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[match bell clangs]
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- Sorry, Mike.
- You gotta fight back, baby.
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Fight back!
CUT MAN: Settle down.
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I know, he's a bum, champ.
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MIKE: No fighter
in the history of boxing
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ever got back on top
after three years away.
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What made everyone think
that I'd be the one?
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"He must be an animal.
Mike the fucking cannibal."
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I know this is
what you're here for, right?
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The ear bite heard
'round the world.
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So why'd I do it?
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What was going through
my fucking head?
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My first press conference
after prison,
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I was fucking terrified
to face you.
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Good afternoon.
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I'd like to make a st--um.
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Uh, excuse me.
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I'd like to make a statement
about my future.
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There's been a lot
of speculation about my plans.
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Here they are.
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I will fight again.
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I look forward
to seeing you all very soon.
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May Allah bless you all.
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[rising chatter]
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REPORTER: How does it feel
to be a free man, Mike?
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REPORTER: Mike!
Over here, Mike.
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REPORTER: How does it feel
to be out of prison?
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REPORTER: Mike! Mike!
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Listen, Mike.
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If you want to delay this,
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take some time for yourself,
you can.
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You are in charge.
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Not Don. Not the press. Not me.
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You are.
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MIKE: Monica Turner.
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She was a beautiful woman
inside and out.
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You didn't wanna fuck
with her.
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She was a tough cookie.
Always was.
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From the first time I met her.
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Mm. The data is clear.
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You have to acknowledge
this is a legitimate crisis.
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Urban kids are
severely undereducated,
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which perpetuates the cycle.
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You know?
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Well, in my experience...
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the education system
would rather incarcerate
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than educate young Black kids.
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At least you got out.
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Not everyone can become
world champion at 22.
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[Elmore James'
"No Love in My Heart"]
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20.
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The youngest ever.
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You know, I, um...
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I like the way you think.
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We should get outta here.
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Talk in private.
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As flattering as that sounds,
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I'm not the type
to throw themselves at boxers.
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Then what type are you?
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ELMORE: ♪ I'm gonna get me
another woman ♪
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I'm the type that only cares
about becoming a doctor.
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ELMORE:
♪ Oh, no love ♪
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Nothing else.
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MIKE: Oh, she saw
right through all my bullshit.
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I liked her already.
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Took a little longer
to get her to like me, though.
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[phone rings]
We kept in touch.
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Mike?
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What are you doing?
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Got your letter.
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Nice photo.
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I wasn't sure if--
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I didn't hear back,
so I thought--
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I'm calling now.
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Well, so how are you
doing with everything?
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You know, I've been reading up
about the upcoming trial.
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I don't know how you keep
that smile on your face.
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It's all I got.
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They don't care
whether I did it or not.
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They just want to lock me up
and throw away the key.
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Yeah, the system has a way
of doing that to Black men.
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Is there anything I can do?
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You can open up and let me
inside so we can hang out.
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[chuckles]
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Mike, no. I am studying.
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Can I have a kiss at least?
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♪ ♪
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ELMORE:
♪ Oh, bye ♪
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♪ Bye, bye ♪
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Just one.
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No tongue.
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ELMORE:
♪ Oh, bye ♪
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MIKE: It was just one kiss.
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But I shit you not,
after that, she visited me,
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like, every two weeks
while I was in jail.
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So yeah, we fell in love.
She was my tigress.
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You think tigers get depressed?
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I do.
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Especially ones
that are locked up in a cage.
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[chuckles]
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I feel like a tiger.
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I know.
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And we both know
who's making you feel that way.
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But what do you want, Mike?
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Hmm?
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I just wanna have the peace
I had when I was inside.
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You said you wanted
to fire Don.
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Yeah.
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He doesn't give
a damn about you.
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The only way he stays up
is by keeping you down.
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He's using you, Mike.
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And he's always gonna use you.
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[percussive music]
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MIKE: In prison,
I became a new man.
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But Don was still
the slimy fuck
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he'd always been.
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Iron Mike, the man.
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We got over 200 journalists
coming in tomorrow
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from all over the world.
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I'm not doing the fucking
press conference, Don.
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Okay, no problem.
We can reschedule.
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No, I'm done with you.
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We're fucking done.
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Mike, you can't just
come in here
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and drop something like that
without talking about it.
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We got contracts.
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Don't do to me what
these white devils do to me
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all the time, Mike.
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We on the same side.
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You're on your own
fucking side, Don.
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[growls]
DON: Okay.
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You the boss,
you can fire me now.
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- Yeah.
- Or...
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You can take these two
briefcases with you,
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and we'll just call it a day.
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You could just say
it's an advance
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on the McNeeley fight.
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MIKE: Don knew I thought
I was a piece of shit.
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Money said
I was worth something.
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Fuck it.
It's $2 million.
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It's stupendously staggering.
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Three billion people--
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India, Indonesia,
the Soviet Union,
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Ireland,
all the little leprechauns
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dancing in the field--
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are all here
to witness Mike Tyson
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and his return
after three years
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against
Hurricane Peter McNeeley.
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There he is,
our future, our future.
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Iron Mike Tyson.
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Iron Mike Tyson.
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The true champion,
after three years,
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ready to take on the world.
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He ain't playing no games.
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MIKE: The problem was,
I was ready to take the money,
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but I sure as shit wasn't
ready for the first fight.
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My timing was shit.
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I was off-balance
and paranoid as fuck.
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Stop. Come on, champ.
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You're better than this.
Let's go. Reset.
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Mike look like he's still
on that fucking Lithium.
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CROCODILE: Here we go, champ!
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MIKE: I needed help,
and I needed it fast.
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[screaming]
What is this?
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A funeral?
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Wake the fuck...
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MIKE:
Steven "Crocodile" Finch.
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He was my spark.
- Up!
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You don't fall asleep
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when the Crocodile around, baby,
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because I'ma bite all day long!
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Mike, you an icon...
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MIKE: See, now,
that's a fucking hype man.
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I needed someone
from the street
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to remind me who I am--
who I was.
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CROCODILE: Let me see it!
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Icon and a phenom!
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[grunting]
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[both scream]
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Loved by few, hated by many,
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but respected by all!
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Time to put on a show!
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MIKE: It was my first fight
out of prison,
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and my heart was beating
out of my chest.
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I used to knock
these fucks out
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in ten seconds.
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I was invincible.
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I was a monster.
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But now, I just didn't know...
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until I saw his face.
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He couldn't even look at me.
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I knew I had him.
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ANNOUNCER:
They threw in the towel!
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CROCODILE: You're back, baby!
You're back!
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ANNOUNCER: It's all over
in the first round!
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But I wasn't back.
Not yet.
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[upbeat hip-hop music]
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Y'all wasn't gonna let me
feel like me
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till I got that title back.
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REPORTER: Mike, Mike,
after paying top dollar,
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people were disappointed
when the McNeely fight
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didn't last
past the opening bell.
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[both grunting]
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[crowd cheering,
match bell clangs]
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I let you hit
the third round this time.
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You happy?
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I was winning, making money.
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I was trying
to let Monica love me,
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and I was trying
to let myself love her.
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AUDIENCE: Aww.
[applause]
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Monica and I had
this beautiful baby girl,
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Rayna Tyson.
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I already had my firstborn,
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Mikey Lorna,
with a woman from New York.
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They used to visit me
in prison.
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But now I had a chance to be a
more present father for Rayna.
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I wanted to be a hero
for both of my girls.
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I told myself I had
to keep winning no matter what.
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[match bell rings]
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[both grunting]
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[triumphant music]
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[cheers and applause]
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♪ ♪
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I got the WBC belt back.
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Check.
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[both grunting]
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[crowd cheers and jeers]
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I won
the WBA Heavyweight title.
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Check.
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I won two belts
and earned $80 million.
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I was world champion again
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in a house with a moat
next to Wayne Newton
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and a fucking tiger.
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But all those goodies
didn't do shit.
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'Cause I hated Mike Tyson,
and I kept telling myself
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I didn't give a fuck.
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But I do.
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Jesus, the fuck
is wrong with me?
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[Pop Smoke's "Got It on Me"]
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I had a future, but I didn't
think I deserved it.
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I didn't deserve a mansion.
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I should've been getting ready
for my first Holyfield fight,
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getting ready to destroy him.
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Instead, I wanted to blow
all this shit up.
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Give me the bag.
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SINGER:
♪ Have mercy on my soul ♪
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♪ Don't let my heart
turn cold ♪
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♪ Have mercy on me,
have mercy on my soul ♪
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♪ Don't let my heart
turn cold ♪
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♪ Have mercy on, many men ♪
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♪ Many, many, many, many men ♪
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♪ Wish death 'pon me ♪
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♪ Yeah, I don't cry no more ♪
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♪ I don't look to the sky
no more ♪
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[radio crackles]
MONICA: Mike.
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[indistinct chatter on TV]
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Mike, I need you to come down.
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You promised
you'd keep yourself in check.
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SINGER:
♪ Have mercy on my soul ♪
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Hey--
MONICA: Mike.
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SINGER: ♪ Have mercy on me,
have mercy on my soul ♪
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[Mike muttering obscenities]
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Fucking fuck!
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[muttering, sobbing]
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Mike,
get your ass down here, now.
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Shut the fuck up!
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SINGER:
♪ 'Cause I got it on me ♪
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♪ I got it on me ♪
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MIKE: Wish I could go back
and say I'm sorry.
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I wish I could have
treated her better.
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I wish I knew
how to love somebody.
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SINGER:
♪ Have mercy on, many men ♪
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♪ Many, many, many, many men ♪
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♪ Wish death 'pon me ♪
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♪ Yeah, I don't cry no more ♪
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MIKE: Tennessee Williams wrote
something like,
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"We're all living
in a house on fire,
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"and we're looking
out the window
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"while the fire
burns it all down
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with us trapped in it."
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Guess my house is burning.
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[match bell clangs]
SINGER: ♪ Have mercy on me ♪
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♪ Have mercy on my soul ♪
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♪ Don't let my heart
turn cold ♪
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MIKE: You know, people forget
that there were
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two Holyfield fights.
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Everyone wanted to see
murderous Iron Mike again.
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Why did I bite him?
[laughs]
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Not yet.
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[groggily] What round
did I knock him out in?
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CROCODILE: You don't
remember what happened?
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I think I started off good,
but after the second round,
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I kinda blacked out.
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He caught you
with his head, Mike.
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They cheated us.
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I lost the title?
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Yeah, Mike.
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[somber violin music]
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MIKE:
Holyfield didn't beat me.
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I beat myself.
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Yeah, I was fucked up
back then.
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Hella angry.
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REPORTER: [over TV]
You take into the ring
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a lot of rage.
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Does it work for you
or against you?
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Who cares.
We're in a fight anyway.
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What's it matter?
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REPORTER: Well, for example,
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it worked against you
in the Holyfield fight.
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Well, fuck it. It's a fight.
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Whatever happens, happens.
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REPORTER: Mike, why do you
have to talk like that?
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I'm talking the way
I want to talk to you.
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You got a problem,
you can turn off your station.
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REPORTER:
You know what?
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I think we'll end
this discussion right now.
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We could, asshole.
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REPORTER:
Yeah, real nice, Mike.
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Fuck off.
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Coke-fueled self-hatred
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doesn't really work as well
in the ring
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or at home.
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Get the fuck off me!
Get the fuck outta here!
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- Mike! Mike!
- [screams]
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- Mike, wake up! Wake up!
- [whimpering]
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What the fuck
is wrong with you?
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[incomprehensible muttering]
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Calm down, Mike.
There's nobody there.
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Jesus!
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You have got to stop
with the drugs
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and the partying, Mike.
You're fucking losing it.
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[crying]
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Nobody is trying to stab you,
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but I can't keep
living like this, okay?
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[baby cries in background]
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Oh, shit.
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Rayna's up.
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You have got
to get your shit together.
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[baby crying in distance]
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[panting]
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[baby coos]
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Are you okay?
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Oh, I sincerely doubt it.
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[baby cooing]
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I'm pregnant.
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Yeah?
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It's hard enough
having to navigate work
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and try to be a good parent.
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But now we're gonna have
another one.
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Let's get hitched.
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- What?
- Let's get hitched.
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00:14:05,272 --> 00:14:08,153
No.
No. You're missing the point.
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We're having
two babies together--
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I didn't tell you this
so you'd marry me.
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I'll make an honest woman
out of you.
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I don't need you
to make me honest.
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I need you to be
more present in our lives.
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C'mon, baby. I love you.
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I love you.
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If I say yes...
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will you commit to us?
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- Yeah.
- To me?
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Yeah.
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Really commit.
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Marry me.
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Please.
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SIDDIQ:
Before Allah,
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are you ready to pledge
yourselves to one another?
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BOTH: Inshallah.
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In accordance with
Islamic law and Allah's will,
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I pronounce you
husband and wife.
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[applause]
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MIKE: So she got to marry me.
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[upbeat music]
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And my demons.
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♪ ♪
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Speaking of demons,
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he was the one vice
I couldn't quit.
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Congratulations on a soaring,
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spectacular achievement
of love.
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[laughs]
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I hope it goes the distance.
- Me too.
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[chuckling]
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I just wanted to let you know
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that the deal closed.
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Holyfield verse Tyson II.
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00:15:42,049 --> 00:15:44,095
I thought you wanted
to do this right away?
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I thought we agreed
to take some time off,
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see how things shake out.
- Mike, this isn't just a fight
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for some belt.
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This is a must-win
for your legacy.
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You never had a chance
to meet a fighter
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for the second time
that beat you.
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Douglas turned out
to be a joke,
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and Holyfield headbutted you
till you blacked out.
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You want history
to remember you that way?
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You're getting up in age.
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And the spotlight at some point
goes dark on everyone.
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I want what's best for you.
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[chuckles]
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00:16:16,577 --> 00:16:20,125
You got a new,
beautiful wife and kids.
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00:16:20,125 --> 00:16:21,920
Beat Holyfield.
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00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,551
This is a $30 million
guaranteed payday.
404
00:16:27,306 --> 00:16:29,519
I don't know how many of those
you got left.
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00:16:31,230 --> 00:16:34,571
Go out Heavyweight Champion
of the World, son.
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00:16:36,365 --> 00:16:38,621
Otherwise, what are you?
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[chuckles]
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MIKE:
I had two fucking months.
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I had just gotten clean.
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00:16:49,433 --> 00:16:51,647
I had the shakes.
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00:16:51,647 --> 00:16:54,276
I was out of shape.
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But fuck...
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it was $30 million.
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[exciting electronic music]
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MIKE: So here it is.
What you paid your money for.
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97 countries tuned in
to watch the fight.
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I didn't even know
there were 97 countries.
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18,000 people in the stands.
Millions paid to watch it.
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ANNOUNCER:
The waiting is over.
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The talking is done.
The rematch is here.
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00:17:25,088 --> 00:17:27,050
Look at the look
on Tyson's face
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as he goes eye to eye
with Holyfield.
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00:17:29,556 --> 00:17:32,603
The sense of anticipation
as before the first fight
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is almost palpable.
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MIKE:
Don said this is my legacy,
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and I was not about to let
this fucker take it from me.
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00:17:39,743 --> 00:17:41,245
It's now or never.
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00:17:41,245 --> 00:17:42,414
[match bell clangs]
ANNOUNCER: Here we go!
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Fight two, round one.
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A ferocious Mike Tyson
bobbing and weaving.
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[impact thumps]
[muffled cheering]
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00:17:50,931 --> 00:17:53,061
MIKE: That motherfucker
headbutted me.
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ANNOUNCER: What a first round.
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MIKE:
And he fucking did it again.
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00:17:57,277 --> 00:17:59,239
ANNOUNCER:
Looks over to the referee.
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That's a cut around
the right eye of Mike Tyson
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00:18:01,995 --> 00:18:03,456
from a clash of hands,
I believe.
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00:18:03,456 --> 00:18:05,210
That's a time out.
That's a butt.
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00:18:05,210 --> 00:18:06,963
- What the fuck?
- It's a butt.
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00:18:06,963 --> 00:18:08,550
MIKE: There was no way I was
gonna let this motherfucker
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00:18:08,550 --> 00:18:09,803
take me out like that again.
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00:18:09,803 --> 00:18:12,182
I wasn't gonna lose.
He wants to fight dirty?
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00:18:12,182 --> 00:18:13,560
Then we're gonna fight
fucking dirty.
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00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,940
[match bell clangs]
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00:18:15,940 --> 00:18:18,361
There it is again. Motherfucker.
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00:18:22,537 --> 00:18:24,916
[crowd exclaiming]
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00:18:24,916 --> 00:18:28,047
ANNOUNCER: Tyson is biting
Holyfield in the ear!
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00:18:28,047 --> 00:18:30,970
Oh, my goodness!
He's got a bloody right ear.
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00:18:30,970 --> 00:18:32,765
Holyfield, look out!
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00:18:32,765 --> 00:18:34,769
He's pushed right here
above us.
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00:18:34,769 --> 00:18:36,940
Mike Tyson.
[crowd chanting "Tyson!"]
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00:18:36,940 --> 00:18:39,696
Listen.
They're yelling, "Tyson."
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00:18:39,696 --> 00:18:41,616
REFEREE: You bit his ear.
- He butted!
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00:18:41,616 --> 00:18:44,622
Bullshit.
I'm taking two points.
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00:18:44,622 --> 00:18:46,208
ANNOUNCER: Listen.
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Holyfield bit
by a dirty Mike Tyson.
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00:18:49,173 --> 00:18:52,179
[muffled, distorted audio]
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00:18:54,141 --> 00:18:55,393
MIKE: In that moment,
I believed he was
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00:18:55,393 --> 00:18:57,105
headbutting me on purpose.
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00:18:57,105 --> 00:19:00,571
In the first fight, the refs
called headbutting accidental.
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00:19:02,783 --> 00:19:06,290
Bull-fucking-shit.
462
00:19:06,290 --> 00:19:08,127
Can you walk us
through your mindset?
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00:19:08,127 --> 00:19:09,672
Listen, he butted me
in the first round,
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and he butted me
in the second round.
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00:19:11,050 --> 00:19:13,137
No one warned him.
No one took any points away.
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00:19:13,137 --> 00:19:14,682
This is my career.
What am I supposed to do?
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00:19:14,682 --> 00:19:15,851
I got kids to raise.
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00:19:15,851 --> 00:19:17,395
He butted me,
I had to retaliate.
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00:19:17,395 --> 00:19:19,274
When you bit him, was that
a retaliation for the eye?
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00:19:19,274 --> 00:19:20,318
Regardless of what I did,
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00:19:20,318 --> 00:19:21,530
he was butting me
for two fights.
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00:19:21,530 --> 00:19:22,907
But you gotta
address it, Mike.
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00:19:22,907 --> 00:19:24,577
I did address it!
I addressed it in the ring.
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00:19:24,577 --> 00:19:25,704
Why'd you do that, though,
Mike?
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00:19:25,704 --> 00:19:26,998
Look at me. I got one eye.
476
00:19:26,998 --> 00:19:29,671
He got two ears. Look at me.
How am I--
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REPORTER:
What are you gonna do now
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00:19:30,756 --> 00:19:33,135
in terms of your career, Mike?
479
00:19:33,135 --> 00:19:34,556
The thing I was
worried about most
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00:19:34,556 --> 00:19:37,102
was that my kids were gonna be
scared of me.
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00:19:37,102 --> 00:19:40,108
[somber music]
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00:19:40,108 --> 00:19:43,991
♪ ♪
483
00:19:43,991 --> 00:19:45,619
I don't know why I did that.
484
00:19:45,619 --> 00:19:47,582
You probably think
I'm a monster.
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00:19:51,548 --> 00:19:52,800
No.
486
00:20:00,189 --> 00:20:02,110
Do you want to tell me
what happened?
487
00:20:04,824 --> 00:20:06,452
I'm a mess, baby.
488
00:20:11,170 --> 00:20:14,134
I don't know why I do
the things I do.
489
00:20:14,134 --> 00:20:16,013
Even with you.
490
00:20:16,013 --> 00:20:17,516
I hurt you,
and I know I'm doing it,
491
00:20:17,516 --> 00:20:18,894
and I still do it.
492
00:20:23,152 --> 00:20:25,281
I know.
493
00:20:25,281 --> 00:20:27,954
[somber blues music]
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00:20:27,954 --> 00:20:29,916
I love you,
495
00:20:29,916 --> 00:20:31,544
but I know.
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00:20:31,544 --> 00:20:37,263
♪ ♪
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00:20:37,263 --> 00:20:39,519
MIKE:
Monica really did love me,
498
00:20:39,519 --> 00:20:42,357
but I felt like
I didn't deserve her love,
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00:20:42,357 --> 00:20:45,321
so I pushed her away.
500
00:20:45,321 --> 00:20:46,700
All this time,
I convinced myself
501
00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:48,411
that everyone was
out to hurt me.
502
00:20:48,411 --> 00:20:51,668
But that's not what
I should've been worried about.
503
00:20:51,668 --> 00:20:55,007
I didn't know how to change it.
So why did I do it?
504
00:20:55,007 --> 00:20:57,137
Maybe that's who I really am.
505
00:20:57,137 --> 00:20:59,349
I was just showing
the worst side of me.
506
00:20:59,349 --> 00:21:02,188
Maybe I was reacting to what
Holyfield was doing to me.
507
00:21:02,188 --> 00:21:04,443
Maybe I was
just putting on a show.
508
00:21:04,443 --> 00:21:06,030
Or maybe I was just trying
to kill that demon
509
00:21:06,030 --> 00:21:07,490
once and for all.
510
00:21:07,490 --> 00:21:08,744
Maybe I was just trying
to fix it
511
00:21:08,744 --> 00:21:10,581
so Mike Tyson would disappear.
512
00:21:10,581 --> 00:21:14,421
'Cause the truth is, by 2003,
I hated Mike Tyson so much...
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00:21:14,421 --> 00:21:16,634
I didn't want to see
his fucking face no more.
514
00:21:16,634 --> 00:21:18,513
[buzzing]
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00:21:18,513 --> 00:21:23,732
SINGER:
♪ On mountains and rivers ♪
516
00:21:23,732 --> 00:21:26,445
♪ Of crimson black ♪
517
00:21:26,445 --> 00:21:30,119
♪ And brown ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ White satin dresses ♪
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♪ White golden pearls ♪
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♪ Bright shiny diamonds ♪
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♪ On debutante girls ♪
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♪ Meanwhile, in the cities ♪
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♪ The blues are crushing down ♪
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♪ On bruised, broken bodies ♪