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[ BELL TOLLS ]
>> HARD WORK!
IT'S ONLY HARD WORK WHEN YOU
MAKE IT HARD WORK.
SEE, I GOT THE ABILITY TO MAKE
ALL HARD WORK LOOK LIKE EASY
WORK.
SO ALL WORK FOR ME IS EASY WORK.
MAIDANA -- WE GONNA MAKE EASY
WORK OUT OF HIS ***, TOO.
OOH, WEE.
THAT BOY BETTER BE READY.
PLEASE LET MARCOS MAIDANA BE
100% HEALTHY IN THIS FIGHT.
I DON'T WANT NO EXCUSES.
EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE, GOD, BUT I
GOT GIVE HIM THIS *** BEATING
'CAUSE YOU BLESSED ME WITH THE
TALENT.
[ PANTING ]
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ PANTING ]
>> HEY, Y'ALL READY?
Y'ALL READY?
>> I'M PLAYING SAFETY.
>> BLUE 42, HUT!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
>> [ Rapping ] ♪ 'CAUSE WE
CLUBBIN', AND WE BUZZIN' ♪
♪ YES, WE GON' GET IT IN TILL
THE NIGHT FALL ♪
♪ IF NOTHIN' ELSE, LOSE
YOURSELF, GET OUT OF CONTROL ♪
♪ A LOT OF GROOVIN' AND MUSIC
AND ALCOHOL ♪
>> ADRIEN VICK, BABY!
ADRIEN VICK!
THIS AN INTERCEPTION --
INTERCEPTION.
GO!
I'M A COMPETITIVE GUY.
I'M A COMPETITOR.
YEAH!
Y'ALL SEE THIS?
YEAH!
I TOLD Y'ALL THAT WAS AN
INTERCEPTION.
ANYTHING THAT HAVE TO DO WITH
COMPETITION, YOU CAN COUNT ME
IN.
I DON'T CARE IF I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO DO IT.
YOU CAN COUNT ME IN.
>> Narrator: SPIRITS ARE HIGH IN
THE LAST WEEKS OF TRAINING.
BETWEEN BRONER, HIS FIANCéE, AND
THE OLD FRIENDS HE CALLS
"BAND CAMP," EVERYTHING SEEMS A
CONTEST FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS.
>> GAH! GAH!
NAH!
>> HEY, Y'ALL BETTER KNOW IT.
>> NAH!
>> Narrator: BUT THESE MOMENTS
OF LEVITY ONLY OBSCURE THE
SERIOUSNESS OF HIS MISSION.
BRONER'S BASE OF OPERATIONS
COULDN'T BE MORE APPROPRIATE --
FORT CARSON.
HERE HE'S BEEN TRAINING WITH
STRICT MILITARY DISCIPLINE.
STILL, THE RIGORS OF HIS REGIMEN
DO NOTHING TO DISGUISE HIS
TALENT FOR BOMBAST.
>> THIS MOTHER...CAN'T BEAT ME.
I'M A.B.
"AIN'T BEATEN."
HE'S NOT GONNA...HIT ME.
THEY COME UP IN MY SPOT, BUT I'M
GONNA STAY ON TOP.
WHAT'S BOXING WITHOUT...
TALKING?
I LIKE BEING ON TOP SO MUCH, I
DON'T EVEN LET MY GIRL RIDE ME.
ONLY MISSIONARY.
I WANT TO SEE SOME "...YOU,"
"I'LL BITE YOUR EAR OFF."
I LIKE IT. I LOVE IT.
THAT'S WHAT SELLS.
>> ADRIEN TALKS A LOT TO HIS
OPPONENT, SO HE'S GETS IN THEIR
HEAD, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S UP TO
THE THEM IF THEY LISTEN TO IT.
>> WE AIN'T WORRIED ABOUT
MAIDANA'S PUNK ***.
HE GONNA COME TO FIGHT.
THAT'S COOL.
I'M GONNA...YOU UP, THOUGH.
YEAH, AND AT THE END OF THE
FIGHT, YOU WILL SAY, "GOOD
FIGHT.
YOU'RE A BAD MOTHER..."
YOU GONNA SPEAK SOME ENGLISH.
YOU MIGHT NOT SAY THEM EXACT
WORDS, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU SPEAK
SOME ENGLISH.
"...THAT. I'M DONE."
THAT'S WHAT HE GONNA SAY.
HE AIN'T GONNA SAY "NO, MáS."
NAH, HE GONNA SAY "...THAT.
I'M DONE.
THAT MOTHER...IS GOOD."
YEAH.
>> Narrator: ADRIEN BRONER KNOWS
WHAT DRIVES A FIGHT.
AND IF FANS ARE SECRETLY
NOURISHED BY BRAGGADOCIO, THEN
HIS LAST BOUT AGAINST
PAULIE MALIGNAGGI WAS A
VERITABLE FEAST.
>> THIS IS A FASCINATING FIGHT
ALREADY.
>> CAN'T HIT ME.
>> THEY'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER
CONSTANTLY.
>> SURPRISE, SURPRISE.
>> Narrator: YET FOR ALL THE
TAUNTS AND PROVOCATIONS, IT WAS
CLOSER THAN BRONER AND HIS TEAM
ANTICIPATED.
>> THE VOLUME PUNCHING BY
MALIGNAGGI CONTINUES.
>> MALIGNAGGI HAS TRIPLED THE
NUMBER OF PUNCHES THROWN AND
LANDED TWICE AS MANY.
>> Narrator: BRONER EARNED HIS
THIRD TITLE THAT NIGHT.
STILL, THE SPLIT DECISION DID
LITTLE TO SILENCE HIS CRITICS.
>> AND THE NEW WBA WELTERWEIGHT
CHAMPION OF THE WORLD...
>> IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR
ME, BUT I KNOW IN THAT FIGHT I
WASN'T 100% FOCUSED.
IF I WOULD HAVE TOOK THAT FIGHT
AS SERIOUS AS I'M TAKING THIS
FIGHT, THAT FIGHT WOULDN'T HAVE
LASTED.
[ GRUNTING ]
BUT WE'RE ON TO MAIDANA, AND I'M
GONNA SHOW THE WORLD WHY I'M ON
TOP.
WHOO!
YOU'RE GONNA SEE A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT ADRIEN BRONER.
>> THERE YOU GO.
WHOO-HOO-HOO!
[ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
>> [ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
>> Narrator: EVERY FIGHTER'S
BODY IS A MAP.
BRUISES FADE.
SCARS DO NOT.
STILL, MAIDANA MARKS EACH STEP
IN HIS JOURNEY WITH A DELIBERATE
AND DECORATIVE PURPOSE.
>> [ LAUGHS ]
>> [ RAPPING IN SPANISH ]
>> [ RAPPING IN SPANISH ]
>> Narrator: THE OWL -- LIKE
MAIDANA, A PATIENT PREDATOR.
THE REASON "EL CHINO" CAME TO
OXNARD WAS TO TRAIN WITH THE
RENOWNED ROBERT GARCIA.
BUT RENOWN HAS ITS
DISADVANTAGES.
GARCIA IS JUST RETURNING FROM
TWO WEEKS IN MACAO WHERE
MANNY PACQUIAO FOUGHT ANOTHER
STAR IN HIS STABLE,
BRANDON RIOS.
>> IT'S NICE TO BE HOME.
WE WERE GONE FOR TOO LONG, I
THINK.
PLUS, KNOWING THAT FIGHTERS LIKE
MAIDANA ARE LEFT ALONE EVEN
THOUGH THEY HAVE MY ASSISTANTS,
IT STILL WORRIES A LITTLE WHEN
I'M NOT THERE.
FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, IT'S
100% MAIDANA, AND THAT'S SO MUCH
EASIER.
YOU KNOW, WE STILL GOT TWO MORE
WEEKS OF SPARRING, SO I THINK
THOSE LAST THREE WEEKS BEFORE
THE FIGHT IS GONNA MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE NOW THAT I'M HERE.
>> Narrator: HIS ARRIVAL IS A
WELCOME SIGHT FOR MAIDANA.
THE BOSS IS BACK, AND THERE IS A
LOT OF WORK TO DO.
>> I THINK A SUCCESSFUL CAMP IS
WHEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE
AROUND YOU, A GOOD ATMOSPHERE
WITH ALL THE OTHER FIGHTERS,
WITH ALL THE OTHER TEAMMATES
THAT ARE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
THAT, ITSELF, GIVES YOU THAT
EXTRA PUSH TO EVEN GO OUT AND
TRY HARDER.
WE HAVE TO BE READY.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE AN EASY FIGHT.
BUT IF HE TRAINS THE WAY I WANT
HIM TO TRAIN AND HE DOES WHAT I
WANT HIM TO DO, WE BEAT BRONER,
AND IT'LL CHANGE HIS LIFE.
>> LET'S GO. LET'S GO.
SWITCH SIDES.
>> Narrator: DAYS MELD INTO
WEEKS.
A FIGHTER'S ROUTINE PUSHES HIM
TO THE EDGE PHYSICALLY AND
EMOTIONALLY.
>> [ BREATHES DEEPLY ]
>> Narrator: THE WORK INCITES
HIS MOST AGGRESSIVE NATURE.
BUT BEFORE HEADING TO
SAN ANTONIO, BRONER TAKES
COMFORT IN A VISIT FROM HIS
FAMILY.
>> MY SUITCASE...
>> WHAT'S UP WITH YOU?
>> HEY, WHERE HIS STUFF AT?
>> HOW YOU ALL DOING?
>> I'M HAPPY Y'ALL WAS ABLE TO
COME OUT.
IT'S NO FUN JUST BEING AROUND
JUST ALL GUYS THE WHOLE TIME.
YOU KNOW, LAST CAMP, WE WAS
GOING TO DENVER, GOING TO
BASKETBALL GAMES, GOING TO
CONCERTS AND ALL OF THAT.
THE GYM IS QUIET NOW.
IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.
>> OH, YEAH?
>> ADRIEN'S JUST FOCUSED.
THE LAST CAMP, HE ONLY SPARRED
THREE TIMES A WEEK.
>> RIGHT.
>> THIS CAMP, HE'S SPARRING
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
>> OH, OKAY.
>> WE STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM.
WE IN THE MIDDLE.
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
THIS IS OUR DREAM RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WHAT HE ALWAYS DREAMED
TO BE, LIKE, 24 YEARS OLD,
MILLIONAIRE.
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT NOW.
I THINK HE COULD TAKE OVER
BOXING AS LONG AS HE KEEP HIS
HEAD ON RIGHT.
>> Y'ALL GOT TO GET UP.
>> CHUBBY!
ARMANI! TIME TO GO.
>> DADDY!
>> LOOK AT THEM BAD BABIES.
IT'S FUN, MAN, YOU KNOW, JUST TO
SEE MY LITTLE BABIES SMILING.
YOU KNOW, THEY MISS ME.
THEY MISS THEIR DADDY.
>> THEY JUST WOKE UP.
>> I AIN'T SEEN THEM IN A WHILE,
ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, IT'S WORK
TIME.
I'M JUST HAPPY THEIR AROUND.
>> DO YOU FEEL OKAY?
YOU JUST SORE?
THEY TELL ME YOU BEEN RUNNING
10 MILLION MILES.
IT'S VERY EXCITING.
I MEAN, IT IS A BIG PROGRESSION
IN HIS CAREER.
HE'S LIVING A LOT OF DREAMS.
I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR HIM.
>> Narrator: IF THE PRESENCE OF
FAMILY LIGHTENS THE MOOD, IT
ALSO SHARPENS BRONER'S FOCUS.
HE'S REMINDED JUST WHAT AND WHOM
HE'S FIGHTING FOR.
>> THIS CAMP HAS BEEN 100% ABOUT
BOXING.
I'M IN A POSITION WHERE EVERY
BOXER WANT TO BE.
I'M IN A POSITION WHERE I'M
MAKING HISTORY.
>> THIS FIGHT GONNA BE JUST OFF
THE CHAIN RIGHT HERE, BOY.
>> WHOO!
>> LOOKING REAL SHARP.
>> YEAH, I KNOW.
>> WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME,
A REAL GOOD TIME.
>> THIS IS THE FIGHT THAT TAKE
ME TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
I'M TRAINING TO PUT ON A HELL OF
A SHOW.
YOU KNOW, I REALLY HAVEN'T
FOUGHT ANYBODY TO MAKE ME BRING
THE BEST OUT OF ME YET.
I KNOW AFTER THIS FIGHT, I CAN
GO TO A PLACE WHERE ONLY A FEW
GUYS WENT, AND I ALMOST CAN SAY,
"ONLY ONE."
WE CAME FROM THE GHETTO.
WE MADE IT OUT THE MUD, BABY.
WE GONNA GO GET US SOME.
>> THIS IS SHARP RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS SHARP.
>> THEY SAY I AIN'T TAKING THE
FIGHT SERIOUS.
THEY SAY A.B. OUT OF SHAPE.
OKAY.
WE GONNA LET THEM MEET MY LITTLE
FRIENDS.
HEY, VAI.
>> HEY.
>> WHEN THAT MOTHER...START
CRYING, WHAT WE GONNA TELL HIM?
>> SHUT UP, ***.
>> YEAH!
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> ...MAIDANA!
...MAIDANA!
>> POP! POP! POP! POP! POP!
POP! POP! POP!
>> I'M IN THIS FOR THE
LONG-TERM.
WE'RE NOT IN IT FOR THE SHORT
RUN.
I'M GONNA STAY ON TOP.
AIN'T NOBODY GONNA BEAT ME, AND
THAT'S HOW I'M LIVING.
>> BRONER, DEFINITELY A
SUPERSTAR IN THE MAKING.
>> Narrator: BRONER ADMITS NO
WEAKNESS, BUT EVERY FIGHTER HAS
AT LEAST ONE, AND IT'S
ROBERT GARCIA'S JOB TO FIND IT.
>> WITH BRONER, HE DOESN'T THROW
MANY PUNCHES.
HE'S VERY ACCURATE WITH HIS
PUNCHES, BUT DOESN'T THROW MANY.
HE BASICALLY TAKES THE FIRST
ROUND, TWO ROUNDS OFF JUST TO
SEE WHAT HIS OPPONENT'S GOT,
WHAT KIND OF GAME PLAN HIS
OPPONENT HAS.
THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA GIVE US AN
ADVANTAGE IN THE FIRST FEW
ROUNDS.
IF WE TRY TO DO WHAT PAULIE WAS
DOING PLUS THE POWER, THE HEART,
THE DESIRE THAT MAIDANA HAS, I
THINK WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE
THAN PAULIE DID, AND PAULIE'S
FIGHT WAS VERY CLOSE.
>> Narrator: MAIDANA IS KNOWN AS
A PHYSICAL FIGHTER NOT A
TACTICAL ONE.
BUT HIS SPARRING SESSIONS WITH
SLICK BOXERS LIKE FORMER
CHAMPION STEVE FORBES SEEM TO BE
PAYING OFF.
>> GOOD JOB, STEVIE.
VERY GOOD.
>> IT'S ALL WILL.
HE HAS THE WILL TO WIN, LIKE THE
WILL TO PERSEVERE AND PUSH PAST
ANYTHING.
YOU SEEN HIM IN GREAT FIGHTS
WHERE HE WAS KIND OF HURT, AND
HE BOUNCES BACK.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Narrator: CASE IN POINT,
JOSESITO LOPEZ WHO LEARNED JUST
LAST JUNE THAT YOU PUNISH
EL CHINO AT YOUR OWN PERIL.
[ CROWD CHEERS ]
>> LOPEZ HURTING MAIDANA ALONG
THE ROPES!
>> THIS IS WHAT I MEAN ABOUT
MAIDANA.
HE COMES BACK.
>> FORGET ABOUT BOXING.
HE'S MORE INTERESTED IN
BRAWLING.
RIPPING LEFT HOOKS TO THE BODY,
THE UPPERCUT BY MAIDANA.
LOPEZ ON THE ROPES, NEEDS TO GET
OUT OF THERE.
MAIDANA MAULING LOPEZ.
AND DR. LOU MORET STEPS IN.
HE HAS SEEN ENOUGH.
>> CHEATER.
THAT AIN'T HOW YOU WRESTLE.
>> Narrator: IF BRONER'S
CONCERNED, HE'S NOT SHOWING IT.
>> THAT AIN'T HOW YOU WRESTLE.
>> Narrator: IN FACT, INSTEAD OF
PACKING FOR THE FIGHT, HIS
ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON A MORE
PLAYFUL OPPONENT.
>> SAY, "ARIE IS THE ONLY ONE
THAT CAN BEAT ME."
>> ARIE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN
BEAT ME.
>> THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU.
>> ARIE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN
BEAT ME!
[ GROWLS ]
STILL NOBODY BEAT ME.
>> [ LAUGHS ]
OW. [LAUGHS]
>> I KNOW THEY GONNA BOO ME FROM
THE START.
THEY'RE GONNA BOO ME FROM THE
GET-GO.
I LOVE IT, THOUGH.
IF I WENT INTO AN ARENA AND
EVERYBODY LIKED ME, THEN I'D BE
DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
BUT IF I GO INTO AN ARENA AND I
HEAR BOOS, THEN I KNOW I'M DOING
THE RIGHT THING.
EVERYBODY'S NOT GONNA LIKE ME.
FROM THE WAY I ACT, FROM THE WAY
I PRESENT MYSELF, EVERYBODY'S
NOT GONNA BE A FAN OF
ADRIEN BRONER.
>> Narrator: THE FANS MAY LOVE
TO HATE BRONER, BUT THEY'D BE
WRONG TO MISTAKE MAIDANA'S
MODESTY FOR SOMETHING IT IS NOT.
GARCIA ISN'T BRINGING HIS
FIGHTER TO SAN ANTONIO TO LOSE.
>> CHINO DOESN'T TAKE THINGS
PERSONALLY.
HE JUST DOES HIS JOB.
HE KNOWS THAT THIS FIGHT COULD
JUST TAKE HIM TO A DIFFERENT
LEVEL.
>> Narrator: ON THE EVE OF THE
FIGHT, WE'VE COME TO KNOW THEM
AS CREATURES OF CONTRADICTION.
MAIDANA -- THE COUNTRY BOY WITH
A KILLER INSTINCT, RESPECTED,
REVERED, BUT STILL UNCROWNED.
BRONER -- A LONG WAY FROM
BACKYARD BOXING.
>> NOBODY DOES IT.
STOP! STOP THE FIGHT!
>> DEFENDING CHAMPION, ADRIEN!
>> Narrator: HE'S NOT FIGHTING
FOR PRIDE ANYMORE, BUT FOR
POSTERITY.
IS HE "BABY BROTHER," OR HIS OWN
MAN?
>> THEY ALL WANT TO SEE ME LOSE.
...THEM.
>> I SEEN HIM HIT FIGHTERS.
I SEEN HIM ROUGH FIGHTERS UP.
BUT YOU GOT TO SHOW ME.
YOU AIN'T FOUGHT ME.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE NONE OF
THAT...
ALL THAT...IS MAKE-BELIEVE TILL
YOU SHOW ME.
MAKE ME A BELIEVER.
>> Narrator: ONE ASPIRES TO
FINALLY BE RECOGNIZED AS A
WORLD CHAMPION, ANOTHER THE
FUTURE OF THE SPORT.
>> WHAT WE GONNA TELL HIM?
>> SHUT UP, ***.
>> THE WORLD GONNA SEE AN
ADRIEN BRONER THEY AIN'T NEVER
SEEN BEFORE -- ALL THE THINGS
Y'ALL THOUGHT I COULDN'T DO.
I'M NOT PLAYING.
I'M GONNA...HIM UP.
***, I WORK HARD.
>> Narrator: FOR ALL THEY'VE
SAID AND DONE THESE PAST MONTHS,
THEY HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON.
EACH FIGHTER IS AT THE PRECIPICE
OF A TRANSFORMATIVE EVENT.
THE NARCISSIST AND THE STOIC --
THEY ARE NO LONGER MIRROR
ARCHETYPES.
THEY ARE MEN.
BUT WHAT KIND OF MEN?
SATURDAY NIGHT IN SAN ANTONIO,
WE FIND OUT.
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES ]