1 00:00:07,300 --> 00:00:10,011 This is all about immortality, 2 00:00:10,011 --> 00:00:13,556 about your name being known till the end of time. 3 00:00:13,556 --> 00:00:18,186 {\an8}We have to wait for our moment like crocodiles in the mud. 4 00:00:18,186 --> 00:00:20,688 {\an8}No one knows when the drought will come 5 00:00:20,772 --> 00:00:23,775 {\an8}and the animals will have to migrate across the Sahara. 6 00:00:23,775 --> 00:00:25,818 {\an8}But we will be waiting. 7 00:00:25,902 --> 00:00:28,112 {\an8}Months. Years. 8 00:00:28,196 --> 00:00:30,615 {\an8}And the gazelles and the wildebeests 9 00:00:30,615 --> 00:00:32,033 {\an8}will cross the water. 10 00:00:32,033 --> 00:00:35,495 {\an8}And when they come, we will bite them. 11 00:00:35,495 --> 00:00:37,038 {\an8}You hear me, son? 12 00:00:37,038 --> 00:00:41,417 {\an8}We will bite them so hard that when they scream, 13 00:00:41,501 --> 00:00:43,586 {\an8}the whole world is gonna hear them. 14 00:00:43,586 --> 00:00:45,755 {\an8}You will supersede everyone. 15 00:00:45,755 --> 00:00:47,590 {\an8}You are a giant. 16 00:00:47,590 --> 00:00:50,426 {\an8}You are a colossus amongst men. 17 00:00:50,510 --> 00:00:52,804 {\an8}If you listen... 18 00:00:52,804 --> 00:00:55,264 {\an8}you will one day reign like the gods. 19 00:00:57,809 --> 00:01:00,019 {\an8}I didn't know what the fuck a gazelle was. 20 00:01:00,103 --> 00:01:02,438 {\an8}But I never heard anyone say anything good about me. 21 00:01:02,522 --> 00:01:04,107 {\an8}I wanted to hear more. 22 00:01:04,107 --> 00:01:05,525 {\an8} Boxing is entertainment. 23 00:01:05,525 --> 00:01:09,028 {\an8}So to be successful, a fighter must not only win, 24 00:01:09,112 --> 00:01:11,155 {\an8}but he must win in an exciting manner. 25 00:01:14,492 --> 00:01:17,078 {\an8}He must throw punches with bad intentions. 26 00:01:17,078 --> 00:01:18,496 {\an8}You hear me, Mike? 27 00:01:18,496 --> 00:01:20,331 {\an8}With the speed of the devil. 28 00:01:20,415 --> 00:01:21,833 {\an8}Your mind is not your friend. 29 00:01:21,833 --> 00:01:23,334 {\an8}I hope you know that, Mike. 30 00:01:23,418 --> 00:01:25,545 {\an8}You have to fight your mind. Control it. 31 00:01:25,545 --> 00:01:27,171 {\an8}Block your feelings. 32 00:01:27,255 --> 00:01:29,924 {\an8}Fatigue is 90% psychological. 33 00:01:29,924 --> 00:01:31,592 {\an8}- Three, four, five. - To be a great fighter, 34 00:01:31,676 --> 00:01:33,177 {\an8}you have to get out of your head. 35 00:01:33,261 --> 00:01:35,263 {\an8}Keep your emotions shut off. 36 00:01:35,263 --> 00:01:36,931 {\an8}A gladiator. 37 00:01:36,931 --> 00:01:40,017 A gladiator focuses on his objective 38 00:01:40,101 --> 00:01:41,978 and blocks everything else out. 39 00:01:41,978 --> 00:01:44,480 Mind control shit? I didn't care. 40 00:01:44,564 --> 00:01:47,233 I never had anyone interested in me before. 41 00:01:47,233 --> 00:01:48,609 I ate that shit up. 42 00:01:48,693 --> 00:01:50,778 I'm the best fighter in the world. 43 00:01:50,862 --> 00:01:52,697 I'd train with Cus three times a week 44 00:01:52,697 --> 00:01:54,490 and go back to Tryon at night. 45 00:01:54,574 --> 00:01:56,659 Best fighter in the world. No one can beat me. 46 00:01:59,579 --> 00:02:00,788 We gotta talk about Mike. 47 00:02:00,872 --> 00:02:03,666 For crying out loud, Teddy. 48 00:02:03,750 --> 00:02:05,293 He didn't steal your money. 49 00:02:05,293 --> 00:02:06,335 He did steal my money. 50 00:02:06,419 --> 00:02:07,503 That's not what we gotta talk about. 51 00:02:07,587 --> 00:02:09,380 It wasn't Mike. 52 00:02:09,464 --> 00:02:10,798 He's gonna be paroled soon. 53 00:02:10,882 --> 00:02:11,841 It was me. 54 00:02:11,841 --> 00:02:13,342 So? That's a good thing. 55 00:02:13,426 --> 00:02:15,303 Back to Brooklyn, where he'll go do something stupid 56 00:02:15,303 --> 00:02:17,305 and get killed, get locked up again. 57 00:02:17,305 --> 00:02:18,473 Shit. 58 00:02:22,101 --> 00:02:24,270 My mother always said you go to a person's house 59 00:02:24,270 --> 00:02:25,813 for the first time... 60 00:02:25,897 --> 00:02:27,190 you bring a gift. 61 00:02:33,696 --> 00:02:35,740 Those are some cheap-ass chocolates. 62 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:40,620 No, thank you. 63 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,539 You wanna take him? 64 00:02:43,623 --> 00:02:44,957 Not take. 65 00:02:47,001 --> 00:02:48,669 You'll see him anytime. 66 00:02:49,545 --> 00:02:51,089 You think that you'll do a better job 67 00:02:51,089 --> 00:02:52,924 than me? 68 00:02:52,924 --> 00:02:55,635 He know right from wrong, but he don't care. 69 00:02:55,635 --> 00:02:57,428 I'll see he stays out of trouble. 70 00:02:59,389 --> 00:03:01,307 I don't know how many times they come to me 71 00:03:01,391 --> 00:03:03,184 telling me he's arrested. 72 00:03:03,184 --> 00:03:05,770 I gotta take care of three kids 73 00:03:05,770 --> 00:03:07,438 without no help from anybody. 74 00:03:07,522 --> 00:03:08,940 Lorna Mae, 75 00:03:08,940 --> 00:03:11,442 Mike's got a potential. 76 00:03:11,526 --> 00:03:14,153 He's got a real serious talent. 77 00:03:14,237 --> 00:03:16,155 I know I could bring it out in him. 78 00:03:17,532 --> 00:03:19,492 What's in it for you? 79 00:03:19,492 --> 00:03:21,119 I've been doing this all my life. 80 00:03:21,119 --> 00:03:24,705 Believe me when I tell you he could go the distance. 81 00:03:24,789 --> 00:03:27,250 If he can't box no more, 82 00:03:27,250 --> 00:03:28,459 you still keep him? 83 00:03:31,921 --> 00:03:33,798 That's what I thought. 84 00:03:36,342 --> 00:03:39,011 What's in it for you, motherfucker? 85 00:03:40,012 --> 00:03:42,014 Well, I'll be his manager. 86 00:03:46,978 --> 00:03:48,730 You rather go live with him? 87 00:03:56,028 --> 00:03:57,029 Yeah. 88 00:04:05,955 --> 00:04:07,039 Take him. 89 00:04:07,915 --> 00:04:09,792 He only gonna disappoint you. 90 00:04:20,219 --> 00:04:22,930 You forgot your fucking chocolates. 91 00:04:48,456 --> 00:04:49,707 I don't know why you think 92 00:04:49,791 --> 00:04:51,501 that extra gravy's so necessary, Mike. 93 00:04:51,501 --> 00:04:53,878 You're gonna spend all morning tomorrow running it off. 94 00:04:57,757 --> 00:05:01,094 Cus, this is the best cheese I ever had. 95 00:05:01,094 --> 00:05:02,720 What kind of cheese is this? 96 00:05:02,804 --> 00:05:04,722 What the fuck? 97 00:05:04,806 --> 00:05:05,973 You're eating butter. 98 00:05:10,311 --> 00:05:12,146 All right, all right. 99 00:05:17,652 --> 00:05:19,028 It was round. 100 00:05:20,029 --> 00:05:22,156 I never seen round butter. 101 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,367 It's European. Camille likes it. 102 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,414 When people hear my accent... 103 00:05:29,414 --> 00:05:31,582 they know I'm a guy from the streets. 104 00:05:33,251 --> 00:05:35,378 They underestimate me. 105 00:05:35,378 --> 00:05:38,256 They'll underestimate you, too, 'cause you're Black. 106 00:05:39,507 --> 00:05:40,842 Let 'em. 107 00:05:40,842 --> 00:05:42,635 We'll use it to our advantage. 108 00:05:43,928 --> 00:05:45,680 Here's the plan. 109 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,683 Junior Olympics, our warm-up. 110 00:05:48,683 --> 00:05:51,519 Then real Olympic gold at 18. 111 00:05:51,519 --> 00:05:52,812 Then we turn pro, 112 00:05:52,812 --> 00:05:55,106 and we go for the title and we grab it. 113 00:05:56,566 --> 00:05:58,151 The world championship. 114 00:05:59,110 --> 00:06:01,404 Why do you think I can be that? 115 00:06:01,404 --> 00:06:03,865 Because you can. 116 00:06:03,865 --> 00:06:06,075 Don't you wanna change your life? 117 00:06:06,159 --> 00:06:08,494 You don't even know what European butter is. 118 00:06:11,748 --> 00:06:15,168 Aww! 119 00:06:15,168 --> 00:06:17,045 At this point, Cus was kind of down and out 120 00:06:17,045 --> 00:06:18,421 in his career. 121 00:06:18,421 --> 00:06:20,089 All his hopes were on me. 122 00:06:21,340 --> 00:06:22,925 He really needed a win. 123 00:06:25,470 --> 00:06:27,805 It's kind of a lot for a 13-year-old. 124 00:06:27,889 --> 00:06:30,767 These two messed-up guys met, and they made history. 125 00:06:30,767 --> 00:06:32,518 Now, Cus was kind of a-- he was kind of a quirky 126 00:06:32,602 --> 00:06:34,854 kind of a character kind of guy, right? 127 00:06:34,854 --> 00:06:36,355 All his coat pockets were sewn shut 128 00:06:36,439 --> 00:06:38,149 so nobody could plant drugs on him. 129 00:06:39,233 --> 00:06:40,777 He wouldn't drink in public because he assumed 130 00:06:40,777 --> 00:06:43,154 someone would slip him a Mickey. 131 00:06:43,154 --> 00:06:45,198 And his room? Off-limits. 132 00:06:45,198 --> 00:06:46,616 Every day, he'd slip matches in the door 133 00:06:46,616 --> 00:06:48,284 to see if anyone had been inside. 134 00:06:49,368 --> 00:06:50,453 He was a progressive. 135 00:06:50,453 --> 00:06:52,330 Loved Martin Luther King and Che Guevara. 136 00:06:52,330 --> 00:06:53,748 If you wanted to get a rise out of him, 137 00:06:53,748 --> 00:06:55,333 all you would have to say is... 138 00:06:55,333 --> 00:06:58,044 I don't see how socialism could work. 139 00:06:58,044 --> 00:06:59,504 Money's useless 140 00:06:59,504 --> 00:07:02,298 unless you're helping people with it. 141 00:07:02,382 --> 00:07:05,218 And don't get him started on Ronald Reagan. 142 00:07:05,218 --> 00:07:09,013 Bum, liar, snake, phony! 143 00:07:09,097 --> 00:07:11,599 He refused to pay taxes to Republican administrations. 144 00:07:11,599 --> 00:07:13,351 Instead he declared bankruptcy. 145 00:07:16,104 --> 00:07:19,065 And this is the guy I had to put all my faith in. 146 00:07:19,065 --> 00:07:21,818 Except I didn't know how to believe what Cus saw in me. 147 00:07:21,818 --> 00:07:23,569 I'd still go back to see my mom. 148 00:07:24,570 --> 00:07:27,031 But I started to feel like I didn't belong there either. 149 00:07:28,366 --> 00:07:30,701 Yo, man, what they teaching you upstate? 150 00:07:30,785 --> 00:07:31,953 You need to share that shit. 151 00:07:31,953 --> 00:07:33,037 Michael. 152 00:07:36,249 --> 00:07:37,708 You smoking drugs in my house? 153 00:07:38,584 --> 00:07:39,752 Just Barkim is. 154 00:07:39,836 --> 00:07:41,003 Mm-hmm. 155 00:07:41,087 --> 00:07:42,338 Give me that shit. 156 00:07:42,422 --> 00:07:43,715 I send you away to do better 157 00:07:43,715 --> 00:07:45,049 and come back doing drugs? 158 00:07:45,133 --> 00:07:46,634 Don't do drugs. 159 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,345 I keep talking, but you ain't listening. 160 00:07:49,429 --> 00:07:51,013 I didn't do anything. We didn't do anything. 161 00:07:51,097 --> 00:07:52,390 I raised my kids better than that. 162 00:07:52,390 --> 00:07:54,559 All except you. 163 00:07:54,559 --> 00:07:56,060 Drugs are bullshit. 164 00:07:57,103 --> 00:07:58,354 I don't want you to end up 165 00:07:58,438 --> 00:07:59,605 a pimp like your father. 166 00:07:59,689 --> 00:08:01,399 Maybe I'll end up a deacon like my father. 167 00:08:01,399 --> 00:08:04,444 My father was a pimp and a deacon. 168 00:08:04,444 --> 00:08:06,279 - You ain't never gonna be 169 00:08:06,279 --> 00:08:07,697 no deacon, Mike. 170 00:08:07,697 --> 00:08:08,865 Never be no deacon. 171 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,078 What are those people you living with like? 172 00:08:16,998 --> 00:08:18,791 Your family take you back, you know. 173 00:08:21,669 --> 00:08:23,963 I just gotta be with that old guy. 174 00:08:25,798 --> 00:08:27,008 Mm-hmm. 175 00:08:36,309 --> 00:08:38,436 Punchers are born, not made. 176 00:08:38,436 --> 00:08:40,980 And you got power in both fists, son. 177 00:08:41,856 --> 00:08:43,232 I'm not telling you to make you believe 178 00:08:43,316 --> 00:08:44,859 you're something you're not. 179 00:08:44,859 --> 00:08:47,695 This is what you were born to do. 180 00:08:47,779 --> 00:08:49,781 I wanna get him into a smoker. 181 00:08:49,781 --> 00:08:51,783 You can't put a boy in a smoker. 182 00:08:51,783 --> 00:08:53,493 What he needs is experience. 183 00:08:53,493 --> 00:08:55,536 No one's gonna fight a kid who just turned 14. 184 00:08:55,620 --> 00:08:57,580 I mean, you're not gonna find an opponent. 185 00:08:57,580 --> 00:08:59,332 Of course I'm not gonna find an opponent. 186 00:08:59,332 --> 00:09:01,501 You are. That's your fucking job. 187 00:09:02,418 --> 00:09:04,545 Anyway, look at him. 188 00:09:04,629 --> 00:09:06,422 Who's gonna believe he's 14? 189 00:09:08,216 --> 00:09:09,884 Cus, he's a kid. 190 00:09:09,884 --> 00:09:11,427 I'll get arrested. 191 00:09:20,478 --> 00:09:21,979 Get the fuck out of here, Teddy. 192 00:09:22,063 --> 00:09:23,147 You gonna look me in the eye and tell me 193 00:09:23,231 --> 00:09:24,565 that this guy is 14? 194 00:09:24,649 --> 00:09:25,608 Hand to God. 195 00:09:25,608 --> 00:09:26,859 Where do you get the balls? 196 00:09:26,943 --> 00:09:27,985 What do you want me to say? 197 00:09:28,069 --> 00:09:29,320 The kid just turned 14. 198 00:09:29,404 --> 00:09:31,280 Nah, get out of my gym. 199 00:09:31,364 --> 00:09:32,657 Fine. 200 00:09:32,657 --> 00:09:33,783 He's 18. 201 00:09:33,783 --> 00:09:35,118 There it is. 202 00:09:35,118 --> 00:09:36,786 You know something, Teddy? 203 00:09:36,786 --> 00:09:38,871 Sometimes I think you lie worse than we do. 204 00:09:43,167 --> 00:09:44,627 How you doing, Mike? 205 00:09:46,129 --> 00:09:47,422 I was a baby. 206 00:09:47,422 --> 00:09:48,923 What I wanted to say was, "Get me out of here. 207 00:09:48,923 --> 00:09:50,383 I'm a fucking kid." 208 00:09:50,383 --> 00:09:52,218 Instead I said... 209 00:09:52,218 --> 00:09:53,761 I'm gonna get something from the grocery store 210 00:09:53,845 --> 00:09:55,471 down the street. 211 00:09:56,973 --> 00:09:58,599 Hurry back. 212 00:10:24,459 --> 00:10:26,377 People went after Cus for exposing a young kid 213 00:10:26,461 --> 00:10:29,213 to a place like that and making him fight. 214 00:10:29,297 --> 00:10:31,716 But that filthy place, it represented hope. 215 00:10:31,716 --> 00:10:33,342 It was my way out. 216 00:10:33,426 --> 00:10:35,553 It made me become who I needed to become. 217 00:10:35,553 --> 00:10:38,056 Oh, and I knocked that motherfucker out. 218 00:10:46,439 --> 00:10:48,649 Yes, Michael! 219 00:10:48,733 --> 00:10:51,027 I won my very first fight. 220 00:10:51,027 --> 00:10:53,196 Knocked that motherfucker out cold. 221 00:10:53,196 --> 00:10:55,239 Whoo! 222 00:10:55,323 --> 00:10:56,532 Yeah! 223 00:10:56,616 --> 00:10:57,784 Whoo-hoo-hoo! 224 00:10:57,784 --> 00:10:58,993 Whoo! 225 00:10:59,077 --> 00:11:02,121 Yeah! Yes, yes, whoo! 226 00:11:02,205 --> 00:11:04,290 That's when the legend of Mike Tyson began. 227 00:11:04,290 --> 00:11:06,375 Yes! Whoo! 228 00:11:11,839 --> 00:11:13,341 The path is clear, son. 229 00:11:13,341 --> 00:11:15,259 Junior Olympics. 230 00:11:15,343 --> 00:11:16,511 A warm-up. 231 00:11:16,511 --> 00:11:20,098 Then real Olympic gold at 18. 232 00:11:20,098 --> 00:11:22,683 Uh, then we go pro... 233 00:11:22,767 --> 00:11:24,644 and grab the title. 234 00:11:24,644 --> 00:11:27,271 But I don't want you acting so excited 235 00:11:27,355 --> 00:11:29,190 when you win a fight. 236 00:11:29,190 --> 00:11:30,983 I want you arrogant. 237 00:11:31,067 --> 00:11:33,361 You act like you're surprised you won. 238 00:11:36,864 --> 00:11:38,241 Are you crying? 239 00:11:39,951 --> 00:11:41,619 What's wrong with you? 240 00:11:42,495 --> 00:11:44,247 I won't ever get bullied no more. 241 00:11:44,247 --> 00:11:45,790 No. 242 00:11:45,790 --> 00:11:48,918 Your superiority is... 243 00:11:48,918 --> 00:11:50,753 undeniable. 244 00:11:50,837 --> 00:11:54,257 They'll love you as much as they fear you. 245 00:11:54,257 --> 00:11:58,136 But the fight starts before you enter the ring. 246 00:11:58,136 --> 00:12:00,388 You gotta be the meanest fighter 247 00:12:00,388 --> 00:12:01,723 God ever created. 248 00:12:01,723 --> 00:12:03,683 No more crying. 249 00:12:03,683 --> 00:12:05,893 Intimidation. 250 00:12:05,977 --> 00:12:09,021 You need to embrace your villainy. 251 00:12:14,986 --> 00:12:16,779 Junior Olympics, I won every fight 252 00:12:16,863 --> 00:12:19,073 by knockouts in the first round. 253 00:12:19,157 --> 00:12:21,075 I got gold in eight seconds. 254 00:12:21,159 --> 00:12:24,412 I was this local hero with a gold medal at 14. 255 00:12:24,412 --> 00:12:27,665 And half my friends back home were already dead. 256 00:12:27,749 --> 00:12:29,167 I loved Cus so much, if he would've told me I could fly, 257 00:12:29,167 --> 00:12:30,543 I would've believed him. 258 00:12:30,543 --> 00:12:32,128 Only I kept going back to Brownsville, 259 00:12:32,128 --> 00:12:34,589 getting fucked up and shit. 260 00:12:34,589 --> 00:12:36,591 Oh, you guys are gonna see me really fucked up in this show. 261 00:12:39,177 --> 00:12:41,554 You know, um... 262 00:12:41,554 --> 00:12:44,557 back then, I was living in two worlds at the same time. 263 00:12:44,557 --> 00:12:45,975 Or I was trying to. 264 00:12:49,187 --> 00:12:51,856 I've been doing that my whole life. 265 00:12:56,319 --> 00:12:57,945 It's the gold medal. 266 00:12:59,363 --> 00:13:00,740 Read this. 267 00:13:11,417 --> 00:13:12,710 You Muhammad Ali now? 268 00:13:16,506 --> 00:13:17,882 I'm gonna be the youngest heavyweight champion 269 00:13:17,882 --> 00:13:18,925 in the world. 270 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:21,761 Me. 271 00:13:23,137 --> 00:13:24,722 I am that someone. 272 00:13:27,934 --> 00:13:30,853 I'm used to you smelling like drink and reefer. 273 00:13:30,937 --> 00:13:31,938 Look at you now. 274 00:13:37,068 --> 00:13:39,695 You better keep on winning. 275 00:13:39,779 --> 00:13:41,280 'Cause the second you lose, 276 00:13:41,364 --> 00:13:43,616 that man's throwing your ass out. 277 00:13:45,493 --> 00:13:46,577 He don't love you. 278 00:13:47,703 --> 00:13:48,996 He's using you. 279 00:13:50,957 --> 00:13:53,209 He's got his own reasons for teaching you. 280 00:13:57,130 --> 00:13:59,048 He's teaching me to be somebody. 281 00:14:00,842 --> 00:14:02,510 Opposite of what you ever did. 282 00:14:04,595 --> 00:14:05,972 I'm going to Barkim's. 283 00:14:07,932 --> 00:14:09,350 Don't rob any houses, now, you hear? 284 00:14:13,646 --> 00:14:15,398 I don't do that shit no more. 285 00:14:16,566 --> 00:14:17,817 Look at me. 286 00:14:19,485 --> 00:14:20,820 Look. 287 00:14:22,447 --> 00:14:24,699 I am disciplined now. 288 00:14:24,699 --> 00:14:27,493 I'm not that piece of shit you said I was anymore. 289 00:14:30,663 --> 00:14:32,123 I have pride. 290 00:14:42,175 --> 00:14:43,801 Aah, come on, come on. 291 00:14:43,885 --> 00:14:45,887 Hurry up, bitch, before somebody sees you. 292 00:14:45,887 --> 00:14:47,472 Shit. 293 00:14:47,472 --> 00:14:48,556 TV! 294 00:14:50,141 --> 00:14:51,684 Then my boy Calvin start yelling like, 295 00:14:51,768 --> 00:14:54,562 "Yo, this is Mike. 296 00:14:54,562 --> 00:14:56,564 - He on the TV!" 297 00:14:56,564 --> 00:14:58,941 So I'm thinking I'm 'bout to see police drag your ass off 298 00:14:59,025 --> 00:15:00,068 or some shit. 299 00:15:01,736 --> 00:15:04,906 Instead you in there fucking some white boy up. 300 00:15:04,906 --> 00:15:08,493 And you got fucking white people cheering for you. 301 00:15:08,493 --> 00:15:10,620 Shit. 302 00:15:10,620 --> 00:15:12,914 I'm thinking like, "Damn. 303 00:15:12,914 --> 00:15:14,749 - Am I high already?" 304 00:15:14,749 --> 00:15:16,501 'Cause I know that shit ain't right, man. 305 00:15:16,501 --> 00:15:19,504 That's crazy, right? 306 00:15:19,504 --> 00:15:21,756 That's some motherfucking Twilight Zone shit 307 00:15:21,756 --> 00:15:23,758 right there, Mike. 308 00:15:23,758 --> 00:15:26,010 See, that's what the fuck it is. 309 00:15:27,345 --> 00:15:29,263 Fuck is you doing here with me, man? 310 00:15:30,139 --> 00:15:33,059 What you doing robbing people and shit like that for, man? 311 00:15:35,478 --> 00:15:38,064 You got motherfucking white people 312 00:15:38,064 --> 00:15:39,982 that love your ass, Mike. 313 00:15:40,066 --> 00:15:41,317 Shit. 314 00:15:41,401 --> 00:15:43,945 I wish I had white people that knew my Black ass. 315 00:15:52,161 --> 00:15:53,913 I'ma die here, man. 316 00:15:55,748 --> 00:15:57,458 You hear me? 317 00:15:57,542 --> 00:15:58,584 You hear me, man? 318 00:16:00,962 --> 00:16:03,381 That ain't your life. 319 00:16:03,381 --> 00:16:05,425 Look around. 320 00:16:05,425 --> 00:16:07,635 Ain't nothing here for you. 321 00:16:08,845 --> 00:16:09,929 Shit. 322 00:16:11,431 --> 00:16:13,599 You gotta get the fuck out of here 323 00:16:13,683 --> 00:16:16,644 so I can tell people one day, like, "Yo, 324 00:16:16,728 --> 00:16:19,355 I used to hang with that motherfucker, man." 325 00:16:19,439 --> 00:16:20,940 Shit. 326 00:16:30,742 --> 00:16:32,910 I didn't hang with him no more. 327 00:16:34,203 --> 00:16:36,831 That night was the last time I saw him. 328 00:16:36,831 --> 00:16:38,791 Three months later... 329 00:16:42,712 --> 00:16:45,131 Oh, man. That kind of pain? 330 00:16:45,131 --> 00:16:47,800 That shit doesn't know how to express itself. 331 00:16:47,884 --> 00:16:49,969 It hits hard. 332 00:17:09,572 --> 00:17:11,532 My mom died around that time too. 333 00:17:13,201 --> 00:17:14,702 Cancer. 334 00:17:16,329 --> 00:17:18,039 It was a one-two punch. 335 00:17:26,047 --> 00:17:28,716 Well, shit. 336 00:17:34,597 --> 00:17:38,017 When my father died, I remember him moaning. 337 00:17:38,101 --> 00:17:40,311 Maybe in pain. 338 00:17:40,395 --> 00:17:41,687 Maybe anger. 339 00:17:42,855 --> 00:17:44,148 I'll never know. 340 00:17:46,067 --> 00:17:50,571 Worst part was, there was nothing I could do. 341 00:17:53,157 --> 00:17:54,784 I should've done better. 342 00:17:55,993 --> 00:17:57,662 She was never proud of me. 343 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,040 She thought I was a piece of shit. 344 00:18:01,958 --> 00:18:04,127 Mothers can be wrong. 345 00:18:04,127 --> 00:18:06,045 I can never fix it now. 346 00:18:07,463 --> 00:18:09,215 This is just gonna be my story. 347 00:18:09,215 --> 00:18:10,508 No. 348 00:18:11,676 --> 00:18:15,346 This is one tiny part of-- 349 00:18:15,430 --> 00:18:17,098 of a great big story. 350 00:18:17,098 --> 00:18:19,809 You might have done bad things. 351 00:18:19,809 --> 00:18:21,894 But you got a good heart. 352 00:18:23,020 --> 00:18:25,148 I know your heart, Mike. 353 00:18:26,357 --> 00:18:27,900 I know that. 354 00:18:30,486 --> 00:18:33,072 I'll tell you a secret that maybe I shouldn't. 355 00:18:36,117 --> 00:18:38,244 Ever since I met you, 356 00:18:38,244 --> 00:18:40,413 my biggest fear has been that someday, 357 00:18:40,413 --> 00:18:42,957 someone'd come along, give you money, 358 00:18:42,957 --> 00:18:44,542 and you'd leave me. 359 00:18:44,542 --> 00:18:47,545 Fighters have done that to me all my life. 360 00:18:47,545 --> 00:18:49,547 But I know you're not going. 361 00:18:51,340 --> 00:18:52,925 We're family. 362 00:18:54,260 --> 00:18:56,387 The fact that you work so hard, 363 00:18:56,471 --> 00:18:58,514 listen, believe in me, 364 00:18:58,598 --> 00:19:00,433 it gives me motivation to stay alive. 365 00:19:00,433 --> 00:19:02,602 I don't know what I'd do without you. 366 00:19:05,605 --> 00:19:10,109 I promise I won't leave until I see you succeed. 367 00:19:10,193 --> 00:19:11,486 You hear me? 368 00:19:15,073 --> 00:19:16,574 Hey, let's make this official. 369 00:19:16,574 --> 00:19:18,451 Camille, 370 00:19:18,451 --> 00:19:20,328 get the adoption papers done. 371 00:19:21,454 --> 00:19:23,122 Be a family. 372 00:19:23,206 --> 00:19:25,833 Hey, what do you think of your new son here, Camille? 373 00:19:28,586 --> 00:19:30,421 And they said I didn't have it in me. 374 00:19:37,929 --> 00:19:41,265 After that, Cus became my family. 375 00:19:44,060 --> 00:19:46,020 I lived at their house with he and Camille. 376 00:19:49,232 --> 00:19:51,067 And then every day, 377 00:19:51,067 --> 00:19:53,861 I'd train with Cus at that gym. 378 00:19:55,822 --> 00:19:58,282 That was my life for the next three years. 379 00:20:02,829 --> 00:20:04,622 I wanted him to love me. 380 00:20:06,499 --> 00:20:08,376 But I was terrified of disappointing him. 381 00:20:10,420 --> 00:20:12,130 The reason I knocked everyone out so fast 382 00:20:12,130 --> 00:20:13,881 in those early fights was because I was so terrified 383 00:20:13,965 --> 00:20:15,508 of disappointing Cus. 384 00:20:16,884 --> 00:20:19,679 If I wasn't winning, what good was I to him? 385 00:20:19,679 --> 00:20:20,763 All right. 386 00:20:20,847 --> 00:20:22,306 Nice, Mike, nice. 387 00:20:23,725 --> 00:20:26,394 {\an8}We were ready to shock the world. 388 00:20:28,104 --> 00:20:30,523 Except it didn't happen that way. 389 00:20:30,523 --> 00:20:32,066 Fucking judges. 390 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:35,611 I let Cus down. 391 00:20:35,695 --> 00:20:37,822 All that time he put into me. 392 00:20:37,822 --> 00:20:39,490 The dream was over. 393 00:20:40,533 --> 00:20:42,160 I knew Cus wouldn't love me no more. 394 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,495 And I couldn't take it. 395 00:20:44,579 --> 00:20:46,122 You know, honestly, I'd rather kill myself 396 00:20:46,122 --> 00:20:47,790 than have Cus not love me no more. 397 00:20:50,752 --> 00:20:52,920 - Cus... - Don't say anything. 398 00:20:53,004 --> 00:20:54,464 Take it like a man. 399 00:20:56,674 --> 00:20:59,802 A gold would've greased the wheels, 400 00:20:59,886 --> 00:21:00,928 but we don't need it. 401 00:21:01,012 --> 00:21:02,764 We're turning pro sooner, that's all. 402 00:21:02,764 --> 00:21:04,348 They thought we were murderous before? 403 00:21:04,432 --> 00:21:06,517 You're gonna be a demon, Mike. 404 00:21:06,601 --> 00:21:08,561 I want them afraid for their lives 405 00:21:08,561 --> 00:21:09,687 when they face us. 406 00:21:10,688 --> 00:21:12,398 Revenge'll be sweet, son. 407 00:21:13,357 --> 00:21:15,234 They stole our Olympic glory. 408 00:21:15,318 --> 00:21:17,612 We're gonna make them fucking pay. 409 00:21:17,612 --> 00:21:19,614 We should be thanking them for this decision, 410 00:21:19,614 --> 00:21:21,365 them cocksuckers. 411 00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:25,286 Just like that, Iron Mike was born. 412 00:21:25,286 --> 00:21:28,164 I won every single fight for the next six years. 413 00:21:36,089 --> 00:21:37,882 As soon as I started winning in the ring... 414 00:21:37,882 --> 00:21:39,258 All right. Cus set me up with two 415 00:21:39,342 --> 00:21:41,260 of the best managers in the business... 416 00:21:41,344 --> 00:21:42,845 I think our next move is television. 417 00:21:42,929 --> 00:21:44,472 - Jimmy Jacobs... - But we gotta talk about 418 00:21:44,472 --> 00:21:45,723 the image we wanna project. 419 00:21:45,807 --> 00:21:47,683 So try these on. 420 00:21:47,767 --> 00:21:48,935 And Bill Cayton. 421 00:21:48,935 --> 00:21:52,688 This is what Bill Cosby wears on his show, 422 00:21:52,772 --> 00:21:55,817 and everyone feels safe with Bill Cosby. 423 00:21:55,817 --> 00:21:57,318 But Cus was still in charge. 424 00:21:57,402 --> 00:22:00,321 Hold on. Fuck safe. 425 00:22:00,405 --> 00:22:02,615 I want his opponents to take the shit of their life 426 00:22:02,615 --> 00:22:04,075 when they see Mike coming. 427 00:22:04,075 --> 00:22:07,120 Cus, you hired us to promote his image. 428 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:08,663 Audiences have to feel comfortable with Mike. 429 00:22:08,663 --> 00:22:10,039 Bullshit. 430 00:22:10,123 --> 00:22:11,999 You're not turning him into Gorgeous George. 431 00:22:12,083 --> 00:22:13,626 He's not gonna look like Gorgeous George, 432 00:22:13,710 --> 00:22:14,711 for Christ's sake. 433 00:22:14,711 --> 00:22:16,504 He's a scourge, a monster. 434 00:22:16,504 --> 00:22:18,172 That's what I made him. 435 00:22:18,256 --> 00:22:21,050 Over my dead body. Come on, Mike. 436 00:22:21,134 --> 00:22:22,844 I thought I looked fly. 437 00:22:22,844 --> 00:22:24,387 Come on, come on. Jesus. 438 00:22:24,387 --> 00:22:26,180 - He called all the shots. - Cus. 439 00:22:26,264 --> 00:22:28,266 Your hips. 440 00:22:28,266 --> 00:22:29,517 Relax your hips. 441 00:22:29,517 --> 00:22:31,102 He even took me to a hypnotist. 442 00:22:31,102 --> 00:22:32,520 Relax your legs. 443 00:22:33,855 --> 00:22:35,732 Relax your feet. 444 00:22:35,732 --> 00:22:38,901 You have a wonderful right hand. 445 00:22:39,986 --> 00:22:43,156 You haven't really believed in it. 446 00:22:43,156 --> 00:22:45,158 But you will now. 447 00:22:45,158 --> 00:22:46,659 I actually think it helped. 448 00:23:06,471 --> 00:23:08,431 Oh, man. 449 00:23:08,431 --> 00:23:10,433 I was starting to get known. 450 00:23:10,433 --> 00:23:13,186 I was 18, and I was sitting at the same table as De Niro, 451 00:23:13,186 --> 00:23:16,147 David Bowie, Joe Piscopo. 452 00:23:16,147 --> 00:23:18,274 But with women, man, I-- 453 00:23:18,274 --> 00:23:19,650 I just--honestly, I had no game at all. 454 00:23:19,734 --> 00:23:21,527 Hi, you wanna fuck? 455 00:23:23,029 --> 00:23:24,322 Yeah, no? 456 00:23:25,615 --> 00:23:27,700 See? No game. 457 00:23:27,784 --> 00:23:28,993 Oh, man. 458 00:23:30,286 --> 00:23:33,164 {\an8}Cus never taught me about winning. 459 00:23:33,164 --> 00:23:35,374 {\an8}He only ever taught me about boxing. 460 00:23:38,878 --> 00:23:41,964 {\an8}He was always there for me with the boxing... 461 00:23:42,048 --> 00:23:43,716 {\an8}no matter what. 462 00:23:46,761 --> 00:23:49,055 {\an8}Until one day... 463 00:24:07,198 --> 00:24:08,741 You messing with the nurses? 464 00:24:09,826 --> 00:24:11,661 Well, bless your heart for thinking that's... 465 00:24:11,661 --> 00:24:14,330 Even an option. 466 00:24:15,581 --> 00:24:16,749 Sit down. 467 00:24:19,460 --> 00:24:20,586 How long you gotta be in here? 468 00:24:24,924 --> 00:24:26,467 You're getting better. 469 00:24:29,137 --> 00:24:31,431 Fucking pneumonia. 470 00:24:33,766 --> 00:24:35,977 I want you to do me a favor. 471 00:24:37,937 --> 00:24:40,606 Look after Camille for me. 472 00:24:42,984 --> 00:24:45,069 Listen to me. 473 00:24:45,153 --> 00:24:48,448 You are going to be champion of the world. 474 00:24:49,574 --> 00:24:51,826 I don't give a shit about any of it without you, Cus. 475 00:24:51,826 --> 00:24:53,453 Can't do it without you. 476 00:24:53,453 --> 00:24:56,205 Will you promise me... 477 00:24:56,289 --> 00:24:58,833 you'll look after Camille? 478 00:24:58,833 --> 00:25:00,960 - You promised. - I know. 479 00:25:01,794 --> 00:25:03,546 It's all fucked up. 480 00:25:05,339 --> 00:25:07,550 But you'll still get there without me. 481 00:25:08,509 --> 00:25:10,470 - No. - Listen to me. 482 00:25:10,470 --> 00:25:14,015 You succeed when you become champion. 483 00:25:14,015 --> 00:25:16,768 I only succeed when you don't need me anymore. 484 00:25:16,768 --> 00:25:19,395 I do need you, Cus. 485 00:25:19,479 --> 00:25:20,688 I do. 486 00:25:20,772 --> 00:25:22,023 I love you, Cus. 487 00:25:31,991 --> 00:25:33,326 You-- 488 00:25:34,952 --> 00:25:39,082 You were always, always 489 00:25:39,082 --> 00:25:41,417 easy to love, Mike. 490 00:25:51,761 --> 00:25:53,471 So I finally get a dad, right? 491 00:25:53,471 --> 00:25:55,765 And I have to bury him. 492 00:25:55,765 --> 00:25:58,059 To me, it was like I lost my whole life. 493 00:25:58,059 --> 00:25:59,310 I just kept saying to myself, 494 00:25:59,394 --> 00:26:01,813 "I don't have my friend no more." 495 00:26:01,813 --> 00:26:04,565 He never told me that he wouldn't be there. 496 00:26:04,649 --> 00:26:07,652 Then Cus' friends came to get a piece of me. 497 00:26:07,652 --> 00:26:09,153 Not even a week after the funeral, 498 00:26:09,237 --> 00:26:11,155 they had me back in the ring. 499 00:26:13,783 --> 00:26:16,911 A Tyson fight is a ticking bomb. 500 00:26:16,911 --> 00:26:19,705 This guy is a barbarian. 501 00:26:19,789 --> 00:26:21,791 12 fights. 12 knockouts. 502 00:26:21,791 --> 00:26:24,377 And consider this: he's just 19 503 00:26:24,377 --> 00:26:27,588 and knocked out the last six in the first round. 504 00:26:27,672 --> 00:26:31,426 And when they go down, they don't ask for a rematch. 505 00:26:31,426 --> 00:26:34,762 Tyson is fighting on the average every two weeks. 506 00:26:34,846 --> 00:26:36,347 Isn't that a lot? 507 00:26:36,431 --> 00:26:38,307 Cus D'Amato, who died recently, 508 00:26:38,391 --> 00:26:42,437 uh, he was Mike's mentor, teacher, legal guardian, 509 00:26:42,437 --> 00:26:44,772 and--and Cus felt that to be a good fighter, 510 00:26:44,856 --> 00:26:46,607 you have to fight frequently and often. 511 00:26:46,691 --> 00:26:50,278 And so we have Mike fight as often as is safe. 512 00:26:50,278 --> 00:26:51,696 P.P.: ♪ Baby, I know ♪ 513 00:26:51,696 --> 00:26:53,197 Mike Tyson is the terror 514 00:26:53,281 --> 00:26:55,700 of the heavyweight division, an animal. 515 00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:59,203 With his record now 20 and 0 with 19 knockouts, 516 00:26:59,287 --> 00:27:01,664 Tyson is considered one of the hardest punchers 517 00:27:01,748 --> 00:27:02,915 in the division. 518 00:27:02,999 --> 00:27:04,625 His manager, Jimmy Jacobs. 519 00:27:04,709 --> 00:27:06,252 Tyson is one of the hardest hitters 520 00:27:06,252 --> 00:27:08,087 - in his division. - What's that? 521 00:27:08,171 --> 00:27:10,673 - Tyson, he hits damn hard. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 522 00:27:10,757 --> 00:27:12,467 He--he--he punches everybody 523 00:27:12,467 --> 00:27:15,303 like they stole something from him. 524 00:27:15,303 --> 00:27:18,556 His post-fight interviews last longer than the fights. 525 00:27:24,312 --> 00:27:26,481 I miss Cus terribly. 526 00:27:26,481 --> 00:27:29,025 I'm always looking for someone who's not there. 527 00:27:29,025 --> 00:27:31,986 I have intelligence, discipline, 528 00:27:32,070 --> 00:27:34,197 extremely honed skills. 529 00:27:34,197 --> 00:27:35,990 But people just see an animal. 530 00:27:37,784 --> 00:27:39,869 They call me a savage. 531 00:27:41,454 --> 00:27:43,706 Now, how many knockouts do you have? 532 00:27:43,790 --> 00:27:45,750 Well, Joan, out of 27 fights, 533 00:27:45,750 --> 00:27:48,336 27 wins, I got 25 knockouts. 534 00:27:48,336 --> 00:27:50,129 - Unbelievable. 535 00:27:50,213 --> 00:27:51,881 Were you a--a rough kid? 536 00:27:51,881 --> 00:27:53,216 Yeah. 537 00:27:53,216 --> 00:27:54,550 A lot of people think I was a rough kid, 538 00:27:54,634 --> 00:27:56,219 got in a lot of fights growing up, 539 00:27:56,219 --> 00:27:58,596 beat up a lot of people, but it's not true. 540 00:27:58,596 --> 00:27:59,931 I got beat up all the time. 541 00:27:59,931 --> 00:28:01,516 - Oh. - I can't believe it. 542 00:28:01,516 --> 00:28:02,767 Please. Would I lie to you? 543 00:28:04,060 --> 00:28:05,812 All right, you're just 20 years old. 544 00:28:05,812 --> 00:28:07,480 If you win the fight with Trevor Berbick-- 545 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:08,815 - When I win, yeah. - Okay. 546 00:28:08,815 --> 00:28:10,441 So--so when you win, 547 00:28:10,525 --> 00:28:13,277 do you, like, have an Adrian, like in Rocky? 548 00:28:13,361 --> 00:28:14,320 No, not at all. 549 00:28:14,404 --> 00:28:15,947 Oh, so no girlfriend? 550 00:28:15,947 --> 00:28:18,199 When you're in training, do you give up sex? 551 00:28:18,199 --> 00:28:19,617 - No. 552 00:28:19,617 --> 00:28:21,202 See, 'cause my husband's always telling me 553 00:28:21,202 --> 00:28:23,663 - he's in training, so... 554 00:28:23,663 --> 00:28:25,998 All right, November 22nd. 555 00:28:26,082 --> 00:28:27,375 Championship fight. 556 00:28:27,375 --> 00:28:29,419 - Yeah. - You wanna pick a round? 557 00:28:29,419 --> 00:28:31,003 Well, no, I'm not gonna predict. 558 00:28:31,087 --> 00:28:33,506 But it's a pretty exciting moment for me. 559 00:28:33,506 --> 00:28:34,924 Will you come back after and we'll talk about 560 00:28:34,924 --> 00:28:36,634 - how you won? - Yeah. 561 00:28:36,718 --> 00:28:37,885 Would you invite me back? 562 00:28:37,969 --> 00:28:40,430 - Oh, November 23rd. 563 00:28:40,430 --> 00:28:42,181 - Listen, what a pleasure. 564 00:28:42,265 --> 00:28:44,559 May I just say, good luck to you. 565 00:28:44,559 --> 00:28:46,728 - God be with you. - Thank you. 566 00:28:46,728 --> 00:28:48,187 We'll be right back. 567 00:28:48,271 --> 00:28:49,731 Night of the fight, 568 00:28:49,731 --> 00:28:52,066 I knew Berbick wasn't gonna die for the belt and I was. 569 00:28:52,150 --> 00:28:53,735 'Cause I was doing it for Cus. 570 00:28:53,735 --> 00:28:55,903 After he died, I was always looking 571 00:28:55,987 --> 00:28:57,155 to get back in the ring to be the monster 572 00:28:57,155 --> 00:28:58,614 that Cus wanted me to be. 573 00:29:03,202 --> 00:29:04,912 You've been training for this moment 574 00:29:04,996 --> 00:29:07,248 since you were 13. 575 00:29:08,207 --> 00:29:10,877 This guy is a tomato can, 576 00:29:10,877 --> 00:29:13,254 a bum. 577 00:29:13,254 --> 00:29:15,590 You can do this with your eyes closed. 578 00:29:21,471 --> 00:29:22,555 {\an8} Everyone's talking 579 00:29:22,555 --> 00:29:23,931 {\an8}Tyson this, Tyson that. 580 00:29:24,015 --> 00:29:25,099 Trevor Berbick's the champion. 581 00:29:25,183 --> 00:29:26,601 No one's talking about that. 582 00:29:26,601 --> 00:29:29,145 People are viewing this event as more of a coronation 583 00:29:29,145 --> 00:29:30,605 - than a contest. 584 00:29:30,605 --> 00:29:32,774 How good is Mike Tyson really? 585 00:29:38,196 --> 00:29:40,573 Oh, Tyson's punches even sound different 586 00:29:40,573 --> 00:29:41,866 than other heavyweights. 587 00:29:41,866 --> 00:29:43,201 Ooh, Berbick is rocked. 588 00:29:43,201 --> 00:29:44,327 He's in trouble here, 589 00:29:44,327 --> 00:29:45,870 and it's still the first round. 590 00:29:45,870 --> 00:29:48,081 Berbick is just trying to get through the first round. 591 00:29:48,081 --> 00:29:49,916 He's hurt, no question. 592 00:29:49,916 --> 00:29:51,209 Another big shot by Tyson. 593 00:29:51,209 --> 00:29:52,377 He's laying into him, right, left. 594 00:29:52,377 --> 00:29:53,544 Berbick looks hurt. 595 00:29:53,628 --> 00:29:55,171 - He stumbles. 596 00:29:55,171 --> 00:29:58,383 And a big first round for Mike Tyson. 597 00:30:02,345 --> 00:30:04,055 Busting his game. 598 00:30:04,055 --> 00:30:05,556 He's weak. Put his ass on the floor. 599 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:06,933 You can fuck him up. 600 00:30:06,933 --> 00:30:08,309 Just dodge those hits, man. 601 00:30:10,395 --> 00:30:11,604 Tyson was everything people 602 00:30:11,604 --> 00:30:13,106 could've hoped for in that first round. 603 00:30:13,106 --> 00:30:14,190 Berbick has got to-- 604 00:30:14,190 --> 00:30:16,526 Another big shot by Tyson. 605 00:30:16,526 --> 00:30:18,569 Berbick's in a heap of trouble here. 606 00:30:18,653 --> 00:30:19,987 And he goes down! 607 00:30:29,497 --> 00:30:31,916 Big right hand, and Berbick's in trouble again. 608 00:30:31,916 --> 00:30:33,334 Right to the body. 609 00:30:33,418 --> 00:30:34,919 Uppercut. 610 00:30:34,919 --> 00:30:36,587 Left hook. 611 00:30:36,671 --> 00:30:38,005 Berbick goes down! 612 00:30:43,678 --> 00:30:45,012 This one's going to be over, I believe. 613 00:30:56,983 --> 00:30:58,526 And it's over. 614 00:30:58,526 --> 00:30:59,902 That's all. 615 00:30:59,986 --> 00:31:03,656 And a new era in boxing has begun. 616 00:32:23,403 --> 00:32:25,822 Captioned by Captionmax