When We Were Kings
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:01:08
(Ali) 'When I get to Africa we'll get
it on because we don't get along!'

:01:12
I'm gonna eat him up!
:01:14
Too much speed for him!
Too fast! Too fast!

:01:19
I'm gonna retire the
heavyweight champion of the world!

:01:23
I'm gonna retire
the heavyweight champion!

:01:25
September 25th
the world'll be stunned!

:01:29
(Man) Tell 'em, Ali!
:01:30
If you think the world was surprised
when Nixon resigned

:01:33
wait till I kick Foreman's behind!
:02:08
(Bell)
:02:09
(Reporter) 'An 18-year-old amateur
champion with a charming smile

:02:13
'took a physical examination
for his first professional fight.'

:02:20
It won't be an easy fight
:02:21
but my plan of attack
on a fighter like Alex Miteff

:02:25
would be two fast left jabs,
:02:27
a rapid right cross
and a left hook.

:02:29
(Reporter) 'But in the Belgian Congo,
:02:32
'freedom was followed
by rioting and an army mutiny.

:02:37
'For months,
the political pattern kept changing

:02:40
'until pro-Red
Premier Lumumba was seized

:02:43
'by the forces
of strongman Colonel Mobutu.'

:02:47
(Bell)
:02:49
After watching Mike DeJohn
and Eddie Machen,

:02:52
I would rate myself number two.
:02:56
I'm out to break
Floyd Patterson's record

:02:59
and this being my 20th birthday,
today, January 17th,


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