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This story is inspired by real events.
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The people and events shown
are made up for artistic purposes.
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Any similarity to reality
is purely coincidental.
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ARGENTINEAN CONSULATE
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{\an8}Mr. Bonavena.
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{\an8}Come in, please.
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Now that you have your passport,
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I think you should go back
to Buenos Aires.
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It's for the best.
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You have no idea what they're capable of.
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Get to Reno, buy the ticket,
and that's that.
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Come on, Sally!
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Promise me
you won't go back to the Mustang Ranch.
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"I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE
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THAT I LOST
BECAUSE I WANTED TO WIN."
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Are you ready
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for an unforgettable evening?
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- Yeah!
- Yeah!
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Ready to hear the best
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rhythm and blues band
in the whole damn USA?
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- Yeah!
- Yeah!
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I see a lotta losers came out tonight.
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Hey, Jim!
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You didn't tell me that Thursday
was "Loser Night" at your place.
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But there is one very special loser
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to whom I wanna dedicate this next track.
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Ladies and gentlemen!
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Give it up for
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Ringo Bonavena.
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Muhammad Ali's next victim.
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Ah!
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Ringo, may the Lord have mercy
on your soul
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because the next song I'm gonna sing you
will be a gospel at your funeral,
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the day after the fight.
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♪ I woke up to
The morning sky first ♪
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♪ Baby blue, just like we rehearsed ♪
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♪ When I get up off this ground
I shake leaves back down ♪
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♪ To the brown, brown, brown
Till I'm clean ♪
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Faster with the jab. There!
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One, two! One, two! There we go! Good!
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Good! That's it!
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♪ Then I walk
Where I'd be shaded by the trees ♪
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One, two! One, two! One, two!
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You're too slow, Ringo!
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Move your feet, Ringo!
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Come on, Oscar!
You gotta be quicker than that!
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He's the toughest fighter
you've ever fought.
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You gotta be tougher than that! Come on!
You gotta be quicker than that! Tougher!
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You're stuck in the ground.
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Move your feet. You gotta balance.
You gotta move to the rhythm.
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He's a tough fighter.
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This is for your protection.
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And this is so you don't have to eat
that shit those weirdos give you.
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Mom.
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♪ It's a good day to be ♪
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♪ It's a good day for me ♪
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♪ A good day to see
My favorite colors ♪
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♪ My sisters and my brothers ♪
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♪ They see 'em like no other ♪
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♪ All my favorite colors ♪
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Guard! Move your feet! That's it!
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Put your back into that jab!
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Come on!
My sister does a better job than you!
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Time!
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Good job, Oscar. Good job.
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To think that the first time
I came to this city, I was a dishwasher,
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and now I'm going to fight Ali.
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- Plus they're paying you like $100,000.
- Well, yeah.
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Convert that to pesos.
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The seasoned Tito Lectoure
comes out fighting with a left jab
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- looking for an opening with the right.
- Move!
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The young man slides
to the brink of a knockout,
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only a miracle could save him.
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A miracle, or his famous friend.
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Left!
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Come on! Harder than that!
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Harder than that! One more. That's it.
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You need to be stronger.
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That cheating gringo is gonna
make him break his hand before the fight.
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There's nothing we can do,
Oscar asked for him.
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And what the fuck did we come for?
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One more! I know it hurts!
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Work through the pain!
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One, two! That's it!
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One, two! Harder than that!
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♪ All my favorite colors ♪
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♪ All my favorite colors, yeah ♪
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♪ My sisters and my brothers
See 'em like no other ♪
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♪ All my favorite colors ♪
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Adrianita, my love, look at me.
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Take a good look,
'cause you'll never see me like this.
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Your dad will never be old.
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♪ My sisters and my brothers ♪
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♪ They see 'em like no other ♪
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♪ All my favorite colors ♪
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Time!
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That's it!
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- Give me a puff.
- Ringo.
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Never mind.
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Have you thought of some hubbub
to promote the fight?
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Anything but fireworks,
'cause here they'll throw you in jail, eh?
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No, Rolito. No circus this time.
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All I'm thinking about is the plan
I'm building with Clancy, that's it.
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He already laid into me
about that fire extinguisher shit.
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You're right.
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Although...
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...there could be a some little surprise.
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Excuse me, Rolo,
I need Oscar for a minute.
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Yeah.
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What's up?
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A problem with Bautista.
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What are you doing, coach?
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Making a roast.
Can't you see what I'm doing?
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Packing my bags. I'm leaving.
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- Leaving for where?
- I'm getting out of here.
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Back to Buenos Aires.
I can't take it anymore.
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You can't do this to me right now.
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You have the American,
who, in your mind, knows it all.
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He's from here, he knows the environment,
he knows every one of Ali's tricks.
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You know that's important.
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Just as important as having you guys
in my corner on fight day.
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To pass you your water?
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To clean your mouth guard?
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Why didn't you tell us ahead of time?
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Bautista, don't be like this, please.
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We're all part of the team here.
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We're all important.
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Now you want to kiss our asses?
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You think my brother and I are idiots?
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That we don't realize
that Clancy was your idea?
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Who said anything to you?
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This is not a fight at Huracán Stadium
against some guy from the hood.
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You know nothing about winning big,
here or in Europe for the world title.
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- I'm going to kick your ass, motherfucker.
- Hey, Juan. Hey!
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Hey! Stop! What's happening,
have you all lost your minds?
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Hey! Enough! Enough!
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Don't do this to me right now, please.
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I don't know if I have much of a chance
of beating Ali,
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but if we're fighting among ourselves,
I definitely have none.
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- I'm sorry, Juan.
- Suck my dick.
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You may place your bet.
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Eighteen.
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Too many.
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Mr. Bonavena, you've got a call.
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Yes?
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Hey, Ringo!
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Has it been a good night?
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I'm sure it has.
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We're all here.
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And Joe is here too.
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The weather is good.
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Goodbye.
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Hello?
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Hi.
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Did I wake you?
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No, it's 10:00 a.m. here.
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Where are you?
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I couldn't sleep.
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What are you all doing?
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Just thinking about
going to your mom's thing.
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Little Ringo is unbearable.
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Are you okay?
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I wanted to tell you
I'll be there on Monday.
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How come, all of a sudden?
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I'm taking care of a few things
and then I'm coming.
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I'll be there
just in time for your birthday, you know?
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I was thinking of bringing you
some really pretty candles I saw,
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but I don't think I can afford 60 of them.
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You jerk!
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We can order food
at the café on the corner,
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some really cold bottles
of imported champagne
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none of that national shit
that your friends drink.
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All right, Oscar.
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Get back here
and stop being a pain in the ass.
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As soon as I get the contract back
I'll get on the plane.
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What do you mean "get it back"?
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Dora,
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take good care of the kids...
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and take care of yourself.
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Oscar.
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{\an8}BONAVENA vs MUHAMMAD ALI
OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN
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Why you not go in the army? You chicken?
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- The boxers...
- Just say that one more time.
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Say that one more time.
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Why you not go the army?
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Why you not go in the army?
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I'm gonna tell you Monday night
in the first clinch we get in.
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Chicken.
You're a chicken.
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Good deal. Keep talking.
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Keep talking.
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I'm gonna punish you.
You will be punished.
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Commissioner,
will you get up for one minute?
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Keep talking Monday night.
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We're on television.
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Keep talking.
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Yes.
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What kind of surprise is this?
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{\an8}What surprise
do you have for him?
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{\an8}Many.
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{\an8}- Too much.
-Many, many surprises.
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{\an8}Ooh.
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He will have to fight.
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{\an8}Bonavena - Ali, Official Weigh-in.
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{\an8}- And I will.
- The pre-fight...
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You put the hand. You put the hand.
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Don't touch.
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No touching.
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MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
DECEMBER 7, 1970
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You know something?
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You were right.
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About what?
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You're the best Argentinean boxer.
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The only thing I ask
is that you enjoy every second.
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You're about to make your dream come true,
and a whole country's.
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Tito,
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thank you for everything.
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Do you remember the first time you came
to the Huracán gym?
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Of all the boxers,
all those great, athletic, hard-hitters,
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the only one who made it here was you.
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The flat-footed kid.
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The most handsome of all.
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You have nothing to lose.
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He does.
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Hold out.
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Hold out.
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Hold out, hmm?
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Are you idiots?
You put me in San Lorenzo colors.
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Come on, Titi, eh?
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Like Dad used to say,
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"Money and fear
are two things we never had."
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Endure it, Oscar, all right?
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Endure it.
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We're from the hood called La Quema,
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the hood of Ringo Bonavena.
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It's Ringo.
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Come on! Open up!
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Come on.
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I just want to talk with Joe!
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Come on. Open the fucking door!
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Come on, I just want my contract back.
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And I go back to Argentina.
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Okay? I don't want any trouble. Please.
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Open the door, come on,
you old cuckold! Fucking hell!
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Hey!
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Come on!
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Come on, open up!
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Come on, I don't want problems, please.
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Vinnie.
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Joe, I know you're there!
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Sally, please!
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- Tracy, I know you're there! Come on!
- Girls, go inside. Nothing to see here.
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Go inside.
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Hey!
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Hey!
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- Hey.
- Ringo.
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Please, keep it down.
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Vinnie, please, let me in.
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I just wanna talk with Joe, eh?
And you won't see me no more.
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Keep your voice down.
We still have customers inside.
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I just want my contract back.
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I'll go back to Argentina
with my family, please.
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Joe won't see you.
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Why he doesn't want to see me?
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You know very well why he won't see you.
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Listen, do me a favor. Get your shit
together and get the fuck out of here.
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Okay?
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I just wanna talk with him face to face.
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He's a coward.
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He's a coward. He sent Tracy call me.
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- I gotta go in.
- He's a fucking coward!
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You leave,
or there's gonna be big trouble.
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Vinnie, please. You're my friend!
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Please.
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You promised me a fight with Ali!
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You lied to me!
I knew that you were lying, Joe!
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Come on!
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Open up, fuckers!
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What is it, you scared of me? Huh?
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And now,
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for the thousands of fans who came out
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and the millions around the world
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who wish they could be here,
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ladies and gentlemen,
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you are gonna witness
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a clash of the titans tonight.
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Introducing, from South America,
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he's wearing blue trunks, he weighs 204.
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The heavyweight champion of South America,
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Oscar "Ringo" Bonavena!
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Let's go, Oscar!
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His opponent, from Louisville, Kentucky...
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he's wearing red trunks,
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he weighs 212 pounds...
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the return of the champion,
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Muhammad Ali!
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The crowd roars ecstatically.
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Only Muhammad Ali can ignite
this kind of passion.
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It's his second fight in six weeks.
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-And his first fight in New York City...
- Let's go.
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...not only called his rival Clay,
something Ali hates, but also called him...
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Bonavena enters the fight
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as the WBA's
number one ranked heavyweight contender.
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He knocked Frazier down twice
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in the second round of their first fight,
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but he eventually lost by split decision.
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I'm gonna fucking kill you,
you fucking son of a bitch!
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Many would agree with me
that Bonavena is a tough opponent.
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He's definitely one of the most remarkable
heavyweights we have around today.
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Gil Clancy is working with Oscar
for tonight's fight.
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If you ask me,
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I think
Bonavena will attack Ali right away.
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First, he'll feign to the right.
Then, he'll use the left.
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It'll be the fight of his life.
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Let's have a clean fight.
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Protect yourselves at all times
and follow my instructions.
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You can touch gloves.
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Go back to your corners.
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AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH,
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OSCAR "RINGO" BONAVENA
WAS 33 YEARS OLD.
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BONAVENA MURDERED
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FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE THE START OF
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THE 1976
MILITARY DICTATORSHIP,
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A CROWD TOOK TO THE STREETS
TO WALK THEIR IDOL HOME.
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MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE
SAID GOODBYE
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TO RINGO'S REMAINS AT LUNA PARK.
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AFTER RINGO'S DEATH,
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SHE VISITED BUENOS AIRES
AND MET WITH DORA
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OFFERING HER EDUCATION
FOR HER CHILDREN
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AND AN APARTMENT IN THE US,
IN EXCHANGE FOR NOT SUING THEM.
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{\an8}IN 1977, SHE FILED SUIT
AGAINST JOE CONFORTE.
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{\an8}THE INVESTIGATION DID NOT RESULT
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{\an8}IN AN INDICTMENT
FOR RINGO'S MURDER,
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{\an8}BUT IT DID EXPOSE TAX EVASION
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{\an8}THAT FORCED CONFORTE
TO SELL THE MUSTANG
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{\an8}AND LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
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IN 1981, HE ESCAPED TO BRAZIL,
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WHERE HE OPENED RESTAURANTS
AND NIGHTCLUBS.
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ON VACATION WITH HER CHILDREN,
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DORA UNKNOWINGLY ATE
AT ONE OF THEM.
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SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS
IN NEVADA STATE PRISON
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AFTER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY
OF RINGO'S MURDER.
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HE WALKED FREE A YEAR
AND A HALF LATER
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WITH A $50,000 BOND
PAID BY JOE CONFORTE.
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THE ALI-BONAVENA FIGHT
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HELD THE RECORD FOR RATINGS
IN ARGENTINA
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WITH RATINGS OF 79.3.
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THIS WAS ONLY SURPASSED
YEARS LATER
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BY THE ARGENTINEAN
NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM.
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ALI HAD SAID,
"BEFORE ROUND NINE IS OUT
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THE REFEREE WILL JUMP
AND SHOUT
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'THAT'S ALL FOLKS,
THIS TURKEY IS OUT.'"
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IN ROUND NINE,
RINGO HIT HIM SEVERAL TIMES
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WITH STRONG LEFT HOOKS,
SHAKING UP HIS RIVAL.
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IN THE FIFTEENTH ROUND,
ALI WON BY TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT
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WHEN RINGO, GIVING HIS ALL,
FELL FOR THE THIRD TIME.
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AS HE WALKED
TO THE DRESSING ROOM
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WITH SWOLLEN EYES
AND SPLIT EYEBROWS,
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RINGO EXCLAIMED,
"I WAS HANDSOME, HUH?"
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No! No!
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{\an8}RINGO
CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE