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[CROWING]
>> I'M GOD'S WARRIOR.
WHEN I RAISE THE GAME CHICKENS,
I'M GOD'S GAME ROOSTER.
GOD SENT ME OUT TO FIGHT.
I GOT TO GO PUT IT ALL ON THE
LINE.
CAN'T LEAVE NOTHING AT HOME.
I GOT TO PREPARE, JUST LIKE I
WANT MY CHICKENS TH@PREPARE.
I PREPARE MY CHICKENS.
GOD PREPARES ME.
[CROWING]
[THUNDER]
>> AND Y'ALL STILL WONDERING
WHY.ES
I'M STILL.
I'M STILL...
♪ THE BADDEST MOTHER
TO EVER STEP IN THE RING
I'M HITTING HIM WITH RIGHTS
AND LEFTS
AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS
I'M BEATING THEM
ONE AFTER THE OTHER
I'M LIKE A BIG-*** BEAR
FOR A BELL
SEE, MY SKH@LS GOT ME COVERED
SO BRINGH@E YOUR SHIP STARTERS
AND WATCH ME GET SMARTER
AND YOU CAN STEAL OR SETTLE
SPEAK WITH DR. CARTER
MR. UNSTOPPABLE
AND STILL I'M MR. UNJUMPABLE
AND STILL I'M MR. INVINCIBLE
MR. UNBEATABLE
AND STILL MR. UNCONQUERABLE
MR. UNSTOPPABLE
AND STILL I'M MR. UNJUMPABLE
AND STILL I'M MR. INVINCIBLE
MR. UNBEATABLE
AND STILL ♪
[CROWD MURMURING]PN
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>> HE WINS THE MIDDLEWEIGHT
TITLE.
HE WINS THE SUPER
MIDDLEWEIGHT.
HE WINS THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TITLE, AND EVERYBODY CONTINUED
TO SAY THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE
ANYBODY TO FIGHT.
THERE'S NO COMPETITION THERE.
BUT THEY FAIL TO REALIZE THAT
EVERYBODY THAT WE FOUGHT THAT
THEY WANTED US TO FIGHT WAS A
COMPETITIVE FIGHTER.
ROY WORDS IT BEST--
IT'S NOT THAT I'M NOT FIGHTING
ANYBODY.
I JUST MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE
THEY'RE NOT ANYBY.
AND THAT'S PLAIN AND SIMPLE THE
WAY IT IS.
>> A VERY INTERESTING FIGHT OF
SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL INTEREST.
A LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION--A
MAN ONCE THE CHAMP AT 160
POUNDS--MOVING UP TO FIGHT
A TOP-10 HEAVYWEIGHT WHO COULD
WEIGH IN AT 235.
ROY JONES, JR., JOHN RUIZ
FINALLY ALL SIGNED AND OFFICIAL.
MARCH 1, IT'LL BE IN LAS VEGAS.
>> I WANT MY BACK AGAINST THE
WALL.
I WANT TO BE PUT IN A NO-WIN
SITUATION.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE.
THAT'S WHAT I LIVE FOR.
THAT'S WHAT MADE ROY ROY.
IT'S THE HATERS AND THE CRITICS.
"ROY WON'T FIGHT.
ROY WON'T DO THIS.
ROY WON'T BE HERE.
BUT DAMN, WHO IS THIS?"
>> RUIZ HAS, IN THE TIMES I'VE
BEEN AROUND HIM, HAS NEVER
CONSIDERED THE OPTION OF LOSING
A FIGHT.
SOME PEOPLE I KNOW WHO HAVE BEES
IN WH HIM--HOLPNIE IN
PARTICULAR--SAID, "WHEN YOU'RE
IN WITH HIM, YOU FIND OUT
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN
IT LOOKS FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND I
THINK RUIZ IS COUNTING ON THAT.
AND WHEN JONES GETS IN THERE,
HE'S GONNA GO, "WAIT A MINUTE.
WHAT'S UP WITH THIS?
WHAT'S THIS RIGHT HAND?
THIS HURTS."
[CHUCKLES]
>> LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS AGAINST
HEAVYWEIGHTS, IT'S SPEED AGAINST
STRENGTH AND POWER.
AND YOU KNOW, IN THE MAJORITY OF
CASES, THEY CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE
THEY'RE NOT BIG ENOUGH.
>> ROY, YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF
THIS.
15 FIGHTERS HAVE MOVED UP INES
WEIGHT CLASS TO CHALLENGE FOR
THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE.
ONLY TWO OF THOSE 15 HAVE WON,
AND ONLY ONE IN THE LAST
CENTURY--MICHAEL SPINKS IN '85
OVER LARRY HOLMES.
WHY SHOULD THIS BE DIFFERENT?
>> BEER! PEANUTS! WATER!
>> ROY JONES, JR. HAS SOUGHT A
DEFINING FIGHT SO THAT HISTORY--
AND GOODNESS KNOWS AT A GIVEN
POINT YOU'RE FIGHTING, WRITING
FOR HISTORY.
YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING TO BE
REMEMBERED.
AND NUMBER TWO, NOT
INCIDENTALLY, THERE IS NO BIGGER
TITLE THAN THE HEAVYWEIGHT
TITLE.
[CROWD CHEERING]
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, RIGHT
NOW--WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MY
KIDS--ARE SAYING, "OH, MAN.
ROY HAS A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE.
HE'S KIND OF MEAN."
HOW WOULD YOU BE WHEN YOU KNOW
YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO LIVE OR DIE?
YOU THINK THAT'S A GOOD FEELING?
I'M ABOUT TO GO FIGHT A GUY 50
POUNDS HEAVIER THAN ME WHO
REALLY WANTS TO KILL ME.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW WANT
TO GO FACE THAT?
I WANT TO HURRY UP AND GET IN
THERE AND PROVE THAT HE CAN'T
KILL ME, THAT HE CAN'T BEAT ME.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
SO OF COURSE MY ATTITUDE IS NOT
THE SAME.
, IT'S NOT HAPPY-GO-LUCKY.
IT'S ABOUT GETTING READY FOR
THIS.
>> JUST WARM UP, AND THEN YOU GO
FOR YOUR REAL DEAL, OK?
>> THIS IS MY VERY FIRST TIME
WORKING WITH MACKIE SHILSTONE.
MACKIE IS A GUY WHO IS REALLY AN
INSPIRING LEADER.
HE'S A GUY WHO YOU DEFINITELY
WOULD WANT ON YOUR SIDE IF YOU
WERE GOING TO WAR.
MACKIE HELPED MICHAEL SPINKS
BEAT LARRY HOLMES.
HE HELPED RIDDICK BOWE BEAT
EVANDER HOLYFIELD ONCE, AND HE'S
WORKED WITH A LOT OF FOOTBALL
PLAYERS, BASKETBALL PLAYERS.
HE'S WORKED WITH EVERY TYPE OF
ATHLETE YOU CAN THINK OF.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> HE THINKS LIKE A FIGHTER
PLANE.
HE THINKS LIKE AN F-15.
HE WANTS TO BE THAT JET THAT
NOBODY SEES.
HE THINKS A LOT LIKE I THINK,
AND IN HAVING THAT, THAT'S
REALLY THE ONLY THING I THINK
THAT'S MISSING--THAT WAS MISSING
FROM ME.
>> I THINK FOR THIS FIGHT
AGAINST JOHN RUIZ AND THIS
TRAINING CAMP, THE GOAL IS TO
FIRST OF ALL HELP ROY TO WIN,
TO BE THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPION.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I THINK
IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE UNDERSTAND
RUIZ, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND
OF MAN THIS IS, WHO HE IS, AND
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT ROY WILL HAVE
TO DO TO BEAT THIS MAN.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO TELL YOU.
I DO ENVY YOU.
I MEAN, SURE, ONCE YOU GO INTO
HIS WAR, AND SURE, THERE'S A
CHANCE OF DEATH, DEMISE, BUT I
ENVY THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU
HAVE, EVEN AS A LITTLE GUY,
BECAUSE AT ONE TIME IN OUR LIFE,
WE ALL LIVE FOR IT.
H@
>> THE ONLY THING I GOT TO DO IS
PREPARE TO TAKE A BIG PUNCH
AND PREPARE NOT BE HIT BY
A BIG PUNCH AT THE SAME TIME.
IF I WAS TOO AFRAID TO GET
LICKED, I WOULDN'T BE HERE.
IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE AFRAID.
IT'S JUST THAT YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT'LL HAPPEN, SO YOU DON'T
WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE.
NOW I'M IN A SITUATION WHERE I
KNOW WITHIN A 12-HOUR PERIOD I'M
BOUND TO GET HIT, SO I MAY AS
WELL GO OUT AND DEAL WITH IT
NOW, FACE YOUR FEAR AND GET IT
OVER WITH, YOU KNOW?
[ELEVATOR BELL RINGS]
>> OOH!
>> HELLO.2
>> ♪ UH
DOUBLE "O" DEAL... ♪
[INDISTINCT]
>> I DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO
REALLY KNOW WITH WHOM OR WHERE I
WAS TRAINING, SO I INVITED THE
MEDIA TO MY RANCH IN PENSACOLA
FOR THE PRE-FIGHT PRESS JUNKET.
>> ROY, HOW FAR IS YOUR TRAINING
DIFFERENT FOR THIS FIGHT THAN
YOUR USUAL TRAINING?
>> WHY CHANGE NOW, YOU KNOW?
IF I'M GONNA GET BEAT, I'LL
FIRST GET BEAT DOING WHAT I'VE
BEEN DOING WINNING.
AND I'M NOT GONNA CHANGE FOR
NOBODY.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA BEAT ME,
YOU'RE GONNA BEAT ME THE WAY
I'VE BEEN WINNING.
AFTER YOU BEAT THAT, THEN I
MIGHT CHANGE SOMETHING.
BUT UNTIL SOMEBODY CAN BEAT
THAT, WHY SHOULD I CHANGE?
>> CAN WE JUST GO THROUGH WHAT
YOUR DAY OF TRAINING IS LIKE?
>> IT'S JUST TOUGH, MAN, ME
BEING ME.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE DONE.
I'VE HAD--MADE MYSELF
REDEDICATED TO TRAINING,
AND I WENT THIS TIME AND I
TRAINED LIKE I DON'T TRAIN--
THE ONLY THING I DID DIFFERENT
FOR TRAINING WAS I PREPARED
MYSELF TO GET UP EVERY MORNING
LIKE I WAS SUPPOSED TO.
>> WHO RUNS WITH YOU?
>> DON'T WORRY ABOUT ALL THAT.
THAT AIN'T NECESSARY.
MY MOUTH BE RUNNING WITH ME.
[LAUGHTER]
>> ARE YOU WORKING WITH
SHILSTONE?
>> YOU KNOW, I CONSULTED WITH
MACKIE A LITTLE BIT.
ME AND MACKIE TALK, AND MACKIE,
YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT A LOT OF
PHILOSOPHIES ABOUT ADDING AND
DOING THINGS, BUT I'M NOT REALLY
INTERESTED IN ADDING WEIGHT, YOU
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN
GETTING UP AT 5:00?
>> THERE YOU GO ASKING A CRAZY
QUESTION AGAIN.
I AIN'T GONNA TELL YOU ALL THAT.
THAT'S A GOOD TRY, THOUGH.
I'LL TAKE THAT.
BUT DID YOU SEE HIM SHUT UP?
I AIN'T GONNA LET YOU SNEAK
NOTHING BY ME.
I'M ON POINT.
>> IT'S PRETTY QUIET AT 5:00 IN
THE MORNING.
>> YEAH. VERY QUIET.
>> WHAT DO YOU HEAR IN YOUR HEAD
WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING AT 5:00?
>> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I
MISS HEARING IN MY DAMN
HEAD--THAT RIGHT THERE.
>> THE CHICKENS?
>> YEAH. SURE MISS HEARING
THEM AT 5:00, BUT IT'S ALL GOOD.
I SEE WAR.
I FEEL LIKE AN F-15 RIGHT NOW,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
I'M TRYING TO SHARPEN ALL MY
MISSILES.
I'M GOING TO BETTER.
I AIN'T GOING TO ONE TO SING AND
TALK.
UNDERSTAND? I WANT TO THROW.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
I INTEND TO DROP SOMETHING.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO
>> WHAT WAS THE DEAL YESTERDAY
AT THE MEDIA DATE WHEN THEY
ASKED YOU IF YOU WERE WORKING
OUWITH HIM AND YOU WERE, LIKE,
PRETTY COY ABOUT IT?
>> IT AIN'T THEIR BUSINESS.
YOU WANT ME TO SHOW MY WHOLE
HAND?
NEVER.2
IT'S LIKE A POKER GAME.
YOU CAN'T SHOW YOUR WHOLE HAND.
GOT TO KEEP SOMETHING--IT AIN'T
THEIR BUSINESS WHAT YOU'RE
DOING.
THEY AIN'T TELLING ME WHAT HE
DOING.
AND WHEN THEY FIND WHAT I'M
DOING, THEY'RE GONNA RUN RIGHT
BACK AND TELL IT.
IT AIN'T THEIR BUSINESS TO KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING.
>> IS THAT WHY YOU WERE WEARING
SORT OF THICK CLOTHES YESTERDAY,
SO THEY COULDN'T SEE YOU?
>> I DON'T WANT THEM TO SEE ME.
I WANT THEM TO BE SURPRISED.
>> SO THE FIRST TIME PEOPLE
ACTUALLY SEE WHAT YOU HAVE
IS AT THE WEIGH-IN,
PROBABLY, RIGHT?
>> THEY AIN'T GONNA SEE IT THEN.
THEY AIN'T GONNA SEE IT TILL
FIGHT NIGHT.
>> HOW DID IT GO WITH YOUR
MEDIA?
DID THEY LEAVE YOU ALONE?
>> THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT REALLY WAS THE STRESSFUL
THING.
>> WHY? WHAT DID THEY DO?
>> NO, IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S JUST CONSTANT PRIVATE
QUESTIONS, TRYING TO FIGURE YOU
OUT, YOU KNOW?
>> FIGURE WHAT OUT?
>> TRYING TO FIGURE ME OUT.
>> OH.
DID THEY ASK YOU WHAT YOU AND I
WERE DOING?
>> THEY SAID, "WHAT ABOUT
MACKIE?"
>> I SAID, "MACKIE BEEN GOOD."
I SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, WE JUST
KIND OF TALK."
>> SO THEY D'T THINK YOU'RE
EVEN WORKING WITH ME?
>> NOT REALLY.
>> HA! HA HA HA!
>> THEY'D KNOW BETTER, BUT--
>> WELL, OUR TRAP IS BEING SET,
IS IT NOT?
>> EXACTLY.
>> THE TROJAN HORSE.
FIRST THEY DON'T THINK I'M
WORKING WITH YOU.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A GREAT, GREAT
PLOY.
I MEAN, IT IS A GREAT PLOY.
I CANNOT BELIEVE WE'VE KEPT IT
UNDER WRAPS.
BUT THIS BEING HIDDEN AWAY HERE,
THEY THINK WE'RE FOOTBALL
PLAYERS.
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
IF I CAN DO SOME TYPE OF RAP
SONG THAT'S NOT LOUSY, WOULD YOU
LET ME BE ON THE SHOW WITH YOU
ONE TIME?
>> YEP.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> OK?
>> YOU CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
>> MACK DADDY AND THE ALL-STARS.
HUH? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
♪ MY NAME IS MACK
I CUT YOU NO SLACK ♪
>> HA!
AT'S TRUE.
>> FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT,
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT,
FIGHT.
MOVE.
PIVOT IN AN ARC.
PIVOT IN AN ARC.
COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, COME
ON.
6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
>> MACK DADDY AND THE 6-PACK.
>> MACK DADDY AND THE 6-PACK.
THAT'S IT!
THAT IS IT.
I'M GONNA GET A T-SHIRT WITH
THAT.
HA HA HA!
GOOD, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD,
GOOD.
GOOD. EXCELLENT.
COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.
PULL IT DOWN WITH YOU.
SEE, YOUR ABS ARE THE ANCHOR.
3. THERE YOU GO.
>> THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS GOOD
PREPARATION.
IF YOU DON'T PREPARE, THEN
YOU'RE NOT GONNA WIN.
YOU HAVE TO PREPARE PHYSICALLY
AND MENTALLY.
MENTALLY, WHEN I GO IN THERE,
NOTHING MEANS I DON'T WANT IT.
A WHOLE LOT OF POINTS DON'T MEAN
NOTHING.
JUST MEANS THAT I GOT TO GET YOU
BACK.
THAT'S ONE I OWE YOU.
IF YOU HIT ME AGAIN, THAT'S
GONNA BE 7 I OWE YOU.
IF YOU HIT ME AGAIN, IT'S GONNA
BE 21 I OWE YOU.
AND EVERY TIME YOU HIT ME, IT'S
GONNA MULTIPLY AGAIN BY ITSELF.
[INDISTINCT RAPPING]
>> ♪ YES, MY BROTHER, I'M GONNA
DO IT FOR YOU ♪
[INDISTINCT RAPPING]
♪ BUT I'M NOT ALONE ♪
[RAPPING]
♪ TO MAKE YOUR MAMA MOVE! ♪
HOW YOU GOING, GANGS?
WITH A HOOK AT YOU.
HOW YOU FEELING, GANG?
>> ♪ HERE WE GO--YO, CHECK IT
HERE WE GO--YO, CHECK IT
SO WHAT, SO WHAT, SO WHAT'S THE
SCENARIO?
HERE WE GO, YO
>> ♪ THAT'S RIGHT, COMBINE ALL
THE JUICE FROM THE MINE
HEAL UP, WE'LL UP, BRING YOU
BACK COME THE WINE
PROBABLY IMPACT ♪
>> BOOM!
>> ♪ FROM THE CANNON
NO BRAGGIN'
TRYING TO BE FOR MINE
JUST IMAGINE ROPE, CAP YOU
DAMAGE NECESSARY
WENT DIGGING INTO MY LIBRARY
OH, MY GOSH
OH, MY GOSH
[INDISTINCT]
THE TOSSUP
OH, OH, OH, ON OVER THE TRACK
MAN
OH, BOTHER ME AS I COME BACK
AS I DID
I HAD TO BEG YOUR PARDON
WHEN THE TROUBLE GOES
I RODE WITH THE SQUADRON
ROWR! ROWR! LIKE A DUNGEON
DRAGON
SHAKE YOUR LITTLE DRAWERS
'CAUSE YOUR PANTS ARE SAGGIN' ♪
>> ♪ HERE WE GO, YO
HERE WE GO, YO
SO WHAT, SO WHAT, SO WHAT'S THE
SCENARIO?
HERE WE GO, YO
HERE WE GO, YO
SO WHAT, SO WHAT, SO WHAT'S THE
SCENARIO?
HERE WE GO, YO
HERE WGO, YO
SO WHAT, SO WHAT, SO WHAT'S THE
SCENARIO?
HERE WE GO, YO
HERE WE GO, YO
SO WHAT, SO WHAT, SO WHAT'S THE
SCENARIO? ♪
>> CHARLIE, SOUND THE ALARM TO
THE PILOTS.
IT'S TIME TO GO TO WAR.
>> IT'S TIME TO GO TO WAR.
>> OK. HA HA HA!
TELL THEM WE'RE READY TO GO.
>> OK.
>> LET'S SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES
FOR THE PILOTS TO COME IN.
>> ROY, MACKIE'S HERE.
HE'LL BE RIGHT DOWN.
>> HEY, WHAT DO YOU KNOW, MAN?
I'LL STRETCH MY BODY.
>> GOOD DEAL.
>> OH!
[ELEVATOR BELL RINGS]
>> MACKIE, MACKIE.
>> YOU GOT TO HELP ME UP, HUH?
>> HA HA HA!
>> NOW, LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK, LOOK, LO.
>> MACKIE IS MORE OF A
PHILOSOPHY-TYPE GUY.
HE'S MORE OF A STRATEGIST.
HE CAN JUST TELL YOU THE
STRATEGY.
HE CAN'T TEL YOU HOW TO THROW
THE PUNCH, HOW TO BOB, HOW TO
WEAVE, HOW TO MOVE IN, HOW TO
MOVE OUT.
WE ALL KNOW TRADITIONAL BOXING
WAYS.
MY COACH IS THE BEST AT DOING
THAT WAY.
WHEN WE DO IT THAT WAY SO LONG,
YOU BECOME UNMOTIVATED ABOUT IT,
SO YOU NEED SOMETHING ELSE.
WHEN I WAS FIGHTING A SUPER
MIDDLEWEIGHT OR LIGHT
HEAVYWEIGHT, I DIDN'T REALLY
NEED MUCH.
I WAS BIG BECAUSE THEY WERE
OBVIOUSLY THE SAME SIZE, SO I
DIDN'T MIND.
BUT NOW, AS YOU GET 34 YEARS OLD
AND YOU'RE SMALLER THAN THIS
GUY, HE'S YOUNGER, HE'S BIGGER,
HE'S STRONGER, YOU NEED EVERY
ADVANTAGE AND EVERY EDGE YOU CAN
GET.
>> LOOK, LET ME SHOW YOU.
WHERE'S MY THING?
LOOK.
HUH?
THAT IS AN F-15.
DO I COME PREPARED?
LOOK AT THAT F-15.
>> IF YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU
WANT, YOU'LL GET WHAT YOU DON'T
WANT.
>> I KNOW.
SEE UP THERE?
YOU SEE THOSE MISSILES RIGHT
THERE?
RIGHT UP AGAINST THERE.
THERE IT IS.
A SLEEK WEAPON IS WHAT YOU ARE.
THAT IS WH WE CARRY.
WE ALWAYS KNOW WHO WE ARE,
AND WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE.
YOU KNOW WHAT? LOOK.
LET'S WEIGH IT IN.
HOLD ON.
IT DOESN'T WEIGH THAT MUCH, BUT
IT WILL TAKE YOU OUT.
IT WILL TAKE YOU OUT.
RIGHT THERE.
REMEMBER I TOLD YOU ABOUT HIS
NATIONALISM, THAT EVERY MAN
FIGHTS FOR SOMETHING AFTER FAITH
AND FAMILY?
AND HE SAID TWO IMPORTANT
THINGS.
HE'S LATO.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THERE'S BEEN
A LATINO HEAVYWEIGHT.
HE'S FIGHTING FOR A COUNTRY.
HE'S FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE.
HE'S FIGHTING FOR A WAY OF LIFE.
HE BELIEVES THIS IS HIS TITLE.
WHO ARE YOU TO TAKE IT AWAY?
I'LL SHOW YOU.
THAT BRINGS OUT ANGER.
THAT'S HIS FIRST MISTAKE.
AT ONE POINT, HE'S GONNA BE WIDE
OPEN.
FOR ONE SPLIT SECOND.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
BACK AWAY.
>> HE'S GONNA BE DANGEROUS.
>> HE'S GONNA BE REAL DANGEROUS.
MISSILES ARE GONNA START FLYING
WITH NO RADAR.
SYSTEMATICALLY START TAKING HIM
APART.
START TAKING HIM.
GO FOR THE SHOULDER.
SHUT DOWN THE REACH.
RIGHT HERE, IN THE JOINT.
DROP HIS HAND.
NOTICE, YOU HIT ME HERE, I'M
GONNA SHORTEN MY REACH.
SO WE GOT TO TAKE OUT HIS RADAR,
CLOSE THAT EYE.
IF WE CAN CLOSE THAT EYE DOWN,
THAT LEFT EYE--HE'S GOT SCAR
TISSUE UP THERE.
HE'S GOT CALCIFICATION.
IF WE CAN MAKE HIM BLEED, WE
TAKE AWAY ONE OF HIS BEST
DEFENSES.
YOU TAKE OUT HIS EYE, AND, MAN,
THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE--ONE
DANGEROUS MAN.
LET ME TELL YOU, THOSE MISSILES
WILL COME--THEY WILL COME AS TO
ONE THAT YOU'D LEAST SUSPECT.
YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID.
HAD HIS NOSE BROKEN, ALL
RIGHT?
SO HE'S ALREADY--HE HAD IT
FIXED, BUT LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
AFTER THAT, YOU NEVER REALLY GET
IT THE SAME.
IF WE CAN START PUNCHING IN
THERE, IT CAUSES A HISTAMINE
RELEASE, AND THE TISSUES ARE
GOING TO SWELL, AND WHEN THEY
SWELL, THEY LOAD WITH FLUID,
AND THE BODY SENDS A LOT OF
FLUID IN THERE.
THAT'S GONNA COMPROMISE HIS
BREATHING.
AND THEN WE DELIVER A BIG SHOT
TO THE TORSO.
THAT'S GONNA SLOW DOWN ONE OF
THE ENGINE
I KNOW IN MY HEART HE'S COMING
FROM THE GET-GO ON, HE'S GONNA
PRESS YOU.
HE'S GOING TO TRY AND MANHANDLE
YOU.
>> THAT MEANS A LONG FIGHT, BUT
THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S BETTER FOR ME, BECAUSE
ONCEE CAN'T STOP ME IN THE
FIRST 3 ROUNDS, HE'S LOST THE
FIGHT.
>> IF I'M THE BIG MAN, WHAT AM I
GONNA DO TO ROY?
OH, MAN.
I GOT TO TAKE YOUR LEGS AWAY.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO SLOW YOU
DOWN.
HE WON'T TAKE YOUR INSTINCT, HE
WON'T TAKE YOUR WILL, HE WON'T
TAKE YOUR CHAMP--THEY CAN'T DO
IT.
I MEAN, I KNOW YOU NOW.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THAT.
BUT HE'S GOT TO TAKE AWAY THE
LEGS.
HE'S GOT TO MAKE YOU A TARGET.
IF I HIT YOU IN THE RIBS AND HIT
YOU THERE ENOUGH TIMES, EITHER
SIDE, I MAKE YOU TAKE TIGHTER
BREATHS.
YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN TO RECOVER
DURING THE ROUND SO THAT SITTING
ON THE STOOL IS A BLESSING YOU
NEVER EXPECTED.
HE USES SITTING DOWN AS
RECOVERY.
WE MUST REFUEL WITH OXYGEN.
WEUST REFUEL WITH OXYGEN.
WE MUST DO IT THAT WAY.
IF YOU CAN TURN IT, THEN HE'S
FIGHTING FOR PRIDE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> IF YOU CAN MAKE HIM FIGHT FOR
PRIDE, HE FORGOT TO FIGHT FOR
SURVIVAL.
REMEMBER, LOOK, IF YOU WANT AN
OPENING, I SEE IT.
THERE WILL BE ONE OPENING IN THE
FIRST 3 ROUNDS.
HE WILL MAKE ONE MISTAKE.
YOUR RADAR HAS TO BE ON FROM THE
GET-GO.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE WARMED
UP AND READY TO GO.
IF WE COULD GET HIM WITH A
PRESSURE SITUATION, THEN I THINK
THAT'S GONNA BE HUGE.
>> COOL.
>> I DO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> AND I'LL BE JUMPING IN THE
RING UP AND DOWN, OFF THE ROPES.
UNBELIEVABLE.
>> HOW Y'ALL DOING?
>> WHAT'S UP, ROY?
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> TODAY'S VALENTINE'S DAY, AND
I'M HERE BY MYSELF, YOU KNOW?
NO SWEETHEART FOR ME, YOU KNOW?
I GOT TO DO WHAT I GOT TO DO.
YOU KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM?
SO, YOU WANT TO BE HOME WITH
YOUR KIDS, PLAYING BASKETBALL,
RIDING THE HORSES, PLAYING WITH
THE ROOSTERS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING
AT THE COWS, THAT ND OF STUFF
I LOVE.
I SACRIFICED AN ENTIRE CHILDHOOD
TO BE A BOXER, TO BE A CHAMPION.
I DIDN'T GET TO GO OUT AND
PARTY, HANG OUT AND DO THINGS
KIDS DID, YOU KNOW?
I WAS RAISED WITH SOMEBODY WITH
A BUSINESS HAND WATCHING,
SAYING, "YOU BETTER DO IT RIGHT.
AND EVERY TIME YOU MESS UP,
YOU'RE GONNA GET HIT WITH
SOMETHING," YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
SAYING?
SO NOW THAT YOU'RE THERE, YOU
CAN'T TURN BACK THE HANDS OF
TIME.
YOU HAVE TO DO THAT AND GET ON
WITH IT, YOU KNOW?
YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO FORGIVE AND
FORGET AND GO ON, YOU KNOW WHERE
I'M COMING FROM?
SO I WAS RAISED THAT SAME WAY.
I WAS A MAN AT 10 YEARS OLD.
I HAD TO BE.
I KNEW HOW TO DO EVERYTHING AT
10 YEARS OLD.
MY GOD GOT ME THROUGH ALL THAT
BECAUSE WITHOUT GOD, I WOULDN'T
HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THAT
BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MUCH
SUFFERING GOING ON.
AND RIGHT NOW HE GOT ME BY THE
HAND AND SAYS, "GO.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
JUST GO."
IT'S LIKE A PERSON WHO WON THE
WAR, YOU KNOW?
YOU TALK TO SOME OF THESE PILOTS
NOW THAT SIT AROUND WAITING.
THEY KNOW THEY'RE ABOUT TO GO TO
WAR, THEIR ATTITUDE CHANGES.
YOU KNOW, THE DAYS OF THEIR
WAITING, THEY'RE LOOKING AT
THOSE AND SAYING, "THESE MAY BE
MY LAST DAYS."
AND YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT, "HEY,
I GOT TO GO NOW.
IT'S GONNA BE WIN OR LOSE, AND
THIS MAY CHANGE THE WAY MY LIFE
IS.
THIS MAY CHANGE MY TOTAL LIFE.
THIS MAY END MY LIFE."
AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT.
[RAP MUSIC PLAYING]
>> ♪ I KICK *** ♪
>>♪ IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE
THAT THINKS THEY GOT GAS?
CALL OUT HIS NAME
SO I CAN COME AND SPIT ON MY
FLAME
I'M A ONE OF A KIND... ♪
>> PEOPLE CONSTANTLY ASK ME,
"WHY DID YOU TAKE THIS FIGHT?
WHY DID YOU TAKE THIS FIGHT?
WHY DID YOU TAKE THIS FIGHT?"
WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS I
TOOK THE FIGHT.
FOR ONE, WE GET TIRED OF SEEING
ME BEAT UP ON PEOPLE MY SIZE.
IT JUST STARTED FEELING UNFAIR,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
SO I'M, LIKE, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY WANT TO SEE ME GET BEAT.
THEY WANT TO SEE ME GET KNOCKED
OUT.
THEY WANT TO SEE ME HURT.
THEY WANT TO SEE ME BLEED.
LET ME FIND SOMEBODY WHO HAS ALL
THESE CAPABILITIES TO BE ABLE TO
PRODUCE THIS FOR THEM."
SO I WENT AND I LOOKED AND I
LOOKED AND I LOOKED, THEN WHAM!
I SEE EVANDER "THE REAL DEAL"
SIT ON HIS ***.
I SAID, "WOW. THERE GOES
SOMEBODY WHO CAN PUNCH.
THERE GOES SOMEBODY WHO'S
DEADLY.
ME AND THIS MAN ABOUT TO GO TO
WAR."
UNDERSTAND? THAT'S WHAT I'VE
COME HERE FOR.
I AIN'T COMING TO PLAY, AND
AIN'T FIGHTING NOBODY THAT I
THOUGHT I COULD BEAT.
I FOUND SOMEBODY THAT'S GONNA
PUT UP JUST AS MUCH AS I'D BE
WILLING TO PUT UP.
HE'S GONNA PUT UP EVERYTHING.
HE'S GOT A COUNTRY.
HE'S A HEAVYWEIGHT.
HE GOT EVERYTHING ON THE LINE TO
LOSE.
HE CAN'T COME OUT THERE
HALF-STEPPING.
SO I KNOW HE AIN'T GONNA COME
HALF-STEPPING.
BUT THAT MEANS I'M GONNA BE
4-STEPPING BECAUSE I GOT TO BE
OUT IN FRONT OF HIM, UNDERSTAND
WHERE I'M COMING FROM?
SO COME NEXT--COME THIS TURDAY
NIGHT, I GOT TO BE THERE.
I GOT TO BE THERE SO ALL THAT
JUNK YOU HEARD ABOUT ROY AIN'T
SHOWING UP, ROY DON'T WANT TO
FIGHT--MAN, THIS IS WHAT I LAY
AT HOME AND DREAM ABOUT.
I TOTALLY OUGHT TO TAPE UP MY
HANDS WHEN I SLEEP AT NIGHT
BECAUSE I BE HITTING THE WALLS
TRYING TO FIGHT SOMEBODY, YOU
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
I LOVE TO FIGHT.
THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING.
WHEN ARE THEY GONNA WAKE UP AND
REALIZE THIS?
SO ALL THAT BULL--THEY BEEN
TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT ME, IT
AIN'T TRUE.
[SHOUTS FROM AUDIENCE]
I FIGHT FOR A LIVING.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
>> YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ALL THESE
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, YOU KNOW,
ABOUT JONES BEING SO FAST AND
THIS AND THAT.
LOOK AT MY SCENARIO HERE.
DOES A *** CATCH HIS HOHEN
SHE OWES HIM?
>> HA HA HA!
>> WHEN SHE OWES HIM MONEY?
>> YEAH!
>> SO THAT'S THE MAIN THING
THERE.
I MEAN, I'M HERE.
I'M HERE TO CATCH HIM.
[SHOUTS FROM AUDIENCE]
I MEAN, NO MATTER HOW FAST Y
WANT TO SAY IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN, THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN IN
THAT RING.
YOU KNOW, HE'S GONNA HAVE TO RUN
OUT OF THOSE ROPES.
>> YEAH!
>> BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE CHASING
HIM, AND I'M GONNA BE ON TOP OF
HIM.
>> THIS FIGHT ELICITS THE
BROADEST RANGE OF OPINIONS FROM
EXPERTS I'VE EVER SEEN SINCE
I'VE BEEN COVERING BOXING.
THE "RING MAGAZINE" EXPERTS
POLL--10 FOR JONES, 9 FOR RUIZ.
OF THE 10 OF US WHO PICKED
JONES, PROBABLY 5 OF US DON'T
THINK RUIZ HAS ANY SIGNIFICANT
CHANCE TO WIN THE FIGHT.
OF THE 9 WHO PICKED RUIZ, 5 OR 6
OF THEM DON'T THINK JONES HAS A
PRAYER IN THE WORLD OF WINNING
THE FIGHT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M HA2NG TROUBLE MAKING A PICK
ON THIS FIGHT.PN
THE FIRST THING THAT JUMPS OUT
AT YOU IS, JONES BY A DECISION.
AND THEN I SAY TO MYSELF, BUT I
THINK ROY HAS TO LET THIS GUY
KNOW HE BELONGS INHERE WITH
HIM.
I THINK ROY WILL GO ON THE
OFFENSIVE EARLY.
NOW--SORT OF GO OUT OF HIS GAME
PLAN, MAYBE, THE ONE THAT WE'VE
SEEN OVER THE LAST BUNCH OF
YEARS.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE GOES
INTO THE LATER ROUNDS?
JOHN RUIZ DOESN'T DISAPPEAR.
>> WELL, I THINK THAT RUIZ IS
GONNA STOP HIM LATE IN THE
FIGHT, AND I THINK THAT HE'S
GONNA FIND THAT 33 POUNDS OF A
TRUE HEAVYWEIGHT PULLING ON YOUR
ARMS, PULLING ON YOUR NECK,
PUNCHING YOU IN THE HIP,
PUNCHING YOU IN THE THIGH,
PUNCHING YOU IN THE BUTT--AL
THOSE THINGS THAT JOE FRAZIER
USED TO DO TO BIGGER M--WEARS
YOU OUT AFTER A WHILE.
AND IF HE GETS TO THE POINT IN
THE FIGHT WHERE HE CAN'T MOVE
WITH HIS NORMAL SPEED, HE'S A
DEAD MAN.
>> WHEN YOU WEIGH IN TODAY,
YOU'RE GOING IN WITH YOUR SHOES
OFF, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT DO YOU PREDICT YOUR
WEIGHT IS?
>> 196 AT THE MOST.
>> OK. THAT'S WHAT HE CALLS.
OK. 196. WHAT'S YOUR CALL?
>> UH, 198.
>> OH, COME ON, MARTIN.
YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
>> 199.
>> I'LL PICK THE MIDDLE.
196 1/2.
>> READY.
WHERE'S MY OTHER GIRL UP THERE?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE EXPERIENCE
OF A LIFETIME.
NOW WE GOT JUST ONE MORE JOB TO