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CUS:
This is all about immortality,
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about your name being known
till the end of time.
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{\an8}We have to wait for our moment
like crocodiles in the mud.
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{\an8}No one knows
when the drought will come
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{\an8}and the animals will have
to migrate across the Sahara.
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{\an8}But we will be waiting.
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{\an8}Months. Years.
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{\an8}And the gazelles
and the wildebeests
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{\an8}will cross the water.
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{\an8}And when they come,
we will bite them.
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{\an8}You hear me, son?
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{\an8}We will bite them so hard
that when they scream,
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{\an8}the whole world
is gonna hear them.
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{\an8}You will supersede everyone.
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{\an8}You are a giant.
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{\an8}You are a colossus amongst men.
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{\an8}If you listen...
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{\an8}you will one day reign
like the gods.
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{\an8}(upbeat rock music)
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{\an8}I didn't know what the fuck
a gazelle was.
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{\an8}But I never heard anyone
say anything good about me.
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{\an8}I wanted to hear more.
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{\an8}CUS:
Boxing is entertainment.
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{\an8}So to be successful,
a fighter must not only win,
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{\an8}but he must win
in an exciting manner.
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{\an8}♪ ♪
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{\an8}SINGER:
♪ You got to ♪
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{\an8}He must throw punches
with bad intentions.
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{\an8}You hear me, Mike?
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{\an8}With the speed of the devil.
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{\an8}Your mind is not your friend.
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{\an8}I hope you know that, Mike.
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{\an8}You have to fight your mind.
Control it.
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{\an8}Block your feelings.
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{\an8}Fatigue is 90% psychological.
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{\an8}- Three, four, five.
- CUS: To be a great fighter,
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{\an8}you have to get out
of your head.
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{\an8}Keep your emotions shut off.
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{\an8}A gladiator.
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A gladiator
focuses on his objective
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and blocks everything else out.
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MIKE: Mind control shit?
I didn't care.
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I never had anyone
interested in me before.
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I ate that shit up.
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I'm the best fighter
in the world.
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I'd train with Cus
three times a week
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and go back to Tryon at night.
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Best fighter in the world.
No one can beat me.
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♪ ♪
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TEDDY:
We gotta talk about Mike.
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For crying out loud, Teddy.
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He didn't steal your money.
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TEDDY:
He did steal my money.
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That's not
what we gotta talk about.
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It wasn't Mike.
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TEDDY:
He's gonna be paroled soon.
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(whispering)
It was me.
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CUS:
So? That's a good thing.
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Back to Brooklyn, where he'll
go do something stupid
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and get killed,
get locked up again.
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Shit.
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My mother always said you go
to a person's house
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for the first time...
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you bring a gift.
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Those are
some cheap-ass chocolates.
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No, thank you.
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You wanna take him?
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Not take.
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You'll see him anytime.
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LORNA MAE: You think
that you'll do a better job
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than me?
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He know right from wrong,
but he don't care.
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CUS: I'll see he stays
out of trouble.
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(Lorna Mae scoffs)
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I don't know how many times
they come to me
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telling me he's arrested.
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I gotta take care
of three kids
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without no help from anybody.
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CUS:
Lorna Mae,
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Mike's got a potential.
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He's got a real serious talent.
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I know I could bring it out
in him.
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What's in it for you?
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I've been doing this
all my life.
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Believe me when I tell you
he could go the distance.
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If he can't box no more,
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you still keep him?
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That's what I thought.
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What's in it for you, motherfucker?
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Well, I'll be his manager.
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You rather go live with him?
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Yeah.
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Take him.
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He only gonna disappoint you.
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You forgot
your fucking chocolates.
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(mellow music)
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♪ ♪
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(children chattering)
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SINGER: ♪ It seems
I've abandoned my dreams ♪
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♪ I'm on the run,
sinkin' with the sun ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ Lost in them pale blue eyes ♪
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I don't know why you think
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that extra gravy's
so necessary, Mike.
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You're gonna spend all morning
tomorrow running it off.
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♪ ♪
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Cus, this is
the best cheese I ever had.
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What kind of cheese is this?
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What the fuck?
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You're eating butter.
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(laughter)
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All right, all right.
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It was round.
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I never seen round butter.
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It's European.
Camille likes it.
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When people hear my accent...
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they know I'm a guy
from the streets.
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They underestimate me.
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They'll underestimate you, too,
'cause you're Black.
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Let 'em.
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We'll use it to our advantage.
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Here's the plan.
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Junior Olympics, our warm-up.
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Then real Olympic gold at 18.
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Then we turn pro,
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and we go for the title
and we grab it.
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The world championship.
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Why do you think
I can be that?
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Because you can.
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Don't you wanna change
your life?
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You don't even know
what European butter is.
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(jazzy music)
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AUDIENCE: Aww!
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At this point,
Cus was kind of down and out
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in his career.
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All his hopes were on me.
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He really needed a win.
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♪ ♪
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It's kind of a lot
for a 13-year-old.
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These two messed-up guys met,
and they made history.
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Now, Cus was kind of a--
he was kind of a quirky
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kind of a character
kind of guy, right?
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All his coat pockets
were sewn shut
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so nobody could plant drugs
on him.
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He wouldn't drink in public
because he assumed
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someone would
slip him a Mickey.
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And his room?
Off-limits.
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Every day, he'd slip matches
in the door
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to see if anyone
had been inside.
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He was a progressive.
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Loved Martin Luther King
and Che Guevara.
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If you wanted to get
a rise out of him,
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all you would have to say is...
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I don't see how socialism
could work.
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Money's useless
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unless you're helping people
with it.
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MIKE: And don't get him
started on Ronald Reagan.
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Bum, liar, snake, phony!
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He refused to pay taxes
to Republican administrations.
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Instead he declared bankruptcy.
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♪ ♪
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And this is the guy
I had to put all my faith in.
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Except I didn't know how
to believe what Cus saw in me.
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I'd still go back
to see my mom.
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But I started to feel like
I didn't belong there either.
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Yo, man, what they
teaching you upstate?
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You need to share that shit.
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LORNA MAE:
Michael.
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You smoking drugs in my house?
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Just Barkim is.
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LORNA MAE:
Mm-hmm.
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Give me that shit.
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I send you away to do better
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and come back doing drugs?
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Don't do drugs.
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I keep talking,
but you ain't listening.
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I didn't do anything.
We didn't do anything.
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LORNA MAE: I raised my kids
better than that.
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All except you.
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Drugs are bullshit.
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(laughter)
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I don't want you to end up
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a pimp like your father.
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MIKE: Maybe I'll end up
a deacon like my father.
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(laughs) My father was a pimp
and a deacon.
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-(laughter)
- You ain't never gonna be
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no deacon, Mike.
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Never be no deacon.
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(laughs)
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(sighs)
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What are those people
you living with like?
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Your family take you back,
you know.
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I just gotta be
with that old guy.
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Mm-hmm.
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(light music)
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(laughter)
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(indistinct chatter)
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CUS:
Punchers are born, not made.
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And you got power
in both fists, son.
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I'm not telling you
to make you believe
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you're something you're not.
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This is what you were born
to do.
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I wanna get him into a smoker.
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You can't put a boy
in a smoker.
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What he needs is experience.
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No one's gonna fight a kid
who just turned 14.
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I mean, you're not gonna find
an opponent.
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Of course
I'm not gonna find an opponent.
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You are.
That's your fucking job.
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Anyway, look at him.
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Who's gonna believe he's 14?
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Cus, he's a kid.
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I'll get arrested.
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♪ ♪
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(crowd cheering)
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Get the fuck out of here, Teddy.
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You gonna look me in the eye
and tell me
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that this guy is 14?
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Hand to God.
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Where do you get the balls?
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TEDDY:
What do you want me to say?
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The kid just turned 14.
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Nah, get out of my gym.
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Fine.
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He's 18.
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NELSON:
There it is.
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You know something, Teddy?
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Sometimes I think you lie worse
than we do.
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(crowd yelling)
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How you doing, Mike?
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I was a baby.
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What I wanted to say was,
"Get me out of here.
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I'm a fucking kid."
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Instead I said...
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I'm gonna get something
from the grocery store
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down the street.
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Hurry back.
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(car alarms blaring,
dogs barking)
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(child crying,
indistinct chatter)
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(glass shatters)
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(indistinct chatter)
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(siren wailing)
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(funky music)
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MIKE: People went after Cus
for exposing a young kid
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to a place like that
and making him fight.
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But that filthy place,
it represented hope.
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It was my way out.
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It made me become
who I needed to become.
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Oh, and I knocked
that motherfucker out.
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SINGER:
♪ Hold on ♪
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♪ ♪
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(singing indistinctly)
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♪ Hold on ♪
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Yes, Michael!
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I won my very first fight.
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Knocked that motherfucker
out cold.
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Whoo!
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Yeah!
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Whoo-hoo-hoo!
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Whoo!
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Yeah!
Yes, yes, whoo!
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00:11:02,205 --> 00:11:04,290
That's when the legend
of Mike Tyson began.
263
00:11:04,290 --> 00:11:06,375
Yes!
Whoo!
264
00:11:06,459 --> 00:11:07,835
(yells)
265
00:11:07,919 --> 00:11:09,754
(breathing heavily)
266
00:11:11,839 --> 00:11:13,341
The path is clear, son.
267
00:11:13,341 --> 00:11:15,259
Junior Olympics.
268
00:11:15,343 --> 00:11:16,511
A warm-up.
269
00:11:16,511 --> 00:11:20,098
Then real Olympic gold at 18.
270
00:11:20,098 --> 00:11:22,683
Uh, then we go pro...
271
00:11:22,767 --> 00:11:24,644
and grab the title.
272
00:11:24,644 --> 00:11:27,271
But I don't want you
acting so excited
273
00:11:27,355 --> 00:11:29,190
when you win a fight.
274
00:11:29,190 --> 00:11:30,983
I want you arrogant.
275
00:11:31,067 --> 00:11:33,361
You act like you're surprised
you won.
276
00:11:36,864 --> 00:11:38,241
Are you crying?
277
00:11:39,951 --> 00:11:41,619
What's wrong with you?
278
00:11:42,495 --> 00:11:44,247
I won't ever get bullied
no more.
279
00:11:44,247 --> 00:11:45,790
CUS:
No.
280
00:11:45,790 --> 00:11:48,918
Your superiority is...
281
00:11:48,918 --> 00:11:50,753
undeniable.
282
00:11:50,837 --> 00:11:54,257
They'll love you
as much as they fear you.
283
00:11:54,257 --> 00:11:58,136
But the fight starts
before you enter the ring.
284
00:11:58,136 --> 00:12:00,388
You gotta be
the meanest fighter
285
00:12:00,388 --> 00:12:01,723
God ever created.
286
00:12:01,723 --> 00:12:03,683
No more crying.
287
00:12:03,683 --> 00:12:05,893
Intimidation.
288
00:12:05,977 --> 00:12:09,021
You need to embrace
your villainy.
289
00:12:09,105 --> 00:12:11,941
{\an8}(dramatic music)
290
00:12:11,941 --> 00:12:14,902
{\an8}(cheers and applause)
291
00:12:14,986 --> 00:12:16,779
MIKE: Junior Olympics,
I won every fight
292
00:12:16,863 --> 00:12:19,073
by knockouts
in the first round.
293
00:12:19,157 --> 00:12:21,075
I got gold in eight seconds.
294
00:12:21,159 --> 00:12:24,412
I was this local hero
with a gold medal at 14.
295
00:12:24,412 --> 00:12:27,665
And half my friends back home
were already dead.
296
00:12:27,749 --> 00:12:29,167
I loved Cus so much, if he
would've told me I could fly,
297
00:12:29,167 --> 00:12:30,543
I would've believed him.
298
00:12:30,543 --> 00:12:32,128
Only I kept going back
to Brownsville,
299
00:12:32,128 --> 00:12:34,589
getting fucked up and shit.
300
00:12:34,589 --> 00:12:36,591
Oh, you guys are gonna see me
really fucked up in this show.
301
00:12:36,591 --> 00:12:39,177
(laughter)
302
00:12:39,177 --> 00:12:41,554
You know, um...
303
00:12:41,554 --> 00:12:44,557
back then, I was living
in two worlds at the same time.
304
00:12:44,557 --> 00:12:45,975
Or I was trying to.
305
00:12:46,059 --> 00:12:49,103
♪ ♪
306
00:12:49,187 --> 00:12:51,856
I've been doing that
my whole life.
307
00:12:51,856 --> 00:12:56,319
♪ ♪
308
00:12:56,319 --> 00:12:57,945
It's the gold medal.
309
00:12:59,363 --> 00:13:00,740
Read this.
310
00:13:11,417 --> 00:13:12,710
You Muhammad Ali now?
311
00:13:16,506 --> 00:13:17,882
I'm gonna be the youngest
heavyweight champion
312
00:13:17,882 --> 00:13:18,925
in the world.
313
00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:21,761
Me.
314
00:13:23,137 --> 00:13:24,722
I am that someone.
315
00:13:27,934 --> 00:13:30,853
I'm used to you smelling
like drink and reefer.
316
00:13:30,937 --> 00:13:31,938
Look at you now.
317
00:13:34,190 --> 00:13:37,068
(laughs)
318
00:13:37,068 --> 00:13:39,695
You better keep on winning.
319
00:13:39,779 --> 00:13:41,280
'Cause the second you lose,
320
00:13:41,364 --> 00:13:43,616
that man's throwing
your ass out.
321
00:13:45,493 --> 00:13:46,577
He don't love you.
322
00:13:47,703 --> 00:13:48,996
He's using you.
323
00:13:50,957 --> 00:13:53,209
He's got his own reasons
for teaching you.
324
00:13:57,130 --> 00:13:59,048
He's teaching me
to be somebody.
325
00:14:00,842 --> 00:14:02,510
Opposite of what you ever did.
326
00:14:04,595 --> 00:14:05,972
I'm going to Barkim's.
327
00:14:07,932 --> 00:14:09,350
Don't rob any houses, now,
you hear?
328
00:14:13,646 --> 00:14:15,398
I don't do that shit no more.
329
00:14:16,566 --> 00:14:17,817
Look at me.
330
00:14:19,485 --> 00:14:20,820
Look.
331
00:14:22,447 --> 00:14:24,699
I am disciplined now.
332
00:14:24,699 --> 00:14:27,493
I'm not that piece of shit
you said I was anymore.
333
00:14:30,663 --> 00:14:32,123
I have pride.
334
00:14:39,172 --> 00:14:40,214
(door slams)
335
00:14:40,298 --> 00:14:42,091
(glass shatters)
336
00:14:42,175 --> 00:14:43,801
Aah, come on, come on.
337
00:14:43,885 --> 00:14:45,887
Hurry up, bitch,
before somebody sees you.
338
00:14:45,887 --> 00:14:47,472
Shit.
339
00:14:47,472 --> 00:14:48,556
BARKIM:
TV!
340
00:14:48,556 --> 00:14:50,141
(laughter)
341
00:14:50,141 --> 00:14:51,684
Then my boy Calvin
start yelling like,
342
00:14:51,768 --> 00:14:54,562
"Yo, this is Mike.
343
00:14:54,562 --> 00:14:56,564
- He on the TV!"
-(laughs)
344
00:14:56,564 --> 00:14:58,941
So I'm thinking I'm 'bout
to see police drag your ass off
345
00:14:59,025 --> 00:15:00,068
or some shit.
346
00:15:01,736 --> 00:15:04,906
Instead you in there
fucking some white boy up.
347
00:15:04,906 --> 00:15:08,493
And you got fucking
white people cheering for you.
348
00:15:08,493 --> 00:15:10,620
Shit.
349
00:15:10,620 --> 00:15:12,914
I'm thinking like, "Damn.
350
00:15:12,914 --> 00:15:14,749
- Am I high already?"
-(laughs)
351
00:15:14,749 --> 00:15:16,501
BARKIM: 'Cause I know
that shit ain't right, man.
352
00:15:16,501 --> 00:15:19,504
(laughs)
That's crazy, right?
353
00:15:19,504 --> 00:15:21,756
That's some motherfucking
Twilight Zone shit
354
00:15:21,756 --> 00:15:23,758
right there, Mike.
355
00:15:23,758 --> 00:15:26,010
See,
that's what the fuck it is.
356
00:15:27,345 --> 00:15:29,263
Fuck is you doing here with me, man?
357
00:15:30,139 --> 00:15:33,059
What you doing robbing people
and shit like that for, man?
358
00:15:35,478 --> 00:15:38,064
You got
motherfucking white people
359
00:15:38,064 --> 00:15:39,982
that love your ass, Mike.
360
00:15:40,066 --> 00:15:41,317
Shit.
361
00:15:41,401 --> 00:15:43,945
I wish I had white people
that knew my Black ass.
362
00:15:52,161 --> 00:15:53,913
I'ma die here, man.
363
00:15:55,748 --> 00:15:57,458
You hear me?
364
00:15:57,542 --> 00:15:58,584
You hear me, man?
365
00:16:00,962 --> 00:16:03,381
That ain't your life.
366
00:16:03,381 --> 00:16:05,425
Look around.
367
00:16:05,425 --> 00:16:07,635
Ain't nothing here for you.
368
00:16:08,845 --> 00:16:09,929
Shit.
369
00:16:11,431 --> 00:16:13,599
You gotta get
the fuck out of here
370
00:16:13,683 --> 00:16:16,644
so I can tell people one day,
like, "Yo,
371
00:16:16,728 --> 00:16:19,355
I used to hang
with that motherfucker, man."
372
00:16:19,439 --> 00:16:20,940
Shit.
(laughs)
373
00:16:20,940 --> 00:16:23,943
(dramatic music)
374
00:16:23,943 --> 00:16:30,658
♪ ♪
375
00:16:30,742 --> 00:16:32,910
I didn't hang with him
no more.
376
00:16:34,203 --> 00:16:36,831
That night was the last time
I saw him.
377
00:16:36,831 --> 00:16:38,791
Three months later...
378
00:16:38,875 --> 00:16:39,876
(gunshot)
379
00:16:39,876 --> 00:16:42,712
(crowd yelling)
380
00:16:42,712 --> 00:16:45,131
MIKE: Oh, man.
That kind of pain?
381
00:16:45,131 --> 00:16:47,800
That shit doesn't know
how to express itself.
382
00:16:47,884 --> 00:16:49,969
It hits hard.
383
00:16:50,053 --> 00:16:51,137
♪ ♪
384
00:16:51,137 --> 00:16:55,600
SINGER:
♪ I'm beggin' and pleadin' ♪
385
00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,810
SINGERS:
♪ Beggin' and pleadin' ♪
386
00:16:57,894 --> 00:16:59,645
SINGER:
♪ Don't you leave me ♪
387
00:16:59,729 --> 00:17:03,316
♪ Don't you walk out
that door ♪
388
00:17:03,316 --> 00:17:05,985
SINGERS: ♪ Don't you
walk out that door ♪
389
00:17:06,069 --> 00:17:09,572
SINGER:
♪ I'm beggin' and pleadin' ♪
390
00:17:09,572 --> 00:17:11,532
MIKE: My mom died
around that time too.
391
00:17:11,616 --> 00:17:13,201
SINGERS:
♪ Beggin' and pleadin' ♪
392
00:17:13,201 --> 00:17:14,702
MIKE:
Cancer.
393
00:17:14,786 --> 00:17:16,245
SINGER:
♪ It won't be the same ♪
394
00:17:16,329 --> 00:17:18,039
MIKE:
It was a one-two punch.
395
00:17:18,039 --> 00:17:20,750
SINGERS:
♪ Won't be the same anymore ♪
396
00:17:20,750 --> 00:17:26,047
♪ ♪
397
00:17:26,047 --> 00:17:28,716
Well, shit.
398
00:17:34,597 --> 00:17:38,017
When my father died,
I remember him moaning.
399
00:17:38,101 --> 00:17:40,311
Maybe in pain.
400
00:17:40,395 --> 00:17:41,687
Maybe anger.
401
00:17:42,855 --> 00:17:44,148
I'll never know.
402
00:17:46,067 --> 00:17:50,571
Worst part was, there was
nothing I could do.
403
00:17:53,157 --> 00:17:54,784
I should've done better.
404
00:17:55,993 --> 00:17:57,662
She was never proud of me.
405
00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,040
She thought
I was a piece of shit.
406
00:18:01,958 --> 00:18:04,127
Mothers can be wrong.
407
00:18:04,127 --> 00:18:06,045
I can never fix it now.
408
00:18:07,463 --> 00:18:09,215
This is just gonna be my story.
409
00:18:09,215 --> 00:18:10,508
CUS:
No.
410
00:18:11,676 --> 00:18:15,346
This is one tiny part of--
411
00:18:15,430 --> 00:18:17,098
of a great big story.
412
00:18:17,098 --> 00:18:19,809
You might have done bad things.
413
00:18:19,809 --> 00:18:21,894
But you got a good heart.
414
00:18:23,020 --> 00:18:25,148
I know your heart, Mike.
415
00:18:26,357 --> 00:18:27,900
I know that.
416
00:18:30,486 --> 00:18:33,072
I'll tell you a secret
that maybe I shouldn't.
417
00:18:36,117 --> 00:18:38,244
Ever since I met you,
418
00:18:38,244 --> 00:18:40,413
my biggest fear has been
that someday,
419
00:18:40,413 --> 00:18:42,957
someone'd come along,
give you money,
420
00:18:42,957 --> 00:18:44,542
and you'd leave me.
421
00:18:44,542 --> 00:18:47,545
Fighters have done that to me
all my life.
422
00:18:47,545 --> 00:18:49,547
But I know you're not going.
423
00:18:51,340 --> 00:18:52,925
We're family.
424
00:18:54,260 --> 00:18:56,387
The fact that you work so hard,
425
00:18:56,471 --> 00:18:58,514
listen, believe in me,
426
00:18:58,598 --> 00:19:00,433
it gives me motivation
to stay alive.
427
00:19:00,433 --> 00:19:02,602
I don't know what I'd do
without you.
428
00:19:05,605 --> 00:19:10,109
I promise I won't leave
until I see you succeed.
429
00:19:10,193 --> 00:19:11,486
You hear me?
430
00:19:15,073 --> 00:19:16,574
Hey, let's make this official.
431
00:19:16,574 --> 00:19:18,451
Camille,
432
00:19:18,451 --> 00:19:20,328
get the adoption papers done.
433
00:19:21,454 --> 00:19:23,122
Be a family.
434
00:19:23,206 --> 00:19:25,833
Hey, what do you think
of your new son here, Camille?
435
00:19:25,917 --> 00:19:28,586
(John Lee Hooker's
"Boom Boom")
436
00:19:28,586 --> 00:19:30,421
And they said
I didn't have it in me.
437
00:19:30,505 --> 00:19:33,216
JOHN:
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
438
00:19:33,216 --> 00:19:36,386
♪ I'm gonna shoot you
right down ♪
439
00:19:36,386 --> 00:19:37,845
♪ Right off your feet ♪
440
00:19:37,929 --> 00:19:41,265
MIKE: After that,
Cus became my family.
441
00:19:41,349 --> 00:19:42,558
♪ ♪
442
00:19:42,642 --> 00:19:44,060
JOHN:
♪ Put you in my house ♪
443
00:19:44,060 --> 00:19:46,020
MIKE: I lived at their house
with he and Camille.
444
00:19:46,104 --> 00:19:47,522
JOHN:
♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪
445
00:19:47,522 --> 00:19:49,148
♪ ♪
446
00:19:49,232 --> 00:19:51,067
MIKE:
And then every day,
447
00:19:51,067 --> 00:19:53,861
I'd train with Cus
at that gym.
448
00:19:53,945 --> 00:19:55,822
JOHN:
♪ Walk that walk ♪
449
00:19:55,822 --> 00:19:58,282
MIKE: That was my life
for the next three years.
450
00:19:58,366 --> 00:20:02,745
♪ ♪
451
00:20:02,829 --> 00:20:04,622
I wanted him to love me.
452
00:20:04,622 --> 00:20:06,499
♪ ♪
453
00:20:06,499 --> 00:20:08,376
But I was terrified
of disappointing him.
454
00:20:08,376 --> 00:20:10,420
♪ ♪
455
00:20:10,420 --> 00:20:12,130
The reason I knocked
everyone out so fast
456
00:20:12,130 --> 00:20:13,881
in those early fights
was because I was so terrified
457
00:20:13,965 --> 00:20:15,508
of disappointing Cus.
458
00:20:16,884 --> 00:20:19,679
If I wasn't winning,
what good was I to him?
459
00:20:19,679 --> 00:20:20,763
All right.
460
00:20:20,847 --> 00:20:22,306
Nice, Mike, nice.
461
00:20:23,725 --> 00:20:26,394
{\an8}MIKE: We were ready
to shock the world.
462
00:20:26,394 --> 00:20:28,104
{\an8}(crowd booing)
463
00:20:28,104 --> 00:20:30,523
Except it didn't happen
that way.
464
00:20:30,523 --> 00:20:32,066
Fucking judges.
465
00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:35,611
I let Cus down.
466
00:20:35,695 --> 00:20:37,822
All that time he put into me.
467
00:20:37,822 --> 00:20:39,490
The dream was over.
468
00:20:40,533 --> 00:20:42,160
I knew Cus wouldn't love me
no more.
469
00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,495
And I couldn't take it.
470
00:20:44,579 --> 00:20:46,122
You know, honestly,
I'd rather kill myself
471
00:20:46,122 --> 00:20:47,790
than have Cus not love me
no more.
472
00:20:50,752 --> 00:20:52,920
- Cus...
- Don't say anything.
473
00:20:53,004 --> 00:20:54,464
Take it like a man.
474
00:20:56,674 --> 00:20:59,802
A gold would've greased
the wheels,
475
00:20:59,886 --> 00:21:00,928
but we don't need it.
476
00:21:01,012 --> 00:21:02,764
We're turning pro sooner,
that's all.
477
00:21:02,764 --> 00:21:04,348
They thought
we were murderous before?
478
00:21:04,432 --> 00:21:06,517
You're gonna be a demon, Mike.
479
00:21:06,601 --> 00:21:08,561
I want them afraid
for their lives
480
00:21:08,561 --> 00:21:09,687
when they face us.
481
00:21:10,688 --> 00:21:12,398
Revenge'll be sweet, son.
482
00:21:13,357 --> 00:21:15,234
They stole our Olympic glory.
483
00:21:15,318 --> 00:21:17,612
We're gonna make them
fucking pay.
484
00:21:17,612 --> 00:21:19,614
We should be thanking them
for this decision,
485
00:21:19,614 --> 00:21:21,365
them cocksuckers.
486
00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:25,286
Just like that,
Iron Mike was born.
487
00:21:25,286 --> 00:21:28,164
I won every single fight
for the next six years.
488
00:21:28,164 --> 00:21:30,750
{\an8}(crowd yelling)
489
00:21:30,750 --> 00:21:33,503
{\an8}(upbeat music)
490
00:21:33,503 --> 00:21:36,005
{\an8}♪ ♪
491
00:21:36,089 --> 00:21:37,882
As soon as I started winning
in the ring...
492
00:21:37,882 --> 00:21:39,258
All right.
Cus set me up with two
493
00:21:39,342 --> 00:21:41,260
of the best managers
in the business...
494
00:21:41,344 --> 00:21:42,845
I think our next move
is television.
495
00:21:42,929 --> 00:21:44,472
- MIKE: Jimmy Jacobs...
- But we gotta talk about
496
00:21:44,472 --> 00:21:45,723
the image we wanna project.
497
00:21:45,807 --> 00:21:47,683
BILL:
So try these on.
498
00:21:47,767 --> 00:21:48,935
MIKE:
And Bill Cayton.
499
00:21:48,935 --> 00:21:52,688
This is what Bill Cosby
wears on his show,
500
00:21:52,772 --> 00:21:55,817
and everyone feels safe
with Bill Cosby.
501
00:21:55,817 --> 00:21:57,318
MIKE:
But Cus was still in charge.
502
00:21:57,402 --> 00:22:00,321
Hold on.
Fuck safe.
503
00:22:00,405 --> 00:22:02,615
I want his opponents to take
the shit of their life
504
00:22:02,615 --> 00:22:04,075
when they see Mike coming.
505
00:22:04,075 --> 00:22:07,120
Cus, you hired us
to promote his image.
506
00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:08,663
Audiences have
to feel comfortable with Mike.
507
00:22:08,663 --> 00:22:10,039
CUS:
Bullshit.
508
00:22:10,123 --> 00:22:11,999
You're not turning him
into Gorgeous George.
509
00:22:12,083 --> 00:22:13,626
He's not gonna look like
Gorgeous George,
510
00:22:13,710 --> 00:22:14,711
for Christ's sake.
511
00:22:14,711 --> 00:22:16,504
He's a scourge, a monster.
512
00:22:16,504 --> 00:22:18,172
That's what I made him.
513
00:22:18,256 --> 00:22:21,050
Over my dead body.
Come on, Mike.
514
00:22:21,134 --> 00:22:22,844
I thought I looked fly.
515
00:22:22,844 --> 00:22:24,387
CUS:
Come on, come on. Jesus.
516
00:22:24,387 --> 00:22:26,180
- MIKE: He called all the shots.
- Cus.
517
00:22:26,264 --> 00:22:28,266
Your hips.
518
00:22:28,266 --> 00:22:29,517
Relax your hips.
519
00:22:29,517 --> 00:22:31,102
MIKE: He even took me
to a hypnotist.
520
00:22:31,102 --> 00:22:32,520
Relax your legs.
521
00:22:33,855 --> 00:22:35,732
Relax your feet.
522
00:22:35,732 --> 00:22:38,901
You have
a wonderful right hand.
523
00:22:39,986 --> 00:22:43,156
You haven't really
believed in it.
524
00:22:43,156 --> 00:22:45,158
But you will now.
525
00:22:45,158 --> 00:22:46,659
MIKE:
I actually think it helped.
526
00:22:46,743 --> 00:22:53,624
♪ ♪
527
00:23:03,926 --> 00:23:06,471
(crowd cheering)
528
00:23:06,471 --> 00:23:08,431
Oh, man.
529
00:23:08,431 --> 00:23:10,433
I was starting to get known.
530
00:23:10,433 --> 00:23:13,186
I was 18, and I was sitting
at the same table as De Niro,
531
00:23:13,186 --> 00:23:16,147
David Bowie, Joe Piscopo.
532
00:23:16,147 --> 00:23:18,274
But with women, man, I--
533
00:23:18,274 --> 00:23:19,650
I just--honestly,
I had no game at all.
534
00:23:19,734 --> 00:23:21,527
Hi, you wanna fuck?
535
00:23:23,029 --> 00:23:24,322
Yeah, no?
536
00:23:24,322 --> 00:23:25,615
SINGER:
♪ You are the man ♪
537
00:23:25,615 --> 00:23:27,700
See? No game.
538
00:23:27,784 --> 00:23:28,993
Oh, man.
539
00:23:29,077 --> 00:23:30,286
{\an8}SINGER:
♪ You are the man ♪
540
00:23:30,286 --> 00:23:33,164
{\an8}MIKE: Cus never taught me
about winning.
541
00:23:33,164 --> 00:23:35,374
{\an8}He only ever taught me
about boxing.
542
00:23:35,458 --> 00:23:38,878
{\an8}♪ ♪
543
00:23:38,878 --> 00:23:41,964
{\an8}He was always there for me
with the boxing...
544
00:23:42,048 --> 00:23:43,716
{\an8}no matter what.
545
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,677
{\an8}♪ ♪
546
00:23:46,761 --> 00:23:49,055
{\an8}Until one day...
547
00:23:49,055 --> 00:23:52,600
SINGER: ♪ 'Cause every time
I need you, baby ♪
548
00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:53,684
♪ ♪
549
00:23:53,768 --> 00:23:57,355
♪ You're right there on time ♪
550
00:23:57,355 --> 00:24:00,525
SINGERS:
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
551
00:24:00,525 --> 00:24:03,611
(indistinct chatter)
552
00:24:07,198 --> 00:24:08,741
You messing with the nurses?
553
00:24:09,826 --> 00:24:11,661
Well, bless your heart
for thinking that's...
554
00:24:11,661 --> 00:24:14,330
(inhales shallowly)
Even an option.
555
00:24:15,581 --> 00:24:16,749
Sit down.
556
00:24:19,460 --> 00:24:20,586
MIKE:
How long you gotta be in here?
557
00:24:20,670 --> 00:24:21,838
(Cus grunts)
558
00:24:24,924 --> 00:24:26,467
You're getting better.
559
00:24:27,802 --> 00:24:29,137
(breathing shallowly)
560
00:24:29,137 --> 00:24:31,431
Fucking pneumonia.
561
00:24:33,766 --> 00:24:35,977
I want you to do me a favor.
562
00:24:37,937 --> 00:24:40,606
Look after Camille for me.
563
00:24:42,984 --> 00:24:45,069
Listen to me.
564
00:24:45,153 --> 00:24:48,448
You are going to be
champion of the world.
565
00:24:49,574 --> 00:24:51,826
I don't give a shit about
any of it without you, Cus.
566
00:24:51,826 --> 00:24:53,453
Can't do it without you.
567
00:24:53,453 --> 00:24:56,205
CUS:
Will you promise me...
568
00:24:56,289 --> 00:24:58,833
you'll look after Camille?
569
00:24:58,833 --> 00:25:00,960
- You promised.
- CUS: I know.
570
00:25:01,794 --> 00:25:03,546
It's all fucked up.
571
00:25:05,339 --> 00:25:07,550
But you'll still get there
without me.
572
00:25:08,509 --> 00:25:10,470
- No.
- CUS: Listen to me.
573
00:25:10,470 --> 00:25:14,015
You succeed
when you become champion.
574
00:25:14,015 --> 00:25:16,768
I only succeed
when you don't need me anymore.
575
00:25:16,768 --> 00:25:19,395
I do need you, Cus.
576
00:25:19,479 --> 00:25:20,688
I do.
577
00:25:20,772 --> 00:25:22,023
I love you, Cus.
578
00:25:24,192 --> 00:25:26,027
(sighs)
579
00:25:26,027 --> 00:25:27,612
(sniffles)
580
00:25:31,991 --> 00:25:33,326
You--
581
00:25:34,952 --> 00:25:39,082
You were always, always
582
00:25:39,082 --> 00:25:41,417
easy to love, Mike.
583
00:25:51,761 --> 00:25:53,471
So I finally get a dad, right?
584
00:25:53,471 --> 00:25:55,765
And I have to bury him.
585
00:25:55,765 --> 00:25:58,059
To me, it was like
I lost my whole life.
586
00:25:58,059 --> 00:25:59,310
I just kept saying to myself,
587
00:25:59,394 --> 00:26:01,813
"I don't have my friend
no more."
588
00:26:01,813 --> 00:26:04,565
He never told me
that he wouldn't be there.
589
00:26:04,649 --> 00:26:07,652
Then Cus' friends came
to get a piece of me.
590
00:26:07,652 --> 00:26:09,153
Not even a week
after the funeral,
591
00:26:09,237 --> 00:26:11,155
they had me back in the ring.
592
00:26:11,239 --> 00:26:13,783
(P.P. Arnold's "The First Cut
Is the Deepest")
593
00:26:13,783 --> 00:26:16,911
COMMENTATOR: A Tyson fight
is a ticking bomb.
594
00:26:16,911 --> 00:26:19,705
This guy is a barbarian.
595
00:26:19,789 --> 00:26:21,791
12 fights.
12 knockouts.
596
00:26:21,791 --> 00:26:24,377
And consider this:
he's just 19
597
00:26:24,377 --> 00:26:27,588
and knocked out the last six
in the first round.
598
00:26:27,672 --> 00:26:31,426
And when they go down,
they don't ask for a rematch.
599
00:26:31,426 --> 00:26:34,762
Tyson is fighting
on the average every two weeks.
600
00:26:34,846 --> 00:26:36,347
Isn't that a lot?
601
00:26:36,431 --> 00:26:38,307
Cus D'Amato,
who died recently,
602
00:26:38,391 --> 00:26:42,437
uh, he was Mike's mentor,
teacher, legal guardian,
603
00:26:42,437 --> 00:26:44,772
and--and Cus felt
that to be a good fighter,
604
00:26:44,856 --> 00:26:46,607
you have to fight frequently
and often.
605
00:26:46,691 --> 00:26:50,278
And so we have Mike fight
as often as is safe.
606
00:26:50,278 --> 00:26:51,696
P.P.:
♪ Baby, I know ♪
607
00:26:51,696 --> 00:26:53,197
COMMENTATOR:
Mike Tyson is the terror
608
00:26:53,281 --> 00:26:55,700
of the heavyweight division,
an animal.
609
00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:59,203
With his record now 20 and 0
with 19 knockouts,
610
00:26:59,287 --> 00:27:01,664
Tyson is considered one
of the hardest punchers
611
00:27:01,748 --> 00:27:02,915
in the division.
612
00:27:02,999 --> 00:27:04,625
His manager, Jimmy Jacobs.
613
00:27:04,709 --> 00:27:06,252
Tyson is one
of the hardest hitters
614
00:27:06,252 --> 00:27:08,087
- in his division.
- What's that?
615
00:27:08,171 --> 00:27:10,673
- Tyson, he hits damn hard.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
616
00:27:10,757 --> 00:27:12,467
He--he--he punches everybody
617
00:27:12,467 --> 00:27:15,303
like they stole something
from him.
618
00:27:15,303 --> 00:27:18,556
His post-fight interviews
last longer than the fights.
619
00:27:18,556 --> 00:27:19,849
(laughs)
620
00:27:19,849 --> 00:27:24,312
♪ ♪
621
00:27:24,312 --> 00:27:26,481
MIKE:
I miss Cus terribly.
622
00:27:26,481 --> 00:27:29,025
I'm always looking for someone
who's not there.
623
00:27:29,025 --> 00:27:31,986
I have intelligence, discipline,
624
00:27:32,070 --> 00:27:34,197
extremely honed skills.
625
00:27:34,197 --> 00:27:35,990
But people just see an animal.
626
00:27:36,074 --> 00:27:37,700
♪ ♪
627
00:27:37,784 --> 00:27:39,869
They call me a savage.
628
00:27:39,869 --> 00:27:41,454
(applause)
629
00:27:41,454 --> 00:27:43,706
JOAN: Now, how many knockouts
do you have?
630
00:27:43,790 --> 00:27:45,750
Well, Joan, out of 27 fights,
631
00:27:45,750 --> 00:27:48,336
27 wins,
I got 25 knockouts.
632
00:27:48,336 --> 00:27:50,129
-(cheers and applause)
- Unbelievable.
633
00:27:50,213 --> 00:27:51,881
Were you a--a rough kid?
634
00:27:51,881 --> 00:27:53,216
Yeah.
635
00:27:53,216 --> 00:27:54,550
A lot of people think
I was a rough kid,
636
00:27:54,634 --> 00:27:56,219
got in a lot of fights
growing up,
637
00:27:56,219 --> 00:27:58,596
beat up a lot of people,
but it's not true.
638
00:27:58,596 --> 00:27:59,931
I got beat up all the time.
639
00:27:59,931 --> 00:28:01,516
- AUDIENCE: Oh.
- I can't believe it.
640
00:28:01,516 --> 00:28:02,767
Please.
Would I lie to you?
641
00:28:02,767 --> 00:28:03,976
(laughter)
642
00:28:04,060 --> 00:28:05,812
All right,
you're just 20 years old.
643
00:28:05,812 --> 00:28:07,480
If you win the fight
with Trevor Berbick--
644
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:08,815
- When I win, yeah.
- JOAN: Okay.
645
00:28:08,815 --> 00:28:10,441
So--so when you win,
646
00:28:10,525 --> 00:28:13,277
do you, like,
have an Adrian, like in Rocky?
647
00:28:13,361 --> 00:28:14,320
No, not at all.
648
00:28:14,404 --> 00:28:15,947
Oh, so no girlfriend?
649
00:28:15,947 --> 00:28:18,199
When you're in training,
do you give up sex?
650
00:28:18,199 --> 00:28:19,617
-(laughter)
- No.
651
00:28:19,617 --> 00:28:21,202
See, 'cause my husband's
always telling me
652
00:28:21,202 --> 00:28:23,663
- he's in training, so...
-(laughter)
653
00:28:23,663 --> 00:28:25,998
All right, November 22nd.
654
00:28:26,082 --> 00:28:27,375
Championship fight.
655
00:28:27,375 --> 00:28:29,419
- Yeah.
- You wanna pick a round?
656
00:28:29,419 --> 00:28:31,003
Well, no,
I'm not gonna predict.
657
00:28:31,087 --> 00:28:33,506
But it's a pretty exciting
moment for me.
658
00:28:33,506 --> 00:28:34,924
Will you come back after
and we'll talk about
659
00:28:34,924 --> 00:28:36,634
- how you won?
- Yeah.
660
00:28:36,718 --> 00:28:37,885
Would you invite me back?
661
00:28:37,969 --> 00:28:40,430
- Oh, November 23rd.
-(laughter)
662
00:28:40,430 --> 00:28:42,181
-(cheers and applause)
- Listen, what a pleasure.
663
00:28:42,265 --> 00:28:44,559
May I just say,
good luck to you.
664
00:28:44,559 --> 00:28:46,728
- God be with you.
- Thank you.
665
00:28:46,728 --> 00:28:48,187
We'll be right back.
666
00:28:48,271 --> 00:28:49,731
MIKE: Night of the fight,
667
00:28:49,731 --> 00:28:52,066
I knew Berbick wasn't gonna die
for the belt and I was.
668
00:28:52,150 --> 00:28:53,735
'Cause I was doing it for Cus.
669
00:28:53,735 --> 00:28:55,903
After he died,
I was always looking
670
00:28:55,987 --> 00:28:57,155
to get back in the ring
to be the monster
671
00:28:57,155 --> 00:28:58,614
that Cus wanted me to be.
672
00:29:03,202 --> 00:29:04,912
You've been training
for this moment
673
00:29:04,996 --> 00:29:07,248
since you were 13.
674
00:29:08,207 --> 00:29:10,877
(laughs)
This guy is a tomato can,
675
00:29:10,877 --> 00:29:13,254
a bum.
676
00:29:13,254 --> 00:29:15,590
You can do this
with your eyes closed.
677
00:29:19,385 --> 00:29:21,471
{\an8}(upbeat music)
SINGER: ♪ Get up ♪
678
00:29:21,471 --> 00:29:22,555
{\an8}ANNOUNCER:
Everyone's talking
679
00:29:22,555 --> 00:29:23,931
{\an8}Tyson this, Tyson that.
680
00:29:24,015 --> 00:29:25,099
Trevor Berbick's the champion.
681
00:29:25,183 --> 00:29:26,601
No one's talking about that.
682
00:29:26,601 --> 00:29:29,145
People are viewing this event
as more of a coronation
683
00:29:29,145 --> 00:29:30,605
- than a contest.
-(bell dings)
684
00:29:30,605 --> 00:29:32,774
How good is Mike Tyson really?
685
00:29:32,774 --> 00:29:35,777
(crowd yelling)
686
00:29:35,777 --> 00:29:38,112
♪ ♪
687
00:29:38,196 --> 00:29:40,573
Oh, Tyson's punches
even sound different
688
00:29:40,573 --> 00:29:41,866
than other heavyweights.
689
00:29:41,866 --> 00:29:43,201
ANNOUNCER:
Ooh, Berbick is rocked.
690
00:29:43,201 --> 00:29:44,327
He's in trouble here,
691
00:29:44,327 --> 00:29:45,870
and it's still
the first round.
692
00:29:45,870 --> 00:29:48,081
Berbick is just trying
to get through the first round.
693
00:29:48,081 --> 00:29:49,916
He's hurt, no question.
694
00:29:49,916 --> 00:29:51,209
ANNOUNCER:
Another big shot by Tyson.
695
00:29:51,209 --> 00:29:52,377
He's laying into him,
right, left.
696
00:29:52,377 --> 00:29:53,544
ANNOUNCER:
Berbick looks hurt.
697
00:29:53,628 --> 00:29:55,171
- ANNOUNCER: He stumbles.
-(bell dings)
698
00:29:55,171 --> 00:29:58,383
And a big first round
for Mike Tyson.
699
00:29:58,383 --> 00:30:00,593
(cheers and applause)
700
00:30:00,593 --> 00:30:02,261
♪ ♪
701
00:30:02,345 --> 00:30:04,055
COACH:
Busting his game.
702
00:30:04,055 --> 00:30:05,556
He's weak.
Put his ass on the floor.
703
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:06,933
You can fuck him up.
704
00:30:06,933 --> 00:30:08,309
Just dodge those hits, man.
705
00:30:08,393 --> 00:30:10,311
(bell dings)
706
00:30:10,395 --> 00:30:11,604
ANNOUNCER:
Tyson was everything people
707
00:30:11,604 --> 00:30:13,106
could've hoped for
in that first round.
708
00:30:13,106 --> 00:30:14,190
Berbick has got to--
709
00:30:14,190 --> 00:30:16,526
ANNOUNCER:
Another big shot by Tyson.
710
00:30:16,526 --> 00:30:18,569
Berbick's
in a heap of trouble here.
711
00:30:18,653 --> 00:30:19,987
And he goes down!
712
00:30:20,071 --> 00:30:23,741
(cheers and applause)
713
00:30:29,497 --> 00:30:31,916
Big right hand, and Berbick's
in trouble again.
714
00:30:31,916 --> 00:30:33,334
Right to the body.
715
00:30:33,418 --> 00:30:34,919
Uppercut.
716
00:30:34,919 --> 00:30:36,587
Left hook.
717
00:30:36,671 --> 00:30:38,005
Berbick goes down!
718
00:30:38,089 --> 00:30:40,550
NINA SIMONE:
♪ Butterflies all havin' fun ♪
719
00:30:40,550 --> 00:30:43,594
♪ You know what I mean ♪
720
00:30:43,678 --> 00:30:45,012
ANNOUNCER: This one's going
to be over, I believe.
721
00:30:45,096 --> 00:30:47,098
NINA: ♪ Sleep in peace
when day is done ♪
722
00:30:47,098 --> 00:30:49,517
♪ That's what I mean ♪
723
00:30:49,517 --> 00:30:52,895
♪ And this old world
is a new world ♪
724
00:30:52,979 --> 00:30:55,690
♪ And a bold world ♪
725
00:30:55,690 --> 00:30:56,983
♪ For me ♪
726
00:30:56,983 --> 00:30:58,526
ANNOUNCER:
And it's over.
727
00:30:58,526 --> 00:30:59,902
That's all.
728
00:30:59,986 --> 00:31:03,656
And a new era in boxing
has begun.
729
00:31:03,740 --> 00:31:06,325
NINA:
♪ Stars when you shine ♪
730
00:31:06,409 --> 00:31:09,245
♪ You know how I feel ♪
731
00:31:09,245 --> 00:31:10,371
♪ ♪
732
00:31:10,455 --> 00:31:12,331
♪ Scent of the pine ♪
733
00:31:12,415 --> 00:31:15,043
♪ You know how I feel ♪
734
00:31:15,043 --> 00:31:19,255
♪ Oh, freedom is mine ♪
735
00:31:19,255 --> 00:31:22,133
♪ And I know how I feel ♪
736
00:31:22,133 --> 00:31:23,593
♪ It's a new dawn ♪
737
00:31:23,593 --> 00:31:25,344
♪ It's a new day ♪
738
00:31:25,428 --> 00:31:29,891
♪ It's a new life for me ♪
739
00:31:29,891 --> 00:31:32,977
(scatting)
740
00:31:33,061 --> 00:31:39,942
♪ ♪
741
00:31:47,742 --> 00:31:54,624
♪ Oh, I'm feeling good ♪
742
00:31:54,624 --> 00:31:57,585
♪ ♪
743
00:31:57,585 --> 00:32:00,088
♪ Fish in the sea ♪
744
00:32:00,088 --> 00:32:03,883
♪ You know how I feel ♪
745
00:32:03,883 --> 00:32:06,219
♪ River running free ♪
746
00:32:06,219 --> 00:32:08,429
♪ You know how I feel ♪
747
00:32:08,513 --> 00:32:10,264
♪ ♪
748
00:32:10,348 --> 00:32:12,809
♪ Blossom on the tree ♪
749
00:32:12,809 --> 00:32:15,228
♪ You know how I feel ♪
750
00:32:15,228 --> 00:32:16,813
♪ It's a new dawn ♪
751
00:32:16,813 --> 00:32:18,439
♪ It's a new day ♪
752
00:32:18,523 --> 00:32:23,319
♪ It's a new life for me ♪
753
00:32:23,403 --> 00:32:25,822
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