:14:03
'and absorb them faster than other
fighters could absorb them.'
:14:09
(Ali) 'This is in Africa because
they came up with $10 million.'
:14:14
$5 million for George Foreman,
:14:17
$5 million for me.
:14:19
England was trying to get it.
A promoter said America was trying,
:14:23
but none could surpass
the $5 million mark.
:14:25
The dream is becoming a reality.
:14:28
(Hauser) 'Don King
went to George Foreman
:14:31
'and got him to sign an agreement
:14:33
'saying that if King could deliver
$5 million, Foreman would fight Ali.
:14:38
'Then King went to Ali
and made the same deal,
:14:41
'so Don King now had both fighters,
:14:44
'their signatures
on a piece of paper.
:14:47
'What he didn't have
was $10 million.'
:14:49
..a festival to complement
this great sporting event,
:14:53
the greatest sporting event
in history.
:14:56
- Of all time!
- All time, as the champ says.
:14:59
Greatest event of all time!
:15:01
Bigger than Evel Knievel and
the Kentucky Derby on the same day.
:15:05
The president of Zaire was willing
to put $10 million
:15:09
of his country's own very scarce,
hard-earned currency on the line,
:15:14
not for any
short-term economic reason
:15:17
but because he felt
that the fight would be good
:15:21
in terms of promoting Zaire and also
in terms of promoting himself,
:15:25
and as Ali said at the time,
:15:27
countries go to war
to get their names on the map
:15:30
and wars cost
a lot more than $10 million.
:15:33
(King) Some of the most dynamic
performers from Afro-America
:15:37
will appear at the stadium in
Kinshasa on the 20th, 21st and 22nd,
:15:42
with this theatrical release.
:15:44
It will be James Brown,
soul brother number one...
:15:48
- Is he playing?
- Yes, James Brown will be there.
:15:51
We will have BB King, The Spinners...
:15:54
This is the first assembly in history
where the top-notch Blacks of America