03:18,143 {\an1}HOLMES REALLY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MINCED MEAT OF HIM EARLY 1308 01:03:18,176 --> 01:03:19,743 IF HE CAN. 1309 01:03:19,776 --> 01:03:23,509 {\an1}25 SECONDS INTO ROUND ONE. 1310 01:03:23,543 --> 01:03:27,043 {\an1}WITH ALI, YOU MUST CONSTANTLY LOOK FOR STRATEGY, 1311 01:03:27,076 --> 01:03:29,209 {\an1}TRYING TO OUTSMART THE OPPONENT. 1312 01:03:29,243 --> 01:03:32,176 {\an1}KINDRED: AND I THOUGHT, "OK, IT'S ANOTHER MAGIC TRICK 1313 01:03:32,209 --> 01:03:34,009 {\an1}HE'S GOING TO SHOW US." 1314 01:03:34,043 --> 01:03:38,009 {\an1}AND SO, YOU KEPT THINKING... YOU... ME... KEPT THINKING, 1315 01:03:38,043 --> 01:03:40,509 {\an1}"ALL RIGHT. HE'S DONE NOTHING FIRST ROUND. 1316 01:03:40,543 --> 01:03:42,909 {\an1}"HE'S DONE NOTHING THE SECOND ROUND. 1317 01:03:42,943 --> 01:03:45,676 {\an1}ANY MINUTE NOW, HE'S GOING TO BE MUHAMMAD ALI AGAIN." 1318 01:03:45,709 --> 01:03:47,609 ♪ 1319 01:03:47,643 --> 01:03:50,709 COSELL: ALI POSTURING AND TALKING, 1320 01:03:50,743 --> 01:03:53,676 BUT NOT PUNCHING, NOT AT THE MOMENT. 1321 01:03:53,709 --> 01:03:55,909 ♪ 1322 01:03:55,943 --> 01:04:00,876 {\an1}SEEMS TO ME, THERE IS A SWELLING TO ALI'S FACE. 1323 01:04:00,909 --> 01:04:04,743 SO FAR, IT IS UTTERLY NO CONTEST. 1324 01:04:04,776 --> 01:04:07,009 {\an1}KINDRED: THIRD ROUND, YOU KNOW, 1325 01:04:07,043 --> 01:04:09,609 {\an1}THEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. 1326 01:04:09,643 --> 01:04:12,976 {\an1}COSELL: OH, A GOOD LEFT AND A RIGHT THAT SENT ALI 1327 01:04:13,009 --> 01:04:14,609 {\an1}BACK AGAINST THE ROPES... 1328 01:04:14,643 --> 01:04:16,543 {\an1}KINDRED: AND THEN IT WAS REALLY SAD. 1329 01:04:16,576 --> 01:04:20,309 {\an1}THEN IT WAS LIKE WATCHING A TRAIN WRECK, 1330 01:04:20,343 --> 01:04:24,076 LIKE A FRIEND GET RUN OVER BY A TRUCK. 1331 01:04:24,109 --> 01:04:26,643 {\an1}COSELL: ALI GETS WEARILY TO HIS FEET 1332 01:04:26,676 --> 01:04:29,676 {\an1}AS WE PREPARE FOR ROUND NINE. [BELL CLANGS] 1333 01:04:29,709 --> 01:04:31,809 ♪ 1334 01:04:31,843 --> 01:04:36,476 {\an1}OH, A GOOD, SHARP LEFT JAB BY HOLMES. 1335 01:04:36,509 --> 01:04:39,476 {\an1}THERE IS A FLOW OF BLOOD UNDER THE LEFT EYE. 1336 01:04:39,509 --> 01:04:43,243 {\an1}ALI COVERING, AND YET TWO OF THE LEFTS GOT IN. 1337 01:04:43,276 --> 01:04:48,776 {\an1}HOLMES: AND I COULD DO PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WANTED TO DO. 1338 01:04:48,809 --> 01:04:51,976 {\an1}BUT AS THE ROUNDS END, 1339 01:04:52,009 --> 01:04:58,209 {\an1}I SAID TO ALI, "DON'T KEEP TAKIN' THESE PUNCHES. 1340 01:04:58,243 --> 01:05:00,843 {\an1}DON'T TAKE NO MORE SHOTS." 1341 01:05:00,876 --> 01:05:02,376 HE CUSSED ME OUT. 1342 01:05:02,409 --> 01:05:04,176 {\an1}HE CALLED ME NAMES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 1343 01:05:04,209 --> 01:05:05,676 {\an1}HE CALLED ME EVERY NAME IN THE BOOK 1344 01:05:05,709 --> 01:05:07,476 {\an1}THAT I'D NEVER HEARD HIM SAY, YOU KNOW? 1345 01:05:07,509 --> 01:05:10,309 {\an1}COSELL: OH, THAT RIGHT HURT ALI! 1346 01:05:10,343 --> 01:05:13,376 {\an1}HOLMES: AND I SAID, "OK, TAKE THIS. BANG, BANG, BANG." 1347 01:05:13,409 --> 01:05:17,143 {\an1}COSELL: OH, HE'S READY TO GO. THIS MUST BE STOPPED. 1348 01:05:17,176 --> 01:05:19,343 {\an1}IT IS A SAD WAY TO END. 1349 01:05:19,376 --> 01:05:21,076 {\an1}KINDRED: YOU START THINKING, YOU KNOW, 1350 01:05:21,109 --> 01:05:22,643 {\an1}"I DON'T WANT TO WATCH THIS. 1351 01:05:22,676 --> 01:05:25,643 "I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS ANYMORE. 1352 01:05:25,676 --> 01:05:27,276 {\an1}"I'VE SEEN ALL THE MAGIC. 1353 01:05:27,309 --> 01:05:30,009 {\an1}THE MAGIC IS GONE NOW," YOU KNOW. 1354 01:05:30,043 --> 01:05:34,309 {\an1}AND SO THAT WAS PROBABLY AS EMOTIONAL A NIGHT 1355 01:05:34,343 --> 01:05:36,976 {\an1}AS I'VE EVER SPENT AS A SPORTSWRITER 1356 01:05:37,009 --> 01:05:39,476 {\an1}BECAUSE I CARED ABOUT HIM. 1357 01:05:39,509 --> 01:05:42,976 {\an1}I LIKED HIM. YOU KNOW, IF HE LOST, THAT WAS ONE THING, 1358 01:05:43,009 --> 01:05:45,409 {\an1}BUT DON'T GET KILLED IN THERE. 1359 01:05:45,443 --> 01:05:47,043 {\an1}THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. 1360 01:05:47,076 --> 01:05:48,876 [BELL CLANGS] 1361 01:05:48,909 --> 01:05:51,676 {\an1}NARRATOR: ALI SLUMPED ON HIS STOOL AFTER THE TENTH, 1362 01:05:51,709 --> 01:05:54,609 {\an1}A ROUND IN WHICH HE ATTEMPTED JUST FOUR FEEBLE PUNCHES. 1363 01:05:54,643 --> 01:05:56,409 {\an1}MAN: OK, IT'S OVER... 1364 01:05:56,443 --> 01:05:59,076 {\an1}NARRATOR: FROM HIS SEAT, HERBERT MUHAMMAD SIGNALED 1365 01:05:59,109 --> 01:06:02,543 TO ANGELO DUNDEE TO STOP THE FIGHT. 1366 01:06:02,576 --> 01:06:05,143 {\an1}HOLMES HAD DOMINATED EVERY ROUND, 1367 01:06:05,176 --> 01:06:11,776 {\an1}LANDING 340 PUNCHES TO ALI'S 42. 1368 01:06:11,809 --> 01:06:15,743 {\an1}WHEN YOU FIGHT A FRIEND... TO ME, A BROTHER... 1369 01:06:15,776 --> 01:06:18,376 {\an1}THEN YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. 1370 01:06:18,409 --> 01:06:20,909 {\an1}YOU CAN'T GET HAPPINESS. 1371 01:06:20,943 --> 01:06:24,109 {\an1}I TOLD HIM, I SAID, "I LOVE YOU, AND I REALLY RESPECT YOU." 1372 01:06:24,143 --> 01:06:28,076 {\an1}I WAS GOING TO MEET MY WIFE, AND I WAS CRYING. 1373 01:06:28,109 --> 01:06:30,243 {\an1}AND EVERYBODY SAID, "WHY YOU CRYING?" 1374 01:06:30,276 --> 01:06:31,776 I SAID, "BECAUSE I LOVE THIS GUY." 1375 01:06:31,809 --> 01:06:33,809 {\an1}THE GUY WAS MY MAN." 1376 01:06:33,843 --> 01:06:38,543 AND, SEE, 1377 01:06:38,576 --> 01:06:42,043 {\an1}THAT PART MADE ME GET... MY EYES GET WATERED THERE. 1378 01:06:42,076 --> 01:06:43,943 {\an1}I STILL CRY A LITTLE BIT, 1379 01:06:43,976 --> 01:06:46,743 'CAUSE THE MAN HAD SO MUCH TO OFFER. 1380 01:06:46,776 --> 01:06:48,743 {\an7}REPORTER: ALI SAID HE CHECKED INTO THE HOSPITAL 1381 01:06:48,776 --> 01:06:51,443 {\an7}BECAUSE HE HADN'T FELT WELL BEFORE LAST WEEK'S FIGHT, 1382 01:06:51,476 --> 01:06:54,109 {\an8}AND HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG. 1383 01:06:54,143 --> 01:06:57,609 {\an1}ALI: I WASN'T MYSELF THE NIGHT I FOUGHT HOLMES. 1384 01:06:57,643 --> 01:07:00,209 {\an1}I COULDN'T GET AWAY FROM PUNCHES. 1385 01:07:00,243 --> 01:07:02,543 {\an1}MY TIMING WAS OFF... 1386 01:07:02,576 --> 01:07:04,443 {\an1}NARRATOR: DOCTORS DETERMINED 1387 01:07:04,476 --> 01:07:06,943 {\an1}THAT HE HAD OVERDOSED ON THYROID PILLS, 1388 01:07:06,976 --> 01:07:09,776 {\an1}BUT FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF AN UNDERLYING AFFLICTION. 1389 01:07:09,809 --> 01:07:11,609 "HE APPEARS TO BE IN EXCELLENT HEALTH," 1390 01:07:11,643 --> 01:07:13,443 {\an1}REPORTED ONE OF HIS EXAMINERS. 1391 01:07:13,476 --> 01:07:16,076 {\an1}NOT EVERYONE AGREED. 1392 01:07:16,109 --> 01:07:18,843 {\an1}"IN TWO OR THREE YEARS, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE HOLMES FIGHT 1393 01:07:18,876 --> 01:07:20,776 {\an1}DID TO HIS KIDNEYS AND BRAIN," 1394 01:07:20,809 --> 01:07:23,476 {\an1}SAID HIS FORMER FIGHT DOCTOR FERDIE PACHECO. 1395 01:07:23,509 --> 01:07:25,476 {\an1}"HE WAS A DAMAGED FIGHTER BEFORE THE FIGHT, 1396 01:07:25,509 --> 01:07:28,443 {\an1}AND NOW HE'S GOING TO BE DAMAGED EVEN MORE." 1397 01:07:28,476 --> 01:07:31,509 HERBERT MUHAMMAD BLAMED ALI'S VANITY, 1398 01:07:31,543 --> 01:07:35,209 {\an1}ALLEGING THAT THE BOXER HAD BEEN TOO CONCERNED WITH LOOKING GOOD. 1399 01:07:35,243 --> 01:07:37,609 {\an1}"I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD FIGHT AGAIN," SAID HERBERT, 1400 01:07:37,643 --> 01:07:40,843 {\an1}"BUT IF HE INSISTS, I'LL TELL HIM 'I'LL BE WITH YOU.'" 1401 01:07:40,876 --> 01:07:44,976 {\an1}DON KING CLAIMED HE WOULD ADVISE ALI AGAINST ANOTHER BOUT, 1402 01:07:45,009 --> 01:07:48,976 BUT ALSO SAID HE WOULD PROMOTE ONE IF ASKED. 1403 01:07:49,009 --> 01:07:52,776 {\an1}"I SHALL RETURN," DECLARED ALI. 1404 01:07:52,809 --> 01:07:55,643 {\an1}MAN: I'M ONLY SAYING JUST BACK IT UP A LITTLE BIT. 1405 01:07:55,676 --> 01:07:57,609 {\an1}WOULD YOU BACK IT UP A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE? 1406 01:07:57,643 --> 01:07:59,843 {\an1}NARRATOR: TRUE TO HIS WORD, THE FOLLOWING YEAR, 1407 01:07:59,876 --> 01:08:02,676 {\an1}HE FACED 27-YEAR-OLD TREVOR BERBICK 1408 01:08:02,709 --> 01:08:04,743 {\an1}IN NASSAU, IN THE BAHAMAS. 1409 01:08:04,776 --> 01:08:07,143 {\an1}ALI HAD ADVERTISED THE BOUT 1410 01:08:07,176 --> 01:08:09,343 {\an1}AS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF FIGHTS 1411 01:08:09,376 --> 01:08:11,743 {\an1}TO REGAIN THE HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN. 1412 01:08:11,776 --> 01:08:13,376 {\an1}ALI: I'VE GOT A CHANCE TO GO DOWN 1413 01:08:13,409 --> 01:08:16,876 {\an1}AS THE GREATEST ATHLETE, NOT BOXER, IN HISTORY. 1414 01:08:16,909 --> 01:08:20,043 {\an1}I CAN MAKE SO MANY PEOPLE WRONG. 1415 01:08:20,076 --> 01:08:22,709 {\an1}SO MANY OF THE WRITERS WILL HAVE TO EAT CROW. 1416 01:08:22,743 --> 01:08:25,509 {\an1}I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE TO BEAT, NOT JUST BERBICK. 1417 01:08:25,543 --> 01:08:28,576 {\an1}SO I DON'T HAVE NO EXTRA TIME TO CLOWN FOR YOU. 1418 01:08:28,609 --> 01:08:33,409 {\an1}NARRATOR: ALMOST 40 YEARS OLD, HE WEIGHED 236 POUNDS, 1419 01:08:33,443 --> 01:08:36,343 NEARLY 20 MORE THAN WHEN HE FOUGHT HOLMES. 1420 01:08:36,376 --> 01:08:37,943 {\an1}AND IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE FIGHT, 1421 01:08:37,976 --> 01:08:41,243 {\an1}HE HAD STRUGGLED TO COMPLETE HIS MORNING RUNS. 1422 01:08:41,276 --> 01:08:42,476 {\an7}ANNOUNCER: BERBICK'S ALL OVER 1423 01:08:42,509 --> 01:08:43,943 {\an8}ALI ON THE ROPES. 1424 01:08:43,976 --> 01:08:45,909 {\an7}TWO OF THOSE RIGHT HANDS... 1425 01:08:45,943 --> 01:08:47,243 {\an7}RASHEDA ALI: IT WAS 1426 01:08:47,276 --> 01:08:49,476 A HORRIBLE FIGHT. 1427 01:08:49,509 --> 01:08:53,909 {\an1}WE WERE JUST CRINGING IN THE STANDS, JUST, 1428 01:08:53,943 --> 01:08:56,009 {\an1}"DADDY, PLEASE, JUST THROW THE TOWEL IN." 1429 01:08:56,043 --> 01:08:58,676 WE DIDN'T WANT TO WATCH HIM ANYMORE. 1430 01:08:58,709 --> 01:09:02,776 {\an7}ANNOUNCER: ALI WAS REALLY HURT THAT TIME. HE'S WINCING. 1431 01:09:02,809 --> 01:09:05,009 {\an1}RASHEDA ALI: IT WAS VERY HARD TO WATCH. 1432 01:09:05,043 --> 01:09:07,276 {\an1}NARRATOR: THOUGH ALI LASTED ALL TEN ROUNDS, 1433 01:09:07,309 --> 01:09:09,643 {\an1}THE DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS. 1434 01:09:09,676 --> 01:09:11,543 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: BERBICK'S LANDING SOME GOOD PUNCHES 1435 01:09:11,576 --> 01:09:13,676 {\an1}WHILE ALI TRIES TO HOLD ON. 1436 01:09:13,709 --> 01:09:15,943 [BELL CLANGING] ANNOUNCER: THERE IT IS. 1437 01:09:15,976 --> 01:09:19,076 TREVOR BERBICK IS THE UNANIMOUS DECISION... 1438 01:09:19,109 --> 01:09:22,309 {\an1}NARRATOR: RASHEDA JOINED ALI IN HIS DRESSING ROOM 1439 01:09:22,343 --> 01:09:24,209 AFTER THE FIGHT. 1440 01:09:24,243 --> 01:09:27,409 {\an1}"I WANTED HIM TO LOSE," HER SISTER MARYUM SAID LATER. 1441 01:09:27,443 --> 01:09:30,443 {\an1}"IF HE WON, HE'D KEEP FIGHTING, 1442 01:09:30,476 --> 01:09:32,976 AND I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO FIGHT ANYMORE." 1443 01:09:33,009 --> 01:09:34,643 {\an1}REPORTER: HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW? 1444 01:09:34,676 --> 01:09:36,309 {\an1}DO YOU THINK IT'S TIME NOW, 1445 01:09:36,343 --> 01:09:38,776 {\an1}THAT YOU SHOULD GIVE SOME SERIOUS THOUGHT TO THIS? 1446 01:09:38,809 --> 01:09:42,643 {\an1}I FELT MORE LIKE RETIRING A MINUTE AFTER THE FIGHT. 1447 01:09:42,676 --> 01:09:45,343 PROBABLY NEXT WEEK, I'LL BE TRYING AGAIN. 1448 01:09:45,376 --> 01:09:48,409 I THINK I'LL QUIT. FATHER TIME CAUGHT ME. 1449 01:09:48,443 --> 01:09:49,976 {\an1}YOU THINK FATHER TIME CAUGHT YOU? 1450 01:09:50,009 --> 01:09:51,419 {\an1}YOU THINK MAYBE NEXT WEEK, YOU'LL THINK ABOUT IT, 1451 01:09:51,443 --> 01:09:53,243 {\an1}BUT NOW YOU'RE... 1452 01:09:53,276 --> 01:09:55,076 I THINK FATHER TIME WINS. 1453 01:09:55,109 --> 01:09:59,009 ♪ 1454 01:09:59,043 --> 01:10:01,643 {\an1}NARRATOR: HIS CAREER WAS OVER. 1455 01:10:01,676 --> 01:10:04,309 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI HAD CAPTURED THE GOLD MEDAL 1456 01:10:04,343 --> 01:10:06,943 {\an1}AT THE ROME OLYMPICS IN 1960. 1457 01:10:06,976 --> 01:10:11,143 {\an1}HE HAD WON 56 PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS, LOST JUST FIVE 1458 01:10:11,176 --> 01:10:16,776 {\an1}TO JOE FRAZIER, KEN NORTON, LEON SPINKS, LARRY HOLMES, 1459 01:10:16,809 --> 01:10:18,809 {\an1}AND TREVOR BERBICK, 1460 01:10:18,843 --> 01:10:23,243 {\an1}AND HAD WON THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP THREE TIMES. 1461 01:10:23,276 --> 01:10:27,109 {\an1}HIS FIGHTS HAD EARNED HIM MORE THAN $50 MILLION, 1462 01:10:27,143 --> 01:10:31,109 {\an1}MORE THAN ALL THE PREVIOUS HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS COMBINED. 1463 01:10:31,143 --> 01:10:33,743 {\an1}BILLIONS OF FANS ACROSS THE WORLD HAD WATCHED HIM 1464 01:10:33,776 --> 01:10:38,676 {\an1}FIGHT IN PERSON, IN MOVIE HOUSES, AND ON TELEVISION. 1465 01:10:38,709 --> 01:10:41,476 {\an1}AND HE HAD ABSORBED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PUNCHES 1466 01:10:41,509 --> 01:10:44,676 {\an1}TO HIS BODY AND HEAD. 1467 01:10:44,709 --> 01:10:46,543 {\an1}HE SHOULD HAVE QUIT, 1468 01:10:46,576 --> 01:10:48,676 {\an1}SHOULD HAVE QUIT AFTER BEATING FOREMAN IN ZAIRE. 1469 01:10:48,709 --> 01:10:50,743 {\an1}THAT'S WHEN THE MOVIE ENDS. 1470 01:10:50,776 --> 01:10:53,609 {\an1}IT CAN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS, YOU KNOW. 1471 01:10:53,643 --> 01:10:56,976 {\an1}BUT THE ATTENTION IS A DRUG, TOO, YOU KNOW. 1472 01:10:57,009 --> 01:10:59,143 {\an1}THE ADRENALINE IS A DRUG, TOO, YOU KNOW. 1473 01:10:59,176 --> 01:11:01,509 {\an1}THE CELEBRITY IS A DRUG, TOO. 1474 01:11:01,543 --> 01:11:02,743 {\an1}HE COULDN'T RESIST THAT. 1475 01:11:02,776 --> 01:11:07,043 ♪ 1476 01:11:07,076 --> 01:11:11,276 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN NOVEMBER OF 1982, MUHAMMAD ALI RETURNED TO THE GYM 1477 01:11:11,309 --> 01:11:13,809 {\an1}TO TRAIN FOR A 3-WEEK EXHIBITION TOUR 1478 01:11:13,843 --> 01:11:17,609 {\an1}WITH STOPS IN SAUDI ARABIA, INDIA, AND PAKISTAN. 1479 01:11:17,643 --> 01:11:19,976 {\an1}THE PROFITS WOULD GO TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION 1480 01:11:20,009 --> 01:11:22,309 {\an1}OF A NEW MOSQUE IN CHICAGO. 1481 01:11:22,343 --> 01:11:25,509 {\an1}"MY LIFE IS JUST STARTING AT 40," HE SAID. 1482 01:11:25,543 --> 01:11:28,843 {\an1}"I'M DOING THIS FOR THE MOSLEMIC RELIGION." 1483 01:11:28,876 --> 01:11:33,643 {\an1}SINCE RETIRING FROM BOXING, ALI'S CONDITION HAD WORSENED. 1484 01:11:33,676 --> 01:11:38,943 {\an1}OVERWEIGHT AND OFTEN FATIGUED, HE SPOKE SOFTLY AND HESITANTLY, 1485 01:11:38,976 --> 01:11:41,043 {\an1}AND SHUFFLED WHEN HE WALKED. 1486 01:11:41,076 --> 01:11:44,709 {\an1}HANA ALI: I PROBABLY WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, AND I REMEMBER 1487 01:11:44,743 --> 01:11:47,876 {\an1}JUST HIM STUMBLING WHEN HE WALKED OR LOSING HIS BALANCE, 1488 01:11:47,909 --> 01:11:50,176 {\an1}OR THIS GLAZE IN HIS EYE. 1489 01:11:50,209 --> 01:11:51,952 {\an1}I REMEMBER ONCE HE WAS PULLED OVER BY A POLICE OFFICER, 1490 01:11:51,976 --> 01:11:53,085 AND THEY WANTED... THEY THOUGHT HE WAS DRUNK, 1491 01:11:53,109 --> 01:11:54,509 {\an1}AND MY FATHER DIDN'T DRINK. 1492 01:11:54,543 --> 01:11:56,676 {\an1}AND HE COULDN'T WALK THE LINE. 1493 01:11:56,709 --> 01:11:58,676 {\an1}AND THEY REALIZED, "OH, HE'S NOT DRUNK. 1494 01:11:58,709 --> 01:12:01,009 {\an1}"THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MUHAMMAD ALI, AND, YOU KNOW, 1495 01:12:01,043 --> 01:12:02,609 {\an1}SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT." 1496 01:12:02,643 --> 01:12:05,243 {\an1}BUT HE HAD PARKINSON'S, AND NO ONE KNEW. 1497 01:12:05,276 --> 01:12:08,043 NARRATOR: THE CORNERMEN AND CONFIDANTS, 1498 01:12:08,076 --> 01:12:10,209 {\an1}FACILITATORS AND HANGERS-ON 1499 01:12:10,243 --> 01:12:12,543 {\an1}WHO HAD TRAVELED THE GLOBE WITH ALI, READYING HIM 1500 01:12:12,576 --> 01:12:15,376 {\an1}FOR EACH FIGHT AND REVELING IN HIS ADVENTURES, 1501 01:12:15,409 --> 01:12:17,909 {\an1}HAD LARGELY MOVED ON. 1502 01:12:17,943 --> 01:12:21,443 BUNDINI BROWN, WHO SUFFERED FROM DIABETES 1503 01:12:21,476 --> 01:12:23,443 {\an1}AND WAS DRINKING EXCESSIVELY, 1504 01:12:23,476 --> 01:12:27,076 {\an1}NOW LIVED IN A SHABBY MOTEL IN LOS ANGELES. 1505 01:12:27,109 --> 01:12:30,276 {\an1}WHEN BUNDINI WAS PARALYZED IN A FALL, 1506 01:12:30,309 --> 01:12:35,576 {\an1}ALI VISITED HIS FRIEND AT GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL. 1507 01:12:35,609 --> 01:12:38,043 {\an1}SOLANO: MUHAMMAD AND I ENTERED, AND WE WALKED IN, 1508 01:12:38,076 --> 01:12:39,776 AND MUHAMMAD, I KNEW HE WANTED TO CRY, 1509 01:12:39,809 --> 01:12:42,743 BUT THEN HE JUST GRABBED HIS LIPS, 1510 01:12:42,776 --> 01:12:45,376 {\an1}"HEY, DREW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 1511 01:12:45,409 --> 01:12:47,576 {\an7}"YOU'RE GOING TO BE SO HAPPY AND EVERYTHING. 1512 01:12:47,609 --> 01:12:51,376 {\an7}NO MORE SICKNESS, NO MORE... NO MORE TRIALS," HE GOES. 1513 01:12:51,409 --> 01:12:53,209 {\an1}THEN HE WENT, "HEY, DREW." 1514 01:12:53,243 --> 01:12:56,143 {\an1}HE WENT, "FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, STING LIKE A BEE. 1515 01:12:56,176 --> 01:13:00,276 {\an1}RUMBLE, YOUNG MAN, RUMBLE, HA!" 1516 01:13:00,309 --> 01:13:04,009 {\an1}AND THEN DREW STARTED SHAKING AND STARTED CRYING EVEN MORE, 1517 01:13:04,043 --> 01:13:06,743 {\an1}AND THEN HE BENT DOWN, AND HE KISSED HIM, 1518 01:13:06,776 --> 01:13:10,643 {\an1}AND MUHAMMAD JUST HELD HIS HAND, AND MUHAMMAD WAS... 1519 01:13:10,676 --> 01:13:12,976 {\an1}FINALLY, TEARS CAME DOWN HIS EYES, 1520 01:13:13,009 --> 01:13:17,476 AND THEN WE LEFT. 1521 01:13:17,509 --> 01:13:20,509 {\an1}NARRATOR: DAYS LATER, BROWN WAS DEAD. 1522 01:13:20,543 --> 01:13:22,443 {\an1}HE WAS 59 YEARS OLD. 1523 01:13:22,476 --> 01:13:25,409 ♪ 1524 01:13:25,443 --> 01:13:29,876 {\an1}IN SEPTEMBER OF 1984, ALI CHECKED HIMSELF INTO NEW YORK'S 1525 01:13:29,909 --> 01:13:32,443 {\an1}COLUMBIA-PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER. 1526 01:13:32,476 --> 01:13:35,076 {\an1}AFTER DAYS OF TESTS, DOCTORS SAID 1527 01:13:35,109 --> 01:13:38,276 {\an1}HE HAD PARKINSON'S SYNDROME. 1528 01:13:38,309 --> 01:13:40,076 {\an1}RASHEDA ALI: WHEN MY DAD WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED 1529 01:13:40,109 --> 01:13:45,143 {\an7}WITH PARKINSON'S, HE WAS SHOCKED LIKE ANYBODY WOULD BE. 1530 01:13:45,176 --> 01:13:47,543 {\an8}"THERE'S NO CURE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" 1531 01:13:47,576 --> 01:13:51,743 {\an7}AND MY DAD LOVED THE CAMERA. 1532 01:13:51,776 --> 01:13:55,309 HE LOVED TALKING. HE LOVED CLOWNING AROUND. 1533 01:13:55,343 --> 01:13:57,676 {\an1}HE LOVED BEING MUHAMMAD ALI. 1534 01:13:57,709 --> 01:14:02,809 {\an1}BUT WHEN PARKINSON'S ROBBED HIM, OR TRIED TO ROB HIM, 1535 01:14:02,843 --> 01:14:06,876 {\an1}OF HIS SPEECH AND HIS WAY THAT HE WOULD COMMUNICATE 1536 01:14:06,909 --> 01:14:09,343 {\an1}WITH PEOPLE, HE WAS TAKEN ABACK. 1537 01:14:09,376 --> 01:14:12,676 {\an1}NARRATOR: AT THE HOUSE ON FREMONT PLACE, 1538 01:14:12,709 --> 01:14:16,943 {\an1}FRIENDS, CELEBRITIES, AND FANS CONTINUED TO DROP BY, 1539 01:14:16,976 --> 01:14:20,576 {\an1}BUT ALI AND VERONICA WERE GROWING APART. 1540 01:14:20,609 --> 01:14:23,609 {\an1}HE HAD BEEN CHEATING ON HER FOR YEARS. 1541 01:14:23,643 --> 01:14:26,609 {\an1}PORCHE: IT WAS VERY, VERY, VERY PAINFUL, 1542 01:14:26,643 --> 01:14:28,476 {\an1}ESPECIALLY IN THE BEGINNING. 1543 01:14:28,509 --> 01:14:30,043 {\an7}I THOUGHT I'D DIE. 1544 01:14:30,076 --> 01:14:36,276 {\an7}AND AFTER A WHILE, I BECAME NUMB. 1545 01:14:38,576 --> 01:14:41,843 {\an1}NARRATOR: TWO YEARS EARLIER, WHILE ON A TRIP TO LOUISVILLE, 1546 01:14:41,876 --> 01:14:45,076 {\an1}ALI HAD INVITED LONNIE WILLIAMS TO JOIN HIM FOR LUNCH. 1547 01:14:45,109 --> 01:14:48,076 ♪ 1548 01:14:48,109 --> 01:14:51,009 {\an1}THE TWO HAD FIRST MET IN THE EARLY 1960s, 1549 01:14:51,043 --> 01:14:54,076 WHEN LONNIE WAS IN THE FIRST GRADE. 1550 01:14:54,109 --> 01:14:57,709 {\an1}LONNIE: WE MOVED IN NOT KNOWING WHO LIVED ACROSS THE STREET. 1551 01:14:57,743 --> 01:15:00,776 {\an1}NOW, ACTUALLY MUHAMMAD DIDN'T LIVE THERE, JUST HIS PARENTS. 1552 01:15:00,809 --> 01:15:02,609 {\an1}AND IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER WE MOVED IN 1553 01:15:02,643 --> 01:15:05,743 {\an1}THAT WE FIRST MET HIM, 1554 01:15:05,776 --> 01:15:08,809 {\an1}AND WE REALIZED, YOU KNOW, THAT, "OH, YOU KNOW, 1555 01:15:08,843 --> 01:15:12,443 {\an1}THERE'S SOMEBODY FAMOUS ACROSS THE STREET HERE." 1556 01:15:12,476 --> 01:15:14,576 {\an1}NARRATOR: THEIR MOTHERS HAD BECOME CLOSE, 1557 01:15:14,609 --> 01:15:16,443 {\an1}AND, OVER THE YEARS, 1558 01:15:16,476 --> 01:15:20,443 {\an1}ALI HAD SEEN LONNIE WHEN VISITING LOUISVILLE. 1559 01:15:20,476 --> 01:15:24,476 NOW LONNIE WAS TROUBLED BY ALI'S CLUMSY GAIT 1560 01:15:24,509 --> 01:15:26,743 {\an1}AND MUMBLED SPEECH. 1561 01:15:26,776 --> 01:15:30,243 {\an1}SOON, SHE RELOCATED TO LOS ANGELES. 1562 01:15:30,276 --> 01:15:34,809 BEFORE LONG, ALI WAS SEEING LONNIE REGULARLY. 1563 01:15:34,843 --> 01:15:40,476 {\an1}IN 1985, VERONICA TOLD MUHAMMAD SHE WANTED A DIVORCE. 1564 01:15:40,509 --> 01:15:43,576 PORCHE: IT WASN'T AS IF I WAS ANGRY WITH HIM. 1565 01:15:43,609 --> 01:15:45,909 {\an1}I JUST COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. 1566 01:15:45,943 --> 01:15:50,576 {\an1}WE WERE VERY CIVIL AND FRIENDLY. 1567 01:15:50,609 --> 01:15:53,976 {\an1}HE WAS HOPING THAT I WOULD CHANGE MY MIND. 1568 01:15:54,009 --> 01:15:57,809 {\an1}BUT I THINK HE WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST AS NICE 1569 01:15:57,843 --> 01:16:01,709 {\an1}EVEN IF HE HAD ACCEPTED IT ALREADY. 1570 01:16:01,743 --> 01:16:04,376 {\an1}THAT'S JUST THE WAY HE WAS. 1571 01:16:04,409 --> 01:16:07,809 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON NOVEMBER 19, 1986, 1572 01:16:07,843 --> 01:16:10,176 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI MARRIED LONNIE WILLIAMS 1573 01:16:10,209 --> 01:16:13,376 {\an1}BEFORE A HANDFUL OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN LOUISVILLE. 1574 01:16:13,409 --> 01:16:18,843 {\an1}SEEKING QUIET, THE NEWLYWEDS MOVED TO ALI'S FARM IN MICHIGAN. 1575 01:16:18,876 --> 01:16:23,343 {\an1}FOR DECADES, ALI HAD SHARED HIS INCOME FREELY WITH FAMILY, 1576 01:16:23,376 --> 01:16:25,309 {\an1}FRIENDS, AND STRANGERS, 1577 01:16:25,343 --> 01:16:26,843 {\an1}AND HAD GOTTEN INVOLVED 1578 01:16:26,876 --> 01:16:29,309 IN COUNTLESS DUBIOUS BUSINESS VENTURES. 1579 01:16:29,343 --> 01:16:33,276 {\an1}LONNIE BROUGHT ORDER TO ALI'S FINANCES. 1580 01:16:33,309 --> 01:16:34,709 EIG: SHE NOT ONLY TOOK CARE OF HIM 1581 01:16:34,743 --> 01:16:36,476 {\an1}AND SHE NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, LOVED HIM 1582 01:16:36,509 --> 01:16:38,543 {\an1}AND STARTED A NEW FAMILY WITH HIM, 1583 01:16:38,576 --> 01:16:41,343 {\an7}SHE BECAME, REALLY, THE C.E.O. OF ALI, INC., 1584 01:16:41,376 --> 01:16:43,343 {\an7}AND GOT RID OF A LOT OF THE PEOPLE 1585 01:16:43,376 --> 01:16:45,309 {\an7}WHO'D BEEN LEECHING MONEY, 1586 01:16:45,343 --> 01:16:47,009 {\an7}GOT RID OF A LOT OF THE BAD BUSINESSES 1587 01:16:47,043 --> 01:16:48,843 {\an1}THAT HE'D BEEN A PART OF, 1588 01:16:48,876 --> 01:16:52,676 {\an1}AND, STARTED TO FIND WAYS THAT THEY COULD MAKE MONEY 1589 01:16:52,709 --> 01:16:54,309 {\an1}IN HIS POST-BOXING CAREER. 1590 01:16:54,343 --> 01:16:57,143 ♪ 1591 01:16:57,176 --> 01:16:59,176 {\an1}NARRATOR: HIS DEVOTION TO ISLAM 1592 01:16:59,209 --> 01:17:02,009 {\an1}INCREASINGLY SHAPED HIS DAILY ROUTINE. 1593 01:17:02,043 --> 01:17:05,776 {\an1}HE PRAYED FIVE TIMES EACH DAY FACING MECCA, 1594 01:17:05,809 --> 01:17:09,709 {\an1}CALLED FRIENDS TO DISCUSS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RELIGIONS, 1595 01:17:09,743 --> 01:17:13,143 {\an1}AND DISTRIBUTED AUTOGRAPHED PAMPHLETS THAT HE HOPED 1596 01:17:13,176 --> 01:17:17,576 {\an1}WOULD HELP CORRECT COMMON MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT HIS FAITH. 1597 01:17:17,609 --> 01:17:19,743 ♪ 1598 01:17:19,776 --> 01:17:21,476 WHEN HE TRAVELED IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, 1599 01:17:21,509 --> 01:17:25,343 {\an1}MASSIVE CROWDS GREETED HIM AS "MUHAMMAD ALI CLAY" 1600 01:17:25,376 --> 01:17:28,909 {\an1}TO DISTINGUISH THEIR HERO FROM THOUSANDS OF FAITHFUL MUSLIMS 1601 01:17:28,943 --> 01:17:32,776 {\an1}ALSO NAMED MUHAMMAD ALI. 1602 01:17:32,809 --> 01:17:37,043 {\an1}DURING A GOODWILL VISIT TO PAKISTAN IN 1987, 1603 01:17:37,076 --> 01:17:41,743 {\an1}MUHAMMAD AND LONNIE VISITED SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND MOSQUES. 1604 01:17:41,776 --> 01:17:45,443 {\an1}THEY DELIVERED CANNED MILK TO AN AFGHAN REFUGEE CAMP 1605 01:17:45,476 --> 01:17:46,909 ALONG THE BORDER 1606 01:17:46,943 --> 01:17:49,443 AND ENCOURAGED GUERRILLA FIGHTERS THERE 1607 01:17:49,476 --> 01:17:52,743 {\an1}IN THEIR LONG STRUGGLE TO EVICT THE OCCUPYING SOVIET ARMY 1608 01:17:52,776 --> 01:17:55,209 FROM AFGHANISTAN. 1609 01:17:55,243 --> 01:17:57,776 {\an1}HANA ALI: HE NEEDED LOVE LIKE HE NEEDED AIR TO BREATHE. 1610 01:17:57,809 --> 01:18:00,409 {\an1}SO THE PEOPLE DID PROBABLY MORE FOR HIM 1611 01:18:00,443 --> 01:18:02,976 {\an1}THAN HE DID FOR THEM, IF NOT AT LEAST EQUAL, YOU KNOW? 1612 01:18:03,009 --> 01:18:04,809 {\an1}SO HE WAS SO GRATEFUL FOR THE LOVE THEY GAVE, 1613 01:18:04,843 --> 01:18:06,509 {\an1}HE WAS SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 1614 01:18:06,543 --> 01:18:10,343 NARRATOR: IN 1989, HE WAS ON THE ROAD 1615 01:18:10,376 --> 01:18:14,209 {\an1}MORE THAN AT HOME, VISITING ENGLAND, SENEGAL, SWITZERLAND, 1616 01:18:14,243 --> 01:18:16,343 AND SAUDI ARABIA. 1617 01:18:16,376 --> 01:18:19,943 {\an1}IN APRIL, HE AND LONNIE MADE A PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA 1618 01:18:19,976 --> 01:18:22,476 {\an1}DURING THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN. 1619 01:18:22,509 --> 01:18:26,443 {\an1}ALI HAD VISITED MECCA BEFORE, IN 1972, 1620 01:18:26,476 --> 01:18:28,476 {\an1}BUT NOW ADMITTED THAT HE 1621 01:18:28,509 --> 01:18:31,543 {\an1}HADN'T FULLY APPRECIATED ITS SIGNIFICANCE 1622 01:18:31,576 --> 01:18:34,176 {\an1}AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS RELIGION 1623 01:18:34,209 --> 01:18:36,643 {\an1}HAD LONG BEEN IMPERFECT. 1624 01:18:36,676 --> 01:18:40,109 {\an1}"I FIT MY RELIGION TO DO WHATEVER I WANTED. 1625 01:18:40,143 --> 01:18:44,309 {\an1}"I DID THINGS THAT WERE WRONG, AND CHASED WOMEN ALL THE TIME. 1626 01:18:44,343 --> 01:18:49,676 {\an1}EVERYTHING I DO NOW I DO TO PLEASE ALLAH." 1627 01:18:49,709 --> 01:18:51,476 {\an1}ONE OF MY FATHER'S FAVORITE SAYINGS WAS, 1628 01:18:51,509 --> 01:18:53,185 {\an1}"RIVERS, LAKES, AND STREAMS ALL HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES, 1629 01:18:53,209 --> 01:18:54,876 {\an1}"BUT THEY ALL CONTAIN WATER. 1630 01:18:54,909 --> 01:18:57,043 {\an1}"SO DO RELIGIONS HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES, 1631 01:18:57,076 --> 01:18:59,476 {\an1}BUT THEY ALL CONTAIN TRUTH." 1632 01:18:59,509 --> 01:19:01,909 {\an1}HE ALWAYS TAUGHT ME THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE TRUE RELIGION, 1633 01:19:01,943 --> 01:19:04,176 {\an1}AND THAT'S THE RELIGION OF THE HEART, HE WOULD SAY. 1634 01:19:04,209 --> 01:19:06,185 {\an1}"AND AS LONG AS YOU DO RIGHT AND YOU TREAT PEOPLE RIGHT, 1635 01:19:06,209 --> 01:19:07,743 {\an1}"I BELIEVE YOU'LL GO TO HEAVEN 1636 01:19:07,776 --> 01:19:09,676 {\an1}NO MATTER WHAT YOU CALL YOUR RELIGION." 1637 01:19:09,709 --> 01:19:11,343 NARRATOR: AS HIS SYMPTOMS PROGRESSED... 1638 01:19:11,376 --> 01:19:14,409 {\an1}HIS SPEECH MORE SLURRED, HIS TREMORS MORE OBVIOUS, 1639 01:19:14,443 --> 01:19:17,409 {\an1}HIS ONCE EXPRESSIVE FACE NOW FROZEN... 1640 01:19:17,443 --> 01:19:20,743 {\an1}ALI SPOKE OF HIS PARKINSON'S AS A TRIAL FROM GOD 1641 01:19:20,776 --> 01:19:23,176 {\an1}AND A PUNISHMENT FOR HIS SINS, 1642 01:19:23,209 --> 01:19:26,009 {\an1}BUT ALSO AS A BLESSING THAT KEPT HIM HUMBLE. 1643 01:19:26,043 --> 01:19:27,743 BRYANT GUMBEL: MUHAMMAD, GOOD MORNING. 1644 01:19:27,776 --> 01:19:29,309 {\an1}ALI: THANKS. GOOD MORNING. 1645 01:19:29,343 --> 01:19:30,643 GUMBEL: HOW YOU BEEN? 1646 01:19:30,676 --> 01:19:32,209 {\an1}ALI: TIRED, TRAVELING... 1647 01:19:32,243 --> 01:19:33,976 {\an1}NARRATOR: HE HAD ONCE LOVED TO ADMIRE 1648 01:19:34,009 --> 01:19:36,743 {\an1}HIS OWN REFLECTION AND CROW ABOUT HIS GOOD LOOKS. 1649 01:19:36,776 --> 01:19:40,009 {\an1}BUT WHEN HE SAW A RECORDING OF HIMSELF ON THE "TODAY SHOW," 1650 01:19:40,043 --> 01:19:42,176 ALI RECOILED. 1651 01:19:42,209 --> 01:19:44,976 {\an1}"THAT MAN LOOKED LIKE HE'S DYING," HE SAID. 1652 01:19:47,709 --> 01:19:50,409 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN 1996, ALI TRAVELED TO CUBA 1653 01:19:50,443 --> 01:19:54,243 {\an1}ON A HUMANITARIAN MISSION, VISITING CHILDREN'S WARDS 1654 01:19:54,276 --> 01:19:56,909 {\an1}AND DELIVERING MEDICAL SUPPLIES. 1655 01:19:56,943 --> 01:20:00,376 {\an1}ALI AND HIS COMPANIONS ATTENDED A RECEPTION 1656 01:20:00,409 --> 01:20:02,176 {\an1}WITH FIDEL CASTRO. 1657 01:20:02,209 --> 01:20:04,276 ♪ 1658 01:20:04,309 --> 01:20:06,009 {\an1}NARRATOR: UNABLE TO SPEAK, 1659 01:20:06,043 --> 01:20:07,676 ALI ENTERTAINED THE CUBAN PRESIDENT 1660 01:20:07,709 --> 01:20:10,409 AND HIS GUESTS, PERFORMING MAGIC TRICKS. 1661 01:20:10,443 --> 01:20:14,809 {\an1}AFTERWARDS, BELIEVING THAT IT WENT AGAINST ISLAM 1662 01:20:14,843 --> 01:20:19,276 {\an1}TO DECEIVE PEOPLE, HE REVEALED THE SECRET TO EACH TRICK. 1663 01:20:19,309 --> 01:20:21,543 {\an1}[CASTRO SPEAKING SPANISH] 1664 01:20:21,576 --> 01:20:26,176 [LAUGHTER] 1665 01:20:26,209 --> 01:20:28,543 {\an1}EIG: HE'D BEEN FORGOTTEN TO SOME EXTENT. 1666 01:20:28,576 --> 01:20:30,076 I THINK PEOPLE DON'T APPRECIATE THAT, 1667 01:20:30,109 --> 01:20:32,576 {\an1}IN THE LATE EIGHTIES, EARLY NINETIES, 1668 01:20:32,609 --> 01:20:35,509 {\an1}ALI DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ATTENTION TO MAKE HIM HAPPY. 1669 01:20:35,543 --> 01:20:39,409 {\an1}HE'D GO OUT AND DO EVENTS FOR $1,000, $2,000. 1670 01:20:39,443 --> 01:20:41,343 HE'D SIT ALL DAY SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS 1671 01:20:41,376 --> 01:20:44,209 AT A TRADE SHOW, AND HE WOULDN'T LEAVE 1672 01:20:44,243 --> 01:20:47,243 {\an1}WHEN HIS TIME WAS UP UNTIL EVERYBODY GOT THEIR AUTOGRAPHS 1673 01:20:47,276 --> 01:20:49,209 {\an1}BECAUSE HE WANTED TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY 1674 01:20:49,243 --> 01:20:51,909 {\an1}AND HE WANTED THE ATTENTION. 1675 01:20:51,943 --> 01:20:55,043 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN 1996, THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, 1676 01:20:55,076 --> 01:20:58,376 {\an1}PLANNING THE SUMMER GAMES IN ATLANTA, ASKED MUHAMMAD ALI 1677 01:20:58,409 --> 01:21:01,443 {\an1}TO LIGHT THE TORCH AT THE OPENING CEREMONIES. 1678 01:21:01,476 --> 01:21:04,143 {\an1}AT FIRST, ALI DECLINED. 1679 01:21:04,176 --> 01:21:06,143 {\an1}HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE SEEN SHAKING 1680 01:21:06,176 --> 01:21:08,309 {\an1}AND STUMBLING ON THAT STAGE. 1681 01:21:08,343 --> 01:21:11,676 {\an1}BUT HIS FRIEND HOWARD BINGHAM CONVINCED HIM. 1682 01:21:11,709 --> 01:21:15,276 {\an1}"THIS IS THE THING WHERE THE WORLD IS SAYING, 'THANK YOU 1683 01:21:15,309 --> 01:21:18,609 {\an1}FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER YOUR LIFE, '" BINGHAM TOLD HIM. 1684 01:21:18,643 --> 01:21:21,143 "THERE WILL BE 3 BILLION PEOPLE WATCHING." 1685 01:21:21,176 --> 01:21:23,376 ♪ 1686 01:21:23,409 --> 01:21:28,476 {\an1}[BEETHOVEN'S "ODE TO JOY" PLAYING] 1687 01:21:28,509 --> 01:21:31,076 NARRATOR: THE PLANS WERE KEPT SECRET. 1688 01:21:31,109 --> 01:21:32,709 ANNOUNCER: DO YOU RECOGNIZE HER? 1689 01:21:32,743 --> 01:21:35,976 JANET EVANS. 1690 01:21:36,009 --> 01:21:38,376 {\an1}ANNOUNCER 2: CONSIDERED THE GREATEST FEMALE DISTANCE SWIMMER 1691 01:21:38,409 --> 01:21:39,809 OF ALL TIME. 1692 01:21:39,843 --> 01:21:42,309 {\an8}AND IT WAS PLANNED VERY BRILLIANTLY. 1693 01:21:42,343 --> 01:21:45,476 {\an7}I MEAN, PEOPLE REALLY THOUGHT THE SWIMMER JANET EVANS WAS 1694 01:21:45,509 --> 01:21:48,943 {\an7}GOING TO BE THE PERSON WHO WAS GOING TO LIGHT THAT TORCH, 1695 01:21:48,976 --> 01:21:51,876 {\an1}BUT INSTEAD OUT OF NOWHERE COMES MUHAMMAD ALI. 1696 01:21:51,909 --> 01:21:58,343 ♪ 1697 01:21:58,376 --> 01:22:02,409 {\an1}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 1698 01:22:02,443 --> 01:22:03,652 {\an1}NAOMI SHELTON & THE GOSPEL QUEENS: ♪ I'LL TAKE ♪ 1699 01:22:03,676 --> 01:22:05,376 {\an1}♪ THE LONG ROAD... ♪ 1700 01:22:05,409 --> 01:22:07,176 {\an1}BOYD: YOU HADN'T REALLY SEEN HIM IN A WHILE. 1701 01:22:07,209 --> 01:22:09,843 {\an7}YOU KNEW HE WAS SICK, AND WHEN YOU WOULD SEE HIM, 1702 01:22:09,876 --> 01:22:13,643 {\an7}HE WAS CLEARLY SHOWING THE EFFECTS OF THE ILLNESS, 1703 01:22:13,676 --> 01:22:16,043 {\an1}BUT HE HADN'T BEEN SEEN THAT MUCH, 1704 01:22:16,076 --> 01:22:19,076 {\an1}AND THEN HERE HE IS IN THIS BIG, PROMINENT MOMENT. 1705 01:22:19,109 --> 01:22:22,743 {\an1}AND HE'S HOLDING THAT TORCH, AND HE'S SHAKING. 1706 01:22:22,776 --> 01:22:27,409 AND, I, MAN, I'M ABOUT TO CRY NOW. 1707 01:22:27,443 --> 01:22:30,809 {\an1}IT WAS HARD TO WATCH BECAUSE YOU 1708 01:22:30,843 --> 01:22:34,409 {\an1}DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR GUY LIKE THAT. 1709 01:22:34,443 --> 01:22:39,209 {\an1}YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT, BUT YOU... YOU SAW IT. 1710 01:22:39,243 --> 01:22:42,476 {\an1}KINDRED: HE WAS DEFENSELESS NOW. 1711 01:22:42,509 --> 01:22:45,476 {\an1}HE CAN'T HURT US ANYMORE, YOU KNOW. 1712 01:22:45,509 --> 01:22:51,743 {\an7}HE CAN'T MAKE US MAD ANYMORE, BECAUSE NOW HE'S... 1713 01:22:51,776 --> 01:22:56,509 {\an7}THE GAME THAT WE ASKED HIM TO PLAY TO ENTERTAIN US 1714 01:22:56,543 --> 01:22:59,143 {\an7}HAS LEFT HIM LOOKING LIKE THIS. 1715 01:22:59,176 --> 01:23:03,776 {\an1}AND NOW WE FEEL SOME SYMPATHY, IF NOT GUILT. 1716 01:23:03,809 --> 01:23:09,143 {\an1}WE SEE HIM SHAKING, TREMBLING UP THERE. 1717 01:23:09,176 --> 01:23:11,043 {\an1}THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, MOVING... 1718 01:23:11,076 --> 01:23:13,776 {\an1}THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ATHLETE IN MOTION YOU'VE EVER SEEN, 1719 01:23:13,809 --> 01:23:17,509 {\an1}AND NOW HE CAN'T HOLD THE TORCH, YOU KNOW. 1720 01:23:17,543 --> 01:23:20,076 {\an1}SO, WE FEEL GUILT, AND WE FEEL SYMPATHY. 1721 01:23:20,109 --> 01:23:21,685 {\an1}WE WANT TO HUG HIM. WE WANT TO EMBRACE HIM. 1722 01:23:21,709 --> 01:23:24,676 {\an1}WE WANT TO ASK HIS FORGIVENESS, YOU KNOW. 1723 01:23:24,709 --> 01:23:28,609 {\an1}FOR EVERY REASON THAT WE DISLIKED HIM, 1724 01:23:28,643 --> 01:23:33,409 {\an1}NOW WE LOVE HIM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE WAS RIGHT. 1725 01:23:33,443 --> 01:23:35,709 {\an1}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 1726 01:23:35,743 --> 01:23:41,609 ♪ 1727 01:23:41,643 --> 01:23:45,176 {\an1}MAN: IT WAS STRIKING TO SEE THIS EVOLUTION 1728 01:23:45,209 --> 01:23:49,709 {\an7}NOT IN ALI, BUT IN US. 1729 01:23:49,743 --> 01:23:54,576 {\an7}IT JUST STRUCK ME SO AMAZINGLY TO WATCH ALI, 1730 01:23:54,609 --> 01:23:56,943 {\an1}LIKE, LIGHTING THIS TORCH, 1731 01:23:56,976 --> 01:24:00,209 PEOPLE WEEPING. 1732 01:24:00,243 --> 01:24:04,743 {\an1}IT'S AMAZING, AND YOU... AND YOU CAST BACK 1733 01:24:04,776 --> 01:24:07,109 {\an1}NOT SO MANY YEARS BEFORE, 1734 01:24:07,143 --> 01:24:10,109 {\an1}AND SOME HUGE AMOUNT OF THE COUNTRY THOUGHT 1735 01:24:10,143 --> 01:24:13,409 {\an1}THIS GUY WAS THE ANTICHRIST, 1736 01:24:13,443 --> 01:24:14,809 {\an1}OR THEY CHOSE TO HATE HIM, 1737 01:24:14,843 --> 01:24:16,676 {\an1}OR THEY MADE HIM A FOIL 1738 01:24:16,709 --> 01:24:19,143 TO THE OTHER GUY THAT THEY LIKED BETTER. 1739 01:24:19,176 --> 01:24:22,643 {\an1}AND IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT HUMAN BEINGS 1740 01:24:22,676 --> 01:24:24,143 ARE CAPABLE OF LEARNING SOMETHING. 1741 01:24:24,176 --> 01:24:27,143 ♪ 1742 01:24:27,176 --> 01:24:31,109 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE CAUGHT ALI BY SURPRISE. 1743 01:24:31,143 --> 01:24:33,276 {\an1}"PARKINSON'S ROBS YOU OF CONFIDENCE," 1744 01:24:33,309 --> 01:24:35,509 {\an1}LONNIE TOLD A REPORTER. 1745 01:24:35,543 --> 01:24:38,209 {\an1}"NOW HE KNOWS THE PUBLIC WILL LOVE HIM AND ACCEPT HIM 1746 01:24:38,243 --> 01:24:40,109 {\an7}NO MATTER WHAT HE HAS." 1747 01:24:40,143 --> 01:24:47,176 {\an7}NAOMI SHELTON & THE QUEENS: ♪ YES, I WILL ♪ 1748 01:24:47,209 --> 01:24:50,209 {\an1}EIG: ALI, LATE IN LIFE, TALKED ABOUT 1749 01:24:50,243 --> 01:24:52,676 {\an1}THIS TALLYING ANGEL, HE CALLED IT, 1750 01:24:52,709 --> 01:24:54,885 {\an1}THAT THERE WAS AN ANGEL UP THERE WHO COUNTED ALL THE GOOD THINGS 1751 01:24:54,909 --> 01:24:56,952 {\an1}YOU DID IN LIFE AND ALL THE BAD THINGS YOU DID IN LIFE, 1752 01:24:56,976 --> 01:24:58,819 {\an1}AND IF YOU HAD MORE BAD THINGS THAN GOOD THINGS, 1753 01:24:58,843 --> 01:25:00,743 {\an1}YOU WERE GOING TO HELL, 1754 01:25:00,776 --> 01:25:03,076 {\an1}AND HE HAD A VERY VIVID IMPRESSION OF WHAT HELL MEANT. 1755 01:25:03,109 --> 01:25:07,509 {\an1}AND HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE HAD A LOT OF NEGATIVE MARKS, 1756 01:25:07,543 --> 01:25:10,709 {\an1}THAT THE TALLYING ANGEL WAS NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY 1757 01:25:10,743 --> 01:25:12,385 {\an1}WITH THE WAY HE HAD TREATED WOMEN, IN PARTICULAR. 1758 01:25:12,409 --> 01:25:16,209 ♪ 1759 01:25:16,243 --> 01:25:20,409 {\an1}NARRATOR: 30 YEARS AFTER ALI FIRST FACED JOE FRAZIER, 1760 01:25:20,443 --> 01:25:23,709 {\an1}A REPORTER ASKED HIM ABOUT THEIR LONG-RUNNING FEUD. 1761 01:25:23,743 --> 01:25:25,376 {\an1}"I CALLED HIM A LOT OF NAMES 1762 01:25:25,409 --> 01:25:27,743 THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE CALLED HIM," ALI ADMITTED. 1763 01:25:27,776 --> 01:25:31,309 {\an1}"I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I LIKE JOE FRAZIER. 1764 01:25:31,343 --> 01:25:33,576 {\an1}ME AND HIM WAS A GOOD SHOW." 1765 01:25:33,609 --> 01:25:37,176 {\an1}FRAZIER NEVER FORGAVE ALI. 1766 01:25:37,209 --> 01:25:42,643 {\an1}LATER, HE EXPRESSED SORROW AT HAVING ABANDONED MALCOLM X. 1767 01:25:42,676 --> 01:25:45,309 {\an1}"TURNING MY BACK ON MALCOLM WAS ONE OF THE MISTAKES 1768 01:25:45,343 --> 01:25:48,409 {\an1}THAT I REGRET MOST IN MY LIFE," HE WROTE. 1769 01:25:48,443 --> 01:25:52,176 {\an1}"I WISH I'D BEEN ABLE TO TELL MALCOLM I WAS SORRY, 1770 01:25:52,209 --> 01:25:57,543 {\an1}THAT HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT SO MANY THINGS." 1771 01:25:57,576 --> 01:26:00,809 {\an1}RASHEDA ALI: DADDY EVOLVED. HE BECAME BETTER. 1772 01:26:00,843 --> 01:26:04,876 {\an1}AND DADDY SAID THAT, "I'M BIGGER THAN BOXING." 1773 01:26:04,909 --> 01:26:10,643 {\an1}THAT MEANT BOXING WAS THIS MUCH. 1774 01:26:10,676 --> 01:26:13,643 ♪ 1775 01:26:13,676 --> 01:26:17,743 HIS EVOLUTION INTO THE PERSON HE IS TODAY 1776 01:26:17,776 --> 01:26:21,809 IS WAY BIGGER THAN HIM JUST BOXING. 1777 01:26:21,843 --> 01:26:24,609 {\an1}AND I THINK HE KNEW THAT, 1778 01:26:24,643 --> 01:26:28,676 {\an1}AND HE CARRIED IT WITH HIM... 1779 01:26:28,709 --> 01:26:31,609 HIS LOVE. 1780 01:26:31,643 --> 01:26:33,609 ♪ 1781 01:26:33,643 --> 01:26:37,576 AND HE GAVE IT TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON HE MET. 1782 01:26:37,609 --> 01:26:39,309 {\an1}AND I THINK THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 1783 01:26:39,343 --> 01:26:42,309 ♪ 1784 01:26:42,343 --> 01:26:45,243 {\an1}NARRATOR: AS THE 20th CENTURY CAME TO AN END, 1785 01:26:45,276 --> 01:26:48,209 {\an1}"NEWSWEEK," "TIME," AND "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED" 1786 01:26:48,243 --> 01:26:53,343 ALL NAMED HIM ATHLETE OF THE CENTURY. 1787 01:26:53,376 --> 01:26:58,343 {\an1}IN THE DAYS AFTER THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, 1788 01:26:58,376 --> 01:27:01,809 {\an1}AMERICAN MUSLIMS WERE THE VICTIMS OF HATE CRIMES 1789 01:27:01,843 --> 01:27:03,976 {\an1}SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH. 1790 01:27:04,009 --> 01:27:08,309 {\an1}"I AM A MUSLIM. I AM AN AMERICAN," ALI RESPONDED. 1791 01:27:08,343 --> 01:27:10,276 {\an1}"IF THE CULPRITS ARE MUSLIM, 1792 01:27:10,309 --> 01:27:12,643 {\an1}"THEY HAVE TWISTED THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM. 1793 01:27:12,676 --> 01:27:15,643 {\an1}"WHOEVER PERFORMED THE TERRORIST ATTACKS 1794 01:27:15,676 --> 01:27:18,209 {\an1}"DOES NOT REPRESENT ISLAM. 1795 01:27:18,243 --> 01:27:21,943 {\an1}GOD IS NOT BEHIND ASSASSINS." 1796 01:27:21,976 --> 01:27:27,143 {\an7}MAN: WHAT I HOPE IS THAT MUHAMMAD ALI WILL BE 1797 01:27:27,176 --> 01:27:31,143 {\an7}A CONSTANT REMINDER TO AMERICA 1798 01:27:31,176 --> 01:27:34,943 {\an1}OF JUST HOW THOROUGHLY AMERICAN 1799 01:27:34,976 --> 01:27:38,509 {\an1}A BELIEVING, PRACTICING, SINCERELY COMMITTED MUSLIM 1800 01:27:38,543 --> 01:27:40,976 CAN BE. 1801 01:27:41,009 --> 01:27:44,276 {\an1}WHATEVER ONE'S BACKGROUND IS, ALI BELONGS TO AMERICA, 1802 01:27:44,309 --> 01:27:46,076 ALL OF US. 1803 01:27:46,109 --> 01:27:47,843 AND I THINK THAT HE BELONGS TO ALL OF US, 1804 01:27:47,876 --> 01:27:50,076 {\an1}BECAUSE HE AFFECTED ALL OF US. 1805 01:27:50,109 --> 01:27:53,543 {\an1}AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE LEGACY THAT HE WILL LEAVE, 1806 01:27:53,576 --> 01:27:58,809 {\an1}THAT AMERICA WON'T FORGET ALI AS THIS AMERICAN MUSLIM 1807 01:27:58,843 --> 01:28:04,476 {\an1}WITH EQUAL EMPHASIS ON AMERICAN-MUSLIM. 1808 01:28:04,509 --> 01:28:07,476 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON NOVEMBER 9, 2005, 1809 01:28:07,509 --> 01:28:10,476 {\an1}PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH PRESENTED ALI 1810 01:28:10,509 --> 01:28:13,076 {\an1}WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, 1811 01:28:13,109 --> 01:28:16,409 {\an1}THE HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR IN THE UNITED STATES. 1812 01:28:16,443 --> 01:28:19,776 THAT SAME YEAR, THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER, 1813 01:28:19,809 --> 01:28:22,909 {\an1}A MUSEUM DEDICATED TO HIS LIFE AND LEGACY, 1814 01:28:22,943 --> 01:28:24,909 {\an1}OPENED IN LOUISVILLE. 1815 01:28:24,943 --> 01:28:27,443 {\an1}BRYANT: MUHAMMAD ALI WAS AN ACTIVIST 1816 01:28:27,476 --> 01:28:30,209 {\an1}WHO FOUGHT TO REACH US A CERTAIN WAY 1817 01:28:30,243 --> 01:28:31,909 {\an1}AND TO MOVE AMERICA IN A CERTAIN WAY 1818 01:28:31,943 --> 01:28:34,676 AND MOVE INDIVIDUALS IN A CERTAIN WAY. 1819 01:28:34,709 --> 01:28:37,709 {\an7}"I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS PATH. I BELIEVE THAT I'M RIGHT. 1820 01:28:37,743 --> 01:28:40,009 {\an7}AND EVEN IF I'M NOT RIGHT, I'M STILL ME." 1821 01:28:40,043 --> 01:28:44,876 {\an7}AND TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THAT AND TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS 1822 01:28:44,909 --> 01:28:47,043 {\an1}GOING TO BE AN ENORMOUS PRICE TO PAY FOR THAT 1823 01:28:47,076 --> 01:28:51,076 AND TO HAVE THAT BE GENERATIONAL, 1824 01:28:51,109 --> 01:28:56,576 {\an1}TO HAVE THAT LIVE ON BEYOND YOU IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE. 1825 01:28:56,609 --> 01:29:01,743 {\an1}EVERYTHING THAT HE DID COULDN'T BE UNDONE. 1826 01:29:01,776 --> 01:29:04,443 ♪ 1827 01:29:06,609 --> 01:29:13,176 ♪ 1828 01:29:13,209 --> 01:29:16,843 {\an1}RASHEDA ALI: AS MY DAD'S CONDITION PROGRESSED, 1829 01:29:16,876 --> 01:29:24,676 {\an1}IT BECAME MORE DIFFICULT TO JUST WALK AND TO EAT 1830 01:29:24,709 --> 01:29:28,476 AND TO JUST DO... JUST THE LITTLE THINGS. 1831 01:29:28,509 --> 01:29:31,609 {\an1}YOU KNOW, GETTING UP OUT OF BED, 1832 01:29:31,643 --> 01:29:37,143 {\an1}GETTING... YOU KNOW, WALKING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, YOU KNOW? 1833 01:29:37,176 --> 01:29:43,009 {\an1}THE STOOPED POSTURE, YOU KNOW. THAT'S THE LEANING OVER. 1834 01:29:43,043 --> 01:29:45,076 {\an1}IT WASN'T SO EASY AT THE END 1835 01:29:45,109 --> 01:29:49,176 {\an1}BECAUSE OF THE PARKINSON'S, BUT HE STILL ENJOYED HIS LIFE. 1836 01:29:49,209 --> 01:29:55,409 {\an1}AND I NEVER, NEVER HEARD DADDY COMPLAIN, NOT ONE TIME. 1837 01:29:55,443 --> 01:29:58,643 {\an1}BUT ON THE DAYS WHEN HE SOUND GOOD, OH... 1838 01:29:58,676 --> 01:30:01,843 THE SUN CAME OUT. 1839 01:30:01,876 --> 01:30:05,476 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON JUNE 2, 2016, 1840 01:30:05,509 --> 01:30:08,876 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI CHECKED INTO A SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, HOSPITAL 1841 01:30:08,909 --> 01:30:11,476 {\an1}WITH A RESPIRATORY INFECTION. 1842 01:30:11,509 --> 01:30:16,076 {\an1}ALI'S CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TRAVELED FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY 1843 01:30:16,109 --> 01:30:19,476 {\an1}TO BE AT HIS BEDSIDE. 1844 01:30:19,509 --> 01:30:22,276 {\an1}AT 8:30 P.M. ON JUNE 3rd, 1845 01:30:22,309 --> 01:30:25,076 {\an1}DOCTORS DISCONNECTED HIM FROM THE VENTILATOR 1846 01:30:25,109 --> 01:30:26,976 {\an1}THAT WAS HELPING HIM BREATHE. 1847 01:30:27,009 --> 01:30:29,409 ♪ 1848 01:30:29,443 --> 01:30:32,276 {\an1}AS HIS RESPIRATION GENTLY SLOWED, 1849 01:30:32,309 --> 01:30:35,409 {\an1}AN IMAM SANG THE MUSLIM CALL TO PRAYER: 1850 01:30:35,443 --> 01:30:37,776 {\an1}"THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH, 1851 01:30:37,809 --> 01:30:41,809 {\an1}AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER." 1852 01:30:41,843 --> 01:30:44,743 {\an1}SOON, HE WAS GONE. 1853 01:30:44,776 --> 01:30:49,609 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI WAS 74 YEARS OLD. 1854 01:30:49,643 --> 01:30:53,643 {\an1}BENTT: I GOT A TEXT FROM THIS FRIEND. 1855 01:30:53,676 --> 01:30:59,509 {\an8}THE TEXT SAID, "MUHAMMAD'S GONE." 1856 01:30:59,543 --> 01:31:05,176 {\an7}"MUHAMMAD'S GONE. DAMN." 1857 01:31:05,209 --> 01:31:07,543 {\an7}LIKE [BLEEP], MAN. 1858 01:31:07,576 --> 01:31:13,343 {\an1}YUP. "MUHAMMAD'S GONE. DAMN." 1859 01:31:13,376 --> 01:31:15,176 {\an1}I DIDN'T KNOW HIM. 1860 01:31:15,209 --> 01:31:18,176 I MET HIM TWICE, BUT HE WAS FAMILY. 1861 01:31:18,209 --> 01:31:22,243 ♪ 1862 01:31:22,276 --> 01:31:24,876 {\an1}RAHAMAN ALI: EVERYTHING MY BROTHER SAID HE WOULD DO 1863 01:31:24,909 --> 01:31:27,743 {\an1}AS A CHILD, HE DID IT IN LIFE. 1864 01:31:27,776 --> 01:31:29,285 {\an7}HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO BE A GREAT MAN, 1865 01:31:29,309 --> 01:31:32,509 {\an7}GOING TO BE A BOXER, BE A POET, 1866 01:31:32,543 --> 01:31:36,409 {\an7}BE KIND AND GOOD TO PEOPLE, BE RICH. 1867 01:31:36,443 --> 01:31:38,143 {\an1}ALL THOSE THINGS HE DID BEFORE HE DIED. 1868 01:31:38,176 --> 01:31:39,843 {\an1}SO HE DIED A RICH, HAPPY MAN. 1869 01:31:39,876 --> 01:31:42,876 ♪ 1870 01:31:42,909 --> 01:31:45,209 {\an1}SOLANO: I LOVE MY DAD, 1871 01:31:45,243 --> 01:31:47,043 {\an1}BUT MUHAMMAD TAUGHT ME A LOT OF STUFF 1872 01:31:47,076 --> 01:31:48,943 {\an1}THAT MY DAD DIDN'T TEACH ME. 1873 01:31:48,976 --> 01:31:52,476 {\an1}HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO HAVE COURAGE, 1874 01:31:52,509 --> 01:31:54,343 {\an1}AND HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO, UM... 1875 01:31:54,376 --> 01:31:58,143 ♪ 1876 01:31:58,176 --> 01:32:01,476 FACE ADVERSITY. 1877 01:32:01,509 --> 01:32:04,109 I... I MISS HIM. 1878 01:32:04,143 --> 01:32:05,909 {\an1}IT'S JUST SO HARD TO EXPLAIN. 1879 01:32:05,943 --> 01:32:08,443 IT'S JUST LIKE PART OF YOUR HEART'S JUST BROKEN 1880 01:32:08,476 --> 01:32:10,409 {\an1}EVEN TO THIS DAY, YOU KNOW. 1881 01:32:10,443 --> 01:32:13,276 IT'S JUST LIKE YOU CAN STILL HEAR HIS VOICE, 1882 01:32:13,309 --> 01:32:16,976 {\an1}YOU CAN STILL HEAR HIM SINGING, LAUGHING, JOKING, 1883 01:32:17,009 --> 01:32:21,609 {\an1}SAD, HAPPY, YOU KNOW. 1884 01:32:21,643 --> 01:32:23,643 {\an1}BUT, UM, WE GO ON. 1885 01:32:23,676 --> 01:32:27,776 ♪ 1886 01:32:27,809 --> 01:32:30,643 ♪ 1887 01:32:30,676 --> 01:32:32,576 {\an1}HANA ALI: HE USED TO HAVE THIS DREAM 1888 01:32:32,609 --> 01:32:35,076 {\an1}THAT HE TALKED ABOUT AND WROTE ABOUT, 1889 01:32:35,109 --> 01:32:38,143 {\an1}HOW HE WAS RUNNING DOWN BROADWAY WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER, 1890 01:32:38,176 --> 01:32:41,943 {\an1}AND HE SAID HE DREAMT THIS DREAM ALL THE TIME, 1891 01:32:41,976 --> 01:32:43,752 {\an1}AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN, PEOPLE WERE IN THE STREETS, 1892 01:32:43,776 --> 01:32:45,652 {\an1}AND THEY WERE CHANTING HIS NAME AND WAVING AT HIM, 1893 01:32:45,676 --> 01:32:47,285 {\an1}AND HE LOOKED AT THEM, AND HE'D WAVE BACK, 1894 01:32:47,309 --> 01:32:49,743 AND HE WOULD JUST TAKE OFF FLYING. 1895 01:32:49,776 --> 01:32:52,243 ♪ 1896 01:32:52,276 --> 01:32:54,243 {\an1}HANA ALI: IT WAS SO FUNNY 1897 01:32:54,276 --> 01:32:57,809 {\an1}BECAUSE AS I WAS IN THE CAR FOLLOWING THE CASKET 1898 01:32:57,843 --> 01:33:01,409 {\an1}TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE, AND THERE WERE ALL THE PEOPLE 1899 01:33:01,443 --> 01:33:03,083 {\an1}IN THE STREETS, AND THEY HAD THE SIGNS UP, 1900 01:33:03,109 --> 01:33:05,609 AND THERE WAS NOT A GAP FOR MILES WE DROVE. 1901 01:33:05,643 --> 01:33:08,209 {\an1}IT WAS JUST AMAZING BECAUSE THE STREETS AND THE BRIDGES, 1902 01:33:08,243 --> 01:33:10,643 {\an1}AND IT WAS JUST LINED WITH THICK CROWDS OF PEOPLE 1903 01:33:10,676 --> 01:33:12,409 {\an1}CHANTING HIS NAME. 1904 01:33:12,443 --> 01:33:16,676 {\an1}AND, I THOUGHT, "OH, MY GOD. THIS WAS HIS DREAM." 1905 01:33:16,709 --> 01:33:20,809 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE FUNERAL PROCESSION WOUND THROUGH LOUISVILLE, 1906 01:33:20,843 --> 01:33:23,143 {\an1}PAST THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER, 1907 01:33:23,176 --> 01:33:25,509 {\an1}ALONG MUHAMMAD ALI BOULEVARD, 1908 01:33:25,543 --> 01:33:28,809 {\an1}PAST HIS CHILDHOOD HOME ON GRAND AVENUE, 1909 01:33:28,843 --> 01:33:32,076 {\an1}WHERE THE HEARSE WAS ALMOST SWALLOWED UP BY THE CROWD, 1910 01:33:32,109 --> 01:33:36,643 {\an1}AND THEN, FINALLY, TO CAVE HILL CEMETERY. 1911 01:33:36,676 --> 01:33:41,476 {\an1}HIS HEADSTONE WAS ENGRAVED WITH A LINE HE LIKED TO QUOTE: 1912 01:33:41,509 --> 01:33:44,076 {\an1}"SERVICE TO OTHERS IS THE RENT YOU PAY 1913 01:33:44,109 --> 01:33:47,343 {\an1}FOR YOUR ROOM IN HEAVEN." 1914 01:33:47,376 --> 01:33:51,309 {\an1}"IF THE MEASURE OF GREATNESS IS TO GLADDEN THE HEART 1915 01:33:51,343 --> 01:33:54,209 {\an1}"OF EVERY HUMAN BEING ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, 1916 01:33:54,243 --> 01:33:58,376 {\an1}THEN HE TRULY WAS THE GREATEST," WROTE BOB DYLAN. 1917 01:33:58,409 --> 01:34:01,743 {\an1}"IN EVERY WAY HE WAS THE BRAVEST, 1918 01:34:01,776 --> 01:34:05,376 THE KINDEST, AND THE MOST EXCELLENT OF MEN." 1919 01:34:05,409 --> 01:34:08,809 ♪ 1920 01:34:08,843 --> 01:34:12,243 {\an7}WOLE SOYINKA: OH, ALI, ALI. 1921 01:34:12,276 --> 01:34:17,576 {\an7}BLACK TARANTULA WHOSE ANTICS HYPNOTIZE THE FOE. 1922 01:34:17,609 --> 01:34:21,776 {\an7}BUTTERFLY SIDE SLIPPING DEATH FROM ROCKET PROBES. 1923 01:34:21,809 --> 01:34:23,809 {\an1}BEE WHOSE STING, UNSHEATHED, 1924 01:34:23,843 --> 01:34:27,209 {\an1}PICKS THE TEETH OF THE RAGING HIPPOPOTAMUS. 1925 01:34:27,243 --> 01:34:31,909 WARRIOR WHO SAID, "I WILL NOT FIGHT," 1926 01:34:31,943 --> 01:34:36,543 {\an1}YET PROVED A PROPHET'S CALL TO ARMS AGAINST A WAR. 1927 01:34:36,576 --> 01:34:40,676 {\an1}CASSIUS MARCELLUS, WARRIOR, 1928 01:34:40,709 --> 01:34:42,909 MUHAMMAD PROPHET, 1929 01:34:42,943 --> 01:34:47,576 FLESH IS CLAY, ALL, ALL TOO BRITTLE MOULD. 1930 01:34:47,609 --> 01:34:49,776 THE BOUT IS OVER. 1931 01:34:49,809 --> 01:34:53,109 FRAYED AND SPLIT AND AUTOGRAPHED. 1932 01:34:53,143 --> 01:34:57,043 {\an1}THE GLOVES ARE HUNG UP IN THE HALL OF FAME... STILL LOADED, 1933 01:34:57,076 --> 01:35:01,076 {\an1}EVEN FROM THAT FIRST BLAZE OF GOLD AND GLORY. 1934 01:35:01,109 --> 01:35:05,143 {\an1}AWED MULTITUDES WILL GAZE, 1935 01:35:05,176 --> 01:35:09,109 NEW QUESTERS FEAST ON THESE MEMENTOS, 1936 01:35:09,143 --> 01:35:14,809 {\an1}AND FROM THEIR SHELL-SHOCKED REMNANTS REINVOKE THE SPELL. 1937 01:35:14,843 --> 01:35:19,643 {\an1}BUT THE SORCERER IS GONE, 1938 01:35:19,676 --> 01:35:24,009 {\an1}THE LION WITHDRAWN TO A LAIR OF TIME AND SPACE 1939 01:35:24,043 --> 01:35:27,776 INACCESSIBLE AS THE SACRED LINING OF A CROWN 1940 01:35:27,809 --> 01:35:33,109 {\an1}WHEN KINGS WERE KINGS, AND LORDS OF RHYME AND PACE. 1941 01:35:33,143 --> 01:35:39,776 {\an1}THE ENCHANTMENT IS OVER, BUT THE SPELL REMAINS. 1942 01:35:39,809 --> 01:35:45,809 ♪ 1943 01:35:48,276 --> 01:35:50,643 {\an1}["I SHALL BE RELEASED" BY NINA SIMONE BEGINS] 1944 01:35:50,676 --> 01:35:58,676 ♪ 1945 01:36:05,676 --> 01:36:06,876 ♪ 1946 01:36:06,909 --> 01:36:09,876 {\an1}NINA SIMONE: ♪ THEY SAY EVERYTHING CAN BE REPLACED ♪ 1947 01:36:09,909 --> 01:36:13,609 ♪ 1948 01:36:13,643 --> 01:36:17,809 {\an1}♪ THEY SAY EVERY DISTANCE IS NOT NEAR ♪ 1949 01:36:17,843 --> 01:36:22,343 ♪ 1950 01:36:22,376 --> 01:36:27,476 {\an1}♪ SO I REMEMBER EVERY FACE ♪ 1951 01:36:27,509 --> 01:36:30,609 ♪ 1952 01:36:30,643 --> 01:36:36,509 ♪ OF EVERY MAN WHO PUT ME HERE ♪ 1953 01:36:36,543 --> 01:36:38,576 {\an1}WOMEN: ♪ OH... ♪ 1954 01:36:38,609 --> 01:36:41,543 {\an1}♪ I SEE MY LIGHT ♪ 1955 01:36:41,576 --> 01:36:44,276 ♪ COME SHINING ♪ 1956 01:36:44,309 --> 01:36:47,243 ♪ 1957 01:36:47,276 --> 01:36:55,276 ♪ FROM THE WEST DOWN TO THE E-E-EAST ♪ 1958 01:36:56,109 --> 01:37:00,309 ♪ ANY DAY NOW ♪ 1959 01:37:00,343 --> 01:37:04,676 ♪ ANY DAY NOW ♪ 1960 01:37:04,709 --> 01:37:10,409 ♪ I SHALL BE RELEASED ♪ 1961 01:37:10,443 --> 01:37:15,243 ♪ 1962 01:37:15,276 --> 01:37:18,143 {\an1}♪ THEY SAY EVERY MAN NEEDS PROTECTION ♪ 1963 01:37:18,176 --> 01:37:23,109 ♪ 1964 01:37:23,143 --> 01:37:27,209 {\an1}♪ THEY SAY EVERY MAN MUST FALL ♪ 1965 01:37:29,443 --> 01:37:31,743 ANNOUNCER: STREAM THE FULL SERIES, 1966 01:37:31,776 --> 01:37:33,319 {\an1}GO BEHIND THE SCENES, AND LEARN HOW TO BRING 1967 01:37:33,343 --> 01:37:35,243 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI'S STORY INTO THE CLASSROOM 1968 01:37:35,276 --> 01:37:40,476 {\an1}BY VISITING PBS.ORG/ALI OR THE PBS VIDEO APP. 1969 01:37:42,609 --> 01:37:45,109 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: TO ORDER "MUHAMMAD ALI" ON DVD OR BLU-RAY, 1970 01:37:45,143 --> 01:37:49,109 VISIT SHOPPBS OR CALL 1-800-PLAY-PBS. 1971 01:37:49,143 --> 01:37:51,409 {\an1}"MUHAMMAD ALI" IS ALSO AVAILABLE 1972 01:37:51,443 --> 01:37:54,876 WITH PBS PASSPORT AND ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO. 1973 01:37:57,109 --> 01:38:04,743 ♪ FROM THE WEST DOWN TO THE E-E-EAST ♪ 1974 01:38:04,776 --> 01:38:08,809 ♪ ANY DAY NOW ♪ 1975 01:38:08,843 --> 01:38:14,876 ♪ ANY DAY NOW ♪ 1976 01:38:14,909 --> 01:38:22,909 ♪ I SHALL BE RELEASED ♪ 1977 01:38:29,843 --> 01:38:31,143 {\an1}♪ I SHALL BE RELEASED ♪ 1978 01:38:31,176 --> 01:38:38,209 [CROWD CHANTING "ALI! 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