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ANN CURRY:
Mike Tyson's boxing career
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is still on the ropes.
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He is temporarily suspended,
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and his $30 million purse
has been frozen because
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he bit Evander Holyfield
in last weekend's fight.
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A lifetime ban from boxing
is still on the table.
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DAVID LETTERMAN:
I saw this on the newswire
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as I was coming out here
earlier today.
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Mike Tyson whispered
an apology
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into Evander Holyfield's ear.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, he had it with him
in his hotel room.
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REPORTER: Even
from the president
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of the United States.
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And I was horrified by it,
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and I think
the American people are.
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REPORTER: The punches
he threw after the fight--
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MIKE TYSON:
Monster, cannibal, loser.
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I know another word for "nigga"
when I hear it.
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All this stuff
Cus said I had to be
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in order to be "Iron Mike"
was not a joke.
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Cus said people would love me,
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that I would be the king.
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Instead, I became the most
hated man in the world.
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ANN CURRY: The Nevada State
Athletic Commission
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will decide next week
how to punish Mike Tyson
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for biting Evander Holyfield.
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Until then,
Tyson is suspended--
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REPORTER: This isn't the first
act of violence for Tyson.
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Five years ago,
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he was convicted
and jailed for rape.
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Our team traveled
to Rhode Island
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to get a statement from his
victim, Desiree Washington.
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REPORTER: Desiree, do you have
a comment on the latest
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Mike Tyson situation?
- No, no comment.
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REPORTER: Well, do you
consider this latest display
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of Mike Tyson's violence
proof to those
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who still don't believe
your rape allegations?
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FRIEND: Mike Tyson
bites a man,
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and now the media is outraged?
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Now people are horrified?
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Where was this indignation
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when he assaulted
a 18-year-old girl--
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when he raped my friend?
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You know what I see when I'm
forced to watch those clips?
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I see everybody
that paid to see him.
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I see the people who scream
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even though they know
who he is and what he is.
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Excuse us.
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MIKE: After
the Holyfield fight,
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I was banned from boxing
for 15 months.
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Maybe this wasn't
the best response to all that,
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but fuck,
it was a shitstorm out there.
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[bell dings]
[crowd shouting]
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By the time
I got back in the ring,
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I went on a tear.
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I kept winning,
and you kept watching.
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[bell dings]
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I was doing coke like I was
on the Olympic coke team.
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[crowd shouting]
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I should've been
in a psych ward.
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[bell dings]
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But I wanted my title back.
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That's all I knew.
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And there was only one person
in my way.
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I'm definitely
not afraid of Mike Tyson.
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I'm the best in the world.
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MIKE: Lennox
motherfuckin' Lewis.
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I'm Mike Tyson.
I'll take his fuckin' life.
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That's what I'll do.
He can't stop me.
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Fuck him.
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[action music]
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♪ ♪
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He's scared, champ.
Don't even wanna come out.
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MIKE: I was
so coked up and angry,
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I didn't even need
a fucking ring.
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- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
- Hey, hey, hey!
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[all shouting]
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[growls]
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[screams]
He fucking bit me!
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[growls]
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Get off me!
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[all shouting]
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Put him in a straitjacket!
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Put your mother
in a straitjacket,
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you punk-ass white boy.
Come here and tell me that.
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I'll fuck you in your ass,
you punk-ass white boy.
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You can't touch me.
You not man enough.
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I'll eat your ass
cold off you, bitch.
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Lookit, he's scared now,
scared of the real man.
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Scared, little white pussy.
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I'll eat your asshole alive,
you fucka.
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I'll fuck you
till you love me, bitch.
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Yeah, not my best moment.
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REPORTER: 16 years ago,
Mike Tyson became
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the youngest
heavyweight champion ever.
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Since then,
his early career accolades
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have turned
into late career fiascos.
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Can this be the night
of his boxing redemption,
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or is this
the comeuppance
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boxing fans
are waiting to see?
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[cheering]
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MIKE TYSON: I was
so fucking angry.
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I finally had my chance.
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I was ready
to destroy this mothafucka.
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He wasn't gonna know
what hit him.
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[dance music]
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[sustained deafening tone]
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REFEREE: One, two, three,
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four, five, six,
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seven, eight, nine--
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[bell dings]
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MIKE: All my boxing gods,
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the ones
I worshipped as a kid,
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it's like they deserted me.
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I couldn't get any lower.
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Nah, I could get a lot lower.
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[yells]
Fuck you mean I'm broke?
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- Mike, Mike--
- Please, Mr. Tyson, just--
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- [growls]
- Maybe bankruptcy
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is an option we can consider.
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I made $300,000,000.
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Where's my fucking money?
Where's my fucking money?
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Where's my money?
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[shouts]
Where's my fucking money?
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ACCOUNTANT: Ask Don King.
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[yelling] Where he at?
Don in there?
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Hold on, champ.
You don't wanna do this.
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You gon' shoot me,
you fucking piece of shit?
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Get your fucking hands off me.
BODYGUARD: Iron Mike,
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everybody needs to make
an appointment to see Mr. King,
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including you.
MIKE: This nigga takes
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all my money, and I gotta
make a fucking appointment?
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[growls]
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I hope the devil
fucks your mother in the ass
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in the bowels of hell one day,
you fucking pussy.
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There he is.
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The champ returns.
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MIKE: Don wanted
to meet him up in Florida.
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I wanted to fire him
in person,
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face-to-face, no drama.
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DON KING: [laughing]
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MIKE: My friend Jackie
insisted on coming with me.
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But she was nervous.
- Want me to hold that for you?
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I got it.
My goody box, you know.
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Don't you think
you had enough?
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I said I got it.
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She knew how angry
I was with Don.
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Nice car, mo'fucka.
DON: [laughs]
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MIKE: She also saw how much
coke I had done on the plane.
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Hey, you know me.
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Only the best for you, champ.
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Man, it's good to have you
down here in Florida.
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You gonna love the Delano.
It's a beautiful hotel.
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I swear it's like a sinner
died, took a glimpse of heaven,
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came back and built
what he saw right on the beach.
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[laughs]
- That sounds nice.
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Doesn't that sound nice, champ?
- Yeah...
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All I could think about
was how Don had played me
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from the moment that we met,
making me think
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that he would be
the Black daddy in my life
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that would finally
take care of me.
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He played me for stupid
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every single day
that I knew him.
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Oh!
[tires squeal]
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- What? No!
- [growling]
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[screaming]
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DON: Mothafucka!
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Champ, where you going?
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DON: Crazy nigga, you're crazy!
JACKIE: What the?
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DON: This motherfucka!
- [growls]
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JACKIE: Mike, stop it!
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Crazy mothafucka!
Look at you!
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Motha!
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JACKIE: Stop, Mike!
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[growls]
JACKIE: Mike!
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[yells]
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BERNARD: ♪ Things
are not goin' right ♪
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♪ My head's just spinnin'
day and night ♪
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♪ Things are not goin' right ♪
DON: Tired.
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Tired.
Tired of these niggas.
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The King is done.
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I tried my best to do
whatever I could for my people,
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and this is the thanks I get?
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Psh.
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♪ ♪
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MIKE TYSON: After Don,
I needed some quick money,
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so he set up a fight.
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But I never should've
been in the ring.
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I was missing wildly.
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I was standing still.
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I couldn't stomach it.
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I had loved my sport
since 1990.
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REFEREE: Oh, hey, hey, hey!
MIKE: What was I doing?
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REFEREE: Go to your corner!
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MIKE: I was lettin'
everybody down.
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I know
this wasn't the outcome
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you were looking here
for tonight.
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Do you think you could've
continued in this fight?
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I just wanna say I'm most
likely not gonna fight no more.
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I'm done.
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I'm not gonna
disrespect the sport
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by losing
to this caliber of fighters.
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Are you saying
what it sounds like, Mike?
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Iron Mike is retiring?
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I just don't think
I have it no more.
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I've been doing this
for 20 years.
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I'm basically just fightin'
to pay my bills.
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Have no heart no more.
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I'm done.
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[reporters shouting]
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REPORTER: Well, you have it.
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Mike Tyson appears to be
walking away from boxing.
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♪ ♪
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MIKE: After I retired, I was
fucked up for a long time.
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All those managers
and the people
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that had a fucking hold on me,
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they were all gone.
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Everyone had abandoned me.
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Everyone except her.
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[door opens and closes]
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Hey, Mike.
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Hey, Kiki.
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I'm sorry
I haven't been calling.
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I've just been busy.
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That never
stopped you before.
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In fact, nothing
had never stopped you before--
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not a wife or a fight, nothin'.
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Anyway, when you didn't
answer my calls, I got worried,
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so I wanted to check up on you.
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MIKE: I know
what you're thinking.
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"Not another woman, Mike.
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Didn't I already
see that show?"
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This is Lakiha Spicer.
Keep watching.
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When I first met Kiki,
she was 18 years old.
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I was introduced to her
by her father,
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who was a devout Muslim
who worked
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with my promotional team
at the time.
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Michael, this is my daughter.
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As-salamu alaykum.
My name's Lakiha.
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Wa 'alaykumu s-salam.
Nice to meet you, Lakiha.
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Nice to meet you as well.
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My friends call me "Kiki."
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Can I call you "Kiki"?
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We're not friends.
I just met you.
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MIKE: I know
I was dating Monica back then,
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but what can I say?
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I had a big heart.
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SINGER: ♪ Take the good
with the bad ♪
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♪ All the air
be innocent ♪
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How was that?
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That was fine.
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SINGER: ♪ Don't you forget ♪
254
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MIKE: That's all
that happened, for real.
255
00:09:23,083 --> 00:09:24,754
That was some new shit to me.
256
00:09:24,754 --> 00:09:27,175
[laughter]
257
00:09:27,175 --> 00:09:30,181
You know, honestly, I think
I loved her from day one.
258
00:09:30,181 --> 00:09:32,728
We dated on and off
for the next few years
259
00:09:32,728 --> 00:09:35,942
despite the fact that I was
married--there was that--
260
00:09:35,942 --> 00:09:39,282
and insane--that too.
261
00:09:39,282 --> 00:09:40,786
I kept messing things up
'cause that's just
262
00:09:40,786 --> 00:09:41,829
what I was about back then.
263
00:09:41,829 --> 00:09:43,499
KIKI: You fucking bitch!
264
00:09:43,499 --> 00:09:46,171
MIKE: But she hung in there
with me,
265
00:09:46,171 --> 00:09:47,256
and believe me
when I tell you,
266
00:09:47,256 --> 00:09:49,302
she was full of surprises.
267
00:09:52,893 --> 00:09:54,479
Jesus Christ, Mike,
this is such a mess.
268
00:09:56,693 --> 00:09:59,657
Just so you know, I'm probably
going to jail soon, so...
269
00:09:59,657 --> 00:10:00,909
What?
270
00:10:00,909 --> 00:10:03,455
Yeah, my mother too.
271
00:10:03,455 --> 00:10:04,709
MIKE: Turned out
her dad was caught up
272
00:10:04,709 --> 00:10:06,336
in some fake businesses,
273
00:10:06,336 --> 00:10:08,048
running phony schools
and stuff--
274
00:10:08,048 --> 00:10:09,426
you know, the same shit
people get away with
275
00:10:09,426 --> 00:10:11,388
out in Washington D.C.
276
00:10:11,388 --> 00:10:13,643
They needed Kiki
to set up a dummy account
277
00:10:13,643 --> 00:10:15,814
so his money could look legit.
278
00:10:15,814 --> 00:10:19,154
They all went to jail together,
like a good family should.
279
00:10:19,154 --> 00:10:20,782
[laughter]
280
00:10:20,782 --> 00:10:21,993
I'm not gonna lie, Kiki,
281
00:10:21,993 --> 00:10:24,080
you goin' to jail
kinda turnin' me on.
282
00:10:25,542 --> 00:10:28,088
What the fuck, Mike?
283
00:10:28,088 --> 00:10:31,888
I mean, I hate to see you go,
but I mean, think about it.
284
00:10:31,888 --> 00:10:34,560
I've been to jail.
You're goin' to jail.
285
00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:36,146
I could throw a punch.
286
00:10:36,146 --> 00:10:39,277
You stab a bitch
to next Tuesday.
287
00:10:39,277 --> 00:10:42,701
- I'm a mess, you're a mess?
- Yeah.
288
00:10:42,701 --> 00:10:44,747
Every pot has its lid.
289
00:10:44,747 --> 00:10:48,797
We're kinda like a fucked-up
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movie.
290
00:10:48,797 --> 00:10:51,134
- You've Got Mail ?
- Oh, yeah.
291
00:10:51,134 --> 00:10:55,184
Except for we're goin' to jail.
- [chuckles]
292
00:10:55,184 --> 00:10:57,313
MIKE: Shit, I thought
the only reason women liked me
293
00:10:57,313 --> 00:10:59,150
was 'cause of my money,
294
00:10:59,150 --> 00:11:00,946
but Kiki knew
I was bankrupt by then
295
00:11:00,946 --> 00:11:02,448
and really fucked up.
296
00:11:02,448 --> 00:11:04,745
I had to borrow money
for groceries and shit,
297
00:11:04,745 --> 00:11:07,166
but she stayed.
298
00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:09,212
SINGER: ♪ From the Lord ♪
CHOIR: ♪ Yeah ♪
299
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SINGER: ♪ She give me
what I'm askin' for ♪
300
00:11:11,174 --> 00:11:12,803
♪ Ah, ah, she makes me say ♪
301
00:11:12,803 --> 00:11:14,347
CHOIR: ♪ Amen ♪
302
00:11:14,347 --> 00:11:17,144
SINGER: ♪ Good God, Almighty ♪
CHOIR: ♪ Amen ♪
303
00:11:17,144 --> 00:11:19,107
♪ ♪
304
00:11:19,107 --> 00:11:21,069
MIKE: But first,
she had to do her time...
305
00:11:21,069 --> 00:11:23,323
♪ ♪
306
00:11:23,323 --> 00:11:25,202
Which meant I was left alone
to my worst devices
307
00:11:25,202 --> 00:11:27,708
while I waited for her
to finish her stint.
308
00:11:27,708 --> 00:11:29,002
CHOIR: ♪ Amen ♪
309
00:11:29,002 --> 00:11:30,462
SINGER: ♪ Thank you,
Lord, now ♪
310
00:11:30,462 --> 00:11:31,841
MIKE: But at least this time,
since I was
311
00:11:31,841 --> 00:11:35,014
madly in love with Kiki,
I tried to get better.
312
00:11:35,014 --> 00:11:36,266
KIKI: Mike...
[winces]
313
00:11:36,266 --> 00:11:38,145
Here we go.
314
00:11:38,145 --> 00:11:39,690
DOCTOR: Lakiha,
it's time to push!
315
00:11:39,690 --> 00:11:43,698
[screams]
316
00:11:43,698 --> 00:11:45,702
I'm right there, baby.
I'm right there with you, baby.
317
00:11:45,702 --> 00:11:48,123
[both screaming]
318
00:11:48,123 --> 00:11:51,004
[screaming]
319
00:11:51,004 --> 00:11:53,760
[laughter]
320
00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:55,262
The day our daughter,
Milan, was born
321
00:11:55,262 --> 00:11:57,517
holds an extra special place
in my heart.
322
00:11:57,517 --> 00:11:59,228
She was born on the same day
as my mother.
323
00:11:59,228 --> 00:12:01,149
ALL: Aw...
324
00:12:01,149 --> 00:12:02,485
SINGER: ♪ Good God, Almighty ♪
- Yeah.
325
00:12:02,485 --> 00:12:03,780
I took that as a sign
that I needed
326
00:12:03,780 --> 00:12:05,240
to get my shit together--
327
00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:06,869
for real this time.
328
00:12:06,869 --> 00:12:08,372
Kiki said
I had to do something new
329
00:12:08,372 --> 00:12:10,502
if I expected a new outcome.
330
00:12:10,502 --> 00:12:13,465
So I let her talk me
into something crazy.
331
00:12:13,465 --> 00:12:14,843
I went back to therapy
332
00:12:14,843 --> 00:12:17,641
and let this old-ass
white lady kick my ass.
333
00:12:17,641 --> 00:12:19,477
Actually, she changed my life.
334
00:12:19,477 --> 00:12:23,026
My mother told me I was shit.
That's why I hate myself.
335
00:12:23,026 --> 00:12:25,030
She fucking did this to me.
I hate her.
336
00:12:28,412 --> 00:12:30,542
You've done horrible things.
337
00:12:30,542 --> 00:12:32,504
Should people hate you?
338
00:12:32,504 --> 00:12:33,715
[sighs]
339
00:12:33,715 --> 00:12:36,846
They do hate me... a lot.
340
00:12:36,846 --> 00:12:39,142
MARILYN:
That wasn't the question.
341
00:12:39,142 --> 00:12:40,895
I asked,
"Should they hate you?"
342
00:12:45,613 --> 00:12:46,991
You know what I love
about boys
343
00:12:46,991 --> 00:12:49,037
from rough neighborhoods
who do well?
344
00:12:50,456 --> 00:12:52,293
They tell everybody
345
00:12:52,293 --> 00:12:55,508
they're gonna take care
of their mother one day.
346
00:12:55,508 --> 00:12:59,474
They brag they're gonna
buy their mother a house.
347
00:12:59,474 --> 00:13:01,102
I ain't buy
my mother a house.
348
00:13:01,102 --> 00:13:02,647
Sure you did.
349
00:13:02,647 --> 00:13:06,237
You exhumed her body and gave
her a new, grand resting place
350
00:13:06,237 --> 00:13:08,534
befitting a queen.
351
00:13:08,534 --> 00:13:11,498
That's what a son
who loves his mother does,
352
00:13:11,498 --> 00:13:13,293
not a son who hates her,
353
00:13:13,293 --> 00:13:16,341
and if I had to guess,
you honored her
354
00:13:16,341 --> 00:13:19,681
because you appreciate
what Lorna Mae did for you.
355
00:13:27,739 --> 00:13:29,242
She didn't do shit for me.
356
00:13:29,242 --> 00:13:31,454
MARILYN: She didn't do
what you wanted,
357
00:13:31,454 --> 00:13:33,626
but she did what you needed.
358
00:13:33,626 --> 00:13:35,755
She let you go, Mike,
359
00:13:35,755 --> 00:13:39,345
because that's the best she
could do for you at that time,
360
00:13:39,345 --> 00:13:40,807
and in her own way,
361
00:13:40,807 --> 00:13:46,025
she admitted her shortcomings
and let you become you.
362
00:13:46,025 --> 00:13:48,906
That's why
you gave her a new home,
363
00:13:48,906 --> 00:13:50,577
even in death.
364
00:13:56,087 --> 00:13:59,093
So let's talk about
what you're running away from.
365
00:13:59,093 --> 00:14:00,345
I ain't running away
from nothin'.
366
00:14:00,345 --> 00:14:01,932
Bullshit.
367
00:14:01,932 --> 00:14:04,061
Everybody's running
from something.
368
00:14:04,061 --> 00:14:06,024
You said your mother's
a bad mother,
369
00:14:06,024 --> 00:14:09,865
yet she made
the ultimate sacrifice for you.
370
00:14:09,865 --> 00:14:11,911
Can't say that
about your fathers.
371
00:14:11,911 --> 00:14:14,498
My father.
MARILYN: I said what I meant.
372
00:14:14,498 --> 00:14:17,046
And I meant what I said--
fathers, plural.
373
00:14:17,046 --> 00:14:19,300
MIKE: Cus was
the only real father I had,
374
00:14:19,300 --> 00:14:20,887
the only person
that cared about me.
375
00:14:20,887 --> 00:14:21,972
He loved me.
376
00:14:21,972 --> 00:14:24,435
He also told you
to be a monster.
377
00:14:24,435 --> 00:14:27,191
When I was in the ring,
not in real life.
378
00:14:27,191 --> 00:14:28,193
MARILYN: Does
your life look like
379
00:14:28,193 --> 00:14:30,238
you really understood that?
380
00:14:30,238 --> 00:14:33,203
You were 14
when he drove that into you.
381
00:14:36,835 --> 00:14:39,048
Fuck you, Marilyn.
382
00:14:39,048 --> 00:14:41,094
Bitch.
[growls]
383
00:14:41,094 --> 00:14:42,597
See you next week, Mike.
384
00:14:46,939 --> 00:14:49,193
[sighs]
385
00:14:49,193 --> 00:14:51,489
Fuck that shit.
386
00:14:51,489 --> 00:14:53,410
There was a lot of shit
I was dealing with,
387
00:14:53,410 --> 00:14:56,165
and then this happened.
388
00:14:56,165 --> 00:14:58,504
My daughter Exodus.
389
00:14:58,504 --> 00:15:02,929
She left us on May 26, 2009.
390
00:15:02,929 --> 00:15:05,350
Her mother's soul
was distraught.
391
00:15:05,350 --> 00:15:08,148
[solemn music]
392
00:15:08,148 --> 00:15:09,483
She was playing
on the treadmill
393
00:15:09,483 --> 00:15:11,822
and somehow
got tangled up in the cord.
394
00:15:11,822 --> 00:15:15,370
♪ ♪
395
00:15:15,370 --> 00:15:16,832
[sniffles]
396
00:15:16,832 --> 00:15:19,378
It was an accident.
397
00:15:19,378 --> 00:15:21,049
That's all it was.
398
00:15:23,554 --> 00:15:26,350
[sniffles]
399
00:15:26,350 --> 00:15:28,146
It was an accident.
400
00:15:34,743 --> 00:15:38,751
That pain,
it was too much for me.
401
00:15:38,751 --> 00:15:40,755
You're not supposed
to outlive your kids.
402
00:15:40,755 --> 00:15:42,007
KIKI: Mike.
403
00:15:42,007 --> 00:15:44,930
Mike, come on.
You can do this.
404
00:15:44,930 --> 00:15:47,727
MIKE: I don't know
why Kiki stuck around.
405
00:15:47,727 --> 00:15:49,564
But she did.
- I got you.
406
00:15:51,234 --> 00:15:53,113
MIKE: She never gave up on me.
407
00:15:53,113 --> 00:15:54,699
[footsteps approaching]
408
00:15:54,699 --> 00:15:56,285
[door opens]
409
00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,341
[baby cooing]
410
00:16:03,341 --> 00:16:05,680
Baby, go away.
411
00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:06,682
KIKI: Why?
412
00:16:08,811 --> 00:16:12,484
Just please go away.
413
00:16:12,484 --> 00:16:13,571
Why?
414
00:16:16,159 --> 00:16:18,747
She was just
a innocent, little girl.
415
00:16:18,747 --> 00:16:21,962
Any bad things
isn't supposed to happen.
416
00:16:21,962 --> 00:16:24,300
KIKI: I've done bad things too.
417
00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:28,349
I've been to prison,
but I'm a good Muslim.
418
00:16:30,395 --> 00:16:34,111
We're not just one thing.
419
00:16:34,111 --> 00:16:37,535
Listen,
you did not deserve this.
420
00:16:37,535 --> 00:16:39,330
But no one does.
421
00:16:42,377 --> 00:16:44,591
Your kids are downstairs, Mike...
422
00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,891
Waiting to see you.
423
00:16:48,891 --> 00:16:51,437
Mikey Lorna is gonna
be dropped off soon.
424
00:16:51,437 --> 00:16:55,237
Rayna, Amir, and Miguel
are already downstairs.
425
00:16:55,237 --> 00:16:58,535
They came to see you.
426
00:17:01,959 --> 00:17:04,380
Do you want to hold Milan?
427
00:17:04,380 --> 00:17:07,052
You ain't hardly held her
since she came home.
428
00:17:07,052 --> 00:17:08,096
I can't, babe.
429
00:17:08,096 --> 00:17:10,475
I'm just too fucked up
right now.
430
00:17:13,356 --> 00:17:14,943
Then when?
431
00:17:17,030 --> 00:17:20,287
Yo, this shit owns you, Mike.
432
00:17:22,332 --> 00:17:24,003
Are you gonna
punk out like that?
433
00:17:35,860 --> 00:17:37,237
You love me?
434
00:17:37,237 --> 00:17:40,160
Yes, I love you.
435
00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,580
We all do.
436
00:17:51,892 --> 00:17:53,729
Get rid of this for me, baby.
437
00:17:55,357 --> 00:17:57,152
That right there?
438
00:17:57,152 --> 00:18:00,868
That was the last time
I did coke.
439
00:18:00,868 --> 00:18:04,208
For real.
440
00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:07,172
["Sinnerman" playing]
441
00:18:07,172 --> 00:18:09,343
♪ ♪
442
00:18:09,343 --> 00:18:11,973
Monsters aren't supposed
to get the girl
443
00:18:11,973 --> 00:18:14,269
or the happy ending,
444
00:18:14,269 --> 00:18:17,275
but two weeks later,
we got married.
445
00:18:17,275 --> 00:18:20,198
[applause]
446
00:18:20,198 --> 00:18:21,952
18 months after that,
447
00:18:21,952 --> 00:18:23,956
our second child,
Morocco, was born.
448
00:18:23,956 --> 00:18:26,377
SINGER: ♪ Where are
you gonna run to? ♪
449
00:18:26,377 --> 00:18:28,715
♪ All on them day ♪
450
00:18:28,715 --> 00:18:30,553
MIKE: I didn't want
to think she pity-married me,
451
00:18:30,553 --> 00:18:32,765
so six months
after Morocco was born,
452
00:18:32,765 --> 00:18:34,519
Kiki and me renewed our vows.
453
00:18:34,519 --> 00:18:37,441
We got married again.
454
00:18:37,441 --> 00:18:39,863
[cheering]
455
00:18:39,863 --> 00:18:42,451
Now I know I won the lottery
just by being here.
456
00:18:42,451 --> 00:18:45,583
I finally got better--
got a second chance,
457
00:18:45,583 --> 00:18:47,127
or really like a second,
and a second,
458
00:18:47,127 --> 00:18:49,047
and a second, and a second.
459
00:18:49,047 --> 00:18:50,843
[laughter]
460
00:18:50,843 --> 00:18:52,304
SINGER: ♪ I ain't
gonna hunt you down ♪
461
00:18:52,304 --> 00:18:55,143
MIKE: At 13, I'm already
arrested 37 times.
462
00:18:55,143 --> 00:18:58,692
SINGER: ♪ I said run,
what's the matter with you? ♪
463
00:18:58,692 --> 00:19:01,823
MIKE: At 20,
I'm world champion.
464
00:19:01,823 --> 00:19:03,911
I couldn't handle that.
You couldn't handle it.
465
00:19:03,911 --> 00:19:06,415
♪ ♪
466
00:19:06,415 --> 00:19:09,714
That's a sucker punch
right there.
467
00:19:09,714 --> 00:19:11,510
I could tell you who I am,
but you're gonna decide
468
00:19:11,510 --> 00:19:13,555
for yourself.
469
00:19:13,555 --> 00:19:15,518
Only, I'm not just one thing.
470
00:19:15,518 --> 00:19:17,563
It's much more
complicated than that.
471
00:19:17,563 --> 00:19:19,526
Listen, when I was insane,
472
00:19:19,526 --> 00:19:21,530
everything I thought
was important wasn't,
473
00:19:21,530 --> 00:19:22,907
and it fucked me up.
474
00:19:22,907 --> 00:19:25,663
I was insane for a long time
in front of you.
475
00:19:25,663 --> 00:19:28,251
I didn't know
how to ask for help.
476
00:19:28,251 --> 00:19:30,589
I was a fighter,
477
00:19:30,589 --> 00:19:32,467
a gladiator.
478
00:19:32,467 --> 00:19:34,764
I walked into situations
prepared to fight.
479
00:19:34,764 --> 00:19:35,975
That's all I knew.
480
00:19:35,975 --> 00:19:38,271
That's how I survived.
481
00:19:38,271 --> 00:19:41,068
SINGER: ♪ He was waiting
and ran to the devil ♪
482
00:19:41,068 --> 00:19:43,782
MIKE: Now I walk into
situations prepared to love.
483
00:19:43,782 --> 00:19:45,118
Do that.
484
00:19:45,118 --> 00:19:48,542
Watch how every
fucking thing changes.
485
00:19:48,542 --> 00:19:50,963
Me?
I'm the American dream, man.
486
00:19:50,963 --> 00:19:52,257
Red state and blue.
487
00:19:52,257 --> 00:19:54,804
SINGER: ♪ Oh, power ♪
488
00:19:54,804 --> 00:19:57,100
MIKE: From nothing
to something.
489
00:19:57,100 --> 00:20:00,356
I'm the good and the bad,
just like you.
490
00:20:00,356 --> 00:20:02,193
SINGER: ♪ Power ♪
491
00:20:02,193 --> 00:20:03,614
♪ ♪
492
00:20:03,614 --> 00:20:04,949
♪ Power ♪
493
00:20:04,949 --> 00:20:07,037
MIKE: Before,
I'd look at my opponent
494
00:20:07,037 --> 00:20:09,207
and know that
I was gonna brutalize them,
495
00:20:09,207 --> 00:20:10,628
but now,
496
00:20:10,628 --> 00:20:14,259
I wonder if they got kids
they love too.
497
00:20:14,259 --> 00:20:18,935
♪ ♪
498
00:20:18,935 --> 00:20:21,482
Fuck, I've--
I've talked too much.
499
00:20:21,482 --> 00:20:23,486
Just never thought
I'd live this long.
500
00:20:23,486 --> 00:20:25,156
Neither did you.
Admit it.
501
00:20:25,156 --> 00:20:27,954
[laughter]
But that's my story.
502
00:20:27,954 --> 00:20:29,874
[applause]
503
00:20:29,874 --> 00:20:32,087
It's fucked up.
It's crazy.
504
00:20:32,087 --> 00:20:33,966
It's violent.
It's wild.
505
00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:35,886
It's tragic.
It's unbelievable.
506
00:20:35,886 --> 00:20:37,723
It's mean.
It's unfair.
507
00:20:37,723 --> 00:20:38,850
It's lucky.
508
00:20:38,850 --> 00:20:41,313
It's one of a kind.
509
00:20:41,313 --> 00:20:42,315
It's Mike.
510
00:20:42,315 --> 00:20:45,321
[applause]
511
00:20:47,618 --> 00:20:50,624
[all chanting "Mike"]
512
00:21:01,270 --> 00:21:04,276
[cheers and applause]
513
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SINGER: ♪ Power ♪
514
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♪ Power ♪
515
00:21:20,391 --> 00:21:25,026
♪ ♪
516
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♪ Go down ♪
517
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♪ Sing down ♪