Chuck

<i>the greatest performers there are.</i> 597 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:31,640 <font color="#FA6745">(AUDIENCE CHEERING)</font> 598 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,154 <font color="#FA6745">(SINGING U.S. NATIONAL ANTHEM)</font> 599 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,751 <font color="#808080">CHUCK:</font> <i>Let's face it, nobody gave me a chance in hell.</i> 600 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:02,240 <i>But I didn't care.</i> 601 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,676 <i>For me to turn around and see Muhammad Ali</i> 602 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,800 <i>standing right there in front of me,</i> <i>15 million people watching,</i> 603 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,599 <i>that was the best.</i> 604 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,957 <i>I'll never forget that feeling.</i> 605 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,315 <font color="#FA6745">(BELL DINGS)</font> 606 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,074 <i>Bell rings, I rush forward</i> <i>trying to be aggressive.</i> 607 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,800 <i>Ali's dancing around me talking.</i> <i>Never stops talking.</i> 608 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,156 <i>He's saying, "Come on, whitey,</i> <i>let's see what you got."</i> 609 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,471 <i>Couple of other choice words</i> <i>I'd rather not mention.</i> 610 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:25,755 <font color="#FA6745">(ALI SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)</font> 611 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:27,236 <font color="#808080">ANNOUNCER:</font> <i>Let's not forget one thing,</i> 612 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,552 <i>Ali does not dance like that for</i> <i>seven or eight, nine rounds anymore.</i> 613 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:31,790 <i>He puts on these displays.</i> 614 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,111 <i>Wepner will look slow and awkward,</i> <i>because he is slow and awkward,</i> 615 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,795 <i>but he does deliver a pretty good blow.</i> 616 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,759 <i>Finally, I get him on the ropes.</i> <i>He's doing his rope-a-dope thing.</i> 617 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,274 Bayonne, Chuck! Bayonne! 618 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:42,714 <font color="#808080">CHUCK:</font> <i>He doesn't give me much.</i> 619 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,120 <i>You know, I take what I can get.</i> 620 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,035 <i>Couple of kidney shots,</i> <i>behind the head... You know, dirty.</i> 621 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,114 <font color="#FA6745">(AUDIENCE CHEERING)</font> 622 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,437 <font color="#808080">ANNOUNCER:</font> <i>To the best of</i> <i>my knowledge, that was Muhammad Ali</i> 623 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,352 <i>that was unloading the illegal shots.</i> 624 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:56,760 Shots to the head. 625 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,038 <font color="#808080">ANNOUNCER:</font><i>...if they do penalize him</i> <i>for it or not is a big question.</i> 626 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,352 <i>But certainly, Muhammad Ali</i> <i>was no more the winner of that round</i> 627 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:04,954 <i>than Chuck Wepner.</i> 628 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,475 <i>Ali clearly has a much more fluid motion,</i> 629 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:14,960 <i>much more ability.</i> 630 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,997 <i>It's clear that he's getting through</i> <i>with the jab...</i> 631 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:18,594 Bring your guard up. 632 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:20,674 - <font color="#FA6745">(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)</font> <i>- There's a quick combination.</i> 633 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,991 <i>Another three, four punches</i> <i>to the face of Wepner.</i> 634 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,515 <i>But Wepner not visibly shaken,</i> <i>as he continues to come in.</i> 635 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,034 <i>This man does not back up.</i> 636 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,396 <font color="#808080">CHUCK:</font> <i>What good was backing up gonna do?</i> 637 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:30,880 <i>Look, my thing was this.</i> 638 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,520 <i>I couldn't hit him, so I figured</i> <i>I'd wear him down with my face.</i> 639 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:37,071 <i>It was working great for five</i> <i>or six rounds until finally, boom.</i> 640 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,079 <font color="#808080">ANNOUNCER:</font> <i>Now it looks like Wepner</i> <i>may possibly have a cut above the eye.</i> 641 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,041 <i>I think I see some red stuff</i> <i>that might possibly be hair.</i> 642 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,072 <i>No, Wepner is cut above the eye.</i> 643 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:47,560 <i>Looks like a pretty good gash, too.</i> 644 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:48,676 Come on! 645 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:50,081 <i>Wepner holds his arm up and says,</i> 646 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,839 <i>"Come on, Champ,</i> <i>is that the best you can do?"</i> 647 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,639 <i>Wepner's a tough kid.</i> <i>There's no doubt about it.</i> 648 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,116 <i>I have tremendous respect</i> <