: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,
:03:03
that leaves me exactly one year
to reach my goal.
:03:08
People do say I'm cocky,
some say I need a good whuppin',
:03:13
some say I talk too much,
:03:15
but anything that I say,
I'm willing to back up.
:03:19
The other night I predicted
:03:21
that I would knock out Banks
in four rounds and I did.
:03:26
I knocked out Don Warner
:03:28
and I just annihilated
George Logan in four rounds.
:03:42
(Reporter) 'Close your mouth
and keep it closed.'
:03:45
- That's impossible.
- Keep it closed.
:03:48
I'm the greatest
and I'm knocking out all bums.
:03:51
And if you get too smart
I'll knock you out.
:03:58
(Reporter) 'You'd take him on
before the fight?'