1 00:00:06,089 --> 00:00:08,926 CUS: This is all about immortality, 2 00:00:08,926 --> 00:00:12,596 about your name being known till the end of time. 3 00:00:12,596 --> 00:00:17,226 We have to wait for our moment like crocodiles in the mud. 4 00:00:17,226 --> 00:00:19,728 No one knows when the drought will come. 5 00:00:19,728 --> 00:00:22,689 And the animals will have to migrate across the Sahara. 6 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:24,816 But we will be waiting. 7 00:00:24,816 --> 00:00:27,027 Months. Years. 8 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:29,613 And the gazelles and the wildebeests 9 00:00:29,613 --> 00:00:31,031 will cross the water. 10 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:34,451 And when they come, we will bite them. 11 00:00:34,451 --> 00:00:35,994 You hear me, son? 12 00:00:35,994 --> 00:00:40,374 We will bite them so hard that when they scream, 13 00:00:40,374 --> 00:00:42,542 the whole world is gonna hear them. 14 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:44,711 You will supersede everyone. 15 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:46,546 You are a giant. 16 00:00:46,546 --> 00:00:49,383 You are a colossus amongst men. 17 00:00:49,383 --> 00:00:51,760 If you listen... 18 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,179 you will one day reign like the gods. 19 00:00:54,179 --> 00:00:56,723 [upbeat rock music] 20 00:00:56,723 --> 00:00:59,017 - I didn't know what the fuck a gazelle was. 21 00:00:59,017 --> 00:01:01,436 But I never heard anyone say anything good about me. 22 00:01:01,436 --> 00:01:03,105 I wanted to hear more. 23 00:01:03,105 --> 00:01:04,523 CUS: Boxing is entertainment. 24 00:01:04,523 --> 00:01:08,026 So to be successful, a fighter must not only win, 25 00:01:08,026 --> 00:01:10,070 but he must win in an exciting manner. 26 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:11,905 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:13,490 SINGER: ♪ You got to ♪ 28 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:15,826 - He must throw punches with bad intentions. 29 00:01:15,826 --> 00:01:17,452 You hear me, Mike? 30 00:01:17,452 --> 00:01:19,288 With the speed of the devil. 31 00:01:19,288 --> 00:01:20,789 Your mind is not your friend. 32 00:01:20,789 --> 00:01:22,291 I hope you know that, Mike. 33 00:01:22,291 --> 00:01:24,501 You have to fight your mind. Control it. 34 00:01:24,501 --> 00:01:26,128 Block your feelings. 35 00:01:26,128 --> 00:01:28,797 Fatigue is 90% psychological. 36 00:01:28,797 --> 00:01:30,549 - Three, four, five. CUS: To be a great fighter, 37 00:01:30,549 --> 00:01:32,050 you have to get out of your head. 38 00:01:32,050 --> 00:01:34,094 Keep your emotions shut off. 39 00:01:34,094 --> 00:01:35,929 A gladiator. 40 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:39,016 A gladiator focuses on his objective 41 00:01:39,016 --> 00:01:40,976 and blocks everything else out. 42 00:01:40,976 --> 00:01:43,478 MIKE: Mind control shit? I didn't care. 43 00:01:43,478 --> 00:01:46,231 I never had anyone interested in me before. 44 00:01:46,231 --> 00:01:47,607 I ate that shit up. 45 00:01:47,607 --> 00:01:49,693 I'm the best fighter in the world. 46 00:01:49,693 --> 00:01:51,695 I'd train with Cus three times a week 47 00:01:51,695 --> 00:01:53,488 and go back to Tryon at night. 48 00:01:53,488 --> 00:01:55,574 Best fighter in the world. No one can beat me. 49 00:01:55,574 --> 00:01:58,535 ♪ ♪ 50 00:01:58,535 --> 00:01:59,745 TEDDY: We gotta talk about Mike. 51 00:01:59,745 --> 00:02:02,622 - For crying out loud, Teddy. 52 00:02:02,622 --> 00:02:04,249 He didn't steal your money. 53 00:02:04,249 --> 00:02:05,334 TEDDY: He did steal my money. 54 00:02:05,334 --> 00:02:06,335 That's not what we gotta talk about. 55 00:02:06,335 --> 00:02:08,337 - It wasn't Mike. 56 00:02:08,337 --> 00:02:09,755 TEDDY: He's gonna be paroled soon. 57 00:02:09,755 --> 00:02:10,756 - [whispering] It was me. 58 00:02:10,756 --> 00:02:12,299 CUS: So? That's a good thing. 59 00:02:12,299 --> 00:02:14,051 - Back to Brooklyn, where he'll go do something stupid 60 00:02:14,051 --> 00:02:16,219 and get killed, get locked up again. 61 00:02:16,219 --> 00:02:17,387 - Shit. 62 00:02:21,016 --> 00:02:23,268 My mother always said you go to a person's house 63 00:02:23,268 --> 00:02:25,228 for the first time... 64 00:02:25,228 --> 00:02:27,064 you bring a gift. 65 00:02:32,611 --> 00:02:35,197 - Those are some cheap-ass chocolates. 66 00:02:38,033 --> 00:02:39,493 No, thank you. 67 00:02:40,952 --> 00:02:42,412 You wanna take him? 68 00:02:42,412 --> 00:02:43,830 - Not take. 69 00:02:45,874 --> 00:02:47,542 You'll see him anytime. 70 00:02:48,418 --> 00:02:50,045 LORNA MAE: You think that you'll do a better job 71 00:02:50,045 --> 00:02:51,797 than me? 72 00:02:51,797 --> 00:02:54,591 He know right from wrong, but he don't care. 73 00:02:54,591 --> 00:02:56,385 CUS: I'll see he stays out of trouble. 74 00:02:56,385 --> 00:02:58,387 - [scoffs] 75 00:02:58,387 --> 00:03:00,305 I don't know how many times they come to me 76 00:03:00,305 --> 00:03:02,182 telling me he's arrested. 77 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:04,768 I gotta take care of three kids 78 00:03:04,768 --> 00:03:06,436 without no help from anybody. 79 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:07,854 CUS: Lorna Mae, 80 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:10,440 Mike's got a potential. 81 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,068 He's got a real serious talent. 82 00:03:13,068 --> 00:03:15,070 I know I could bring it out in him. 83 00:03:16,446 --> 00:03:18,407 - And what's in it for you? 84 00:03:18,407 --> 00:03:20,075 - I've been doing this all my life. 85 00:03:20,075 --> 00:03:23,578 Believe me when I tell you he could go the distance. 86 00:03:23,578 --> 00:03:26,206 - If he can't box no more, 87 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:29,000 you still keep him? 88 00:03:30,794 --> 00:03:32,671 That's what I thought. 89 00:03:35,215 --> 00:03:37,884 What's in it for you, motherfucker? 90 00:03:38,885 --> 00:03:40,929 - Well, I'll be his manager. 91 00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:47,644 - You rather go live with him? 92 00:03:54,943 --> 00:03:55,944 - Yeah. 93 00:04:04,828 --> 00:04:05,912 - Take him. 94 00:04:06,788 --> 00:04:08,665 He only gonna disappoint you. 95 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:21,803 You forgot your fucking chocolates. 96 00:04:25,849 --> 00:04:28,852 [mellow music] 97 00:04:28,852 --> 00:04:33,774 ♪ ♪ 98 00:04:33,774 --> 00:04:35,901 [children chattering] 99 00:04:35,901 --> 00:04:39,488 SINGER: ♪ It seems I've abandoned my dreams ♪ 100 00:04:39,488 --> 00:04:44,201 ♪ I'm on the run, sinkin' with the sun ♪ 101 00:04:44,201 --> 00:04:45,911 ♪ ♪ 102 00:04:45,911 --> 00:04:47,412 ♪ Lost in them pale blue eyes ♪ 103 00:04:47,412 --> 00:04:48,580 - I don't know why you think 104 00:04:48,580 --> 00:04:50,457 that extra gravy's so necessary, Mike. 105 00:04:50,457 --> 00:04:52,751 You're gonna spend all morning tomorrow running it off. 106 00:04:52,751 --> 00:04:56,713 ♪ ♪ 107 00:04:56,713 --> 00:05:00,050 - Cus, this is the best cheese I ever had. 108 00:05:00,050 --> 00:05:01,676 What kind of cheese is this? 109 00:05:01,676 --> 00:05:03,720 - What the fuck? 110 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,806 You're eating butter. 111 00:05:05,806 --> 00:05:07,891 [laughter] 112 00:05:09,226 --> 00:05:11,061 - All right, all right. 113 00:05:16,566 --> 00:05:17,943 - It was round. 114 00:05:18,944 --> 00:05:21,154 I never seen round butter. 115 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:23,281 - It's European. Camille likes it. 116 00:05:25,033 --> 00:05:28,370 When people hear my accent... 117 00:05:28,370 --> 00:05:30,455 they know I'm a guy from the streets. 118 00:05:32,123 --> 00:05:34,334 They underestimate me. 119 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:37,128 They'll underestimate you, too, 'cause you're Black. 120 00:05:38,380 --> 00:05:39,798 Let 'em. 121 00:05:39,798 --> 00:05:41,508 We'll use it to our advantage. 122 00:05:42,801 --> 00:05:44,636 Here's the plan. 123 00:05:44,636 --> 00:05:47,681 Junior Olympics, a warm-up. 124 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:49,933 Then real Olympic gold at 18. 125 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:51,810 Then we turn pro, 126 00:05:51,810 --> 00:05:54,020 and we go for the title and we grab it. 127 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,024 The world championship. 128 00:05:58,024 --> 00:06:00,402 - Why do you think I can be that? 129 00:06:00,402 --> 00:06:02,779 - Because you can. 130 00:06:02,779 --> 00:06:05,073 Don't you wanna change your life? 131 00:06:05,073 --> 00:06:07,367 You don't even know what European butter is. 132 00:06:08,326 --> 00:06:10,620 [jazzy music] MIKE: [soft laugh] 133 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:14,124 AUDIENCE: Aww! 134 00:06:14,124 --> 00:06:16,001 - At this point, Cus was kind of down and out 135 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:17,377 in his career. 136 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:18,962 All his hopes were on me. 137 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:21,882 He really needed a win. 138 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:24,426 ♪ ♪ 139 00:06:24,426 --> 00:06:26,761 It's kind of a lot for a 13-year-old. 140 00:06:26,761 --> 00:06:29,764 These two messed-up guys met, and they made history. 141 00:06:29,764 --> 00:06:31,516 Now, Cus was kind of a-- he was kind of a quirky 142 00:06:31,516 --> 00:06:33,727 kind of a character kind of guy, right? 143 00:06:33,727 --> 00:06:35,353 All his coat pockets were sewn shut 144 00:06:35,353 --> 00:06:37,063 so nobody could plant drugs on him. 145 00:06:38,148 --> 00:06:39,774 He wouldn't drink in public because he assumed 146 00:06:39,774 --> 00:06:42,027 someone would slip him a Mickey. 147 00:06:42,027 --> 00:06:44,195 And his room? Off-limits. 148 00:06:44,195 --> 00:06:45,614 Every day, he'd slip matches in the door 149 00:06:45,614 --> 00:06:47,198 to see if anyone had been inside. 150 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:49,409 He was a progressive. 151 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:51,286 Loved Martin Luther King and Che Guevara. 152 00:06:51,286 --> 00:06:52,704 If you wanted to get a rise out of him, 153 00:06:52,704 --> 00:06:54,205 all you would have to say is... 154 00:06:54,205 --> 00:06:56,916 I don't see how socialism could work. 155 00:06:56,916 --> 00:06:58,335 - Money's useless 156 00:06:58,335 --> 00:07:01,171 unless you're helping people with it. 157 00:07:01,171 --> 00:07:04,174 MIKE: And don't get him started on Ronald Reagan. 158 00:07:04,174 --> 00:07:08,011 - Bum, liar, snake, phony! 159 00:07:08,011 --> 00:07:10,597 - He refused to pay taxes to Republican administrations. 160 00:07:10,597 --> 00:07:12,349 Instead he declared bankruptcy. 161 00:07:12,349 --> 00:07:15,018 ♪ ♪ 162 00:07:15,018 --> 00:07:17,270 And this is the guy I had to put all my faith in. 163 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:19,189 [cab's tires screech] - Except I didn't know how 164 00:07:19,189 --> 00:07:20,690 to believe what Cus saw in me. 165 00:07:20,690 --> 00:07:22,275 I'd still go back to see my mom. 166 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:23,860 [siren whoops in background] 167 00:07:23,860 --> 00:07:26,905 But I started to feel like I didn't belong there either. 168 00:07:26,905 --> 00:07:29,574 Yo, man, what they teaching you upstate? 169 00:07:29,574 --> 00:07:30,825 You need to share that shit. 170 00:07:30,825 --> 00:07:31,910 LORNA MAE: Michael. 171 00:07:31,910 --> 00:07:33,578 MIKE: [whispering] Sh-- 172 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:37,290 You smoking drugs in my house? 173 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:38,708 - Just Barkim is. 174 00:07:38,708 --> 00:07:39,959 LORNA MAE: Mm-hmm. 175 00:07:39,959 --> 00:07:41,211 Give me that shit. 176 00:07:41,211 --> 00:07:42,587 I send you away to do better 177 00:07:42,587 --> 00:07:44,005 and come back doing drugs? 178 00:07:44,005 --> 00:07:45,507 Don't do drugs. 179 00:07:46,633 --> 00:07:48,301 I keep talking, but you ain't listening. 180 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:50,011 - I didn't do anything. We didn't do anything. 181 00:07:50,011 --> 00:07:51,388 LORNA MAE: I raised my kids better than that. 182 00:07:51,388 --> 00:07:53,348 All except you. 183 00:07:53,348 --> 00:07:54,974 Drugs are bullshit. 184 00:07:54,974 --> 00:07:56,017 [laughter] 185 00:07:56,017 --> 00:07:57,018 I don't want you to end up 186 00:07:57,018 --> 00:07:58,478 a pimp like your father. 187 00:07:58,478 --> 00:08:00,313 MIKE: Maybe I'll end up a deacon like my father. 188 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:03,441 [laughs] My father was a pimp and a deacon. 189 00:08:03,441 --> 00:08:05,276 [laughter] - You ain't never gonna be 190 00:08:05,276 --> 00:08:06,611 no deacon, Mike. 191 00:08:06,611 --> 00:08:07,862 - Never be no deacon. 192 00:08:07,862 --> 00:08:09,614 [laughs] 193 00:08:09,614 --> 00:08:11,032 - [sighs] 194 00:08:11,032 --> 00:08:12,951 What are those people you living with like? 195 00:08:15,870 --> 00:08:17,664 Your family take you back, you know. 196 00:08:20,542 --> 00:08:22,836 - I just gotta be with that old guy. 197 00:08:24,671 --> 00:08:25,964 - Mm-hmm. 198 00:08:25,964 --> 00:08:28,675 [light music] 199 00:08:28,675 --> 00:08:31,845 [laughter] 200 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:35,223 [indistinct chatter] 201 00:08:35,223 --> 00:08:37,434 CUS: Punchers are born, not made. 202 00:08:37,434 --> 00:08:39,894 And you got power in both fists, son. 203 00:08:40,770 --> 00:08:42,230 I'm not telling you to make you believe 204 00:08:42,230 --> 00:08:43,857 you're something you're not. 205 00:08:43,857 --> 00:08:46,693 This is what you were born to do. 206 00:08:46,693 --> 00:08:48,695 I wanna get him into a smoker. 207 00:08:48,695 --> 00:08:50,780 - You can't put a boy in a smoker. 208 00:08:50,780 --> 00:08:52,490 - What he needs is experience. 209 00:08:52,490 --> 00:08:54,492 - No one's gonna fight a kid who just turned 14. 210 00:08:54,492 --> 00:08:56,536 I mean, you're not gonna find an opponent. 211 00:08:56,536 --> 00:08:58,288 - Of course I'm not gonna find an opponent. 212 00:08:58,288 --> 00:09:00,373 You are. That's your fucking job. 213 00:09:01,291 --> 00:09:03,501 Anyway, look at him. 214 00:09:03,501 --> 00:09:05,295 Who's gonna believe he's 14? 215 00:09:07,088 --> 00:09:08,840 - Cus, he's a kid. 216 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,383 I'll get arrested. 217 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:13,803 ♪ ♪ 218 00:09:13,803 --> 00:09:16,848 [crowd cheering] 219 00:09:19,184 --> 00:09:20,769 - Get the fuck out of here, Teddy. 220 00:09:20,769 --> 00:09:22,062 You gonna look me in the eye and tell me 221 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:23,480 that this guy is 14? 222 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:24,564 - Hand to God. 223 00:09:24,564 --> 00:09:25,857 - Where do you get the balls? 224 00:09:25,857 --> 00:09:26,900 TEDDY: What do you want me to say? 225 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:28,234 The kid just turned 14. 226 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:30,195 - Nah, get out of my gym. 227 00:09:30,195 --> 00:09:31,654 - Fine. 228 00:09:31,654 --> 00:09:32,781 He's 18. 229 00:09:32,781 --> 00:09:34,074 NELSON: There it is. 230 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:35,742 You know something, Teddy? 231 00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:37,744 Sometimes I think you lie worse than we do. 232 00:09:37,744 --> 00:09:40,747 [crowd yelling] 233 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:43,500 - How you doing, Mike? 234 00:09:45,001 --> 00:09:46,377 - I was a baby. 235 00:09:46,377 --> 00:09:47,754 What I wanted to say was, "Get me out of here. 236 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:49,339 I'm a fucking kid." 237 00:09:49,339 --> 00:09:51,174 Instead I said... 238 00:09:51,174 --> 00:09:52,717 I'm gonna get something from the grocery store 239 00:09:52,717 --> 00:09:54,344 down the street. 240 00:09:55,887 --> 00:09:57,514 - Hurry back. 241 00:09:58,723 --> 00:10:01,726 [car alarms blaring, dogs barking] 242 00:10:04,229 --> 00:10:07,273 [child crying, indistinct chatter] 243 00:10:07,273 --> 00:10:09,651 [glass shatters] 244 00:10:09,651 --> 00:10:13,154 [indistinct chatter] 245 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:23,414 [funky music] 246 00:10:23,414 --> 00:10:25,333 MIKE: People went after Cus for exposing a young kid 247 00:10:25,333 --> 00:10:28,086 to a place like that and making him fight. 248 00:10:28,086 --> 00:10:30,672 But that filthy place-- it represented hope. 249 00:10:30,672 --> 00:10:32,132 It was my way out. 250 00:10:32,132 --> 00:10:34,342 It made me become who I needed to become. 251 00:10:34,342 --> 00:10:36,928 Oh, and I knocked that motherfucker out. 252 00:10:36,928 --> 00:10:38,805 SINGER: ♪ Hold on ♪ 253 00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:40,473 ♪ ♪ 254 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:43,643 ♪ And when there's a struggle ♪ 255 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:45,353 ♪ Hold on ♪ 256 00:10:45,353 --> 00:10:47,647 - Yes, Michael! 257 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:50,024 - I won my very first fight. 258 00:10:50,024 --> 00:10:52,193 Knocked that motherfucker out cold. 259 00:10:52,193 --> 00:10:54,237 Whoo! 260 00:10:54,237 --> 00:10:55,530 Yeah! 261 00:10:55,530 --> 00:10:56,781 Whoo-hoo-hoo! 262 00:10:56,781 --> 00:10:57,949 Whoo! 263 00:10:57,949 --> 00:11:01,077 Yeah! Yes, yes, whoo! 264 00:11:01,077 --> 00:11:03,162 That's when the legend of Mike Tyson began. 265 00:11:03,162 --> 00:11:05,331 Yes! Whoo! 266 00:11:05,331 --> 00:11:06,791 [yells] 267 00:11:06,791 --> 00:11:08,626 [breathing heavily] 268 00:11:10,879 --> 00:11:12,130 - The path is clear, son. 269 00:11:12,130 --> 00:11:14,215 Junior Olympics. 270 00:11:14,215 --> 00:11:15,383 A warm-up. 271 00:11:15,383 --> 00:11:19,095 Then real Olympic gold at 18. 272 00:11:19,095 --> 00:11:21,598 Uh, then we go pro... 273 00:11:21,598 --> 00:11:23,057 and grab the title. 274 00:11:23,057 --> 00:11:25,101 But I don't want you acting 275 00:11:25,101 --> 00:11:28,188 so [laughs] excited when you win a fight. 276 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:29,898 I want you arrogant. 277 00:11:29,898 --> 00:11:32,275 You act like you're surprised you won. 278 00:11:35,403 --> 00:11:38,198 You crying? 279 00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:40,909 [laughs] What's wrong with you? 280 00:11:40,909 --> 00:11:43,202 - I won't ever get bullied no more. 281 00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:44,662 CUS: No. 282 00:11:44,662 --> 00:11:47,874 Your superiority is... 283 00:11:47,874 --> 00:11:49,626 undeniable. 284 00:11:49,626 --> 00:11:53,212 They'll love you as much as they fear you. 285 00:11:53,212 --> 00:11:57,008 But the fight starts before you enter the ring. 286 00:11:57,008 --> 00:11:59,344 You gotta be the meanest fighter 287 00:11:59,344 --> 00:12:00,720 God ever created. 288 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,680 No more crying. 289 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:04,807 Intimidation. 290 00:12:04,807 --> 00:12:07,936 You need to embrace your villainy. 291 00:12:07,936 --> 00:12:09,938 [bell dings] 292 00:12:10,939 --> 00:12:13,900 [cheers and applause] 293 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:15,777 MIKE: Junior Olympics, I won every fight 294 00:12:15,777 --> 00:12:17,987 by knockouts in the first round. 295 00:12:17,987 --> 00:12:20,073 I got gold in eight seconds. 296 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:23,284 I was this local hero with a gold medal at 14, 297 00:12:23,284 --> 00:12:26,537 and half my friends back home were already dead. 298 00:12:26,537 --> 00:12:28,122 I loved Cus so much, if he would've told me I could fly, 299 00:12:28,122 --> 00:12:29,499 I would've believed him. 300 00:12:29,499 --> 00:12:31,000 Only I kept going back to Brownsville, 301 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,461 getting fucked up and shit. [laughter] 302 00:12:33,461 --> 00:12:35,546 Oh, you guys are gonna see me really fucked up in this show. 303 00:12:35,546 --> 00:12:38,049 [laughter] 304 00:12:38,049 --> 00:12:40,510 You know, um... 305 00:12:40,510 --> 00:12:43,471 back then, I was living in two worlds at the same time. 306 00:12:43,471 --> 00:12:44,973 Or I was trying to. 307 00:12:44,973 --> 00:12:48,101 ♪ ♪ 308 00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:50,770 I've been doing that my whole life. 309 00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:55,316 ♪ ♪ 310 00:12:55,316 --> 00:12:56,859 It's the gold medal. 311 00:12:58,278 --> 00:12:59,654 Read this. 312 00:13:09,914 --> 00:13:11,582 - You Muhammad Ali now? 313 00:13:15,003 --> 00:13:17,130 - I'm gonna be the youngest heavyweight champion 314 00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:19,173 in the world. 315 00:13:19,173 --> 00:13:20,633 Me. 316 00:13:22,010 --> 00:13:23,594 I am that someone. 317 00:13:26,848 --> 00:13:29,851 - I'm used to you smelling like drink and reefer. 318 00:13:29,851 --> 00:13:31,686 Look at you now. 319 00:13:33,104 --> 00:13:36,065 [laughs] 320 00:13:36,065 --> 00:13:38,109 You better keep on winning. 321 00:13:38,109 --> 00:13:40,194 'Cause the second you lose, 322 00:13:40,194 --> 00:13:42,530 that man's throwing your ass out. 323 00:13:44,323 --> 00:13:46,576 He don't love you. 324 00:13:46,576 --> 00:13:48,119 He's using you. 325 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:52,081 He's got his own reasons for teaching you. 326 00:13:56,002 --> 00:13:57,920 - He's teaching me to be somebody. 327 00:13:59,714 --> 00:14:02,050 Opposite of what you ever did. 328 00:14:03,468 --> 00:14:04,844 I'm going to Barkim's. 329 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:09,265 - Don't rob any houses, now, you hear? 330 00:14:12,226 --> 00:14:14,312 - I don't do that shit no more. 331 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,065 Look at me! 332 00:14:18,399 --> 00:14:19,734 [softly] Look. 333 00:14:21,152 --> 00:14:23,071 I am disciplined now. 334 00:14:23,071 --> 00:14:26,365 I'm not that piece of shit you said I was anymore. 335 00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:30,995 I have pride. 336 00:14:38,044 --> 00:14:39,170 [door thuds shut] 337 00:14:39,170 --> 00:14:41,047 [glass shatters] 338 00:14:41,047 --> 00:14:42,757 BARKIM: Aah, come on, come on. 339 00:14:42,757 --> 00:14:44,842 Hurry up, bitch, before somebody sees you. 340 00:14:44,842 --> 00:14:46,344 Shit. 341 00:14:46,344 --> 00:14:47,553 TV! 342 00:14:47,553 --> 00:14:49,055 [laughter] 343 00:14:49,055 --> 00:14:50,598 Then my boy Calvin start yelling like, 344 00:14:50,598 --> 00:14:52,850 "Yo, this is Mike. 345 00:14:52,850 --> 00:14:55,561 He on the TV!" - [laughs] 346 00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:58,356 - So I'm thinking I'm 'bout to see police drag your ass off 347 00:14:58,356 --> 00:15:00,441 or some shit. 348 00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:02,902 Instead, you in there fucking some white boy up. 349 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:04,278 [Mike laughs] 350 00:15:04,278 --> 00:15:07,490 And you got fucking white people cheering for you. 351 00:15:07,490 --> 00:15:08,950 Shit. 352 00:15:08,950 --> 00:15:11,869 I'm thinking like, "Damn. 353 00:15:11,869 --> 00:15:13,538 Am I high already?" - [laughs] 354 00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:15,456 BARKIM: 'Cause I know that shit ain't right, man. 355 00:15:15,456 --> 00:15:18,459 - [laughs] That's crazy, right? 356 00:15:18,459 --> 00:15:20,711 - That's some motherfucking Twilight Zone shit 357 00:15:20,711 --> 00:15:22,713 right there, Mike. 358 00:15:22,713 --> 00:15:24,882 See, that's what the fuck it is. 359 00:15:26,217 --> 00:15:28,136 Fuck is you doing here with me, man? 360 00:15:29,053 --> 00:15:31,973 What you doing robbing people and shit like that for, man? 361 00:15:34,392 --> 00:15:37,061 You got motherfucking white people 362 00:15:37,061 --> 00:15:38,980 that love your ass, Mike. 363 00:15:38,980 --> 00:15:40,314 Shit. 364 00:15:40,314 --> 00:15:42,859 I wish I had white people that knew my Black ass. 365 00:15:51,033 --> 00:15:52,785 I'ma die here, man. 366 00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:55,955 You hear me? 367 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:57,456 You hear me, man? 368 00:15:59,834 --> 00:16:02,336 That ain't your life. 369 00:16:02,336 --> 00:16:04,380 Look around. 370 00:16:04,380 --> 00:16:06,507 Ain't nothing here for you. 371 00:16:07,717 --> 00:16:08,801 Shit. 372 00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:12,597 You gotta get the fuck outta here 373 00:16:12,597 --> 00:16:15,641 so I can tell people one day, like, "Yo, 374 00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:18,352 I used to hang with that motherfucker, man." 375 00:16:18,352 --> 00:16:19,937 Shit. [laughs] 376 00:16:19,937 --> 00:16:22,940 [moody jazz] 377 00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:29,655 ♪ ♪ 378 00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:32,366 - I didn't hang with him no more. 379 00:16:32,366 --> 00:16:35,786 That night was the last time I saw him. 380 00:16:35,786 --> 00:16:37,455 Three months later... 381 00:16:37,455 --> 00:16:38,456 [gunshot] 382 00:16:38,456 --> 00:16:41,667 [crowd yelling] 383 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:44,086 MIKE: Oh, man. That kind of pain? 384 00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:46,756 That shit doesn't know how to express itself. 385 00:16:46,756 --> 00:16:48,841 It hits hard. 386 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:50,092 ♪ ♪ 387 00:16:50,092 --> 00:16:54,597 SINGER: ♪ I'm beggin' and pleadin' ♪ 388 00:16:54,597 --> 00:16:56,807 SINGERS: ♪ Beggin' and pleadin' ♪ 389 00:16:56,807 --> 00:16:58,643 SINGER: ♪ Don't you leave me ♪ 390 00:16:58,643 --> 00:17:02,313 ♪ Don't you walk out that door ♪ 391 00:17:02,313 --> 00:17:04,815 SINGERS: ♪ Don't you walk out that door ♪ 392 00:17:04,815 --> 00:17:08,569 SINGER: ♪ I'm beggin' and pleadin' ♪ 393 00:17:08,569 --> 00:17:10,529 MIKE: My mom died around that time too. 394 00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:12,198 SINGERS: ♪ Beggin' and pleadin' ♪ 395 00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:13,658 MIKE: Cancer. 396 00:17:13,658 --> 00:17:15,201 SINGER: ♪ It won't be the same ♪ 397 00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:16,827 MIKE: It was a one-two punch. 398 00:17:16,827 --> 00:17:19,705 SINGERS: ♪ Won't be the same anymore ♪ 399 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:24,919 ♪ ♪ 400 00:17:24,919 --> 00:17:27,588 - Well...shit. 401 00:17:33,469 --> 00:17:37,014 When my father died, I remember him moaning. 402 00:17:37,014 --> 00:17:39,308 Maybe in pain. 403 00:17:39,308 --> 00:17:41,477 Maybe anger. 404 00:17:41,477 --> 00:17:43,062 I'll never know. 405 00:17:44,981 --> 00:17:49,652 Worst part was, there was nothing I could do. 406 00:17:51,112 --> 00:17:53,698 - [whispers] Yeah. I should've done better. 407 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:56,993 She was never proud of me. 408 00:17:57,952 --> 00:17:59,912 She thought I was a piece of shit. 409 00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:03,082 - Mothers can be wrong. 410 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:06,002 - I can never fix it now. 411 00:18:06,002 --> 00:18:08,170 This is just gonna be my story. 412 00:18:08,170 --> 00:18:09,380 CUS: No. 413 00:18:10,548 --> 00:18:14,051 This is one tiny part of... 414 00:18:14,051 --> 00:18:16,095 of a great big story. 415 00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:18,806 You might've done bad things, 416 00:18:18,806 --> 00:18:20,808 but you got a good heart. 417 00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:24,061 I know your heart, Mike. 418 00:18:25,271 --> 00:18:26,814 I know that. 419 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,986 I'll tell you a secret that maybe I shouldn't. 420 00:18:35,031 --> 00:18:37,033 Ever since I met you, 421 00:18:37,033 --> 00:18:39,118 my biggest fear has been that someday, 422 00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:41,329 someone'd come along, give you money, 423 00:18:41,329 --> 00:18:43,497 and you'd leave me. 424 00:18:43,497 --> 00:18:46,250 Fighters have done that to me all my life. 425 00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:48,794 But I know you're not goin'. 426 00:18:50,046 --> 00:18:51,797 We're family. 427 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:55,343 The fact that you work so hard, 428 00:18:55,343 --> 00:18:57,428 listen, believe in me, 429 00:18:57,428 --> 00:18:59,430 it gives me motivation to stay alive. 430 00:18:59,430 --> 00:19:01,515 I don't know what I'd do without you. 431 00:19:04,518 --> 00:19:08,522 I promise I won't leave until I see you succeed. 432 00:19:08,522 --> 00:19:10,399 You hear me? 433 00:19:13,319 --> 00:19:15,571 Hey, let's make this official. 434 00:19:15,571 --> 00:19:17,990 Camille, 435 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:20,117 get the adoption papers done. 436 00:19:20,117 --> 00:19:22,578 Be a family. 437 00:19:22,578 --> 00:19:24,789 Hey, what do you think of your new son here, Camille? 438 00:19:24,789 --> 00:19:27,458 [John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom"] 439 00:19:27,458 --> 00:19:29,293 And they said I didn't have it in me. 440 00:19:29,293 --> 00:19:32,171 JOHN: ♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪ 441 00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:35,341 ♪ I'm gonna shoot you right down ♪ 442 00:19:35,341 --> 00:19:36,801 ♪ Right off your feet ♪ 443 00:19:36,801 --> 00:19:40,179 MIKE: After that, Cus became my family. 444 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:41,555 ♪ ♪ 445 00:19:41,555 --> 00:19:43,057 JOHN: ♪ Put you in my house ♪ 446 00:19:43,057 --> 00:19:45,017 MIKE: I lived at their house with he and Camille. 447 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:46,519 JOHN: ♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪ 448 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:48,145 ♪ ♪ 449 00:19:48,145 --> 00:19:50,064 MIKE: And then every day, 450 00:19:50,064 --> 00:19:52,858 I'd train with Cus at that gym. 451 00:19:52,858 --> 00:19:54,819 JOHN: ♪ Walk that walk ♪ 452 00:19:54,819 --> 00:19:57,279 MIKE: That was my life for the next three years. 453 00:19:57,279 --> 00:20:01,700 ♪ ♪ 454 00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:03,494 I wanted him to love me. 455 00:20:03,494 --> 00:20:05,454 ♪ ♪ 456 00:20:05,454 --> 00:20:07,248 But I was terrified of disappointing him. 457 00:20:07,248 --> 00:20:09,166 ♪ ♪ 458 00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:11,085 The reason I knocked everyone out so fast 459 00:20:11,085 --> 00:20:13,671 in those early fights was because I was so terrified 460 00:20:13,671 --> 00:20:15,756 of disappointing Cus. 461 00:20:15,756 --> 00:20:18,551 If I wasn't winning, what good was I to him? 462 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:21,929 - All right. Nice, Mike, nice. 463 00:20:21,929 --> 00:20:25,391 MIKE: We were ready to shock the world. 464 00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:27,101 [crowd booing] 465 00:20:27,101 --> 00:20:29,520 Except it didn't happen that way. 466 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:30,980 Fucking judges. 467 00:20:33,274 --> 00:20:34,608 - I let Cus down. 468 00:20:34,608 --> 00:20:36,819 All that time he put into me. 469 00:20:36,819 --> 00:20:39,029 The dream was over. 470 00:20:39,029 --> 00:20:41,157 I knew Cus wouldn't love me no more. 471 00:20:41,157 --> 00:20:43,075 And I couldn't take it. 472 00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:44,910 You know, honestly, I'd rather kill myself 473 00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:46,662 than have Cus not love me no more. 474 00:20:49,623 --> 00:20:51,876 Cus... - Don't say anything. 475 00:20:51,876 --> 00:20:53,335 Take it like a man. 476 00:20:55,546 --> 00:20:58,758 A gold would've greased the wheels, 477 00:20:58,758 --> 00:20:59,884 but we don't need it. 478 00:20:59,884 --> 00:21:01,635 We're turning pro sooner, that's all. 479 00:21:01,635 --> 00:21:03,345 They thought we were murderous before? 480 00:21:03,345 --> 00:21:05,514 You're gonna be a demon, Mike. 481 00:21:05,514 --> 00:21:07,475 I want them afraid for their lives 482 00:21:07,475 --> 00:21:09,435 when they face us. 483 00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:12,062 Revenge'll be sweet, son. 484 00:21:12,062 --> 00:21:14,231 They stole our Olympic glory. 485 00:21:14,231 --> 00:21:16,609 We're gonna make them fucking pay. 486 00:21:16,609 --> 00:21:19,069 We should be thanking them for this decision, 487 00:21:19,069 --> 00:21:21,155 them cocksuckers. 488 00:21:21,155 --> 00:21:24,241 - Just like that, Iron Mike was born. 489 00:21:24,241 --> 00:21:27,036 I won every single fight for the next six years. 490 00:21:27,036 --> 00:21:29,622 [crowd yelling] 491 00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:32,374 [upbeat music] 492 00:21:32,374 --> 00:21:34,668 ♪ ♪ 493 00:21:34,668 --> 00:21:36,504 As soon as I started winning in the ring... 494 00:21:36,504 --> 00:21:38,214 All right. Cus set me up with 495 00:21:38,214 --> 00:21:40,216 two of the best managers in the business... 496 00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:41,800 - I think our next move is television. 497 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,427 MIKE: Jimmy Jacobs... - But we gotta talk about 498 00:21:43,427 --> 00:21:44,720 the image we wanna project. 499 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,680 BILL: So try these on. 500 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:47,932 MIKE: And Bill Cayton. 501 00:21:47,932 --> 00:21:51,685 - This is what Bill Cosby wears on his show, 502 00:21:51,685 --> 00:21:54,522 and everyone feels safe with Bill Cosby. 503 00:21:54,522 --> 00:21:56,315 MIKE: But Cus was still in charge. 504 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:59,109 - Hold on. Fuck safe. 505 00:21:59,109 --> 00:22:01,320 I want his opponents to take the shit of their life 506 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:02,988 when they see Mike coming. 507 00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:05,783 - Cus, you hired us to promote his image. 508 00:22:05,783 --> 00:22:07,618 Audiences have to feel comfortable with Mike. 509 00:22:07,618 --> 00:22:08,911 CUS: Bullshit. 510 00:22:08,911 --> 00:22:10,955 You're not turning him into Gorgeous George. 511 00:22:10,955 --> 00:22:12,581 - He's not gonna look like Gorgeous George, 512 00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:13,582 for Christ's sake. 513 00:22:13,582 --> 00:22:15,459 - He's a scourge, a monster. 514 00:22:15,459 --> 00:22:17,127 That's what I made him. 515 00:22:17,127 --> 00:22:20,005 Over my dead body. Come on, Mike. 516 00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:21,799 - I thought I looked fly. 517 00:22:21,799 --> 00:22:23,342 CUS: Come on, come on. Jesus. 518 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:25,052 MIKE: He called all the shots. - Cus. 519 00:22:25,052 --> 00:22:27,263 - Your hips. 520 00:22:27,263 --> 00:22:28,514 Relax your hips. 521 00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:30,099 MIKE: He even took me to a hypnotist. 522 00:22:30,099 --> 00:22:32,768 - Relax your legs. 523 00:22:32,768 --> 00:22:34,728 Relax your feet. 524 00:22:34,728 --> 00:22:37,815 - You have a wonderful right hand. 525 00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:41,443 You haven't really believed in it. 526 00:22:41,443 --> 00:22:43,571 But you will now. 527 00:22:43,571 --> 00:22:45,573 MIKE: I actually think it helped. 528 00:22:45,573 --> 00:22:52,538 ♪ ♪ 529 00:23:02,798 --> 00:23:05,426 [crowd cheering] 530 00:23:05,426 --> 00:23:07,386 Oh, man. 531 00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:09,430 I was starting to get known. 532 00:23:09,430 --> 00:23:12,182 I was 18, and I was sitting at the same table as De Niro, 533 00:23:12,182 --> 00:23:15,144 David Bowie, Joe Piscopo. [laughter] 534 00:23:15,144 --> 00:23:17,187 - But with women, man, I-- 535 00:23:17,187 --> 00:23:18,647 I just--honestly, I had no game at all. 536 00:23:18,647 --> 00:23:21,942 Hi. You wanna fuck? 537 00:23:21,942 --> 00:23:23,319 Yeah, no? 538 00:23:23,319 --> 00:23:24,612 SINGER: ♪ You are the man ♪ 539 00:23:24,612 --> 00:23:26,697 - See? No game. 540 00:23:26,697 --> 00:23:27,906 Oh, man. 541 00:23:27,906 --> 00:23:29,241 SINGER: ♪ You are the man ♪ 542 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,493 MIKE: Cus never taught me about women. 543 00:23:31,493 --> 00:23:34,246 He only ever taught me about boxing. 544 00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:36,165 [crowd shouting] 545 00:23:36,165 --> 00:23:37,541 [Cus coughing] 546 00:23:37,541 --> 00:23:39,043 He was always there for me 547 00:23:39,043 --> 00:23:40,461 with the boxing... - That's right! 548 00:23:40,461 --> 00:23:42,588 No matter what. 549 00:23:42,588 --> 00:23:45,633 ♪ ♪ 550 00:23:45,633 --> 00:23:47,926 Until one day... 551 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:51,513 SINGER: ♪ 'Cause every time I need you, baby ♪ 552 00:23:51,513 --> 00:23:52,681 ♪ ♪ 553 00:23:52,681 --> 00:23:56,352 ♪ You're right there on time ♪ 554 00:23:56,352 --> 00:23:59,521 SINGERS: ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ 555 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:07,655 - You messing with the nurses? 556 00:24:08,739 --> 00:24:10,616 - Well, bless your heart for thinking that's... 557 00:24:10,616 --> 00:24:13,202 even an option. 558 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:15,621 Siddown. 559 00:24:17,956 --> 00:24:19,416 MIKE: How long you gotta be in here? 560 00:24:19,416 --> 00:24:20,709 [Cus grunts] 561 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:25,339 You're getting better. 562 00:24:26,674 --> 00:24:28,092 - [breathing shallowly] 563 00:24:28,092 --> 00:24:30,302 Fuckin' pneumonia. 564 00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:32,680 [small laugh] 565 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:36,058 I want you to do me a favor. 566 00:24:36,058 --> 00:24:39,520 Look after Camille for me. 567 00:24:41,897 --> 00:24:44,066 Listen to me. 568 00:24:44,066 --> 00:24:48,195 You are going to be champion of the world. 569 00:24:48,195 --> 00:24:50,614 - I don't give a shit about any of it without you, Cus. 570 00:24:50,614 --> 00:24:52,408 Can't do without you. 571 00:24:52,408 --> 00:24:54,493 CUS: Will you promise me... 572 00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:57,705 you'll look after Camille? 573 00:24:57,705 --> 00:24:59,832 - You promised. CUS: I know. 574 00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:02,418 It's all fucked up. 575 00:25:04,211 --> 00:25:06,422 But you'll still get there without me. 576 00:25:07,381 --> 00:25:09,425 - No. CUS: Listen to me. 577 00:25:09,425 --> 00:25:12,886 You succeed when you become champion. 578 00:25:12,886 --> 00:25:16,223 I only succeed when you don't need me anymore. 579 00:25:16,223 --> 00:25:18,392 - I do need you, Cus. 580 00:25:18,392 --> 00:25:20,936 I do. I love you, Cus. 581 00:25:23,105 --> 00:25:25,024 - [sighs] 582 00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:26,525 [sniffles] 583 00:25:30,904 --> 00:25:32,239 You-- 584 00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:37,953 You were always, always 585 00:25:37,953 --> 00:25:40,873 easy to love, Mike. 586 00:25:50,632 --> 00:25:52,426 - So I finally get a dad, right? 587 00:25:52,426 --> 00:25:54,720 And I have to bury him. 588 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,722 To me, it was like I lost my whole life. 589 00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:58,307 I just kept saying to myself, 590 00:25:58,307 --> 00:26:00,809 "I don't have my friend no more." 591 00:26:00,809 --> 00:26:03,479 He never told me that he wouldn't be there. 592 00:26:03,479 --> 00:26:06,356 Then Cus' friends came to get a piece of me. 593 00:26:06,356 --> 00:26:08,150 Not even a week after the funeral, 594 00:26:08,150 --> 00:26:10,152 they had me back in the ring. 595 00:26:10,152 --> 00:26:12,696 [P.P. Arnold's "The First Cut Is the Deepest"] 596 00:26:12,696 --> 00:26:15,783 COMMENTATOR: A Tyson fight is a ticking bomb. 597 00:26:15,783 --> 00:26:18,660 This guy is a barbarian. 598 00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:20,746 12 fights. 12 knockouts. 599 00:26:20,746 --> 00:26:23,248 And consider this: he's just 19 600 00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:26,543 and knocked out the last six in the first round. 601 00:26:26,543 --> 00:26:30,380 And when they go down, they don't ask for a rematch. 602 00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:33,634 - Tyson is fighting, on the average, every two weeks. 603 00:26:33,634 --> 00:26:35,302 Isn't that a lot? 604 00:26:35,302 --> 00:26:37,304 - Cus D'Amato, who died recently, 605 00:26:37,304 --> 00:26:41,433 uh, he was Mike's mentor, teacher, legal guardian, 606 00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:43,769 and--and Cus felt that to be a good fighter, 607 00:26:43,769 --> 00:26:45,604 you have to fight frequently and often. 608 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:49,191 And so we have Mike fight as often as is safe. 609 00:26:49,191 --> 00:26:50,692 P.P.: ♪ Baby, I know ♪ 610 00:26:50,692 --> 00:26:52,194 COMMENTATOR: Mike Tyson is the terror 611 00:26:52,194 --> 00:26:54,696 of the heavyweight division, an animal. 612 00:26:54,696 --> 00:26:58,075 With his record now 20 and 0 with 19 knockouts, 613 00:26:58,075 --> 00:27:00,619 Tyson is considered one of the hardest punchers 614 00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:01,870 in the division. 615 00:27:01,870 --> 00:27:03,580 His manager, Jimmy Jacobs. 616 00:27:03,580 --> 00:27:05,207 - Tyson is one of the hardest hitters 617 00:27:05,207 --> 00:27:07,042 in his division. - What's that? 618 00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:09,628 - Tyson, he hits damn hard. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 619 00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:11,421 He--he--he punches everybody 620 00:27:11,421 --> 00:27:14,258 like they stole something from him. 621 00:27:14,258 --> 00:27:17,427 His post-fight interviews last longer than the fights. 622 00:27:17,427 --> 00:27:23,308 ♪ ♪ 623 00:27:23,308 --> 00:27:25,477 MIKE: I miss Cus terribly. 624 00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:28,021 I'm always looking for someone who's not there. 625 00:27:28,021 --> 00:27:30,816 I have intelligence, discipline, 626 00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:33,026 extremely honed skills, 627 00:27:33,026 --> 00:27:34,987 but people just see an animal. 628 00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:36,697 ♪ ♪ 629 00:27:36,697 --> 00:27:38,866 They call me a savage. 630 00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:40,409 [applause] 631 00:27:40,409 --> 00:27:42,661 JOAN: Now, how many knockouts do you have? 632 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:44,705 - Well, Joan, out of 27 fights, 633 00:27:44,705 --> 00:27:47,291 27 wins, I got 25 knockouts. 634 00:27:47,291 --> 00:27:49,084 [cheers and applause] - Unbelievable. 635 00:27:49,084 --> 00:27:50,836 Were you a--a rough kid? 636 00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:52,087 - Yeah. 637 00:27:52,087 --> 00:27:53,505 A lot of people think I was a rough kid, 638 00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:55,173 got in a lot of fights growing up, 639 00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:57,551 beat up a lot of people, but it's not true. 640 00:27:57,551 --> 00:27:58,802 I got beat up all the time. 641 00:27:58,802 --> 00:28:00,512 AUDIENCE: Oh! - I can't believe it. 642 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:01,763 - Please. Would I lie to you? 643 00:28:01,763 --> 00:28:02,973 [laughter] 644 00:28:02,973 --> 00:28:04,808 - All right, you're just 20 years old. 645 00:28:04,808 --> 00:28:06,476 If you win the fight with Trevor Berbick-- 646 00:28:06,476 --> 00:28:07,728 - When I win, yeah. JOAN: Okay. 647 00:28:07,728 --> 00:28:09,438 So--so when you win, 648 00:28:09,438 --> 00:28:12,274 do you, like, have an Adrian, like in Rocky? 649 00:28:12,274 --> 00:28:13,317 - No, not at all. 650 00:28:13,317 --> 00:28:14,943 - Oh, so no girlfriend? 651 00:28:14,943 --> 00:28:17,112 When you're in training, do you give up sex? 652 00:28:17,112 --> 00:28:18,614 [laughter] - No. 653 00:28:18,614 --> 00:28:20,198 - See, 'cause my husband's always telling me 654 00:28:20,198 --> 00:28:22,618 he's in training, so... [laughter] 655 00:28:22,618 --> 00:28:24,953 All right, November 22nd. 656 00:28:24,953 --> 00:28:26,330 Championship fight. 657 00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:28,373 - Yeah. - You wanna pick a round? 658 00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:29,958 - Well, no, I'm not gonna predict, 659 00:28:29,958 --> 00:28:32,794 but it's a pretty exciting moment for me. 660 00:28:32,794 --> 00:28:34,463 - Will you come back after and we'll talk about 661 00:28:34,463 --> 00:28:35,505 how you won? - Yeah. 662 00:28:35,505 --> 00:28:36,757 Would you invite me back? 663 00:28:36,757 --> 00:28:39,384 - Oh, November 23rd. [laughter] 664 00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:41,178 [cheers and applause] Listen, what a pleasure. 665 00:28:41,178 --> 00:28:43,555 May I just say, good luck to you. 666 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:45,641 God be with you. - Thank you. 667 00:28:45,641 --> 00:28:47,184 JOAN: We'll be right back. 668 00:28:47,184 --> 00:28:48,644 - Night of the fight, 669 00:28:48,644 --> 00:28:51,063 I knew Berbick wasn't gonna die for the belt, and I was. 670 00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:52,731 'Cause I was doing it for Cus. 671 00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:54,816 After he died, I was always looking 672 00:28:54,816 --> 00:28:56,151 to get back in the ring to be the monster 673 00:28:56,151 --> 00:28:57,527 that Cus wanted me to be. 674 00:29:02,074 --> 00:29:03,867 - You've been training for this moment 675 00:29:03,867 --> 00:29:06,119 since you were 13. 676 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:09,831 [laughs] This guy is a tomato can, 677 00:29:09,831 --> 00:29:12,209 a bum. 678 00:29:12,209 --> 00:29:14,461 You can do this with your eyes closed. 679 00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:19,257 [upbeat music] 680 00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:20,509 SINGER: ♪ Get up ♪ 681 00:29:20,509 --> 00:29:21,510 ANNOUNCER: Everyone's talking 682 00:29:21,510 --> 00:29:22,803 Tyson this, Tyson that. 683 00:29:22,803 --> 00:29:24,096 Trevor Berbick's the champion. 684 00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:25,597 No one's talking about that. 685 00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:28,141 - People are viewing this event as more of a coronation 686 00:29:28,141 --> 00:29:29,434 than a contest. 687 00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:31,770 How good is Mike Tyson really? 688 00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:34,773 [crowd yelling] 689 00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:37,109 ♪ ♪ 690 00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:39,569 Oh, Tyson's punches even sound different 691 00:29:39,569 --> 00:29:40,862 than other heavyweights. 692 00:29:40,862 --> 00:29:42,197 Ooh, Berbick is rocked. 693 00:29:42,197 --> 00:29:43,323 He's in trouble here, 694 00:29:43,323 --> 00:29:44,825 and it's still the first round. 695 00:29:44,825 --> 00:29:47,035 - Berbick is just trying to get through the first round. 696 00:29:47,035 --> 00:29:48,870 He's hurt, no question. 697 00:29:48,870 --> 00:29:50,163 ANNOUNCER: Big shot by Tyson. 698 00:29:50,163 --> 00:29:51,331 He's laying into him, right, left. 699 00:29:51,331 --> 00:29:52,499 ANNOUNCER: Berbick looks hurt. 700 00:29:52,499 --> 00:29:54,126 ANNOUNCER: He stumbles. [bell dings] 701 00:29:54,126 --> 00:29:57,254 And a big first round for Mike Tyson. 702 00:29:57,254 --> 00:29:59,464 [cheers and applause] 703 00:29:59,464 --> 00:30:01,216 ♪ ♪ 704 00:30:01,216 --> 00:30:02,592 TRAINER: Busting his game. 705 00:30:02,592 --> 00:30:04,511 TRAINER: He's weak. Put his ass on the floor. 706 00:30:04,511 --> 00:30:05,846 You fuck him up. 707 00:30:05,846 --> 00:30:07,222 TRAINER: Just dodge those hits, man. 708 00:30:07,222 --> 00:30:09,433 [bell dings] 709 00:30:09,433 --> 00:30:10,726 ANNOUNCER: Tyson was everything people 710 00:30:10,726 --> 00:30:12,102 could've hoped for in that first round, 711 00:30:12,102 --> 00:30:13,395 But Berbick has got to-- 712 00:30:13,395 --> 00:30:15,439 ANNOUNCER: Another big shot by Tyson. 713 00:30:15,439 --> 00:30:17,566 Berbick's in a heap of trouble here. 714 00:30:17,566 --> 00:30:18,984 And he goes down! 715 00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:22,654 [cheers and applause] 716 00:30:28,368 --> 00:30:30,328 Big right hand, and Berbick's in trouble again. 717 00:30:30,328 --> 00:30:32,289 Right to the body. 718 00:30:32,289 --> 00:30:33,874 Uppercut. 719 00:30:33,874 --> 00:30:35,542 Left hook. 720 00:30:35,542 --> 00:30:36,877 Berbick goes down! 721 00:30:36,877 --> 00:30:39,504 NINA SIMONE: ♪ Butterflies are havin' fun ♪ 722 00:30:39,504 --> 00:30:41,590 ♪ You know what I mean ♪ 723 00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:43,383 [muffled background sounds, muffled announcer] 724 00:30:43,383 --> 00:30:46,053 NINA: ♪ Sleep in peace when day is done ♪ 725 00:30:46,053 --> 00:30:48,513 ♪ That's what I mean ♪ 726 00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:51,892 ♪ And this old world is a new world ♪ 727 00:30:51,892 --> 00:30:54,686 ♪ And a bold world ♪ 728 00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:55,979 ♪ For me ♪ 729 00:30:55,979 --> 00:30:57,522 ANNOUNCER: [muffled] And it's over. 730 00:30:57,522 --> 00:30:58,899 [clearly] That's all. 731 00:30:58,899 --> 00:31:02,652 And a new era in boxing has begun. 732 00:31:02,652 --> 00:31:05,238 NINA: ♪ Stars when you shine ♪ 733 00:31:05,238 --> 00:31:08,116 ♪ You know how I feel ♪ 734 00:31:08,116 --> 00:31:09,326 ♪ ♪ 735 00:31:09,326 --> 00:31:11,286 ♪ Scent of the pine ♪ 736 00:31:11,286 --> 00:31:13,997 ♪ You know how I feel ♪ 737 00:31:13,997 --> 00:31:18,210 ♪ Oh, freedom is mine ♪ 738 00:31:18,210 --> 00:31:21,088 ♪ And I know how I feel ♪ 739 00:31:21,088 --> 00:31:22,464 ♪ It's a new dawn ♪ 740 00:31:22,464 --> 00:31:24,299 ♪ It's a new day ♪ 741 00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:28,887 ♪ It's a new life for me ♪ 742 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:31,890 [scatting] 743 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:38,897 ♪ ♪ 744 00:31:46,655 --> 00:31:48,907 ♪ Oh, I'm feelin' ♪ 745 00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:56,540 ♪ Good ♪ 746 00:31:56,540 --> 00:31:59,042 ♪ Fish in the sea ♪ 747 00:31:59,042 --> 00:32:02,838 ♪ You know how I feel ♪ 748 00:32:02,838 --> 00:32:05,173 ♪ River running free ♪ 749 00:32:05,173 --> 00:32:07,384 ♪ You know how I feel ♪ 750 00:32:07,384 --> 00:32:09,219 ♪ ♪ 751 00:32:09,219 --> 00:32:11,721 ♪ Blossom on the tree ♪ 752 00:32:11,721 --> 00:32:14,224 ♪ You know how I feel ♪ 753 00:32:14,224 --> 00:32:15,809 ♪ It's a new dawn ♪ 754 00:32:15,809 --> 00:32:17,435 ♪ It's a new day ♪ 755 00:32:17,435 --> 00:32:22,232 ♪ It's a new life for me ♪ 756 00:32:30,532 --> 00:32:33,201 - Not everyone can become world champion at 22. 757 00:32:33,201 --> 00:32:34,327 - 20. 758 00:32:34,327 --> 00:32:36,997 [bombastic music] 759 00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:38,039 DON: You have an opportunity 760 00:32:38,039 --> 00:32:39,374 to take control of your destiny. 761 00:32:39,374 --> 00:32:43,211 ♪ ♪ 762 00:32:43,211 --> 00:32:45,463 - Any of you ladies ever take a champagne bath before? 763 00:32:48,842 --> 00:32:50,051 - I'm Robin. 764 00:32:51,887 --> 00:32:54,055 PRIEST: You may kiss the bride. 765 00:32:54,055 --> 00:32:57,017 - I can't imagine that anyone could live with Mike Tyson, 766 00:32:57,017 --> 00:32:58,018 the one that I know... 767 00:32:58,018 --> 00:32:59,227 [horn blaring] 768 00:32:59,227 --> 00:33:00,687 And not see that there's a problem. 769 00:33:00,687 --> 00:33:01,897 [dramatic music] 770 00:33:01,897 --> 00:33:03,857 - I'm Desiree Washington. 771 00:33:03,857 --> 00:33:05,150 - He is in the fight of his life, 772 00:33:05,150 --> 00:33:07,986 and I support him 1,000%. 773 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:11,740 ♪ ♪ 774 00:33:11,740 --> 00:33:14,117 MIKE: Where's my fucking money? 775 00:33:14,117 --> 00:33:17,287 REPORTER: You take into the ring a lot of rage. 776 00:33:17,287 --> 00:33:19,873 Does it work for you or against you? 777 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,170 ANNOUNCER: There he is, Iron Mike Tyson! 778 00:33:25,170 --> 00:33:28,757 Loved by few, hated by many, 779 00:33:28,757 --> 00:33:31,343 but respected by all! 780 00:33:31,343 --> 00:33:32,510 [bell dings]